CLAUDIA X. VALDES
www.claudiaxvaldes.com
EDUCATION
DEGREES
University of California, Berkeley M.F.A., 2001 Berkeley, CA Synthesis of Digital Media with Painting Final Project: “Untitled [Once]” and “Pulse”
University of California, Berkeley B.A., Dramatic Art, Dance, 1995 Berkeley, CA B.A., Studio Art, 1995
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES
University of New Mexico Family Mediation Certificate, Spring 2018 Albuquerque, NM School of Law
University of New Mexico Basic Mediation Certificate, Spring 2017 Albuquerque, NM Office of Ombudsman
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
Harvard University Making Change / Executive Education, Summer 2019 Cambridge, MA Harvard Divinity School
Harvard University Harvard Summer Dance Center, 1993 Cambridge, MA
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
University of New Mexico Expert in the Field Albuquerque, NM Department of Art 2019-present
Page 1 of 20 CLAUDIA X. VALDES, vitae Associate Professor Experimental Art + Technology [EAT] Department of Art 2013 – 2018
Assistant Professor Electronic Arts Department of Art + Art History 2007 – 2013
University of New Mexico Visiting Assistant Professor of Electronic Arts Albuquerque, NM Department of Art + Art History 2006 – 2007
Vermont College of Fine Arts Artist Teacher Montpelier, VT Independent study / mentorship of a MFA student working on Dance/Performance + Film/Video Fall 2009
University of California, Santa Cruz Lecturer Santa Cruz, CA Department of Art Spring 2005
Stanford University Visiting Artist Faculty Stanford, CA Department of Art + Art History Winter 2005
Mills College Visiting Artist Faculty Oakland, CA Intermedia Arts Program Fall 2004
University of Washington Faculty Seattle, WA Simpson Center for the Humanities Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities Summer 2004
Research Associate Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media [DXARTS] 2003 – 2004
University of California, Berkeley Visiting Lecturer Berkeley, CA Department of Art Practice Fall 2001
Graduate Student Instructor Department of Art Practice Spring 2001
Teaching Assistant Department of Art Practice Fall 2000
Page 2 of 20 CLAUDIA X. VALDES, vitae ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
University of New Mexico Associate Director Albuquerque, NM ARTS Lab [Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory] 2007- 2009
Associate Director ATC [Art Technology Center] 2006 – 2007
COURT APPOINTMENTS (volunteer)
Metropolitan Court Volunteer Mediator Albuquerque, NM Mediation Division, 2018- present (small claims civil case)
Magistrate Court Volunteer Mediator Bernalillo, NM Mediation Program, 2017-present (small claims civil case)
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Design + Finance
2005 Giant Ant Design, San Francisco, CA, Freelance Consultant
1999-2001 Mann Consulting Multimedia, San Francisco, CA, Freelance Consultant
1997-1999 Bay Isle Financial Corporation, San Francisco, CA Equity Trader + Portfolio Analyst + Operations Team Leader [company subsequently acquired by Janus] Three years of analytical, technical and operational experience in finance. Managed trading activities of 3 Institutional accounts, 2 Mutual Funds, and 500+ Individual client accounts. Analyzed Exception Reports to evaluate client portfolio and securities performances on a daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly basis. Created new screening parameters and worked with IT department to develop new Exception Reports. Creative and effective leadership of a 6-member team from the Trading, Client Services and Portfolio Management departments to develop and implement a strategy for increasing company efficiency and productivity. Developed and maintained professional relationships with other traders and brokerage firms. Delegated and supervised various operational projects assigned to departmental staff. Balanced work in a fluid, dynamic environment with rapidly changing priorities.
Page 3 of 20 CLAUDIA X. VALDES, vitae CURRICULA DEVELOPMENT / COURSES TAUGHT
Upper Division + Graduate Courses at University of New Mexico
• Physical Computing for Interactive Video, Part I --- interface (Fall 2006, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018) • Physical Computing for Interactive Video, Part I --- motion-capture (Fall 2007) • Physical Computing for Interactive Video, Part II --- embodiment (Spring 2007, Spring 2010) • Physical Computing for Interactive Video, Part II --- performance (Spring 2008, Spring 2011, Spring 2013) • Immersive Media: Fulldome (Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Fall 2012, Fall 2015) • Advanced Research in Moving Image (Spring 2009) • Video Art I (Fall 2011) • Advanced Projects in Time-Based Media (Fall 2014, Spring 2016) • Futures Design Lab / Innovation Academy pilot (Spring 2015) • 3D Printing (Spring 2016) • Video Art II (Spring 2011, Spring 2012) • Projection Mapping for Arts Unexpected, Video II (Spring 2017) • Special Topics: Textile Technology (Spring 2018, Fall 2018)
Graduate Courses at University of New Mexico
• Interdisciplinary Seminar (Fall 2009) • Special Topics Seminar: Visual-Audio Esthesis, Neuroscience + Art (Spring 2013)
Undergraduate and Graduate courses at:
University of California, Santa Cruz Experimental Video I, ART 119
Stanford University Experimental Video II, ARTSTUDI 177A [undergraduate and PhD level students]
Mills College Electronic Arts, IART 119/219
University of Washington, Simpson Center for the Humanities Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities: Time, Trauma, Memory and Embodiment Designed and instructed an intensive Summer Institute for 18 Mary Gates Scholars in collaboration with Phillip Thurtle (Professor, CHID, University of Washington) and Kari Tupper (Comparative History of Ideas/Women Studies, University of Washington). Inspired from our individual and collective research interests, the Summer Institute was an interdisciplinary inquiry on time, trauma, memory, and embodiment, and culminated in an exhibition, published anthology, and a symposium in which students presented their research findings to the public. Two students presented their research at the 2004 Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research (SCCUR).
