Artist Resume
Education
2014-2016: MFA student in Art Practice - class of 2016, Stanford University, CA
(The James Williams Borrelli Fellowship in Art)
2009-2013: MA in Digital Media, University of the Arts Bremen, DE
2004-2008: BA in Design and Decorative Art, National University of Art Bucharest, RO
Awards/Grants/Fellowships
2015: Murphy Fellowship in film and video art offered by The San Francisco Foundation
2010: Soroptimist International for Europe scholarship
Teaching
01/2016 - 03/2016: Primary Instructor, Introduction to Video compositing, undergraduate level, Stanford University, CA, one academic quarter
- self-designed syllabus
- planning and delivering well-structured lectures
- planning and organizing the use of external sources (green screen room)
- managing resources
- leading engaging and motivating class discussions
- students learned how to use DSLR cameras, green screen room, video compositing techniques and how to use them in the video art context
2014-2016: Teaching Assistant for various Art Studio classes, Stanford University, CA, one academic quarter for each
- Digital Art I, Ecology of Materials, Drawing I, Plein Air Painting Now, Sulptural Screens
Internships and workshops
2013: Internship in Media Design at eventfive GmbH, Bremen, DE, 6 months
- Realized videos, website design, presentation sheets
- Conceptualizing videos or motion products
2011: Transistor workshop in 3D stereoscopic film post-production, Prague, CZ, 1 week
2010: Fraunhofer Institute, Summer school, TheoPrax project, Bremen, DE, 1 month
- Co-director and project manager
Selected screenings and group shows
2016:
Stanford Art Gallery: my only heroes are phenomena, thesis show, Stanford CA, 1 month
Pacific Art League of Palo Alto: Science, Technology and the Future of Art, Palo Alto, CA, 1 month
Encounters: Portraits and Identity, Embark Gallery San Francisco, CA 1 month
2015:
SOMArts presents The Annual Murphy & Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, 1 month
Hi5, Thesis show, Thomas Walton Gallery, Stanford University, CA, 2 months
Currents New Media Festival, Santa Fe, NM, (screening), one day
2014:
Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (composer Constantin Basica), Stanford University, CA, (performance/screening), one night
2013:
InnerSound International Festival for New Arts Bucharest (composer Diana Simon), RO (screening/live performance), one night
2011:
International Competition for Live Electronics organized by the European Conference of Promoters of New Music in Hamburg, Germany (composer Constantin Basica) (performance) one night
Next Generation Festival at the Center for New Media Technologies (ZKM) Karlsruhe, Germany, network performance (composer Constantin Basica), one night
2010:
DM4HB - Architectural video mapping on the Weserburg Museum Bremen (group project), DE, 3 nights
Projection in public space near Central Station in Bremen, Germany (collaboration with Ray Tzeng), Bremen, DE, (interactive screening), one night
2008:
Thesis Show, Constantin Brancusi Hall, Parliament House, Bucharest, RO (mural art), 1 month
© 2016 Simona Fitcal