CV

EDUCATION

2009 May BFA – Alberta College of Art + Design (ACAD)
– Media Art + Digital Technologies (MADT) major with distinction
ACAD, Calgary, AB, Canada
 
2004 Mar High School Diploma – Midorigaoka High School of Arts (大分県立芸術緑丘高等学校)
– Craft Design major
Oita, Japan

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

2012 Jan –
Present		 Interactive Designer
The Banff Centre
Banff, AB, Canada
 
2011 Aug –
Present		 Web Coordinator
Calgary International Film Festival
Calgary, AB, Canada
 
2009 Sep –
2011 June		 Research Producer / Multimedia Designer + Developer
CE3C (Creative Environment for Emerging Electronic Culture)
Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary, AB, Canada
 
2008 Sep –
2009 Mar		 Assistant Researcher
The Einstein’s Brain Project
University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

 

AWARDS + SCHOLARSHIPS

2010 Apr Winner – 2010 mediaFRESH award winner( Best Hardware or Software Innovation: Post-Secondary Division)
Digital Alberta, Calgary, AB, Canada
2009 May ACAD Board of Governors’ Award
ACAD, Calgary, AB, Canada
2009 Apr 4th Year MADT Research + Production Award
ACAD, Calgary, AB, Canada
2008 Nov Joyce & Owen Hughes Memorial Bursary
The Joyce + Owen Hughes Endowment, Calgary
2008 Aug EDSF Board of Directors Scholarship
EDSF Board of Directors, Hurst, Texas, U.S.A
2008 Mar 3rd Year MADT Research + Production Award
ACAD, Calgary, AB, Canada
2007 Oct Ignac + Karla Herskovic Memorial Bursary
Family Law Office, Calgary, AB, Canada

 

EXHIBITIONS

2010 Nov DigitalCultures001 – Kehai
ACAD Main Mall, Calgary, AB, Canada
2010 Sept Take a Seat Exhibition (Group) – Kehai
Jensonian Gallery, High River, Alberta, Canada
2010 Mar LIVE CINEMA Workshop: Performance (Group) – Deep
Illingworth Kerr Gallery, ACAD, Calgary, AB, Canada
2009 May ACAD Graduating Students’ Show (Group) – Symforest
Room 394, ACAD, Calgary, AB, Canada
2008 Apr Digital Sugar Cubed (Juried, Group) – Immersed
EMMEDIA, Calgary, AB, Canada
2008 Apr Boiling Point (Solo)
Closet Gallery, ACAD, Calgary, AB, Canada
2008 Apr MADT Festival-WINTER (Juried, Group)
ACAD, Calgary, AB, Canada
2008 Mar Horse Show 2008 (Group)
ACAD, Calgary, AB, Canada
2007 Oct MADT Festival-FALL 2007 (Group)
Closet Gallery, ACAD, Calgary, AB, Canada
2007 Apr Interactive Object Exhibition (Group)
ACAD, Calgary, AB, Canada
2007 Mar MADT Festival-WINTER 2007 (Group)
ACAD, Calgary, AB, Canada

 

RESIDENCIES + TALKS

2011 June 30 Presented Dorkbot Calgary
EMMEDIA, Calgary, AB, Canada
2009 Aug 10-15 Presented “Interactive Screen 0.9: The Makers”
BNMI @ Banff Centre, Canada

 

CONFERENCES + WORKSHOPS

2011 Feb 7-18 Attended/Produced Factory C4A with Travis Kirton
CE3C @ACAD, Calgary, Canada
2010 Mar 23-26 Attended Live Cinema Workshop: Real-Time Narratives
CE3C @ACAD, Calgary, Canada
2009 Nov 19-21 Attended “Interactive Futures ’09: Stereo(IF’09: Stereo)
IDS @ ECUAD, Vancouver, Canada
2009 Aug 10-15 Attended “Interactive Screen 0.9: The Makers”
BNMI @ Banff Centre, Canada
2008 Nov Attended “BNMI Residency: Almost Perfect 2008″
BNMI @ Banff Centre, Canada
     

 

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

2011 July – Web Coordinator
Dorkbot Calgary
Calgary, AB, Canada
 
2011 Mar Web Designer + Webmaster
Wings to Japan – Fundrasing project for Japan Earthquake
Calgary, AB, Canada
 
2010 Sep Exhibition Installation/Take-down
“hole/whole” by Kim Huynh
University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
 
2009 Jan Student Artist/Assistant
“Experimental Art + Culture” with Iain Baxster&
Assisted production of “Fahrenheit 450” and “The Lecture”
The Art Gallery of Calgary – Calgary, AB, Canada
 
2007 Mar –
2008 Apr		 Show Security + Artist
MADT Festival – FALL 2007+ WINTER 2007, 2008
ACAD – Calgary, AB, Canada
 
2007 Sep Theatre Attendant/Usher
Calgary International Film Festival 2007
The Globe Theatre – Calgary, Alberta, Canada
 
2006 Dec –
2007 Mar		 Show Security/Take-down staff
Biannual (Winter + Spring) Show and Sale
ACAD – Calgary, AB, Canada

 

SKILLS

Graphics Photoshop, Illustrator, Corel Painter
Web/Interactive Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS, WordPress, Flash, MAX/MSP
Video Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, DVD Studio Pro, Compressor
Audio CuBase, Audacity
Code C (basic), Processing (Java-based), Javascript (beginner)
Office Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Adobe Acrobat Pro
OS Mac OSX, Windows XP/Vista
Microcontroller Arduino, Phidgets
Language Fluent in Japanese