L A U R A H A R T W I C K
laurah@plasticdisaster.com
256 Walk Circle
Santa Cruz, California 95060
831.423.1516 / fax 831.423.1506




professional experience

1995-1999
Art Director, Plastic Disaster Productions,
Both website design and printwork. Projects include: identity, mark
and brand development, collateral systems, signage and p.o.p. display,
advertising, magazine illustration and layout.

Web based design includes site architecture, interface and visual design.

Freelance clients include Rolo San Francisco, Bosanova,Ziff-Davis Press,
Grand Royal Magazine, Lycos Press, Two Girls Walk Dogs,
Motion Pacific, Petroglyph Ceramic Lounge,Odwalla Juices,
Verilink and Otto Design Group

1998-1999
Senior Designer, Imagesmith,
Art Direction, visual design, user interface design, online branding
on client jobs and in house collateral, marketing, trade show jobs.
Clients include Infoseek, Go Network, Eyescream Interactive, Jane Magazine,
Consumer Reports, InternetAdvertising.org, AvantGo, Sierra Imaging, Seagate

1996-1997
Software Trainer, Plastic Disaster Productions,
Small, personalized classes in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator,
Quark XPress, and understanding HTML. Classes designed for marketing,
managers, and others who need to communicate with designers on a
regular basis but don't always speak the same language.

1993-1994
Research Assistant, UC Davis, QBIC Visual Database Image Query project,
Digitization of 800 image Art Slide Library Database, Testing and implementation
of experimental IBM query by image content retrieval software,
Grantwriting and copyright research for digital collections.

teaching experience

1999
Instructor, California State Summer School for the Arts, CalArts, Digital Art

1998
Instructor, California State Summer School for the Arts, CalArts, Digital Art

1997
Instructor, California State Summer School for the Arts, CalArts, Digital Art

1996
Instructor, California State Summer School for the Arts, CalArts, Digital Art

1995
Instructor, California State Summer School for the Arts, CalArts, Digital Art
Instructor, SPECTRA Arts Program, Drawing and Painting.

1994
Instructor, San Jose Museum of Art School, Drawing, Painting and Sculpture
Instructor, California State Summer School for the Arts, Fresno State University, Printmaking
Teaching Assistant, UC Davis, Painting
Associate Instructor, UC Davis, Beginning Drawing

1993
Teaching Assistant, UC Davis, Painting, Beginning and Intermediate
Teaching Assistant, California State Summer School for the Arts, CalArts, Printmaking

1992
Teaching Assistant, UC Davis, Painting
Teaching Assistant, California State Summer School for the Arts, CalArts, Printmaking
Instructor, Arizona State University, Drawing I

education

1994
Master of Fine Art, University of California, Davis

1988
BA in Fine Art, University of California, Santa Cruz


computer literacy

Macintosh: Expert in Photoshop, Quark, Illustrator
Knowledge of many other graphics applications
Image optimaztion, fluent HTML coder, some javascript.
Webmaster, current with new web technologies
Working knowledge of UNIX and Windows
Experienced Internet and electronic communications user
Macintosh trouble shooting and system consulting


selected recent exhibitions

1998
DePaul University Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
Baywatch, August 7-Sept. 3

1997
U.C. Irvine Art Gallery, Irvine, CA
Work/Space, Jan. 14-Feb. 13

1996
Southern Exposure, and Site Specific Space, San Francisco, CA
Work/Space, Oct. 2-Nov. 3

Buehler Art Center, Davis, CA
Biograph, April 5-May 3

1995
Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Natural Happy Disaster Bargain Days, January 4-February 4

Pajaro Valley Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
UCSC Printers, January 30-February 26

1994
Memorial Union Gallery, Davis, CA
California, Truly Dazzling Natural Beauty..., June 3-July 2

Richard M. Nelson Gallery, Davis, CA
Artists Valentines, January 18-February 11

1993
Memorial Union Gallery, Davis, CA
UC Davis MFA Show, September 27-October 22

Memorial Union Gallery, Davis,CA
UC Davis Juried Student Show,May 10-May 31

Buehler Alumni Center, Davis, CA
Fashioning Identities, April 16-April 23

Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
1301 Pound Woman, February 2-February 28

Art Works Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Facility C-107, February 13-March 28

Sierra College, Rocklin, CA
Business As Usual, February 23-March 13


reviews, publications and lectures

1997
Panelist, College Art Association conference, New York, Feb. 14, 1997

Visiting Artist, San Francisco Art Institute, Digital Media Seminar

Review, Los Angeles Times, January 21, "'Work/Space' Earns Bonus for Its Wry Look at
Office Culture", By Cathy Curtis

Review, Parallax, Issue 5, September, "Work/Space: Visual Relations Incorporate,
by Stephanie Ellis.

Review, Parallax, Issue 5, September, "The Scope of Work/Space: Cultures in a
Looking Glass," by Catherine Greenblatt.

1996
Visiting Artist, San Francisco Art Institute, Digital Media Seminar

Visiting Artist, California College of Arts and Crafts, Contemporary Issues in Digital Photography

1995
Visiting Artist, Santa Clara University, Art and Ecology Lecture Series

1994
Association for Computing in the Humanities, April 19-April 23, Paris, France, "Objectivity in
Visual Database Retrieval Software"

Association for Information Management Proceedings, Volume 46, No. 10, October, "Retrieving
Art Images by Image Content: The UC Davis QBIC Project"

International Society for Optical Engineering, February 7-February 8, San Jose, CA,
"Visual Image Retrieval for Applications in Art and Art History"

Information Sciences and Use, Volume 14, No. 2, IOS Press, March (publication only), "Quick,
Who Painted the Fish? The QBIC Project at U.C. Davis"

references available upon request



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