Russet Lederman || Curiculum Vitae

Education

New School University, NYC, pursuing M.A./Ph.D track in Media Studies, 2006–present.
School of Visual Arts, NYC. M.F.A. in Computer Art, 1999.
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY. B.A. in Art History, 1983.

New Media Awards, Exhibitions and Curatorial Projects

The Body: Images, Perceptions, and Representations, Fifth-Annual English Graduate Organization Conference, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL, November 2008.
Presented Paper, "Self-Commodification: Controling the Body".
Continuous Currents, School of Visual Art Gallery, NYC, October 2008.
Group Exhibition.
Critical Themes Conference, New School University, NYC, April 2008.
Presented Paper, "Net Art in it Natural Habitat".
Visual Arts Gallery, NYC, May 2008.
Curator for thesis works by MFA Computer Art graduates at the School of Visual Arts.
Mixed Messages, New School, NYC, December 2007.
Awarded Honorable Mention.
Visual Arts Gallery, NYC, May 2007.
Curator for thesis works by MFA Computer Art graduates at the School of Visual Arts.
EDFS, Rolling Hills Estates, CA, September 2006.
EDFS Board of Directors Scholarship.
Visual Arts Gallery, NYC, May 2006.
Curator for thesis works by MFA Computer Art graduates at the School of Visual Arts.
Franklin Furnace, Armory Show, March 2006.
Co-organizer for Franklin Furnace’s events at the Amory Contemporary Art Fair.
Franklin Furnace Alum Art Show, Marian Goodman Gallery, NYC, May 2005.
Co-organizer for benefit exhibition of selected works by artists supported by Franklin Furnace for the past 25 years.
Visual Arts Gallery, NYC, May 2005.
Curator for group exhibition of recent work by MFA Computer Art graduates at the School of Visual Arts.
Digital Downtown, Pace Digital Gallery, NYC, May 2003.
Group exhibition.
X/FEST 2003, Remote Lounge, NYC, February/March 2003.
Guest curator for experimental digital video festival.
Sonar 2002, Barcelona, Spain , June 2002.
Advanced music and multimedia festival.
100 GESTURES,  Remote Lounge, New York City, May 2002.
Video + new media installation in collaboration with Sharon Denning + Sandra McLean.
Stuttgarter Filmwinter Festival for Expanded Media,
Stuttgart, Germany, January 2002.
Video, film and new media festival.
Docs Online, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 2001.
Documentary film and new media festival.
Cast 01, Sankt Augustin (Bonn), Germany, September 2001.
New media conference.
Mediaterra, Athens, September-December 2001.
Exhibition travels to Frankfurt, Germany.
New Media/New Century Award, Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Washington, DC, November 2001.
Award and commission to create an original web based art work about the American Landscape for the museum's website.
Feedback: the Eighth Biennial Symposium on Arts and Technology, Connecticut College, New London, CT, 2001.
Presentation of CD-ROM work.
ISEA 2000, Paris, France, December 2000.
New media festival and symposium.
Architectuur Film Festival, Rotterdam,The Netherlands, September 2000.
Film and new media festival.
How Magazine: Interactive Annual, Merit Award, August 2000.
Interactive award.
Brussels/Bruxelles 2000, Belgium, August 2000.
New media and city cultural festival.
File, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Second Place Prize, August 2000.
New media festival.
Sonar 2000, Barcelona, Spain, June 2000.
Advanced music and multimedia festival.
Neovideo, Perugia, Italy, May 2000.
Video and new media festival.
Verbindingen-Jonctions4, Brussels, Belgium, May 2000.
Symposium and exhibition.
European Media Art Festival, Osnabruck, Germany, May 2000.
International media art venue with exhibition catalogue.
The 4th Graz Biennial on Media + Architecture, November 1999.
New media and architecture festival.
Prix Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria, Honorary Mention, 1999-2000.
Exhibition traveled to Munich and Berlin.
Lab 01, Dresden, Germany, 1999-2000.
Exhibition travels to Barcelona, Brussels, and Hanover (Expo 2000).
The Digital Salon, NYC, 1999-2000.
Exhibition traveled to Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid; Palacio de Santa Cruza, Valladolid, Spain.
Interstanding3, Tallin, Estonia, 1999-2000.
Festival and symposium.
The Paula Rhodes Memorial Award, School of Visual Arts, NYC, 1999.
Computer Art Department Award.

New Media Teaching Positions

School of Visual Arts, Graduate Computer, NYC, 1999 to the present.
Faculty and Academic Advisor (2003-present). Develop and teach graduate level courses in interface design, interactivity, networked media and thesis concept development. Oversee department advising, faculty relations, yearly thesis exhibition and admissions. Participate in curriculum development and department representation to prospective applicants.
Parsons School of Design (New School University), 2001-2003.
Develop and teach undergraduate core studio courses in web identity and interface design.
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn and NYC, 2000-2001. Developed and taught undergraduate level courses: Interactive Media I and III.
New York University, Institute for Technology, Teaching Assistant, 1998-1999.
Assistant teacher for the certificate class, "Creating for the World Wide Web".

