INFORMATION :: curriculum vitae
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EDUCATION
MFA Electronic Music and Recording Media, 2003
Mills College, Oakland, CA
MFA Graphic Design, 1994
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
MFA Creative Writing/Poetry, 1991
Brown University, Providence, RI
MFA Photography, 1987
University of Michigan School of Art and Design, Ann Arbor, MI
BFA Photography, 1985
Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
Premedical Studies, Biology Major, 1979–81
Oakland University, Rochester, MI
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
Visiting Assistant Professor, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Adjunct Lecturer, Brown University, Providence, RI
Graphic Designer, VSA Partners, Chicago, IL
Graphic Design Intern, Reverb, Los Angeles, CA
Museum Preparator, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Gallery Preparator, David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
Fine Art Sales, Artisan's Alley, West Branch, MI
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Ox-Bow Artist Residencies, Saugatuck, MI, 2009
I-Park Artists Enclave, East Haddam, CT, 2007
Young Artist-in-Residence, Millersville University, Millersville, PA, 1987
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
"Magnum Opus: A 25 Year Retrospective," Besser Museum, Alpena, MI, 2007
"Human Form," Studio 71 South Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI, 2006
"Entering Poetic Blindspots," Fine Arts Galleries, St. Clair County Community College, Port Huron, MI 1999
"Ars Memoriae," Po Gallery, Providence, RI 1992
"The Logic of Sensation," 55 Peterboro Gallery, Detroit, MI, 1986
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
"Uncanny: Surrealism and Graphic Design," The Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic, 2010
"A People's Guide to Icelandic Butterflies," 350.org Gallery, Skagaströnd, Iceland, 2009
"Postcard Salon," Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI, 2009
"Do Not Fold, Bend, Spindle or Mutilate: Computer Punch Card Art," Washington Pavillion of Arts and Science, Souix Falls, SD, 2006
"78th Regional Exhibition," Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI 2006
"Open Source/Open Ear," Mess Hall, Chicago, IL, 2005
"In-Flux," The Gallery, Marygrove College, Detroit, MI, 2004
"Constructing the Technological Other," Installation Gallery, Oakland, CA, 2002
"Remnants," Gallery 212, Ann Arbor, MI, 2000
"Annual Faculty Exhibition," Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, 1997
"Out of Bounds: Artist's Books," Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT, 1994
"Michigan Annual XXI," The Art Center, Mt. Clemens, MI 1993
"20 Years of Photograpy at Center for Creative Studies," Yamasaki Gallery, Detroit, MI, 1989
"Young Artists-in-Residence Exhibition," Sykes Gallery, Millersville, PA 1988
"2nd Atlanta Photo Salon," Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA, 1986
"Grim Side Photo Show," Eyemediae, Ann Arbor, MI 1986
"Three Views," Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI, 1986
"Photography," Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI 1986
SELECTED PERFORMANCE ART EVENTS
"Dr. Toledo's Travelling Medicine Show," 10 Weston Theater, Grand Rapids, MI, 2005
"Seeking the Source," Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI, 2005 (butoh dance)
"Initiation #1: Grounding," Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI, 2005
"Hanging Garden," Wealthy Street Theater, Grand Rapids. MI, 2004 (butoh dance)
"In-flux Performances," Marygrove College, Detroit, MI, 2004
"Mexotica," University of Michigan Media Union, Ann Arbor, MI, 2004 (with Guillermo Gomez-Pena)
"Signal Flow: Festival of Intermedia," Mills College, Oakland, CA, 2003 (video performance)
SELECTED SOLO MUSIC PERFORMANCES
"Nucleus In All Directions," I-Park Artists Enclave, East Haddam, CT, 2007
