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EDUCATION

2007
MFA, New Genres
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA


2004
BFA, Sculpture + Extended Media
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

1998-99
Music Performance
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA


ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2018-present
Assistant Professor, University of Washington
School of Art + Art History + Design, Seattle, WA

2018
Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley
Art Practice Department, Berkeley, CA

2014-17
Lecturer (full-time), Stanford University
Stanford Arts Institute, Stanford, CA

2010-18

Lecturer, San Francisco Art Institute
New Genres, Critical Studies & Graduate programs, San Francisco, CA

2013-15

Adjunct Professor, University of San Francisco
Department of Art + Architecture, San Francisco, CA

2012
Adjunct Professor, Sonoma State University
Art & Art History Department, Sonoma, CA

2009-14
Lecturer, Saint Mary’s College of California
Art Practice, Moraga, CA

2009
Visiting Lecturer, University of the Pacific
Department of Art, Media, Performance & Design, Stockton, CA


ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS

2021-present

Chair, Interdisciplinary Visual Art
University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2020-21
Co-Chair, Interdisciplinary Visual Art
University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2014-17
Program Leader, Honors in the Arts
Stanford Arts Institute, Stanford, CA


SOLO PROJECTS & EXHIBITIONS

2024
Black Cube Nomadic Art Museum (upcoming). Curated by Cortney Lane Stell

2022
Before the Wax Melts, UNTITLED Art: Monuments, Miami Beach, FL. Curated by Omar López-Chahoud

2020
The Siren, Catharine Clark Gallery, Media Room, San Francisco, CA

Forbidden Illusions, LightSource, San Francisco, CA

2019
Sirens, Silencers, Mufflers and Mutes, Bass & Reiner, San Francisco, CA

2017
Tools & Implements, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

After The Fall, Bass & Reiner, San Francisco, CA

2016

A Matter of Perspective, The Neon Museum, Las Vegas, NV

Sirens, Auxiliary Projects, Brooklyn, NY. Organized by Jennifer Dalton and Jennifer McCoy

2014
Searching for Diogenes, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Bean Gilsdorf

You Get What You Get, Sediment Arts, Richmond, VA

2012

Involuntary Sculptures, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA

2010


Doug (Event Recorders), Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA


PUBLIC ART

2021
Point of View, bus bench billboard series, Miami-Dade Country, FL

WINE DARK SEE, Burke Gilman Trail, Seattle, WA
Commissioned by the Office of Arts & Culture/Seattle Public Utilities

2018

Not Seeing is a Flower, San Diego International Airport, San Diego, CA

2012


Timing is Everything, City Hall lobby, Reno, NV
Commissioned by the City of Reno Arts & Culture Commission


SELECTED COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS

2023

HOLD, Freeway Park, Seattle, WA. Site-responsive performance with Gary Champi, Chari Glogovac-Smith, and Till the Teeth (Sandesh Nagaraj and Jonathan Rodriguez). Commissioned by the Downtown Seattle Association / Metropolitan Improvement District and City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture. Collaborator role: lead organizer

Time Kills
, Jack Straw New Media Gallery, Seattle, WA. Video installation with sound by Till the Teeth (Sandesh Nagaraj and Jonathan Rodriguez) and additional performance contributions by Barry Olusegun-Noble Despenza, Tiffany-Ashton Gatsby, Swaleha Masude, and Sarah Torres. Collaborator role: lead artist

Remember You Must ____, Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA. Live sound performance with Till the Teeth (Sandesh Nagaraj and Jonathan Rodriguez).  Collaborator role: performance visuals


2021

De una experiencia colectiva (From a Collective Experience), Norway Embassy to Cuba in partnership with Estudio Figueroa-Vives, Havana, Cuba. Video co-created with Tony Labat. Screened online and projected on the embassy building facade. Collaborator role: co-creator, editor

2019

Objectos Imposibles, Estudio 8, Havana, Cuba. Multimedia installation co-created with Tony Labat. 
Collaborator role: co-creator

2004

 Fluff My Pillow, Inns of Virginia, Richmond VA. Performance/installation co-created with Diane Derr and Ryan Mulligan. Organized by Mark Harris. Collaborator role: co-creator

