| CINTHEA FISS P. O. BOX 917 SILVER
PLUME, CO 80476 |
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| EDUCATION |
1995-1996
Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York |
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EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2009 | ||
| Punks on Film (video screening), San Francisco Public Library Sally_remiX collaboration with Sally Webster |
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| Mutants LIVE at Warhol Live! (video screening), Koret Auditorium DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA |
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| Collective Nouns, Center for Visual Arts, Denver, CO | ||
| Metro Biennial,
mscd faculty exhibition, Emmanuel Gallery Denver, CO |
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| 2008 | ||
| Mutant_Party (video screening), Pioneers of Punk Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA |
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Louder, Faster, Punk in Performance (video screening), |
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| Metro Biennial,
mscd faculty exhibition, Emmanuel Gallery Denver, CO |
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| 2007 | ||
| Womanizer
(video screening),Deitch Projects, New York, NY Sally_remiX (Insect Lounge 1978) collaboration with Sally Webster |
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| Dirk Fest,
Slim's, San Francisco, CA (video screening) Dirk_remiX, collaboration with Fritz Fox |
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| Collective Nouns, Center for Visual Arts, Denver, CO | ||
| 2006 | ||
| Tribute
to Russ Meyer: I_Love_Mutants (video screening) Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA |
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Underplayed:
A Mix-Tape of Music-Based Videos, |
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| Metro Biennial,
mscd faculty exhibition, Emmanuel Gallery Denver, CO |
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| 2005 | ||
| Isola
Virtuale, La Biennale di Venezia Visual Arts 2005, |
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| Don’t
Avert Your Eyes, Netherworld Café, Denver, CO |
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| Back to Back, Center for Visual Arts, Denver, CO | ||
| 2004 | ||
| Anxiety
and Desire, Center for Visual Arts, Denver, CO |
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| The Educated Eye, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO | ||
| In
the Center of Things, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ |
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| UCD Faculty Exhibition, Marriott Courtyard, Denver, CO | ||
| 2003 | ||
| This Year's Model, Cordell Taylor Galery, Denver, CO | ||
| 2002 | ||
| Basel International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland | ||
| eGRRRLZ go eMAD, Victoria Myhren Gallery, University of Denver | ||
| 2000 | ||
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| Faculty Portfolio, University of Denver, Colorado, installation of Muscle_Beach | ||
| 1999 | ||
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| 1998 | ||
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| 1997 | ||
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| Chelsea Jam, (w/ Fritz Fox) Community Hudson Art Guild, New York, NY | ||
| Art Program for the Oldsmar City Hall, organized by the USF CAM, Oldsmar, FL | ||
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| 1996 | ||
| Joint
Ventures, Basilico Fine Arts, New York, NY |
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| Working Histories, Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, CA | ||
| Casual
Encounters With Strangers Whitney Museum of American Art ISP Open Studios, New York, NY |
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| Buck Stop: Pro-Vanities in the Bathroom, with Kelly Hashimoto, Spot Gallery, NYC, NY | ||
Deadly Responses:Murder and Suicide by Women, Longwood Arts Gallery, Bronx, NY curated by Betti-Sue Hertz |
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| Faculty Exhibition, Contemporary Art Museum, The University of South Florida, Tampa, FL | ||
| Lovefest, Spot Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Kelly Hashimoto | ||
| 1995 | ||
| Heartbeat of America/Ceasing Operations , Access Tucson, Arizona | ||
| 1994 | ||
| Pump, Side Street Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo exhibition) | ||
| All In a Day’s Work, L.A. Freewaves, AFI National Video Festival, Los Angeles | ||
| Faculty Exhibition, University Art Museum, The University of Arizona, Tucson | ||
| 1993 | ||
| From Whose Viewpoint?, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA | ||
| Breakdown, Cyberspace at EZTV, Los Angeles | ||
| Fellowship Exhibition, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University | ||
| Tradesecrets, Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA | ||
| Some Photographs: 32 Penises, L-Shaped Gallery, Valencia, CA | ||
| Show of Force/I Will Be Your Eyes, American Film Institute National Video Festival, AFI, LA | ||
| 1992 | ||
| Breaking Barriers: Revisualizing the Urban Landscape, Santa Monica Museum of Art, CA | ||
| Towers of Extinction, Lime Gallery, California Institute of the Arts | ||
| Some Federal Reserve Notes, Old Federal Reserve Bank, Foundation For Art Resources, LA, CA | ||
| 1991 | ||
| Six American Photographers, Sunny Gate Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan | ||
| 1990 | ||
| Curator: Women Artists At Work, Eye Gallery, San Francisco, CA | ||
| Visual Exchange, Helen Lindhurst Galleries, Los Angeles, CA | ||
| Behind the Orange Curtain, U. C. Irvine, CA | ||
| Visual Exchange, DA Gallery, Pomona, CA | ||
| 1989 | ||
| Honorable Mention: Annual Juried Show, Los Angeles Center for Photography | ||
| 1988-89 | ||
| Affiliate Artist: Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA | ||
| 1987 | ||
| Juried Photographics, Phinney Center, Seattle, WA | ||
| 1986 | ||
| 33rd Annual: Photography, Richmond Art Center, CA | ||
| Bay Guardian Photography Exhibition, Climate Gallery, San Francisco, CA | ||
| Fifth Anniversary Members' Show, Eye Gallery, S.F., CA |
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| Maine Photographic Workshops, Annual Show, Puck Building, NYC, NY | ||
| 1985 | ||
| SNAP!
