John D. Freyer












Curriculum Vitae

Updated August, 2017

Address: Virginia Commonwealth University

School of the Arts

Pollak Building

325 N Harrison St. Room 312

PO BOX 842519

Richmond, VA 23284-2519

Phone: (804) 827-9969

E­mail: jdfreyer[at]vcu.edu

Websites: http://www.johnfreyer.com/

http://www.temporama.com

http://www.allmylifeforsale.com

http://www.freeicewater.com/

http://fiftyfifty.country/

http://recoveryroast.com/

EDUCATION

2003 UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, M.F.A. in Photography, minor Digital Media

2002 UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, M.A. in Studio Art

1995 HAMILTON COLLEGE, B.A. in Government, minor in Art

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS & SIGNIFICANT WORK EXPERIENCE

2013 - Current Assistant Professor, Cross Disciplinary Media.

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. Appointment to the School of the Arts Faculty. Primary teaching assignment in the Department of Photography and Film and the Art Foundation Program.

2009­-2013 Assistant Professor, Photography.

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. Full time tenure track appointment to the Photography Area. Teaching graduate and undergraduate level photography courses.

2007-­2009 Lecturer in Photography.

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. Full time three year renewable appointment to the Photography Area. Teaching graduate and undergraduate level photography courses.

2005-­2007 Visiting Assistant Professor.

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.Full time one year renewable appointment to the Photography Area. Teaching graduate and undergraduate level photography courses.

2000- ­2003 Graduate Teaching Assistant.

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. Teaching and digital lab maintenance appointments, both as a teaching assistant in digital media classes and as instructor of record for basic photography classes.

1996­- 1999 Lab Manager. (full time position)

Light Work / Community Darkrooms, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. Maintained and supervised the daily operation of a public access photography facility.
















Research

CONTINUING SCHOLARSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH

SPECIAL AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND OTHER HONORS

2018

    • Tate Exchange Associate Artist - Tate Modern, London, UK - Invited to participate in the second year of new Tate Exchange Program. VCUarts will be the first non-UK institution to be included in the program and John Freyer will be the first Tate Exchange Associate from the USA.

2017

    • Wilson Center for Humanities Visiting Fellow, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
    • Project Commission: Institute for Contemporary Art, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA.

2016

    • Fanoon Center for Print Media Research, Artist in Residence, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar.
    • Fifty/Fifty Project Support Grants, from VCU Office of Student Affairs, The VCU Wellness Resource Center, VCUarts Polak Society, The VCU Office of Sustainability & The John Henry Watkins Foundation.

2015

    • Culture Works Micro Grant to Support the Free Ice Water Recovery Ride at 1708 Gallery.

2013

    • Light Work, Artist in Residence, Syracuse University. The Light Work Artist in Residence program is the longest running photography specific residency program in the country. They support approximately twelve artists annually for month long residencies with twenty­four hour facilities access, an apartment and a stipend.

2011

    • Fulbright Research Fellowship to Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. The Fulbright Research Fellowship is a highly competitive international scholar exchange program sponsored by the US State Department. The award supported my interdisciplinary collaboration with Social Anthropologist Johan Lindquist from Stockholm University. The award included a living and research stipend.

2010

    • Old Gold Fellowship, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. The Old Gold Fellowship is an award reserved for new tenure track faculty at the University of Iowa. I used the award to support the research and production for a solo exhibition a Viterbo University, La Crosse, Wisconsin.

2008

    • University of Iowa Arts and Humanities Initiative Discretionary Award.
    • Selection for the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), Annual Design Competition 29.

2004

    • Fellowship at the MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire.

2003

    • Printing Residency at the Borowsky Center, University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

2002

    • Fellowship at the MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire.
    • Brodart McNaughton Book Award, Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

2001

    • Bodine Fellowship, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.

SIGNIFICANT CREATIVE OR SCHOLARLY ACHIEVEMENTS

SOLO EXHIBITIONS/PERFORMANCES:

2018

    • Fifty/Fifty Projects, Tate Modern, Tate Exchange Associate Program, London, UK.

2017

    • Fifty/Fifty Projects, Free Ice Water & Recovery Roast Cupping - Performance/Workshop , MICA, Baltimore, MD, invited by Nate Larson -

2016

    • Fifty/Fifty Projects, Performance/Workshop, Liverpool Biennial Fringe, The Brink, Liverpool, UK.
    • Fifty/Fifty Projects, 5X5 Summer Studio Sessions, 1708 Gallery, Richmond VA.
    • Free Ice Water, Keynote Event, Performance, Mid-Atlantic Recovery Conference, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.
    • Free Hot Supper, Research to Rehab Conference Event, Institute for Contemporary Art Garden, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA.
    • Free Ice Water, Performance, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar - 30 Participants, Doha, Qatar.

