ACCESS
National Computational Science Alliance (NCSA)
University of Illinois
The Alliance Center for Collaboration, Education, Science and Software (ACCESS) brings the technological advances of the National Computational Science Alliance to all sectors of society in order to strengthen the competitiveness of business, enrich the educational environment and improve the overall quality of life in our nation.
Alliance Liaison for Virtual Environments
• Provide support for all Alliance partners VR display systems and questions regarding the CAVElibrary.
• Support the CAVERNUS www site
Demonstration Program Manager
• Organize demonstrations from the Alliance Partners with Virtual Environments, Application Technology Teams, Enabling Technology Teams, Education Outreach and Training Teams, and Partners for Advanced Coputational Services at the ACCESS facility in Ballston, Virginia
Equipment Planning Program Manager
• Assist in the design, procurement and installation of high end visualization and computing technology hardware at ACCESS
Technical Support Program Manager
• Manage the technical support program for all equipment at the ACCESS facility.

RESEARCH ASSISTANT, 1994 - 1996,

University of Illinois at Chicago,
Electronic Visualization Lab
Design and implementation of prototype systems and applications for use in a virtual reality environments called the CAVE, IDESK & NII-WALL.
Projects include:
• Commercialization of the CAVE and ImmersaDesk systems
• Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria
• Organization and Installation of "Neither Here Nor There"
  in The Bridge and Digital Bayou exhibits at Siggraph 96
  
• Installation of virtual reality environments
  at Supercomputing95 in San Diego
• Accuracy, Calibration and Measuring
• Rendering object files from shelve software
• EVE4 - Electronic Visualization Exhibition (May 1995)

ARTIST/CONSULTANT, 1991 - 1996,
Clients include:

APTE, Inc.
APTE is a full service consulting firm dedicated to solving training challenges. APTE specializes in producing customized multimedia software for personal computers and LANs.
Creation of computer graphics and instructional design for computer/network based training tutorials.
Products developed include:
cc:Mail Made Easy, Windows Made Simple; Organizer Made Simple; Internal Control - Doing the Right Thing and more.

John David Mooney Studio, Chicago, Illinois
John David Mooney is a Chicago sculptor with an international reputation.

Manage multiple international art installation projects.
Projects Included:
• EnLight 1992 - A series of installations in Edinburgh and London to commemorate the European Community Summit.
• Urbana Plaza - A sculpture and landscaped garden in downtown Urbana, Illinois.
• Great River Project - A cultural Olympics extravaganza which will float down the Mississippi River encouraging new forms of all the arts in association with river festivals.

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.

Designed and implemented new production procedures which cut production time by 75%.
Managed and coordinated multiple projects with tight deadlines through the desktop publishing process, paying close attention to format design, time management and consistency control while delivering quality work and customer satisfaction.

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

Taught Computer Graphics and Applications I to undergraduates in the computer graphics department.

ARTIST/CONSULTANT, 1987 - 1989
Clients include:

Arthur Anderson, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Arthur Anderson, Inc. is an international marketing consultant firm with offices in major cites across the United States and Europe.
Created computer generated presentation materials for training videos

John David Mooney Studio, Chicago, Illinois
John David Mooney is a Chicago sculptor with an international reputation.
Assisted John David Mooney in a wide range of duties from sculpture design to organization of large scale art projects requiring team management skills. Projects Included:
• Red Fence; Capital Staccato; Sky Nights; IBM building; and numerous studio events.

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.

Taught Advanced Life Drawing in Spanish to fourth year undergraduates as a final prerequisite to their achieving a degree in the Fine Arts.

