Angela Willcocks           Artist          Teaching         Graphic Design          Contact


EXHIBITIONS - solo
Museum
2002   Thraxpat        Site specific installation High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Ga.
           Elevator Installation reconfigured for entrance: 5,000 + hand cast, dyed and sewn magnetized objects
2001   Zoo-a morphology 2    Paintings International Surgical Museum, Chicago, Il.

Gallery
2008    Weathered Landscapes    Paintings/multimedia       Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.
2007    Precocious Puberty     Portable projections, radio transmission, video performance   Long Beach, Ca.
            Bang, bang    Multimedia interactive installation. Ruby Green Foundation, Nashvilel Ten.
2005    7 Deadly Sins   Multi media installation Arts Space Richmond Va
2004    More Bubbles   Paintings, Thomasville Cultural Center, Thomasville , Ga.
2003    Phattrax Site   Specific installation, Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery, Coker College, Sth Ca.
°           Blind Video   Site specific installation / multimedia VSA for the Arts, Atlanta Ga.
            In collaboration with visually impaired and blind community
°           Kelly's bubbles   Paintings, The Interfaith Center, New York, NY.
2002     Zoology    Paintings, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.
2001     Walldrawings     Site specific installation, Artemesia Chicago, Il.
°            Zoo 2     Paintings Ruby Green Foundation, Nashville, Tn.
°            Zoo a Morphology    Paintings, Callenwolde Arts Center, Atlanta, Ga.
2000     Zoo a Morphology   Site specific installation, Spaces Lab, Cleveland, Oh.
1998     New Paintings,    Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.
°            New Paintings,  Swanson Cralle Gallery Louisville, Ky.
°            Organic Expressions,   Paintings/sculptures, City Gallery East, Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Altanta, Ga.
1997     Works on Paper, Atlanta International Artist in residence Red Light Café, Atlanta Ga.

EXHIBITIONS - Select Group
2007    Pillow Talk Ruth Bachman Gallery Bergmont Station Los Angeles, CA.
2006    From Chinatown to China 6" x80" digital sticker Shengu Art Center, Nanjing, China
°           The ties that join us Site specific installation/animations Ruby Green Foundation, Nashville, Tenn.
2005    Select paintings,  Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, California
°           Anger / vanity 15 minutes of fameLong Beach CA
°           7 deadly sins - Women artists in Atlanta Animations Spurill Arts Center - Atlanta Ga
2004    Back from Spaces Lab, Site specific installation/animations, Spaces Lab, Cleveland, Oh.
°          Orange Alert, Site specific installation/anim . Mobile Museum of Contemporary Art, Mobile,Al.
°           Running Rampant Site, Specific installation, Fe Gallery, Pittsburgh , Pn.
°           Fresh Materials,  Site specific installation UICA Grand Rapids, Mi.
2003    Trapthax, Modular installation, Memphsis, Tn.
°           Schpubble, Multimedia installation, Artwalk, Lennox Mall, Atlanta, Ga.
2002    Georgia Triennal, 4 individual site specific installations, City Gallery East, Atlanta, Ga. Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Ga. Museum of Arts and Science, Macon Ga, Muesum of Art Albany Ga. curator - L. Shaw
°           Join the Dots Video animation, Ruby Green Foundation Nashville, Tn
°           Reconstructed memorial in war cards, Spurill Arts Center, Marietta, Ga.   Curator - Ben Apfelbaum
°           Foreign agenda_ international artists living in Atlanta Sun Trust Bank, Atlanta, Ga.
°           Unnatural Natural Beauty_Pop-a-derm, Installation, The Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta, Ga.
            Curator - Helena Rickett
°           Un/natural selection_genetic engineering, Installation Chastain Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.
2001    Georgia Biennial_Wall artery, Site specific installation, The Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta, Ga.
°           Hardware, animation, Eyedrum Atlanta, Ga.
°           Index_Self documentation into the 21st century City Gallery East, Atlanta, Ga.
2000    Great Southern Art, Royal Sydney Show, Sydney Australia
°           Outback Art, Inglewood, Queensland, Australia.
°           Hypnotic Post/ Contemporary Abstraction, Swan Coach House, Atlanta, Ga. Curator - Michael Pittari
1999     Collaborations - Index, Lamar Dodd University, - Beaumont, Tx.
°            Gee Gaw - Georgia Artists, Site specific installation, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, NC.
             curator - Jason Forrest
°           Woman's Place, Site specific installation Bear Brewery, Atlanta, Ga. curator-Jill Larson
°           Switch - alternate light, Site specific installation Eyedrum, Atlanta Ga. Curator-Woody Cornwell
°           Georgia Artists, Columbus Museum of Art Paintin Columbus, Ga.

RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2006     Scholarship   SECT 111 2006 TechnoSpheres : FutureS of Thinking , the Third Annual Seminar in
Experimental Critical Theory (SECT III),
2003     Individual Artist Grant Blind Video Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta Ga.   Multimedia installation in collaboration with the blind community and VSA
2001/4  Artist in Residence, The Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta, Ga.
2001     Individual Artists Grant,   Bureau of Cultural Affaors Hardware - experimental animation
°            Artist Residency Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Taos, NM.
1998      Artist in Residence, Pike County, Ga.
1995      Artstravaganza, Award winner, Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, Tn. Juror -Ms A. Carlouzzi

TALKS/CONFERENCES
2007     Panel _Food and technology, HOIT India_Home , community oriented ICT for the next Billion,  
°           Conference Paper_Blind video, Society for Disability Studies, Seattle Washington,            
°           Panel_food and technology, UC Darnet: UC Digital Arts Research Network, Technology, Consumer Culture and the BioPolitics of Food
2006     Digital animation: Presentation & demonstrationUniversity of Irvine Digital Animation
2003     Visiting Artist,   Memphsis Art Institute, Memphsis Tn.
°           Visiting Artist, Coker College, Hartsville SC
2002    A convocation _ unnatural beauty,   The Contemporary Arts Center Atlanta, Ga.
2001    Individual Artists lecture,  High Museum of Art Atlanta, Ga.
°           Artist talk / biennial,  The Contemporary Arts Center Atlanta, Ga.
1999    Panel - Art and the next millennium,   SECAC-South Eastern College Art Assoc.
°           Panel - Contemporary Painting,  The Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta, Ga.
°           Visiting Artist,  Winthrop University NC. - Gee gaw

ARTICLES
2004    Back from Spaces Lab, Spaces Gallery Cleveland, Oh. [brochure Sept]
°           Runnign Rampant, Scott Turri Dialogue Magazine June/July]
°           Pulp, Fibre Arts Magazine review [July]
°           Somantic:sculptural works of 5 contemporary artists, absolutearts.com [May]
°           Somantic, Art Papers Magazine review [p44 May]
2002     A pink invasion, Catherine Fox, Atlanta Journal Constitution [May]
°           Take a chance, Felicia Feaster Creative Loafing, Atlanta [May]
2001    Thraxpat, Carrie Prysbilla-curator Contemporary Art High Museum, Atlanta, Ga. [pamplet]
°           Art intended for the High elevator, Catherine Fox, Atlanta Journal Constitution [May]
°           Guts and Glory, Fred Camper Chicago Reader [Nov ]
°           A difficult beauty, Catherine Fox,  Atlanta Journal Constitution [Sept]
°           17 artists create an index to the world, Jerry Cullum, Atlanta Journal Constitution [Feb]
°           Me myself and eye, Catherine Byrd Creative Loafing, Atlanta [Mar]
2000     Whimisical paintings, murky intent, Catherine Fox, Atlanta Journal Constitution [Aug]
°           Fantasies and nightmares Catherine Fox Creative Loafing, Atlanta [April]
1999     A Woman's place, Catherine Byrd Creative Loafing, Atlanta [June]
1998     Controlled Chaos, Catherine Byrd, Creative Loafing, Atlanta [August]
°           Fine Arts takes the spotlight,  Victoria Gritton Leo Newspaper Louisville, Ky [feb]
1997     Head East,  Catherine Byrd,  Atlanta Journal Constitution [July]
°           Reverence vs. rowidiness,  Jason Forrest, Creative Loafing [July]
°          Contemporary beauty, Catherine Byrd Creative Loafing, Atlanta [May]                                            to top

 

GRAPHIC DESIGN                                                                                                                             to top
2006/7    Freelance design - Los Angeles, Ca.
°  Goldie eco-chic boutique - web and image design
°  5 eight   - Jewelry. Branding and packaging  
°   ACE Program , University of California, Irvine. Promotional Material

