GLORIA SED•••gsed@mail2artist.com•••
PROJECTS•••
Thesis: Sousveillant Style
(full .pdf)
Wearables: Counter-Surveillance Headdress
Mechanisms of Aesthetics: Las Glorias Incoherentes
Squidball
Assisted in developing the prototype of large retroreflective sphere for Siggraph 2004 preshow; designed and created staff uniform tags.
Masked Beauty
March 2000
Created, designed, and implemented a website on body image, eating disorders, and the self.
EXHIBITS•••
ITP Student Shows
2004-2007
Periodically exhibited projects and videos .
FSU MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BFA
Graduation Exhibition
July 24 - August 7, 1998
Fashion show/ live performance, video, photography, and mixed-media installation.
The Devouring House - Collaborative Installation
March 29, 1998
Created mixed-media installations, handled advertising and documentation of event and works.
Equinox Celebration
March 21, 1998
Organized collaborative art installation / set design and handled documentation.
621 GALLERY
fem'-i-nie n, women collectively: womankind
February 27 - March 29,1998
OGLESBY GALLERY
Various Drippings
February 27 - March 13, 1998
FSU MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
Dimensions of Native America - The Contact Zone
February 13 - March 13, 1998
Participated in opening night performance with artist James Luna.
Exhibited regularly in various Student Shows from 1995 - 1998.
EXPERIENCE•••
TIBA/MMP
Graphic Designer, 10/2008 - current
Graphic design services, desktop publishing, preparation and troubleshooting of files for production.
INTERACTIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM at NYU, New York, NY
Administrative Secretary, 6/2000 - 11/2007
Serve as office receptionist. Answer phones and respond to inquiries. Provide admissions and registration support. Maintain and update several databases. Administer locker assignments. Coordinate arrangements for meetings and special events. Schedule open house events, applicant interviews and advisement appointments. Produce publication materials. Create graphic flyers for special events. Design postcard, poster, and pamphlet for student exhibitions. Assist in proofing and updating website. Complete other clerical duties.
GLORIAVISION
Freelance Graphic Designer, 12/99 - current
Design logos and graphics for print and web.
WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE ART WORKSHOP, White Plains, NY
Office Assistant, 3/99 - 5/00
Handle student registration and tuition payment, assist students with college policies, distribute and collect grades, attendance rosters, student evaluations, and faculty contracts, write faculty memos and letters, update student and mailing list databases, type purchase requisitions for supplies, sell art supplies to students, conduct research to find potential instructors, train part-time and temporary employees. Review employee applications and schedule interviews. Work with the program director on the production of the semester brochure by taking digital photographs, scanning, updating text, proofreading and reviewing films. Design promotional signs for gallery exhibitions, seminars, lectures, and general student information.
WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE ART WORKSHOP, White Plains, NY
Photo Technician, 11/98 - 3/99
Maintained photography lab and equipment, assisted students in photography and computer classes, assisted in the office answering phones, and accepting student registrations.
A.I. FREIDMAN, Port Chester, NY
Framing Consultant, 12/98 - 3/99
Assisted customers in choosing mats and frames, entered customer and sale information into computer, and packaged artwork to be taken to production department.
COMPUTER TRAINING & CONSULTING (CTC), Tallahassee, FL
Office Administrator, 4/98 - 9/98
Organized files, relayed information to staff, handled accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll and payroll taxes, faxed marketing information to companies and class outlines to students, entered student registrations and evaluations, entered customer and vendor information into Lotus databases, handled details of relocation of company, and performed general maintenance of office and classrooms.
FSVIEW NEWSPAPER, Tallahassee, FL
Graphic Designer, 10/97 - 4/98
Designed ads using PhotoShop and Quark and assisted in laying out the paper on to flats.
EDUCATION•••
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
MPS, Interactive Telecommunications Program, graduated 10/2007
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
BFA, Major in Studio Art, graduated 8/98
Minors in Psychology, French, and Art History
SKILLS•••
Creative, detail oriented, fast learner. Proficient in all art media with an emphasis in photography, video, and mixed media sculpture. Fluent in Spanish and a working knowledge of French. Knowledge of UNISYS, SIS, MS Word, Excel, Access, Lotus Notes, Quickbooks, FileMaker, PhotoShop, Illustrator, PageMaker, Quark, Premiere, Dreamweaver, and HTML.