Curriculum Vitae
S.T.Renshaw, MFA
EDUCATION
2008- 2011 Ph.D. candidate, Special Individualized Program (SIP)
Interdisciplinary Degree in Computation Art and Design, Anthropology, and Communication Studies (completed coursework, currently on leave from program)
2005-2007 MFA, Digital + Media
Rhode Island School of Design
2000-2004 BFA Honors, Painting
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2002-2003 Fine Art and Theory
Goldsmiths College, University of London, England
TECHNICAL AND ARTISTIC SKILLS
Computer: Windows and Macintosh OS X. Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash. Video and Sound Editing: FinalCut Pro, iMovie, AfterEffects, DVD StudioPro, Audacity, Dreamweaver, Basic html and CSS
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Keynote
Fine Arts: Painting, Drawing, Multimedia Installations
WORK EXPERIENCE
June 2012-present
Film Buff Design Intern
Designing promotional artwork for independent films for print and web portals
2011-2012
Studio Louise - Head Designer
Designing layout and content for Artist Books and Catalogs
2010-2012
Freelance Designer & Writer
Designing and Writing Content for websites and artist’s publications
2008-2010
Research Assistant to PK Langshaw, head of Design and Computation Arts at Concordia University. Primary Responsibility involved observing and interviewing her interdisciplinary team of artists and scientists during the final stages of a long term project (d_verse).
Spring 2007
Teaching Assistant, Painting and Digital Media
Rhode Island School of Design
Taught an overview of design programs as well as sound and video editing software primarily to students within the painting department interested in integrating digital media into their practice.
2005 – 2007
Digital Media Equipment Maintenance
Rhode Island School of Design
Summer 2006
New Urban Arts Youth Mentor
Mentor at a nationally renowned arts center in Providence, RI where I worked with teenage girls teaching them how to use a video camera and video editing software
2005-2006
Video Documentation of Lecture Series
Creating a video archive of the Digital+Media lecture
series for the department’s website (RISD)
Summer 2005
Internship at Ninth Letter Online Literary Journal
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Spring 2005
Photographer, Illini Horizon Newspaper (UIUC)
2004
Willing Workers on Organic Farms (WWOOF) Italy
Restoration of 13th Century villa and working and harvesting crops
EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
Summer 2011
Thinking with Water – An International Symposium
Outdoor Installation of Artwork in the Lachine Canal
Montréal, Canada
Spring 2010
Experimental Pattern Sourcebook: 300 Inspired Designs from Around the World, Ed. By Jackie Herald
Rockport Publishers, England, UK
July 2009
Festival International Montréal en Arts (FIMA)
Selected by jury for the Emerging Artist Competition
Montréal, Canada
Spring 2009
Designing the Sensorium
Essay published in Senses and Society, Berg Publishers
Oxford, England UK
Fall 2007
GW Review printing of Translation of Virginia Woolf
Artwork selected for publication in the George Washington University Literary Magazine
Spring 2007
Graduate Thesis Exhibition at the Convention Center
Providence, Rhode Island
Fall 2006
Translations: Misguided Machines and Cultural Loops
Juried Exhibit (curated by Christian Paul, Adjunct Curator of New Media Arts at the Whitney Museum of American Art)
DUO Theatre Gallery
62 East Fourth Street, New York, NY
May 2004
Senior Solo BFA Exhibit
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Fall 2011
Juried Exhibit Institute Française
Alliance Française, 22 East 60th Street, New York, NY
HONORS AND ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
2008-2010
Graduate Entrance Fellowship
Concordia University, Special Individualized Program (SIP)
2005-2007
Graduate Fellowship and Teaching Assistantship
Rhode Island School of Design
2004
Graduated with Honors
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2004
The National Dean’s List, 27th Annual Edition
2004
Intermediate Italian Language and History
University of Illinois summer program in Catania, Italy
2000-2001
Academic Tuition Scholarship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2000
Pont-Aven School of Art
The Artist’s Journal, Professor Richard Emery Nickolson
Summer course in Pont-Aven, France
(Affiliated with Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI)