Abilities

Education:
College-level instruction in 3D and 2D computer animation, video, and audio

Print media:
Textbook authoring, technical writing
Technical editing, copy editing, proofreading
Graphic design, page layout

3D computer graphics:
Modeling, animation, & visual design using a wide variety of software tools
3ds Max, Maya, Photoshop, After Effects etc.

Video wizardry:
Independent Director / Producer
Technical Direction, live multi-camera shoots
Online editing
Compositing
Stereoscopic video

Multimedia:
Web design / HTML
CD-ROM game production

Audio and music:
Multitrack studio recording and mixing
Digital audio editing, CD mastering
Audio production for broadcast radio
Sound design and production for computer gaming


  Experience
03.2007 - present: Faculty, Bay Area Video Coalition
Instructor for accelerated professional development courses in Maya and 3ds Max
10.1999 - present: Faculty, Art Institute of California - San Francisco
Department of Media Arts and Animation
Chair, Technology Committee, 2000-2002
04.2006: Co-Author and Layout Artist: Harnessing 3ds max 8
published by Autodesk Press / Thomson Delmar Learning
05.2005 - present: Founding member, Encounter Studio artist live/work space and theater
07.2003 - 01.2005: Director of Production and on-air DJ
KUSF San Francisco, 90.3 FM
05.2004: Author and Layout Artist: Foundations of 3ds max 6
published by Autodesk Press / Thomson Delmar Learning
04.2003: Co-Author and Layout Artist: Harnessing 3ds max 5
published by Autodesk Press / Thomson Delmar Learning
09.2000 - 01.2003: Faculty, Academy of Art University, San Francisco
Department of Computer Graphics
07.2001 Technical Editor, 3ds max 4 Quick Reference by Michele Bousquet
published by Autodesk Press / Thomson Delmar Learning
05.2000 - present: Owner, Dr. Yo Internet Radio, supported by listener donations
06.1998 - present: Freelance electronic artist -- 3D animation, web design, CD-ROM and video production
Clients included: There, Inc., IDO Systems, Berkeley Systems, MDCare.com
06.1995 - 06.1998: Senior Video Editor / 3D Animator / Webmaster
Production City, Mill Valley CA
Clients included: Sun, HP, NTT, Intel, SGI, KMD Architects, Mosby, Coherent Medical
10.1994 - 05.1995: Technical Staff, Videographics
California Institute of the Arts, School of Film/Video
06.1993 - 09.1994: Video Editor / Engineer
Production City, Mill Valley CA
09.1991 - 05.1993: Teaching Assistant, video classes, CalArts
09.1992 - 05.1993:
Manager, KCIA campus radio, CalArts
05.1991 - 05.1992: Student Council Secretary, CalArts
Editor, The Moon, CalArts Student Council
01.1991 - 05.1992: Program Director, Channel 8 TV, CalArts
09.1990 - 05.1992: Editor, ALT magazine, CalArts
06.1990 - 09.1990: Typesetter, The Printed Word, Evanston IL
09.1989 - 05.1990: Assistant, Betty Rymer Gallery
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
09.1989 - 05.1990: Coordinator, Friday Night Performance Series
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
07.1989 - 09.1989: Canvasser, Citizens for a Better Environment
09.1987 - 05.1989: Associate Editor, F magazine
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
11.1987 - 11.1988: Proofreader, Word City, Chicago
09.1986 - 05.1987: Installation Assistant, Columbus Drive Gallery
Gallery Assistant, Superior Street Gallery
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
05.1983 - 09.1986: Director's Assistant
20th Century Masters Gallery, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California


Education
1990 - 1993: Master of Fine Arts
California Institute of the Arts
School of Film/Video, Department of Live Action
1986 - 1990: Bachelor of Fine Arts
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Video, Sound, and Performance departments
1982 - 1986: Carmel High School, Carmel, CA
Highest honors: GPA 4.1


