Alexander Heilner

ALEXANDER HEILNER www.heilner.net

EDUCATION School of Visual Arts; M.F.A. Photography, Video, and Related Media, 1998. Paula Rhodes Memorial Award for Artistic Excellence. Studied with Joel Sternfeld, Carole Kismaric, Shelley Rice, Ed Bowes, and Judith Barry.

Princeton University; B.A. Studio Art and Art History, High Honors, 1993. Studied with Emmet Gowin, Peter Bunnell, Jim Dow, Joann Brennan, and Andrew Ross.

CURRENT TEACHING / MICA Maryland Institute College of Art / Associate Dean of Design and Media . 2011-present.. Maryland Institute College of Art / Interim Director; M.A. Digital Arts Program . 2005-2008. Maryland Institute College of Art / Professor of Photography and Digital Imaging . 2003-present.

I am a permanent, full-time photography faculty member at MICA, one of the nation's leading art institutions. In Academic Year 2005-2006, and again in 2007-2008, I served as the interim direc - tor of the school's Masters in Digital Arts program. Since 2011, I have served as the Associate Dean for Design and Media.

Associate Dean of Design and Media - Selected Duties and Initiatives, 2011- present: • Oversee eight undergraduate departments: Photography, Film and Video, Animation, Graphic Design, Printmaking, Illustration, Architecture, and Interactive Arts. • Responsible for Curriculum development and Implementation. • Overseen complete redesign and implementation of divisional assessment plan. • Led the redesign and re-accreditation of MICA's new Architectural Design program. • Currently overseeing design and implementation of 3D Object Design concentration. • Represent the Design and Media Division in interactions with all areas of the college.

Photography Department Roles and Initiatives 2003 - 2011: • Instituted and drove overhaul of departmental curriculum and course requirements to make degree plan more flexible and more relevant for needs of graduating photography majors. • Developed, piloted, and taught first four years of "Contemporary Directions and Practices in Photography", a new required course covering history and theories of photography since 1970. • Was instrumental in community-building measures, ranging from better administrative processes, and informal student gatherings, to a departmental website and "Works in Progress" show. • Director of digital program development within the Photography department 2003-2009. • Re-designed departmental digital lab configuration; oversaw budgeting and purchasing for new computers, DSLR cameras, printers, scanners, and other peripherals. • Shared full advisement responsibilities for more than 125 photography majors. • Juried school-wide competitive scholarships, departmental awards, and student projects. • Organized, co-curated, and oversaw hanging of departmental exhibitions.

Courses Taught: • Graduate Digital Thesis Seminar / Graduate thesis advisor. • Senior Thesis Seminar / Senior thesis advisor / Masters in Teaching - MAT thesis advisor. • Contemporary Directions and Practices in Photography, The Contemporary Color Landscape. • Site-Responsive Narrative Photography, Night Photography. • Deconstructing the Photograph, The Extended Image, Summer Photography Program in Paris. • Electronic Media and Culture (Foundation course), Digital Photography 2, Digital Photography 1.

RELEVANT SKILLS Technical and Software Knowledge: • Photographic editing and web-design: Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver. • Video and sound editing: Final Cut Pro, iMovie, iDVD, Protools, and Garageband. • Powerpoint, Excel, Word, Filemaker, and web-based data management. • Macintosh platform system administration and hardware management. • Digital workflow; calibration; ink-jet printer maintenence. • Studio lighting: Extensive knowledge of all technical, aesthetic, safety, and practical issues. • Nikon, Canon and other digital SLRs. • Traditional film cameras; all formats, including Hasselblad, Mamiya, 4x5, 8x10, and 35mm. • Traditional black and white darkroom practice, chemistry, service and maintenence. • Traditional color printing; Colenta color processors; color enlarging heads. • Tradtional video transfer and editing, including patching, and off-line editing. • The firm belief that these tools are all subserviant to creativity, motivation, and pride of craft.

PREVIOUS TEACHING New York University / Dept. of Photography and Imaging ; New York, NY; 1998-2003. • Introduction to Digital Imaging. Foundation in techniques and theories of digital photography. • Photography 1. Technical, aestehtic and historical foundations for majors and non-majors. • Photography 2. Conceptual and technical development; emphasis on critical skills and craft.

