EDUCATION

2010
  • Masters of Fine Art, University of California, San Diego
2002
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, NYSCC School of Art and Design at Alfred University

EXHIBITIONS AND SCREENINGS

2011
  • "This Old House", curated by Glenna Jennings, 2989 N. Victoria Drive, Alpine, California
  • "Rochester Knocking", a multimedia performance, California State University, San Marcos, California, May 16th @ 8pm
  • "Many Worlds, Many Times", ARTifact Gallery, University of California, San Diego, California
  • "Irrational Exhibits", curated by Deborah Oliver, Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles, California
  • "The Library Niche", University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
  • "GUTTED 2011", LACE, Los Angeles, California
2010
  • "Good Mourning California", Periscope Projects, San Diego, California
  • "Perform! Now! Festival", Los Angeles, California
  • "Camuflajes", Museo del Patrimonio Municipal, Málaga, Spain
  • "Arts in Action Festival", UCSD, La Jolla, California
  • "Confluent Forms", Francis Parker School, San Diego, California
  • "Open Studios", UCSD, La Jolla, California
2009
  • “Towards Readiness”, MFA Thesis Show, VAF Gallery @ UCSD, La Jolla, California.
  • “I Feel Different”, curated by Dr. Jennifer Doyle, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California.
  • “Between History and Memory”, curated by Paula Katz, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  • “Camuflages”, curated by Maite Mendez Baiges, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain.
  • “Le Flash”, Atlanta Celebrates Photography, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
  • “Palimpsest Portraits”, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
  • “GLAMFA 2009”, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California.
  • “Civic Statues Unfrozen for One Hour: Clothed Women and Unarmed Men”, curated by Anne Bray, Eighteen-Thirty, Los Angeles, California.
  • “Magnetic Landscape”, curated by Hannah Israel and Kristen Miller Zohn, Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia.
2008
  • “Hollywould”, LA Freewaves 11th Festival of New Media Arts, Los Angeles, California.
  • “Overlaps”, curated by Kate Longley, San Diego, California.
  • “This Just In”, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
  • “Gnomon”, Railroad Earth, Atlanta, Georgia.
  • “Electro-Scuro”, Atlanta, Georgia
2007
  • “click/shift/enter”, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
  • “Insatiable Streams”, BS1 Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, China
  • “Two Nights of Film Projection – Second Nature”, Fette’s Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
  • “Fingers + Codes: The Contemporary Portrait”, curated by Alyson Laura, Eyedrum Music and Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
  • “Recordings”, curated by Stuart Horodner, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia.
  • “The Perpetual Body”, curated by Chris Burkowski, [PAM] Cinema-Scope, Scope New York, New York.
2006
  • “Monica Duncan : Video Work”, curated by Aaron Miller, “[PAM] Cinema-Scope Best of the Best”, Scope Miami, Miami, Florida.
  • “AUX”, Athica Arts Center, Athens, Georgia.
  • “Land-Tracking-Land”, curated by Aaron Miller and Monica Duncan, Rochester Contemporary Art Gallery, Rochester, New York. (www.land-tracking-land.org)
  • “Glitch”, curated by Dan Bayles, Douglas Green Anna Kim, Lara Odell, Gina Osterloh, Marco Rios, Eusebio Travis Sevilla, Jeff Sheng, Kristine Thompson, and Gordon Winiemko, LACMA, Los Angeles, California.
  • “Technologized Bodies/Embodied Technologies”, curated by Dave Burns and Legier Biederman, Boston CAA Conference at Art Interactive Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts and Silverlake Film Festival, Arclight, Hollywood, California.
  • “Resolutions ‘06”, curated by Joanna Raczynska, Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York.
2005
  • “Local Lightworks”, curated by Shana Wood, Eyedrum Music and Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
  • “Sound in Video”, curated by Alexandra Lakin, OASIS Informal Screenings at ZKM, Karlshrue, Germany.
  • “Celebrating Women” curated by Maiza Hixon, Fraizer Museum and Norton Pavilion, Louisville, Kentucky.
  • “Regarding One Hundred”, Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
  • “Eight Women: The Art of Collaboration”, Watertower Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky.
  • “Depth Analysis”, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, California.
  • “Evidence”, performance installation, Eyedrum Music and Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia. A reprise was performed for “Beyond/In Western New York 2005”, Burchfield-Penny Art Center, Buffalo, New York.
  • “Evolutionary Girls”, A/V Space, Rochester, New York.
  • “Eight Women: The Art of Collaboration”, Watertower Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky.
2004
  • “Celebrating Women”, curated by Boshko Boskovic, Norton Pavilion, Louisville, Kentucky.
  • “Faculty Exhibition”, Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
  • “Everything is Voltage Controllable”, Fusion Home, Louisville, Kentucky.
  • “Digital Salon”, Art Mission, Binghamton, New York.
  • “Ladyfest Ohio”, Columbus, Ohio.
  • “Cinema Anonymous”, Clifton Center, Louisville, Kentucky.
  • “Wings 10 x 10”, Glassworks, Louisville, Kentucky.
  • “Borderlands”, Evolutionary Girls Club Exhibition, Carnegie Art Center, Tonawanda, New York.
  • “The Unprofessionals”, curated by Lindsay Sampson, screenings in Chicago, Illinois, Buffalo, New York and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
2003
  • “Video Paintings” Smart Wall, School of Art and Design NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, New York.
  • “Visiting Artist Lecture and Screening”, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.
  • “New Video Works”, curated by Kim Beck, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee.
  • “Emerging Filmmakers Series”, Little Theater, Rochester, New York.
  • “init.two”, Visual Studies Workshop Galleries, Rochester, New York.
  • “Video Paintings” Smart Wall, School of Art and Design NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, New York.
2002
  • “Examinants”, curated by Caroline Koebel, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales (CDAV), Havana, Cuba.
  • “Impatient Pixel,” collaborative works included in Lara Odell’s solo show, Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, New York.
  • “In Western New York 2002”, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York.
  • “Evolutionary Girls”, Squeaky Wheel Media Resources, Buffalo, NY; Europride 2002, Cologne, Germany; Moon bow festival, Stockholm, Sweden; Rivinvali ri, Helsinki, Finland.
  • “Video Collaborative”, curated by Peter Baldes, Virgina Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond Virginia.
  • “V-Day” installation with Amy Karle, SMART WALL, School of Art and Design, NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, New York.
  • “Prominence 2002”, curated by Amy Karle, School of Art and Design, NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, New York.

CURATORIAL WORK

2006
  • “Land-Tracking-Land”, (Co-curator), Rochester Contemporary Art Gallery, Rochester, New York.
  • “Evolutionary Girls Club Exhibition”, (Co-organizer/Co-curator), Clifton Center, Louisville, Kentucky.
  • “Experimental Television Center International Summer Workshop Video Screening”, (Coordinator), Eyedrum Music and Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
  • “Experimental Independent” (Video Co-curator), River Bend Winery, Louisville, Kentucky.
2005
  • “Video Shopping Cart”, (Video Co-curator), Arts Electronic, Louisville, Kentucky.
2003
  • “init.two”, (Video Co-curator), Visual Studies Workshop Galleries, Rochester, New York.

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

10-11
  • Lecturer, California State University, San Marcos. Courses Taught: Advanced Video Production (Spring 2010 and 2011), Dance and Visual Media (Fall 2010), Survey of World Cinema (Fall 2010, Spring 2011)
07-09
  • Teaching Assistant, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California. Taught for Jean-Pierre Gorin, Babette Mangolte, Ricardo Domingez, Michael Trigilio and others. Courses taught: History of Film (Fall 2007 and 2008), Intro to Digital Photography (Winter 2008), Introduction to Art-Making: Motion and Time-based Work (Winter 2009), Intro to Media (Spring 2009), Director Series (Fall 2009), Hard Look at the Movies (Winter 2010), Film in Social Context (Spring 2010), Fantasy in Film (Summer 2010)
01-07
  • Assistant to the Director and co-instructor, Experimental Television Center International Summer Workshop, Owego, New York.
2006
  • Max/MSP/Jitter Instruction, Experimental Media Course, Instructor: Sara Hornbacher, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia.
04-06
  • Artist-in-Residence, Digital Video Department, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, Georgia. Taught two video courses each semester and provided both technical and administrative support to the Video Department. Courses taught included: Video Production I, Video Production II and Experimental Video, an upper-level studio course that emphasizes alternative approaches to video through interactivity, performance, interdisciplinary art practice, sculptural installations and site-specific environments. Technician duties included maintenance and installation video and audio equipment, and computer hardware and software, etc.
2002
  • Teaching Assistant, Large Format Digital Print Workshop, Alfred University, Alfred, New York.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

  • Video/Audio Production: Camera knowledge including Sony XDCAM EX1, Sony HVR-Z1U, Sony HDR-FX1, Panasonic AG-DVX 100, Canon XL-1, GL-2, Sony DCR TRV 900, etc.; Studio Lighting; Post-production software including Final Cut Pro, Avid, Premiere, Motion, After Effects; Audio Recording including Protools, Logic, Soundtrack Pro; Working knowledge of analog image-processing and audio synthesis equipment; Max/MSP/Jitter programmer for live performances and interactive exhibitions
  • DVD Authoring: DVD Studio Pro, Toast (with Blue-ray)
  • Design: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, QuarkXPress, Dreamweaver, Word, Excel
  • Photography: Black and white, color and digital processing; cyanotypes; medium format cameras
  • Digital Print: Creo Iris, Ixia, Colorspan Giclee and Designwinder printers; Scitex and Epson scanners
  • Exhibition/Event: Video and Audio Installation; Projection and Multi-media displays; Public Relations, Grant Writing, and Installation Documentation

LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS

2009
  • “Artist Talk”, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
2006
  • “Performance-based Camouflage Videos”, (Co-present session with Lara Odell) Camouflage: Art, Science, and Popular Culture Conference, organized by Roy Behrens, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
2005
  • Artist Talk, “Eight Women: The Art of Collaboration”, Watertower Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky.
2002
  • Artist Screening and Lecture, Art Department, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • Diana McClintock, “Palimpsest Portraits,” Art Papers, Nov./Dec. 2009 issue
  • Erin Bransford, “Atlanta’s Emerging Artists,” Jezebel Magazine, March 2007 issue
  • "City Choice," City Newspaper (Rochester, New York), October 18, 2006.
  • Diane Heilenmen “Ideas Inform Images in Two Exhibits,” The Courier-Journal, July 3, 2005
  • Tamara Ikenberg, “Girls on Film,” The Courier Journal (Louisville, Kentucky), July 15, 2006
  • Judith Edgerton, “Short Takes,” The Courier Journal, April 25, 2004
  • Caroline Koebel, “Impatient Pixel,” Art Papers, Sept./Oct. 2002 issue
  • “City Haul,” The Buffalo News (Buffalo, New York), August 11, 2002
  • Richard Huntington, “The Essence of WNY,” The Buffalo News, August, 2, 2002

GRANTS/AWARDS/RESIDENCIES

2011
  • Artist Residency, Experimental Television Center, Owego, New York.
2010
  • Waggaman Media Grant, UCSD Visual Arts Department, La Jolla, California.
2009
  • Russell Grant, UCSD Visual Arts Department, La Jolla, California.
02-07
  • Artist Residency, Experimental Television Center, Owego, New York.
2006
  • Nominee, Forward Arts Foundation Emerging Artist Award, Atlanta, Georgia.
2004
  • Professional Development Grant, Kentucky Arts Council, Louisville, Kentucky.
2003
  • Artist Enrichment Grant, Kentucky Foundation for Women, Louisville, Kentucky.
  • Special Opportunity Stipend, (Greater Rochester Area) New York Foundation for the Arts, Rochester, New York.
2002
  • Best in Show, Alfred University BFA Thesis Exhibition, Alfred, New York.
  • Powell Campus Purchase Award, Alfred University BFA Thesis Exhibition, Alfred, New York.