Centre for Advanced Studies in Interactive Arts, Universi
VICTORIA VESNA, Ph.D. victoriavesna.com 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, Site- specific works, Performance and Audience Interaction. ACADEMIC POSITIONS 1999 – present Professor, Dept. of Design | Media Arts, UCLA 2005 – present Founder, Director, Art | Sci Center + Lab, UCLA School of the Arts + California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) 2017 – present Visiting Professor, Interface Cultures, University of Linz, Austria 2014 – 2019 Visiting Professor, Empowerment Informatics Program, University of Tsukuba, Japan 2009 – 2012 Visiting Professor / Director of Research, Department of Art, Media + Technology, Parsons the New School for Design, NY 2011 – Fall Visiting Professor, School of Creative Media, Hong Kong 1999 – 2007 Chair, Dept. of Design | Media Arts, UCLA 2006 – 08 Founder, Director, D|MA Summer Institute, UCLA 2005 – 08 Director, UC Digital Arts Network (UC DARnet) 1995 – 99 Associate Professor, UC Santa Barbara 1992 – 95 Assistant Professor, UC Santa Barbara INDEPENDENT WORK EXPERIENCE 1988 Video production, Film/Video Arts, NY. (editor)
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