Education:

 Sir John Cass School of Art, London, England. Spring 1984
 
 

Experience:

• October 1998 - Present

Program Director, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
 
 
• September 1994 - Present

Freelance Internet/WWW Consultant and Designer, Chicago, IL
 
 
• September 1992 - Present

Project Director, "The File Room", WWW
 
 
• January 1992 - July 1998

Exhibitions Director, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
Responsible for coordinating all visual arts activities in two programming areas (group exhibitions and artists projects).
 
 
• January 1995 - December 1996

Internet Instructor, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
Teaching monthly courses in Introduction to the Internet and HTML Design.
 
 
• November 1987 - October 1991

Gallery Coordinator, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
 
 
• July 1991 - November 1991

Company Administrator, Judy Dworin Performance Ensemble, Hartford, CT
• August 1987 - December 1990

Marketing Director, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
 
 
• September 1988 - December 1990

Teaching Assistant in Modern Art History, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
 
 
• Summer 1989 - December 1991

Freelance Design/Typesetting, Hartford, CT
 
 
• May 1987 - August 1987

Public Relations Assistant, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT

Other Professional Activities:

• 1998
• Presenter, "Censorship on the WWW," Censorship in Europe conference, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• 1997
• Juror, Evanston Ethnic Arts Festival, IL
• 1996
• Installation Coordinator, "The File Room," Un-Freiden (Discord) exhibition, Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany
• Presenter/Panelist, Total Museum Conference, Art Institute of Chicago, IL
• Presenter/Panelist, "Censorship and the Internet," Chicago Coalition for Information Access Conference, Columbia College, Chicago, IL.
• Exhibiting Artist, "Handprints," (a collaborative Web project with Maria Roussos), Untitled exhibition, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL.
• Installation Coordinator, "The File Room," L'Espaces Interactifs d'Europe exhibition, Art El, Pavillon de Bercy, Paris, France
• Juror, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, CAAP Grant
• Installation Coordinator, "The File Room," Centre d'Art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain
• Lecture, "Arts Research on the WWW," Arts Administration Program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
• 1995
• Installation Coordinator, "The File Room," Biennale de Lyon, France
• Lecturer, "Electronic 'Zines," Video Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
• Writer, "Art on the WWW," Chicago Artists Coalition Newsletter, December 1995
• Presenter, "The File Room," ISEA 95, Montreal, Canada
• Lecturer, "The File Room," V2, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• Presenter, "The File Room," Ars Electronica 95, Linz, Austria
• Juror, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, CAAP Grant Program
• 1994
• Panelist, "Marketing to a Gay and Lesbian Audience," Midwest Museums Conference, Chicago, IL
• Lecturer, "Art on the Internet," Soros Centre for Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania
• Lecturer, "Randolph Street Gallery's Public Projects," U.S. Cultural Centre, Bucharest, Romania
• Juror, "0101010101" Exhibition, Soros Centre , Bucharest, Romania
• Presenter, "The File Room," MedienBiennale 94, Leipzig, Germany
• Awardee, Chicago Artists International Program travel grant
• Juror, Hokin Student Center Exhibition, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
• Juror, Palmer Square Arts Festival, Chicago, IL
• Juror, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, CAAP Grant Program
• 1993
• Awardee, Project Development Residency, "The File Room," Banff Centre for the Arts, Manitoba, Canada
• Panelist, "Artists' Opportunities," School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
• Panelist, "Promoting Your Art," Columbia College, Chicago, IL
• Juror, Annual Student Exhibition, Chicago Academy for the Arts, IL
• 1992
• Lecturer, "Re-Imagining America," Jones College, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Affiliations:

• September 1993 - September 1995

Founding Member, Gay and Lesbian Cultural Workers, Chicago, IL
 
 
• June 1992 - December 1995

Member, Chicago Committee for Day Without Art
 
 
• January 1988 - November 1991

Co-Chair, Alternatives: Hartford's Gay and Lesbian Cultural Organization, Hartford, CT
 
 
• September 1990 - November 1991

Founding Member, ACT-UP/Hartford, CT

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