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CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
PhD Candidate in Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS)
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, September 2008 – Fall 2013 Master of Professional Studies in Interactive Telecommunications
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY, USA, September 2004 – May 2006 Master of Arts in Journalism
University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, September 2002 – May 2003 Bachelor of Arts in Journalism
University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, September 1999 – May 2002 Information and Communication Technologies Policy Scholar
Stanhope University, Budapest, Hungary, July – August 2003 Undergraduate Exchange Program Fellow in Visual Arts
SUNY Oswego, New York, NY, USA, September 2001 – May 2002
EMPLOYMENT
Predoctoral Teaching Associate, DXARTS, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, October 2008 – ongoing
Instructor for Digital Video Foundations, DXARTS, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, September 2011 – December 2011 Discussion Instructor for Digital Art and New Media – History, Theory and Practice, DXARTS, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, September 2010 – December 2011 Instructor for Digital Video Foundations, DXARTS, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, July 2010 – August 2010 Graduate Research Assistant, DXARTS, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, June 2010 – August 2010 Instructor for Fundamentals of Digital and Experimental Art II, DXARTS, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, April 2010 – June 2010 Graduate Research Assistant, DXARTS,University of Washington, Seattle, USA, January 2010 – April 2010 Discussion Instructor for Digital Art and New Media – History, Theory and Practice, DXARTS, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, September 2009 – December 2009 Instructor for Discovery Seminar: Digital Expression, DXARTS, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, September 2009 Graduate Research Assistant to Professor Shawn Brixey, DXARTS, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, June 2009 – September 2009 Lecturer on Light, Art and Architecture at Digital Art and Dance Composition III, Dance Department, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, May 2009 Instructor for 3 Space III: Special Topics in 3D Computer Arts, DXARTS, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, April 2009 - June 2009 Graduate Teaching Assistant for 3 Space III: Special Topics in 3D Computer Arts, DXARTS, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, October 2008 – April 2009 Creative Director, NoN Group, Zagreb, Croatia and New York, NY, USA, September 2000 – ongoing Art Director, Tiffany & Co, New York, NY, USA, May 2008 – July 2008 Art Director, Social Sauce, New York, NY, USA, September 2006 – March 2008 Interactive Art Director, UNICEF concert for Darfur at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, USA, June 2006 – January 2007 New Media Art Consultant, Publicolor, New York, NY, USA, July 2006 – September 2006 Graduate Research Assistant to Professor Helen Nissenbaum, New York University, New York, NY, USA, December 2004 – May 2006 Graduate Research Assistant for Values in Technology Design: Democracy, Autonomy, and Justice, New York University and Ford Foundation, New York, NY, USA, December 2004 – May 2006 Executive Editor, Nescafe Online, Zagreb, Croatia, March 2003 – March 2004 Filmmaker, Bond Street Theater, USA and Southeast Europe, May 2002 – May 2005 Media Art Researcher, Franklin Furnace Fund, New York, NY, USA, May 2002 – May 2003EXHIBITIONS
We Are All Made Of Stars – Microsoft Research Gallery, Redmond, WA, USA, January 2013
As It Is Cracking – Storefronts Seattle, Amazon Campus, Seattle, WA, USA, April – October, 2012
Eyes of the Skin 2 - Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA, January – February, 2012
Four Landscapes: History of Events - DXARTS Experimental Film Screening, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA, June, 2010
Eyes of the Skin – Faculty Dance Concert, University Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, 2009
Underwater Love – Mixed Signals, Washington, DC, MD, USA, August 2006
outSIDEin - Interactive Telecommunication Exhibit, TSOA, New York, NY, USA, May 2006
Cloud Head – Interactive Telecommunication Exhibit, TSOA, New York, NY, USA, February 2006
Underwater Love – Interactive Telecommunication Exhibit, TSOA, New York, NY, USA, December 2005
Nice Sea Sky – Villa Arson Center, Nice, France, August 2005
The Balkans – National Cultural Centers, Albania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Serbia and Montenegro, June – September 2005
Croatia – Interactive Telecommunication Exhibit, TSOA, New York, NY, USA, March 2005
sfrj.net – Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, June 2003
The Crash – Multimedia Center Mi2, Zagreb, Croatia, February 2003
2 Laconic Persons of the Box – Multimedia Center Mi2, Zagreb, Croatia, December 2002
The Bond Street Theater Films – Cultural Center REX, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, November 2002