2015

2013

    • LiveIKEA.com, Installation/Performance with Dr Johan Lindquist, IKEA Tampines, Singapore.Part research, part performance, part exhibition, LiveIKEA.com was a continuation of prior ethnographic research into IKEA by John Freyer & Johan Lindquist. After co­opting and transforming one of the model apartments in the store into a live/work photographic studio, Freyer and Lindquist lived for three days in the store and conducted interviews and made photographs of IKEA customers.

2011

    • Dress Up, Urban Video Project, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. The Urban Video Project is a curated month long exhibition of moving image work, projected on the exterior of the Everson Museum in Syracuse, NY. Dress Up is a three panel HD video project.

2010

    • Almost Home: What to Bring to the Magic Kingdom, Viterbo University, La Crosse, Wisconsin. Displayed a three channel video installation and a series of photographs from a multi year documentary project on The Villages retirement community.

2005

    • Aftermarket; Art, Objects and Commerce, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York. Solo, curated retrospective museum show, including Big Boy, Second Hand Stories, Walm-Art and All My Life for Sale.

2003

    • Souvenirs, Fishtank Gallery, Williamsburg, New York.

2002

    • Motion_Pictures, Light Work Multi­Media Space, Light Work, Syracuse, New York.

2001

    • Allmylifeforsale.com, Eve Drewelowe Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS / FILM AND MEDIA FESTIVALS/ BROADCASTS:

2018

    • Institute for Contemporary Art, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA.

2017

2016

2015

    • New Dominion, Curated by VCU ICA Curator Lauren Ross, Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY. June-July 2015.
    • Going Somewhere, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA. Sept-Oct, 2015.
    • Free Ice Water, performance, Figment Festival 2015, Washington, DC.
    • Perspectives: Selections from the Light Work Collection, Light Work Gallery, Syracuse University. Exhibition of work by recent participants in the Light Work artist in residence program.

2013

    • 40 Artists / 40 Years: Selections from the Light Work Collection, Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery, Light Work, Syracuse. New York. My work was chosen to represent 2013 in an exhibition of Light Work Artists in Residence from the last 40 years.
    • 40 Artists / 40 Years: Selections from the Light Work Collection, Palitz Gallery, SU Lubin House, New York, NY, New York, NY. My work was chosen to represent 2013 in an exhibition of Light Work Artists in Residence from the last 40 years.

2012

    • Supermarket Art Fair, Hjärnstorm Booth, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden. The publication Hjärnstorm displayed Lil’ Billy Mobile Research Lab in their exhibition booth to promote the IKEA issue of their publication, which included an article by John Freyer and Johan Lindquist.

2011

    • Voices from the Warehouse, Annual Curated Exhibition, Dubuque, Iowa. Annual exhibition curated from regional and national artists. Displayed a single channel version of Dress Up.
    • University of Iowa Faculty Exhibition, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa. Bi­annual event curated by Sean O’Hara.

2010

    • Cornell Cinema, “The Shifting Face: Portraiture and the Art of the Moving Image,” Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Special program curated by Cornell Cinema artist in residence Darren Floyd.

2009

    • SHARE Festival for Art and Digital Culture, Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino – IT.
    • Society for Photographic Education, “SPRAWL” Video Exhibition, Dallas, Texas.
    • Hunter Museum of American Art, “POLYMER” Video Exhibition, Chattanooga, Tenn.
    • AIGA: 365 YEAR IN DESIGN 29, Mount Ida College, Newton, Mass.

2008

    • 365 American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) Annual Design Exhibition 29, New York, NY.

2007

    • 13th International Festival of Computer Art, Ljubljana Slovenia.
    • Faculty Exhibition, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa.

2006

    • Marketplace, Big Boy Sculpture, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa.

2005

    • Love Apples, Morsel Gallery, Williamsburg, New York.
    • Subrealities, University of Texas at Dallas. Dallas, Texas.

2004

    • Selections from the Permanent Collection, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa.
    • Buy, Sell or Buy, Online Exhibition, Pace University Digital Gallery, Group Show, NY, NY.

2003

    • SXSW, South by Southwest Film and Media Festival, Austin, Texas.
    • Version Digital Media Festival, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois.

2002

    • Franklin Furnace Artist Book Collection, 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, NYC. Banff/Calgary WordFest 2002, International Writers Festival, Calgary, Alberta.
    • SXSW, South by Southwest Film and Media Festival, Austin, Texas.

2002

    • Superannuate, Aurora Picture Show, Houston, Texas.

2001

    • Thaw Film and Digital Art Festival, Iowa City, Iowa.

2000

    • Telluride Mountain Film Festival, Telluride, Colorado.

1999

    • Banff Mountain Film Festival, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

AUTHORED PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS & ARTICLES

2017

    • Fifty/Fifty, artist book, Fanoon Center for Print Media Research, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar, Doha, Qatar. (Fall 2017 Release)

2012

    • "Lil’ Billy”, John Freyer, Johan Lindquist, Hjärnstorm # 110, Stockholm, Sweden. Co-­authored article about Fulbright Research Project, includes text and images.

