Bio
Born Madrid, Spain
David began his experimental sound and visual work in Richmond, Virginia while studying at Virginia Commonwealth University. He has exhibited and performed his work widely at museums, art centers, cultural spaces, and many non-traditional venues and locations nationally and internationally. David interweaves pedagogy, curatorial projects, and his own work to examine the social, economic, and cultural implications of technology in the 21st century. He has received grants and awards from The Nevada Arts Council, The Media Arts Project, ISEA, the Art Production Fund and the National Endowment for the Arts. David Sanchez Burr has taught at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University of Maryland, University College, and New Mexico Highlands University. He is an Associate Professor of Sculpture and Expanded Media at Lake Forest College in Illinois.
Artist Statement
David Sanchez Burr makes work that is introspective of the play between a collective and the individual. Deeply inspired by democratic action, collaboration, inclusion and participation his work helps imagine our futures and serves as a starting point for ways of engaging the spectacle of our times. Through site specific installations, sound art, and performance, the artist creates a complex cacophony and set of harmonics that are stirred by the emergence of the audience: an itinerant community encouraged to navigate, modify, and help author the experience of the work.
Education
2009 Masters of Fine Arts University of Nevada, Las Vegas Nevada
Studio Art with a Concentration in New Media
1993 Bachelor of Fine Arts Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond Virginia
Concentration in Painting and Printmaking
Exhibition Record
2022
MDW Fair, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, Illinois (mixed media)
Revolutions, Santa Fe, New Mexico (installation art)
2020
Barrick Museum at the University of Nevada Las Vegas
Video Screening Davidson College,North Carolina (video art)
Commiserate, University of Chicago (sound art sculpture and installation)
2019
Ignition Projects Group Exhibit, Ignition Projects, Chicago Illinois (video installation)
Big Bad Anthropocene Machine, Ignition Projects, Chicago Illinois (multimedia electronic installation)(solo)
Faculty Exhibition, Sonnenschein Gallery, Lake Forest College, Illinois (mixed media sculptures)
2018
Techne Expanding MACAA Conference Exhibition, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, (performance installation)
Fermentation Fest Farm/Art Dtour Sauk County, Wisconsin (large scale outdoor installation)
2017
Basin and Range, Nevada State College, Henderson, Nevada (video art)
Currents International New Media Festival, Santa Fe, New Mexico (interactive installation)
Tilting the Basin, organized by the Nevada Art Museum Las Vegas, Nevada (interactive installation)
Faculty Exhibition, Sonnenschein Gallery, Lake Forest College, Illinois (mixed media sculptures)
2016
Basin and Range, Red Mountain Gallery, Truckee Meadows Community College Truckee, California (video art)
DISPATCH, Trolley Barn, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico (sculpture)
Traditions and Trailblazing, Tarrant County College Northwest Campus, Lakeview Gallery
Fort Worth, Texas (sculpture)
Hot August Nights BLAM! Gallery, Los Angeles, California (video screening)
Tilting the Basin Nevada Museum of Art, Reno Nevada (interactive installation)
Fortress UAMO Media Art Festival , Munich Germany (live video broadcast)
Interlude the Wildlife Divide in Asheville, Black Mountain College and Art Center, Asheville North Carolina (performance and sculpture)
Shimmer a Festival of Light, Light Art and Design Gallery Chapel Hill North Carolina (interactive installation)
2015
Riviera Bon Voyage, Blackbird Studios, Las Vegas Nevada (video)
ISEA2015 Disrupt, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada (video)
New Acquisitions , The Barrick Museum, Nevada, Las Vegas (video)
Basin And Range Exhibition, Donna Beam Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada (video)
thaumatology Robert C Turner Gallery, Alfred University, New York (sound)
(re)Happening Black Mountain College, Black Mountain, North Carolina (interactive installation)
citizen speak The Neon Museum, Las Vegas Nevada (interactive installation) (solo)
citizen speak The Barrick Museum, University of Las Vegas, Nevada (interactive installation)(solo)
2014
Life is Beautiful, Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada (video installation)
Democracy of Averages at (e)Merge Art Fair, Washington DC.(performance/sculpture)
MAS @TAM,Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California (electronic sculpture)
MAS Vegas, Vast Spaces, Henderson Nevada (electronic sculpture)
2013
New Citadel, P3 Studio Art Production Fund Cosmopolitan Hotel and Resort Las Vegas, Nevada(installation)(solo)
Performance Studies International #19, Stanford University, Stanford California. (performance)
Winchester Neighborhood Rehabilitation Project, Las Vegas Nevada.(Public Art)
Beautiful Fields: Memphis Social, an Apex Art Franchise Exhibition Memphis Tennessee Curated by Tom McGlynn(Installation)
Beyond Sunrise Mountain, Clark County Government Center Las Vegas Nevada (sculpture installation)(solo)
2012
Art Murmur, Oakland California (mixed media electronic installation)
Mutual Friends, Present Company Gallery, Brooklyn New York (mixed media electronic installation)
Somebody Kill The Radio, Kleven Contemporary, Las Vegas Nevada (mixed media electronic installation)(solo)
Water, Emory University, Atlanta Georgia April (Video Screening)
War Gastronomics by Justin Hoover, Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, San Francisco (a collaboration with artist Justin Hoover and Sociologist Rebecca Sanchez Burr)
Salon Show, Pop Up Art House, Henderson Nevada (mixed media)
2011
100 Performances in the Pit, Somarts, San Francisco Curated by Justin Hoover
10 x 10 Clark County Government Center Las Vegas Nevada (multimedia installation)
East Of Fresno The Hatchery Badger California, Curated By Tom Glynn, Anné Klint, Bill Doherty and Bachrun LoMele (multimedia installation)
We Will Survive Barrick Museum, Las Vegas Nevada (sculpture)
Freedom Force Alios Gallery Las Vegas Nevada (sculpture)
2010
Time-Remap Sessions Brett Wesley Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada (video installation)(solo)
2009
Your future Starts Here Contemporary Art Center, Las Vegas Nevada(sculpture)
In Light Richmond, 1708 Gallery, Richmond Virginia, Juried By Adeline Vlas, Philadelphia Museum of Art (installation art sculpture)
H2O Film on Water, Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, Vermont, Juried by Denise Markonish MassMOCA (video)
Off the Grid Goldwell Open Air Museum, Beatty, Nevada (installation art).
metasonic, Contemporary Art Center, Las Vegas, Nevada (installation art).
(Some future , sometime) Reed Whipple Cultural Center, Las Vegas, Nevada (installation art.)
Fragile Loris Contemporary Art, Berlin Germany Curated by Jens Luestraeten (video).
Off the strip Contemporary Art Center Las Vegas Nevada (performance collaboration).
Emergency Donna Beam Gallery University of Nevada, Las Vegas Nevada (installation art) (solo).
Collaborations CAC Benefit, Wolfson Lofts, Las Vegas, Nevada (mixed media).
2008
The Weather Reconnaissance Garage Biennale, San Francisco, California. Curated by Jenna North and Peter Focault (sculpture).
The Audacity of Desperation, Sea and Space Gallery, Los Angeles, California. Juried by Jessica Lawless and Sarah Ross (multimedia).
Stardusted, Cantocore Gallery, Guangzhou, China Curated by Justin Hoover and Clark Buckner (video).
Culture Clash, Bridge Gallery City Hall, Las Vegas Nevada, Curated by Jeanne Voltura (digital photography).
NIACA The Unveiling, Thunderbird Lounge at the Aruba Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada (multimedia)(collaboration).
Intervene! Interrupt!, University of California, Santa Cruz, Juried by Nomi Talisman (video screening).
The Audacity of Desperation, Independent Media Center, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, Juried by Jessica Lawless and Sarah Ross (multimedia).
2007
3Dementia, Contemporary Art Collective Las Vegas, Nevada, Curated by Miguel Rodriguez (sculpture).
Beauty is on the inside, Too Grant Hall Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (installation)(solo).
Ofrendas, Las Vegas City Hall, Las Vegas Curated by Jeanne Voltura (multimedia).
Greater LA MFA Exhibition, C S U, Long Beach California Juried(video installation) .
Four Easy Pieces, Donna Beam Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada(multimedia) .
Grand, Winchester Cultural Arts Center, Las Vegas , Nevada, Juror Stephen Hendee (mixed media).
Cuatrosfera, Madrid, Spain, (Screening video).
2006
DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn, New York (installation art).
Stardusted Stardust Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada (performance).
Nun Slaughter JMX Productions, Los Angeles, California (mixed media).
Grand Opening, A6 Gallery, Henderson, Nevada (installation art).
micro-macro, 1 Union Street, San Francisco, California (installation art) (solo).
Blue, Michelle O’Connor Gallery, San Francisco California (installation art).
Staff Exhibition Diego Rivera Gallery San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco, California(mixed media).
2005
17 Reasons Michelle O’Connor Gallery, San Francisco California (multi-media).
Staff Exhibition Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California (multi-media).
Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy (mixed media).
Videoplace (solo), Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, California (installation art).
2004
20th Anniversary Artist Television Access San Francisco California, (digital photography)
San Francisco Open Studios, Michelle O’Connor Gallery, San Francisco, California (digital photography).
Staff Exhibition Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco, California (multi-media).
2003
Ansurbana: Pandora, Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia (installation art).
Ansurbana: rain train steel and time, Office Ops Gallery, Brooklyn, New York (installation art).
Intervals: Artist Television Access, San Francisco Curated by Kathleen Quillian (video) .
2002
Ansurbana: rain train steel and time, Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta Georgia (installation art).
Rain, SF Public Access TV, San Francisco, California, Curated by Synne Bull (screening).
Rain Train Steel and Time, San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco, California (installation art).
2001
Ansurbana: riff-fest 2 Atlanta, Georgia (video installation)
2000
Project 10, UC Davis, California Curated by Michael Pollard (mixed media).
Group Exhibition Your Local Gallery Oakland California (mixed media).
Ansurbana: rifest, Steel Works and Design, Atlanta, Georgia (mixed media).
SF Open Studios San Francisco Ca. (mixed media).
1999
Recent Paintings (c12 South) Atlanta Georgia (painting)(solo).
1997
Diagnosis, 821 Bakery Cafe, Richmond, Virginia (painting) (solo).
1996
Hermanos, Casa Blanca, Richmond, Virginia (painting). (solo)
Recent Paintings Citizen Gallery, Richmond, Virginia. (painting). (solo)
1994
ANXST Citizen Gallery, Richmond, Virginia. (mixed media).
ansurbana-riots. Citizen Gallery, Richmond, Virginia (mixed media).