Photography'85, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco,
CA Purchase Award |
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| Second Annual 94110 Show, Eye Gallery, San Francisco, CA | ||
| 1984 | ||
| Sixth
Annual Bay Guardian Photography Exhibition, 20 x 20 Gallery, San Francisco, CA Honorable Mentions |
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| Sabre 620 Series, Eye Gallery, San Francisco, CA | ||
| Performance Above Capital Tires, San Francisco, CA | ||
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| PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS | ||
| 2003 | Cordell Taylor Gallery, Denver Colorado, Artist’s Talk | |
| 2001 | Second
Annual Comparative Literature Colloquium, University of Denver |
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| 2000 | College
Art Association, New York, NY panel presentation: Deborah Willis, panel chair Society for Literature and Science, Atlanta Georgia, Panel Chair: Metro State College, Denver, CO, Artist Presentation |
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| 1998 | California
Institute of the Arts, Visiting Artist Presentation California State University, Chico, “From Representation to Interactivity” University of Rhode Island, Artist Presentation Bard College, New York, Artist Presentation DePauw University, Indiana, Artist Presentation University of Denver, Colorado, Artist Presentation Mid Atlantic College Arts Association, Lexington, KY, panel presentation |
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| 1997 | ISEA97,
International Society of Electronic Media, Chicago, IL, |
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| 1996 | University
of Northern Iowa, Artist Presentation University of South Florida, Artist Presentation Oberlin College, Artist PresentationJ |
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| 1995 | Gallery
Lecture, Center For Creative Photography, “Outside the Realm of the
Possible: Realisms, Feminisms, and Ruth Thorne Thomsen” |
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| 1994 | Jersey City State College, Artist Presentation | |
| PUBLISHED WRITINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS |
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| exposure:
39:1 Society for Photographic Education, 2006 Magic Wand II, Addison Wesley, 1998 “How I Made an Electronic Media Area at the University of South Florida,” ISEA 97 Proceedings Journal “Implications of Recent Radical Technological Changes, an analysis”, American Photography Institute Journal, NYU 1996 "pump", Rethinking Marxism, a journal of economics, culture, and society, vol. 7, no. 4, 1995 exposure, 29.2/3 Sex Wars: Photography on the Front Lines, Deborah Bright, ed., 1995 Withinsight: Visual Territories of Thirty Artists, Chris Bruce and Kathleen Shields, 1995 California Institute of the Arts 25th Anniversary CD ROM, 1995 Women and Work, Maureen Michaelson, ed., New Sage Press, OR 1987 and reprinted 1994 “Water in the West” and “Abigail Solomon Godeau Goes to Coney Island” with Susan Otto in American Photography Institute Journal, NYU, Christopher Phillips, ed., 1993 Project X, Extreme Research, Ellen Birrell, ed., Los Angeles, CA 1993 Honey Cakes for Cerebus, Art Press, Los Angeles, CA 1993 Fuse-ola Magazine, Los Angeles, CA 1992 Tradeswomen Magazine, San Francisco, CA 1985-88 |
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| REVIEWS OF MY WORK | ||
| Paglia,
Michael, “Psyched
Out”, Westword, Jan 6, 2005 (illus.) Paglia, Michael, “This Year’s Model”, Westword, My 22- 28, 2003 (illus.) Thomas, Irene Middleman, “Contemporary Art in the Denver Gallery Scene”, Frontier Magazine, May – June 2003 (illus.) Chandler, Mary Voelz, “Gallery Has Gone to Pop”, Rocky Mountain News, May 16, 2003 Cotter, Holland “Transparent Architecture”, New York Times, July 7, 2000 Giffin, Glenn, “Cyber Side Effects: ‘Electronic Easel' Assesses The Impact”, The Denver Post, July 20, 2000, Page: E-05 Cotter, Holland “Transparent Architecture”, New York Times, July 7, 2000 Mishra, Vaishalee, “Vanity Fair: CU Electronic Art Show Explores The Relationship Between Art And Technology”,Westword, Denver, CO June 8, 2000 Gluckstern, J. , “Shaping Us: Artists Exhibit Elements Of The Human __ And Prehuman __ Form”, Daily Camera, Boulder, CO, July 9, 2000 , Page: 3d Zuckerman, Dianne, “Bodies Of Work: Exhibits Explore The Human Form”,The Denver Post Friday, June 23, 2000, Page: F-28 Chandler,
May Voelz, “’Colorado 2000’ Duality Raises Questions”,
Rocky Mountain News, (illus.) Netsky, Ron, “A reversal of roles: the ‘female gaze’”, The City, Rochester, June 10, 1998 (illus.) vanMeenen, Karen “The Female Gaze: Women Look at Men” Pyramid Newsletter, June 1998 Goff, Brian, WTVT Eyewitness News, CBS affiliate, Tampa, Florida (illus.) Campbell, Julia “Banned art has Oldsmar revisiting its nudity policy” The Times, Jan 9, 1997 (illus.) Beall, Suzanne Benton, “What Is Art, Anyway?” The Greater Oldsmar News, February 1997, page 1 Schwartz,
Mark S. “Controversial shirtless men photographs exhibited at City
Hall” Suncoast News, Bertino,
Marlene “Life ...as a lesson plan” Oracle 10/18/96, p. 7 |
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| FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS | ||
