Barna Kantor . 2008 Arthur Ln, Austin, TX 78704 512 203 3056 . barnakantor.com MFA, Transmedia, Department of Art and Art History, The University of Texas, at Austin, 2005 MA, Sociology, Eotvos University, Budapest, Hungary, 1991
Lecturer, The University of Texas at Austin, Video Art I., 2011, Digital Time Art I., 2010 Lecturer, Keene State University, Keene, NH Time-based Art I, Web-based Art II, 2010 Lecturer, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Game Design I and II, Experimental Media Production 3D Media Production (supervising faculty), Webisodes I., Film Production I. 2008-2009 Full Time Faculty, Art Institute, Pittsburgh, Online Division, Game Art Design, 2008 Lecturer, The University of Texas, at Austin, Digital Time-Art I, 2008 Adjunct Faculty, Art Institute, Pittsburgh, Online Division, Game Art Design, 2006-2007 Assistant Instructor, The University of Texas at Austin, Time-based Art Foundation 2004-2005 Adjunct Faculty, Austin Community College, Filmmaking I. 2000-2001
Additional Professional Experience 2007 Researcher, Kitchen Budapest, T-Mobile Hungary, Budapest 2006 Advisor, 9/11 – 9/11, animation by Mel Chin Facility Manager, Aurora Picture Show, Houston 2004 Curator, Construction Site, exhibition AMLI Downtown, Austin 2003 Co-Founder, Motion Media Arts Center, Austin Co-Producer, Dee Montgomery Tribute, Austin, Cinemaker, Vol. 6 2002 Co-Producer, Loud and Clear Children Film Festival 3 Producer, Save Manson, Best of 2002, Center for Young Cinema, Vol. 4 Co-Producer, Cinemaker International Super 8 Film Festival, Cinematexas 7 2002-2003 Co-Founder, producer, Cinescape at the Hideout - microcinema, Austin 2001 Producer, Loud and Clear Children Film Festival 2 Producer, Master Thespian, Best of 2001, Center for Young Cinema, Vol. 3 Producer, Overexposed, Best of 2001, Cinemaker, juried, Vol. 5 2000 Producer, Loud and Clear Children Film Festival 1 Producer, Hole in the Head, Best of 2000, Center for Young Cinema, Vol. 2 Producer; Splice of Life, Best of 2000, Cinemaker, juried, Vol. 4 Producer, Cinematexas 5 International Short Film Festival, Opening Night 2000-2003 Founder, Loud and Clear Children Film Festival 1999 Producer, New American Dream, Best of 1999, Center for Young Cinema, Vol. 1 Producer, Cinematexas 4 International Short Film Festival, Opening Night Producer, Rock Opera, feature film, dir. Bob Ray Producer, Fast, Cheap and Out of Focus, Best of 1998-99, Cinemaker, juried, Vol. 3 Producer, Exquisite Corpse, Cinemaker Project 1999-2003 Founder, executive director, Center for Young Cinema, Austin, Texas 1998 Co-Producer, editor, Golden Arm Film Project, juried, Vol. 2 Producer, Cinematexas 3, International Short Film Festival, Opening Night1997 Translator, Brassai: Letters to My Parents, University of Chicago Press Producer, Texas Super 8 Massacre, Best of 1997, Cinemaker, juried, Vol. 1 Producer, Cinematexas 2 International Short Film Festival, Opening Night 1997-2001 Producer, Cinemaker Co-op quarterly film festivals 1996 Video Director, webcasts of honoria in ciberspazio, first “internet cyberopera” 1996-2003 Founder, executive director Austin Cinemaker Co-op
Exhibition Record 2011 Compound Eye, installation People’s Gallery, City Hall, Austin 2010 Alumni Show, Texas Biennale 2011, Austin, Bolm Studios Combined, Faculty Show, Visual Art Center, Dept. of Art and Art History, University of Austin 2009 Shorted Circuits, Green Box Gallery, Houston 2008 On_Game, Arts and Humanities Gallery, University of Texas at Dallas 2006 Impossible Exchange, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX Sticky Visions, Gaddis Geeslin Gallery, Huntsville, TX Over + Over and Again + Again, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX 22 To Watch, interactive sculpture, (catalogue) Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX 2005 22 To Watch, interactive sculpture, (catalogue) Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX Plots and Schemes, photo documentation (catalogue) Creative Research Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin Clutch / Flow, interactive sculptures Gallery 106, Austin, TX Texas Biennial, interactive