VICTORIA VESNA University of California, Los Angeles Professor, Department of Design | Media Arts Director, Art | Science Center Visiting Professor, Director of Research, Parsons the New School for Design http://vv.arts.ucla.edu
[email protected] tel: 310.794.2118 DOB: 6.9.59, Washington D.C. EDUCATION 2000 Ph.D. CAiiA - Centre for Advanced Studies in Interactive Arts, University of Wales, UK Thesis: ―Networked Public Spaces: An Investigation into Virtual Embodiment‖ 1984 Fine Arts Diploma -Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia 1976 HS of Art & Design, New York. PRINCIPAL FIELDS OF INTERESTS Practice | Theory of: Art + Science, Nano_Biotech + Art, Sonification, Corporate Culture + Technology, Social Networks + Education, Database Aesthetics, Context, Human Networks + Natural systems, Installations, Performance ACADEMIC POSITIONS 1992 – 95, Assistant Professor, UC Santa Barbara 1995 – 99, Associate Professor, UC Santa Barbara 2000 – present, Professor, UCLA 2009 – present, Visiting Professor, Director of Research, Parsons the New School for Design, NY 2005 – 07, Director, UC Digital Arts Network 2006 – 08, Director, D|MA Summer Institute, UCLA 2006 – 09, Director, Sci Art Summer Institute, UCLA 2005 – present, Director, Art | Sci Center + Lab, Art & Architecture / California Nanosystems Institute SOLO / COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES 2010 ―Blue Morph.‖ Installation. In collaboration with James Gimzewski. Theater DoZ, Santa Ynez, CA, Mar 20. 2009 ―Water Bowls.‖ Microwave International New Media Arts Festival, Hong Kong, Nov 13-22. ―The Katrina Project: NO-LA.‖ Information Aesthetics Showcase, Siggraph, New Orleans, Aug 3 – 7. ―The Hox Zodiac.‖ Installation. INDAF, Incheon International Digital Art Festival, Incheon, Korea, Aug 7. ―Blue Morph.‖ Installation. In collaboration with James Gimzewski. Integratron, Joshua Tree, CA, Jan 1.