Education:
2004 Master of Fine Art in Photography/Animation, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, University of Georgia, Athens
Teaching Experience:
2010 Game Level Design, Assistant Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Media Intergraded/Interact, Assistant Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2009 Special Effects (VFX) and Simulations, Assistant Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Arts, Cleveland, OH
Video Game Production, Assistant Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art &
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Intro Game Design, Assistant Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Game Level Design, Assistant Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Media Intergraded/Interact, Assistant Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2008 Special Effects (VFX) and Simulations, Assistant Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Video Game Production, Assistant Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art &
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Intro Game Design, Assistant Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Intro to Video Game Design, Assistant Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Technology & Integrated Media, Assistant Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Intro 3D Modeling, Assistant Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2007 Intro to Video Game Design, Assistant Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Video Game Production, Assistant Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art &
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Digital I Foundation, Assistant Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Advanced Video Game Design, Assistant Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Web Design Intergraded Media, Assistant Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Integrated Media, Environmental Elective, Assistant Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2006 Intro to Video Game Design, Assistant Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Video Game Production, Assistant Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art &
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Digital II Foundation, Assistant Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Arts, Cleveland, OH
Advanced Video Game Design, Visiting Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Web Design Intergraded Media, Visiting Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Digital I Foundation, Visiting Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2005 Intro to Video Game Design, Assistant Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Video Game Production, Assistant Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Art &
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Digital II Foundation, Visiting Professor, The Cleveland Institute of Arts, Cleveland, OH
Advanced Digital Imagery, Adjunct Professor, Westwood College, Chicago, IL
Advance Web Design, Adjunct Professor, Westwood College, Chicago, IL
2004 Video Game Design, Adjunct Professor, Westwood College, Chicago, IL
Colour I, Teaching Assistant for Jean Marie Casbarian, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2003 Beginning Photography, Teaching Assistant for Catherine Gass, The School of the Art of Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Large Format photo class, Teaching Assistant for Lewis Toby, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2002 Beginning Photography, Teaching Assistant for Claire Pentecost, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Administrative Experience:
Present - 2007 Head of Contract and Benefits for Faculty, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Present - 2006 Head/Coordinator Game Design Majors, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Present - 2006 Event Coordinator For T.I.M.E, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Present - 2005 Game Club Advisor (IGDA), Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
2007-2009 Wrote Game Design Curriculum for NASAD, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
