Danny Goodwin
(He/Him/His)
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, Combined Media, 1992
Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, New York
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography, 1989
University of North Texas, School of Visual Arts, Denton, Texas
UPCOMING
Book:
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
JobSecurity: Life, Labor, and the American Security Industry (Upcoming), University Art Museum, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY, August - December 2024
Danny Goodwin: Object Oriented, Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock, NY, July 13 – August 4, 2019
What Is There? Recent Works by Justin Baker and Danny Goodwin, LABspace, Hillsdale, New York, December 10, 2016 – January 20, 2017
Decoys and Devices: Terry Conrad and Danny Goodwin, curated by Liz Blum, New Art Center, Newton, Massachusetts, November 6 - December 19, 2015
Danny Goodwin: Off the Grid, Way Out Gallery, Rensselaerville, New York, August 6 - 26, 2013
Segue: Matt Tiernan and Danny Goodwin, Way Out Gallery, Rensselaerville, New York, July 26 - August 5, 2013
Blaine de St. Croix and Danny Goodwin, The Teaching Gallery, Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, New York, February 9 – March 20, 2010.
Danny Goodwin: Nanoscapes, Atrium, NanoFab North, Albany NanoTech Complex, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany, Albany, New York, November 10, 2010 – February 10, 2012
Danny Goodwin: Watching the Watchers, Museum of Innovation and Science (formerly the Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium), Schenectady, New York, March 30 – April 23, 2007
PhotoNewburgh Gallery, Newburgh, New York, May 20 – June 24, 2006
Counter-Intelligence: Danny Goodwin, Sheetz Gallery, Penn State Altoona, Altoona, Pennsylvania, September 9 – October 10, 2004
Vertical Gallery, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, February 23 – April 2, 2004
Sneak Peek: Danny Goodwin, Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, New York, November 21 , 2003- January 5, 2004
Danny Goodwin, Art Resources Transfer, Inc., New York, New York, April 5 – 29, 2000
Danny Goodwin, Koussevitsky Art Gallery, Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, April 19 – May 19, 2000
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Flat Files 2019-2020, Collar Works Gallery, Troy, NY, August 19, 2019 – August 22, 2020.
The 2019 Flat File: Year Six, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, November 30 – December 16, 2018
Masters of War, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY, November 3 – December 1, 2017
Technology: Friend or Foe?, Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock, New York, October 7 – November 12, 2017
Taconic North, LABspace Gallery, Hillsdale, New York, April 5 – May 6, 2017
Material Witness: The Object of Photography, Collar Works Gallery, Troy, New York, March 31 – April 28, 2017
Of an Urban Nature, Theodore Art, Brooklyn, New York, October 28 - November 10, 2016
Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region, curated by Michael Oatman, Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York, October 30 - December 31, 2016
Wonderland, curated by Phil and Sue Knoll, No. Six Depot, West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, February 6 - March 1, 2016
Big Red and Shiny Benefit Exhibition and Auction, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, October 1, 2015
Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region, curated by Rachel Uffner, University Art Museum, Albany, New York, July 9 - September 5, 2015
Home Grown: Fellowship Recipients 2005 - 2014, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, New York, November 15 - January 11, 2014
Untitled Installation, Scope Miami Beach Art Fair, SeeMe Brooklyn Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida, December 3 - 8, 2013
An Armory Show, Opalka Gallery, Albany, New York, August 26 – December 15, 2013
Unhinged, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn New York, July 5 – 28, 2013
Bad Moon Rising 6, Curated by Jan Van Woensel, Cartel Gallery, London, United Kingdom, 2012
No Longer the Property Of, Lost Coast Culture Machine, Fort Bragg, California, April 1 – May 29, 2011
Fence 23: Exhibition and Launch Party, Warren Street Gallery, Hudson, New York, June 10 – July 10, 2010
Bad Moon Rising 5, Curated by Jan Van Woensel, UKS, Oslo, Norway, April 24th - May 16th, 2010
Powers of Ten, Perrella Gallery, Fulton-Montgomery Community College, Johnstown, New York, October 16 – December 11, 2009
Bad Moon Rising 4, Curated by Jan Van Woensel, Galerie Sans Titre, Bruxelles, Belgium, June 14 – July 11, 2009
31st Annual Photography Regional, Opalka Gallery, Albany, New York, March 6 – April 12, 2009
Flash, Prospect Range Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, March 21 – April 5, 2009
Anxious Ground: Contemporary Landscape Photography, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey, February 18 – March 25, 2009
Bad Moon Rising 3, Boots Contemporary Arts Space, Curated by Jan Van Woensel, St. Louis, Missouri, January 16 – February 21, 2009
Under Surveillance, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, June 29 – Sept. 28, 2008