School of Visual Arts / Undergraduate Film and Video ; New York, NY; 1998-2002. • Introduction to Film and Video Production. Full year, foundation course for film and video majors. • Continuing Video Production. Emphasis on skills in editing and project conception. • Senior Thesis Advisor. Guided development and execution of independent video/film productions.

The JCC in Manhattan / Arts and Culture; New York, NY; 2002-2003. • Basic Photography. 10-week course for adults; beginning skills and image appreciation. • Intermediate Photography. Adult course; focus on technique, craft, and critique strategies. • Landscape Photography. Adult course exploring New York City and its environs. • Night Photography. Adult course specifically exploring the urban night environment.

Ramapo College / Dept. of Contemporary Arts; Mahwah, NJ; 1998-1999. • Basic Photography. Introductory course in a diverse, highly selective liberal arts college.

School of Visual Arts / M.F.A. Photography and Related Media ; New York, NY; 1996-1999. • Media-100 Digital Editing Workshops. Group classes for graduate photography students. • Graduate TA. Assisted graduate level photography and video critique seminars. • Video production and education workshops; technical photography clinics.

Institute for Collaborative Education; New York, NY; 1998. • Introductory Photography. For first and second year high school students at an ethnically and eco - nomically diverse magnet school; New York City public school system.

Civic Arts Photography Education Program; Walnut Creek, CA; 1996. • Night Photography. Adult classes and workshops.

NATIONAL JURY EXPERIENCE National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA) ; Miami, FL; 2004-2006. National Panelist, Photography. • Panelist and adjudicator for nationwide photography scholarship competition. • Responsible for selecting students deemed to be the most talented photographers in the nation. • Responsible for allocating $30,000 in merit-based scholarship money among 8 finalists. • Workshop leader for photography finalists at youngARTS week each January in Miami.

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE The JCC in Manhattan / Arts and Culture. New York, NY; 2002-2003. Director of Photography Programming. • Directed all aspects of an ethnically, religiously, and socio-economically diverse urban community arts program, serving adults and children from all over the New York metropolitan area. • Created and implemented an annual budget of more than $200,000. Oversaw the program as it achieved profitability for the first time [within a non-profit organization]. • Oversaw development, planning, scheduling, and staffing of over 100 classes per year. • Directed visiting-artists lecture series featuring Bruce Davidson, Penelope Umbrico, etc. • Co-curated a major retrospective of Frédéric Brenner's photography: Diaspora: Homelands in Exile. • Hired, and directed payroll for 25+ faculty and staff members, as well as dozens of volunteers. • Maintained a state-of-the-art black and white darkroom, digital lab, and classrooms.

New York University / Department of Photography and Imaging . 1998-2001. Technical Director for Digital Processes; Darkroom Coordinator. • Responsible for all technical aspects of the digital imaging program in NYU’s undergraduate photography department. • Development and maintenance of digital imaging lab, digital video production, multimedia output, as well as faculty and staff computers. • Full experience with Colenta color print processor as well as all other aspects of color and black and white wet darkrooms. • Experience purchasing computer and video hardware, from retailers and directly from vendors. • Supervisor to 24 undergraduate technical assistants.

School of Visual Arts / MFA Photography and Related Media. 1997-1998. Departmental Video Coordinator. • Responsible for all technical aspects of the video program in SVA’s graduate department, including 4 off-line and 3 Media-100 digital editing systems. • Thorough knowledge of related hardware, including Hi-8, VHS, and Beta editing decks; patch bay and cabling; removable media; hard drives and storage. • Extensive experience teaching Media-100 and off-line editing, in group workshops, and to individuals.

Freelance Editorial and Commercial Photographer. 1993-Present. • Commercial and editorial projects for print, web, and new media usage. • Thorough technical and creative knowledge of lighting, cameras, films; etc. • Extensive experience working with clients, production crews, locations, etc. • Well-versed in creative and business issues involved with applied commercial arts.

EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS Work Space Gallery; “Alexander Heilner – Aerial Landscapes”; Lincoln, NE; January - February, 2014. Solo retrospective of aerial landscape photographs.

MICA Pinkard Gallery; “Color, Light, Dark, and Interconnected”; Baltimore, MD; February - March, 2014. New images from “The Opening of the Arctic” in group exhibition.

Towson University Center for the Arts; “American Photography X2”; Towson, MD; February - March, 2014. New aerial photographs featured in group exhibition.

Baltimore Museum of Art; “2012 Baker Artist Awards”; Baltimore, MD; September - October, 2012. Featured retrospective of aerial and landscape photographs.

Maryland Public Television; “ArtWorks: 2012 Baker Artist Award Winners”; Baltimore, MD; April, 2012. Aerial photography featured in public television arts and culture segment.

Johns Hopkins Hospital; “Jellies”, “Leaves”, “Untitled”; Baltimore, MD; Opened April 2012. Digital collages commissioned for permanent public display.

Goucher College – Rosenberg Gallery; “Obscurities”; Towson, MD; September, 2011. Aerial photographs from the U.S. and abroad featured in themed show.

Pingyao International Photography Festival; “Symbiosis”; Pingyao, China; September, 2011. Aerial photographs from the U.S. and abroad featured.

Florida State University Art Museum; “Hyperreal World: Landscape as Commodity”; Tallahassee, FL; October, 2010. Aerial photographs from the U.S. and abroad featured in themed show.

Princeton University Art Museum; “Emmet Gowin: A Collective Portrait”; Princeton, NJ; November, 2009. Retrospective of Emmet Gowin's career, featuring work from former students.

University of La Verne; “Aerial Photographs and Microbe Studies”; La Verne, CA; September, 2009. Solo show of new aerial photographs and Microbe prints .

Center for Fine Art Photography; “Center Forward”; Ft. Collins, CO; July, 2009. Landscape Photography of Disneyland Paris.

PSJC Gallery; “Alexander Heilner: Aerial Photography”; Brooklyn, NY; November, 2008. Solo show of new aerial photographs from the U.S. and the Middle East .

MICA Gateway Gallery; “Intrepid Potash Mine”; Baltimore , MD; October, 2008. Permanent installation of aerial photographs in a public gallery space.

Maryland Institute College of Art; “MICA 2007 Faculty Exhibition”; Baltimore , MD; September, 2007. Aerial photographs of Moab, Utah; digital ink jet prints .

New York University; “Transformations - 25 Years of Photography”; New York, NY; September, 2007. - "Leaving New York; Negative Implications" - digital ink-jet prints . ALEXANDER HEILNER HEILNER 345614 St.Hollen John’s Road Place | #4 Baltimore,P | Brooklyn, MD 21212 NY 11238 | 646-369-4286 | 718-230-1322 | www.heilner.net | [email protected]

EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS Harvard Graduate School of Design; “Weeping Wall”; Cambridge, MA; CONTINUED April, 2006. Time-lapse landscape imagery from Battery Park City - digital video projection.

Maryland Institute College of Art; “MICA 2005 Faculty Exhibition”; Baltimore , MD; October, 2005. "Fresh Kills" - Single channel video projection.

Museum of Modern Art; “Groundswell” (with Justine Heilner); New York, NY; February - May, 2005. "Fresh Kills" - Single channel video projection, comissioned by MoMA.

Green-Wood Cemetery; “Angels and Accordions” (with Martha Bowers); Brooklyn, NY; October, 2004 - 2008. Site-specific digital projection installation, inside cemetery catacombs.

Maryland Institute College of Art; “The Great Baltimore Fire” (with Amy Baxt); Baltimore , MD;

6 February, 2004. Photographic projections and architectural lighting installation.

Maryland Institute College of Art; “MICA 2003 Faculty Exhibition”; Baltimore , MD; September, 2003. Aerial photographs of San Francisco Bay; digital ink jet prints.

CSX Railroad; “Geyserland” (with Ann Carlson and Mary Ellen Strom); Livingston, MT; August, 2003. Re-creation of historic photographs for performance / installation project.