2007-2009 Assisted Animation, Bio Medical Arts and Illustration Curriculum, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
2006 - Interim Chair MFA-Digital Arts, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
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Solo Exhibitions:
2010 *Upcoming* Ulfors Museum of Arts, Famlia,
2008 Thomas Robertello Gallery, Nowheresville, Collaboration Project Troy Richards, Chicago, IL
2007 38 Park Row @ City Hall, Ripon Video Game Installation 3, Collaboration Project Troy Richards, New York, NY
Thomas Robertello Gallery, Ripon Prototype Installation, Collaboration Project Troy Richards, Chicago, IL
2003 Arts Atrium Gallery, Time and Youth, Union College, New York, NY
2002 Grillby Hallen, Tid, Kungsagen, Sweden
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Selected Group Exhibitions:
2009 Reinberger Galleries, Faculty Art Show, Cleveland, OH
Aveal Hall, “Video Dags”, Gotherborg, Sweden
Lofta IOIO, Mitt I det, Stockholm, Sweden
2008 Reinberger Galleries, Faculty Art Show, Cleveland, OH
2007 Poland Contemporary Museum of Art, “Factory of Man'’ Collaboration Project Bruce Checefsky, Warsaw, Poland
England Machine Festival, “Factory of Man'’ Collaboration Project Bruce Checefsky, London, England
Ingenuity Festival, Ripon Video Game Demo, Collaboration Project, Troy Richards, Cleveland, OH
McDonough Art Museum, The End(s) of Photography: Modeling the Photographic, Youngstown, OH
2006 Reinberger Galleries, Faculty Art Show, Cleveland, OH
Ingenuity Festival, Ripon, Cleveland, OH
Thomas Robertello Gallery, Opening Night, Chicago, IL
2005 Reinberger Galleries, Faculty Art Show, Cleveland, OH
Jet Artworks Gallery, Go Figure, Washington, DC
International Video Art, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jet Artworks Gallery, Portraits, Washington, DC
2004 Project30, October Online, New York, New York, NY
Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Relative: Photographing Domesticity, Athens, GA
Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Dialogue, Lauret, MA
Leroy Neiman Gallery, New York, NY
MFA thesis show, G2 Gallery, Chicago, IL
John Sommers Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM
2003 Ax3 Galerie, Vida-Nördlich, Lisbon, Portugal
High Risk Gallery, Global Transmissions, Chicago, IL
Ge’ 1, Afe, Paris, France
Temple Gallery, Oculus Photo Folio, Philadelphia, PA
Gallery 312, Number 10 Tanqueray. Chicago, IL
Big Orbit Gallery, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2003 Union Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
John Sommers Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM
2002 Blue Sky, Twelve Artist, Athens, GA
2001 BFA Exit Photography Show, Untitled, Athens, GA
Nuci Space, Two-Person Show, Athens, GA
Oconee County Library, Watkinsville, GA
2000 Quality Warehouse, Athens, GA
1997 Student Photography Show, Athens, Gallery 303, Invited Exhibitor, Honorable Mention, Statesboro, GA
1996 Student Photography Show, Athens, Gallery 303, Invited Exhibitor, Honorable Mention, Statesboro, GA
1996 112 Galleries, Group Exhibitor, Augusta, GA
1995 Student Photography Show, Athens, Gallery 303, Invited Exhibitor, Statesboro, GA
Juried Exhibitions:
2002 Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show, Juried by Lisa Dennison, Chief
Curator Guggenheim Museum, Cambridge, MA
Fraser Gallery, International Photography Competition, Bethesda, MD
2001 Lyndon House Art Center, 26 Annual Juried Show, Athens, GA
Roswell Photographic Juried Show, Third Place and Honorable, Roswell, GA
2000 Student Photography Show, Best of Show, Athens, GA
Roswell Photographic, Juried Show, Honorable Mention, Roswell, GA
Publications/Reviews:
2009 Game Culture, Katrina Solvo,
2008 This Explains a lot, Kristin Gehring, Chicago Journal, Chicago, IL
Get Cultured, Chicago Sun Times, Weekend Warrior, Chicago, IL
See Art Exhibits, Justin Sondak, Centerstage Must, Chicago, IL
Nowheresville, Alicia Eler, Timeout Chicago, Chicago, IL
A Mad Pursuit, Jason Founmberg, New City Chicago, Chicago, IL
Knut Hybinette and Troy Richards, Patricia Courson, Flavorpill, New York, NY
Nowheresville, Drain Magazine, Art Projects, Chicago, IL
2007 Woman in Game Production, Sandra Guy, Society of Women Engineers Magazine, Cleveland, OH
Game Art: Ripon, Matteo Bittanti, videoludica.com
