Academic and Artistic Background

Prior to becoming an Academic Technologist at Carleton, Fiona worked at The Soap Factory art gallery in Minneapolis for three years, providing technical assistance to artists and managing the volunteer program (120 dedicated volunteers). Fiona is a practicing Performance and New Media artist and has exhibited her work in the United States and Europe. Her practice also encompasses curatorial work as the founder and lead curator of Performance and New Media event, Artery 24 (now entitled Artery). Fiona has freelanced for commercial and non-profit clients, creating a variety of materials including: websites, catalogs, print, video and audio.

Tools and Further Experience

• 7 years experience working in the arts and with creative technologies.
• Specialist tools: fully versed in the entire Adobe Creative Suite, Sketchup, Logic Studio, Final Cut Pro, Sibelius, Finale, SmartMusic, Keynote, Danceforms and WordPress.
• Areas of expertise: visualization, illustration, blogging, educational portfolios, graphic design, mobile computing, new media installation, creative and new media technologies, 3D modeling, digital asset management (DAM) and coordination of large scale creative projects/endeavors.
• Has completed research in the following areas: sports video analysis, WordPress, iDevice applications, creative presentation technologies.
• Has presented at an international design conference on design policy.
• Holds a BA(hons) Fine Art from Kent Institute of Art and Design, Canterbury, England (now University for the Creative Arts).
• Has completed internship positions at The Soap Factory and at the Wynd Theater in Melrose, Scotland.

Selected Exhibitions/Performances

FEMININE VENOM
Lamb Lays with Lion (theater company)
Written and directed by: Jeremey Catterton
Performances 2011: 3/31, 4/1, 4/2, 4/7, 4/8, 4/9
Nick and Eddie's – 1612 Harmon Place, Mpls

Artery Twentyten
Curator/Concept
July 29, 30, 31, and August 1st
The Soap Factory
http://arteryperformance.com

Monster Drawing Rally
Contributing Artist
December 12, 2009
Midway Contemporary Art

The Cursed Chateau
Artist (group exhibition) - pen and ink drawing
Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art
August 14 - September 26th, 2009

Artery 24, 2009
Curator/concept
The Soap Factory
July 24-25, 6pm to 6pm

A Bird in the Sky: School of Behavioral Arts (Marcus Young)
2008
Dancer
Multiple locations including the Republican National Rally

Artery 24 - twenty-four hours of performance and media art
Curator/Concept
The Soap Factory
July 5th and 6th, 2008

Sculpture at Canterbury Exhibition
Herbert Read Gallery, Kent UK
9th Oct - 19th Nov 2005

Margate Rocks - Thanet Contemporary Arts Festival
The New Media Centre, Kent UK
23rd – 30th July 2005

Awards

Reeves & Nayland Dissertation prize
July 2005
Commended dissertation.

The Grovesnor Award for Excellence in Art & Design
June 2002

Publications/Conferences

Apps for Art History Study - 2nd Iteration (Collaboration with H. Eyestone and M. Monsma)

Poster Presentation - Winner of the Judges Choice award
New Media Consortium (NMC) Conference
Madison, WI
6/16/11
Materials: https://wp.carleton.edu/anappaday/flashcard-research-for-art-history/

Visualization of Past, Present and Future Spaces Using Google Sketchup
New Media Consortium (NMC) Conference
Madison, WI
6/16/11
Materials: http://public.iwork.com/document/?a=p1059096958&d=quicktimeversion.key

Apps for Art History Study (Collaboration with Heidi Eyestone)
Poster Presentation
VRA+ARLIS 2011 2nd Joint Conference
Minneapolis
3/27/11

Strengthening Connections/Devising Designs: Forging New Connections through Collaborative Processes
Design/Instructional Design Paper – Juried.
Paper presentation – Sapienza University of Rome, 2/3/11
Design Principles and Practices Journal
Publish date: 6/10/11

Obstinate Media – article
Art Review & Preview
Vol 2. issue #1 Summer 2008

Motif Radio, Contemporary Art radio show
March 2006 – March 2007
Producer

Not For Human Consumption – article
Soup magazine issue 3, March 2005

The Book of Residual Evidence for Prankcalls made to S.C.O.R.E
Jan 2005.
Artist’s edition of 10.

Poster for the London Biennale 2004: Canterbury Group
June 2004, Photographic concept.

Artistic resume available at: mnartists.org/fiona_macneill