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| ABOUT | |
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| CV |
TIFFANY SUM |
t@impresssnow.com |
| EMPLOYMENT
2008 - Current Assistant Professor, Digital Art Foundation, California State University, Long Beach 2006 - 2008 Assistant Professor, Electronic Art, Ball State University |
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EDUCATION
2007 Artist Resident, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture 2006 Master of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University 2003 Bachelor of Arts in Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong |
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AWARDS
2008 3-week Artist-in-Residence, Art Omi International Arts Center 2008 Finalist of the 13th Hong Kong Independent Short Film and Video Awards 2007 Fellowship of 9-week Artist-in-Residence, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture 2006 - 2007 Faculty Traveling Grant, IDIAA, Ball State University 2006 - 2007 Faculty Grant, Department of Art, Ball State University 2006 Best Interactive Art, RE/ACT Media Art Festival, Germany 2005 Kraus Family Foundation Award, Worldstudio AIGA 2005 Scholarship 2005 College of Fine Arts Dean's and School of Art Funds, Carnegie Mellon University 2005 Graduate Student Small Project Help (GUSH!) Funds, Carnegie Mellon University 2004 School of Art Project Funds, Carnegie Mellon University 2003 GSA Graduate Conference Funding, Carnegie Mellon University 2002 Student Exchange Fund, City University of Hong Kong 2001 The Chinese General Chamber of Commerce Scholarship, Chiap Hua Cheng's Foundation 2000 The 2nd Chinese Synergy Program for Outstanding Youth |
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SELECTED EXHIBITION / SCREENINGS / PERFORMANCES
2009 Spatial Effects: New Digital Art | Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University | Detroit, MI 2008 Deep in the Heart of Southie | LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, MA [curated by Emily Isenberg] 2008 Finalist -- 13th Hong Kong Independent Short Film and Video Awards | Hong Kong, China 2007 1st Shanghai eArts Festival | Shanghai, China 2007 Synthesized Space | ISE Cultural Foundation, New York, NY, USA 2007 Open Studio We didn’t expect him | Jacob Lawrence Studio, Skowhegan, ME, USA 2007 8 transmissions from 4 hearing impaired artists | Wesserrunett Lake, Skowhegan, ME, USA 2007 The Uncanny Valley Rally | Brew House Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA 2007 Faculty Biennale | Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA 2007 Re-surfacing: Technology Expanding the Horizon | Columbus, Ohio, USA 2006 RE/ACT Media Art Festival | Mannheim's Castle, Germany (Awarded Best Interactive Art) 2006 ISEA Symposium / ZeroOne San Jose A Global Festival of Art on the Edge | San Jose, CA, USA 2006 4th International Symposium of Interactive Media Design | Istanbul, Turkey 2006 iDEA, Digital Art Exhibition | San Diego, CA, USA 2006 Atrium Gallery | Muncie, IN, USA 2006 Mitchell Place Gallery | Muncie, IN, USA 2006 Regina Gouger Miller Gallery | Pittsburgh, PA, USA 2005 The FRAME Gallery | Pittsburgh, PA, USA (Two-person gallery exhibition) 2005 SPACE Gallery | Pittsburgh, PA, USA (Curated by Sharmila Venkatasubban) 2005 Yada Gallery | Nagoya, Japan 2005 Pittsburgh Filmmakers | Pittsburgh, PA, USA (Curated by Amy Robeson) 2005 Fe Gallery | Pittsburgh, PA, USA (Curated by Jill Larson) 2005 College of Fine Arts Grand Foyer, Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA, USA (Site-Specific Performance) 2005 Simultan organization | Timisoara, Romania (Video Screening) |
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| SELECTED THEATRE PERFORMANCE
2000 CUTLURGEST | Lisbon, Portugal 2000 Shouson Theater, Hong Kong Arts Center | Hong Kong, China Performer, Zuni Icosahedron's Production, "Vanity Fair" 2000 McConomy Studio Theater, Hong Kong Arts Center | Hong Kong, China Performer, Creative Direction, Ye-Ding's Production, "How's Annie II: Renaissance" 1999 Shouson Theater, Hong Kong Arts Center | Hong Kong, China Performer, Creative Direction, Edward Lam's Dance Troop's Production, "Roaming the Dead Sea" |
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| ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
2008 Art Omi International Arts Center | Ghent, NY, USA 2006 - 2008 Faculty Fellow at Institute of Digital Intermedia Arts and Animation (IDIAA) | Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA 2007 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture | Skowhegan, ME, USA 2005 Two-week residencies at Ex-colonia | Ballabio, Italy |
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| ARTIST TALK
2008“An Electronic Life: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”, Texas A&M University | College Station, TX 2008“Life on road with an Apple”, The University of the Arts | Philadelphia, PA 2008"1st Shanghai eArts and Public Art”, Mitchell Place Studio | Muncie, IN, USA 2007 "Electronic Art's Impact and Importance", Museum of Art | Muncie, IN, USA Curated by Director of Institute of Digital Intermedia Arts and Animation, John Fillwalk 2006 College Art Association | Boston, MA, USA Foundations in Art: Theory and Education (FATE) Organized by Prof. Scott Betz "Electronic Media Art Foundations: Motivation, Variety and Context" 2005 Robotic Art Studio | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA, USA Invited by Prof. Fabian Winkler "Principles of Robotic Arts? Funny-haha VS Funny-sublime" 2005 Contemporary Visual Culture: 1945-Present | Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Invited by Prof. Melissa Ragona "Critical theories in 'New' Media Art" |
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| CURATORIAL PROJECT
2008 “CUT!”(Live Performance & Video Screening) Monkey Town, Brooklyn, NY [Co-organized with Yuka Yokoyama] 2007 – 2008Brown Bag Lunch Lecture Series – “Media Arts and Technology”, Mitchell Place Studio, Muncie, IN | |
| PANEL
2008Bronx, NY, USA Media Arts: Narrative/Documentary/Experimental Filmmaking or Video, Film Animation, and Digital Arts 2008 Bronx Recognizes its Own (BRIO) Award, The Bronx Council on the Arts | |
| BILIOGRAPHY
“Art and Education: Study Abroad”, Ming Pao (Hong Kong Newspaper), 2007 Stephen Wilson, “Border Patrol: Artists Working at the Frontiers of Science and Technology”, Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2008 |
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