Education:

MFA, Imaging and Digital Art, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2007
Concentrations: Interactivity and Animation.

BFA, Studio Art, Florida State University, 2001.
Concentration: Interactivity.
Minor: Computer Science.

Selected Group Exhibitions & Screenings:

2007

- Electro-online 2007: Alternate Articulation, Newcastle, Australia.
- Film und Videofestival One Minute, Aarau, Switzerland.
- Second Film Festival, Contemporary Image Collective, Cairo, Egypt.
- Portland Underground Film Festival, Portland, OR.
- artDC New Media Lounge, Washington, D.C.
- IMDA Thesis Exhibition, Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, Baltimore, MD

2006

- Takoma Park Film Festival, Takoma Park, MD
- Born Again Dada, District of Columbia Art Center, Washington, DC
- In War/At War: The Practice of Everyday, OPENSOURCE Gallery, Champaign, IL
- Planet Ant Film & Video Festival, Detroit, MI
- Maryland Film Festival, Baltimore, MD
- Sundeis Film Festival, Boston, MA (Best Animated Film)
- Janus, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD

2005
- IMDA Open Studios, Raleigh Industrial Space, Baltimore, MD
- College Film and Video Bake-off, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD (Jury Award)

Teaching Experience:

Fall 2007-present
University of Baltimore, School of Information Arts and Technologies
- Courses: Game Concept and Design, 3D Modeling, and Games, Simulations and Society.
Anne Arundel Community College, Communication Arts Technology, Arundel County, MD
- Courses: Flash and Media, Materials and Processes.
Johns Hopkins University, Digital Media Center, Baltimore, MD
- Workshops: Flash Animation, ActionScript, Character Animation, Game Modding.

Fall 2006
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Imaging and Digital Arts Dept.
- Course: Visual Concepts III.

Other Work Experience:

December 2007-present, MTV Networks, New York, NY
Independent Contractor
- Created casual game content with Flash for the website AddictingGames.com.

August 2004-June 2007, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Art Dept.
Graduate Research Assistant
- Worked on several projects at the Imaging Research Center, including the creation of multimedia presentations, 3D animations, and interactive web-based content.

Summer 2005 & 2006 Cybercamps, Giant Campus, Inc., Fairfax, VA & Baltimore, MD
Camp Director, George Mason Univ., Univ. of Baltimore, and Johns Hopkins Univ.
- Oversaw the overall functioning of a computer camp for children aged 7-18 and organized activities.
- Trained staff, coordinated camp set-up, and maintained relations with parents throughout camp.

Jan. 2004-Aug. 2004 Pyramid Studios Tallahassee, FL
Art Instructor
- Taught adults with developmental disabilities in the digital art program at an adult day training facility. Assisted students with daily living and adapted lessons to a wide range of physical and mental disabilities.

Aug. 2001-Nov. 2003 Peace Corps Mali, West Africa
HIV Health Extension Agent
- Found creative approaches to reproductive health education in an unstructured setting.
- Facilitated classroom training of new peer educators acting as HIV/AIDS information resources and worked one-on-one with them, giving feedback, support and guidance.
- Taught computer skills to health center and non-governmental organization staff.

1996-Aug. 2001 Florida HIV/AIDS Hotline, Helpline24 Tallahassee, FL
Florida HIV/AIDS Hotline Counselor, Program Specialist, various other positions
- Functioned as on- and off-site supervisor, assisting counselors with difficult calls requiring decision-making in situations such as suicide, homicide, and abuse. Also trained new counselors and answered several short-term crisis hotlines.

Skills and Qualifications:
- Advanced: Flash, Photoshop, Maya, 3Ds Max, Final Cut Pro, Director.
- Beginning/Intermediate: C++, Max/MSP, ProTools, After Effects, Motion, circuitry.
- Advanced level of fluency in French.

References:

References available upon request.

Aaron Oldenburg, 2008

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