2005

    • All My Life For Sale, Japanese Translation, Blues Interactions Inc., Tokyo, Japan.

2003

    • All My Life For Sale, Korean Translation, JoongAng M&B, Seoul, Korea.

2002

    • All My Life For Sale, Bloomsbury USA and UK & Territories, New York, New York.

COLLECTIONS:

    • Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, Franklin Furnace Collection.
    • New Museum, New York, NY, RHIZOME Artbase.
    • University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA, Big Boy Sculpture.
    • Light Work Collection, Light Work, Syracuse University.
    • Denver Museum of Art, AIGA Design Archive, Denver CO.
    • University of Iowa Library, Special Collections, Iowa City.

INVITED LECTURES / PANELS:

2017

    • Visiting Artist Lecture, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA at invitation of Marni Shindelman. (upcoming Fall 2017)

2016

    • Opening Speaker at TEDxRVA, Richmond, Virginia. Invited by TEDxRVA speaker committee
    • Speaker at TEDxVCU, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia. Invited by TEDxVCU speaker committee.
    • Speaker at “Research to Rehab” Conference, hosted by the College Behavioral and Emotional Health Institute at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
    • Visiting Artist Lecture, Stockholm University, Sweden, September. Invited by the Department of Social Anthropology Seminar.

2015

    • Public Artist Talk, Going Somewhere Exhibition, 1708 Gallery, Richmond VA.
    • Visiting Artist Talk via Skype, Pace University, New York, Intermediate Photography Course, Invited by Roger Sayre April 13, 2015.

2013

    • Visiting Artist Lecture, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. Invited by Christine Shank.
    • Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Washington, Seattle WA. Invited by Rebecca Cummins.
    • Visiting Artist Lecture, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Invited by the the Department of Communications and New Media.

2012

    • Keynote Artist Lecture, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Invited by “One Read” committee to speak about my work in relation to Sherry Turkle’s book Evocative Objects which was selected as the “Campus Read” book for 2012.
    • Chair/Panelist, Society for Photographic Education, National Conference. Proposed an interdisciplinary panel about artist/anthropologist collaborations. Included Johan Lindquist from Stockholm University, Inge Daniels, University of Oxford and Susan Andrews from University College, London.

2011

    • Visiting Artist Lecture, with Johan Lindquist, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Invited by Inge Daniels
    • Panelist, Swedish Anthropological Society, National Conference, Goteborg, Sweden.
    • Visiting Artist Lecture, with Johan Lindquist, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Oslo, Norway. Invited by Theodor Barth.
    • Visiting Artist Lecture, Stockholm University, Sweden, February. Invited by the Department of Social Anthropology Seminar.
    • Visiting Artist Lecture, University Sussex, United Kingdom. Invited by Adrian Goycoolea and supported by the Fulbright UK international scholar's travel fund.
    • Visiting Artist Lecture, Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany. Invited by Christine Hill.

2008

    • “Markets: From the Bazaar to E­Bay” Symposium, University of Toronto, Canada.
    • Visiting Artist Lecture, Youngstown State University, Ohio.

2007

    • Featured Speaker at: CYMRU: Digital Storytelling Festival, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales.
    • Gallery Talk, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa.

2005

    • Artist Talk, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York.

2004

    • Featured Speaker, Digital Storytelling Festival, Sedona, Arizona.

2002

    • Artist Reading, 92 St. Y / Makor, New York, New York.
    • Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

2001

    • Visiting Artist Lecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
    • Visiting Artist Lecture, Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas.
    • Visiting Artist Lecture, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho.

RADIO & TELEVISION BROADCASTS:

2004

2003

PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTION:

2009

2007

    • Video Production Coordinator, The Separation. By Bobby Previte and Andréa Kleine. Recorded live at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

2006

    • Contributing Video Artist, Coalition of the Willing: Operation Video Freedom. Commissioned by composer Bobby Previte and distributed by Ropeadope Records.

2004

    • Producer, Audio Postcards for National Public Radio’s All Things Considered.