Model Citizen, Albany International Airport Museum, Albany, New York, Aug. 11 – Oct. 22, 2006
Model Citizen, Cambridge Arts Council, Cambridge, Connecticut, Feb. 27 – April 7, 2006
Slide Jam, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, New York, March 10 – June 4, 2006
Slide Jam, The Spectrum Theater, Albany, New York, March 10 – June 4, 2006
The Landscape Show, Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon, New York, January 15 – February 27, 2005
Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, New York, December 9 & 10, 2005
AmBushed!, Van Brunt Gallery, New York, New York, August 24 – September 18, 2004
New Look, Albany Center Galleries, Albany, New York, April 20 – 30, 2004
Benefit 2004, White Columns, New York, New York, April 28 – May 1, 2004
Benefit 2004, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, New York, April 9 – April 25 , 2004
BenAddiction, Goliath Visual Space, Brooklyn, New York, March 12 – March 27, 2004
On the Verge, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, in conjunction with the 2004 Southern Graphics Conference, March 17-20, 2004
Projekt30 Publicly Juried Online Exhibition, February, 2004
New Media and Photography: Works by Thom O’Connor, Danny Goodwin, Milt Connors and Sandra Wimer, Perella Gallery, Fulton-Montgomery Community College, Fulton, New York, 2003
Urban Visionaries Exhibition, Benefit and Silent Auction, School of Art, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, New York, 2003
Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space Gallery, New York, New York, December, 2002
Digital Art 2002, Kentucky State University, Frankfort, Kentucky, 2002
CIT’01 Digital Art Exhibition, SUNY Geneseo, New York, 2001
Benefit Exhibition, Art Resources Transfer, Inc., New York, New York, 2001
23rd Photography Regional, Albany International Airport Gallery, New York, 2001
Mohawk-Hudson Regional Invitational Exhibition, Albany Center Galleries, Albany, New York, 2001
Searching the Criminal Body: Art, Science and Prejudice, Curated by Susan Erony and Nicole Rafter, University Art Museum, University at Albany, New York
2000 Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Regional Juried Exhibition, Juror: Xu Bing, University Art Museum, University at Albany, New York
2000 Benefit Exhibition, Art Resources Transfer, Inc., New York, New York, 2000
Digital Documentary: The Need to Know/ The Urge to Show, Curated by Steve Dietz, Walker Art Center, pARTs Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1999
Members Show, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York, 1998
One Less Than Nine, Proposition Gallery, Belfast, Ireland, 1998
Current Undercurrent: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, July 25, 1997 – January 25, 1998
Benefit Exhibition/Auction, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY/White Columns, New York, New York, 1997
Picture This: Former and Current School of Art Faculty, The Cooper Union School of Art, New York, New York, 1997
Gramercy International Contemporary Art Fair, Gramercy Park Hotel, New York, New York, 1997
Off the Map, Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, New York, 1996
In Our Sights: Artists Look at Guns, California Museum of Photography, Riverside, California, 1996
Hostile Witness, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C., 1996
Cooper Union Digital, The Cooper Union School of Art, New York, New York, 1996
Other Rooms, Artists from Momenta Art and Pierogi 2000 at Ronald Feldman Fine Art, New York, New York, 1995
Inaugural Exhibition, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, New York, 1995
Entropy: Detritus from the Late Twentieth Century, F.P.U. 13, New York, New York, 1994
Pierogi 2000 Traveling Flat-Files Exhibitions
Pierogi: The Flat Files, University Art Museum, University at Albany, Albany, New York, February 6 – March 2004
New York, New Work, Now!, The Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire, September 28, 2002 – January 12, 2003
Pierogi: The Flat Files, The University of Southern Maine, Gorham, Maine, September 2003
The Pierogi Flatfiles, Block Artspace, Kansas City, Missouri, January 19 – February 28, 2001
Haulin' Ass, POST Gallery, Los Angeles, California, November 18 – December 16, 2000
Multiple Sensations, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California, August 4 – October 22, 2000
Pierogi 2000: The Flatfiles, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery
Pierogi Goes to College, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 4 – December 4, 1999
Pierogi Goes to College, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, October 5 – November 5, 1998
Pierogi Goes to College, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, October 5 – November 5, 1998
Pierogi 2000, New York: The Flatfiles, Kunstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria, August 28 – September 28, 1998
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina, November 16, 1997 – January 18, 1998
New York Drawers, The Pierogi 2000 Flatfiles, Cornerhouse, Manchester, England, October 4 – November 16, 1997
New York Drawers, The Pierogi 2000 Flatfiles, GasWorks, London, England, August 30 – September 28, 1997
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Belcher, William. “Collar Works: Solid Future, New Exhibit.” The Alt, April 19, 2017.