University of Washington, Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media Digital Media, History, Theory and Practice, DXARTS 200 Fundamentals of Digital and Experimental Art I, DXARTS 201 Fundamentals of Digital and Experimental Art II, DXARTS 202
Page 4 of 20 CLAUDIA X. VALDES, vitae Diablo Valley College Digital Imaging for the Artist, ART 112
University of California, Berkeley Introduction to Digital Video, ART 160 Introduction to Visual Thinking, ART 8
COURSES ASSISTED
University of California, Berkeley Introduction to Digital Video, ART 160 [undergraduate and graduate students]
SERVICE ON MFA / MASTERS / HONORS THESES COMMITTEES at UNM
Chair of Committee
Taylor Hedum M.F.A., Studio Art, 2019 Ayrton Chapman M.F.A., Studio Art, 2017 Ruben Olguin M.F.A., Studio Art, 2015 (Ars Electronica, Austria 2013) Molly Bradbury M.F.A., Studio Art, 2013
Chloe Winegar Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Spring 2012
Committee Member
Cortney Metzger M.F.A., Studio Art, current student Eden Radfarr M.F.A., Studio Art, current student Erin Galvez M.F.A., Studio Art, 2019 Zac Travis M.F.A., Studio Art, 2019 Mira Woodson M.F.A., Studio Art, 2017 Daniel Coburn M.F.A., Studio Art, 2013 (Guggenheim Fellow 2017) Lindsay Fromm M.F.A., Studio Art, 2013 Colby Sempek M.F.A., Studio Art, 2012 (Intern’l Symp of Elect. Art, ISEA 2012) Teresa Buscemi M.F.A., Studio Art, 2011 (Ars Electronica, Austria 2011) Chris Ory M.F.A., Studio Art, 2010 May Chaltiel M.F.A., Studio Art, 2010 Kevin Wesley M.F.A., Studio Art, 2008 Carrie Cooper M.F.A., Studio Art, student withdrawal after Fall 2007
Amanda Romero Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Fall 2016 Elizabeth Sobel Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Spring 2014 Kyle Doering Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Spring 2008 Brandon Bethancourt Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Spring 2007
Page 5 of 20 CLAUDIA X. VALDES, vitae STUDENT MENTORING at UNM
Marcus Zuniga Fall 2016-Spring 2017: Closely mentored MFA application process. Accepted to CalArts and MICA with scholarships
Joseph Gore 2016-2017: Former PhD candidate in Computer Science. Year-long independent study to develop a 3D printed, remote-controlled, mobile robot with a personality.
Abbey Hepner Fall 2015: Featured at Paseo Taos, NM Fall 2015: Featured at 516 Arts, NM Instructor of Photo, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Ayrton Chapman Fall 2014: NM Arts in Public Places (Art Basel Miami), FL
Chris Clavio Fall 2014: NM Arts in Public Places (Art Basel Miami), FL Summer 2014: ‘Currents Santa Fe International New Media Festival’ Summer 2013: Featured in Ars Electronica, Austria, “NEXT IDEA” Director of IT + Infrastructure, MEOW WOLF
Ruben Olguin Fall 2015: Featured at Paseo Taos, NM Fall 2014: NM Arts in Public Places (Art Basel Miami), FL Summer 2013: Featured in Ars Electronica, Austria, “NEXT IDEA” Summer 2011: ‘Currents 2011 Santa Fe International New Media Festival’, Digital Dome screenings at IAIA, New Mexico Digital Media Faculty, New Mexico State University-Carlsbad
Daniel Gottwald Mentored and accepted in 2013 to the acclaimed MFA Experimental Music program at Mills College with a full teaching assistantship scholarship.