The Bond Street Theater Films – Arts Academy, Pristine, Kosovo, November 2002
The Bond Street Theater Films – Theater of Minorities, Skopje, Macedonia, November 2002
The Crash – Festival of Alternative Theater Expression – FAKI, Zagreb, Croatia, May 2002
The Crash – SUNY Oswego Gallery, New York, NY, USA, May 2002
Beton – SUNY Oswego Gallery, New York, NY, USA, December 2001
2 Laconic Persons of the Box – Student Center Festival, Zagreb, Croatia, May 2001
2 Laconic Persons of the Box – Zadar of Dreams Festival, Zadar, Croatia, June 2001
2 Laconic Persons of the Box – Festival of Alternative Theater Expression – FAKI, Zagreb, Croatia, May 2001
LECTURES
Keynote Talk – “Transforming the Poetic Experience of Light”, Illuminating Engineering Society of North America’s Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, USA, November, 2012
Artist Talk – “Transforming the Poetic Experience of Space Through Light”, Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, Seattle, WA, USA, February, 2012
Artist Talk – “Transforming the Poetic Experience of Space Through Light”, Darkbot, Seattle, WA, USA, February 2011
Artist Talk – “Pursuing the Unknowable Through Transformative Spaces”, International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA), Istanbul, Turkey, September 2011
Artist Talk – “Transforming the Poetic Experience of Space Through Light”, Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, San Francisco, CA, USA, April 2011
Artist Talk – “Pursuing the Unknowable Through Transformative Spaces”, Text, Action and Space (TAS), Paris, France, October 2010
Artist Talk – “Pursuing the Unknowable Through Transformative Spaces”, Upgrade! Zagreb, Gallery Nano, Zagreb, Croatia, December 2009
PUBLICATIONS
Pursuing the Unknowable Through Transformative Spaces Leonardo Electronic Almanac, Volume 17, Issue 1., MIT Pess, Boston, USA, September 2011
Pursuing the Unknowable Through Transformative Spaces, International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA), Istanbul, Turkey, September 2011
outSIDEin, Light In The Middle Of The Tunnel, The 2nd International Conference on Media Art and Information Aesthetic (MAIA), Beijing, China, July 2009
Atmospheric Architecture, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY, USA, May 2006
Interaktivnost i interaktivne umjetnosti (Interactivity and Interactive Arts), Zarez, Zagreb, Croatia, December 2005Epistemology of The Balkans, Open Society Scholar Forum, New York, NY, USA, May 2005
Mapping the Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania, February 2004Eastern European Performance Art, K & S Gallery, Berlin, Germany, August 2002
Mapping the Art, Franklin Furnace, New York, NY, USA, August 2002
On contemporary performance art, Focus, Zagreb, Croatia, January 2000 – June 2001
On contemporary art, Revolt, Zagreb, Croatia, September 1999 – August 2001
On contemporary art, Student, Zagreb, Croatia, August 1999 – August 2001
AWARDS
The Frankopan Fund’s Staples Award, London, UK, February 2013 Graduate School Travel Award, Seattle, WA, USA, October 2012 Robert E. Thunen Memorial Scholarship, Alameda, CA, USA, April 2012 The Frankopan Fund’s Staples Award, London, UK, September 2011 Graduate School Travel Award, Seattle, WA, USA, October 2011 Graduate School Top Scholar Award, Seattle, WA, USA, October 2010 The Frankopan Fund’s Staples Award, London, UK, September 2010 National Foundation for Science, Higher Education and Technological Development of the Republic of Croatia Doctoral Fellowship, Opatija, Croatia, July, 2010 Richard Kelly Award, New York City, NY, USA, June 2010 4Culture The Individual Artist Program Grant, Seattle, WA, USA, June 2010 Robert E. Thunen Memorial Scholarship, Alameda, CA, USA, April 2010 Graduate School Top Scholar Award, Seattle, WA, USA, October 2009 The Frankopan Fund’s Staples Award, London, UK, September 2009 Graduate School Top Scholar Award, Seattle, USA, October 2008 Ministry of Education Graduate Scholarship, Zagreb, Croatia, October 2008 Herman H.R. Rottenberg Award, New York, NY, USA, December 2006 The Percy L. Douglas Award, New York, NY, USA, September 2006 International House Award, New York, NY, USA, October 2006 McLaine Network Award, New York, NY, USA, July 2006 Tisch School of the Arts Scholarship, New York, NY, USA, September 2005 McLaine Network Award, New York, NY, USA, July 2005 Tisch School of the Arts Scholarship, New York, NY, USA, May 2005 International House Award, New York, NY, USA, January 2005 Ministry of Education Graduate Scholarship, Zagreb, Croatia, November 2004 McLaine Network Award, New York, NY, USA, June 2004 Tisch School of the Arts Scholarship, New York, NY, USA, May 2004 Croatian Academic and Research Network Award – CARNet, Zagreb, Croatia, June 2004 European New Media Artist in Residency Exchange, Kingston upon Hull, UK, August 2003 Alumni Award by Open Society Institute, New York, NY, USA, June 2003 Artist Grant by European Cultural Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 2002 Artist Award by International Student Association of SUNY Oswego, New York, USA, March 2002 New York City Summer Award by Open Society Institute, New York, NY, USA, May 2002 Undergraduate Student Exchange Grant by Open Society Institute, New York, NY, USA, May 2001