CV-Resume
GROUP AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS / PERFORMANCES
West Tampa Center for the Arts, Tampa, Florida, Recent Paintings, 2012.
Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida, Member Show, 2011.
Wests Tampa Center for the Arts, Tampa, Florida, Pulchritudinous Art Exhibit, 2011.
Ybor Arts in the Park, Tampa, Florida, Recent Paintings, 2010
Yogani Studios, Tampa, Florida, ”Zilpa Vipra” paintings, 2010
Workspace Harlem, New York City, ”Movement in Mali” paintings, 2010
Magic Passion Love Art Studio, New York City, Recent paintings and drawings, 2009
Figment, Governor’s Island, New York City, “Mass Manifesting Mobile”, interactive installation, 2009
Bikram Yoga Harlem, New York City, “Parallel Landscapes”, pastel drawings, 2009
Muveleti Terulet Galeria, Budapest, Hungary, “The 12”, Those Were the Days, video and performance, 2008
City College of San Francisco, “Six Degrees of Separation- A Hungarian Experience”, digital photocomposition, 2008
Kossuth Mozi, Budapest, Hungary, Sörrealism Exhibition, Untitled, single channel video, 2008
Millenaris Park Gallery, Budapest, Hungary. “Moscow: How I See It”, photographs, 2007
NYSG Gallery, Chelsea, New York City, MISC Video and Performance Show, Talking to Myself, single channel video, 2007
Pepto Bismol Commercial, “Casting Director”, aired in the USA, August 2007-June 2008
Simultan 03, Video and New Media Art Festival, Timisoara, Romania. Cake Mix, single channel video, 2007
Szív Studios, Budapest, Hungary, “Idegenek Otthona-Foreigner’s Home, Sea Changes 1-4, acrylic on canvas and Domestic Pinholes 1-4, digital prints, 2007
St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana, “on otherness: a video compilation show”, Talking to Myself, single channel video, 2006
Hungarian Multicultural Center, Balatonfűred, Hungary, Talking to Myself, single channel video, 2006
Her Shorts: 1st Annual Women’s International Video Festival, Dinnerware Contemporary Project Gallery, Tucson, Arizona, single channel video, 2006
ARC Gallery, Chicago, Cake Mix, 2005
Vietnam Veteran’s Art Museum, Chicago, MFA Thesis Exhibition, True Confessions of a Dyke’s Daughter, 2 channel video installation, 2005
PAC/Edge Performance Arts Festival, HotHouse Theatre, Athenaeum Theatre, Chicago, Lil’ Peaches’ Cookie Dance, solo performance, 2000
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Birds of Passage, site-specific performance collaborative with Jennifer Monson’s BirdBrain Dance, 2004
Columbia College Television Studio, Chicago, Loonatics, interactive live video performance, 2004
Athenaeum Theater, Chicago, Fluxcore Art Collaborative Show, SurFace, video and movement performance, 2004
600 South Michigan Gallery, Chicago, Room with Askew Show, Familiar Portrait, sculptural/ 2 channel video installation, 2003
Columbia College Television Studio, Chicago, After Baldessari, live, collaborative chroma-key video performance, 2003
Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, Michigan, Double Ritual, collaborative movement and video site-specific performance, 2003
Humbolt Park Thrill Party, Chicago, The Shelias, movement piece, choreographed by Ania Greiner, 2003
Stage Left Theatre, Chicago, Fortune Cookie, solo performance, 2003
Hokin Center, Chicago, LipTych, collaborative performance, 2002
Columbia College Classic Studio Theater, Chicago, Does the Ocean Ever Freeze?, solo movement piece, 2002
Spareroom, Columbia College Classic Studio Theatre, Chicago, Becoming/Unbecoming, movement piece with Amy Cook, 2002
North Avenue Beach, Chicago. UnderAware, interactive sculptural installation, 2001
Lumsden, Scotland, Gate Spiral, site-specific sculptural installation, 2000
RESIDENCIES AND WORKSHOPS
Five Rhythms Movement Workshops, Budapest, Zagreb, and Ljubljana, 2006-present
Hungarian Multicultural Center Residency, Budapest, Hungary, 2005
Contact Improvisation Movement Workshop, Chicago Moving Company, Chicago, 2005
Performance Residency with Aaron Williamson, Columbia College, 2003
