EDUCATION

2015     MFA in Emerging Practices, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY         

2010     BFA with Distinction in Digital Arts, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

2009     BA in Digital Arts, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2016     Instructor, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH

 -19               Principles of Graphic Design, Digital Imaging, Graphic Design Thinking,

                     Time-based Graphic Design, Senior Seminar

2015     Instructor, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO

-16                Intro to Photography Fundamentals, Commercial Photography,

                     Vector + Bitmapped Graphics, Fall 2015 + Spring 2016 

2015     Instructor, Squeaky Wheel Film + Media Arts Center, Buffalo, NY

                      Tech Arts for Girls Summer Workshops

                     Just Buffalo Literary Center Media Workshops

2013     Graduate Teaching Fellow, SUNY University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

- 15                Instructor of record, Time-Based Strategies, Fall 2014 + Spring 2015

                      Instructor of record, Intro to Screen Printing, Fall 2013 + Spring 2014   

 

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE

2019    Director and Curator, The Neon Heater Art Gallery, Findlay, OH

2018    Co-Curator, Call to Action, AIGA Toledo, Toledo, OH

2015     Co-Curator, Student + Faculty Mentor Exhibition, Catapult Creative House, Cape Girardeau, MO

              Curator, Pony at the Super by Rachael Katz, Sugar City, Buffalo, NY

              Curator, Phantom Vibrations, UB Department of Art Lower Gallery, Buffalo, NY

              Editor, Art Graduate Catalog, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

2011     Curatorial Assistant to Mack McFarland, Feldman Gallery, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR

2010     Installation Assistant to Elizabeth Lamb, White Box Gallery, Portland, OR

 

EXHIBITIONS

2020    6th Annual New Media Exhibition, CICA Museum, South Korea (forthcoming)

2017    Remembery, curated by Elise Parisian, Chicago, IL

2015     Amid/In WNY, curated by John Massier, Kyle Butler, and Rebecca Wing, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center,                              Buffalo, NY

              Handle With Care, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Squeaky Wheel Film + Media Arts Center, Buffalo, NY

2014     And Now You Can Breathe, UB MFA 1st Year Show, Buffalo, NY

2013     Dear Elizabeth, UB Basement Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2011     Things I Have Looked Up On The Internet Because I Am A Hypochondriac, Em Space Books Arts Center Member                         Show, Portland, OR

2010     For Everyone I have Ever Trusted, White Box Gallery, U of O BFA, Portland, OR

               I Used To Think I Was Unique, But Then I Moved To Portland and Now All The Girls Look Like Me, Belle Isle                                   Conservatory, Detroit, MI

2009    Mingqi, Inspiration China curated by John Jay, White Box Gallery, Portland, OR

              Site: Siena, Laverne Krause Gallery, Eugene, OR

 

LIVE PERFORMANCES + SCREENINGS

2017    I Feel Your Opposition in This Light, And Gallery + Lease Agreement, Jackson, MS

2015     You Are In Nearly Every Future, Squeaky Wheel Film + Media Arts Center, Buffalo, NY

              Undark, play by Rachael Katz, Buffalo, NY

2014     Some Kindsa Love II, curated by John Massier, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY

              iCare, University at Buffalo Grad Open Studios, Buffalo, NY

              #LIZFACE, Hallwalls Artists & Models: True Defective, curated by John Massier, Buffalo, NY

2013     And Now You Can Breathe, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

              Let’s Do This Again, University at Buffalo Grad Open Studios, Buffalo, NY

2009    Act of Contrition, 10 La Lizza, Siena, Italy

              Examination of Conscience, BFA Fall Reviews, Portland, OR

 

COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS

2016     Disrupt/Connect, Catapult Creative House, Cape Girardeau, MO

2010     This is My Forest/This is Your Forest, The Fusion Lab, Portland, OR

             Copy Cat, John Ross Plaza Studio, Portland, OR

             I Took a Nap Instead of Thinking Conceptually, The Edge Gallery, Portland, OR

2009    Project Grandma, MR112 Gallery, Eugene, OR

2007    The White Box, Siena, Italy & Laverne Krause Gallery, Eugene, OR

 

LECTURES + PRESENTATIONS

2018     Panelist, SECAC Conference, Birmingham, AL

              Panel Organizer, Inclusive by Design in collaboration with AIGA Detroit, Ann Arbor, MI

2017     Panelist, FATE Conference, Kansas City, MO

2016     Artist Lecture, Catapult Creative House, Cape Girardeau, MO

2015     Artist Lecture, Squeaky Wheel Film + Media Arts Center, Buffalo, NY

2013     Here + Now, Media Artist Presenter, Squeaky Wheel Film + Media Arts Center, Buffalo, NY

2012     Invited Reviewer, University of Oregon, Portland, OR

2010    Guest Artist Lecturer, University of Oregon Portland, OR

             Commencement Speech, Digital Arts BFA, Portland, OR

             John Ross Gallery Artist Lecturer, Portland, OR

 

FELLOWSHIPS + GRANTS

2015     TECHNE Institute Master’s Thesis Project Grant, Buffalo, NY

2013     UB Visual Studies Graduate Teaching Fellow, SUNY University at Buffalo,

-15        Buffalo, NY

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

2017    Handle With Care, NOÖ Journal [17} (forthcoming)

             Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, “Amid/In WNY: A Regional Survey”, Buffalo, NY (forthcoming)

2015    Coyne, Mary “Handle With Care: A Digital Cont(r)act”, We Are What Grows Here No Longer, Buffalo, NY: University at                    Buffalo, pp. 42-46.

             Contemporary Performance Almanac 2015, New York, NY: Contemporary Performance, pp. 462-63.

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PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

2019     AIGA, Board of Directors, Co-President

2018     AIGA, Board of Directors, Diversity + Inclusion Chair

2016     AIGA, The Professional Organization for Design, Toledo Chapter

              Foundations in Art: Theory and Education (FATE)

2014     New Media Caucus