VR's Resume

Education
Professional experience
Selected exhibitions
Lectures
Papers published
Selected publications
Selected video
Collections


Resume- Thomas Vernon Reed, August 1997

Education (present to past):

9/96- present , University of Texas at Austin
Graduate Student (MA) in Interactive Multimedia- Dept. of Radio, Television, Film

9/95 - 5/96, University of Texas at Austin:
Undergraduate Student in Interactive Multimedia- Dept. of Radio, Television, Film

9/93 - 5/95, University of Texas at Austin:
Studying Computer Science- Computer Sciences Department

9/91 - 5/93, Austin Community College:
Studying Mathematics

9/66 - 12/71, University of Texas at Austin:
BA in Psychology- Psychology Department

Professional experience:

1/72 - present Self-employed artist and designer

Professional Societies:

International Interactive Communications Society (IICS)

Selected exhibitions:

-1993
'Jewelry Invitational', Muckenthaler Art Center, Fullerton CA
-1992
'Computer Art Invitational', Name that Toon Gallery, Portland OR
-1991
'Data Dada: Emerging Art Forms', Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore
-1990
'Computer Art and Electronic Media', E. Washington Univ., Cheny WA
'Computer Art Invitational&', N. Michigan Univ., Marquette MI
-1989
'Craft Today USA', Musee des Arts Decoratifs (Louvre), Paris; traveling
to museums throughout Europe for three years
'Beyond Craft: A Celebration of Creativity', Visual Arts Museum, NYC NY
-1988
'Metal Invitational', Pritam and Eanes Gallery, East Hampton NY
'Group Show', Elaine Potter Gallery, San Francisco CA
-1987
'SCAN Computer Art Show', Small Computers in the Arts Conference,
Philadelphia PA
'Technology and Metalsmithing Invitational', Tyler School of Art,
Philadelphia PA
-1986
'Looking at Earth', Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Washington DC
'The Artist and the Computer', Louisville Art Gallery, Louisville KY
'Poetry of the Physical', American Craft Museum, NYC NY
-1985
'SIGGRAPH Computer Art Show', SIGGRAPH conference, San Francisco CA,
traveling in Japan
'American Jewelry Now', American Craft Museum, NYC NY, traveling to
museums throughout Asia
'Computer Art', McAllen International Museum, McAllen TX
-1984
'Contemporary Jewellery- the Americas, Australia, Europe and Japan', the
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto and Tokyo, Japan
'Jewelry USA', American Craft Museum, NYC NY
-1983
'The Computer and its Influence on Art and Design', U of Nebraska, Lincoln NE
'Electronic Jewelry', California State College, San Bernardino, CA

Lectures:

-1990
The Second Int'l Symposium on Electronic Art, Gronigen, Netherlands
3 lectures at Danish colleges, sponsored by the Danish telephone company
The National Computer Graphics Association Conference, Anaheim CA
-1989
Parsons School of Design, NYC NY
The Pratt Institute, NYC NY
-1988
The American Craft Council SE Regional Conference, Tuscaloosa AL
-1987
Technology and Metalsmithing Symposium, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia PA
Symposium on Small Computers in the Arts, Philadelphia PA
-1986
Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference, Flagstaff AZ
American Craft Conference Forum, San Francisco CA
-1984
Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia PA
SW Texas State University, San Marcos TX

Papers published:

-1992
'Information Age Jewelry', Jewelry/Metalwork Survey, David LaPlantz, Editor
-1990
'Cybernetic Jewelry: Algorithmic Ornament', Proceedings of the 1990 National
Computer Graphics Association Conference
-1988
'Cybernetic Jewelry: Ornament for the Information Age', 'The Visual Computer'
magazine, June 1988
-1987
'Beyond Hardware: Jewelry for a Brave New World', 'Ornament' magazine,
summer 1987
'Cybernetic Jewelry: Wearable Microsystems', Proceedings of the Symposium on
Small Computers in the Arts
-1986
'Cybernetic Jewelry: a Systems Approach', Society of North American Goldsmiths

Selected Publications:

'Art of the Electronic Age', Frank Popper, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1993, NYC
'Mondo 2000', winter 1991
'Humanistike Data' (Norway), 2/90
'Axis' (Japan), winter 1990
'MacWorld', 8/89
'Leonardo', fall 1988
'Smithsonian', 11/87
'CRAFT ART: A Collector's Guide', Barbara Mayer, Perigrine Smith Books, 1987, NYC
'Memphis: Objects, Furniture and Patterns', Richard Horn, Running Press, 1985,
Philadelphia PA

Selected Video:

'Hand and Eye (All that Glistens)', CBC Network (Canada), 1984, The Discovery Channel
(USA), 1988
'PM Magazine', ABC Network, 1982

Collections:

US Sprint Corporation
MacDonalds Corporation of Canada
Gallery RA, Amsterdam
Various private collections