Curriculum Vitae

Education

Master of Fine Arts in Digital+Media, Rhode Island School of Design 2008
Thesis – Games: The Art of Making, Bending and Breaking Rules
Recipient of the D+M Fellowship.

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Electronic Media Art & Design, University of Denver's School of Art and Art History 2004
Deans's List, recipient of the Harrison Merit Scholarship, DU Educational Grant, Transfer Scholar and Colorado Scholar Awards.

Associate of General Studies (Specialist) in Graphic Animation Technology & Web Design, Red Rocks Community College 2001
Dean's List, President's List, Phi Theta Kappa.

Teaching Experience

Assistant Professor of Media Arts. Robert Morris University. 2010-present

  • ARTM 2210 Intro to Web Design
  • ARTM 2220 Designing for New Media
  • ARTM 3210 HTML Tool Box
  • ARTM 3220 Coding and Scripting
  • ARTM 4210 Interactive Web Animation

Guest Lecturer. Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. 2010

  • I spent 8 weeks working with two students on game design, helping them learn multimedia fusion, as well as how to create rule sets for paper games.

Interactive Design Instructor. Chester College of New England. 2010

  • DES 405 Advanced Interactive Design.

Instructor. The Urbano Project. 2009-2010

  • Making it Happen: Experience as Art.
  • Hacked: re-purposed and recycled, electronic sculptures.
  • Game Making: an intro to paper prototypes and 2D video game making.

Instructor of Graphic Design. New England Institute of Art. 2009-2010

  • GD120 Digital Imaging,
  • GD230 Web Development for Graphic Designers
  • DGD 101 Designing with Adobe Photoshop
  • WSD 201 Photoshop for Web Developers

Adventures Lead Instructor. Digital Media Academy. 2009

  • Adventures in Game Design

Game Design Instructor. The Cloud Foundation. 2009

  • I designed and taught the workshop Game Design: Making, Bending and Breaking Rules for Cloud’s after school arts program.

Teachers Assistant. Rhode Island School of Design. 2006-2008
Graduate level courses for the Digital+Media and Graduate Studies Departments

  • Edifice: Methods & Methodology
  • Experimental Games
  • On Form and Form Giving
  • Sensing Materials and Embodied Interaction
  • Intro to Creative Programming

Instructor. Red Rocks Community College. 2001-2002

  • After graduating I was a regular guest lecturer giving tips and tricks lectures for intro and advanced Photoshop classes, teaching animation in the Intro to Illustrator class, and showing students how to create custom brushes and animate in Corel Painter, and in Advanced Design I taught students how to use these apps together; as a lecturer I designed and developed curriculum for Intro to Mac OS X and Intro to InDesign.

Invited Lectures

  • “onClick='an interactive look at Net.Art'" RMU Honors Roundtable Presenter at the invitation of Monica VanDieren, Robert Morris University. 11/2010
  • "Dreamweaver for Graphic Designers." At the invitation of Michael Goldberg, New England Institute of Art, Web Development for Graphic Designers. 7/2009
  • “Not just another Thermion, Getting Arduino and MAX/MSP Talking.” At the invitation of Tad Hirch, Rhode Island School of Design, Technology Workshop 4/2008
  • “Book Design in InDesign: An Artist’s Introduction to Page Layout.” At the invitation of Jennifer Liese, Rhode Island School of Design, Permission to Write 3/2008
  • “Using Maya and Hexagon for Rapid Prototype Printing: A Series of Three Workshops.” At the Invitation of Enrique Martínez, Rhode Island School of Design, On Form and Form Giving 11/2007-12/2007
  • “Getting Started and Breaking Out on Your Own in the World of Design.” At the invitation of Rafael Fajardo, University of Denver, eMAD Senior Project 3/2006
  • “The Collaborative Studio's Design Process” At the invitation of Miguel Angel Tarango, University of Denver, Spring and Winter Sessions of Visual Meaning 2/2005 & 3/2005

Conference Presentations

  • “Playing in Place Nowhere: Creating an Open Source Country” Paper Session Open Source and Intellectual Property Rights chaired by Mika Satomi; and the Mind the Gap Panel chaired by Alexia Mellor. At the International Symposium on Electronic Arts, ISEA Istanbul 2011. 9/17-18/11
  • “Game {Play}: Thought & Form” Session 2.5.2 New Technology and Innovative Strategies in Classrooms and Beyond. Sponsored by the Media & Technology Interest Council, Chaired by Ferris Crane, Robert Morris University. At the Pennsylvania Communication Association 71st Annual Convention. 10/23/10

Selected Exhibitions 2003-present

2011

  • Andrew Y. Ames: Bending the Rules, Solo Exhibit, curated by the Sewickley Arts Initiative, Sewickley, PA
  • Mash-Ups, Sonnenschein Gallery, Forest Lake College, Forest Lake, IL
  • Learn to Play, Too, Euphrat Museum of Art, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA

2010

  • Land Arts of the American West 2010, SCA Gallery, ABQ, NM
  • Professors Exposed, Media Arts Gallery. Pittsburgh, PA
  • PIXILERATIONS [v.7], Sol Koffler Gallery. RI
  • 2010 Juried Alumni Exhibition, Victoria H. Myhren Gallery. Denver, CO
  • Learn to Play, Euphrat Museum of Art, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
  • SoyaHaus, the HousEART Project, 41 Kossuth Street, Olneyville RI
  • The Biennial of the Americas: Digital Isolation, Museo Del Las Americas, Denver CO
  • Virion, The Block, Kelvin Grove Queensland, Australia
  • Mac Happiness! Digital Works, The Mac Spa. Denver, CO
  • 55 Soya, The Store Show at MEME Gallery. Cambridge, MA
  • Lokönenie, ArtRages Surrealestate Art Party, Performance at Mobious. East Boston, MA
  • Apocalypse Food, Sluggos. Pensacola, FL
    {2030 Time capsule buried at University of West Florida Art Department}
  • 8 Bits Per Pixel, MEME Gallery. Cambridge, MA

2009

  • JP Open Studios', The Urbano Project Gallery. Jamaica Plain, MA
  • PIXILERATIONS [v.6] The Great Disruption, 5 Traverse Gallery. Providence, RI

2008

  • PIXILERATIONS [v.5]: Fragments & (W)holes, Sol Koffler Gallery. RI
  • Art of the Game, NYC Resistor. NY
  • Selected Graduate Student Works, Sol Koffler Gallery. Providence, RI
  • Graduate Thesis Exhibition 2008, Rhode Island Convention Center. Providence, RI
  • Micromediations: Digital+Media Biannual Exhibition, Sol Kofler Gallery. Providence, RI

2007

  • PIXILERATIONS [v.4]: STORIES +/- ORNAMENT, The Space at Alice. Providence, RI
  • MFA Review Exhibition, The Space at Alice. Providence, RI
  • Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum, iS.CaM, proudly presents: Web Biennial 2007. International Contemporary Art Exhibition on the World Wide Web. http://www.webbiennial.org/galleries/g1.htm

2006

  • The Cheat, A Neo Studio's & Potential Cloud Formations Collaborative Event. Neo Studio's. Denver, CO
  • Soft Core @ Core: Contemporary Erotic Art by Denver's Best Established and Emerging Artists, Core New Art Space. Denver, CO
  • Winter Festival 2006, 5th Floor Studio's. Denver CO

2005

  • Denver's Digital Artists. Potential Cloud Formations @ Denver West. Lakewood, CO
  • Untitled Exhibit, 5th Floor Studio's. Denver, CO
  • Winter Festival 2005, 5th Floor Studio's. Denver, CO

2004

  • “ ” (The Mark), Annual Senior BFA Show, Victoria H. Myhren Gallery. Denver, CO
  • University of Denver Media Arts Festival, Student and Faculty works, The Rock Island. Denver, CO

2003

  • Technical Difficulties. Solo Exhibit, Colorado's Cable Center. Denver, CO
  • The Artists Formerly Known as Students, Juried Student Show, Victoria H. Myhren Gallery. Denver, CO
  • Phase I, Solo Exhibit, Treehouse café. Denver, CO

Collaborations with other Artists

  • Digital Isolation. Potential Cloud Formations with Miguel Angel Tarango. 2010
  • ProjectSoya. WRMC Collaborative with Alexia Mellor. 2010-present
  • The Transit Game. Urbano Project Teens. A board game based on Boston's subway system. 2009
  • The Cheat.Potential Cloud Formations with Miguel Angel Tarango. A Reactive Video Collaboration using Apple Developer Tools. 2006
  • Social Breakout*06. Potential Cloud Formations with Miguel Angel Tarango. Concept and design collaboration. 2006-Present
  • Deconstructing Gender. Collaboration with Dr. Frank Ritchel Ames. Interactive web-based game. 2006
  • Corporate Calavera Project 2004. With Matt Jenkins, performance photographer. 2004
  • “” (The Mark). Collaboration with David Hilgier. Mark design, and three separate installations. 2004

Artist Presentations

  • Games: the Art of Making, Bending and Breaking Rules, a discussion of my work and designing ludic objects, Department of Visual & Performing Arts, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Critical Game Studies 3/30/09
  • Games: the Art of Making, Bending and Breaking Rules, a discussion of my work and making games, Rhode Island School of Design, Pre-College Design Fundamentals 8/4/08
  • warDecks & Kick the Can a short talk on making unplayable games, University of Denver, School of Art and Art History, ARTD 4375 Graduate eMAD Critique 3/27/07

Published Papers

Curatorial & Visual Works Cited or Published In

Auctions & Benefits

  • Bid to Rebuild, benefit at Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 2007

Archives

Collections

Teri Rueb, Cambridge, MA; Tucker Houlihan, Okland, RI; George Fifield, Jamaica Plain, MA; Yana Sakellion, Bolitmore, MD; Kristen Silva, Providence RI; Jon Nassif, Denver, CO; Zarella Nicole Lezama Durand, Lima, Peru; The Cable Center, Denver, Colorado