Dylan Sherriff Spring 2012: Grant-writing mentorship Fall 2011: Featured in Ars Electronica, Austria, “NEXT IDEA” Spring 2010: ‘Bauhaus Award 2009’, International Fulldome Festival, Germany
Barbara Ryckman Spring 2010: ‘Creativity Award 2010’, International Fulldome Festival, Germany
Wekeah Vigil Spring 2010: Finalist, International Fulldome Festival, Germany
Parker Jennings Graduated Spring 2010, Featured in Ars Electronica, Austria, “NEXT IDEA”
Seth Grant Graduated Spring 2010, Featured in Ars Electronica, Austria, “NEXT IDEA” Subsequently admitted to UNM Law School
Kyrsten Sanderson Honors Thesis, Spring 2007
Alberto Tafoya Undergraduate extension student who studied with me throughout 2006-2007, subsequently admitted to MFA program at RPI and at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunication Program with a scholarship
Page 6 of 20 CLAUDIA X. VALDES, vitae RESEARCH / ACADEMIC / CREATIVE HONORS + GRANTS
2018 • Creative Research Grant, College of Fine Arts, University of New Mexico
2014 • OVPR Equipment Fund, University of New Mexico ($40,000+) • Design Thinking workshop, d.school, Stanford University • Professional Development Travel Award, College of Fine Arts, University of New Mexico
2013 • Mind Research Network + Research Allocation Committee, University of New Mexico for Non-Categorical Perception, EEG States, and Immersive Response ($20,850) (project deferred)
2011 • Nominated for 2010-2011 New Faculty Teacher of the Year Award
2009 • Regent’s Speaker Endowment, University of New Mexico
2008 • Scholarship, Santa Fe Art Institute, NM • Creative Research Grant, College of Fine Arts, University of New Mexico
2007 • Artist Award, Puffin Foundation, Ltd. • Creative Research Grant, College of Fine Arts, University of New Mexico
2006 • Professional Development Travel Award, College of Fine Arts, University of New Mexico • Creative Capital Foundation Professional Development Retreat, Santa Fe Art Institute, NM • Honorable Mention, Transmediale 06, Berlin Germany
2005 • Scholarship, New Media Institute, The Banff Centre, Canada • Travel Award, Society for Literature, Science and the Arts
2004 • Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities, Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities, Faculty
2001-03 • Affiliate Artist, Headlands Center for the Arts
2001 • Eisner Prize in Art, University of California, Berkeley • GSI Course Improvement Grant, University of California, Berkeley
1999-01 • UC Regents Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley
CREATIVE ACTIVITY
Solo Exhibitions
2010 University Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM, Minutes to Midnight
2009 Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA, TEN MILLION DEGREES [catalog] [5,000 ft2 retrospective]
2004 Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, Night Moves Project
2001 Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA, Sacrament, conversion, etc.
Page 7 of 20 CLAUDIA X. VALDES, vitae Two Person Exhibition
2007 SAM Gallery, Instituto Chileno Norteamericano, Santiago, Chile, Operación Deisy
Original Album (LP / Cassette Tape) Artwork
2018 Field Music, SIGE Records LP cover / Art Direction • https://sigerecords.merchtable.com/music/vinyl/william-fowler-collins-field-music-vinyl-lp
2016 UNDER STARS AND SMOKE, Blackest Rainbow LP cover + back photographs / Art Direction • https://www.beartreerecords.com/products/william-fowler-collins-james-jackson-toth- under-stars-and-smoke-lp
2014 Mesa Ritual, SIGE Records LP Cover Photograph Cassette Tape Cover Photograph Cassette Tape Insert Photograph • http://sigerecords.merchtable.com/music/vinyl/mesa-ritual-s-slash-t-vinyl-lp • http://sigerecords.merchtable.com/music/cassette-tapes/mesa-ritual-s-slash-t-cassette-tape • Artwork mention at: http://www.splicetoday.com/music/bluffs-canyons-and-switchbacks
Group Exhibitions + Screenings
2019 • [upcoming] Krannert Art Museum, Urbana-Champaign, IL, Hot Spots: Radioactivity and the Landscape
2018 • University at Buffalo Art Gallery, NY, Hot Spots: Radioactivity and the Landscape • Central Features, Albuquerque, NM, Boundless
2017 • Loisaida Center, NYC, NY, Future Now / Future Ahora
2016 • UNM Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM, Art Studio Faculty Exhibition [catalog] • Carlsbad Museum of Art, Carlsbad, NM, Turn on Take Cover [curated by Atomic Culture] • IDEA Space Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, Atomic Landscapes [catalog] • FotoFest, Houston, TX, Evening with the Artists • Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM, Render Bender • Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM, Getting Real • CFA Downtown Space, Albuquerque, NM, Electricity Can Kill You (as CURRENTS Santa Fe International New Media Festival partner)
2015 • SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Flag Pole installation
2014 • SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, SITE Unseen 8 • 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM, Digital Latin America [catalog] • New Mexico Arts in Public Places @ Bayfront Park (during Art Basel Miami), Miami, FL, NM/UNM Immersive Fulldome
2013 • Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM, Atomic Surplus [catalog]
2012 • Providence, RI, Pixilerations [v.9] New Media Festival
Page 8 of 20 CLAUDIA X. VALDES, vitae • University Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM, The Transformative Surface • Outpost Artist Resource, Ridgewood, New York, Ende Tymes Festival • SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Time Lapse • Simon Fraser University, Canada, Cinesonika 2: International Conference + Festival of Sound Design
2011 • Corcoran Gallery of Art/College of Art + Design, Gallery 31, Washington DC, Transient • Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England, Re/Flux [curated by Soundfjord, London] • Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC, The Final Girl