"60x60 Midwest Mix," tour inlcuding Electronic Music Midwest Festival in Romeoville, IL; Grand Valley State University in Allendale, MI; Webster Moore Auditorium in St. Louis, MO; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, MO; and Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL, 2006–08
"Surrounded & 40 Crows," Studio 71 South Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI, 2006
"Whale Song," Sync '06 Digital Arts Festival, Ann Arbor, MI, 2006
"Bypass," 10 Weston Theater, Grand Rapids, MI, 2005
"Character Assinations," Rankin Art Gallery, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI, 2005
"Hues and Elements," Susanne Hillberry Gallery, Ferndale, MI, 2004
"Electrolune," Lunel Academy of Music, Lunel, France, 2004
"Speak," Signal Flow: Festival of Music and Intermedia, Mills College, Oakland, CA, 2003
"Pulse Field: International Exhibition of Sound Art," Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 2003
"Literatur Schallmaur (trans. Literature Sound Barrier)," Yppenplatz, Vienna, Austria, 2002
"Mayday: Live Electronic Works," Mills College, Oakland, CA, 2002
"David Tudor Remixes with Maryanne Amacher," Mills College, Oakland, CA, 2001
SELECTED COLLABORATIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES
"Bricolaudio," Zoom Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI, 2004 (with Ken Butler)
"Body Bits," Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI, 2004 (with Jen Baker)
"Individual Deconstruction III," Dreamland Theater, Ypsilanti, MI, 2003 (with Scott Brennen)
"Williams [re] Mix [...stallation]," Engine 27, New York, NY, 2003 (with Larry Austin and others)
Computer Improv Ensemble, Mills College, Oakland, CA, 2003 (with Steina Vasulka and others)
"Begenetrix: Mother of Breath and Blood," Mills College, Oakland, CA, 2002 (composed by Cecil Taylor with performance by Contemporary Performance Ensemble)
"Huge Hands," Thursday Night Special, MIlls College, Oakland, CA, 2002 (with Tadashi Usami)
MUSICAL REPRESENTATION
Cyclene Records (www.cyclene.com), Chicago, IL, 2005–present
DISCOGRAPHY
"Power/field 2," Anarchy Moon Recordings, New, York, NY 2010 (CD compilation)
"Clinical Jazz," Clinical Archives, Moscow, Russia, 2008 (internet compilation)
"Textures," Cyclene Records, Chicago, IL, 2008 (solo internet release)
"Open Source/Open Ear," Chicago, IL, 2006 (CD compilation)
"The Last Signal," Independent Opposition, Santa Ana, CA, 2004 (CD compilation)
RADIO BROADCASTS
Bayerischer Rundfunk Radio, Munich, Germany, 2009
Red House Art Radio, Syracuse, NY, 2009
Not the Normal Shit Radio, Gelderland, Netherlands, 2008
Village Nomade Radio, Marseille, France, 2008
WOBC, Foldover Program, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, OH, 2007
KUNM, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 2006
WAIF, Cincinnati, OH, 2005
MUSIC PUBLICATIONS
Deep Listening Anthology II, ed. Marc Jensen, Kingston, NY, 2010
Fylkingen Hz Journal, ed. Sachiko Hayashi, Stockholm, Sweden, 2009
Notation21: An Anthology of Innovative Notation, ed. Theresa Sauer Tisano, New York, 2008
Open Source/Open Ear, Chicago, 2006
MUSIC REVIEWS
Rain Taxi #51, 2008
SELECTED POETRY BOOK PUBLICATIONS
One Score More: The Second 20 Years of Burning Deck, Burning Deck, 2002
New Voices: University and College Poetry Prizes, 2002
Joshua Tree, Emigre, 2001
Reft and Light, Burning Deck, 2000 ( Ernst Jandl translations)
Palm Desert, Emigre, 1999
Strabismus, Burning Deck, 1996
Zipper Back Into the Body Fly, Ourboros Books, 1991
The Logic of Sensation, Ouroboros Books, 1991
SELECTED POETRY JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
UnSaid #4, 2009
Grand Valley Review, Grand Valley State University, 2006
Po #1, San Francisco, 2002
Sulfur #43, Eastern Michigan University, 1998
The Germ #2, 1998
Banana Split, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1998 (translations from Strabismus into Danish)
Conjunctions #26, New York, 1996
B City, Chicago, 1995
O.blek #12, Stockbridge, MA, 1993
Caliban #13, 1993
Long News in the Short Century #4, New York, 1993
The Impercipient #1 and #2, Providence, 1992
O.blek #3, Stockbridge, MA, 1988