2003


Consumption Carnival, Polkadot Gallery, Richmond, VA. Multimedia installation co-created with PROMO collective. Collaborator role: co-creator


GROUP SCREENINGS & PERFORMANCES

2022

Fotografía en Movimiento, El Espacio 23, Miami, FL. Organized by Juan Carlos Alom

2021
Three Turns Miami, UNTITLED Art: Special Projects, Miami Beach, FL

A Spirit of Disruption, Walter & McBean Galleries, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Margaret Tedesco and Leila Weefur

2020

From the Tower: Transmission, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA. Organized by Tony Labat

Remote Access, Catharine Clark Gallery (online video screening)

2018
Mediated: An Urban Projection Event, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN

2012
Strange Loop, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA. Curated by Alanna Simone

Here, There and Elsewhere: Assembling Communities, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA. Organized by Helena Producciones at Kadist Art Foundation

2011


Apocalypse Screening, San Pablo Arts District (SPAD) Storefront Gallery
in collaboration with di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art
, Oakland, CA


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022

Twenty Year Anniversary, Root Division, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Tavarus Blackmon, Rhiannon Evans MacFadyen and Michelle Mansour

2020

Invincible Summer, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Julie Casemore

HotHeads, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
organized by Julie Heffernan

2019

Bahía a Bahía, Centro Bahía, Regla, Cuba (two-person exhibition)

Internet Archive Residency Exhibition, Ever Gold [Projects], San Francisco, CA

2018

Dressed, Paul Robeson Gallery, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ. Curated by Caren King Choi and Kristen J. Owens

Neon AIR: Radiant Residents, Nevada Humanities Program Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

Feel and Rhythms, White Columns Online. Curated by Ashton Cooper

Figure of Speech, San Diego International Airport, San Diego, CA

2017

Detritus, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA. Curated by Kevin B. Chen, Lisa Ellsworth and Lordy Rodriguez

The Art Book Show, Bass & Reiner, San Francisco, CA

The Original Disruptor, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

2016

Not Alone, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Meg Shiffler and Jason Hanasik

Bizarre Bazaar, Root Division, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Michael Arcega

Greeks for Greece, University of Illinois Figure One Gallery, Champaign, IL. Curated by Allison Rowe

2015

Play Grounds, RedLine, Denver, CO. Curated by Cortney Lane Stell and Ruth Bruno

Front Yard/Backstreet, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA

Ephemeral Objects, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA. Curated by Andrew Horwitz

The Gold Standard, VCU Depot Gallery, Richmond, VA

2014

Prep School, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA. Curated by Max Presneill and Lisa DeSmidt

5 year Anniversary, Ever Gold Gallery, San Francisco, CA

The Long Conversation, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Courtney Fink, Valerie Imus, Gay Outlaw and Chris Sollars

2013

The Temporary Institute of Emancipated Objects, RMCAD Philip J. Steele Gallery, Denver, CO. Curated by Cortney Lane Stell

See You Next Tuesday, Portland State University, Portland, OR. Curated by Jennifer Locke

Device, CES Contemporary, Laguna Beach, CA

2012

De-Mobbing, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA. Curated by Brian Karl

10-Year Anniversary, Root Division, San Francisco, CA

2011
Transient, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

God Only Knows Who the Audience Is, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA

Negative Space, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA

Zombie-Proof House, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa, CA. Curated by Robert Wuilfe

2010

Teen Age: You Just Don’t Understand, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Ken Goldberg and Catharine Clark

Golden State, RVCA/VASF Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Print Summit: Survey of Contemporary Printmaking, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

2009

Bellwether, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA

Z-axis, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA
curated by Eric Araujo and Ross Campbell

2008

Bellwether, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA

Z-axis, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA. Curated by Eric Araujo and Ross Campbell

2007

The Art of Craft/The Craft of Art, CCA Irwin Center, Oakland, CA

The Gun Show, Root Division, San Francisco, CA

Vernissage, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA

2006
Terror?, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Kevin B. Chen

Security, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Studio Visit, Exit Art, New York, NY. Curated by Papo Colo and Jeanette Ingberman

