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academia: Electronic Media Arts Design (eMAD), School of Art & Art History, Digital Media Studies, University of Denver, 2121 E. Asbury Ave, Denver, CO 80208
residence/studio: P.O. Box 7048, Crescent Branch, Coal Creek Canyon, Golden, CO 80403-0100
phone: (office) 303.871.3279, (studio) 303.642.7782, (fax) 303.871.4112
e-mail: tweaver2@du.edu
web: http://www.du.edu/~tweaver2, http://lab.biotica.org, http://www.primamateria.org
http://tweaver.biotica.org
e d u c a t i o n a l c r e d e n t i a l s
University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, M.F.A., 1993, Sculpture
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, M.S., Environmental Engineering, 1978, B.S., Microbiology, 1976
c h r o n o l o g y o f e x p e r i e n c e
2009 - present, Associate Professor - Electronic Media Arts Design (eMAD), School of Art and Art History, Digital Media Studies, University of Denver, Denver, CO
2007 - 2009, Graduate Program Director, Digital Media Studies, University of Denver, Denver, CO
2003 - 2009, Assistant Professor - Electronic Media Arts Design (eMAD), School of Art and Art History, Digital Media Studies, University of Denver, Denver, CO
1988 - present, Independent Artist - Boulder/Golden, CO
2000 - 2002, Senior New Media Designer/Senior Project Scientist - the Mediasset Lab/CommercialWare, Denver, CO/Natick, MA
1999 - 2001, Visiting Faculty - University of Gävle, Creative Media Lab/Creative Programming, Gävle, Sweden
1998 - 2000, Senior New Media/Web Designer/Developer - Spatial Technology, Boulder, CO
1997 - 1998, Art Director/Web Designer/Webmaster - eCollege, Denver, CO
1993 - 95, Environmental Microbiologist – PTI Environmental, Boulder, CO
1990 - 91, 1993, 1996, Instructor - Department of Fine Arts, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO
1991 - 92, Research Scholar - Comisíon Fulbright, Quito, Ecuador
1989, Staff Artist - Colorado Fine Arts, Denver, CO
1984 - 88, Senior Research Associate - Synergen, Inc., Boulder, CO
1980 - 84, Research Microbiologist - Betz Laboratories, Inc., Trevose, PA & The Woodlands, TX
1978 - 80, Research Scientist, Environmental Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
p r o f e s s i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s
ACM-SIGGRAPH (1998-present)
College Art Association (1992-present)
International Digital Media Arts Association (2003-present)
Society for Literature, Science and the Arts (2003-present)
n e w m e d i a v e n u e s
2009
FILE (Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica) HIPERSÔNICA 2009, SESI Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
"EMBRACE!", Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
2008
“Light”, 11th SubtleTechnologies Festival 2008, Innis Town Hall, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
ArtTechMedia Cordoba-0.8, International Forum Screen Program: Artificial Life, Cordova, Spain
FILE (Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica) POA 2008, Santander Cultural, Porto Alegre, Brazil
ArtTechMedia 08, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
FILE (Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica) RIO 2008, Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2007
FILE (Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica) HIPERSÔNICA 2007, SESI Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
"Remote Orienteering", CNTL_ALT_DEL 2007-2008, Center for Advanced Music Studies (MIAM), Istanbul, Turkey
FILE (Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica) HIPERSÔNICA RIO 2007, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ArtTechMedia 07, 1st Internacional Congress ArtTechMedia, Ministry of Culture, Madrid, Spain
“Thinking the Multiple”, Liebling Center for Film, Photography, and Video, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
"Beauty and it's Discontents", University of Denver, Myhren Gallery, Denver, CO
2006
“microMacroCosm”, (collaboration w/ Trace Reddell), Universiteitstheater, Amsterdam, Netherlands
FILE (Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica) HIPERSÔNICA 2006, SESI Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
Korean Experimental Arts Festival 2006, Seoul, Korea
2005
New Forms Festival 05 - Ecologies, NFF 05 Cinema, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
transmediale.05, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
SeNEf 2005 - 6th Seoul Net Art & Film Festival, Seoul Art Cinema, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
MAF05 - Thailand New Media Arts Festival 2005, Alliance Francais, Bangkok, Thailand
“Personal Ecologies”, Sarai, the New Media Initiative, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, India