Blank, Gil. “Discussion with Louis Brawley and Danny Goodwin.” Influence Magazine, November 2003, pp. 114 – 118.
Brickman, David. “Digital World.” Metroland, February 2003.
Cahill, Timothy. “Regional Shows Artists’ Vision.” The Albany Times Union, 1 July 2000.
Cahill, Timothy. “Here’s a Theory.” The Albany Times Union, 29 September 2000, pp. D1 – D3.
Center for Photography at Woodstock, Photography Quarterly #92: Inaugural Regional Triennial of Photographic Art, 2006.
Crehan, April. "Looking Again: Perception and Deception in Newton's Art Center." The Metrowest Daily News, 9 December 2015
“December Wrap-Up: Decoys and Devices.” Flux Boston, 1 December 2015
Haden-Guest, Anthony. “The Matrix Men.” ArtReview, April 2004, pp. 62 – 65.
Hugunin, James. “Art and New Technologies: Pro and Con.” U-Turn Electronic Magazine, www.uturn.org, Issue 1,1998.
Kane, Tim. “Photo Exhibit in Troy Focuses on the Medium.” The Albany Times Union, April 12, 2017.
Knaff, Devorah L. “Taking Double-Barreled Aim at Gun Issue.” The Riverside Press-Enterprise, 31 March 1996, p. E2.
LaRocco, Benjamin. “Danny Goodwin at Jack the Pelican.” The Brooklyn Rail, January 2004.
Lauren, Stacey. “Sometimes a Great Notion.“ Metroland, 8 February 2001.
Lewis, Peter. “Site Seeing--The Central Intelligence Museum.” Seattle Times, 13 September 1998, p. C2
Mannes, George. “Spooky Toys.” New York Daily News, 24 November 1996, TechZone, pp. 50 – 51.
Marcus, Tony. “Website of the Month: The Central Intelligence Museum.” i-D Magazine, December 1996.
McQuaid, Cate. “Exhibitions of Ceramics, Photography, Presses, Sculpture.” The Boston Globe, 1 December 2015
McQuaid, Cate. “He Makes a Big Deal of Miniature Works.” The Boston Globe, 27 February 2006.
McQuaid, Cate. “Critic’s Pick, Galleries.” The Boston Globe, 18 November 2015
Motlani, Aisha. “The Public Eye.” ExpressMilwaukee.com, 4 September 2008.
O'Brien, Pat. “Sights on Guns.” The Riverside Press-Enterprise, 31 March 1996, Arts & Entertainment, pp. E1 – E2.
Richard, Paul. “A Great Place to Snoop Around.” The Washington Post, 11 December 1995, pp. D8 – D9.
Pierogi Press #11, 2004 (co-edited by Susan Swenson and Rick Moody): two photographs reproduced. Invited participation in volume: limited, numbered edition of 500.
Pierogi Press #9, 2002 (Susan Swenson, ed.): two photographs reproduced pp. 20, 21. Invited participation in volume: limited, numbered edition of 500.
Scanner. Review, “The Central Intelligence Museum.” Details Magazine, December 1998.
Schumacher, Mary Louise. “Art on Their Sleeves.” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 July 2008.
Tyson, Janet. “Feasts for the Eyes.” The Ft. Worth Star Telegram, 8 January1993, StarTime, p. 19.
Yeager, William. “All Art ‘WORK’ and No Play.” The Albany Times Union, 4 February 2001.
Yeager, William. “Supermodel is Neither at Mass MOCA; Spy Gadgets Mix with Fun.” The Albany Times Union, 30 April 2000.
GRANTS/AWARDS
SUNY Faculty Research Award Program “A” Grant, Spring 2023. Total (Direct and Indirect) = $10,000.00
Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, State University of New York, 2019-2020.
Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, University at Albany, SUNY, 2018-2019.
SUNY Faculty Research Award Program “B” Grant (Co-Investigator, Edward Schwarzschild PI), 2018. Total (Direct and Indirect) = $5,000.00.