2004

The Presidency, Exit Art, New York, NY. Curated by Papo Colo and Jeanette Ingberman

On Message: Art for our Time, Plant Zero, Richmond, VA. Curated by Alyssa Salomon

Pulse 2004, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA. Curated by Peter Baldes and Kristin Beale


ART FAIRS

2023

2022

Seattle Art Fair (Open Editions), Seattle, WA

UNTITLED Art (curated project), Miami Beach, FL

Seattle Art Fair (Open Editions), Seattle, WA

2021
UNTITLED Art (curated project), Miami Beach, FL

2020

Expo Chicago (Open Editions), Chicago IL

Seattle Art Fair (Open Editions), Seattle, WA

Art on Paper NYC (Open Editions), New York, NY

Hamptons Art and Design (Open Editions), Hamptons, NY

2013
ArtPadSF (Steven Wolf Fine Arts), San Francisco, CA

2009

PULSE (Patricia Sweetow Gallery), Miami Beach, FL


WORKSHOPS

2017

Decoy Collection as part of Tools & Implements
de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

2014
Survival Training Workshop as part of Bellwether
Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA

2013
The Attempt (Sno-Kone Quinzee) as part of The Temporary Institute of Emancipated Objects
Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, Denver, CO

2008

Public Interventions
Saint Mary’s College of California, Moraga, CA


SELECTED CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2023

2021

THERE YOU ARE, but where are you?, Meany Center for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA. Co-curated with Sangram Majumdar

PSA Miami, bus bench billboard series, Miami-Dade county, FL

2017
Deceptive Actions, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

2016

Mistaken Impressions, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2015
Rummage, Open Source Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2014

site_specific, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA

Space for Rent, Castro & Market 24-Hour Gas Station, San Francisco, CA

2013

El Porvenir/What’s to Come, Mission Voices Summer, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA

2009

Retractions, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2008

Decoy, LoBot Gallery, Oakland, CA.  Co-curated with Ross Campbell


AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES

2023-24

Artist Fellow, Black Cube Nomadic Art Museum (upcoming)

2023

Downtown Arts Recovery Grant, Downtown Seattle Association/Municipal Improvement District in partnership with the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, Seattle, WA

New Media Gallery Residency, Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA

2019
Artist-in-Residence, Internet Archive, San Francisco, CA

Residency, LightSource SF, San Francisco, CA

2017

Artist-in-Residence, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

2016
National Artist-in-Residence, The Neon Museum, Las Vegas, NV

2012

Kress Project Award, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA

2007

Travel Grant, College Art Association, New York, NY

2006

Gulnar Bosch Travel Award, Southeastern College Art Conference, Nashville, TN


ACADEMIC AWARDS,GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS

2023-24

2022-23

2021-22

2021-25 
Royalty Research Fund (RRF) Scholar, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (upcoming)

Arts Faculty Fellowship, College of Arts and Sciences, Mellon Foundation/University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Mellon Faculty Fellow, Mellon Foundation/University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Hermine Pruzan Endowed Faculty Fellowship, School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2022
Native Knowledge Grant (funding to hire Arianne True as an IVA Lecturer), Center for American Indian & Indigenous Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2021
Kreielsheimer Grant for Research Grant for Research Excellence in the Arts, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Pandemic Instructional Funds, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Co-Sponsor, Student Technolgy Fee (STF) Grant, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2020-22
Course Development Grant, UW Arts and Creativity Initiative, Mellon Foundation/College of Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2020
Wyckoff Milliman Endowment Grant, School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Native Knowledge Grant (funding to hire Lena Tseabbe Wright as an IVA Lecturer), Center for American Indian & Indigenous Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2018
Wyckoff Milliman Endowment Grant, School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2003-04
Dean’s Award Scholarship, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA


SELECTED LECTURES/PANELS/GUEST VISITS

2023

Artist Talk, Montclair State University,  Montclair, NJ

2020
Artist Talk + Grad Studio Visits, University of Delaware (via Zoom)

Lunchtime Faculty Talks, University of Washington (via Zoom)

2018

Artist Talk, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
2017
Artist Talk: Object Cultures & Thing Theory, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

