Thomas Amory Coffin
http://www.art.net/~coffin
coffin@art.net

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
LIST OF EXHIBITIONS
AWARDS
SOFTWARE SKILLS

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ALLIANCE LIAISON for VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS,
ACCESS DEMONSTRATION, EQUIPMENT PLANNING and TECHNICAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS MANAGER, 1997 - Present,

RESEARCH ASSISTANT, 1994 - 1996,

ARTIST/CONSULTANT, 1991 - 1996,
Clients include:

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR, 1989 - 1991
Frank Lynn & Associates, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Frank Lynn & Associates, Inc. is an international marketing consultant firm with offices in Chicago and London.

INSTRUCTOR, 1989 - 1991
Columbia College
Columbia College is an accredited four-year institution.

ARTIST/CONSULTANT, 1987 - 1989
Clients include:

INSTRUCTOR, 1987
University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
University of Guanajuato is a four year State University with campuses in several cities in the state of Guanajuato.

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ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

University of Illinois at Chicago - MFA 1996
Electronic Visualization Lab
Chicago, Illinois

School of the Art Institute of Chicago - BFA 1989
Chicago, Illinois

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts - Certificate 1983
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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LIST OF EXHIBITIONS

Group Exhibitions

One Person Exhibitions

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AWARDS

Honorable Mention - 1996
"The Art on the Net Prize"
Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo Japan
http://art.infosphere.or.jp/mcmogatk/judges.html

"4-Star" Magellan site - 1996
The McKinley Group, Inc.
http://www.mckinley.com/

Tuition Scholarship - 1995 & 1996
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Lorado Taft Fellowship - 1992
John David Mooney Foundation
Chicago, Illinois

World Club Ultimate Champions - 1992
Masters Division
Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove
Toronto, Canada
-also-
3rd Place Open Division w/ Windy City
(only person to receive 2 medals at World Championships)

Tuition Scholarship - 1987
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Stimson Sculpture Prize - Honorable Mention - 1982
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Bocciarelli Drawing Prize - Honorable Mention - 1982
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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SOFTWARE SKILLS

UNIX: Softimage,X Windows (utilities), Photoshop, Showcase

PC: Ventura Publishing, Aldus Pagemaker, WordPerfect, MS Word, Mirage Zenographics, Deluxe Paint, Deluxe Animation, Autodesk Animator Pro, Gem Draw, Corel Draw, Aurora

MAC: Aldus Pagemaker, Quark Express, MS Word, Adobe Illustrator, Aldus Freehand, MacDraw II, SuperPaint, Photoshop, Studio 8,Video Works II, Macromind Director,

Amiga: Deluxe Paint III (animation), Digiview, Digipaint, Sculpt4D

ProgrammingLanguages: HTML, C, C++, RT1, Pascal


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