Gurdjieff Movements Workshop with James Tomarelli, Chicago Moving Company, Chicago, 2003
Butoh Movement Workshop, Spareroom, Chicago, 2003
Santa Reparata International School of Art, Discovering Florence Through Photography, 2003
Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Lumsden, Scotland, Georgia State University, July 2000
Fulton County Board Of Education, Atlanta, Georgia, Sculpture, Painting, Art History, Photoshop, 1995-2000
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia, Ferric Chloride Etching, Intaglio Printmaking, 1999
International Fine Arts College, Miami, Florida, Photoshop, Figure Drawing, 1998
Landmark Education Corporation, Courses in personal training and development with emphasis on leadership, team-building and communication skills, 1979-2003
GRANTS / AWARDS
• Oppenheimer Grant Award Recipient 2002-“Whirligigs in the Windy City”, sculptural installation
• Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals for student work, All City Art Exhibition, Chicago Public Schools, 2003-2005
• Top Visual Arts Student, State of Georgia, 2000
• “Pay for Performance” Grant, State of Georgia, Independence High School, 2000
• Fulton County Teacher Grant Award Recipient– “The Webs We Weave–An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Internet and the Arts”, 1996
• Fulton County Teacher Grant Award Recipient—“Pinhole Photography”, 1995
CONFERENCES
• National Art Education Association Conference, 2007 New York City,
Presenter- “Community Within the Art Curriculum”
• Art Chicago, 2005, 2004, 2003
• College Art Association Conference 2005, Atlanta, Georgia
• Illinois Art Education Association Conference
• International Sculpture Conference 2001, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Monika Jones. “Expat-run Art Studio Opens First Student Exhibition.” Caboodle.hu. 07 Nov. 2007. <http://www.caboodle.hu/nc/news/news_archive/single_page/article/11/expat_run_ar/>
Andreea Anca. “Discover Your Inner Artist – Art Classes.” Budapest Sun. April 18, 2007.
<http://www.budapestsun.com/cikk.php?id=26272>
Daniel Freeman. “Homegrown Expat Arts”. Expat Arts>Wordpress. 9 Nov 2007. http://expatarts.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/homegrown-expat-arts-sziv-studios/
Teaching Resume
Paula M. Brett
EDUCATION
Columbia College of Chicago, MFA, Interdisciplinary Art and Media, 2005
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, B.S.Ed., Art Education, 1994
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Artist, Paula Brett LLC
• Professional Artist
Founder and Director, Szív Studios, Budapest, Hungary, 2007-2008
• Founder and Director of Szív Studios: exhibition, art instruction, and community arts space
• Managed employees, programming, administrative duties, budgets, marketing, and PR
• Basic Drawing, Figure Drawing, and Mixed-Media instructor
• Organized exhibitions, “Idegenek Otthona, Foreigner’s Home”, and Annual Student Show
Docent Training Leader, Ludwig Contemporary Art Museum, Budapest, Hungary, 2007-2008
• Art Appreciation Lecturer for three semesters in the Docent Training Program
• Cooperatively developed first Docent Program curriculum
Adjunct Professor, International Business School + Oxford Brookes University, Budapest, Hungary, 2007-2008
• Adjunct Faculty—Drawing, Sculpture/Ceramics, Bachelor of Arts Management Program
• Wrote initial course curriculum for Drawing and Sculpture/Ceramics
• Developed departmental budgets and advised students
• Coordinated program curriculum standards with partner Oxford Brookes University
Visiting Artist, British International School of Budapest, Hungary, 2007-2008
• Visiting Artist, created site-specific sculptural installation with elementary-middle classes
• Drawing Instructor to elementary students ages 4-10
Elementary/Middle Art Instructor, Anglo-American School of Moscow, Russia, 2005-2006
• Primary Years Program Art Teacher grades Pre-K-5 and Middle School Art Teacher
• Designed art lessons with classroom teachers to fit PYP curriculum themes