2003

    • Co ­Creator and Consulting Producer, Second Hand Stories. Half ­hour documentary travelogue for WNET and National PBS.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

PUBLICATIONS / CITATIONS / EXHIBITION CATALOGS:

2014

    • Contact Sheet 177, Light Work Annual, Light Work, Syracuse, New York. Pgs 28-35. Images of work completed during artist residency, essay by Christine Hill.(National)

2009

    • Imaginary Economics: Contemporary Artists and the World of Big Money, Olav Velthuis, Johan & Levi S.r.l., Milan (Italian translation). (International)

2008

    • Convergences, Themes, Texts and Images, 3nd Edition, ed by, Robert Atwan, St. Martins Press, NY. (National)

2007

    • “Obsessive Consumption Issue”, Print Magazine, July / August, New York. (International, Commissioned)

2005

    • Learning from Big Boy, essay by Martha Buskirk, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa. Exhibition monograph. (National)
    • Convergences, Medium* Method* Message, 2nd Edition, ed by, Robert Atwan, St. Martins Press, NY. (National)
    • Imaginary Economics: Contemporary Artists and the World of Big Money, Olav Velthuis, NAi Publishers, Fascinations 14, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. (International)

2004

    • Internet Art, Rachel Greene, Thames & Hudson, World of Art Series, London, pgs. 182, 185. (National)

2003

    • Contact Sheet 122, Light Work, Syracuse, New York. Pgs. 77, 78. (National)

SELECTED TELEVISION / RADIO INTERVIEWS:

2017

2016

2011

    • Interview, by Urban Björstadius for Sveriges Radio, Stockholm, Sweden, May 30, 2011. Interviewed with Johan Lindquist about our IKEA research. (In Swedish and English)

2007

    • The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, CNBC, April 16, 2007. 2005
    • MARTHA, The Martha Stewart Show, NBC December 6, 2005

2003

    • News Night, CNN, New York, NY, October 17, 2003.
    • “Editor’s Pick of the Night” TV Guide Channel, New York, NY, October 14,
    • The Conan O’Brien Show, NBC, New York, NY, May 5, 2003.
    • Interview, Here and Now, WBUR, National Syndication, Boston, MA, October 13, 2003.
    • Interview/Feature, Radiolab, WNYC, New York, NY. October 12, 2003.

2002

    • The Today Show, NBC, New York November 25, 2002.
    • Interview/Feature, All Things Considered, NPR, Washington, DC, November 2, 2002.
    • Interview The Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC, New York, NY, November 26, 2002.

2001

SELECTED REVIEWS:


2017

2016

2015

2012

    • “Acting Out” University of Iowa Museum of Art Magazine, Spring 2012, pg 11. (Regional)

2011

2010

    • “Art exhibit explores motivation for holding onto objects”, KJ Lang, La Crosse Tribune, November 2, 2010. (Regional)
    • “The Art of Science”, Kathyrn Howe, University of Iowa Alumni Magazine, August 2010, pgs 14­15. (Regional)
    • “Seminar course provides snapshot of how to integrate arts and sciences in classroom,” Ashton Shurson, FYI Vol 46, no. 16, March 22, 2010, University of Iowa, Iowa City. (Regional)

2006

    • “Archive Anxiety: The Vernacular Turn” Daniel Mudie Cunningham, PHOTOFILE, August 2006, Paddington, Australia, pgs 28­31. (International)

2003

    • “Critics Top Ten” Tom Vanderbilt, ARTFORUM, December 2003, New York, pgs. 130, 131. (National)
    • “Second Hand Stories”, Jason Guerrrasio, THE INDEPENDENT, October 2003, New York. (National)
    • “Tubes Tops, Fall Season’s Best Debut Offerings”, SPIN MAGAZINE, October, 2003, New York. (National)
    • “Critics Picks” John, Leonard, NEW YORK MAGAZINE, October, 20, 2003, New York. (National)
    • “Cheers & Jeers, Cheers to Second Hand Stories” TV GUIDE, November, 1, 2003, New York, Pg 22. (National)
    • “In the Age of Upscale, Garage Sales Lose Some Grundge”, Niel Genzlinger, New York Times, NJ Ed. , October 12, 2003, New York. (National)
    • “Two show explore America’s obsession with junk, bargains”, Howard Pousner, Atlanta Journal Constitution, October 12, 2003, Atlanta, Georgia. (National)
    • “Buy and Buy”, Marshall Heyman, THE NEW YORKER, January 20, 2003, New York. (National) 2002
    • The Perfect Store, Adam Cohen, Little, Brown and Company, New York, 2002, pgs.286­, 289.
    • “Take My Life, Please”, Gregory Kirschling ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, December 13, 2003, New York, pg 88. (National)

2002

    • “A Different Kind of Selling Out”, Geoffrey Gagnon, NEWSWEEK, December 9 2002, New York.
    • “The Man Who Sold His Life for $6000” Simon Garfield, THE LONDON OBSERVER SUNDAY, December 8, 2002, London, UK. (International)
    • “His old salt shaker is now in Maine”, Samantha Grice, CANADA'S NATIONAL POST, December 03, 2002, Toronto. (International)
    • “Everything Must Go! A Life to the Highest Bidder “, Darby Saxbe, THE NEW YORK OBSERVER, December 2, 2002. New York. (National)
    • “Object Lessons”, John O’Connell, TIME OUT LONDON, November 27, 2003, London, UK, Pg. 64. (International)
    • “A life and times, for sale on eBay”, Kim Campbell, THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, October 24, 2002, Boston. (National)