Artist Talk, SMFA at Tufts University, Boston, MA

Artist Talk: Contemporary Practice, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

2016
Artist Talk, The Neon Museum, Las Vegas, NV

2014
Panelist: Prep School, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA

2013
Artist Talk, Workshop + Exhibition: Art Processes and Practices: Visiting Artists and Scholars
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

Panelist: Beg, Borrow and Steal: Four Contemporary Views on Failure
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Visiting Artist, Scholar & Designer Program, Denver, CO

2012

Artist Talk: Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA

Presenter: Presente, Presente, Presente!, Kadist, San Francisco, CA

Artist Talk: Advanced Photography, Mills College, Oakland, CA

2011

Artist Talk (work-in-progress): QNA Lab, Queens Nails Projects, San Francisco, CA

2010

Visiting Artist: Advanced Drawing, Dominican University, San Rafael, CA

Panelist: Conversations with Contemporary Artists: Photography,
Mid-America College Art Association/SECAC, Richmond, VA

2009

Artist Talk: Sculpture/Social Practice, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

Panelist: Artists, Technology, Landscape, College Art Association, Los Angeles, CA

Artist Talk: Visual Translations, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

2008
Artist Talk: Sculpture/Social Practice, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

Panelist: Artists, Technology, Landscape, College Art Association, Los Angeles, CA

Artist Talk: Visual Translations, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

2007

Artist Talk and Student Exhibition Organizer: Art and the City
Saint Mary’s College of California, Moraga, CA

2006

Presentation/Panelist: Zoom: Media Flooding and the Abstraction of Tragedy,
Mid-America College Art Association/SECAC Conference, Nashville, TN

2004

Artist Talk: Beginning Video, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA



ART EDITIONS

“Mourning Veils,” Open Editions, San Francisco, CA, 2020

“Sirens,” Open Editions, San Francisco, CA, 2016

“DIY Survival Kit,” The Present Group, Issue 12, Fall, Oakland, CA, 2009


PUBLISHED WRITING

“Love Letter to Jeannene Przyblyski,” Variable West, March 8, 2022

“Howard Fried: The Decomposition of My Mother’s Wardrobe at The Box,” Daily Serving, Dec. 17, 2014

Anna Novakov, ed. Twenty-four: Innovative Pedagogical Exercises for the Eco-Art Classroom, Moraga, CA: Center for Creative Pedagogy, St. Mary’s College of California, 2008 (contributor)


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ARTIST PUBLICATIONS, COLLABORATIVELY AUTHORED

-V-E-N-T-R-I-L-O-Q-U-I-S-T-
Issue 4: Persistence of Vision, Miami, FL, 2021 (editor/publisher)
Box set of artist flipbooks designed by Lauren Frances Adams, Sofía Córdova, Javier Castro, Barry Noble Olusegun-Noble Despenza, Ellen Garvens, Rob Rhee, Leila Weefur, Lena Tseabbe Wright, Connie Zheng


-V-E-N-T-R-I-L-O-Q-U-I-S-T-  Issue 3: One Hour Photo, San Francisco, CA, 2015 (editor/publisher)
Featuring a collection of (24) 4x6 photos by Allan deSouza, Siemon Allen, Wilfredo Prieto, J. John Priola, Marco Rios, Guy Overfelt, Zeina Barakeh, Christy Chan, Sean McFarland, Anne Colvin, Maria Dawn, Diane Derr, Humberto Diaz, Theresa Ganz, Aaron Harbour, Tessa Hughes-Freeland, Taraneh Hemami, David Janesko and Francis Menotti, Lucas T. McMahon, Bernardo Roman Palau and Virginia Samsel


-V-E-N-T-R-I-L-O-Q-U-I-S-T- Issue 2: Coloring Book, San Francisco, CA, 2015 (editor/publisher)
Featuring coloring pages by Linda Mary Montano, Nina Katchadourian, Mie Hørlyck Mogensen, Simon & Tom Bloor, Amir H. Fallah, Lordy Rodriguez, Adam Parker Smith, Martin Machado, Bonnie Collura, Crystal Liu, Josephine Taylor, Anthony Discenza, Alison Pebworth, Laura Hyunjhee Kim, Dmitri Obergfell, Weston Teruya, Ian Kimmerly and Tim Sullivan