1993
“ansurbana” Virginia Commonwealth University (mixedmedia installation) (solo)
Selected Audio Performance/Sound Art and Music
Big Bad Anthropocene Machine Live University of Nebraska 2018
The Cake on The Table WUK Gallery Vienna Austria (sound art collaboration) July 2011
Blanket Portland Institute for Contemporary Art TBA Festival (Audio Consultant) October 2010
Blanket Contemporary Art Center (Sound Composition) February 2010
NIACA Contemporary Art Center Las Vegas (performance). April 2009
NIACA Aruba Hotel and Spa, Las Vegas (performance video). July 2008
Lusterflux Aruba Hotel and Casino (performance). 2007-2008
Beach Cubicle Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco (performance). 2001
Four Stories Moondance . Richmond, Virginia.(performance). 1998
Al’s Bar, Los Angeles, California (music). October 1996
Gilman Street Berkeley California (music). October 1996
Fireside Bowl Chicago Illinois (music). October 1996
Mercury Lounge New York, New York (music). October 1995
South By South West Austin Texas (music). April 1996
Route One South Music Festival Richmond Virginia (music). May 1995
Reed College Portland, Oregon (music). October 1995
James Madison University Harrisonburg, Virginia (music). April 1995
Bibliography
Jeffrey Brown PBS News Hour This festival aims to bridge the urban-rural political divide ‘in a time of rot’ 11/2/2018
Mary Louise Schumaker Thousands journey to Driftless Area for culture, agriculture and political subtext Journal Sentinel10/9/2018
Las Vegas Weekly ‘Tilting the Basin’ unites the state’s art scenes in a glorious show of strength 3/22/2017
Vancouver Sun Wild Electronics, The Art of Trespassing and Revisiting the 70’s 8/11/2015
Dawn-Michelle Baude “Artists take on the Expanse of Basin and Range” Las Vegas Weekly 6/24/2015
Carol Cling “Neon Museum invites families to join ‘citizen speak’” Las Vegas Review Journal, 4-17-2015
Kristen Peterson “Broadcasting from the Neon Boneyard: Artist David Sanchez Burr Community Radio” Las Vegas Weekly 4-22-2015
Nevada Public Radio DC Blog MAS, Covered 5/20/2015
Kristen Peterson “Following David Sanchez Burr’s Itinerant Radio/Art Experiment’ “Las Vegas Weekly 3-18-2015
Dawn Roe “Dispatches From the B.A.D. > 5 Reasons to Attend {Re}HAPPENING 2015” Asheville Grit 3-25-2015
Kyle Sherard “All together now: {Re}HAPPENING invades Lake Eden” MountainXpress 3-31-2015
Scott Dickensheets “Big Ideas” Desert Companion January 2015
Dawn-Michelle Baude “Spotlight: Las Vegas” Art ltd. January 2014
Kristen Peterson “Art Draws Hundreds to an old motel on Las Vegas Boulevard” Las Vegas Sun 12-11-2013
Jason Defreitas “Turning Gateways to Art” City Life 12-19-2103
Critical Correspondence “New Citadel” Critical Correspondence 9-19-2013
Steve Bornfeld “You Make it You Break It” Las Vegas Seven 9-11-2013
Dawn-Michelle Baude “P3 Resident David Sanchez Burr Speeds up the Vegas Life Cycle” Las Vegas Weekly 8-28-2013
Jay Jones “Las Vegas: Cosmopolitan’s fall artists use sound, sketches, sand” LA Times 8-30-2013
David Hardy “New Citadel at P3 Studio” Arts Vegas 8-23-2013
Kirsten Peterson “Wildlife Divide Brings art to Mount Charleston” Las Vegas Weekly 8-7-2013
Kurt Rice “Art on the Mountain” Vegas Seven, 6-11-2013
Critical Correspondence “Beyond Sunrise Mountain” Critical Correspondence 3-20-2013
Andrew Taylor “Sunrise Mountain serves as inspiration for art installation” Las Vegas Review Journal, 2/19/2013
Heidi Keiser “It’s Your Last Chance to Go Beyond Sunrise Mountain” DTLV 3-2-2013
Kirsten Swensen “Moving Pictures” Desert Companion, February 2012
Jarret Keene “Screen Saver” Las Vegas Seven 2/16/2012
Scott Dickensheets “New Video Art Gallery to Open” Las Vegas City Life 2012
Jenessa Kenway “DECAY BY DESIGN” Las Vegas City Life 11/23/11
Kirsten Peterson “Polar bears with guns and avant-garde on avant-garde in three exhibits not to miss” – Las Vegas Weekly 11/23/2011