2004
FILE 2004 (Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica), SESI Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
3rd International Rest Cycling Art Festival, Backfabrik, Berlin, Germany
Machinista 2004, International Arts and Technology Festival, Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow, Scotland
“In House”, Faculty Triennial, Myhren Gallery, University of Denver, Denver, CO
2003
Arte Digital Rosario, 2003 muestra 01, Santa Fe, Argentina
IMMA Net.Art Open, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Third Place Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2001
FILE 2001 (Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica), Museu da Imagem e do Som, São Paulo, & Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Boston Cyberarts Festival, Liteshow, MIT- List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
European Media Art Festival 2001, Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabrück, Germany
Rhizome Artbase, international new media arts archive
SIGGRAPH '99 Art Gallery: technOasis, US Tour:, Ewing, NJ
2000
d>art 00, webprogram, City Exhibition Space, Sydney, Australia
Darklight Digital Film and New Media Festival, Straylight, Dublin, Ireland
The 7th New York Digital Salon (NYDS-7) - European Tour: Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain, Palacio de Santa Cruza, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
“Electronic Easel", CU Art Galleries, Boulder, CO
1999
SIGGRAPH '99 Art Gallery: technOasis, LA, CA & US Tour: Santa Monica College of Art Gallery, LA, CA, Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito, CA, Mississippi State University, Dept. of Art, Miss. State, MS
The 7th New York Digital Salon (NYDS-7), School for Visual Arts, NYC, NY
s o l o e x h i b i t i o n s (installations)
2009
"Campephilus", College of Santa Fe, MOV-iN Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1996
"Familia/cognoscere", National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center Galleries, Bethesda, MD
1995
"Naciendo en los Bosques/Being Born in the Forest", Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno, Cuenca, Ecuador
1993
"Diversions of Empire", Edge Gallery, Denver, CO
"Art in the Time of Cholera", CU Art Galleries, Boulder, CO
g r o u p e x h i b i t i o n s & c o l l a b o r a t i o n s (select)
1997
"Man of the Forest: Human Interactions with Endangered Species", (collaboration with the International Orangutan Foundation), Aalta Gallery, Denver, CO, Norlin Library, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO (invitational)
"1997 Colorado Council on the Arts Artist Fellowship Awards Outreach Tour", Cherry Creek Arts, Festival, Denver, CO, Colorado State Fine Arts Pavilion, Pueblo, CO, Grand Junction Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO
1996
"Recent Work and Collaborations", IDA Gallery, Centre for the Fine Arts, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"Beyond Fear: Reflections on Water and Health Projects in the Ixil Triangle", (with The Aesthetic Recovery Project), Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO
"Families <<>> Communities", Southern Ute Cultural Center Museum, San Ignacio, CO, Norlin Library, University of Colorado at Boulder
1995
"Obras de la Coleccion Permanente", Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno, Cuenca, Ecuador
1994
"Birdmania", Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO
"Erasures and Exclusions", Pirate; A Contemporary Art Oasis, Denver, CO
"Pirate Invitational", Pirate; A Contemporary Art Oasis, Denver, CO
1993
"15 Years of Art in Public Places", Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
1991
"Claremont Exchange Show" , Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA (invitational)
"Connelly, Hubeggar, Uhlman, Villareal, & Weaver", Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO
"People Transforming Places Transforming People", UMC Fine Art Gallery, Boulder, CO
"The No Show", Boulder Artists' Gallery, Boulder, CO
1990
"Colorado Sculpture", Bass Performing Arts Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (invitational)
"Alternative Arts Alliance Show", The Ice House, Denver, CO
"Art for Refugees", Rocky Mountain Peace Center, Boulder, CO
"Outsider Show", Pirate; A Contemporary Art Oasis, Denver, CO
1989
"Social Commentary", CORE New Art Space, Denver, CO
"Outsider Show", Pirate; A Contemporary Art Oasis, Denver, CO
"Show 2", UMC Fine Art Gallery, Boulder, CO
1988
"Sculpture in the Park”, Boulder Arts Center, Boulder, CO
v i s i t i n g a r t i s t l e c t u r e s & r e s i d e n c i e s