-V-E-N-T-R-I-L-O-Q-U-I-S-T-   Issue 1: Performance, San Francisco, CA, 2014 (editor/publisher)
Documents of performance by Brian Conley, Ana Teresa Fernandez, Bean Gilsdorf, Jeremiah Barber, Sergio De La Torre,  Lindsey White, Hans Winkler, Tony Labat,  Jennifer Locke, Wong Kit Yi, Helena Keefe and Martine Viale


SELECTED REVIEWS/ARTICLES/INTERVIEWS/PUBLICATIONS




Suzanne Ramljak, Loaded: Guns in Contemporary Art, Schiffer Publishing, 2022. 121.

Kim Beil, “An Act of Gathering: Whitney Lynn Interviewed by Kim Beil: A public artwork layers history and language,” BOMB Magazine, July 5, 2021.

Hall W. Rockefeller, “Women of the Pacific Northwest: Whitney Lynn,” less than half, June 29, 2020.

“What are the Artists Doing in Lockdown?” interview by Elif Bereketli, TRT World, May 20, 2020.

Tony Bravo, “Summer art experiences are mostly online, but some are slowly happening again in person, San Francisco Chronicle, June 20, 2020.

Charles Desmarais, “Sirens, Silencers, Mufflers, and Mutes,” San Francisco Chronicle, June 6, 2019.

Lara Shalson, Performing Endurance: Art and Politics since 1960, Cambridge University Press, 2018. 218.

Kathleen Dixon, “After the Fall,” San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 8, 2017.

Sarah Hotchkiss, “Uplifting Art for Uncertain Times,” KQED Arts, Sept. 6, 2016.

Kristen Peterson, “Biblical Temptresses In Neon: San Francisco-Based Whitney Lynn Looks At Las Vegas In The Larger Context Of Time,” Las Vegas Weekly, June 29, 2016.

Fred Wasser, “Las Vegas: Glass Half Full Or Half Empty?,” KNPR RADIO, June 29, 2016.

Sarah Corsa, “Artist explores ‘industry of fantasy’ in Las Vegas,” Las Vegas Review-Journal, June 4, 2016.

Charles Demarais, “Make no mistake, catch latest Root Division exhibit,” San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 27, 2016.

Kimberly Chun, “Mistaken Impressions’ explores the inspiration of trash,” San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 6, 2016.

Amanda Dalla Villa Adams, “Change: ‘The Gold Standard’ examines the work of VCU graduates from the last 10 years,” Style Weekly, July 28, 2015.

Ray Mark Rinaldi, “Art that invites you to ‘play’ and see the world now,” The Denver Post, June 21, 2015.

Christian L. Frock, “De-Mobbing Invests in Different Futures at Headlands Center for the Arts,” KQED Arts, Feb 23, 2012.

Kara Q. Smith, “With Involuntary Sculptures,” ArtSlant, Jan. 10, 2012.

Bean Gilsdorf, “Intersections and Boundaries: Interview with Whitney Lynn,” Daily Serving, Jan 12, 2012.

Liz Glass, “The Lure of Disaster,” Artslant, Sept 20, 2011.

Matt Sussman, “Just Say No,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, Aug 8, 2011.

Michele Carlson, “Zombie-Proof House,” Art Practical, June 28, 2011.

Matt Sussman, “TV Eye: Anxiety of Influence and Bleak Portraiture,” SF Bay Guardian, May 3, 2011.

Liz Glass, “On the ‘Attempt’,” Artslant, May 3, 2011.

Aimee Le Duc, “God Only Knows Who The Audience Is,” KQED Arts, May 3, 2011.

Matt Sussman, “Totally wired,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, Sept 14, 2010.

Kenneth Baker, “‘Bellwether’ is Southern Exposure’s latest,” San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 17, 2009.

Nirmala Nataraj, “‘Bellwether’: Uncertainty’s artistic promise,” San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 15, 2009.

Hiya Swanhuyser, “Under Exposure’s Spell,” SF Weekly, Oct. 15, 2009.