2001

    • “Everything Must Go”, A.S. Berman, USA Today, New York, March 8, 2001. (National)
    • “A Market for Flostsam and Jetsam, Matthew Mirapaul, New York Times, February 5, 2001, New York. (National)

EDUCATION TOWARDS PROFESSIONAL GROWTH

2016

    • KINE 695 001- Graduate Seminar, Advanced Sound for Radio/Podcasting, Department of Kinetic Imaging, VCUarts, Virginia Commonwealth University. Special topics course taught by award winning podcaster, Nick van der Kolk. Resulted in an audio podcast that was featured on transom.org

2015

    • Participant: Creative Capital’s Professional Development Program at VCUarts. A special workshop for selected faculty on strategic planning for artistic projects and funding of creative work.
















SERVICE

SPECIAL AWARDS AND OTHER HONORS

2017

    • University Partner of the Year Award, from Rams in Recovery, Virginia Commonwealth University. This was awarded to VCUarts and received by Assistant Professor John Freyer and Associate Director of Development at VCUarts, Louie A. Correa for their active support of Collegiate Recovery at VCU.
    • Tasmeem Course Release Award, Fall 2017 - In recognition of ongoing service to support the 2017 Tasmeem Conference at VCUQatar.
    • Tasmeem Course Release Award, Spring 2017 - In recognition of the extensive service commitment required to support the 2017 Tasmeem Conference at VCUQatar.

2016

    • Tasmeem Course Release Award, Fall 2016 - In recognition of the extensive service commitment required to support the 2017 Tasmeem Conference at VCUQatar.

MEMBERSHIPS

2010-Present

    • Member, Editorial Board for the Iowa Review, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. Invited to join the the board to coordinate a photography component to the Iowa Review. Continue to serve in an advisory role.

1999-Present

    • Member Society for Photographic Education

COMMITTEES

NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL SERVICE

2017

    • Co-Chair Tasmeem Art and Design Biennial Conference, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar, Doha, Qatar - International Conference for 500 Attendees, featuring speakers and workshops by leaders in the field of art and design from around the world.

2013

    • Peer Review Selection Committee, National Conference, Society for Photographic Education. Nominated to serve as a reviewer for panel and artist presentations for inclusion in the 51st annual national conference of the Society for Photographic Education in Baltimore, MD.

DEPARTMENTAL, COLLEGIATE, UNIVERSITY SERVICE

2017

    • Member, Alcohol and Other Drug Advisory Committee, Appointed by the Provost, Virginia Commonwealth University.
    • Member, Rams in Recovery Steering Committee, Department of Student Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth University.
    • Member, Rams in Recovery Advisory Board, Department of Student Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth University.
    • Member, Faculty Senate, Elected Position, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. Elected to serve by the School of the Arts Faculty to serve as one of their representatives to this university wide shared/self governance body. Serve as a liaison between the Faculty Senate and the School of the Arts.
    • Member, “Communication, Publicity, and Publications” Committee, Faculty Senate, VCU. Responsibilities include ensuring “that faculty at VCU are informed of Senate deliberations, actions, and proceedings using the electronic mail, the Faculty Senate web site or other media.”
    • Member, Candidacy Review Committee, Department of Photography and Film. Responsibilities include reviewing first year MFA candidates Spring exhibition, meeting with the Photography and Film faculty to determine student eligibility for MFA candidacy.
    • Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, Department of Photography and Film. Responsibilities include screening graduate applications, meeting with committee members to make admissions and financial support recommendations for candidates.

2016

    • Member, VCUQ Foundations Faculty Search Committee, School of the Arts. Search committee responsibilities include screening applicants, participating in Skype and on campus interviews, and working with committee members to hire the best qualified applicant. Appointed by VCUarts Dean’s Office
    • Member, VCUQ MFA Faculty Search Committee, School of the Arts. Search committee responsibilities include screening applicants, participating in Skype and on campus interviews, and working with committee members to hire the best qualified applicant. Appointed by VCUarts Dean’s Office
    • Member, Faculty Senate, Elected Position, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. Elected to serve by the School of the Arts Faculty to serve as one of their representatives to this university wide shared/self governance body. Serve as a liaison between the Faculty Senate and the School of the Arts.
    • Member, “Communication, Publicity, and Publications” Committee, Faculty Senate, VCU. Responsibilities include ensuring “that faculty at VCU are informed of Senate deliberations, actions, and proceedings using the electronic mail, the Faculty Senate web site or other media.”
    • Member, Candidacy Review Committee, Department of Photography and Film. Responsibilities include reviewing first year MFA candidates Spring exhibition, meeting with the Photography and Film faculty to determine student eligibility for MFA candidacy.
    • Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, Department of Photography and Film. Responsibilities include screening graduate applications, meeting with committee members to make admissions and financial support recommendations for candidates.
    • MFA Outreach Advertising Designer. Designed online advertisements for the MFA program in photography and film.

