Internet Design Experience
1999 - 2000. Worked for Perception Graphics as Senior Designer. Designed,
built, animated and created sound for many flash and html web projects.
Worked on ecommerce sites with perl, asp and generator. Being
that Perception Graphics was a start up I wore many hats, so l also
worked as an e business consultant, a copy writer, taught and mentored
interns design tools and processes, and developed new business strategies.
1999. Devised and constructed an online gateway for mind body spirit
issues, ecology and the creative arts on the web. This is my own project.
(The site is currently not functioning while going through a redesign,
the beginnings of which can be viewed in my portfolio).
1998 Worked for Synetica
(UK web design company) as a web site designer, HTML editor and
content writer for various intranet sites, including the Unilever
PLC intranet. They knew me for my abilities to meet deadlines and
get the job done well, as a innovative creator and super fast learner.
1997-1998. Worked as a freelance web designer in Italy and the UK.
Web
Weaving Tool Box
I
work with the following tools: Photoshop 5.5, Illustrator 7, Fireworks
3, Dreamweaver 3, Dreamweaver Ultra Dev, Flash 4, Director
7, Bryce 4, 3d Studio Max R3, Superscape 3d Webmaster VRML, HTML,
Javascript, SMIL, Perl, ASP,
Sound Forge, Acid, Windows Media Player, Real Player Encoder, Gifbuilder,
Gif Converter, Microsoft word, Lotus spreadsheet,
Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Explorer and others. I am both PC
and Mac literate.
Education
1999 - 2000. San Francisco
Academy of Art College. Film and Animation.
1998 - 1999. Continued theatre, dance
and vocal education with various teachers in the Bay Area, San Francisco.
1997 - 1998. Continued "The Pathwork of Self Transformation" training
(Transpersonal Psychology), Spigno Saturnia, Italy.
1997. Signature Sound training
course - (Bio - acoustic Technology) with Sharry Edwards, Columbus,
OH. Explored the effects of sound in relation to digital technology.
1995-1997. Attended various 'healing training' courses with Masters
around the USA.
1995-1997. "The Pathwork of Self
Transformation" Residency program - (Transpersonal Psychology), Phoenicia
NY.
1995. Experimental film & Video,
Native American Philosophy, Post Modernism, University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee WI.
1994-1995. One year of Contemporary
Arts BA degree course (Interdisciplinary forms). Nottingham Trent
University UK. I have not as yet finished my degree.
1992-1994. Apprenticed theater, Butoh
- (Japanese sacred dance), Dance Improvisation, Ballet, Contemporary
and African dance from various masters in the Wales, England and Norway.
Deepened my understanding of human body movements for animation.
Arts
Background
Painting
1993. Gallery exhibit - Patcham Art Gallery, Nottingham UK.
Theater
1993. "Spine" - Powerhouse, Nottingham
UK. 1992. For A&M Records,
devised, directed, composed music, designed costumes and performed
in a multimedia theater piece to dovetail with the show of the rock
band Daisy Chainsaw, which toured the major venues of the UK. Helped
me to bring a sense of theater and "the big screen" to web sites.
Dance
1993. "Touch Stone" - Bonnington Art Gallery,
Nottingham UK, and Ritzys Night Club, Derby UK.
1993. "And the little one said",
with member of London Contemporary Dance Co. - Bonnington Art Gallery,
Nottingham UK, and Ritzys Night Club, Derby UK.
Music
1993. "Spanish Aires" (classical
guitar duet) & "Soulwinds Burning" ( full orchestration). Commissioned
for Nottingham Dance Festival, UK.
1993. African Percussion orchestra
for Nott Dance Festival piece, Nottingham UK.
1991-1992 Various musical group
& performance experiences with guitar & voice.
Teaching
1999 - 2000. Taught internet
design tools and processes to interns.
1999. Taught 'Theater of Essence'
workshops, my own concept of 'deep theater'.
1999. Taught Meditation and Self
Healing workshops.
1993. Taught music improvisation class to Nottingham teenagers in
public school.
1993. Taught dance improvisation and Butoh (Japanese sacred dance)
classes.
Other Relevant Experience
1995. Creator and President of the "Contemporary
Arts Society" Nottingham Trent University UK, a University subsidized
program to bring working artists into the curriculum.
1995. Created and managed "ART JAM",
a forum for improvisation between painters, poets, dancers, sculptors,
actors, musicians & mathematicians.
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