Katherine Sweetman
The Visual Arts Department
University California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0084
ksweetma@ucsd.edu
me@katherinesweetman.com
Education:
2005 - 08 - M.F.A. Visual Arts Candidate University of California, San Diego
2004 - B.A. Visual Arts & Technology California State University, San Marcos (magna cum laude)
2004 - Summer Intensive Program, The New School University, New York
2001 - 2003 - Electronic Media University of South Florida, Tampa
1998 - 2001 - Graphic Design University of Florida, Gainesville (Amy DeGrove Scholarship)
Areas of Specialization:
Media Studies, Video, Documentary Video, Video Installation, and Web-based Communication Projects
Teaching Experience:
California State University, San Marcos, CA
2008 Instructor VSAR 305 Art and Digital Video for the Web
Instructor VSAR 305 Art and Digital Video for the Web Lab Section
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Instructor, VIS 40/ICAM 40 Intro to Computing in the Arts
Teaching Assistant VIS 40/ ICAM 40 Intro to Computing in the Arts under Brett Stalbaum
California State University, San Marcos, CA
2007 Instructor VSAR 305 Art and Digital Video for the Web
Instructor VSAR 305 Art and Digital Video for the Web Lab Section
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
2007 Teaching Assistant VIS 40/ICAM 40 Intro to Computing in the Arts under professor Adriene Jenik
Teaching Assistant VIS 140/ICAM 101 Digital Imaging: Image and Interactivity under Naomi Spellman
Teaching Assistant VIS 159/ICAM 150 The History of Art and Technology under professor Lev Manovich
2006 Teaching Assistant VIS 40/ICAM 40 Intro to Computing in the Arts under professor Lev Manovich
Teaching Assistant VIS 40/ICAM 40 Intro to Computing in the Arts under Brett Stalbaum
Teaching Assistant VIS 40/ICAM 40 Intro to Computing in the Arts under Brett Stalbaum
2005 Teaching Assistant VIS 84 The History of Film under professor J.P. Gorin
Professional Experience:
2008 Director of Lui Velazquez, alternative art space/ art gallery, Colonia Federal, Tijuana, México
Teaching Consultant with the Center for Teaching Development, position as consultant for teaching improvement and effectiveness, University of California, San Diego, Fall 08
Assistant to Associate Professor Adriene Jenik, The University of California, San Diego
ActiveCampus Project, Research Assistantship
2005-2008 Teaching Assistant University of California, San Diego (see Professional Teaching Experience)
2007 Photography Assistant to Doug Hall, large format photography assistant
2006 Ron Sachs Communications, camera operator, video footage used for, Hurricane 2006! National Hurricane Survival Test-2006
2004-06
Darrell Wright Video Productions, San Diego, CA. Office and Sales
Assistant, Graphic Designer, and Video Editor
2004 Groovy Like a Movie, San Diego, CA. Sales and marketing assistance, graphic design, and production assistant work
1999-02 Flair Pro Color Lab, Gainesville, FL. Head of Digital
Department. Computer aided color correction, touching up
photographs
with PhotoShop, general Digital Department work, and customer
service
1998-99 University of Florida School of Art and Art
History, Gainesville, FL. Photographic Assistant to the Director of
School of Art
and
Art History, assisting in photo-related aspects of projects, black and
white film developing , printing, and filing
1998 University of Florida Art Gallery, Gainesville, FL. Gallery
Attendant. assisting the Director, gallery reception, answering phone,
and
gallery preparation for shows\
Exhibition Record:
2008 - A dia de los Muertos altar exhibition curated by Cal A.Vera, Hosted by Centro Cultural de la Raza, San Diego
Entijuanarte 2008, CECUT courtyard, Tijuana
The San Diego Woman’s Film Festival, Reading Cinemas, GaslampStadium Theaters, San Diego
A Room of One's Own: Intimate Art in Contemporary Space, Adapta Project, Terra Sur, Tijuana, Mexico
The Rencontres Internationales BERLIN, video consultation library, Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Viva La Revolution, video screening, "Fridays off the 405", The Getty Center, Los Angeles CA.
MFA, University Gallery, The University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA.
The Rencontres Internationales MADRID,
documentary video collection, Complejo El Águila, the Auditorio del
Ministerio de
Cultura,
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Instituto Cervantes,
Filmoteca Española
INCOGNITO, Santa Monica Museum Benefit Show, Santa Monica, CA.
Networked, Group Show, Gallery Aferro, Newark NJ.
You Like Fish and Chips and Porn, Solo Exhibition, Marcuse Gallery, La Jolla, CA.
UCSD Open Studios: Graudate Open Studios, Visual Arts Facility, University of California, San Diego
2007 -The Rencontres Internationales PARIS,
documentary video collection, Jeu de Paume, the Centre Pompidou, the
cinema
l'Entrepôt,
Palais de TokyoCentre Pompidou
The TOAST show, Sibell-Wolle Fine Arts building, University of Colorado, Boulder
Snap to the Grid, group benefit show, Los Angeles Center For Digital Art, Los Angeles CA.
The Latency of the Moving Image, Telic Arts Exchange, Los Angeles, CA.
"Lucent", Public Art Installation, Office of Research Affairs, Collaboration with Owen Mundy, UCSD, La Jolla, CA.
"Etcetera" Spring Festival, Video Installation for event, Visual Arts Facility, La Jolla, CA.
Living information, group exhibition, Marcuse Gallery, La Jolla, CA.
Addressing Iraq: Mail-Art About the War, Reitz Union Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL & University of South Florida
Tampa,
FL (traveling exhibition)
UCSD Open Studios: Graduate Open Studios, Visual Arts Facility, University of California, San Diego.
YouTube Relevance Project "8 Weeks in LA", Solo Exhibition, Marcuse Gallery, La Jolla, CA.
2006 - UCSD First Year Review for MFA program: Video Screening Places, People, and Things. Screening and Reception
2004 - The Circus of Misconceptions, solo exhibition for Ray at Night Gallery Walk. A circus of work and
freak show-style memories,
North
CSUSM
Screening Nights, video showing under guidance and direction of
Instructor, Tony Allard. San Marcos, CA.
2003 - Techno Prisoners, multiple person show under the guidance and direction of Professor Deborah Small. San Marcos, CA.
ART x TRA II, multiple person show under the guidance and direction of Professor David Avalos. San Marcos, CA.
2001 - The Peacock, a short film. Produced, written,
edited and narrated. A spoof on consumers being seduced by sexy
marketing
schemes.
Accepted and Shown at the Florida Film Festival.
Selected Articles and Reviews:
YouTube Evolution: Artists and others are using the online resource for more than just home vidoes, Kinsee Morlan San Diego CityBeat, August, 2008
The Gift That Keeps on Giving, Art Vent
Getty Hijacked: Video hackers take down Getty’s video ‘art’ site
The Getty's "Video Revolutionaries" website attacked by digital artists and "over thrown"!
UCSD / University Art Gallery / MFA 2008, Michele Guieu
Action! They're ready to take the helm, San Diego Union Tribune
The Latency of the Moving Image by Eduardo Navas, essay and curated show, May 2007
Rhizome.org, May 2007
Center for Research in Computing and the Arts (CRCA), May 2007
Turbulence.org, May 2007
Remix Theory, May 2007
New Media Fix, April 2007
Open Studios Provides Window to Students’ Art and Lives, UCSD News, March 2007
ART + CULTURETHOSE FREAKY STREETS : Katherine Sweetman Explores the Dark Side of the Circus, San Diego CityBeat, December, 2005
San Diego Reader, December 2005
Curated Shows and Events:
Lui Velazquez Presents Bob Medina, Lui Velazquez, Tijuana, September, 2008
Co-organizer of UCSD Open Studios with Sara Hunsucker 2006 & 2007
Living Information, Marcuse Gallery, La Jolla, California 2006
Awards and Honors:
2008 2008-2010 UCSD Faculty Fellowship nomination by the Visual Arts Department
Summer Teaching Fellowship at UCSD, Intro to Computing in the Arts
2007-2008 Senior Teaching Assistant for Visual Arts Department, UCSD
2007 Public Art Competition winner for Lucent in collaboration with Owen Mundy
UCSD Summer Teaching Fellowship nomination
2006 American Cinema Editors Student Editing Competition, ACE finalist
2005 Russell Grant recipient for documentary film, Swimming with Rosemary, a hard look at life after Hurricane Katrina.
2003 and 2004 Deans list at California State University, San Marcos.
2001 Florida Film Festival award, screening of The Peacock.
2000 and 2001 Deans list at University of South Florida.
1999 Amy DeGrove Scholarship, (competitive scholarship
awarded to top three undergraduates in the School of Art and Art
History).
1998 and 1999 Deans list at University of Florida, Gainesville.
Professional Organizations / Memberships:
UCSD Graduate Student Association, Graduate Student Representative to Visual Arts Department
College Art Association
San Diego Visual Artists Network (SDVAN)
San Diego Filmmakers
LACMA member
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