2015

    • Member, Faculty Senate, Elected Position, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. Elected to serve by the School of the Arts Faculty to serve as one of their representatives to this university wide shared/self governance body. Serve as a liaison between the Faculty Senate and the School of the Arts.
    • Member, “Communication, Publicity, and Publications” Committee, Faculty Senate, VCU. Responsibilities include ensuring “that faculty at VCU are informed of Senate deliberations, actions, and proceedings using the electronic mail, the Faculty Senate web site or other media.”
    • Member, Candidacy Review Committee, Department of Photography and Film. Responsibilities include reviewing first year MFA candidates Spring exhibition, meeting with the Photography and Film faculty to determine student eligibility for MFA candidacy.
    • Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, Department of Photography and Film. Responsibilities include screening graduate applications, meeting with committee members to make admissions and financial support recommendations for candidates.
    • MFA Outreach Advertising Designer. Designed online advertisements for the MFA program in photography and film.

2014

    • Member, Tenure Track Faculty Search Committee, Department of Photography and Film. Search committee responsibilities include screening applicants, participating in Skype and on campus interviews, and working with committee members to hire the best qualified applicant. Appointed by the Chair of Photography and Film.
    • Member, Faculty Senate, Elected Position, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. Elected to serve by the School of the Arts Faculty to serve as one of their representatives to this university wide shared/self governance body. Serve as a liaison between the Faculty Senate and the School of the Arts.
    • Member, “Communication, Publicity, and Publications” Committee, Faculty Senate, VCU. Responsibilities include ensuring “that faculty at VCU are informed of Senate deliberations, actions, and proceedings using the electronic mail, the Faculty Senate web site or other media.”
    • Member, “Great Places Initiative” Committee, Faculty Senate, VCU. ­ This committee serves as a Faculty Senate liaison to the Great Places Initiative.
    • Judge, AFO, 60x60x60 Video Festival.. Served on a panel of judges to determine prizes for a variety of designated categories.
    • Reviewer. National Portfolio Day. Represented the Department of Photography and Film, gave feedback to students on their portfolio / application materials.
    • Member, Candidacy Review Committee, Department of Photography and Film. Responsibilities include reviewing first year MFA candidates Spring exhibition, meeting with the Photography and Film faculty to determine student eligibility for MFA candidacy.
    • Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, Department of Photography and Film. Responsibilities include screening graduate applications, meeting with committee members to make admissions and financial support recommendations for candidates.
    • MFA Outreach Advertising Designer. Designed online advertisements for the MFA program in photography and film.

SELECTED UNIVERSITY OF IOWA SERVICE 2005­ - 2012

2009 ­- 2012

    • School of Art and Art History, Executive Committee. Elected by the School of Art and Art History faculty.

2010 ­- 2012

    • Faculty Council, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. Elected to serve as the representatives to this university wide shared/self governance body. Served as a liaison between the CLAS Faculty Council and the School of Art and Art History.

2005 -­ 2012

    • Graduate Admissions, Photography Area. Responsibilities include screening graduate applications, meeting with committee members to make admissions and financial support recommendations for candidates.

2005 ­- 2012

    • Member, Student Computing Fee Proposal Committee, Photography Area. Prioritised departmental technology needs, wrote annual competitive proposals. Successful awards to the Photography Area from 2005­2012 totaled over $250,000.00.

2011 -­ 2012

    • Consulting Member, Art and Art History Cluster Hiring Committee. Search committee responsibilities include screening applicants, participating in CAA and on campus interviews, and working with committee members to hire the best qualified applicant. Appointed by the Director of the School of Art and Art History

2008, 2010 & 2012

    • Coordinated Visiting Artists in Photography Area. The responsibility for organizing visiting artists were rotated between the photography faculty. I coordinated the visits of Nate Larson, Marni Shindelman, John Simon, Kelli Connell, Conrad Bakker and Zsolt Kadar.

2009 ­- 2011

    • Faculty Advisor, Graduate Art Congress. Advised Graduate Student organization, helped coordinate speaker programs, studio visits and fundraising events. In 2010, I helped them coordinate a Graduate Student Panel at Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa.

2006 ­- 2010

    • Supervisor, Digital Photography Lab, Photography Area. Hired and supervised 10 undergraduate employees and a Graduate Assistant. Created a digital checkout system for equipment, ordered supplies and maintained computer and printing facilities. During my time as supervisor we more than doubled the capacity of digital photography facilities.

2009 ­- 2010

    • Hiring Committee for MSPD P&S Position. search committee responsibilities include screening applicants, participating in phone and on campus interviews, and working with committee members to hire the best qualified applicant. Appointed by the Director of the School of Art and Art History

2006 & 2007

    • Judge, University of Iowa Study Abroad Photography Contest.
