2008 • Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA, A LAWRIMORE PROJECT BIENNIAL • Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA, We Interrupt Your Program [catalog]
2007 • Aqua Art Miami, Miami, Florida, with Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA • 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM, Loosely Joined: New Mexico Artists from the Creative Capital Professional Development Program • Charles B. Wang Center, SUNY Stony Brook, Karma of War • The National Centre for Contemporary Art Moscow, Russia, VIDI_Festival ‘06
2006 • Aqua Art Miami, Miami, Florida, with Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA • La Sala Naranja, Valencia, Spain, Val 06 International Video Festival • Pace University Digital Gallery, New York, NY, Satellite, Valencia • La Sala Naraja [organizer], Don Benito, Spain, VIA-LAB 06 Laboratorio de arte en la via publica • Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA, This is Gallery • Clermont-Ferrand, France, Videoformes 2006 ::XXI° International Demonstration of Video Art and New Media • TESLA-Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Transmediale 06: Reality Addicts • Exit Art, New York, New York, The Studio Visit
2005 • Aqua Art Miami, Miami, Florida, with Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA • Galerija Beograd, Belgrade, Serbia/Montenegro, Beograd Nekad I Sad • Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, 30th Anniversary Auction
2004 • Exit Art, New York, NY, Terrorvision • Des Carrières, Montreal, Canada, Champ Libre :: Desert, 6th Biennal Manifestation Internationale Video et Art Electronique • Diablo Valley College Art Gallery, Pleasant Hill, CA, Politics • Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA, Paradigms Lost • Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA, Small Works
2003 • Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA, Art in Motion IV: Interference Patterns • Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Version>03 :: DigitalArtsConvergence • WRO Center For Media Art, Wroclaw/Poland, 10th International Media Art Biennale::WRO 03 GLOBALICA • UCR/California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA, Digital Time Pieces • San Francisco Art Institute/Walter McBean Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Space Available • Bauhaus-Universität, Weimar, Germany, Backup-Festival: New Media in Film • New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA, Night Moves
2002 • Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England, Digital Showcase • Werkstätten und Kulturhaus, Vienna, Austria, [d]vision Festival For Digital Culture • Art in General, New York, NY, 4th Annual Video Marathon • Centro Multimedia/Centro National de las Artes, Mexico City, Mexico, Tratado de Libre Video • Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Appropriate
Page 9 of 20 CLAUDIA X. VALDES, vitae • 18th Annual Film Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA, Director's Choice • Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA, Photographic Memory and Other Shots in the Dark • Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA, Bay Area Currents 2002 • City Slicker Farm, Oakland, CA, Deep Seeded • Project 101, Paris, France, Independent Exposure: Microcinema International • SPACE, New York, NY, Independent Exposure: Microcinema International • Mad River Art Space, Billings, Montana, Independent Exposure: Microcinema International • Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL, Independent Exposure: Microcinema International • Rio Theatre, Santa Cruz, CA, Independent Exposure: Microcinema International • 111 Minna Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Independent Exposure: Microcinema International • Biblioteca de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, Independent Exposure: Microcinema International • Washington Psychotronic Film Society, Arlington, Virginia, Independent Exposure: Microcinema International • Firestation #3 Gallery, Houston, TX, Independent Exposure: Microcinema International
2001 • SXSW Film Festival and Conference, Austin, TX, Bardos • University of California, Berkeley, University Dance Theater, Fractal [3 channel video installation created for dance, sponsored by the Consortium for the Arts] • Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, Five Star • Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Theory or Faith • Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Witness
2000 • Pacific Film Archive / Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, Sea Changes • Manchester Metropolitan University, England, Blind Date 3
Performances
2014 • Spirit Abuse, Albuquerque, NM, SNARE, score created by Szu-Han Ho
2010 • NETWERK Center for Contemporary Art, Belgium, Jornada del Muerto • University of New Mexico, 39th Annual John Donald Robb Composers’ Symposium, Jornada del Muerto
2009 • Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, Decibel International Festival of Electronic Music, Visual Art, and New Media
2008 • Trinity Test Site, White Sands Missile Range, Alamogordo, NM, Fear and Flight
2007 • Trinity Test Site, White Sands Missile Range, Alamogordo, NM, Duck and Cover • Trinity Test Site, White Sands Missile Range, Alamogordo, NM, Fear and Flight
2006 • Trinity Test Site, White Sands Missile Range, Alamogordo, NM, Duck and Cover
Curatorial + Juries
2016 Cherry Reel Film Festival, Juror
2012 ARTS Lab, Albuquerque, NM, Domefest, 2012, Domies Juror
2007 Lodestar Astronomy Center, Albuquerque, NM, Domefest, 2007, Domies Juror
Page 10 of 20 CLAUDIA X. VALDES, vitae 2006 University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL, 30th Annual Juried USF Student Art Exhibition, Juror
2004 University of Washington, Seattle, Design Machine Group, Juror Juror for three Master of Science Thesis Review projects in Architecture Design Computing.