Ripon of Game Art Installation, Natasha Chuk, New Media Fix, London, Great Britain
Ripon by Knut Hybinette and Troy Richards, Natasha Chuk, Natasha Chuk, Rhizome.org
2006 Local Students work at play as video-game developers, Henry J. Gomez, Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH
2005 Knut Hybinette at Jet Artworks, Jeff Blum, DC Photo Scene, Washington, DC, Washinton, DC
Spitting Images, Washington Post, Jessica Dawson, Washington, DC
School of Art Institute of Chicago, Graduate Catalog, Chicago, IL
Contextures, Published by Anne Wright Art Gallery, Georgetown, KY
2004 An Artist, California State University of Dominguez, by Dr. Jeanne Curran
2003 Swedish Photographers who Practices Aboard, by Anile Melin, Published by xpressen
Interviewed, Union College Photography, Schenectady, NY
“Tanqueray No. ten Night Life Chicago” (Catalog) Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
Oculus Photo Folio, Philadelphia, PA
Number 10 Tanqueray, Exhibition Catalog
2002 Young Photographers to Watch, by Mary Jessica Hammes, Published Athens Banner-Herald Nov
SPE, Southern Regional Newsletter, Jan
2001 Flagpole, Athens, GA, 01 Nov
1997 George Anne, Georgia Southern Publication, Statesboro GA
1994-2001 Enkoping-Posten, Enköping, Sweden
Grants/Fellowships/Awards:
2009 Flower Grant, Game Developer Conference, Cleveland Institute of Arts, Cleveland, OH
2007 Recognition award from Senator Bill Harris and Senator Shirley A. Smith of OHIO for Ripon Video Game, Columbus, OH
Faculty Development Grant, Cleveland Institute of Arts, Cleveland, OH
Ohio Arts Council Grant for Individual Excellence, Collaboration with Troy Richards, Ripon Video Game, Columbus, OH
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Collaboration with Troy Richards, Residency, Ripon Video Game, New York, NY
Flower Grant, Game Developer Conference, Cleveland Institute of Arts, Cleveland, OH
Ingenuity, Ripon 2, Cleveland, OH
2006 Flower Grant, Game Developer Conference, Cleveland Institute of Arts, Cleveland, OH
Ingenuity, Game Design Education, Cleveland, OH
Ingenuity, Ripon, Cleveland, OH
2004 National Photography Graduate Seminar, Columbia University, NY
Enköping Grant
2003 Tanqueray Rising Artists Grant
2001 Juror for Student Photography Show, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. 2001
Golden Key Member, University of Georgia
1996 Leadership and Service Award: Georgia Southern University
1992 Christopher Parkening, Classical Guitarist, Donation
Gallery Representations:
Ulfors Museum of Arts, Ulfors, Sweden
Thomas Rebortella Gallery, Chicago, IL
Jet Artworks Gallery, Washington, DC
Professional Activities and Lectures:
2010 *Upcoming Siggraph National Conference, Technical Papers Reviewer, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Siggraph Asia, Gallery Juror, Yokoham, Japan
2007 - 2009 Radio Host, Game Design and World of Art, Cleveland, OH
2007 PBS/WVIZ, Careers in Digital Art and Gaming, Cleveland, OH
2006 SLATE Conference, Game Production a New Ways of Teaching, Chicago, IL
Future Center, Ripon the Video Game, Cleveland, OH
New Media Consortium (NMC.org), New Virtual Worlds, Cleveland, OH
Guest Lecture, Game Level Design, Case Western University, Cleveland, OH
2005 Autism Gaming, Cleveland Institute of Arts, Cleveland, OH
2004 National Photography Graduate Seminar, Columbia University, New York, NY
Visiting Artist, Colour Class I, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2003 Visiting Artist, Illinois Emerging Artists, Arlington Heights, IL
2001 Invited Lecture, Beginning Photography Class, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Professional Experience:
2009 - Currently, Triple A Game Designer, Level Design/VFX/Tech Artist Sony/EA/Microsoft, World Wide
2006 - Currently, Game Master (GM), World of Warcraft, Denver, CO
2000 - Currently, Freelance Game Designer in Game Industry s, Cleveland, OH
2005 - Currently, Network Security, International
2004 Video Game Designer, Intercreative Design , Chicago, IL
Digital Darkroom setup and installation, for Irene Siegel, Chicago, IL
Curator installation, G2, MFA show, Chicago, IL
2002 Photographer for University of Georgia MFA 2002 Poster, Athens, GA
2002 - 1996 VC, Computer Tech and Art Editor, Atlanta, GA
2001 - Current Freelance Web Designer, Photographer and Videographer, World Wide