Javier Casado ” Las calles con más arte” Revista Man, Spain 8/25/2011
Donald Munro “Artists talk about ‘East of Fresno‘” Fresno Bee 8/23/2011
Dorothy Huffey “Design Center Hosts Governors Arts Award” Review Journal 4/11/2010
Corey Levitan “ Plants, birds minerals color Las Vegas beyond the flashy lights” Las Vegas Review Journal 4/10/10
Kristen Petersen “On a shoestring, arts group strives to stay relevant” Las Vegas Sun October 2009
Kristen Swensen “Its all about Community” Desert Companion September 2009
Erica Pope ” Best Things to look forward to In Las Vegas” Desert Companion September 2009
Clara Rose Thornton “Southerly Exposure: “Film on Water” Makes Its Way to Bellows Falls” Rutland Herald August 2009
Maura Egans ” Now Showing; Film on Water” New York Times August 2009
John Przybys “Artists explore what future could hold through various mediums in new exhibit” Las Vegas Review Journal June 2009
PJ Perez “Despite First Friday funding issues, Las Vegas Arts District soldiers on” June 2009
Scott Dickensheets ” Desert Sanctuary” December 2008
Jarett Keene “Top Picks” City Life, July 2007
Kristen Petersen “Artist Asks is this what we want” Las Vegas Sun, July 2007
Stomp and Stammer, “Ansurbana” Atlanta Georgia October 2003
Dan Bodah – WFMU “Live radio Interview” New York City, New York June 2003
Roni Sarig “Moodswinging West” Stompin Stammer Atlanta Georgia
Chad Radford “Global Barrage” Creative Loafing October 2002
Watt From Pedro: Radio Playlist February 2003 – Pedro, California
WREK, live event feature Athens Georgia February 2001
KALX, live event feature Berkeley California November 1997 –
Style Weekly, Featured Artist Richmond Virginia April 1997 –
WMRA, Live Radio Broadcast, Harrisonburg, Virginia December 1996
Catalogs and Publications
“Destination Log“ High Desert Test Sites, 2018
Basin and Range Gallery Notes Published by the Nevada Arts Council l2016
Memphis Social Beautiful Fields/Apex Art Exhibition Catalog 2013
East of Fresno Beautiful Fields Exhibition Catalog 2010
“Emergency” Donna Beam Fine Arts Gallery UNLV Exhibition Catalog 2009
“MFA Thesis Catalogue” UNLV, Las Vegas Nevada 2009
“state of the union” Self-Published 2007
“Greater LA MFA Exhibition Artist Catalogue” 2007- Long Beach, California
“Florence Biennale Artist Catalogue” – Florence, Italy 2005
“Ansurbana: Suburbia” Edition of 20 Self Published 1992
Audio Publications
“auto-hypnosis “ Published by Mute Sound Zaragoza Spain 2015
“ The Hellen Keller Experience” Curated by Yasmina Chavez Published on Soundcloud 2013
“Power/Field 2“Compilation Anarchy Moon Records Track 3 2010
“Ansurbana: Dawn of the New Riff” Moodswing Records 2002 -,
“Origami Rockets” Hell Mach Four(contributing writer) Moodswing records, 2000 –
“some go to hell, others go to heaven” Stinking Lizavetta/ Hell Mach Four, Split Single Ruido and Moodswing Records 1997 –
“Trendy Compilation” Trend is Dead Records 1996
“A Compatibility of Dissonance” Lakeside Records 1996
“Hell Mach Four” LP, Moodswing Records 1996
“Several Dead Presidents Compilation” CD Self-Released 1994
“Pleasure Astro” Self-Released Single 1994
Conferences/Panel Discussions/Lectures/Interviews
“Sounding to Power: Identity and Resistance in Contemporary Sound Art.”, CAA Chicago 2020
“The Cacophony of Choice” Arts in Society Conference, Instituto Politecnico de Lisboa, Lisbon Portugal 2019
“The Cacophony of Choice” Faculty Discussions 2019
“Maintenance and Decay” Nevada Art Museum, Reno, Nevada 2016
“The Wildlife Divide” SECAC Annual Conference, Roanoke Virginia 2016
“Metasonic” Alfred University Alfred, New York (online lecture) 2016
“NOWHERERADIO” NMHU Research Conference, Las Vegas New Mexico 2015
“Conversations: Alternative Spaces” Panelist, Contemporary Art Center, Las Vegas 2013
