|| rachel beth egenhoefer ||

rachel beth egenhoefer
rachel@rachelbeth.net

resume / cv

| | Education | |

Masters of Fine Arts (MFA)
The University of California, San Diego | San Diego, CA | 2004
           Graduate committee: Barbara Kruger, Jordan Crandall, N. Katherine Hayles,
           Adriene Jenik, Brian Goldfarb

Graduate Researcher | Center for Research in Computing and the Arts (CRCA)
The University of California, San Diego | San Diego, CA | 2002-2004

Bachelors of Fine Arts (MFA) | magna cum laude
Maryland Institute College of Art | Baltimore, MD | 2002
            Fiber/Textile major with a concentration in Digital Media Arts and Video

| | Conference Publications & Presentations | |

In the Loop: Knitting Past, Present and Future
Winchester School of Art | Winchester, UK | July 15-17, 2008
            presentation: Tracking Knitting and Translating Code
FLUX: Design Education in a Globalized Society
Cape Peninsula University of Technology | Cape Town, South Africa | Oct 3-6, 2007
            paper: The Latest New Media Pedagogy: The Medium or The Message?
iDMMA
National University Academic Headquarters | San Diego, CA | Nov 9-11, 2006
            paper: Teaching Contemporary Media: Teaching Software or How to think about Software?
            paper: Bodies Algorithmically Interacting with Machines?
ISEA/ ZeroOne 2006
International Society of Electronic Arts | San Jose, CA | Aug 17-13, 2006
            coordinator and discussant: Pacific Rim New Media Summit
Techno-Cultures in Art
Maryland Institute College of Art | Baltimore, MD | Nov 4-6, 2005
            panel: Art’s Moral Imperative?
Wearable Futures: Textiles and Technology
University of Wales, Newport | Wales, UK | Sept 14-16, 2005
            paper: Negotiation Desires Between Body and Machine
read_me Software Art & Culture
Aarhus, Denmark | Aug 23-27, 2004
            paper: If Then Else – Children’s Board Games and Knitting Machines
The Space Between: Art, Technology, and Culture
Curtain University of Technology | Perth, Australia | April 14-17, 2004
            paper: Knitting Code
Hello World: People vs. Programming Forum
Artsway | South Hampton, UK | March 8-10, 2003
           paper: Tangible Coded Art and How I Fell in Love with Binary Numbers

| | Artist Residencies | |

Visiting Research Fellow
           Central Saint Martins/University of the Arts London | London, UK | April, 2008
Comissioned Artist Residency
           University of Brighton | Lighthouse Brighton | University of Wales | Furtherfield, London
           United Kingdom | January - May, 2008
Artist in Residence
           Tsinghua University | Beijing, China | November – December, 2007
Techno-Cultures in Art Conference Studio Art Workshop
           Maryland Institute College of Art | Baltimore, MD | November, 2005
Big Rock Candy Mountain
           Banff Centre for the Arts | Banff, Canada | March - June, 2003
Dadelois Dreams International Emerging Artist Workshop
            Akademie voor Beeldende Kunst (AKI) |   Enschede, The Netherlands | May - June, 2001

| | Bibliography | |

Fostering Dialogue, Jessica Hemmings, Salvage, Future Materials Issue, Issue 5, 2005
The Space Between, Jessica Hemmings, Fiberarts, September, 2004
ISEA 2004 Exhibition Catalog, Inter Society for Electronic Arts, 2004
New California Masters, Art Week Review, June, 2004
Art Technology Interface well at 'info@blah', Stephanie Schorow, Boston Herald, May 6, 2003
Taming Technology's Overload with Artful Systems, Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, May 2, 2003
Medium Trumps Message in info@blah, Mary Sherman, Boston Herald, April 27, 2003
Maryland Institute College of Art Undergraduate Catalog, 2002-2003
Creating in Code, formica, May, 2002
A Breath of Fresh Art at Millennium, Jessica Dawson, Washington Post, March 14, 2002
A Better Set of Options, Michael O’Sullivan, Washington Post, March 8, 2002
March at the Museums, Maura McCarthy, Washington Post Entertainment Guide, March 1, 2002
Options 10 Exhibition Catalog, Washington Project for the Arts\Corcoran, March, 2002
Daidalos Dreams Exhibition Catalog, The AKI, Enschede, the Netherlands, May, 2001

| | Publications | |

Residency in Progress, documentation of commssioned work by Rachel Beth Egenheofer, published by Lighthouse, UK, 2008
The Latest New Media Pedagogy: Medium or Message?, Design Education Forum of S. Africa, 2007
How I Fell in Love with Binary Numbers, self published catalog, 2006
Down Under In-Between, Scale Journal, vol 1 issue 4, May 2004
Parts of a Whole: Conversations with Rachel Egenhoefer, Scale Journal, vol 1 issue 1, January 2004
Word Play: Xu Bing, Artbyte Magazine, November/ December 2001
Buzzword, Artbyte Magazine, September/ October 2001
mp3 Player Shows it’s True Colors, Artbyte Magazine, September/ October 2001
Confessions of a Digital Art Student, Artbyte Magazine, September/ October 2001
Real Animee, artbyte.com , September 2001
Anchorage Summer Show, artbyte.com, July 2001
Seen and Heard at PS 1, artbyte.com, July 2001
3 Questions with Hiro Yamagata, artbyte.com, June 2001

