| ted davis, b. USA 1983 ted[at]teddavis.org |
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| _EDUCATION | |
| 2007–2009 |
University of Illinois at Chicago/FHNW HGK Basel
MFA + MAS in Visual Communication |
| 2001–2006 |
California State University, Chico BA in Communication Design (option in Graphic Design) Minor in Studio Arts |
| _WORK EXPERIENCE | |
| 2004–2007 | [Designer] Viola Design, Healdsburg, CA Pre-press, digital photo retouching, web-design, format corrections, and business illustrations. |
| 2005 SUMMER |
[Advertorial Graphic Design Internship] Rolling Stone Magazine (Wenner Media LLC), New York, NY Developed logo concepts + advertising design, built compositions, and digital photo manipulation. |
| 2004 SUMMER |
[Studio Assistant Internship] Amyx Photography, San Francisco, CA Assisted studio photographer, with the arrangement of props, setup of strobe equipment, and digital retouching. |
| 2004 SPRING | [Image Catalogue Assistantship] Professor Byrone Wolfe, CSU Chico, CA Scanned, retouched, printed, and catalogued a series of Guatemalan prints by Edward Muybridge from 1875, for a rephotography project Prof. Wolfe pursued on sabbatical. |
| 2003-2004 | [Lab Assistant] IMC Multimedia Lab, CSU Chico, CA Assisted students and faculty in a wide range of audial and visual applications, enhancing their knowledge and confidence in each tool. |
| _TEACHING EXPERIENCE | 2006 SPRING | [Web Design Workshops] Fine Art Department, CSU Chico, CA Taught a series of student workshops in web design within an advanced/graduate level sculpture course. |
| _RELATED SKILLS | |
| GRAND MASTER | Illustrator – InDesign – Lightroom – Photoshop |
| EXPERT | After Effects – DVD Studio Pro – Final Cut Pro HTML – CSS – PHP – MySQL – JAVASCRIPT – Keynote – Office Suite |
| WELL VERSED | Flash – QuarkxPress – digital audio hardware/software |
| _SELECT PUBLICATIONS | |
| 2009 |
[Reflections photo series selected for publication cover] NOVARTIS CAMPUS – Hatje Cantz |
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[Patented Ornament as part of ImageLab Workshop] Ornament und Bildentwurf - Eikones FHNW/HGK |
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| _HONORS + AWARDS | |
| 2009 |
[FABRICA Residency Trial] Portfolio selected for trial residency placement Treviso, Italy |
| [Honorable Mention - AIGA XCD “Culture in Design”] MFA thesis project TEXT2IMAGE selected in juried competition. |
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| 2006 |
[Silver Place in Poster Design] The 31st Annual Student Graphic Design Invitational Meriam Library, California State University Chico, CA |
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[Honorable Merit Award - Juried Exhibition] The 11th Annual Student Printmakers’ Invitational Janet Turner Print Museum, CSU Chico, CA |
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[EMMA’06 – INVITATIONAL INTL. ARTIST COLLABORATIVE] BIG RIVER, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA |
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| _SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2006 |
[Subway Sleepers] May 15th – Sept. 30th Bell Memorial Union Art Gallery, CSU Chico, CA |
| _SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2009 | [FHNW Diploma Exhibition] Messe Basel, Basel, Switzerland |
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[Image of Research] Daley Library, University of Illinois Chicago, USA |
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| 2008 |
[Ornament and Image Making] Eikones NCCR Iconic Criticism, Basel, Switzerland |
| 2006 |
[11th Annual Student Print Invitational] Janet Turner Print Museum, CSU Chico, CA |
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[31st Annual Student Graphic Design Invitational] Meriam Library, CSU Chico, CA |
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[Digital Dialog] Chico Art Center, Chico, CA |
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[51st Annual Juried Student Exhibit] The University Gallery, CSU Chico, CA |