College of Santa Fe, Moving Image Arts, Santa Fe, NM, 2009
University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Art & Art History, Boulder, CO, 2008
Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Colegio de Comunicación y Artes Contemporáneas, Quito/Cumbaya, Ecuador, 2006
University of Pittsburgh, Studio Arts Department, Pittsburgh, PA, 2005
HiG/University of Gävle, Creative Media Lab/Creative Programming, Gävle, Sweden, 1999, 2000
KTH/Swedish Royal Institute of Technology, Center for User-Oriented Interface Design,
Stockholm, Sweden, 1999
Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM, 1997
Universidad Central del Ecuador, Facultad de Artes, Quito, Ecuador, 1995
Universidad de Cuenca, Escuela de Arte Visual, Cuenca, Ecuador, 1992, 1995
Fundacíon Cultural Paul Rivet, Cuenca, Ecuador, 1992, 1995
University of Colorado at Denver/Metropolitan State College, Department of Fine Arts, Denver, CO, 1995
University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Fine Arts, Boulder, CO, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998
University of Texas at Austin, Department of Fine Arts, Austin, TX, 1990
c o n f e r e n c e l e c t u r e s / p r e s e n t a t i o n s / p u b l i c a t i o n s
2009
“Tools for Life Cinema,” FILE Symposium 2009 (Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica), SESI Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
2008
“Biological Narrative #7: Danaus”, 11th Subtle Technologies 2008, Symposium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
“Re-wiring the Biological Narrative: Telematic to Biophilia Connections”, Figurations of Knowledge, 5th Biannual European Conference of the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts, Center for Literary and Cultural Research, Berlin, Germany
2006
“Authoring the Biological Narrative” & “Artists’ Presentation: microMacroCosm”, Close Encounters: 4th European Biannual Conference of the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts (European SLSA), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
“Biomimetics: Emulation and Propagation in Post-traditional Ecologies”, chapter contribution to “Second Nature: Reproduction and the Artificial in Art, Science and New Media”, Rolf Hughes & Jenny Sunden, Editors, KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden (in press)
2005
“Authoring the Biological Narrative,” New Forms Festival 05 – Ecologies, NFF 05 Conference: “Eco Systems: Negotiating Natural, Cultural and Technological Systems in Post-traditional Ecology”, Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
“The Virtual City”, Panel Chair, 6th ELL Colloquium, University of Denver, Denver, CO
2004
“Biological Narrative 1 thru 5,” FILE Symposium 2004 (Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica), SESI Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
2003
"Spawning the Biological Narrative," Rethinking Space + Time Across Science, Literature and the Arts, 17th Conference of the Society for Literature and Science (SLS), Austin, TX
p r o f e s s i o n a l c o n t r i b u t i o n s
jury participation
2005
RTD Public Art Panelist, Denver, CO, University Light Rail Station
grant reviewing
1998, 1999, 2003
National Specialist Review, Mixed-media Art, Council for the International Exchange of Scholars, Fulbright Scholar Review, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2004-05 grant years
b i b I i o g r a p h y (exhibition pubIications & reviews)
2009
FILE 2009 (Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica), HIPERSÔNICA, exhibition catalogue, SESI Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
2008
Subtle Technologies 08 - Light, 11th Festival of Art and Science, exhibition, symposium, screening, performance catalogue, Subtle Technologies Festival, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2007
CNTL_ALT_DEL 2007-2008, compilation CD, "Opsin", Center for Advanced Music Studies (MIAM), Istanbul, Turkey
FILE 2007 (Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica), HIPERSÔNICA, exhibition catalogue, SESI Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
ArtTechMedia 07, exhibition catalogue, 1st International ArtTechMedia Congress , Ministery of Culture, Madrid, Spain
2006
FILE 2006 (Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica), HIPERSÔNICA, exhibition catalogue, SESI Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
2005
“BASICS”, exhibition catalogue, transmediale.05, Haus der Kulturen der Welt , Berlin, Germany
2004
FILE 2004 (Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica), exhibition catalogue, SESI Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
“In House”, exhibition catalogue, Faculty Triennial, Myhren Gallery, University of Denver, Denver, CO
