Education

MFA            Design + Technology, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco,  CA, 2009
BFA            Graphic Design, Meyers School of Art, University of Akron, Akron, OH, 2004

Proficiencies

Design software: Adobe CS4 Suite: Illustrator, Indesign, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, Bridge, Premiere, Encore, Lightroom, Acrobat, Audition
Programming languages: HTML, CSS, XML, PHP, Javascript
Multimedia (audio/video) software: Max/Msp, Final Cut Pro, 3d Studiomax, Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Renoise, Renoise, Acid Pro

Bibliography & Media Coverage

2009           “Enjoy This”, NBC Bay Area, http://www.nbcbayarea.com/enjoy-this/Art_Tech_at_The_Lab_Bay_Area.html
                  Pirate Cat Radio, David Downs, http://www.piratecat.dreamhosters.com/podcasts/Black/Black-20090831.mp3
                  “Don’t Miss”, Mary Eisenhart, Sf Gate, http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/02/NSCP19E6EJ.DTL
                  Creative Quarterly 15 (web gallery), Fine Arts, www.cqjournal.com
                  “New Art from Fresh Minds”, J.D. Beltran, SF Chronicle, www.sfgate.com
                  “Freshly Varnished And Ready for Their Close Up”, J.D. Beltran, SF Chronicle, www.sfgate.com

Selected Interactive Design

2010           Bridge, (Interactive sound sculpture) Using wireless metal boxes as activation points, participants complete sound circuits and build up                   and break down resistive networks using skin to skin contact with others.
2009           Clotheslines, (Video installation) phantom figures are projected onto clotheslines, accompanied by sounds of crickets and old radio.
                  Under tables, (Video installation) Television broadcasts are projected under a table, waving your hand it changes the channels.
                  Shadows, (Interactive video installation) Spectators shadow is trapped on to a screen where it is viewed as it dissipates slowly.
                  Chimes, (Interactive sound sculpture) 200 touch sensitive clear acrylic rods, wood, steel, nylon ropes, electronics trigger rain sounds.
2008            Twilight Maps, (Multi media performance) w/  Peter Focault, Jake Coolidge; live audio and video performance creates drawings.
                  Red Push Pull, (Multi media performance) w/ artists: Peter Focault, Justin Hoover; kung fu battle strikes trigger video and drawings.
                  Sample Collective, (Sound recording) Collaboration; remixing of a single field recording into album.
                  Ants, (Sound installation) Infrared sensors triggered by ants to create music.
                  Pulse, (Interactive video installation) The striking of hand drums trigger original video loops.
2007           Borders, (Video) Changing shifting layers of videos in flash format.