TEACHING

HONORS & RECOGNITION

2017

    • Appointment for AY 2017/18 as Faculty Fellow at VCU Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence.

2015

    • “Feeding the senses: Restaurateurs help class study food as art”, University Public Affairs, by Leila Ugincius, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015.

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY 2013­ - Present COURSES TAUGHT:

2017

    • Course Release - Tasmeem 2017 Co-Chair (Service)
    • Spring PHTO 421 Senior Thesis
    • (Independent Study - MATX)

2016

    • Overload - Tasmeem 2017 Co-Chair (Service)
    • Fall ARTS 391 RVArts Cultural Passport
    • Fall PHTO ­280 ­Moving Pixels 001
    • Fall ­ PHTO­ 281 ­ Digital Imaging 1
    • Fall - (Independent Study VCUQ)
    • Spring ARTS 391 RVArts Cultural Passport; Tier II Pilot
    • Spring PHTO 421 Senior Thesis

2015

    • Fall ARTF 134 Time Studio Art Foundation
    • Fall PHTO ­280 ­Moving Pixels 001
    • Fall PHTO ­280 ­Moving Pixels 002
    • (Independent Study - English)
    • Spring PHTO 391 Digital Filmmaking for Photographers
    • Spring PHTO 421 Senior Thesis
    • Spring ARTF 134 Time Studio Art Foundation

2014

    • Fall ­ PHTO­ 281 ­ Digital Imaging 1
    • Fall ­ PHTO­ 601 ­ Graduate Photography & Film Studio
    • Spring ­ PHTO ­360 ­ Digital Filmmaking 1
    • Spring ­ PHTO ­690 ­ Graduate Seminar in Photography & Film

2013

    • Fall ­ PHTO­360 ­ Digital Filmmaking 1
    • Fall ­ PHTO­491 ­ Special Topics ­ Photography & the Book

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS:

    1. PHTO­ 281 ­ Digital Imaging 1 ­ This course serves as a foundational introduction to the photography major. Students complete a series of digital imaging/photography assignments, as well as one individual final project in order to develop their creative practice, research and rhetorical/analytical skills. A combination of production, critique, readings, and written/oral assignments advance student understanding of historical, ethical and ideological contexts. Advanced techniques are demonstrated during hands on in class workshops designed to help students meet their technical and aesthetic objectives. Students engage in instructor led dialogues in order to engage and support one another in the development of their artistic and professional identities.
    2. PHTO ­601 ­ Graduate Photography & Film Studio ­ This is a graduate level critique based studio class. Students engage in active studio practice and complete exhibition ready work for regularly scheduled group critiques. Student also meet with the instructor individually according to a regular weekly schedule. Readings are assigned individually and as a group depending on the needs of individual students.
    3. PHTO­ 360 ­ Digital Filmmaking 1 ­ Students explore a collection of projects in a classroom situation, including critiques, discussions, presentations, and selected readings. Students will complete a series of group and individual filmmaking assignments, and a final self directed short film project that they should expect to work on during the final half of the semester. Students will also make an in class presentation on contemporary artists/filmmakers whose work influences them in some way. Each student will present at least one reading in class and all students are expected to actively participate in discussions and critiques. Students will demonstrate technical proficiency in digital film camera operation, lighting and audio fundamentals and capturing, editing and exporting digital media.
    4. PHTO­ 690 ­ Graduate Seminar in Photography & Film ­ This Graduate Seminar explored art practices that engage, critique and/or embody the economics of late market capitalism. We looked at work by contemporary and historical artists whose work engages with the broader global capitalist system including but not limited to: Marcel Duchamp, JSG Boggs, Rikrit Tiravanija, RTMark, Sylvie Fluery, Michael Landy and Mark Lombardi. Through considerations of contemporary art, film and video, assigned readings and the internet we investigated the economics of the contemporary art market, the concept of the gift economy, engagement as institutional critique and cooptation of critique into both the art market and the broader economy. Readings included The Gift by Lewis Hyde, Imaginary Economics by Olav Velthuis, Art Incorporated by Julian Stallabrass and Boggs: A Comedy of Values by Lawrence Weschler among others. Students participated in weekly discussions, and produced collective projects that investigated/engaged with economic exchange systems.
    5. PHTO­ 491 ­ Special Topics , Photography & the Book ­ This seminar investigated the special relationship between photography and the printed book. We looked at work by contemporary and historical artists whose photographic book works serve as the primary record of our ideas about photography including Jacob Riis, Alfred Stieglitz, Robert Frank, Ed Ruscha, Alec Soth, Nan Goldin, Susan Kae Grant, and Christine Shank. We discussed the essential role that photography books have played on the history of photography and explored the future of the photography book in light of contemporary digital imaging and book publishing technologies. Students participated in weekly discussions, researched contemporary publishing techniques, presented books and research relevant to their practice and produced a final printed portfolio of their work.
    6. ARTS 391 RVArts Cultural Passport; Tier II Pilot. RVArts is an experiential learning course that I jointly created with Jill B. Ware from the VCUarts Depot. It explores the diversity of visual and performing arts in the Richmond area. Part art appreciation, part community engagement, students attend twelve art events though the course of the semester and generate a dynamic online events calendar of top cultural events on and off campus for the current and following semesters. This hybrid online/offline seminar meets in person at the VCUarts Depot Building for special topic specific lectures including introductions to visual arts, dance, theatre and music. RVArts partners with the VCU ALT Lab to create a web video series documenting all of our guests in conversation.
    7. PHTO 280 - Moving Pixels. This new course replaces PHTO 360 Digital Filmmaking, by combing both photograph and film tracks into the same introductory course. The newly approved curriculum encourages collaboration across concentration areas. My syllabus and and assignments for this course serve as a model for all sections of Moving Pixels. The assignments are designed to explore the role of film and cinema in contemporary art practice, and to introduce technical proficiency in digital film camera operation, lighting and audio fundamentals and capturing, editing and exporting digital media.