2002
Internet Art & Digital Culture, published by Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica (FILE), Museu da Imagem e do Som, São Paulo, Brazil
2001
Rhizome Artbase, new media arts archive, www.rhizome.org, 2/2001
1999
"7th Annual New York Digital Salon", Leonardo, the Journal of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology, MIT Press, Vol.32, No. 5
"SIGGRAPH '99 Electronic Art and Animation Catalog", 26th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, LA, CA
"School of Visual Arts Hosts Seventh New York Digital Salon", SVA News, 10/99
"ArtsWire Web Reports, Open Home: Timothy Weaver", ArtsWire Current, April 20, 1999, Volume#8 No. #16, Judy Malloy, Editor
1996
"Families <<>>Communities", exhibition catalog, CU Art Galleries, Boulder, CO
"The Aesthetic Recovery Project", radio interview, June 4, 1996, Corriente!, KGNU, Boulder, CO
"Emerging from the Darkness", July, 1996, In the Now, Denver, CO
"Guatemalan Art Exhibit Strives to Bring Community Together", Volume XXII, Issue #23, June 5, 1996, La Voz Hispana de Colorado, Denver, CO
"Guatemalan Art Exhibit Strives to Unite Community", Hispania News, June 6, 1996, Denver, CO
1995
"Naciendo en los Bosques", television feature/interview, June 14, 1995, La Television,
TeleAmazonas, Quito, Ecuador
"Una Installacíon Contra la Amnesia", May 31, 1995, Hoy, Quito, Ecuador
"Artista-científico Norteamericano Inaugura Muestra Escultorica", May 15, 1995, Meridiano, Guayaquil, Ecuador
"Naciendo en los Bosques", television feature/interview, May 31, 1995, Las Noticias, TeleRamas, Cuenca, Ecuador
"Naciendo en los Bosques", radio interview, May 31, 1995, Enfoque en la Cultura, Cuenca, Ecuador
"Tim Weaver Expone en el Museo de Arte Moderno", May 31, 1995, El Mercurio, Cuenca,
Ecuador
r e s e a r c h g r a n t s
Wattis Foundation Internship for Zoology, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2008, 2009
Creative Arts Materials Fund, University of Denver, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Internationalization Small Grants Program, University of Denver, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Rosenberry Fund Award, University of Denver, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Professional Research Opportunities for Faculty Fund, University of Denver, 2006, 2009
Faculty Research Fund, University of Denver, 2005
International Project Grant, Neodata Endowment for the Arts and Humanities, 1993-94
Fulbright Research Scholar, Sculpture, Ecuador, 1991-92
i n s t r u c t i o n a l g r a n t s / f u n d i n g
Women’s Library Association Grant, University of Denver, Penrose Library, Digital Cinema Collection Acquisitions, 2008
DU Marsico Visiting Artists Program, School of Art & Art History, 2006, 2006-07, 2007-08
DU Marsico Visiting Scholars Program, DMS, (co-authored w/ Trace Reddell), 2005-06
DU AHSS Tech Fee Funding, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008
Baum Endowment for Electronic Art, 2004
h o n o r s a n d a w a r d s
creative (individual)
Individual Artist Fellowship, Mixed-media, Colorado Council on the Arts, 1997
Fulbright Research Scholar, Sculpture, Ecuador, 1991-92
Teaching Excellence Award, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1991
Magoon Award for Outstanding Teaching, Purdue University, 1978
technical (group)
IEEE Computer Society, Top 10 Software Products, 2000
CADence Magazine, Best New Technology, 1999
Silver Product of the Year, NASA TechBriefs, 1999-2000
c o l l e c t i o n s
institutional
Fundacíon Cultural Paul Rivet, Cuenca, Ecuador
Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno, Cuenca Ecuador
Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
Special Collections, Christchurch, New Zealand
University of California - Davis, Davis, CA
University of Colorado, Special Collections, Boulder, CO
University of Wales, School of Art, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
private
Miles & Jennifer Burnsed, Charlottesville, VA
Doug Graniero & Jennifer Ryan, Boulder, CO
Kimberly Free, Wilmington, NC
Ken Iwamasa, Boulder, CO
Delanie Jenkins & Andersen English, Pittsburgh, PA
Alexandra Kennedy Troya, Cuenca, Ecuador
Jaime Landivar, Cuenca, Ecuador
Angela McCormick, Boulder CO
E.J. Meade, Boulder, CO
James & Janice Redenbarger, Golden CO/San Francisco, CA
Carlos Runcie Tanaka, Lima, Peru
Melanie Yazzie, Erie, CO
p a t e n t s
Weaver, T.W., P.L. Friend, and W.K. Whitekettle,1988, Biochemical conversion processes, United States Patent #4,732,680, March 22, 1988
Weaver, T.W., P.L. Friend, and W.K. Whitekettle, 1986, Biochemical conversion processes, European Patent #86303284.3, June 17, 1986