Lenara Verle - RESUME
EDUCATION
Masters of
Arts in Media Studies
The New
School University. New York, NY, USA - May 2003
Masters
Degree, Social Communications
Pontifícia
Universidade Católica do RS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil - July 1999
Bachelor Degree,
Social Communications, emphasis in Advertising,
Universidade
Federal do RGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil - January, 1994
EXPERIENCE
Teacher/Trainer, 1995 to present
Unisinos University, Brazil (2004 to
present)
undergraduate
teacher: digital communications, audiovisual, game design
New School University, NY (2000 to
2001)
tutor/trainer:
various software from Adobe, Macromedia and Apple
teaching
assistant: Design Process and Audio Production
Cia do Pixel computer training, Brazil
(1996 to 1999)
trainer:
various software from Adobe, Macromedia and Apple
Federal University of RGS, Brazil (1995
to 1996)
undergraduate
teacher: graphic design, DTP, new technologies
Researcher, 1991 to present
Unisinos University, Brazil (2004 to
present)
member of the
Communications & Media research group
New School University, NY (2002)
research
assistant to core faculty prof. Diane Mitchel
Laboratory for Electronic Art &
Design, Brazil (1991-1999)
resident
researcher responsible for coordinating the undergrad team
Artist, 1994 to present
- plan, develop and
execute net art and collaborative art projects & installations.
- participated in
art exhibits in Rome, Italy; Porto Alegre, Brazil; Montreal, Canada; New York
and Los Angeles, USA.
Freelance designer, 1997 to present
- web design, flash
animation, information architecture, HTML
- graphic design,
visual identity, brochures, posters, books, illustration
For portfolio and client list see:
www.lenara.com/work
Game of
Life/now and then
Toward a
Science of Consciousness 2006
Tucson,
University of Arizona, 2006
The Emergence
of a Visual Conversation in the "Gridcosm" Collaborative Art Project
Altered
States - Transformations of perception, place and performance 2005
Plymouth,
University of Plymouth, 2005
Gridcosm - a
Tunnel of Visual Conversations
Toward a
Science of Consciousness 2002
Tucson,
University of Arizona, 2002
Gridcosm: A
Tunnel of Visual Conversations
ISEA
Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts 2002
Nagoya,
Japan, October 2002
Gridcosm
1000-0000
BEAP Bienalle
of Electronic Arts Perth 2002
Perth,
Australia, August 2002
GridCosm
Unplugged
FILE 2002 –
Electronic Language International Festival Proceedings
Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, September, 2002
Artists and
Articipants
II Critical
Themes in Media Studies Conference Proceedings
New School
University, New York, NY, USA, April 2001
New Images
for a New Medium - Sito Artchives & Collabspace
III
Consciousness Reframed Conference
Caiia-Star
Research Center, Cardiff, Wales, UK, August 2000
Sito
Artchives & Collabspace
Seminário
Internacional de Comunicação "O Estado Sedutor"
PUC-RS
University, Porto Alegre, Brazil, July, 1998
Mona Lisa
tours the Internet
Seminário
Internacional A Cultura na Era da Informação
PUC-RS
University, Porto Alegre, Brazil, October, 1997
New images
for a new medium: Sito Artchives & Collabspace
FAMECOS
Magazine number 6
PUC-RS
University, Porto Alegre, Brazil, May, 1997
Snow White
and the Seven Pixels - a study on digital images
FAMECOS
Magazine number 5
PUC-RS
University, Porto Alegre, Brazil, December, 1996
Multimedia
Digital Products for the FABICO/UFRGS Database
Magazine
Revista de Biblioteconomia e Comunicação number 7
UFRGS
University, Porto Alegre, Brazil, December, 1996
AWARDS
ZKM/SWF International media award for
science and art – 2005
VAD Video
& Digital Arts Festival – 1st prize Net Art – 2003
CAPES/APARTES
scholarship for young artists – 2000
Unesco/ASCHBERG
scholarship, New Media Arts – 1999
Honors Mention – UFRGS/Brazil Research
Symposium – 1992, 1993, 1994
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Fully fluent English and Spanish, fair
Italian and French.
Native language, Portuguese.