CV
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JAMES CONNOLLY
jconno[at]saic[dot]edu | jameshconnolly.com
EDUCATION
BFA With Emphasis in Art History, Theory, and Criticism
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Degree completed December 2009
Video, New Media, Printmaking, Modern & Postmodern Theory
EXPERIENCE
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Lecturer, department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation
August 2013-Present
Courses taught: Media Practices: Moving Image; Realtime
Roger Brown Study Collection of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Assistant Curator
January 2010-Present
Pentimenti Productions
Assist Editor, Research Assistant
January 2011-December 2011
The Estate of Eugene Von Bruenchenhein
Audio Archivist
January 2011-May 2011
Roger Brown Study Collection of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Curatorial Assistant
August 2006-December 2009
Friends of Fred Smith
Preservation Assistant
Summer 2009
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Henry Darger Room Installation Assistant
Fall 2007
The Art Institute of Chicago
Museum Education Intern
Summer 2007
The Art Institute of Chicago
European Painting Research Assistant
August 2006-January 2007
EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
2015
Physical Education
ChiTown Futbol, Chicago, IL
TCC Digital Art Buffet
Catalyze Chicago, Chicago, IL
RGB.VGA.VOLT
Coop Gallery, Nashvile, TN
VIRTUALPUBLIC.NETWORK
Museums and the Web 2015 Conference, Chicago IL
Dallas Medianale
McKinney Avenue Contemporary
2014
glitChicago
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL
Frequency Fridays
Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, OH
Discarded: The Afterlife of Everyday Electronics
The Arcade Gallery Columbia College, Chicago, IL
2013
DINCA VISION QUEST
Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
Jon Cates & James Connolly
Elastic Arts, Chicago, IL
Articular Facet
The Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
Expanded Cinematic
Tritriangle, Chicago, IL
Dither Doom & James Connolly
The Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
NO MEDIA
Tritriangle, Chicago, IL
John Cage: Variations V
The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
2012
GLI.TC/H 2112
High Concept Labs, Chicago, Illinois
Variations VI (John Cage)
The Leroy Neiman Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Vancouver New Music Festival
The Scotiabank Dance Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia
a.pe.ri.od.ic Presents A John Cage Festival: Variations V
Room 300, Chicago, Illinois
Guthman Musical Instrument Competition
Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia
2011
Glitch Screening
Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
Floating World Animation Festival
Hollywood Theater, Portland, Oregon
GLI.TC/H 20111
Enemy, Chicago, Illinois
They, Who Sound
Avant Garden, Houston, Texas
Strange Electronics 2
Enemy, Chicago, Illinois
Version 11
Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, Illinois
Handmade Music Showcase, SXSW
Venue 222, Austin, Texas
TLVSN 2
Maria’s Community Bar, Chicago, Illinois
Acid Marshmallow Night
Beauty Bar, Chicago, Illinois
I:3 Current Trajectories in New Media Art
Jennifer Norback Fine Art, Chicago, Illinois
Strange Electronics
Transistor, Chicago, Illinois
2010
GLI.TC/H 2010
The Nightengale, Chicago, Illinois
Friday Night Live
Transistor, Chicago, Illinois
Critical Glitch Artware Category
NOTACON/BLOCKPARTY, Cleveland, Ohio
Xperiments in Realtime 2
The Nightengale, Chicago, Illinois
2009
SAIC Fall 2009 Undergraduate Exhibition
Sullivan Galleries, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
SAIC Undergraduate Film and Video Festival
Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, Illinois
Xperiments in Realtime
Hotti Biscotti, Chicago, Illinois
Cadaver Corpse
Golden Age, Chicago, Illinois
RESPONSE
Columbus Galleries of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
PUBLICATIONS
2014
Leonardo Music Journal
“Cracking Ray Tubes: Reanimating Analog Video in a Digital Context” published
Computer Music Journal, MIT Press
Cracked Ray Tubes featured on accomapnying DVD
2012
Afterimage Exhibition Catalog
The Depaul Art Museum, Chicago, Illinois
Contributed essay on audio/video performance artists Spectralina to exhibition catalog.
Composite Arts Magazine
Written text and image documentation of Cracked Ray Tube.
The Creator’s Project
Cracked Ray Tubes featured in writeup.
But Does It Float
Cracked Ray Tubes featured in writeup.
2011
Bad at Sports
Art podcast and blog, Chicago, Illinois
Interviewed on my work as curator of the Roger Brown Study Collection for Bad at Sports blog
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2012
Roger Brown Study Collection of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, ongoing
Assistant Curator January 2010-Present
Assisting in the interpretation, curation, and management of the Roger Brown Study Collection of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as a museum and academic resource.
2011
Strange Electronics 2, May 2011
ENEMY Sound, Chicago, Illinois
Performance event featuring new media artists and experimental electronics musicians curated and organized by James Connolly and Kyle Evans.
Strange Electronics, February 2011
Transistor, Chicago, Illinois
Performance event featuring new media artists and experimental electronics musicians curated and organized by James Connolly and Kyle Evans.
2010
Roger Brown: Calif. USA,
The Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
Curatorial Assistant
WORKSHOPS, TEACHING, AND PUBLIC LECTURES
2015
Watkins College of Art and Design, Nashville, TN
Artist talk and hardware hacking workshop
Dallas Medianale, Oil and Cotton Creative Exchange, Dallas, TX
Artist talk and hardware hacking workshop with Kyle Evans
2014
Systems Codes and Spaces, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Artist talk and discussion of realtime new media art.
History of Video Art, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Artist talk and demo of the Sandin Image Processor
Research Studio Class, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Artist talk and e-waste discussion
2013
Video Class, the University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Video lecture on glitch art histories and practices
The Sound Department, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Artist lecture and performance
2012
Weekly Colloquium
The Sound Department, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Artist lecture and performance
2011
GLI.TC/H Conference and Festival, Chicago, Illinois
DIY hardware hacking electronics workshop organized and taught by James Connolly and Kyle Evans.
Handmade Music and Switched On workshop Series, Austin, Texas
DIY hardware hacking electronics workshop organized and taught by James Connolly and Kyle Evans.
RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2015
Signal Culture Artist in Residence
June-July 2015
2013
Roger Brown and George Veronda Pavilion Residency
December 2013
2012
2nd Place Prize, Guthman Musical Instrument Competition
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
Cracked Ray Tube (James Connolly and Kyle Evans) audio/video performance system.
2010
Roger Brown and George Veronda Pavilion Residency
December 2010-January 2012