Traci Vogel, “Harpoons and Harbingers,” SF Weekly, Aug. 31, 2009.

David Buuck, “‘Retractions’ at Root Division,” Artweek, March, 2009.

Victoria Gannon, “Retractions,” KQED Arts, Jan. 17, 2009.

Mary Eisenhart, “Last chance: ‘Retractions’,” SF Chronicle, Jan. 15, 2009.

Rebekah Drysdale, “Whitney Lynn,” Daily Serving, Aug. 14, 2008.

Rachel Swan, “Critics Choice: Shape,” East Bay Express, Feb. 20. 2008.

Lea Feinsten, “Terror?,” SF Weekly, Oct. 25, 2006.

Steven L. Jones, “Loud and Clear: Finally, an art show gets political,” Style Weekly, Sept. 29, 2004.


UW SCHOOL OF ART + ART HISTORY + DESIGN SERVICE

2023-24
(scheduled)

Chair, Interdisciplinary Visual Art

Search Chair, Tenure-Track Search: Assistant Assistant Professor in Interdisciplinary Visual Art

2022-23

Chair, Interdisciplinary Visual Art

Committee Member, 5 Year Hiring Plan, School of Art, University of Washington

Collegial Evaluation
: Curt Labitzke, Associate Professor, IVA

Collegial Evaluation: Flint Jamison, Associate Professor, Photo/Media

2021-22
Chair, Interdisciplinary Visual Art

Search Committee Member: IVA Instructional Technician, full-time staff position

Search Committee Member: Photo/Media Instructional Technician, full-time staff position

Committee Member, 590 Graduate Committee (curriculum planning)

Committee Member, Jacob Lawrence Gallery Committee

Organizer, IVA Open House/Exhibition Event + Fundraiser

Organizer, Visiting Artist Talks: Cathy Lu, fabian romero, Jia Jia and Chris Martin

Co-Sponsor, RYAN! Federson campus visit (funded by Native Knowledge grant and IVA, Photo/Media programs)

2020-21

Co-Chair, Interdisciplinary Visual Art

Co-Chair, Health and Safety Committee 

Collegial Evaluation
: Robert Rhee, Assistant Professor, IVA

Collegial Evaluation: Michael Swaine, Assistant Professor, 3D4M

Committee Member
, School of Art MFA Thesis (3D4M): Jia Jia 

Committee Member
, School of Art MFA Thesis (Painting + Drawing): Quinn McNichol

Committee Member, School of Art MFA Thesis (Painting + Drawing): Xiaoyi Gao

Presenter, Lunch and Conversation Artist Talk, organized by SoAAHD with CAS Advancement

Organizer: Visiting Artist Talks (virtual): Zarouhie Abdalian, Sofía Córdova, Nkiruka Oparah and Wessam Al-Badry

2019-20

Interim Chair, Interdisciplinary Visual Art

Search Committee Member
, Assistant Professor in Interdisciplinary Visual Art 

Committee Member, Jacob Lawrence Gallery Committee

Collegial Evaluation
: Rebecca Cummins, Professor, Photo/Media

2018-19
Organizer/Faculty Sponsor, MFA Exchange Exhibition with San Francisco Art Institute at Fort Mason Center for the Arts + MFA student trip to San Francisco

Committee Member, Jacob Lawrence Gallery Committee

Participant, Programming and Partnership Opportunities Identification: Edgar Arceneaux, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

Organizer, site-responsive student exhibition at the historic ASUW Shell House


UW COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES SERVICE

2023-24

Faculty Participant, Dean’s Academy Futurists, Rethinking the Academy initiative

Key Organizer
, Minoritarian Performance Research Cluster
Primary Project Liason: Jasmine Mahmoud, Assistant Professor, School of Drama 

Faculty Liaison, Pathways for All Huskies, Husky Seed Fund
Wayfinding project intended to enhance campus inclusivit and accessibility. Led by Tiffany-Ashton Gatsby, PhD candidate in Sociocultural Anthropology, Jennifer Perkins, PhD candidate in Nursing, and Carolann Streett, MEd candidate in Early Childhood Special Education

2023
Dance MFA Supervisory Committee Member: Gary Champi

2022

Dance MFA Supervisory Committee MemberRoel Seeber

Independent Study (Dance MFA), ART 600: Alia Swersky

Independent Study (Dance MFA), ART 600: Roel Seeber 

2020


Mentor, PhD Candidate in College of Built Environments: Amy Thornton

Independent Study (School of Medicine), ART 600: Tomás Narvaja

Independent Study (Dance MFA), ART 600: Sarah Lisette Chiesa 

Dance MFA Supervisory Committee MemberSarah Lisette Chiesa

Course Development for Non-Majors
, Art 200: Artist Mindset (Mellon-funded)



UW UNIVERSITY SERVICE

2023-24
(scheduled)
Faculty Host/Nominator: Paul Chan, Walker Ames Endowed Lecturer, Graduate School Lecture Series 

2022-2023
Public Art Selection Committee Member, Public Art: Interdisciplinary Engineering Building (IEB), ArtsWA in partnership with University of Washington

2022
Peer Reviewer: Royalty Research Fund (RRF)

2020

2019
Independent Study (Landscape Architecture MLA), ART 498: Michelle Kimberly Woo

Peer Reviewer: Royalty Research Fund (RRF)



SELECTED COMMUNITY SERVICE

2023-24
Co-Curator, Meany Center for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA

2019-21
Public Art Selection Panelist, E Marginal Way, Office of Arts and Culture, City of Seattle

2022
Peer Reviewer, College Art Association Art Journal Open: “Toward a Reparative Pedagogy, Art as Trigger, Art as Repair,” Aliza Shvartz

Interviewer, Jack Straw New Media Podcast (conversation with Chanee Choi)

2019-21
Board Member, Port of Seattle Art Oversight Committee



TEACHING


University of Washington

Courses taught (existing):


ART 131: Alternative Approaches to Art/Design
ART 246: Works on Paper
ART 280: Media, Time, Technology Art
ART 340: Advanced Photo/Media
ART 400: IVA Senior Studio
ART 458: Alternative Approaches to Drawing
ART 498: Individual Projects
ART 590 Interdisciplinary Graduate Critique Seminar
ART 600: Independent Study/Research
Courses taught
(new course added to curriculum) :
ART 200: Artist Mindset
ART 285: Intro to New Genres
ART 360: Special Topic: Alternative Contexts
ART 360: Speical Topic: Collaborative Approaches
ART 360: Special Topic: Installation
ART 360: Special Topic: Readymades/Remakes/Remixes
ART 375: Interdisciplinary Visual Art Seminar
ART 421: Time-Based Art
ART 460: Advanced Special Topics
ART 485: Site-Responsive Interventions


University of California, Berkeley

Courses taught:

ART 138: Temporal Structures: Video and Performance Art
ART 180: Advanced Digital Photography


San Francisco Art Institute

Courses taught
(existing) :

NG-101: New Genres I
NG-201: New Genres II
NG-204: Installation
NG-206: Photoworks: Conceptual Photography
GR-580: Graduate Tutorial
CP-100-05: Contemporary Practice

Courses taught
(new course added to curriculum):

NG-220: Art-by-Instruction: Fabrication/Collaboration
NG-220 Art “Outside”
NG-220: The Temporary: Performance, Interventions, Installation
NG-241: Issues in Contemporary Art: Politics of Representation
GR-550: Alternative Contexts: Artists’ Publication
HTCA-220: Shock Me (If You Can)
HTCA-220: Selfie: Self Representation in Contemporary Art



Stanford University

Courses taught:

ARTSINST 200A, 200B, 200C: Interdisciplinary Arts Capstone Workshop
(three course sequence)



University of San Francisco


Courses Taught:

ART 103: Drawing for Non-Majors
ART 155: Visual Communication I
ART 205: Typography



Sonoma State University

Course taught:

ARTS 301: Intermediate Digital Photography




Saint Mary’s College of California

Courses taught:

ART 001: Studio Art
ART 113: Advanced Design
ART 302: Advanced Painting


University of the Pacific

Courses taught:
ARTS 077: Graphic Design: Visual Perception
ARTS 079: Introduction to Typography