Pace Digital Gallery; “Digital Downtown”; New York, NY; April, 2003. "Microbes" - digital ink jet prints.

New York University Photo Center; “2002 Faculty Exhibition”; New York, NY; October, 2002. New Alaskan Landscapes - color photographic prints.

Vernal Equinox; “The Little Mermaid Revisited” (with Amy Baxt); New York, NY; March, 2002. Slide projection and sound installation.

Maryland Institute College of Art; “Situated Realities”; Baltimore , MD; February, 2002. Toured internationally through 2004. Digital Ink Jet Prints.

New York University Photo Center; “Responses”; New York, NY; October, 2001. Photographic prints, digital ink-jet prints, and found objects .

116 Prince Street; “Here is New York: A Democracy of Photographs”; New York, NY; October, 2001; Toured internationally 2002 - 2005. Photographic prints.

Café Bisous; “Interactive Salon”; Charlotte, NC; April, 2001. Interactive video installation, in collaboration with local architecture students.

P.S. 122; “Three Seconds in the Key”; New York, NY; February, 2001. Projection design for Deb Margolin’s solo performance.

New York University, Goldberg Theater; “Leo Rising”; New York, NY; November, 2000. Projection design for the 2000 Screenplay Festival.

EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS New York University, Goldberg Theater; “Breaking Glass”; New York, NY; CONTINUED November, 2000. Projection design for the 2000 Screenplay Festival.

New York University Photo Center; “2000 Faculty Exhibit”; New York, NY; October, 2000. "47 Frames" - Digital ink-jet documents from live performance.

Anthology Film Archives; “Moving Image: Ten Years of Video”; New York, NY; September, 2000. “Personal Revelations” video screened.

Ko Festival of Performance; “47 (forty-seven) Frames”; Amherst, MA; July, 2000. Multimedia theatrical performance with the Cypher Collective.

Performance Studies International Conference; “47 (forty-seven) Frames”; Phoenix, AZ; March, 2000. Multimedia theatrical performance with the Cypher Collective.

Artspace Gallery; “Raleigh: 2000 Interpretations of a Place”; Raleigh, NC; December, 1999. Artist and Producer for a publicly funded project for Raleigh’s First Night Millennium celebration, featuring 2000 artsits’ postcards .

New York University Photo Center; “1999 Faculty Exhibit”; New York, NY; October, 1999. Postcard exhibition.

Visual Arts Museum; “The Sixth Annual New York Digital Salon”; New York, NY; November, 1998. Touring to Barcelona, Madrid, Alicante, and Milan; Spring, 1999 . “Microbes”: Digital ink-jet prints.

New York University Photo Center; “1998 Faculty Exhibit”; New York, NY; October, 1998. “Nisqually” video screened. Photographic print exhibition.

Void; “Eros Electronica: Sex on the Small Screen”; New York, NY; September, 1998. “Personal Revelations” video screened.

Brenda Taylor Gallery; “Illuminations: New Video and Photography by Five Young Artists”; New York, NY; July, 1998. Twelve-channel video and photography exhibition.

Video Room Video Festival; “Moving Photographs”; New York, NY; May, 1998. "Moving Photographs: Michigan Lake" - Single channel video exhibition.

Eastside Gallery; “Interior Views: New Digital Photography by Alexander Heilner”; New York, NY; February, 1998. Solo digital ink-jet print exhibition.

North Carolina Film and Video Festival; “Vertigo”; Raleigh, NC; November 1997. Video screening.

Eastside Gallery; “Landscapes: Presence. Alexander Heilner and Emily Morrison”; New York, NY; February, 1997. Solo photographic print exhibition.

EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS Candace Perich Gallery; “Exteriors”; Katonah, NY; CONTINUED January, 1997. Photographic print exhibition.

Southern Light Gallery; “Alexander Heilner: New American Landscapes”; Amarillo, TX; December, 1995. Solo photographic print exhibition.

Edinboro University; “Power, Landscapes, Desperation and Hope”; Edinboro, PA; November, 1994. Three person photographic print exhibition.