Exhibition Catalogs
2016 • IDEA Space @ Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, Atomic Landscapes • UNM Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM, Art Studio Faculty Exhibition
2014 • 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM, Digital Latin America, with essay by Lisa Tamaris-Becker
2013 • Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM, Atomic Surplus, with essay by Erin Elder • UNM Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM, Out of Many, One • I.D.E.A. Space @ Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, Atomic Landscapes
2012 • University Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM, The Transformative Surface, with essay by E. Luanne McKinnon
2009 • LAWRIMORE Project, Seattle, WA, TEN MILLION DEGREES, with essay by Meredith Tromble
2008 • Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA, We Interrupt Your Program, with essay by Marcia Tanner
2007 • 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM, Loosely Joined: New Mexico Artists from the Creative Capital Professional Development Workshop
2003 • Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA, Art in Motion IV: Interference Patterns • WRO Center For Media Art, Wroclaw/Poland, 10th International Media Art Biennale::WRO03 GLOBALICA
2002 • Werkstätten und Kulturhaus, Vienna, Austria, [d]vision Festival For Digital Culture
2001 • Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, Five Star, with essay by Heidi Zuckerman-Jacobson
PUBLIC LECTURES + PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
Papers at Conferences + Panel Presentations
2014 Digital Latin America Symposium, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM, June 7 – August 30, 2014, Art and Interdisciplinary Research Panel
2012 “Sensorium” presented at ISEA 2012: Machine Wilderness, International Symposium on Electronic Arts, Albuquerque, NM, September 19-24, 2012
“The Sixth Magnitude” with William Fowler Collins, in Panel Presentation at Simon Fraser University, Canada, Cinesonika 2: International Conference + Festival of Sound Design
Page 11 of 20 CLAUDIA X. VALDES, vitae 2008 Talk Sandwich, “a select group of artists, critics and curators who participate in a one-day online dialogue” for the Intervene! Interrupt! Rethinking Art as Social Practice conference at U.C. Santa Cruz, May 15-17, 2008
2007 “From Spiderman to Alba: Transgenics in a Post-nuclear World”, co-authored with Phillip Thurtle, poster session, re:place 2007 :: Second International Conference on the Histories of Media, Art, Science and Technology, Berlin, Germany, November 15-18, 2007
“From Spiderman to Alba: Transgenics in a Post-nuclear World”, co-authored with Phillip Thurtle, paper presentation, Mutamorphosis: Challenging Arts and Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, November 8-10, 2007
“From Spiderman to Alba: Transgenics in a Post-nuclear World”, co-authored with Phillip Thurtle, paper presentation, The 21st Annual Conference of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts: CODE, Portland, ME, November 1-4, 2007
The Evolution of Disarticulation, Panelist, UNM Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM, September 4, 2007
“Can Geeks be Humanists?”, Panelist, 95th Annual College Art Association Conference, New York, NY, New Media Caucus, February 15, 2007
“Perspectives on Digital Media + Education”, Panelist, New Mexico Media Industries Conference III, Albuquerque, NM, February 2, 2007
2005 “Biofeedback and the Arts: Listening as Experimental Practice”, co-authored with Phillip Thurtle, paper presentation, Refresh! First International Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology, Banff New Media Institute, Canada September 28 - October 3, 2005
“Biofeedback and the Arts: Listening as Experimental Practice”, co-authored with Phillip Thurtle, paper presentation, The Nineteenth Annual Conference of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts: Emergent Systems, Cognitive Environments, Chicago, IL November 10 – 13, 2005
Artist Lectures + Discussions + Visiting Reviewer
2018 Capstone Portfolio Reviewer, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2013 Artist Panel, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM, A Mushroom Cloud and the Twin Towers: the Role of Images in Contemporary Consciousness
2012 Artist Discussion, Simon Fraser University, Canada, Cinesonika 2: International Conference + Festival of Sound Design
2010 Artist Discussion, University of New Mexico, John Donald Robb Composers’ Symposium
2009 Artist Discussion, Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA, TEN MILLION DEGREES
2008 Artist Lecture, University of New Mexico, NM Artist Lecture, San Francisco Art Institute, Seeing + Cognition Artist Lecture, College of Fine Arts, University of New Mexico, NM, 3rd Annual Research Colloquium Artist Lecture, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA, We Interrupt Your Program
Page 12 of 20 CLAUDIA X. VALDES, vitae 2007 Artist Lecture, University of New Mexico, NM Artist Lecture, College of Fine Arts, UNM, NM, 2nd Annual Research Colloquium
2006 Artist Discussion, Pace University Digital Gallery, New York, NY, Satellite, Valencia Artist Lecture, University of New Mexico, NM Artist Lecture, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL Artist Lecture, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2005 Artist Lecture, California State Summer School for the Arts, Cal Arts, Valencia, California