2005    Edge Design_accessories, Consultant - Design, colour management, product development Los Angeles, Ca.

1991/2003   Freelance design - Atlanta Georgia
°  Georgia Advocacy Office, Helene Wurlitzer, Rich's Massage Center, Provenance, Mindspring Enterprises, Covenant Community, LW Scientific Inc. American Photographic Society,
°  Small company branding
°  Web and print media designs
°  Product design: Microscopic camera interchangeable with hand held diagnosis apparatus medical equipment

1995/00     Temporary Computer Design and Typesetting
°  Mac temps, WPPS, Georgia State University
°  PageMaker, Quark Express, Photoshop, Adobe illustrator, Microsoft Word

1990/4   Traveled extensively
°  Hitched-hiked across New Zealand, Drove across the United   States
°  Designed Artists posters and t-shirts Mardi Gras, Louisiana promotions
°  Sailed boats up and down the coast of America and to Venezuela.
°  Travelled the South American water system from Venezuela to Bolivia
°  Travelled through South America. Central Americas and Mexico.

1987/90   Proprietor: Graphic Design Studio
All aspects studio graphic design for individual and corporate companies
°   Australian broadcasting Commission (ABC) , Australian Tourist Commission, Paul Blankett Marketing, Rabbit  Photo, Barwang Vineyards .....

1986/88   Art Director
°  Master Graphics
°  Organization, design and implementations of all areas of   a Design studio, concept through production to  the finished product

1982/85   Graphic Designer
°  Technical and Further Education Department, Sydney Australia
°  Australian Electronics Magazine, Sydney Australia
°  Lotus Computers London, England
°  Dick Smith Electronics, Sydney Australia

 

EDUCATION                                                                                                                                       to top
2007        MFA: ACE, Arts Computation and Engineering, University California Irvine, Ca.
1996        MFA: Drawing and Painting Georgia State University, Atlanta, Ga.
1985        BA: Visual Communications, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia

TEACHING
2007        PROFESSOR ADJUNCT
Long Beach State University, California
Art Department
°  Digital Arts 349

2004/7     PROFESSOR ADJUNCT
American Intercontinental University - Los Angeles, California
Visual Communication Department
°  Final portfolio, Photoshop 1, 2, Senior Design Project, Graphic Design 1,2,3. Flash, Multimedia, 2D design, Colour theory

2006        TEACHING ASSISTANT
University of California, Irvine, California
°  Multimedia 50 - an introduction to interactive New Media - syllabus and all teaching and grading no help from the professor    Flash, Dreamweaver
°  Photography   1- taught all the lab classes, research and grading for the professor   _  Adobe Photoshop

2003/4     PROFESSOR ADJUNCT
Kennesaw State University, Atlanta, Georgia
Department of Art and Design
°  Computer Applications in Art

1997/1999    PROFESSOR ADJUNCT
2001/2004    American Intercontinental University
Visual Communication / Design
°   Graphic Design 1,2,3,4,5, Portfolio, Typography, Art Direction, Illustration, History of Visual Communication
Computer Graphics
°   Quark Express, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Painter, Flash, Microsoft PowerPoint, Premiere, Introduction to Computers
Foundations
°   Colour Theory, Basic principles of Design, Foundation Art, Freehand Drawing, Painting, Computer Illustration, and Digital Design

2002         VISITING ARTIST
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Department of Art - Painting
°   Drawing and Painting - special projects 300

2001/2      VISITING ARTIST
Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia
Department of Art
°   Colour theory, 2 D Design, Drawing 1

1998/2001   VISITING ARTIST - full time foundations
Georgia State University
Department of Art and Science
°   Drawing and composition 400, 300, Water based media 300, Drawing 1 & 2, 2D Design, Portfolio review undergraduate

1998/03   PROFESSOR ADJUNCT
Art Institute of Atlanta, Georgia
°   Foundations_ Visual Expression, Life drawing, Drawing 1
°   Graphic Design_ Art Direction, Layout, Portfolio

1997/9     PROFESSOR ADJUNCT
Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
°   Art Foundation_ 2D Design, Drawing 1, Life Drawing          

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