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

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

07-09
  • Teaching Assistant, 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) at the University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.
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

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.