2004 Artist Lecture, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT [in conjunction with exhibition: "Gary Hill: Language Willing"] Artist Lecture, Design Machine Group, University of Washington, Seattle Artist Lecture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Research Exposed! Approaches to Inquiry
2003 Panelist, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Research Exposed! Approaches to Inquiry Artist Lecture, Bauhaus-Universität, Weimar, Germany Artist Lecture, Advanced Electronic Arts, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2002 Artist Discussion, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA, Photographic Memory and Other Shots in the Dark Artist Discussion, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA, Bay Area Currents 2002
2001 Artist Discussion, SXSW Film Festival and Conference, Austin, TX, Bardos Artist Discussion, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, Five Star
2000 Artist Discussion, Pacific Film Archive / Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, Sea Changes
ARTWORK FEATURED IN PUBLISHED HARDCOVER BOOKS
2016 Art in the Making: Artists and their Materials from the Studio to Crowdsourcing Glenn Adamson + Julia Bryan Wilson Thames and Hudson Ltd, London Featured in Chapter 8: Digitizing Alongside internationally renowned pioneering modern and contemporary artists: Sol LeWitt, Alison Knowles, Leo Villareal, Cory Arcangel, Hito Steyerl, Thomas Ruff, Nam June Paik, Paul Pfeiffer, Haroon Mirza, Renee Green, Julia Scher, Natalie Jerimijenko, Hasan Elahi, subRosa, Cao Fei, Gerhard Richter, David Hockney
2008 Human Futures: Art in an Age of Uncertainty edited by Andy Miah F.A.C.T. UK + Liverpool University Press
Page 13 of 20 CLAUDIA X. VALDES, vitae BIBLIOGRAPHY / CITATIONS
• Hyperallergic.com, “Artists Confront the Radioactive Landscapes of the United States”, by Allison Meier, October 9, 2018 https://hyperallergic.com/462890/artists-confront-the-radioactive-landscapes-of-the-united-states • 2016 ArtsLink Fellows (CEC Artslink blog), “Back to Motherland”, by Ildar Yakubov, March 11, 2017 https://artslinkfellows2016.wordpress.com/2017/03/11/back-to-motherland • UNM Newsroom, “Meow Wolf slays the Santa Fe Art Scene With Support from UNM Artists”, by Katie Williams, July 21, 2016 http://news.unm.edu/news/meow-wolf-slays-the-santa-fe-art-scene-with-support-from-unm-artists • Hyperallergic.com, “This Art Exhibition Wants You to Feel”, by Adele Oliveira, April 6, 2016 http://hyperallergic.com/288890/this-art-exhibition-wants-you-to-feel/ • Pasatiempo Magazine, Santa Fe New Mexican, “Open Wounds: Getting Real”, by Jennifer Levin, February 19, 2016 http://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/art/gallery_openings/open-wounds-getting- real/article_96b45a05-c669-5f5a-bf55-3778cad56188.html • National Toxic Land/Labor Conservation Service, “An Art Happening at Site A”, November 4, 2014 http://www.nationaltlcservice.us/2014/11/an-art-happening-at-site-a/ • Albuquerque Journal, “Digital Latin America Seeks to Shatter Stereotypes”, by Kathaleen Roberts, June 1, 2014 http://www.abqjournal.com/409004/entertainment/digital-latin-america-seeks-to-shatter- stereotypes.html • KUNM, “Digital Latin America Explore Art and Technology”, radio interview with Megan Kamerick, June 4, 2014 http://kunm.org/post/digital-latin-america-explores-art-and-technology • Albuquerque Journal, “Under the Mushroom Cloud”, by Kathaleen Roberts, October 18, 2013 http://www.abqjournal.com/283702/north/mushroom-cloud.html • Pasatiempo Magazine, Santa Fe New Mexican, “Half-life Legacy: Atomic Surplus”, by Bill Kohlhaase, October 11, 2013 http://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/art/museum_shows/article_cf5c5797-a3ac-55e8-8fa0- 14196524f676.htmlop9[0= • CULTUREHALL, Issue #70, “New Artists Feature Spring 2011”, essay by David Andrew Frey and Tema Stauffer, June 15-28, 2011 http://culturehall.com/feature_issues.html?no=70 • UNM Today, “Student Wins International Award in Immersive Media”, by Sari Krosinsky, June 15, 2010 http://news.unm.edu/2010/06/student-wins-international-award-in-immersive-media/ • UNM Today, “Digital Duo Create Primal Art”, by Sari Krosinsky, May 11, 2010 http://news.unm.edu/2010/05/digital-duo-create-primal-art/ • Another Bouncing Ball, “Light bombs: the moment, and the moment after”, by Regina Hackett, March 13, 2010 http://www.artsjournal.com/anotherbb/2010/03/light-bombs-the-moment-and-the.html • Rhizome.org, “It’s Getting Hot in Here”, by Marisa Olson, March 5, 2009 http://rhizome.org/editorial/2403 • Seattle Weekly, “I Saw This: Over and Over-Exposed”, by Adriana Grant, February 24, 2009, http://www.seattleweekly.com/2009-02-25/arts/i-saw-this-over-and-over-exposed
