Education
Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, Rhode Island
08/15/1994 - 01/15/1998
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
08/15/1993 - 05/21/1994
Analog Lab
Manhattan, New York
01/01/2011 - 07/01/2011
Selected Residencies, Fellowships & Exhibitions
Esther Klein Gallery: The Science Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2017
Solo art exhibition at the Esther Klein Gallery for Science in the Arts.
Unknown Territory: The Hacktory Artist Residency
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2014
The Hacktory Artist Residency and the Knight Foundation
Residency, Fellowship, and Exhibition. One of four individual grant recipients of a six month residency which included mentorship, project development and instruction.
Clocktower Museum
The Warhol Foundation, New York, New York, 2013
Residency and Exhibition. During this three month residency, I explored generative music compositions through MIDI signal processing, ultimately being expressed via physical kinetic instrumentation.
Baby Castles Silent Barn - Show Paper
New York, New York, 2010
Exhibition. Month long Christmas inspired window installation at midtown Manhattan Pop-Up video game arcade presented by programmer collective Baby Castles.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Mary Hallock Greenwalt
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2010
Music Composition Commission. Commissioned to compose a piece of music for the Historical Society of Pennsylvania inspired by late 19th century/early 20th century inventor and music prodigy Mary Hallock Greenwalt.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco, California, 2009, 2010
Residency and Exhibition. Over the course of six months, i constructed two 75’ kinetic window installations in conjunction with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s 75 anniversary.
POP! Montreal
Montreal, Canada, 2008, 2009
Exhibitor, Speaker, and electronics Workshop leader. For two concurrent years, I had the pleasure of painting and building a wall based touch synthesizer inspired by Michael Steim, a theremin workshop with Silver Apples as well as being a forum speaker with Lydia Lunch and Sister Nancy.
Arizona State University Museum
Phoenix, Arizona, 2008
Exhibitor. This Is Now: Part 2. Featured in group show from the permanent collection of new contemporary artists.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
San Francisco, California, 2006
Exhibitor. Peer Pressure 1. The Royal Canadian Art Lodge, Space1026 and Instant Coffee.
Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Arts Center
Cincinnati, Ohio, 2005
Exhibitor. Annex Exhibition featuring Paper Rad, Space 1026 and Fort Thunder.
Institute of Contemporary Art
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2002
Scratch off the Serial - Space1026. Exhibitor. Helped organize, construct, and exhibit at the Space 1026 5 year survey at the Institute of Contemporary Art.
Teaching Experience
Philadelphia, PA, 2017 - present
Director/Developer of 3 year specialized High School Engineering program at the West Philadelphia Magnate School Science Leadership Academy Beeber.
Science Leadership Academy Beeber
Black Mountain School
Black Mountain, North Carolina, 2016
Week long instructor on the Electrification of traditional African Instruments
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvnia, 2015, 2016
Guest lecturer on interdisciplinary studies for the Foundations of Art, Design, and Digital Culture course.
Private tutor for faculty looking to extend their skill sets in coding as well as the Adobe Creative Suite.
Maker Faire
Washington DC, 2016
Lead instructor of 2 days of classes ranging in optics, electronics, and physics of motion for the Hacktory, winner of 2 editor’s choice awards.
Masterman Middle School
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2016
After school Vex robotics competition mentor. We recently won 2nd Place in Regionals & recipient of VEX scholarship grant.
Norristown Public Library
Norristown, Pennsylvania, 2015
Technology Advisor and curriculum developer for the Pennsylvania Library system.
The Department of Making & Doing
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2014, 2015
Digital fabrication instructor focusing on students’ development of a streamlined process translating an idea or sketch into a workable model to ultimately be fabricated with a laser cutter and/or 3D printed.
Glenside Free Library
Glenside, Pennsylvania, 2015
Lightsaber and Drawbots instructor for Glenside Free Library young maker after school program.
Delaware Valley Friends School
Paoli, Pennsylvania, 2015
Internship advisor for student Sarah Snyder.
Open Hardware Summit
Philadelphia, Pennsylvnia, 2015
Preparatory assistant for Philadelphia’s 2015 hosting of the Open Hardware Summit.
The Hacktory
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2015
Lead instructor and curriculum developer for Nebinger and Meredith exchange after school programs.
Science Leadership Academy
Center City Campus, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2015
Project advisor and collaborator for Wynn Geary’s SmartHive Capstone project and the Hacktory Independent Learning Project (ILP) contact and advisor for student Wes Midgett.
Beeber Campus, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2015
Assisting Public Workshop ILP student Troy Taylor with Silkscreening and the Fine Arts.
Music and Film
MFDoom
Viktor Vaughn - The Vaudeville Villain
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1999, 2002
Music production and creative direction. I collaborated with well known rap artist MFDoom and produced his second full length album: Viktor Vaughn -The Vaudeville Villain.
Half Nelson - Sony Films
2003
Song writer and composition and contributor to Sony Films Indie hit Half Nelson.
BaddddAssss
Melvin Van Peebles Documentary Film
2003
Co-songwriter, composer and contributing musical producer for Mario Van Peebles film documenting his father Melvin Van Peebles career in the movie and theatre arts.
Plastic Little - She’s Mature
2004-2007
Full length Album - FreeNewsProjects. Producer and co creative director
Jenna Jamison
2003
Unreleased Soundtrack composition.