sculptures, (catalogue) Bolm Studios, Austin, TX 2004 Construction Site, interactive sculptures, video and light installations, AMLI Downtown, Austin, TX (catalogue) Cinematexas 9, International Short Film Festival official program (catalogue) In::formation, interactive sculpture, Creative Research Laboratory, University of Texas, at Austin (catalogue) 2003 * The Freefall Sideshow, interactive sculptures, New Gallery, University of Texas at Austin Cinematexas 8, International Short Film Festival official program (catalogue) Superstring, interactive sculpture, Creative Research Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin (catalogue) 2002 Chance Operation, interactive video installation, Gallery 1313, Austin, Texas
Public Art Projects 2011 Trash Dancers – Fake Hologram, video installation, Scarbrough Building Austin – with Andy Garrison Fake Hologram video installation on a fog curtain, Seaholm Power Plant, Fusebox Festival 2010 Solar Tree, large scale public art and plaza design, Art in Public Spaces, Austin Three Gates, video installation, Downtown Austin Alliance Window Projection, Colonial Theater Gallery, Keene, NH 2009 Public Address, sound installation, Austin Downtown, First Night Austin 2006 One American Center, temporary public art project, Austin Downtown, First Night Austin 2005 Powerwash, University of Texas, Austin campus
Honors and Awards 2009 CentralTrak Artist Residency, Dallas 2006 Creative Capital Professional Development, DiverseWorks, Houston 2005 Artist Residency, Texas State University, San Marcos 2004 Kelly Fearing Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Art, Austin 2003 Mary Miller Bartholow Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Art, Austin 1989 Bristol-Eotvos Exchange Fellowship 1989-1990, Budapest
Collections, Commissions Austin Museum of Art Till Richter Collection (private) First Night Austin Downtown Austin Alliance City of Austin, Art in Public Places
Academic Lectures 2005 Unveiling Illusionism with Illusions, Society for Literature, Science and the Arts, Chicago The Grey Room, Texas State University, San Marcos
Film Festivals 2002 Rack, super 8mm-video, L'Alternativa 9th Barcelona Independent Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain \\\\\, Super 8mm-video, L'Alternativa 9th Barcelona Independent Film Festival Eldonukia, Super 8mm-video, L'Alternativa 9th Barcelona Independent Film Festival 2001 Coming Clean, super 8mm-video, Den Haag Film and Video Festival, Dan Haag, Netherland Equipment, super 8mm-video, Den Haag Film and Video Festival, Dan Haag, Netherland Ascend/Descend, Super 8mm-video, Cinematexas International Short Film Festival, Austin 2000 Last Heartbeats of the Mechanical Age, super 8mm–video, Splice of Life screenings, Cinemaker 1999 Albatross super 8mm-video, Fast Cheap and Out of Focus screenings, Cinemaker, Austin Cinematexas International Short Film Festival, Austin TX 1998 Equipment super 8mm-video, Athens International Film Festival, Athens, GA 1997 Fourth Quarter 16mm film, Telluride IndieFest
Bibliography Melissa Warak: Over + Over and Again + Again at AMoA, issue #71, June 16, 2006 Austin, TX; Fluent Collab
Barna Kantor: Inter-Glacial Free Trade Women and their Work, Austin, 2005 http://glasstire.com/reviews/austin/WomenandtheirWork_Richardson.htm
Rachel Koper: 22 to Think About, August 25; Austin Chronicle
Robert Faires: “May I Have the Envelope, Please? The 2004-2005 Austin Critics Table Awards” Construction Site, AMLI Downtown – Best Group Gallery Exhibition, June 10, 2005; Austin Chronicle
JR Compton: “The Texas Biennial “, review, Glasstire.com, Spring 2005 http://www.glasstire.com/reviews/austin/TexasBiennial.htm
Rachel Koper: Top 10 Installation Art Pieces of 2004, January 7, 2005; Austin Chronicle
Laura Lindenberger: “Construction Site - AMLI Downtown” review, Artlies, vol. 44, Fall 2004
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Amanda Douberley: “Notes on the Grid”, Austin: AMLI Downtown, September 2004; in: Construction Site, exhibition catalogue
Jaqueline May: “Construction Site Visual Arts Review”, September 24, 2004; Austin Chronicle
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