Web Development

Mappetite (http://www.mappetite.com), 2006-2007.
Develop information architecture, design visuals and supervise the development and implementation of php/mySQL database programming  and content management system for restaurant/travel guide website.
Franklin Furnace Alumn Art Sale http://www.franklinfurnace.org/research/projects/auction/, 2005.
Develop, design and implement website for benefit art sale, celebrating 25^th anniversary of Franklin Furnace, an alternative arts organization. Event held at Marian Goodman Gallery, NYC.
Contemporary and Cosmetic Dermatology http://www.cncderm.com, 2003-present.
Develop, design and produce website for cosmetic dermatology practice.
Personal Trainers NYC http://www.personaltrainersnyc.com, 2003-present.
Develop, design and produce website for personal trainer consultant group.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
http://www.americanart.si.edu/helios/newmedia/lederman, 2001-present.
New Media/New Century Award commission to develop fine art website about the American Landscape.
Skengle Game for Noggin (http://www.noggin.com), 2000-2001 (inactive.)
Developed all Flash animation and Flash to back-end programming as an independent contractor to the game developer, Bottle Rocket, Inc.
Acquavella Galleries, Inc. (http://www.acquavellagalleries.com), 2000-2002 (inactive.)
Created all aspects of website: information architecture, Javascript, Flash, and HTML.
REPOhistory http://www.repohistory.org, 2000.
Created fine art web work entitled "Congestion". Also provided assistance in production and conceptual development.
Diane Villani Editions http://www.villanieditions.com, 1999-2001.
Created all aspects of website: information architecture, Javascript and HTML. Taught in-house staff how to maintain and further develop site.
Triad Management http://www.triadmanagement.com, 1999.
Created all aspects of website: information architecture, Javascript and HTML.
International Print Center New York http://www.ipcny.org, 1998-2003.
Developed templates and created all aspects of website for fine arts print organization. Taught in-house staff how to maintain and furtherdevelop site.
Dia Center for the Arts, Readings in Contemporary Poetry http://www.diacenter.org, 1998.
Created text treatment for the on-line documentation and designed CD-ROM prototype for the poetry project at Dia Center for the Arts.

New Media Art Works

Barely Skin Deep, 2005-present (work in progress).
An online database narrative work from collected interviews on the subject of feminine beauty.
URL for Project: http://www.barelyskindeep.com
100 Gestures: v.3, May 2002.
A video and new media installation created for Remote Lounge, NYC. Created in collaboration with Sharon Denning and Sandra McLean. http://www.remotelounge.com/info.html.
American Views: Stories of the American Landscape, April 2001.
A web art work created for (and in the collection of) the Smithsonian American Art Museum This web work resulted from the museum's New Media/New Century Award and commission, which stipulated the creation of an original web based art work about the American Landscape for the museum's website. http://www.americanart.si.edu/helios/newmedia/lederman
Congestion, April 2000.
A web art work created for the political artist collaborative RepoHistory's "Circulation" website. http://www.repohistory.org/circulation/ci_interactive.php3.
NYC Thought Pictures: Memories of Place, May 1999.
A CD-ROM art work which presents a unique and varied view of New York, as experienced by several diverse individuals.

New Media Reviews and Publications

Enciclopedia Treccani, Rome: Instituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 2008.
Bruce Wands, Art of the Digital Age, London + New York: Thames & Hudson, 2006, p. 160.
George Dillon, "Montage/Critique: Another Way of Writing Social History," Post Modern Culture, Vol. 14, Num. 2, January 2004.
Raquel Herrera, Tempus Fugit, El Relato Interactivo, Girona, Spain: Fundacio Espais, 2004.
Michael Wilson, "ReMaterial:Dialectical Histories," Circa, Winter2001 (Ireland), p.22.
Jim Costanzo, "RepoHistory: Circulation," Art Journal, Winter 2000, p. 36.
Paul D. Miller, "Blood Money," Artbyte, October 2000, p. 30-32.
How Magazine (Interactive Awards Issue), August 2000, p. 79.
//now/future: European Media Art Festival, Osnabruck, Germany: EMAF, 2000, p. 243, (exhibition catalogue).
Michael Pilz, "Animierte Aliens," Die Welt (Berlin), February 2, 2000.
Eric V. Copage, "Art, in the Public Vein," The New York Times<, February 20, 2000.
H. Leopold and C. Schopf, CyberArts99: Prix Ars Electronica, Vienna/New York: Springer, 1999, p. 82-83, (exhibition catalogue).
Greg Sholette, "RepoHistory," New Art Examiner, Fall 1999.
Solberg, K., "Digital Salon," Leonardo, Vol. 32, Num. 5, Fall 1999, p.427.

URLs for online reviews available upon request, 1999-present.

Collections

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Rhizome Artbase, New York City (www.rhizome.org)
Swiss Federal Office of Culture, Berne, Switzerland
Videotage (collection and distribution), Hong Kong

Museum, Gallery and Curatorial Work (Traditional Media) || 1980 - 1995

Muranushi Lederman Productions, NYC, Curator, 1991-1995.
Organized curatorial projects for the Sculpture Center, NYC; Cummings Art Center, Connecticut College, New London, CT; Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA; WFMU Radio, NJ/NYC; Germans van Eck Gallery, NYC; and Barbara Toll Gallery, NYC.
Beitzel Gallery, NYC, Director, 1988-1991.
Oversaw daily operations, sales and curatorial responsibilities for contemporary art gallery.
McKee Gallery, NYC, Associate Director, 1983-1988.
Supervised daily operations and the design/production of all gallery graphics.
Museum of Modern Art, NYC, Assistant, Art Advisory Service, 1981-1982.
Assisted in gallery installations and researched corporate art collections.
Franklin Furnace Performance & Artist Books Archive, NYC, Assistant, 1980.
Maintained artist books archive and assisted with artist performances.

Computer Skills

Software: Flash (and Actionscripting), XHTML, Javascript, Photoshop, Illustrator, Final Cut, After Effects, ProTools, Dreamweaver, Filemaker Pro and Microsoft Office, .

Hardware: Macintosh, PC/Windows, and Unix operating systems.


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