Russet Lederman || Curiculum Vitae

Education

New School University, NYC. M.A. (Ph.D track) in Media Studies, 2006–2010.
School of Visual Arts, NYC. M.F.A. in Computer Art, 1999.
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY. B.A. in Art History, 1983.

Academic Positions

Faculty, 1999-present and Faculty Advisor, 2003-2009.
School of Visual Arts, MFA Computer Art, NYC.
Develop and teach graduate level courses in interface design, interactivity, networked media and thesis concept development. Oversaw all department advising, faculty relations and overall academic management of 100 graduate students and 40 courses each semester. Directly involved in department curriculum development, faculty hiring, admissions and thesis supervision. Curator for annual MFA Thesis Exhibition at Visual Arts Gallery and oversaw graduate student conference on art + media.
Adjunct Professor, 2001-2003.
Parsons School of Design, BFA Digital + Technology, NYC.
Developed and taught undergraduate core studio courses in web identity and interface design.
Adjunct Professor, 2000-2001.
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn and NYC.
Developed and taught undergraduate level courses: Interactive Media I and III.
Teaching Assistant, 1997-1999.
New York University, Institute for Technology
Provided classroom support for web development course Creating for the World Wide Web.

Awards, Conferences, Exhibitions, Research and Curatorial Projects

Radical Aesthetics & Politics Conference, Hunter College, City University of New York, NYC, December 9, 2011.
Presented paper: Fanta, Sprite and G.I. Joe: Postwar Japanese Photographers Respond to the Continued American Military Presence in Japan.
Japanese Photobooks in the International Center of Photography’s Library and Permanent Collection, NYC, April 2010 - present.
Research and develop a series of posts for the ICP Library blog on Japanese postwar photobooks.
Critical Information: Mapping the Intersection of Art and Technology, School of Visual Arts, New York, December 2011.
Faculty Advisor for MFA Art Criticism and Writing graduate student conference.
Magnum Contact Sheets Research at the International Center of Photography, NYC, September 2010-March 2011.
Researcher and writer for 2011 Thames and Hudson publication edited by ICP Associate Curator Kirsten Lubben.
Provocateurs of Japanese Photography, Kathleen Cullen Gallery, NYC, May/June 2010.
Curator for group exhibition of films, books and photography that address issues of gender and resistance in Japanese media art.
Critical Themes Conference, New School University, NYC, April 2010.
Presented paper: "Shojo” and the Art of Resistance by Contemporary Japanese Women Photographers and Media Artists.
12th Biennial Symposium on Arts and Technology, Connecticut College, New London, CT, March 2010.
Presented and published paper: Immateriality and Open Access: Net Art in its Natural ‘Habitat’.
Netart Feature 2010, JavaMuseum, Cologne, Germany, January 2010.
Online showcase of netart work Barely Skin Deep.
MediaModes Conference, School of Visual Arts, New York City, November 2009.
Co-organizer and Faculty Respondent for inter-departmental academic conference on art and technology.
Mediated Realities, Visual Arts Gallery, New York City, May 2009.
Curator of Digital Art Exhibition.
Critical Themes Conference, New School University, NYC, April 2009.
Conference presenter for panel on Embodiments.
The Body: Images, Perceptions, and Representations Conference, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL, November 2008.
Conference presenter for panel on The Feminine Image.
Continuous Currents, School of Visual Art Gallery, NYC, October 2008.
Group exhibition of media works.
Critical Themes Conference, New School University, NYC, April 2008.
Conference Presenter for panel on The Mediated Environment.
Visual Arts Gallery, NYC, May 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.
Curator for thesis works by MFA Computer Art graduates at the School of Visual Arts.
Mixed Messages, New School, NYC, December 2007.
Showcase of media based works. Awarded honorable mention.
Visual Arts Gallery, NYC, May 2005, 2006, 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.
Franklin Furnace, Armory Show, March 2006.
Co-organizer for Franklin Furnace’s events at the Amory Show.
Franklin Furnace Alum Art Show, Marian Goodman Gallery, NYC, May 2005.
Co-organizer for benefit exhibition and website of selected works by artists supported by Franklin Furnace for the past 25 years.
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 http://www.americanart.si.edu/helios/newmedia/lederman,
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.
Conference presenter 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 for kiosk work.
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.
REPOhistory http://www.repohistory.org, 2000.
Created fine art web work entitled "Congestion". Also provided assistance in production and conceptual development.
Verbindingen-Jonctions4, Brussels,
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.
Dia Center for the Arts, Readings in Contemporary Poetry http://www.diacenter.org, 1998.
Typography design for the web documentation and CD-ROM prototype for poetry project.

New Media Art Works

Barely Skin Deep, 2005-2008 .
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.

Publications

JIP - JavaMuseum, Interview Project, JavaMuseum.org, 2009, http://jip.javamuseum.org/jipblog/?page_id=104.
Enciclopedia Treccani, Rome: Instituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 2008.
Bruce Wands, Art of the Digital Age, London + New York: Thames & Hudson, 2006, p. 160.
Jean-David Boussemaer, Memoire: Web-Art: Acquisitions et Collections, Grenoble: Universite de Grenoble 2, 2004, p. 36.
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 (Ireland), Winter 2001 , 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.

Professional Affiliations

Franklin Furnace Archives, Inc., Brooklyn, NY, 2003 - present.
Board of Directors member. Board President from 2006-2008.
College Art Association, New York, NY, 2007 - present.
Academic Member.

Collections

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