Lenscratch/Awagami Paper Sleight of Hand Award, 2017.
Hyde Collection Purchase Award, Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region Exhibition, curated by Rachel Uffner, 2015.
UAlbany Presidential Initiatives Fund for Research and Scholarship, 2015, Picturing the Anthropocene: Workshop and Artist Residency. Total (Direct and Indirect) = $13,850.00.
SUNY Collaboratory for Immersive Environments in STEM Learning II (Co-Investigator, Peter Shea Primary Investigator). Total (Direct and Indirect) = $52,800.00, September 2013 – June 2014.
Woodstock Center for Photography Fellowship Fund, 2006.
Dean’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching: Innovations in Teaching, U. Albany, SUNY, 2006.
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Computer Arts, 2005.
New York Foundation for the Arts S.O.S. Grant, November 2003.
SUNY Research Foundation Bridge Funding Grant, Spring 2003. Total (Direct and Indirect) = $1,000.00
SUNY Faculty Research Award Program “B” Grant, Spring 2002. Total (Direct and Indirect) = $5,000.00
New York Foundation for the Arts S.O.S. Grant, January 2001.
University Museum Purchase Award, Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region Exhibition, curated by Xu Bing, 2000. Print purchased for collection of University Museum, University at Albany.
Albany Center Galleries Exhibition Award, Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region, 2000.
SUNY Faculty Research Award Program “B” Grant, Spring 2000. Total (Direct and Indirect) = $5,000.00
United University Professions Award, Spring 2000. Total (Direct and Indirect) = $1,000.00
Purdue University Faculty Incentive Grant, February 1999. Total (Direct and Indirect) = $5,000.00
Purdue University Faculty Incentive Grant, November 1998. Total (Direct and Indirect) = $5,000.00
PROPOSALS NOT FUNDED
Climate Change Games: A Partnership for Exploration of Game-Based Pedagogical Approaches to Atmospheric Inquiry in Rural Schools, Co-Investigator. Peter Shea Primary Investigator. Total (Direct + Indirect) $1,194,974.77, Submitted April, 2014.
National Science Foundation ITEST Program, Co-Investigator. Peter Shea Primary Investigator. Total (Direct and Indirect) = $1,200,000.00. Submitted January, 2013.
EDUCATIONAL EMPLOYMENT
Fall 2023 - Present
Professor of Art
Chair, Department of Art and Art History, University at Albany, State University of New York
Spring 2021 - Spring 2023
Professor of Art
Photography and Related Media, Studio Art Program Director, University at Albany, State University of New York
Spring 2006 - Spring 2021
Associate Professor of Art
Photography and Related Media, Combined Media Program Director, University at Albany, State University of New York
Fall 1999 - Fall 2005
Assistant Professor of Art
Photography and Related Media, University at Albany, State University of New York
Fall 1998 - Spring 1999
Assistant Professor of Art and Design
Purdue University Department of Visual and Performing Arts, West Lafayette, Indiana
Fall 1997 - Spring 1998
Visiting Assistant Professor
Purdue University Department of Visual and Performing Arts, West Lafayette, Indiana
Fall 1994 - Spring 1997
Instructor, Photography
The Cooper Union School of Art, New York, New York
OTHER PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Fall 2016 - Spring 2019
Faculty Liaison
Teagle Foundation, Teaching and Learning with Museum Exhibitions: An Inter-Institutional Approach
ARTWORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York
University Art Museum, University at Albany, Albany, New York
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Panelist, Reflections on the Teagle Project, with Mimi Hellman of Skidmore College, Katherine Alcauskas of Hamilton College, Elizabeth Marlowe of Colgate University, and Rachel Seligman of the Tang Teaching Museum, June 21, 2019. Published in 2020 by the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College. https://issuu.com/tangteachingmuseum/docs/teaching-learning-with-museum-exhibitions
Presenter, Illuminate Something Invisible, Object Lessons Panel, Teaching & Learning with Museum Exhibitions—Innovations Across the Disciplines conference at Skidmore College, June 22, 2019. Published in 2020 by the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College. https://issuu.com/tangteachingmuseum/docs/teaching-learning-with-museum-exhibitions
Presenter and Panelist: Future Perfect: Picturing the Anthropocene, Anthropocene Now! Ecology, Ethics, Politics Conference, University at Albany, April 21, 2018. Co-presenters: Jane Bennett, Gregg Lambert, Joshua Bartlett, Caitlin Scheufler Maccio, Sarah Giragosian.
