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Overview:

My research and creative practice explores the intersection between digital, biomedical, and linguistic modes of bodily representation. In the studio, I am working to synthesize traditional forms of painting with new computer and medical technologies to call into question the relationship between visible and invisible bodily forms and actions. I wish to "make visible" otherwise undetectable aspects of corporeal motion.

The central aspect of my work aims to draw together highly specialized and often compartmentalized ways of knowing and representing the human body, and ultimately works toward an understanding of the relationship between somatic and virtual forms of metamorphosis and growth.


Tiffany Holmes
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Art and Technology Department, 112 South Michigan
Chicago, IL 60603 USA
Voicemail: 773-350-0556 Fax: 312.345.3565
Email: tholme@artic.edu

ONLINE CV:

CURRENT POSITIONS:

Assistant professor, Art and Technology, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, January 2001—.

EDUCATION:

BA, Art History with concentration in Environmental Studies, Williams College, 1990.
MFA, Painting, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD, 1996.
MFA, Imaging and Digital Arts, Visual Art Dept., University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1998.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

•INTERNATIONAL VENUES

Interaction '01, biennial, International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences, Japan, 2001.

World@rt, installation and artist’s talk, Aalborg, Denmark, 2000.

Digital Salon. School of Visual Arts, New York, NY and Barcelona, Spain, 1999-2000.

Viper: International Festival for Film and New Media, Lucerne, Switzerland, 1999.

•GROUP SHOWS

Talking Speculum, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN, 2003.

Devices of Wonder: From the World in a Box to Images on a Screen, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA.

The Culture of Breath, New Genre Festival, Living Arts of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, 2001.

Follow the Mouse, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL. Also, interactive performance, "Mouseprint", August 9, 2001.

Siggraph Art Gallery, Nosce Te Ipsum, New Orleans, LA. Installation featured in the New York Times, The Living Arts, front page, August 1, 2000.

ArtWired International, O’Kane Gallery, Univ. of Houston, Downtown. Houston, TX, 2000. Jurors: MANUAL, Suzanne Bloom and Ed Hill.

Sensitivities/Sensibilities: Interactive Art, Invisible Museum, Denver, CO, 2000.

Chromosome Forest. Boston CyberArts Festival, Museum of Science, Boston, MA, 1999.

Immedia. Media Union Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1999

•SOLO SHOWS

Nosce Te Ipsum, University of Michigan Media Union, Ann Arbor, MI, 2000.

Phene-, MFA Thesis Show. Fine Arts Gallery, UMBC, Baltimore, MD, 1999.

New Paintings. William Street Artist’s Cooperative, Ann Arbor, MI, 1998.

Littoral Zone. School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD, 1998.

MarkSPOT. Student photography gallery, UMBC, Baltimore, MD, 1997.

Archaic Departures, MFA Thesis Show. Fox Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD, 1996.

Woman as Chimera. Tuttle Gallery, McDonough School, Pikesville, MD, 1994.

Seeing Baltimore. Minas Gallery, Baltimore, MD, 1993.

Groundcover. Goodrich Gallery, Williamstown, MA, 1990.

Senior Thesis Exhibition. Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA, 1990.

 

INVITED PAPERS:

"Rendering the Viewer Conscious: Interactivity and Dynamic Seeing." Paper for Barbara Stafford’s panel titled: "Consciousness: Connecting Neuroscience to the Art of Seeing Thought." CAA annual conference, New York, NY, 2000.

"Virtual Paper Dolls: Unfolding the Digital Body." Paper to be given at session, "Creating Content for Interactive New Media" at Next 1.0 (New Extensions of Existing Technologies), Karlsdad, Sweden, 2000.

"Performing Virtual Dissection." Paper to be given at Consciousness Reframed 2000, 3rd International Conference on Art, Technology, and Consciousness, Center for Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts, University of Wales College, Newport, UK, 2000.

"Phene- : Creating a Digital Chimera." Festival presentation in the "Sketches and Applications" program, SIGGRAPH ‘99, Los Angeles, CA, 1999.

"Early Modern Flap Anatomies: Pedagogical, Aesthetic, and Scientific Reverberations." Paper given at symposium titled "Nervous Fluids and Innards in Early Modern Physiology and Culture" in conjunction with the International Society of the History of Neuroscience in Zurich and Lausanne, Switzerland, 1999.

"Littoral Zone: Seeing Bodies and Letters in Cyberspace." Paper given at "Minds, Machines, and Electronic Culture," the Seventh Biennial Symposium on Arts and Technology at Connecticut College, New London, CT, 1998.

 

PUBLICATIONS:

"Performing Virtual Dissection," in Art, Technology, Consciousness, London: Intellect Books, 2000.

"The Corporeal Stenographer: Language, Gesture, Cyberspace," published in conjunction with catalogue of international traveling exhibit, The Digital Salon. Leonardo Almanac: International Resources in Art, Science, Technology, Volume 32, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999.

 

ARTIST AWARDS AND GRANTS:

Rackham Summer Interdisciplinary Institute, Ann Arbor, MI, 2000. Awarded a fellowship to research and work with an interdisciplinary group of scholars to create an interactive art exhibit and panel.

University of Michigan Society of Fellows, Ann Arbor, MI, 1998. Awarded a three-year fellowship to research and work with an interdisciplinary community of scholars.

Travel Award, Dean’s Discretionary Funds, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1998.

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, College Park, MD, 1996.

Coca-Cola Fellowship, Maryland Institute, College of Art, 1992-96. Awarded to applicants who demonstrate exceptional leadership abilities in the arts and education.

Thomas W. Hardie Award in Environmental Studies, Williamstown, MA, 1990. Received graduation prize for solo show, Altered Berkshire Landscapes.

Miller Grant, Williamstown, MA, 1989. Awarded funds to create a series of paintings about land use.

 

ARTS-IN-EDUCATION AWARDS AND GRANTS:

Canton Cyberspace, Baltimore, MD, 1995-96. Awarded grant from the Fund for Educational Excellence to pursue a computer project dealing with the "oral histories" of inner city middle school students.

Passport to Africa, Baltimore, MD, 1994-95. Awarded grant from the Fund for Educational Excellence to pursue a bookmaking project.

Studio 13 Coordinator, Baltimore, MD, 1993-94. Awarded funds from the MD Student Service Alliance to develop a service-learning program for arts-talented, at-risk youth. Students collaborated to produce window installations in local storefronts.

Kidwitness News Coordinator, Baltimore, MD, 1994-96. Awarded grant from Panasonic to create a video news program at an urban middle school.

Native American Weaving, Baltimore, MD, 1993-94. Awarded grant from the Fund for Educational Excellence to coordinate a weaving project.

Teacher of the Year, Bakers Elementary School, Scotland Neck, NC, 1991.

IPECS (Interdisciplinary Project for Experimental Course Studies), Williams College, Williamstown, MA. 1988-90. Awarded monies to create and facilitate a full-credit college-level semester course called Nonviolence and Social Change.

 

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE:

Tree Tracks: Branching Beyond the Disciplinary, Univ. of Michigan Media Union Video Gallery, 2000. Interdisciplinary collaboration between ten University of Michigan professors, interactive installation and gallery display, see documentation: http://www.umich.edu/~arts/treetracks.

Axon, Univ. of Michigan Cyberarts Gallery, WWW publication: http://www.umich.edu/~arts/axon, 2000.

Surrealist Games, WWW publication: http://www.umich.edu/~tgholmes/bbbwebsite/games.html, 2000.

Interactive Computer Art: Student Show, Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, 1999.

What We Need To Know About Art, Maryland Art Place, 1994. Participated in a collaborative effort to produce a show that highlighted the work of African-American artists.

African American Story Quilts, Williams College Museum of Art, 1989. Interviewed quilt artists for catalogue essay written by Professor Eva Grudin.

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Assistant professor. Art and Technology, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2001—.

•ARTTECH 2101: Fundamentals of Art and Technology (year long foundation course).

Online syllabus : http://www.artic.edu/~tholme/ats_classes/fallfund.html

•ARTTECH 3135: Interactive Multimedia

•GRADUATE SEMINAR: Performing Interactivity

 

Assistant professor. University of Michigan, School of Art and Design, Ann Arbor, MI, 1998-2000.

•ART 115: Introduction to Drawing

•ART 328: Multimedia

•ART 454: Bodies, Brushes and Bits. Class examines processes of markmaking in the context of

corporeal representation, emerging technologies and contemporary theory.

Online syllabus:http://www.artic.edu/~tholme/bbbwebsite/bbb.html

 

Teaching assistant. University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, 1996-1998.

•ART 282: Introduction to Computer Art (2 semesters, independent instructor)

•ART 424: Advanced Photography. Assistant to David Yager, Chair, Art Department.

 

 

OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

•PUBLIC SCHOOL

Media Specialist, Canton Middle School, Baltimore, MD, 1994-1996. Created research units that aligned technology with school curriculum, instructed students and faculty in use of multimedia software.

Art Educator, Canton Middle School, Baltimore, MD, 1992-1994.

Teach for America Corps Member, 1990-present. One of 500 graduates recruited to teach in inner city and rural areas of the country. (Part of President Clinton’s Americorps.)

Fourth Grade Teacher, Bakers Elementary School, Scotland Neck, NC, 1990-92. Voted Teacher of the Year in 1991.

 

SPECIAL STUDY:

Instituto de Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, 1994. Took classes in landscape painting.

Penland School, Penland, NC, 1993. Completed an immersive program in papermaking and fibers.

Center for Wildlife Management, Kenya, 1989. Assisted in field research on a game ranch.