Page 14 of 20 CLAUDIA X. VALDES, vitae • translinguistic other blog, “This is the Way The World Ends: Claudia X. Valdes at Lawrimore Project”, by Emily Pothast, February 18, 2009, http://emilypothast.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/this-is-the-way/ • Don Relyea’s blog, “Revelation 2213 by Claudia X. Valdes’, by Don Relyea, February 11, 2009, http://www.donrelyea.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/2009/02/11 • Hankblog the Henry Art Gallery blog, “Revelation 2213”, by Whitney, February 11, 2009, http://hankblog.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/revelation-2213-2009/ • Networked Performance blog by Turbulence, “Revelation 2213”, by Jo-Anne Green, February 2009, http://transition.turbulence.org/blog/2009/02/12/revelation-2213-seattle/#more-8770 • Santa Fean Magazine, “Top Talent”, by Ashleigh Morris, June- July 2008 • Frieze Magazine, Issue 115, “We Interrupt Your Program”, by Julian Myers, May 2008 • Leonardo Online/Leonardo Reviews, “We Interrupt Your Program”, by Meredith Tromble, April 2008 • KPFA, Against the Grain, radio interview, January 22, 2008 • La Guía de Santiago, “Operación Deisy, todos vamos a morir”, Jaime Gallo, September 6, 2007 • El Mercurio Online, “Artistas chilenas reflexionan sobre peligro e inseguridad que se vive en el mundo”, August 8, 2007 • La Segunda Online, “Artistas chilenas reflexionan sobre peligro e inseguridad que se vive en el mundo”, August 8, 2007 • Las Últimas Noticias, “Explosión atómic obsesiona a joven artista Chilena”, Rodrigo Castillo, August 2, 2007 • Paula, "La Cultura del Miedo", Sofia Beuchat + Ximena Heinsen, August 2007 • La Nación, "Rancho nuclear y terremoto amenazan con destruir sala de arte", Sebastián Labra, July 30, 2007 • Artweek, “Viewpoint”, Barbara Morris, April 2007 • Seattle Post-Intelligencer, “Lawrimore artists spin different realities from the same themes”, Regina Hackett, August 18, 2006 • Artwork included in KQED Public Television 9, "SPARK: A Room of One's Own", July 2+4, 2003 • Film Threat. com, “Microcinema’s Independent Exposure –Halloweird Edition”, Eric Campos, October 15, 2002 • San Francisco Bay Guardian, Critic’s Choice: Art: Photographic Memory and Other Shots in the Dark, Lindsey Westbrook, March 27, 2002 • San Francisco Bay Gaurdian, Critic’s Choice: Art: Theory or Faith, Lindsey Westbrook, August 15, 2001 • San Francisco Examiner, “Searching for the perfect moment”, Anne Crump, May 18, 2001 • Look, UC Berkeley Art Museum Quarterly Magazine, “Five Star”, Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson Spring 2001
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Department of Art Service
2017-18 • Strategic Planning Committee, Founding Chair (Department Chair appointed) • Art Faculty (strategic planning) Retreat, Co-organizer and Leader
2016-17 • Strategic Planning Committee, Founding Chair (Department Chair appointed) • Department Administration, Scholarship and Curriculum (DASC) Committee (Experimental Art + Technology Area Representative)
2015-16 • Senior Prize Review Committee • Curricula / Catalog Coordinator • UNM Art Museum Director Search [ad hoc member] • Department Administration, Scholarship and Curriculum (DASC) Committee (Experimental Art + Technology Area Representative)
2014-15 • Senior Seminar Committee • Department Administration, Scholarship and Curriculum (DASC) Committee (Electronic Arts Area Representative) • Tenure Committee • Mid Probationary Tenure Committee, Chair
2013 – 14 SABBATICAL YEAR • Senior Seminar Committee
2012-13 • Department Administration, Scholarship and Curriculum (DASC) Committee (Electronic Arts Area Representative)
2011-12 • Sculpture Faculty Search Committee • Interdisciplinary Seminar Committee, Chair
2010-11 • Advisory Committee (Department Chair appointed) • Resources + Facilities Committee • Interdisciplinary Seminar Committee, Chair
2009-10 • Advisory Committee (Department Chair appointed) • Gale Memorial Lecture Series, Designer/Director (Ed Osborn, Kirsten Lucas, Kamau Patton, Desiree Holman, Phillip Thurtle, Kota Ezawa)
2008-09 • Electronic Arts Faculty Search Committee • Foundations Curricula Redesign Committee
2007-08 • Department Administration, Scholarship and Curriculum (DASC) Committee (Electronic Arts Area Representative)
College of Fine Arts Service
2017-18 • Committee for Diversity, Founding Chair (Dean appointed)
2016-17 • Committee for Diversity, Founding Chair (Dean appointed) • Art Museum Curator Search Committee, Chair (Museum Director appointed)
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2014-15 • UNM Art Museum Artist Advisory Committee
2009-10 • ARTS Lab / IFDM, Faculty Council
2007-08 • IFDM Director Search Committee • ARTS Lab Director Search Committee
2006-07 • Associate Director, Arts Technology Center [ATC] • Research Committee (CFA Dean appointed)
University Service
2018 • VP Division of Equity + Inclusion Search Committee (UNM President appointed) • University Diversity Council • Unit-Level DEI Recommendations white paper, co-authored (CXV as Lead PI) • McNair Scholars Research Conference, evaluator
2017-18 • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion TASK FORCE (UNM President + Provost appointed) • University Diversity Council (VP for Equity + Inclusion appointed) • ARTS Lab Advisory Board
2016-17 • ARTS Lab Advisory Board
2014-15 • Innovation Academy
2013-14 SABBATICAL YEAR • Innovation Academy
2011-12 • College of Fine Arts Dean Search Committee (Provost + Dean appointed)
2007-09 • Associate Director, ARTS Lab [Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory]