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

1999
Spirited Ruins
High Performance Computing in the Arts
Boston University Chauatuqua

1998
Artworld
Supercomputing 98, Orlando, Florida
High Performance Computing in the Arts

VRCUBE Inaugaration
"PUSH/POP"
VRCUBE
Royal Institue of Technology - Stockholm, Sweden
Lecture site

Siggraph98
"Guerilla VR"
Orlando, Florida
Siggraph98
Guerilla VR
GRID

1997
ISEA97
"Virtual Spaces" - Gallery400
Gallery400
University of Illinois at Chicago - Chicago, Illinois
http://www.evl.uic.edu/EVL/ISEA/

ISEA97
"As Worlds Collide" - internet
Chicago, Illinois
http://creativity.syr.edu/~worlds/

1996
Ars Electronica
"Walking in Cyberspace" - The CAVE
Linz, Austria
http://www.aec.at

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

"Neither Here Nor There"
The Bridge & The Digital Bayou
Siggraph 96
New Orleans, Louisiana

Divine Organic PUSHPOP - Gallery400
Masters of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition
Gallery400
University of Illinois at Chicago - Chicago, Illinois
http://www.art.net/~coffin/THESIS/FINAL/thesis.html

The Gallery@PrePRESS
PrePress Solutions, Inc.
"Art in the Information Age"
http://www2.prepress.pps.com/contest/exhibit/20.html

CAGE - Cyber Art Gallery Eindhoven
Cool Art Links
http://asterix.urc.tue.nl/~rcrolf/cage/cagegall.shtml

1995

The Atomic Age Opens - Postcard Project
Popular Culture Library
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio - 6/15/95 thru 9/15/95

Obsessions - Southern Exposure Gallery
San Francisco, California

Art on the Net - A Challenge of the Internet - (Gallery 3)
Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts
http://www.sphere.ad.jp/mcmogatk/index.html

ChainReaction - ISEA95 - Los Angeles Convention Center
Los Angeles, California
http://ChainReaction.ISEA95.risq.qc.ca/mainPages/starters/starters.html

ChainReaction - Siggraph95 - Los Angeles Convention Center
Los Angeles, California

Miming/Mocking Miami - Center for the Fine Arts
Miami, Florida - Thursday, June 22, 1995

Hidden Histories - collaboration with Jan Galligan & Robert Durlak
Albany Center galleries - curated by Corinna Ripps
Albany, New York

Stormy Waters - Northern Visual Arts
Meadowside Granary - Glasgow, Scotland
http://www.stormy.gla.ac.uk

EVE4 (Electronic Visualization Event 4)
Gallery400 & Engineering Research Facility
University of Illinois at Chicago - Chicago, Illinois

1994

SOLDLIKEMEAT - Atelier Sub Rosa - Zebra Crossing Theater
Chicago, Illinois

Blender - New Works Gallery - University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

CAVEART - University of Illinois at Chicago - Electronic Visualization Lab
Chicago, Illinois

1993

Suite 127
Chicago, Illinois

1992

Brave New Pixels 4 - Siggraph Chicago & Northern Illinois University Museum Art Gallery
Chicago, Illinois

1991

Jane Tyndall Gallery
Durham, North Carolina

Raleigh Contemporary Art Gallery
Raleigh, North Carolina

1990

FAXART - Gallery 400 - University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Color - Space Gallery
Chicago, Illinois

1989

Fresh Art! - Mars Gallery
Chicago, Illinois

Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition - School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Brave New Pixels - ACM Chicago Siggraph & Columbia College
Chicago, Illinois

One Person Exhibitions

1999
Mbone - Access Grid Video Project
"BLUEPOP"
Cyberspace
Access Grid info

1998

VRCUBE Inaugaration
"PUSH/POP"
VRCUBE
Royal Institue of Technology - Stockholm, Sweden
Lecture site

1994

Buy Buy Buy - 906 Elmwood #2
Evanston, Illinois

1993-1996

Colors of Guanajuato - University of Illinois at Chicago - Visitor Center
Chicago, Illinois

1992

Department of Architecture - Ball State University
Muncie, Illinois

Lorado Taft Fellowship Award Exhibition - John David Mooney Foundation
Chicago, Illinois

Light + Sculpture - Venable Arts Center
Durham, North Carolina

BIG ART - Venable Arts Center
Durham, North Carolina

Centerfocus - Veneable Arts Center
Durham, North Carolina

1991

Colors of Guanajuato - Studio 8
Durham, North Carolina

Centerfocus - Coffin & Coffin
Washington, D.C.

1986

Graffiti Sculpture: a Public Art Series
Washington, D.C.

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