Puchong Gallery; “The Midwinter Salon”; New York, NY; January, 1994. Photographic print exhibition.

Princeton University Art Museum; “In Close Quarters: American Landscapes Since 1968”; Princeton, NJ; November, 1993. Photographic print exhibition.

Phillips Mill; Phillips Mill Photographic Exhibition; New Hope, PA; May, 1993. Photographic print exhibition.

Princeton University Lucas Gallery; “Alex Heilner: Nightscapes”; Princeton, NJ; May, 1993. Solo photographic print exhibition.

North American Cultural Institute; Lima, Peru; November, 1992. Photographic print exhibition.

SELECTED REVIEWS AND Maryland Public Television; “ArtWorks: 2012 Baker Artist Award Winners”; Baltimore, MD; INTERVIEWS April, 2012. Aerial photography featured in public television arts and culture segment.

WYPR - Baltimore Public Radio; “Maryland Morning: High Art”; October 3, 2012. Featured interview about photography exhibition aired on local public radio arts and culture show.

WTMD – Towson Public Radio; “Baker Award Winner, Alexander Heilner”, Sept. 7, 2012. Interview about photography exhibition aired on local public radio station.

The Baltimore Sun; “Energetic Baker Artist Award Exhibit at BMA”, September 6, 2012. Review of Baker Artist Award show at the Baltimore Museum of Art

Baltimore City Paper; “The Fabulous Baker Boys”, September 6, 2012. Review of Baker Artist Award show at the Baltimore Museum of Art

Baltimore Magazine; “The Best of Baltimore 2012”; August, 2012. Awarded “Baltimore’s Best Photographer” and aerial photographs featured.

The New York Times; New York, NY; January, 1997. Night landscapes featured in review of "Exteriors" group exhibition at the Candace Perich Gallery.

PUBLICATIONS The Encyclopedia of New York City; Second Edition; Yale University Press; December, 2010. Associate Illustrations Editor and lead photographer for landmark reference publication.

Colorado Mines Magazine; Summer 2009 Issue; Boulder, Colorado; July, 2009. Featured photography for an article about the Intrepid Potash Mine, in southeastern Utah.

Science Illustrated; Summer 2009 Issue; Stockholm, Sweden; June, 2009. Photography of Dubai featured in leading European science journal.

National Geographic; Volume 215, Number 4; Washington, DC; April, 2009. "Visions of Earth" feature; aerial photograph from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

JPG Magazine; issue #18; San Francisco, CA; October, 2008. Two page spread featuring aerial photograph from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Marketplace.org; “The Road to Ruin?”; October, 2008. Photographic essays examining the financial crisis and its effects upon Americans.

Womens' Education Society; “The Van Briggle Pottery”; Colorado Springs, CO; September, 2008. Architectural photographs for a book recounting the history of the Van Briggle Pottery.

Marketplace.org; “Dubai from the Sky”; March, 2008. Aerial photographs of Dubai were the most viewed page on the website for two months.

JPG Magazine; issue #13; San Francisco, CA; February, 2008. Eight page spread featuring aerial photographs from Utah and San Francisco Bay.

Marketplace.org; “The Middle East At Work: Cairo”; January, 2008. Five photographic essays exploring economic conditions in Cairo, Egypt.

Marketplace.org; “Fighting for a Cause”; October, 2007. Photographs of a charity boxing event pitting Wall Street stock brokers against one another.

Crowd; New York, NY; July, 2003. Aerial Photographs of North Carolina featured in prestigious art and literature journal.

Details Magazine; New York, NY; February, 2002. Three-page comissioned spread for story about Calvin Klein's monsterous billboards.

Studio Voice; Tokyo, Japan; February, 2000. Images of New Jersey Meadowlands featured in premiere Japanese art and design magazine.

The Ballad Of Sand and Harry Soot; by Stephanie Strickland; New York, NY; Spring, 1999. "Microbe" images featured throughout groundbreaking hypertext poetry website.

The New York Times; New York, NY; January, 1997. Night landscapes featured in review of "Exteriors" group exhibition at the Candace Perich Gallery.

LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS SPE / Society for Photographic Education; “Teaching Collaboration”; Baltimore, MD; March 6, 2014; Moderator for panel discussion at the SPE National Conference.

Current Space Gallery; “Good Light: Alexander Heilner Public Lecture”; Baltimore, MD; November 16, 2013; Keynote address for opening of new art and photography space.

SPE / Society for Photographic Education; “Hyperreal World”; Tallahassee, FL; October 23, 2010; Panel discussion at the SPE Southeast Regional Conference.

Maryland Institute College of Art; “Rejecting Media Boundaries”; Baltimore, MD; November 5, 2004; AICAD Conference panel discussion.

Maryland Institute College of Art; “Making the Great Fire Installation”; Baltimore, MD; February 13, 2004; Lecture in conjunction with "The Great Baltimore Fire" installation .

American Photography Institute; "In the Room: Performance Strategies for Photographers"; New York; June 13, 2001; Full-day workshop with twenty National Graduate Seminar fellows.

Ko Festival of Performance; “Science and Improvisation”; Amherst, MA; July 29-30, 2000; Panel Discussion in conjunction with "47 Frames".

University of North Carolina - Charlotte; “47 Frames - A Collaboration”; Charlotte, NC; March 25-26, 2000; Visiting Artist collaboration with sophomore architecture majors.

Exploris Museum; “Artists' Talk”; Raleigh, NC; December 18, 1999; Lecture in conjunction with "Raleigh: 2000 Interpretations of a Place".

New York University; “Alexander Heilner - Recent Artwork”; New York, NY; February 24, 1999; "Guest Lectures in Photography" series for NYU photo majors.

Visual Arts Museum; "Selected Artists Discuss Their Work"; New York, NY; November 21, 1998; Panel discussion in conjunction with the Sixth Annual Digital Salon.

SPE / Society for Photographic Education; “What is Graduate School Education?"; New York, NY; February 15, 1997; Panel discussion at the Northeast Regional Conference.

Hudson River Museum; “Between Home and Heaven”; Yonkers, NY; October 24, 1993; Artist's highlights tour in conjunction with museum exhibition .

SELECTED COLLECTIONS • The Johns Hopkins Hospital • Princeton University Art Museum • Arbitron, Inc.

AWARDS, GRANTS, William G Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund - 2012 Baker Artist Prize; Baltimore, MD; 2012. & RESIDENCIES $25,000 juried prize for artistic excellence; Exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

Baltimore Magazine; “The Best of Baltimore 2012”; August, 2012. Awarded “Baltimore’s Best Photographer” and aerial photographs featured in city magazine.

Johns Hopkins Hospital – Sheik Zayed Tower; Baltimore, MD; 2011-2012. $27,500 commission to produce six digital collages for permanent public display

Maria Brenner Professional Development Fund; Baltimore, MD; 2009, 2006. Grants to fund aerial photography costs, and SPE conference attendence in Chicago.

MICA Lucas Grants; Baltimore, MD; 2009, 2005. Grants to fund travel and participation in Transmediale International Digital Arts Conference in Berlin, Germany, and SPE in Dallas.

Maryland Institute College of Art; Baltimore, MD; 2004. $1850 grant to produce "The Great Baltimore Fire" installation in recognition of the 100th anniversary of this historic event.

Ko Festival of Performance; Amherst, MA, July 2001. Two-week full residency to research, and begin development of a new multimedia project concerning genetics.

Ko Festival of Performance; Amherst, MA, July 2000. Two-week full residency to develop and perform world premiere of "47 Frames", a multimedia theater project.

City of Raleigh / First Night Millennium Celebration ; Raleigh, NC, 1998-1999. Two-year, $6000 grant, and city-owned gallery space for creation and installation of “Raleigh 2000 Interpretations of a Place”.

INTERESTS AND OBSESSIONS • Travel and exploration - local, national, and international. • Maps, satellite imagery, and other ways of schematizing where we are. • Hiking, distance running, skiing, flying. • Scavenger hunts. Postcards. Airports. Bruce Springsteen. • Advertising, media psychology, and what makes people tick.