• Cultural Arts Festival Coordinator- in conjunction head chaperoned a trip to Riga, Latvia
• School Beautification and Design Committee
Art Teacher, Walter Payton College Preparatory High School, Chicago, Illinois, 2001-2005
• Wrote, implemented, and taught Interdisciplinary Art Program to classes throughout school including Mathematics, Literature, Foreign Languages, Social Studies and Chemistry
• Photography, Sculpture, and Art I teacher
• Mentored eight student teacher interns from DePaul, SAIC, and Columbia College Chicago
• Designed and built on-site darkroom to initiate traditional/digital Photography program
• Cross country coach, Gay-Straight Alliance Advisor
• Coordinated and chaperoned group of Advanced Placement Art students to New York City
• Taught weekly classes for Severely Autistic Students
Art Teacher, Independence Alternative School, Roswell, Georgia, 1997-2000
• Designed, wrote and taught courses including: Sculpture, Drawing/Painting, Ceramics, and Introduction to Art to grades 6-12
• Multi-Cultural Day Community Event organizer
• Initiated public sculpture installation project with local foundry
• Planned and coordinated art curriculum with visiting artists through School Arts Committee
• Edited and designed first annual Literary Arts Magazine
• Coordinator for Youth Art Month Exhibit
Art Teacher, Banneker High School, College Park, Georgia, 1995-1997
• Designed and taught Ceramics, Sculpture, Drawing and Painting and implemented Photography program
• Implemented after-school arts program
• Evaluated criteria for Talented and Gifted Eligibility Team
• Served on Teacher’s Advisory Committee as a liaison between teachers and administration
• Assistant Track Coach, Cross Country Coach
• Served on School Based Planning and Management Team to develop school-wide improvement objectives
• Implemented and coordinated annual Spring Art Show Exhibit
Fulton County Council for the Arts, Atlanta, Georgia, Summer 1997
• Coordinated and instructed unique summer program designed to teach job skills and work ethics to middle school teens through financial compensation for their artwork
Horizons Academies, Athens, Georgia, Summer 1995
• Created, wrote and taught original curriculum units to Chapter One elementary school students for two consecutive summers
• Implemented enrichment activities (i.e. outside classroom experiences), parent involvement, reading, writing, and the arts
Regional Evening School, Jefferson, Georgia, 1994-1995
• Designed and instructed graphic design course including layout and design, photography, fundraising, and computer literacy
• Edited and published yearbook
Athens Regional Library, Athens, Georgia, 1994-1995
• Planned and coordinated innovative promotional library programs for young adults
• Maintained and repaired audiovisual collection and equipment
• Participated with long-term library/community goal development
SKILLS
Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Final Cut Pro 6.0, Photoshop 8.0, Internet Explorer, Adobe AfterEffects, Mac/PC Proficient
GRANTS / AWARDS
• Oppenheimer Grant Award Recipient 2002-“Whirligigs in the Windy City”
• Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals for student work, All City Art Exhibition, Chicago Public Schools, 2003-2005
• Top Visual Arts Student, State of Georgia, 2000
• “Pay for Performance” Grant, State of Georgia, Independence High School, 2000
• Fulton County Teacher Grant Award Recipient– “The Webs We Weave–An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Internet and the Arts”, 1996
• Fulton County Teacher Grant Award Recipient—“Pinhole Photography”, 1995
CONFERENCES
• National Art Education Association Conference, 2007 New York City, Presenter- “Community Within the Art Curriculum”
• Art Chicago, 2005, 2004, 2003
• College Art Association Conference 2005, Atlanta, Georgia
• Illinois Art Education Association Conference
• International Sculpture Conference 2001, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