Presenter/Panelist—Homeland: Borders and Boundaries, Mid-Atlantic & Northeast Joint Conference, Society for Photographic Education, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY, November 3, 2007. Co-presenters/panelists: Trevor Paglen, Hasan Elahi, Jill Magid.
Presenter/Panelist—Who’s Guarding the Guards?, Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY. Keynote address: Trevor Paglen, April 14, 2007.
Panelist, Technology Across the Disciplines: A Roundtable Discussion, 2004 Humanitech Conference, University at Albany, April 23, 2004.
INVITED LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, AND CURATORIAL PROJECTS
Photography is Dead. Long Live Photography! Veracity in the Age of the Post-Photographic (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Google Ground View), University at Buffalo, SUNY, Department of Art, Buffalo, NY, October 25, 2021.
An Evening With Danny Goodwin, Collarworks Radio Podcast, October 12, 2021.
The Growing Industry of Homeland Security, with Danny Goodwin and Edward Schwarzschild, Podcast, University at Albany, September 12, 2019. https://ualbanynewspodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/the-growing-industry-of-homeland-security-with-danny-goodwin-and-ed-schwarzschild
Juror, Looking Real/Really Looking, Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, Woodstock, NY, September 2018.
Moderator, Panel Discussion: The Instagram Aesthetic – How is social media changing the art of photography?, Opalka Gallery, Sage College, Albany, NY, April 21, 2018
Presenter and Panelist: Collard Greens: Dinner Conversation with Participating Artists, Collar Works Gallery, Troy, NY, April 13, 2018
Presenter and Moderator, Panel Discussion: This Place: Teaching and Learning with Museum Exhibitions: An Inter Institutional Approach, University Art Museum, UAlbany, Albany, NY, April 3, 2018
Artist Lecture: Photography is Dead. Long Live Photography! Veracity in the Age of the Post-Photographic (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Google Image Search, Standish Library, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY, February 28, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOUB_yTtRa0
Co-Juror with Tara Fracalossi, 39th Annual Photography Regional Select, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY, March 17 – April 21, 2017.
Visiting Artist, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY, March 19, 2017.
Artist Lecture: Begin the End: Picturing the Anthropocene, LABspace Gallery, Hillsdale, NY, Janurary 7, 2017.
Co-Curator, Future Perfect: Picturing the Anthropocene, University Art Museum, University at Albany, SUNY, July – December 2016.
Visiting Critic, MA/MS/PhD Architecture Program, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Department of Art, Troy, NY, October 26, 2016.
Presenter: TEDx Schenectady, Schenectady County Public Library, Schenectady, NY, September 10, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdvYfqbvUOE&t=3s
Visiting Critic, MFA/PhD Oral Defense, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Department of Art, Troy, NY, May 15, 2016.Top of Form
Bottom of Form
Danny Goodwin and The Grid, AHA! A House for Arts, WMHT, October 1, 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWaFk_44DHk&t=5s
Curator, 33rd Annual Photography Regional, Opalka Gallery, Sage College, Albany, NY, March 12 – April 22, 2012.
Essayist, along with Ken Johnson, Exhibition Catalog, After School Special: the 2011 Alumni Show, University Art Museum, University at Albany, SUNY, October 14, 2011.
Visiting Artist, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, PRC, February 20 – 25, 2011.
Visiting Artist, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, PRC, June 20 – July 4, 2009.
Juror, IMAGES 2009 Photography Show, Shoreline Arts Alliance, Guilford, CT, Feb. 2, 2008.
Juror, BUILT: Albany’s Architecture Through Artists’ Eyes, Historic Albany Foundation, Nov. 8, 2008.
Visiting Artist—Lecture and Studio Critiques, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, April 24, 2006.
Juror, Senior Exhibition, Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY, April 5, 2006.
Visiting Artist—Lecture and Studio Critiques, Visual Research Laboratory, School of Fine and Performing Arts, SUNY New Paltz, March 6, 2006.
Visiting Artist/Panelist: NYFA Fellows Panel Discussion and Studio Visits, Hunter College MFA Program, New York, NY, December 3, 2005.
Visiting Artist, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, October 24, 2005.
Exhibits Committee Member, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY, 2005 – 2007.
Performance: Counterintelligence: Watching the Watchers, Digital Expression, Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, University at Albany, Tuesday, March 30, 2004.