“P3 Studio” Interview KNPR 88.9 Las Vegas, Nevada
Clark County TV “Beyond Sunrise Mountain” Broadcast Video Interview 2013
“Somebody Kill the Radio” Interview KNPR Las Vegas 88.9 Feb 2012
“n o w h e r e r a d i o” Visiting Artist Lecture Series University of Nevada Las Vegas 2012
Clark County TV “10 x 10” Broadcast Video Interview 2011
“Manufactured Landscapes” Lecture, School of Architecture UNLV 2009
“Manufactured Landscapes” Panelist, Cinevegas, February 2009
“Intervene! Interrupt!” Exhibitor, University of Santa Cruz, California May 2008
“unwound” GPSA Research Conference Exhibitor UNLV, Las Vegas May 2008
“Subversion” UNLV Artist Lecture Series Lecture, October 2008
“Motivational” San Francisco Art Institute Alternative Lecture Series 2006
Awards, Stipends and Honors
2020 Humanities Melon Foundation Fellowship $5000.00
2018 Meow Wolf, Santa Fe, New Mexico $5000.00
2018 Faculty Research Grant, Lake Forest College
2018 Wormfarm Institute, Reedsburg, Wisconsin $5000.00
2016 Faculty Research Grant New Mexico Highlands University $1200.00
2016 Media Arts Program Stipend, Asheville, North Carolina $900.00
2015 Nevada Arts Council Grant 2100
2015 Media Arts Program Stipend, Asheville, North Carolina $900.00
2015 Professional Development Grant Nevada Arts Council 750.00
2014 Artist Grant Nevada Arts Council 2100.00
2014 Professional Development Grant from the Nevada Arts Council 750.00
2013 Best Artist in Las Vegas, The Desert Companion
2013 Best Established Las Vegas Artist Las Vegas Weekly Award
2013 Best Exhibition Las Vegas Seven Award
2013 Art Production Fund Award, New York 6,000.00
2013 Jackpot Grant from Nevada Arts Council 2100.00
2010 National Endowment for The Arts, Federal Arts Funding for the Contemporary Art Center Las Vegas $25,000.00
2009 Cirque de Soleil Grant $1000.00
2009 Joan Mitchell Award Nomination
2008 Graduate and Professional Student Association Grant UNLV
2008-2009 Richard R. & Deborah Ann Roe Scholarship UNLV
2006-2009 Graduate Assistant Scholarship Fine Arts UNLV
2007 Graduate and Professional Student Association Grant UNLV
2006-2007 Graduate Assistant Award Engineering UNLV
Artist Residencies
Santa Fe Art Institute Residence Fellowship 2022
Neon Museum Artist In Residence 2015
P3 Art Production Fund Residency at Cosmopolitan Hotel and Resort Las Vegas Nevada, 2013
Goldwell Residency, Rhyolite Nevada 2009
Jury and Curatorial Experience
“States of Democracy” Sonnenscheim Gallery, Lake Forest College, Illinois 2020
Juror Farm/Art Detour Wormfarm Institute Reedsburg, Wisconsin 2020
Juror Mid-Atlantic Art Council, State Prizes in New Media and Film for New Jersey and Maryland 2018
“DISTANCE” Las Vegas Arts Council Gallery, Las Vegas New Mexico 2016
“Wildlife Divide” Spring Mountain National Recreational Area, Nevada 2012-2013
“Day of The Dead” Winchester Recreational Center Clark County Department of Parks and Recreation, Las Vegas 2013
“Intercept Series”, Multiplexer, Las Vegas Nevada 2012-2013
“Twenty Twenty”, Contemporary Art Center Las Vegas Nevada 2009
“(some future, sometime)” Reed Whipple Cultural Center Las Vegas Nevada 2009
“Off The Grid”, Goldwell Open Air Museum Rhyolite Nevada 2009
“metasonic” Contemporary Art Center, Las Vegas 2009
“Nevada Institute for the Advancement of Contemporary Art” Aruba Hotel and Spa Las Vegas, Nevada 2008
“ANXST”, Citizen Gallery, Richmond, Virginia. 1994
Professional Experience
Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois
2017 – Current
Associate Professor of Sculpture and Expanded Media
Courses: Video Art, Installation, Sculpture, Advanced Sculpture, 3D Foundations, Elements of Design, Art and Activism, Art of Social Change, From Now On: Art, Culture and Technology, Video,Sound and Electronic Art, Applied 3D Design, Installation Art, Art and Environment
