JESSICA ANNE MILLER
Education2005 MFA, Art and Technology Studies, Kinetics and Robotics, 3D Sculpture, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 2003 BFA, Cum Laude, Art and Technology, Kinetics and Robotics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 1999 Bexley High School, Columbus, Ohio Honors2002 Golden Key International Honor Society 2000 The National Society of Collegiate Scholars 2000 Alpha Lambda Delta Honors Society 2000 Phi Eta Sigma Honors Society Awards2001 Finalist Award of Excellence, Photographer’s Forum Magazine 2000 Kuhn Award for Excellence in Art, 2nd Place, Mosaic Magazine, The Ohio State University 1999 Art Gold Cup, Bexley High School Senior Exhibition, Bexley, Ohio 1998 Long’s Bookstore Award, St. John’s Italian Festival Art Exhibition, Columbus, Ohio 1997 First Place, Bexley Summer fest Art Show, Bexley, Ohio Program ExperienceAdobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Pagemaker, Adobe Photopaint, Maya, Maxon Cinema 4D, 3D Studio Max, Director, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Word, Parallax Basic Stamp Editor, Outlook Express, Vicon Workstation, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Fireworks, Macromedia Flash, Delteck, Filemaker Pro, MP Lab. Professional Experience 2005 Teacher’sAssistant. Motors and Actuators with Daniel Miller, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Responsibilities included assisting faculty and students in class with concepts, fundamentals and concerns. E-Mail: ayu@artic.edu, Phone: 312-345-3620 2004, 2005 Teacher’sAssistant. Holography with John Bannon, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Responsibilities included mixing holographic chemicals, recording the usage of holography stock, and general assistance to students and teacher. E-Mail: ayu@artic.edu, Phone: 312-345-3620 2004 Office Manager. Chicago Shop Drawings, Chicago, IL. Responsibilities include, but were not limited to managing and organizing national marketing endeavors, printing and sending plots to clients, organizing files and directories, answering phones, and designing a new format for the firm’s correspondence documents. Contact: Ragu Sada E-mail: Ragu@chicagoestimating.com 2004 Post-Production Video Editor. Crown Fountain, Millennium Park, Downtown, Chicago. Under the direction of John Manning, my post-production responsibilities included sizing, editing, and cleaning up the raw video data into a consistent format that is used during the fountain’s water flow cycle. Contact: John Manning, E-Mail: jmanni@artic.edu 2003-2005 Lab Monitor. Electronics and Kinetics Lab and Machine Shop, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Responsibilities included assisting faculty and students in class, authorizing students with shop procedures and techniques, providing technical support for faculty, students and staff. Contact: Anna Yu, E-Mail: ayu@artic.edu, Phone: 312-345-3620 2003, 2004 Teacher’s Assistant. Fundamentals of Art and Technology with Daniel Miller(2003) and Steve Waldeck (2004), The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Responsibilities included assisting students with shop procedures and techniques. I assisted with electronic circuitry concepts and aesthetic concerns. Contact: Anna Yu, E-Mail: ayu@artic.edu, Phone: 312-345-3620 2003 Mentor. Summer Design and Technology Mentoring Program for Young Women, The Advanced Computing Center for Arts and Design, The Ohio State University. Under the direction of Maria Palazzi, ACCAD Director, I worked with local high school girls to teach them the concept of using art for social change. The girls were using Flash to create short animations, Dreamweaver to create personal and group web pages, and were given access to the OSU Motion Capture lab to create short capture sessions. Responsibilities included gathering and developing curriculum, documenting process and observations in report form for Grant research, teaching and guiding students through new technological applications and their smaller group motion capture sessions. Contact: Maria Palazzi, E-Mail: mpalazzi@accad.ohio-state.edu 2003 Motion Capture Research Assistant. Bebe Miller Dance Company Session, Motion Capture Lab, The Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Responsible for cleaning live computer captured data, maintenance of capture suits and materials and assisting during capture sessions. Contact: Vita Berezina-Blackburn, E-Mail: digidreamer@yahoo.com 2002-2003 Author’s Assistant. Parallax, Columbus, Ohio Under the direction of Ken Rinaldo, I was responsible for modeling 3-dimensional computer renderings of electronic components and gathering research about world acknowledged art and technology artists. Models, graphics, and research to be used in the upcoming book, “Robotics for Artists and Inventors,” due out in 2005. Contact: Ken Rinaldo, E-Mail: krinaldo@hotmail.com 2002-2003 Motion Capture Assistant. Motion Capture Lab, The Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design, The Ohio State University Responsible for cleaning live computer captured data, maintenance of capture suits and materials, changing cameras, and assisting during capture sessions. Contact: Vita Berezina-Blackburn, E-Mail: digidreamer@yahoo.com 2001 Mentor. Summer Design and Technology Mentoring Program for Young Women, The Advanced Computing Center for Arts and Design, The Ohio State University. Under the direction of Maria Palazzi, ACCAD Director, I worked with high school girls to teach them the basics of computer animation and web design using Maya and Dreamweaver. Responsibilities included gathering and developing curriculum, documenting process and observations in report format for Grant research, teaching and guiding students through new technological applications. Contact: Maria Palazzi, E-Mail: mpalazzi@accad.ohio-state.edu 1999,2002 Photographer. Moody/Nolan, Inc., Columbus, Ohio In both 1999 and 2002, I was hired as the event photographer for Moody/Nolan’s Christmas parties. Both formal shots of each couple in attendance and candid shots were taken. Contact: Peter Kienlie, E-Mail: Pkinelie@moodynolan.com, Phone: 614-461-4664 1999,2002 Intern. Moody/Nolan, Inc., Columbus, Ohio I worked as an intern in this nationally recognized architecture firm’s marketing department for five years. Responsibilities included creating PowerPoint presentations, drafting marketing letters, organization and efficiency re-configuration of office file storage and retrieval, project photography, page layout and presentation cover design. Contact: Peter Kienlie, E-Mail: Pkinelie@moodynolan.com, Sondra Smith, E-Mail: Ssmith@moodynolan.com, Phone: 614-461-4664 Exhibition Experience2005 MFA Final Show, G2 Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003 BFA Final Show, Diamond Mine Productions, Columbus, Ohio 2003 Art and Technology Spring Exhibition, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 2002 Art and Technology Winter Exhibition, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 2002 Art and Technology Fall Exhibition, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 2002 Art and Technology Spring Exhibition, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 2001 Art and Technology Winter Exhibition, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 2000 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
2000 Mosaic Literary Magazine Show, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 1999 Bexley High School Senior Exhibition, Columbus, Ohio 1998 St. John’s Italian Festival Art Exhibition, Columbus, Ohio 1997 Bexley Summer fest Art Competition, Bexley, Ohio Publication Experience 2002 OSU Mosaic Literary Magazine, Cover Photo 2001 Best of College Photography 2001, hardbound annual, Serbin Publications Professional Affiliations2005 College Art Association, member |