Presenter, Digital Expression, Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, University at Albany, Tuesday, March 23, 2004.
Visiting Artist—lecture and graduate student portfolio review, Visual Research Laboratory, MFA Program, School of Fine and Performing Arts, SUNY New Paltz, March 29, 2004.
Distinguished Guest Juror, 2003 Capstone Prize, EMAC Program, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York.
Moderator, The Politics of Media: Culture Jammers, Hackers, Hacktivists, and Other Encounters between Art, Media, and Technology, with Mark Dery and Dr. McKenzie Wark, Art and Culture Talks Inaugural Series, University Art Museum, University at Albany, April 10, 2003.
Panelist, Interdisciplinary Faculty Seminar: “HumaniTech 101,” PAC Recital Hall, University at Albany, February 5, 2003. Paper and Powerpoint presentation given: “Keeping it Real: Photographic Veracity in the Age of the Post Photographic.”
Panelist, Sights, Sites and Insights: A Prism into the Arts and Sciences, October 25, 2002, PAC Recital Hall, University at Albany. Paper and Powerpoint presentation given: “Photographic Veracity in the Age of the Post-Photographic.”
Consulting for Dallas Morning News, Technology Section, on emerging digital camera technology, 2001-2003.
Photographic and digital retouching work and consulting for 911-World Trade Center/Fresh Kills exhibition, New York State Museum, November 2002.
Gallery Talk and Artists Panel, Perrella Gallery, Fulton Montgomery Community College, November 21, 2002.
Co-Curator (with Zheng Hu): WORK, University Art Museum, University at Albany, February-March 2001.
Artist Interview and Tea, Albany Center Galleries, New York, February 2001
Panelist, Searching the Criminal Body: Art, Science and Prejudice, Moderated by Susan Erony, University Art Museum, University at Albany, New York.
Multimedia: Best Practices, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, University at Albany, New York, February 6, 2001.
Visiting Artist Lecture/Multimedia Presentation: CounterIntelligence, University of North Texas School of Visual Arts, Denton, Texas, April 2000.
Visiting Artist Lecture/Multimedia Presentation: CounterIntelligence, Koussevitsky Art Gallery, Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, April 24, 2000.
Visiting Artist Lecture/Multimedia Presentation: CounterIntelligence, Cooper Union School of Art, New York, New York, February 2000.
Visiting Artist Lecture/Multimedia Presentation: CounterIntelligence, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, May 1999.
TEACHING
Courses Offered and Curriculum Development
UFSP 100 Freshman Seminar: Why Museums Matter: Co-Designed and Team-Taught with Edward Schwarzschild (Director of Creative Writing Program, English Dept.) and Corinna Schaming (Director and Chief Curator, University Art Museum), Fall 2019 & Fall 2020.
ART 144 Fundamentals of Photography and Related Media: Introduced Fall 2016 as Foundation requirement for all 36- and 60-credit Studio Art Majors. Designed curriculum and oversee three Graduate Teaching Assistants serving as Instructors of Record each semester. Note: this course updated, due to COVID-19, to be offered completely online Spring and Summer of 2020.
ART 244 Introduction to Contemporary Darkroom Practices: Revised curriculum (previously Beginning Photography) in Fall 2016 to focus on post-digital darkroom practice and theory. Supervise adjunct instructor teaching each semester.
ART 250 Introduction to Digital Media: Designed curriculum and supervise adjunct faculty teaching course each semester.
ART 383 History and Practice of Video Art I: Revised curriculum and oversee adjunct faculty teaching course each Fall semester.
ART 384 History and Practice of Video Art II: Revised curriculum and oversee adjunct faculty teaching course each Spring semester.
ART 344 Intermediate Photography and Related Media: Designed curriculum and supervise adjunct faculty teaching course each Fall semester.
ART 350 Intermediate Digital Media: Designed curriculum and supervise adjunct faculty teaching course each Fall semester.
ART 444 Advanced Photography and Related Media: Designed curriculum and teach as shared resource with ART 544 most Spring semesters.
ART 298 Race, Love, and Labor in Photography: Designed curriculum and taught in conjunction with exhibition curated by Sarah Lewis, Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture and African and African-American studies at Harvard University, at University Art Museum, Spring 2016.
ART 298 Future Perfect: Picturing the Anthropocene: Designed curriculum and taught in conjunction with exhibition co-curated with Corinna Ripps Schaming at University Art Museum, Fall 2016.