2000 Lab Photo Assistant, Internship, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
1997 Photographer Georgia Tech, Robotics Lab, Atlanta, GA
1996 Representative of Wire Service of Scandinavian Photographer, Olympics
1996-1994 Enköping Posten, Staff Photographer; Enköping, Sweden
1993 - 2001 Wedding Photographer; World Wide
1992 - 2001 ScanTrade Inc., Staff, Atlanta, GA
1992 - 1995 Professional tennis Player, Rank in the World
1990 - 1992 Tennis Coach, Youth and Professional Levels, Sweden and USA
1990 Air Unit Builder, Stratos, Enköping Sweden, GA
Volunteer:
2001 - 2002 Friend Sponsor for Holmgard Retirement Home, Enköping, Sweden
2000 Computer Science Tutor: Help with Basic C++ Programming and Web Design, Athens, GA
1999 Homework Tutor for Elementary Students, Statesboro, GA
1988 - 1999 Camp Consular, Organized Art projects and Taught Music, Langholmen, Sweden
Ulfors
Permanent Collections:
2005 Thomas Dupuis & Jean-Louis Haguenauer
2003 Tanqueray, No. Ten, New York
2001 Ullfors Museum, Ullfors, Sweden
Affiliations:
Present - 2004 International Game Developers Association
Present - 2004 College Art Association
Present - 2004 New Media Consortium
Present - 2003 National ACM Siggraph
Present - 2001 Society of Photographic Education
1994 - 1996 National Press Photographers Association
VFX/Special Effects Skills:
Multipass Compositing Nuke, Pulling Keys, Mixing CG elements with Live action plates S, Plate, Reconstruction, 2D Tracking, Paint Fixes Photoshop, Procedural Painting, Wire Removal, Rig Removal, Cosmetic Enhancements, Color Correcting, Rotoscoping
Game Design Skills:
-7 years in Game Industry
-Production Leader and educator on Pre Production and Post Production
-Level Design in various game engines, Unreal, Gamebyro, Crytek and more
-Scripting and Coding various computer languages for tech art
- 3D Modeling High Res, LOD, Normal mapping and more
-Lighting and Rendering
-Creating Character Animation and Rigid animation
-VFX art content, fire, fluids, particles, Explosions, Rigid Physics
and other upon request
Photographic Skills:
Large Format, Medium Format, 35 mm Format, Large format Digital Back, Medium format
Digital, Dye-Sublimation, Colour, Toning, Bleaching, Drum Scanning, Ortho Print, Pinhole,
Ambrotype Process, Cyan Process, Daguerreotype, Film Recorder, Polaroid and Polaroid
Transfer, 10 Years of Studio Lighting, and other upon request
Video Skills:
Movie Matching, Independent Director/Producer Technical Direction, live single- and multi-camera online shoots linear & nonlinear editing Synthesis/compositing, Stereoscopic video, compositing for web and broadcast, beta, 8mm, compositing for web broadcast and other upon request…
Traditional Art Skills:
2D Painting and Drawing, block, pigment watercolor, Oil, Old Master techniques and modern methods, manufacturing own pigment, acrylic, acrylic, minor electronic work, graphic design techniques and advertising, color theory, environmental artworks and other upon request
Computer Skills:
Software Fluent:
Game Engines: Unreal, Torque (TGE, TGEA TGB), Renderware, 3D Game Studio, and Game Maker
Warhammer, and other upon request…
3D Software: Maya, 3D Max, Lightwave, XSI, ZBRUSH, Mudbox and and other upon request
Artificial Intelligence Software: Massive, AI Implant and Endorphin
Motion Tracking: Boujou, PF Track, Syntheye
Video Editing Software: Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, Media 100, After Effects Avid Xpress Pro
Compositing Software: Combustion, Toxik, Flame and Nuke
Web Publishing: Dreamweaver, Macromedia Flash, 3D Swift,
Adobe Golive, and other upon request
Digital Software: Adobe Photoshop, GIMP
Other Software: Combustion, Motion Builder, Shake, Max/MSP/Jitter, Digidesign Protools, Studio Pro,
Epson Large format printers, Toast, DVD Studio Pro, DVD Studio
Pro, and other upon request
Computer Languages: Basic, Basica, C++, C#, Java JavaScript, HTML, MEL, Torque Script, Lula and other upon request
Languages Fluent:
Fluent in: Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish
Other Skills and Hobbies:
Swedish Cooking, Exotic Sauces, Neo French/Belgium style cooking
Gardening, Venus Fly Traps and other Gardening
Learning Fake Languages
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