NEW COURSE PREPARATION:

    • ARTS 391 RVArts Cultural Passport
    • PHTO ­281 ­ Digital Imaging 1
    • PHTO­ 360 ­ Digital Filmmaking 1
    • PHTO­690 ­ Graduate Seminar in Photography & Film
    • PHTO­491 ­ Special Topics ­ Photography & the Book
    • ARTF 134 Time Studio Art Foundation
    • PHTO 280 Moving Pixels

OTHER TEACHING HIGHLIGHTS 2010-2013

    • InVisible Light Graduate Seminar in Photography, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. Interdisciplinary seminar team­ taught with Associate Professor Cornelia Lang from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Iowa.
    • Opening the Flatpack. Graduate Seminar including students from Stockholm University and the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design (Konstfack) in Stockholm, Sweden. Team taught with Social Anthropologist, Johan Lindquist from Stockholm University.

STUDENT EXHIBITIONS & SPECIAL PROJECTS

2017

    • Spring - BFA Senior Exhibition,TBD, Public exhibition of work by 2017 BFA in Photography Students - At completion Senior Thesis 2 course.

2016

    • Fall - RVArts Speaker Series: HD Video Episodes made in partnership with the VCU ALT Lab.
    • Fall - Open Night. VCUarts, Richmond, VA. Public presentation of new undergraduate student film projects in Digital Filmmaking 1. I helped students organize, promote and prepare their film reel for public presentation.
    • Spring - RVArts Speaker Series: HD Video Episodes made in partnership with the VCU ALT Lab.
    • Spring - BFA Senior Exhibition, 405 West Broad St. Richmond, VA. Public exhibition of work by 2016 BFA in Photography Students - At completion Senior Thesis 2 course.

2015

    • Fall - Open Night. VCUarts, Richmond, VA. Public presentation of new undergraduate student film projects in Digital Filmmaking 1. I helped students organize, promote and prepare their film reel for public presentation.
    • Fall - RVArts Stories, The Depot Building, December 9, 2015 Richmond, VA.
    • Spring - BFA Senior Exhibition, Studio 6, 6 E Broad St. Richmond, VA. Public exhibition of work by 2015 BFA in Photography Students - At completion Senior Thesis 2 course.
    • Spring - RVA Stories, Visual Arts Center, May 4th, 2015, Richmond, VA. www.rvastories.com. Public Screening of RVA Stories final projects from two sections of Digital Filmmaking for Photographers. I helped students organize, promote and prepare their film reel for the public presentation.

2014

    • Spring, RVA Stories, The Byrd Theatre, April 27th, 2014, Richmond, VA. www.rvastories.com. Public Screening of RVA Stories final projects from two sections of Digital Filmmaking 1. I helped students organize, promote and prepare their film reel for the public presentation.

2013

    • Open Night. VCUarts, Richmond, VA. Public presentation of new undergraduate student film projects in Digital Filmmaking 1. I helped students organize, promote and prepare their film reel for public presentation.

2012

    • Permanent Study Collection, University of Iowa Museum of Art. Arranged for photographs from my Advanced Photography students projects from 2007-­2012 to be accessioned into the Permanent Study Collection at the University of Iowa Museum of Art.

MFA THESIS COMMITTEE ADVISING - VCU

With my appointment to the School of the Arts and my primary teaching responsibilities in the Department of Photography and Film, I have primarily worked with Graduate Students in the Photography and Film Program. I have served as a member of the candidacy review committee as part of the Photography and Film Faculty.

MFA REVIEW COMMITTEE

Photography and Film

    • Farrah Al Sulaiman - MFA - Photography 2016 (Committee Member)
    • Alex Arzt ­ MFA - Photography - 2015 (Committee Member)