ART 446/697/ENG 488/517 This Place: Writing and Photography: Co-designed curriculum and team-taught with Edward Schwarzschild of Department of English, in conjunction with exhibition at University Art Museum, Spring 2018. Supported by grant from the Teagle Foundation.
ART 446/544/ENG 517 Writing and Photography: Sports, Promise, and Selfhood: Co-designed curriculum and team-taught with Edward Schwarzschild of Department of English, in conjunction with exhibition at University Art Museum, Fall 2019.
ART 446/697/ENG 488/517 The Art of Security Work: Co-designed curriculum and team-taught with Edward Schwarzschild of Department of English, in conjunction with proposed co-curated exhibition at University Art Museum, tentatively planned for Fall 2022.
ART 450 Advanced Digital Media: Designed curriculum and supervise adjunct faculty teaching course each Spring semester.
ART 490 Internship in Studio Art: Supervise multiple internships each semester.
ART 544 Graduate Photography and Related Media: Designed curriculum and teach as shared resource with ART 444 most Spring semesters.
ART 555 Combined Media Studio Seminar: Designed curriculum and teach each Fall semester.
ART 550, 551A & B, 644 A & B, 651 A & B, 744 A & B, 785: Graduate Tutorials: One-on-one tutorial meetings with approx. 12 MFA and MA students each semester.
ART 745 MFA Exhibition Thesis Project: Re-designed curriculum and teach each Spring semester since Fall 2018.
Masters Students Supervised
Thesis Supervisor and Primary Mentor:
Sara Griffith, MFA 2025
Malak Mirabzadeh, MFA 2025
Alison Bachorik, MFA 2024
Adrianna Oropello, MFA 2024
Star Herrera, MFA 2023
Jess Stapf, MFA 2023
Tara Holmes, MFA 2022
Sara Alonge, MFA 2022
Robin DuPlessis, MFA 2022
Paul Sunday, MFA 2021
Maxwell Goodknight, MFA 2020
Anthony Jackson, MFA 2020
Bob DiBono, MA 2020
Tara Holmes, MA 2020
Andrea LaRose, MFA 2019
Owen Barensfeld, MFA 2018
Vanessa Mastronardi, 2018
Kyle Contestibile, MFA 2017
Sean Corcoran, MA 2017
Kyle Avery, MFA 2016
Ryan Clow, MFA 2016
Jason VanStaveren, MFA 2015
Eric Lainson, MFA 2015
Katria Foster, MFA 2014
Julie Pamkowski, MFA 2014
Shotaro Nakano, MFA 2013
James Gartner, MA 2013
Julie Casper Roth, MFA 2012
Marilee Sousie, MFA 2012
Jelena Opacic, MFA 2011
John Yost, MFA 2011
Aryn Zev, MFA 2009
Ray Felix, MFA 2008
Jason Martinez, MFA 2008
Justin Baker, MFA 2007
C. Ryder Cooley, MA 2006
Amanda Ervin, MFA 2005
Ken Ragsdale, MFA 2005
Christopher Cassidy, MFA 2004
Scott Zimmer, MA 2004
Awards Students Received
Drea LaRose, College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished MFA Thesis Award, UAlbany, 2019
Drea LaRose, Judy Brust and Terri Cosma Boor Fellowship, UAlbany, 2019
Vanessa Mastronardi, Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture, International Sculpture Center, 2018
Owen Barensfeld, MFA Departmental Commendation, UAlbany, 2018
Shotaro Nakano, College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished MFA Thesis Award, UAlbany, 2013
Julie Casper Roth, “Memories of the March” grant, WMHT via PBS, 2013
Julie Casper Roth, Professional Development Fellowship, College Art Association, 2012
Julie Casper Roth, Graduate Student Organization Travel Grant, UAlbany, 2012
Julie Casper Roth, Graduate Student Organization Research Grant, UAlbany, 2011
Jelena Opacic, MFA Departmental Commendation, UAlbany, 2011
Mentoring/Advising
Academic Advisor for 14 Undergraduate Studio Art Majors, annually.
Academic Advisor for 27 Graduate Students in Studio Art, annually.
Supervisor for 2 – 6 Undergraduate Internships, annually.