  Selected Exhibitions & Distinctions
10.2005: Screening, Encounter Studio, San Francisco
11.2004: Exhibit, Art Out Loud
ArtSF gallery, San Francisco
07.2004: Exhibit, Recombinant Flux
Rx Gallery, San Francisco
01.2004: Panel presentation and screening, YLEM Artists Forum: Generative Art
Exploratorium, San Francisco
01.2004: Screening, Studio Place Arts, Vermont
01.2004: Screening, CalArts San Francisco Alumni Exhibit
03.2003: Screening, San Francisco Cinematheque
10.2002: Screening, Saul Zaentz Film Center, Berkeley
09.2002: Exhibit, Faculty Show
Art Institute of California - San Francisco
07.2002: Screening, iotacenter Artists’ Salon
Museum of Jurassic Technology, Los Angeles
09.2001: Exhibit, Art+Science+Technology,
Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley
Honorable Mention
09.2001: Exhibit, Faculty Show
Art Institute of California - San Francisco
02.2001: Installation, Behind the Screen
Exploratorium, San Francisco
10.2000: Exhibit, Bit by Bit Digital
Manitou Springs, Colorado
10.2000: Screening, Buddhist Film Showcase, San Francisco
09.2000: Exhibit, Faculty Show
Art Institutes International at San Francisco
03.2000: Screening, Macau Art Festival
08.1999: Screening / installation, Saul Zaentz Film Center, Berkeley
06.1999: Screening / installation, New Nothing Cinema, San Francisco
11.1998: Dr. Yo's Unoriginal Masters
Self-produced audio CD
10.1998: Artist's Residency, Experimental Television Center, Owego, New York
09.1998: Opus Alchymicum Video Collection
Self-produced VHS videotape
11.1997: Screening, Opera Totale 3, Venice
11.1997: Screening, 7th International Video Week, Geneva
11.1998: Machina Mystica
Self-produced VHS videotape
11.1998: The Alchemist's Dream
Self-produced audio CD, released by DMR Diversions
09.1996: Screening, Short Attention Span Film & Video Festival, San Francisco / New York
09.1996: Odyssey into the Mind's Eye
VHS video compilation of computer animation
Produced and released by Odyssey Productions
08.1996: Installation, SIGGRAPH '96 Digital Bayou, New Orleans
Still Life, VR collaboration with Christian Greuel
04.1996: Screening, Berlin Interfilm Festival: Myth and Magic
08.1995: Screening, SIGGRAPH '95 Computer Animation Festival, Los Angeles
08.1995: Screening, International Symposium On Electronic Arts, Montreal
05.1995: Screening, WRO '95, Sound Basis Visual Arts Festival, Wroclaw, Poland
09.1994: Screening, Short Attention Span Film & Video Festival, San Francisco
08.1994: Screening, International Symposium on Electronic Arts, Helsinki
05.1994: Screening, Showcase '94, CalArts screening
Academy Theatre, Los Angeles
12.1993: Machina Mystica, solo screening
Artists Television Access, San Francisco
04.1993: Opus Alchymicum, MFA thesis screening, CalArts
12.1992: à la cARTe, live talk show, CalArts
Produced and directed by Aaron Ross
Hosted by Linda Hubshman and David Muller
09.1992: Screening, Videonale 5, Bonn, Germany
05.1992: Neuro Tech Symptomz, solo screening, CalArts
03.1992: Screening, Prix Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
11.1991: Exhibit, CyberArts International, Pasadena
In collaboration with Christian Greuel
11.1991: Screening, 4th International Video Week, Geneva
09.1991: Recycled Time, multimedia concert, CalArts Modular Theatre
In collaboration with Christian Greuel
05.1991: Virtual Insanity, solo screening, CalArts
04.1991: Screening, Projections, CalArts screening NuArt Theatre, Los Angeles
12.1990: Screening, WRO '90, Sound Basis Visual Arts Festival, Wroclaw, Poland
05.1990: Screening, BFA Exhibition
The Film Center, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
04.1990: Screening, Built On Sound
The Film Center, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
11.1989: Screening, Process Studio, Chicago
1989-90: Performances, Friday Night Performance Series
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
04.1988: Exhibit, The Face of Time
Columbus Drive Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago


References available on request


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