Awards & Honors

  • RMU Summer Fellowship, Robert Morris University 2011
  • Terminal Award, Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts at Austin Peay State University 2011-2012
  • Digital+Media Fellowship. Rhode Island School of Design 2006-07, 2007-08
  • Nominee, Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship. University of Denver 2006
  • Harrison Merit Scholarship. School of Art and Art History, University of Denver 2002-03, 2003-04
  • Colorado Scholar. University of Denver 2002-03, 2003-04
  • DU Educational Grant. University of Denver 2002-03, 2003-04
  • Transfer Scholar. University of Denver 2002-03, 2003-04
  • National Dean’s List. University of Denver 2002-03
  • National Dean’s List. Red Rocks Community College 1999-00, 2000-01
  • Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society. Red Rocks Community College 2000
  • Vice President’s List. Red Rocks Community College 1999-01, 2000-01
  • Earned GED graduating a year early from High School 1999

Memberships

  • Pennsylvania Communication Association 2010
  • WRMC Collaborative 2010-Present
  • AIGA. Pittsburgh Chapter 2010-present
  • AIGA. Boston Chapter 2008-2010
  • Culturehall. Charter member at the invitation of David Andrew Frey 2008-present
  • College Art Association 2007-present
  • International Game Developers Association 2007-present
  • Rhizome. Contributing member to the ArtBase and RAW 2006-present
  • Potential Cloud Formations 2005-present

Committees and Boards

  • Sewickley Arts Initiative Advisory Board. 2011
  • SCIS Undergraduate curriculum committee Robert Morris University. 2011
  • Media Arts Graphic Design Curriculum Committee Robert Morris University. 2010-present
  • Media Arts Web Curriculum Committee Robert Morris University. 2010
  • Steering Committee Member. Gallery 023. 2003-2004
  • Multimedia Advisory Committee. Warren Technological School, Graphic Communications Department. 2001

Professional Experience

Co-Director, Curator. Sewickley Arts Initiative. 2011-Present

New Media & Technology Coordinator. The Urbano Project. 2009

Curator. Boston Cyberarts Festival. 2009
Working with George Fifield and Nick Montfort I curated and installed a four day Vintage Gaming Exhibition to highlight and educate visitors about the history of video games. In addition I curated the Cloud Foundation’s Teen Game Design Focus Group, and helped to set-up Cyberarts Central.

Freelance. 2006-present
I began freelancing again while attending RISD, taking on smaller web and logo projects. In my free time I designed and developed a branding and identity strategy for Those Guys, LLC and their partner company LocoSavingsTravel, I developed a logo for Intelishirts, an electronic signature for Aquidneck Fine Properties as well as a revamp of Maynard Tischler's online artist portfolio.

Partner, Creative Director. Tackhammer Concepts. 2004-2006
Tackhammer Concepts was the evolution of 360 Degrees of Design, a design company I started in 2000. As owner and then partner, I negotiated contracts, presented proposals to clients and was the lead designer for projects. I initiated our intern program mentoring art students from the University of Denver and Metropolitan State College of Denver, all of which went on to start their own art and design businesses.

Principle, Designer. Three Hundred Sixty Degrees of Design, LLC. 2000-2004
I negotiated contracts and presented proposals to clients and designed information architecture, signage, websites and branding strategies for clients who ranged from orthodontists, restaurants, artists and designers, including Downtown Denver’s Green Fine Salad Company. Before starting 360 Degrees, I worked as a freelance web designer from 1997–2000.

Volunteer Work

Site design and branding. Computer Village, helped to provide the non-profit with a graphic identity and web presence. 2004

Designer, Consultant. Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Digital Collections, served as graphic designer/consultant for the Liberty Bell 7 Project. 2002-2003

IT Consultant. Kunsberg Elementary School at National Jewish Hospital. Custom-designed system specifications and utility disks for their Mac lab; configured file server; wrote maintenance procedures for faculty and staff. 2002

International Travels

  • Istanbul, Turkey 2011
  • Juarez, Mexico 2006
  • Peru; Lima, Cusco, and Machu Picchu 2005

Relevant Knowledge

Operating Systems: Mac/Win

Multimedia & Design

[certified] DVDStudio Pro

[expert] Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Corel Painter, Fireworks, HTML, iWork, iLife, Apple Aperture, LiveType

[advanced] Acrobat, QuarkXpress, Dreamweaver, Corel Bryce, Fontographer, CSS, Multimedia Fusion 2

[intermediate] Flash, Poser, Open Office, WordPress, MAMP, ZiggVersion, Quartz Composer

[knowledgeable] FinalCut, Motion, Media Cleaner Pro, BBEdit, JAVAscript, Processing, PHP, MySQL, Aurdino, Maya, Hexagon, Max MSP, NewTek LightWave 3D, After Effects

Artistic

Drawing, woodblock printing (oil and waterbased using western and eastern techniques), wood-working (furniture making and refinishing), frame making, sculpture, sewing, installation, digital & 35mm photography, basic electronics, ceramics