| | Design Publications | |

Warner Brothers Records | illustration and cover art for Regina Spektor’s album Begin to Hope | 2006
San Francisco Chronicle | print ads for Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
           September 30, 2007; September 2, 2007; July 29, 2007; July 1, 2007; June 3, 2006;
           April 29, 2006; October 1, 2006; September 31, 2006; August 31, 2006; July 30, 2006;
           July 2, 2006; May 28, 2006
San Francisco Downtown | print ads for Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
            October 2007; September 2007; August 2007; July 2007; June 2007; May 2007;
            October 2006; September 2006; August 2006; July 2006; June 2006; May 2006
Art Forum | print ad for the University of California, San Diego Visual Art Department | November, 2004
Artbyte Magazine | page layout and design | September/ October 2001

| | Professional Experience | |

CADRE Laboratory for New Media | San Jose State University | San Jose, CA
     Interim BFA Advisor   | 2006 – 2007
     Lecturer | 2004 – 2007
     . prepared and facilitated weekly classes for software technique & digital art criticism
     . designed curriculum for BFA in Digital Media program
     . served on BFA & MFA committees for current San Jose State University students
     . oversaw SWITCH on-line student journal of New Media theory
     . courses taught: Intro to Digital Media, Intro to Digital Video, Art as System,
        Interdisciplinary Seminar in Digital Media, Advanced Digital Video, Independent Studies

Yerba Buena Arts & Events/ Yerba Buena Gardens Festival | San Francisco, CA
      Web and Program Manager | January 2006 - October 2007
     . managed and maintained the organizations’ website (www.ybgf.org)
     . created and distributed monthly HTML formatted e-newsletter to over 2,000 subscribers
     . designed all print ads for SF Chronicle, SF Downtown, and other print agencies
     . designed all printed programs for concerts and events
     . assisted in management and organization of over 100 free cultural events in San Francisco

ISEA/ ZeroOne 2006 Festival & Symposium | San Jose, CA
      Program Event coordinator & Pacific Rim New Media Summit Coordinator | Fall 2005 – Summer 06
    . oversaw organization of departmental roll in major international digital art festival & symposium
    . coordinated exhibitions, artists, residency projects, and other elements
    . managed student interns working on design, print, and identity projects
    . interfaced with over 200 invited artists, designers, and theorists at summit

San Mateo Community College | San Mateo, CA
     Adjunct Faculty | Spring 2006
     . prepared and facilitated weekly classes for software technique & basic design principles
     . course taught: Web Design I

UCSD Department of Undergraduate Visual Arts | San Diego, CA
     Instructor of Record | Fall 2002 – Spring 2004
     . prepared and facilitated weekly classes for software technique & digital art criticism
     . responsible for class planning, execution, and grading
     . courses taught: Digital Imaging in the Arts, Electronic Technologies in Art,
         Digital Media I: Time, Movement, and Sound

UCSD Sixth College: Culture, Art, and Technology | San Diego, CA
     Instructor of Record | Fall 2003 – Spring 2004
     . prepared and facilitated weekly classes in core writing program
     . explored contemporary issues connected to recent innovations in art, technology, and culture
     . responsible for class planning, execution, grading and advising
     . courses taught: CAT program (Culture, Art, and Technology) CAT I, CAT II, CAT III

Research Assistant to Dr. Lev Manovich | San Diego, CA
      Research and Production Assistant |   Fall 2002
     . assisted in the production and execution of digital film installation "Soft Cinema"
         which debuted at the ZKM (Center for Art and Media) in Germany

Milwaukee Art Museum | Milwaukee, WI
     Summer Studio Art Class Instructor | June – August 2002 & 2003
     . taught and assisted in youth and adult studio art classes
     . designed curriculum and programs for future museum classes to coincide with exhibition schedule

Artbyte Magazine | New York, NY | publication has since closed
     Mid-Atlantic Correspondent | August 2001 – close
     Associate Editor and Web Contributor | May – August 2001
     . worked as a team with editorial and design staff to plan and publish international publication
     . reviewed shows, attended press events, conducted interviews, scout potential editorial features
     . photographed selected events and stories
     . assisted photo editor for publication and web site

| | Software, Technical & Special Skills | |

+ Macintosh & PC proficient + Photoshop + Image Ready + Illustrator + Fireworks + In Design + Quark + Acrobat + HTML + Dream Weaver + CSS + Flash + Director + Fetch, Smart FTP	+ Final Cut Pro + DVD Studio Pro + Quicktime + iMovie, iPhoto + Premier + After Effects + Sound Edit + Word + Excel + Power Point + Access + File Maker Pro
+ Textiles + Silk-screening + Knitting + Weaving + Woodworking + Installations	+ Book Making + Paper Making + Model Making + Mold Making + Candy Making