Committees: Education Advisory Committee 2018-present, Richter Scholar Committee 2018-2019, Faculty Discussions Coordinator 2019-2020, Library Committee 2020-2021, Faculty Diversity Recruitment Sub-Committee 2021-present, Artist in Residence Committee 2021-2022, Safety Committee 2021-2022
New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
2015- 2017
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Technology
Courses: Videography, Digital Photography, Installation and Surround, Audio Production, Synthesis of Physical Computing and Media Arts, Video Effects, History of Design and Production
Committees: Secretary of Technology Committee, Library Committee.
Graduate and Undergraduate advisement,
Seabury Award faculty Coordinator 2015-2017,
Lead Faculty in Media Arts Foundations Development
Visual Art Sound Art Design/Build Las Vegas Nevada
Owner 2011- 2015
Design, consultation, production and installation of projects ranging from 3D computer design to art installation in public projects and private spaces.Design and fabrication in a wide gamut of materials and technologies for the contemporary and fine art industry.
University of Maryland, Global Campus Adelphi, Maryland
Adjunct Associate Professor
2013-2016
Courses: Graphics Communication, Portfolio Development, Illustration, Digital Media I, Digital Media II, Motion Graphics and Drawing. Course design and development in distance learning and instructional design. Experienced in multinational and international student body including troops serving overseas.
Spring Mountain National Recreational Area Las Vegas, Nevada
Wildlife Divide Curator and Art Coordinator 2012-2014
Coordination, implementation and development of art programs in conjunction with the United States Forest Service and the Southern Nevada Conservancy. Founded The Wildlife Divide Art Program a curatorial exploration into the divide between urban and natural ecosystems. The project serves three main needs: to help build a better understanding and conservancy of the natural habitats that surround us, to create innovative art based programming that builds a bridge between urban and natural ecologies, and to facilitate access to US Forest Service areas for urban communities of Las Vegas.
Softron Media Services Las Vegas, Nevada – Brussels, Belgium
Project Manager and Technical Expert, 2010-2015
Provided Apple based software solutions for film, international broadcasting and production industries. High level of aptitude in configuring and recommending storage, server, network and peripherals.. Technical analysis and testing of software working closely with the software development team in Brussels, Belgium is an important function within the company.
Multiplexer Space Las Vegas
Founder and Curator 2011-2012
The exhibits focused on the potential of video as a medium and an art form that distinguishes itself as an alternative to more common uses of the technology. The space exhibits work that crosses the threshold from visual language to relevant and poignant explorations in a wide variety of subjects and motifs. Curation of the Intercept series included over one hundred video art pieces over the span of one year.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Art Department, Las Vegas
Instructor of Record/Adjunct Professor
2006-2009
Courses: Beginning and Intermediate Sculpture, Intermedia, Video Art.
Advanced course design with a sustained emphasis in performance, interactivity, participation and sound.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Engineering Department, Las Vegas
Graduate Teaching Assistant
2006-2007
Courses: Materials and Fabrication I and II
Working in tandem with the faculty of the nascent Engineering for Entertainment Design program, directly contributed to program structuring and assisted in teaching and
development of cross disciplinary courses in arts and engineering.