| 2000 | Women’s Library Fund, University of Denver | |
| 1999 | Rosenberry
Fund, Division of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Denver
Internationalization Grant, University of Denver Faculty Research Grant Award, University of Denver |
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| 1997 | University
of South Florida Technology Research Grant, College of Fine Arts University of South Florida International Travel Award |
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| 1996 | University of South Florida Sponsored Research Grant | |
| 1994 | WESTAF
Regional National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artist Fellowship in New Genres |
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| 1994-1995 | California
Arts Council Artist in Residency, Artist in Special Constituency Sixth Street Photography Workshop, San Francisco |
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| 1994 | Bay Area Video Coalition Artist Equipment Access Award | |
| 1993 | American
Photography Institute National Graduate Fellowship California Institute of the Arts Dean's Project Grant |
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| 1992 | Ahmanson Project Grant | |
| 1992-1993 | Technicolor Scholarship Award | |
| 1990 | American
Association of University Women Fellowship |
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| 1985 | San Francisco Art Commission Purchase Award |
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| WORK EXPERIENCE | ||
| 2003 - present | Visiting
Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Photography Program |
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| 2003 - 2004 | Honorarium
Instructor University of Colorado, Denver |
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| 1998-2003 | Assistant
Professor, Electronic Media Arts Design School of Art and Art History, University of Denver |
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| 1996-1998 | Assistant
Professor, Electronic and Time Based Media, Department of Art, College of Fine Arts, University of South Florida, Tampa |
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| 1995-1996 | Co-Director,
Internet Agency, Artists’ Web-site design firm, New York, NY clients included: Sally Jessy Raphael |
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| 1994-1995 | Visiting
Professor, Photography Program, Department of Art, The University of Arizona, Tucson |
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| 1993-1994 | Teacher,
Artist in Residence, Sixth Street Photography Workshop, San Francisco, CA
Stationary Engineer, City and County of San Francisco Public Libraries Member: International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 39 |
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| 1993 | Teaching
Assistant for Allan Sekula, California Institute of the Arts Visual Semiotics and Graduate Seminar in Photography: Modernism, Photography and the Body Art Instructor, William Grant Still Art Center, City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department Intern, Department of History, Los Angeles Public Library, Photography Collection |
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| 1992 | Teaching
Assistant for Andrea Liss, California Institute of the Arts Genders, Genres, and Other Contemporary Dramas and Stolen Glances: Workshop in Feminisms Teaching Assistant for Kaucyila Brooke, California Institute of the Arts Narrative Photography Stationary Engineer, DeYoung and Asian Art Museums, San Francisco, CA |
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| 1989-1990 | Studio Assistant, Mitchell Syrop, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1988-1989 | Facilities Manager, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA | |
| RELATED EXPERIENCE | ||
| 2003-present | Chair, Production Committee, Silver Plume Community Video Documentary Project | |
| 2002-2004 | Vice Chair and Secretary, Society for Photographic Education Southwest Regional | |
| 1998 | Visiting Artist, California Institute of the Arts | |
| 1997 | Juror, Hillsborough County K-12 Film and Video Annual Competition | |
| 1995 | Assistant
Director, American Photography Institute National Graduate Seminar, NYU Juror, Center for Creative Photography, Southern Arizona Young Photographers Juried Exhibition |
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| 1994 | Production
Committee, Teenage Living Room, with Suzanne Lacy, Teens+Education+Art+Media, Oakland, CA |
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| 1993 | Visiting Artist, Graduate Seminar, Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design, L.A. | |
| 1982-1986 | Stationary Engineers Local 39 Apprenticeship San Francisco, Ca | |
| 1983-1992 | Member,
Tradeswomen, Inc., Curated Video and Photography Exhibitions at Video Free America, San Francisco, CA |
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| 1984-1989 | Curator, Board of Directors, Eye Gallery, San Francisco | |
| PUBLIC COLLECTIONS | ||
| Getty Center Archives, Los Angeles, CA | ||
| Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ | ||
| Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, CA | ||
| San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA | ||