Ella Joseph, Visual & Theatre Performance Artist

 

Email:                 ella@scenoart.net

Website:              www.scenoart.net

 

Education

2000 - 2001

 

 

1997 - 2000

1984 - 1989

Summer 2000

1990 - 1992

MA Scenography: Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, United Kingdom

á         Theory and Practice in Contemporary Visual Performance, Utrecht School of Arts, The Netherlands

á         Video & Film, Photography & Public Art, University of Art and Design Zurich, Switzerland

MFA Theater Design: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

BS/MS Textile Engineering: Gh. Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Romania

Body Weather Laboratory: Passe Partout Foundation, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Painting: George Enescu University of Arts, Iasi, Romania

 

Areas of Specialization

Theatre/Performance, Video, Painting, Photography, Installation and Public Art

 

Professional Experience

2006 - Present

2003 - Present

2003 - 2004

2002 - 2003

2001 - 2003

1997 - 2000

1990 - 1992

1989 - 1995

Video Specialist: Synacor Inc., Buffalo, NY

Creative Director: Internet to Interactive (i2i) Concepts, Toronto, Canada

Visiting Artist: Art and Technology, Pacific New Media, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honululu, HI

Guest Advisor: Scenography, School for New Dance Development (SNDD), Amsterdam, NL

Instructor: Digital Video and Archiving, Nieuw Millennium Foundation, Amsterdam, NL

Stage Design Assistant, Frederic Wood Theater, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Teaching Assistant: Geometry & Technical Drawing, Gh Asachi University of Iasi, Romania

Textile Engineer/Researcher, The National Textile Research Institute (CERTEX), Bucharest, Romania

 

Exhibitions/Screenings/Performances

2009

 

 

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1998

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1997

 

Video Performance Installation: A House of Stone or Sunk In, or . . .

Infringement Festival 2009: ScenoArt Studio & Gallery: Buffalo, NY

Performance of Movement and Sound: Parsifal Unspoken

Babeville - Asbury Hall: Buffalo, NY

Video Performance Installation: A Piece of Earth or Shake Yourself Free

Infringement Festival 2008: Squeaky Wheel; ScenoArt Studio & Gallery: Buffalo, NY

Video Performance Installation: All Aboard

Hallwalls' Artists & Models, Theme: Unhinged, Central Terminal, Buffalo, NY

ScenoArt Studio & Gallery, Buffalo, NY

Manipulated Photography: Elefteria . . . Nevermore, Triptych

Albright-Knox, Collectors Gallery: Area Artists Show, Juried Exhibition, Buffalo, NY

Art Dialogue, Western New York Group of Artists: Abstract Art, Juried Exhibition, Buffalo, NY

Video:  Euphoria or One Piece Always Missing, 2002

CEPA Gallery: Members Exhibition, Buffalo, NY

Video:  Over the Rainbow . . . Somewhere, 2006

Burchfield-Penney Art Gallery, The Members Exhibition, Buffalo, NY

Video Performance Installation: Within Boundary or A Ride in The Air

Infringement Festival 2007: Hallwalls; ScenoArt Studio & Gallery, Buffalo, NY

Gicle Print Series (from Video Stills): A Ride in The Air

Buffalo Society of Artists @ Art Dialogue, Juried Exhibition, Buffalo, NY

Art Dialogue, National Small Works, Juried Exhibition, Buffalo, NY

Photography Series: Bananas

ArtPark Gallery: Buffalo Society of Artists, Juried Exhibition, Lewiston, NY

Gicle Print Series (from Video Stills): Bumpy Road

Buffalo Society of Artists @ Buffalo Arts Studio:

Tri-Main Building, Juried Exhibition, Buffalo, NY

Video: Over the Rainbow . . . Somewhere

Open Doors Niagara, Niagara Arts and Cultural Centre, Niagara Falls, NY

Miden, International Festival, Kalamata, Greece

Gicle Print Series (from Video Stills): Theatre of Truth(s): Bit Two/Bumpy Road

Video: Theatre of Truth(s): Bit One in 1min

Euroscreen21, Screenings in over 15 European countries

Video: Selfportrait

Kalamata Video Festival, Greece

Video Performance Installation: Theatre of Truth(s): Bit One & Bit Two

Salvador Allende Festival For Peace, DeLeon White Gallery, Toronto, Canada

Video Performance Installation: Theatre of Truth(s): Bit One or Bugged Down

Offthemapgallery, Toronto, Canada

Video Performance: Euphoria or One Piece Always Missing

Nieuw Millennium Showcase, Amsterdam

Video: Euphoria or One Piece Always Missing: (Euroscreen21)

Muu Galleria / Muumaanantai, Helsinki, Finland

Museum-Kunst-Palast, Duesseldorf, Germany

Maumaunderground, Barcelone, Spain

Pan Forum of Art, Emmerich, Germany

Museum-Kunst-Palast, Duesseldorf, Germany

Medientrum, Graz, Austria, Europe Culture Capital 2003

Iiris Videofestival, Jyvaskyla, Finland

Academy of Fine Arts, "Istituto di Istoria e Fenomenologia delle Arti", Mercata, Italy

Center for Contemporary Arts, Prague, Czech Republic

35h Fournos Art Act Event, Athens, Greece . . .

Video Installation: Sureseeker in Venice

Nieuw Millennium Showcase, Amsterdam

Video: Chestnut

JVC Video Festival Tokyo, Japan

Performance Installation: Inertia

Veem Theater, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Video: Over the Moon

University of Art and Design Zurich

Video: Selfportrait

University of Art and Design Zurich

Video: Chestnut

 University of Art & Design Zurich, Switzerland

Staged Photography: Bananas (Series)

University of Art and Design Zurich

Performance: Body in Time

Utrecht School of Arts, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Interactive Video Installation: Meeting Place

Utrecht School of Arts, The Netherlands

Performance Installation: E motion

Utrecht School of Arts, The Netherlands

Photography: Thailand Series

Utrecht School of Arts, The Netherlands

Set Concept and Design: Peer Gynt

Ibsen Festival, Skien, Norway

Chan Center for the Performing Arts, BC Tel Studio, Vancouver

Scenography: Parsifal

Wagner Forum Graz Festival, Austria

Scenography: The Magic Flute

Prague Quadrennial Student Exhibition, Check Republic
Student Exhibition, Frederic Wood Theater, Vancouver, Canada

Performance: Jonah

Chan Center of the Performing Arts, Vancouver

Scenography: Comfort Me with Apples

Theatre Fringe Festival, Vancouver

Scenography: The Dance & the Railroad

Chan Center for Performing Arts & Stanley Park, Vancouver

Scenography: The Orphan Muses

Vancouver Little Theater, Vancouver

Scenography: The Seagull

Student Exhibition, Frederic Wood Theatre, Vancouver, Canada

 

 

Professional Services

2004 - 2006

Board of Directors: YYZ Artists' Outlet, Toronto, Canada

 

Exhibitions Curated

2007

2007

2005

2004

Curtain Up! Visual Art Exhibit for The Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie County, NY

Art Runs Deep @ The Stillwater: Showcase of Buffalo Society of Artists, Buffalo, NY

Artist as Curator, Speaking Scenography: ScenoArt, YYZ Artists' Outlet, Toronto, Canada

Euroscreen21-2003, DeLeon White Gallery, Toronto, Canada

 

Lectures/Conferences

2006

2003

2002

Theatre of Truth(s): Art 21 Event at Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University, Niagara Falls, NY

The Changing Role of Technology in the Arts: Pacific New Media, University of Hawaii, HI

XIV IFTR/FIRT World Congress, Theatre and Cultural Memory Space:
Between Past and Future: Department of Theatre Studies, University of Amsterdam

 

Professional Associations

2004 - 2008

College Art Association, NY

 

Production

2003 - Present

 

2002

 

 

 

 

 

2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2001 - 2002

 

 

 

1998

 

 

 

 

 

1997

 

 

Digital Imaging, Pre, Production & Post Production

i2i Concepts (www.i2iconcepts.net, click on projects link)

Music Video Pre-Production, Production & Post Production: Lawn

Nieuw Millennium Foundation, Amsterdam

Video Pre, Production & Post Production: Making The Band Video

Nieuw Millennium Foundation, Amsterdam

Video Post Production: Expedition 360

Nieuw Millennium Foundation, Amsterdam

Video Post-Production: Saving History

Nieuw Millennium Foundation, Amsterdam

Video Production & Post Production: Mixt

Nieuw Millennium Foundation, Amsterdam

Archiving  & Streaming Media for Internet Production & Post Production: Silo Theatre

Nieuw Millennium Foundation in Collaboration with Silo Theatre, Amsterdam

Music Video Production & Post Production: El Shit

Nieuw Millennium Foundation, Amsterdam

Video Post-Production, Digital Indexing and Archiving: Surinam Project

Nieuw Millennium Foundation, Amsterdam

Audio Digital Indexing and Archiving: Jacobsen Collection

Nieuw Millennium Foundation, Amsterdam

 Video Projection Design (Directing, Production & Post-Production): Top 17

Theater Compagnie, Amsterdam

Set Design Assistant: Over the Moon

Frederic Wood Theatre, Vancouver

Costume Design Assistant: Macbeth

Frederic Wood Theatre, Vancouver

Lighting Design Assistant: Beautiful City

Frederic Wood Theatre, Vancouver

Set Design Assistant and Scenic Painter: A MidsummerŐs Night Dream

Frederic Wood Theatre, Vancouver

Scenic Painter: At the First Brush, Instructional Video Material: Scene Painting Techniques

Independent Producer in Collaboration with University of British Columbia, Canada

Lighting/Video Projections Design Assistant: Thetree.thetower.theflood

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, BC Tel Studio, Vancouver 

Set Design Assistant and Scenic Painter: Moliere's Shorts

Frederic Wood Theatre, Vancouver

 

Technical Skills

Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, Quark Xpress, Flash, QuickTime, Media Cleaner, Sound Edit 16, Go Live, DVD Studio Pro, Word & Excel; Proficient on Apple Macintosh & Windows Platforms

 

 

References available upon request