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
Graduate Program Manager 1999-2006
Managed over twenty student employees and staff members to coordinate all logistics and operations of the 57,000 square foot facilities. Designed and implemented Instructional and logistical procedures such as: Check out policies, studio assignment, space allocation, training, health/ safety and communications. Designed and created facilities infrastructure for over 200 graduate students using available budget and meeting fiscal requirements. Completed purchasing, design and construction of first ever computer lab, large scale fabrication shop, film editing suites, photo dark room and large format printing center for the program. Conducted periodical use and utilization studies for campus wide research.
Implemented Computer Lab peer-to-peer tutorial and training sessions for multimedia and design applications. Designed built and maintained Mac OSX lab network with 13 stations, peripherals, print and networking operations. Completed logistics of transition from two facilities into the Third Street Graduate Center.
American Conservatory Theater San Francisco
Set Design Assistant 1999
Responsibilities: Resin Casting and Mold Making
Steve Brooking Richmond, Virginia
Carpenter Apprentice1995-1996
Apprenticeship included learning about finishing, detailing and restoration of homes ranging from colonial, victorian turn of the nineteenth century architecture. Skills and professional carpentry knowledge were acquired during the course of almost two years.
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia
Survey Research Lab Assistant 1994-1995
Worked in conjunction for the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta to take surveys and gather information for Health Agencies from the Latin-American Community
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia
Student Housing Assistant 1992-1993
Assisted Students in finding housing and maintained housing database.
Arts Advocacy, Leadership and Volunteering
Currents New Media Festival, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Member of the Board of Directors 2015-2017
Goldwell Open Air Museum and Artist Residency, Goldwell, Nevada
Member of the Board of Directors 2015 – 2015
Contemporary Arts Center Las Vegas, Nevada
Interim Executive Director/President 2008-2010
Provided leadership, guidance and expertise to create a sustainable and successful fiscal outlook for the non-profit organization. During the course of the assignment as president new exhibition programs were established including Off The Strip new genres festival and the east side projects. Funding from several private enterprises, the National Endowment for The Arts and the Nevada Arts Council allowed for the purchase of state of the art technical equipment for future exhibitions, and the establishment of a paid Gallery Director.
Completed first ever overhaul of information technology and established a fully modernized membership and contact databases.
Tubaexotica Brooklyn, New York – San Francisco, California
Co-Curator and Web Engineer 2004- 2006
Brooklyn, based web gallery exhibited international artists working in digital art and technology. Tubaexotica was one of the first web-based galleries to focus on interactive, video, and sound based media. Web interface design, HTML, CSS and Javascript programming along with video compression engineering, editing and production.
Ansurbana Richmond Virginia – San Francisco, California
Director and Founder 1992-2004
The mission: to Encourage collaborations with artists from different genres and create new methods of composing, and presenting work in visual and performance arts. The project introduced the possibilities of collaboration and successful execution of interdisciplinary projects. Curatorial skills along with logistical coordination and direction allowed exhibits and performances in New York, Atlanta and San Francisco.
Citizen Gallery Richmond, Virginia
Curator and Founder 1994 -1995
Citizen gallery consisted of a main exhibition area, several music studios, artist studio and living spaces. Part of the resurgence of DIY and alternative art spaces, Citizen Gallery was a highly active and short lives all ages space where musical acts and visual art exhibitions were booked side by side in an attempt to create a vibrant arts and culture venue for the Richmond, Virginia Community.
Foreign Languages
Native fluency in written and spoken Spanish. Reading competency in Portuguese and Italian.
Memberships
Member of the College Art Association
Member of the South Eastern Conference of Arts Colleges
Member of The Media Arts Caucus
Member of Mid-American College Art Association
Member of Common Field