2007-08 • Leonardo 40th Anniversary Conference, UNM/New Mexico Conference Chair Competitive bid development for this international conference, conference program co- development with Leonardo organization, 600k fundraising campaign (government, local business, national corporate), logistics planning, statewide advisory board [Conference cancelled due to economic market crash producing fundraising challenges to both ARTS Lab and Leonardo]
Service to the Field + Community
2018-19 • International Symposium for Electronic Art (ISEA) 2019, GwangJu, Korea, International Program Committee • Bernalillo Magistrate Court, NM, Mediation Program, Volunteer Mediator • Albuquerque Metro Court, NM, Mediation Program, Volunteer Mediator
2017-18 • Bernalillo Magistrate Court, NM, Mediation Program, Volunteer Mediator
2016-17 • International Symposium for Electronic Art (ISEA) 2017, Manizales, Colombia, International Program Committee • Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA, Strategic Planning Consultation
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2015 [Fall] • Community consultation for ABQid (mobile app for domestic abuse victims)
2015 [Spring] • ISEA 2015, Vancouver, Canada, International Program Committee
2014 [Fall] • Design Sprint for ABQid (Solar Plug)
2010 • Invited by State Science Advisor to participate in NM Alliance/ Digital Media Conference, NM Computing Applications Center, December 16, 2010
2007 • Co-Chair, Leonardo Day, a full day international community meeting in Prague, Czech Republic, for the upcoming Leonardo 40th Anniversary Conference
ADDITIONAL SERVICE / CONTRIBUTIONS at UNM
Research + Education Facilities
2018 [Spring] • Initiated, received funding, and oversaw the transformation of an under-utilized Sculpture space into the creation of a new Textile Technology Lab, a studio art facility supporting cross disciplinary investigation with fibers, textiles, related traditional practices, and future-driven technology-based innovations. Refreshed/renovated the room, researched and purchased furniture, equipment, and accessories.
Lectures + Presentations + Reviewer in other UNM courses/units
2018 [Spring] • Artist Presentation for Kevin Mulhearn’s New Media Art History class
2017 [Fall] • Artist Presentation for Mary Tsiongas’ Video Art class • Mock reviewer for Meggan Gould’s 502 graduate class
2017 [Spring] • Artist Presentation for Kency Cornejo’s New Media Art History class
2016 [Fall] • Final Projects Critic for Szu-Han Ho’s Graphic Design class • Artist Presentation for Mary Tsiongas’ Video Art class
2014 [Fall] • Studio visit for Mary Tsiongas’ Video Art class
2013 [Fall] SABBATICAL YEAR • Final Projects Critic in Conor Peterson’s Physical Computing class
2008 [Fall] • Delivered a 3 hour Artist Lecture in Mary Tsiongas’ Video Art class
2007 [Fall] • Artist Lecture in IFDM 105 • UNM Art Museum panelist for The Evolution of Disarticulation
2007 [Spring] • Led a studio critique in Tim Castillo’s Design Studio class (Architecture Dept.)
2006 [Fall] • Delivered a 3.5 hour lecture in Eva Hayward’s Film Theory: Integrated Media Arts course (Cinematic Arts Department)
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2007- 2018 • Directed and produced 11 years of Annual / Bi-annual 4,000 ft2 public exhibitions of Electronic Arts’ interactive student artwork @ ARTS Lab
2017 [Spring] • Co-directed and produced (with David Beining @ ARTS Lab) students in the creation of a 4,000 ft2 fully Immersive Multimedia Projection Mapping installation, for CFA Arts Unexpected
2016 [Summer] • Co-organized and oversaw installation of EAT faculty + EAT graduate student exhibition Electricity Can Kill You, CFA Downtown Space
2012 [Fall] • Organized Electronic Arts / Gale Memorial Public Lecture: Meredith Tromble
2010 [Fall] • Organized Electronic Arts / Gale Memorial Public Lecture: Edward A. Shanken with Yolande Harris
UNIVERSITY SERVICE WHILE AT OTHER UNIVERSITIES
2003 University of Washington, Seattle, Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media, Project Manager, www.washington.edu/dxarts
2001 University of California, Berkeley, Department of Art Practice, Berkeley Art Museum Advisory Panel
University of California, Berkeley, Department of Art Practice, New Media Search Committee
1998-1999 University of California, Berkeley, Department of Art Practice, Steering Committee, Art Alumni Group [founding member]
ADDITIONAL TRAINING & EDUCATION TO ADVANCE: DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSION / LEADERSHIP COMMUNITY SERVICE / RESEARCH
2018-19 • 8th Annual New Mexico Alternative Dispute Prevention and Resolution Symposium • State Bar of New Mexico, Race & the Law Conference
2017-18 • Title IX Respondent Training: Implementing an Equitable Process • ADVANCE: Faculty Bystander Intervention Training • Safezone Training, LGBTQ Resource Center • State Bar of New Mexico, ADR Institute: Is Your Dispute Resolution Safe? Issues to Consider in Mediation and Other ADR Processes
2016-17 • Division of Equity + Inclusion: Hate Crimes
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ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS
Rhizome, 2001- present New Media Caucus, 2010-present FACES Women in New Media, 2018-present New Mexico Mediation Association, 2019-present
College Art Association, 2001-2012 The Society for Literature, Science and the Arts (SLSA), 2005-2007 Leonardo/ The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology, 2006
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