SERVICE
Department Service
Chair, Department of Art and Art History. Elected. (2023 - Present)
Director, Studio Art Program and Liaison to Department Chair. Elected. (2017 – 2023)
Head, Photography and Related Media. Appointed. (2007 - Present)
Faculty Advisor, Graduate Program (MFA/MA). Elected. (January 2014 - Present)
Member, Visiting Artist Committee. Elected. (2007 - Present)
Chair, Search Committee, Visiting Assistant Professor in Sculpture. Appointed. (Spring 2020)
Faculty Advisor/Liaison, University in the High School. Elected. (August 2013 – August 2018)
Graduate Program Director (MFA/MA). Elected. (Fall 2018 – Fall 2019 and Fall 2013 - Spring 2014)
Co-Chair, Studio Program Foundations Curriculum Committee. Elected. (Fall 2014 – Spring 2016)
Chair, Committee for Promotion and Continuing Appointment (Associate Professor) for Adam Frelin. (2011)
Chair, Committee for Promotion and Continuing Appointment (Associate Professor) for Leona Christie. (2009)
Chair, Committee for Promotion to Full Professor for Sarah Cohen. (2008)
Chair, Department of Art and Art History. Elected. (2007 – 2012)
Chair, Website Committee. Elected. (2007 - Present)
UUP Department Representative. Elected. (August 2013 - May 2015)
Member, Department of Art and Art History. Appointed. (January 2007 - August 2012)
Chair, Luna Database Project Committee. Elected. (2007 - 2012)
Member, Search Committee, Assistant Professor in Sculpture, Appointed. (Spring 2006)
Member, Search Committee, Assistant Professor in Printmaking, Appointed. (Spring 2003)
College Service
Co-Chair, College of Arts and Sciences Self-Study. Appointed, (January 2024 - Present)
Co-Chair and Photographer, CAS25 Anniversary Committee. Appointed. (April 2018 – October 2018)
Member, CAS Faculty Council. Elected. (August 2014 - August 2016)
Member, Search Committee: CAS Webmaster/Designer. Appointed. (August 2014 - January 2015)
Chair, Arts Alliance (Art, Music, Theatre depts., & Museum). Volunteer. (2007 - 2014)
Member, Council of Chairs. Elected. (2007 - 2012)
Member, Documentary Studies Steering Committee. Volunteer. (2006 - 2012)
University Service
Member, Selection Committee, Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching. Appointed. (Spring 2020)
Juror, Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. Appointed. (February 2011 - Present)
Member, Search Committee, University Museum Designer. Volunteer. (June 2018 - August 2018)
Guest Speaker, Explore UAlbany. Appointed. (January 2012 - January 2018)
Guest Speaker, Presenter, Prospective Student Open Houses. Volunteer. (January 2007 – January 2018)
Member, Strategic Plan Committee. Appointed. (September 16, 2016 - January 2017)
https://www.albany.edu/strategicplan/index.shtml
Co-Convener, Strategic Plan “Futuring” Paper. Appointed. (September 2, 2016 - October 7, 2016)
My colleague in History/Documentary Studies, Sheila Curran-Bernard, and I co-authored a White Paper at the behest of the Acting President on "The Role of the Arts and Humanities in a Public Research University".
Member, Search Committee, University Art Museum Director. Volunteer. (August 2016 - January 2017)
Member, Dialogue in Action Committee. Appointed. (January 2014 - January 2016)
Committee to investigate diversity issues campus-wide.
Member, University Senate, Undergraduate Academic Council, Curriculum and Honors Committee. Elected. (August 2014 - December 2015)
Member, Selection Committee for the 2015 President’s Awards for Exemplary Public Engagement. Elected. (January 7, 2015 - May 2015)
Member, Presidential Public Engagement Council. Appointed. (March 2013 - January 2015)
Member, Strategic Plan Implementation Committee. Appointed. (January 2012 - January 2014)
Member, Council on Research. Elected. (2008 - 2012)
Member, FRAP A Sub-committee
Member, Excellence in Research and Creative Activities Sub-Committee
Member, UDID/LUNA Steering Committee. Elected. (2007 - 2012)
Faculty Mentor, Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day. Volunteer. (2007 - 2012)
Task Force Member, Graduate Education Task Force of Strategic Plan Committee. Appointed. (March 2010 - May 2010)
Committee Co-Chair, Stakeholders Sub-Committee, Strategic Plan. Appointed. (December 2009 - January 2010)
Co-Chair with Scott Tennenbaum
Member, Strategic Plan Committee. Appointed. (August 2009 - May 2010)
Member, Going Forward Plan. Volunteer. (2008 - January 12, 2009)
Member, Middlestates Subcommittee on Institutional Resources. Appointed. (2008 - 2009)