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Beth Warshafsky is a NYC-based artist and teacher working in a variety of practices including video, 2d and 3d animation, photography, digital print media, drawing and artist’s books. 424 Broome Street, NYC 11301
bskynyc@earthlink.net



Selected Exhibitions
2010 9th Korea Experimental Arts Festival, Seoul, Korea
The BITT Festival, 3Artrang Gallery in Seoul, Korea
The Brucennial 2010: Misdeducation, 350 West Broadway, New York, New York
Step Across the Border, Kleintheater, Luzern, Switzerland
2008 The KU Exhition of International Professors, Seoul, Korea
The Mobile Archive Project of The Israel Center for Digital Art, Skuc Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2007 The Mobile Archive Project of The Israel Center for Digital Art, Kumstverein, Hamburg, Germany, WYSA Art Institute, Gdansk, Poland, Galerija Nova, Zagreb, Croatia.
2006 The Archive Project, The Israel Center for Digital Art, Holon, Video-Motion
Subtropics Experimental Music & Sound Arts Festival – Miami, FL , Iota Visual Music DVD Screening
Ohio University Art Galleries, Athens, Ohio, Maternal Metaphors II: Artist, Mothers, Artwork
2005 {BAP} Bushwick Arts Project,Video Program – Brooklyn, NY, Group Show- Experimental Video
2004 The 16th Brasilian Haical Summit, Camapinas, Brasil, The 2nd International Haiku Image Festival
"150 Years Since The Birth of Rimbaud": Event and Group Shows The New York University In London, 291 Gallery, London, Corsico Gallery , London
NYC SIGGRAPH 2004: Art Gallery Animation– LOS ANGELES,CA "Anthrodance Variation III", 2D and 3D animation
Maternal Metaphors: Artists, Mothers, Artwork, The Rochester Contemporary, NY
2003 THE 7th MADCAT WOMEN FILM FESTIVAL : SAN FRANCISCO,CA
SIGGRAPH 2003 : Art Gallery - SAN DIEGO, CA
THE V INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL ART EXHIBIT - HAVANA CUBA
2002 NOT STILL ART FESTIVAL - BROOKLYN, NY
NSA 7th Annual Festival
1996 BROADCAST DESIGN ASSOCIATION
"8am", an invitational of which 24 designers expressed a particular hour in a day
1993 ASIFA EAST Group Show – NY, NY
The International Animation & Film Society, NYC,
"Shaking Up the New Medium Independent Animators Refine Animation"
1992 BARBARA WARWICK GALLERY Group Show– SEATTLE, WA
1991 BARBARA WARWICK GALLERY Group Show- SEATTLE, WA
1990 ACM SIGGRAPH ’90 - Dallas, TX
BROADCAST DESIGN ASSOCIATON - LAS VEGAS, NV
"Frames Per Second", A show in video art curated by Dean Winkler
NYC SIGGRAPH ’94 – NY, NY
IMAGINA ’90 - Paris, France, Emerging Artists Show
SOHO 20 & Friends – NY, NY, Group Show
1989 ACM SIGGRAPH ’89 Film and Video Show - BOSTON, MA
1984 SILVERMINE GUILD SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS – NEW CANAAN, CT
"Prints to Drawings" curated show
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, TEACHERS COLLEGE – NY, NY
"Stageless Dance en Route", camera artist & performer
Awards, Honors
2003 Pratt Faculty Development Grant
1991 Broadcast Design Association, Best Public Service Announcement, MTV, Artist, Director, Bronze
Ohio State University Awards, Excellence in Education, Information & Public Affairs, Nickelodeon, MTV, Artist, Director, “Snip the Rings”
1990 Broadcast Design Association, Best Campaign IDS Nickelodeon, MTV, ‘Elephants',Silver
Broadcast Design Association, Best Campaign IDS, Bronze
1988 FINALIST, CLIO AWARDS
Best Promo - Nickelodeon, MTV, Associate Producer, Art Director, Artist
FINALIST, CLIO AWARDS
Best Promo - WCBS, Associate Producer, Art Director, Artist
Academic
Experiences
1996 - Present Adjunct Associate Professor, Pratt Institute – Brooklyn
2000 – 2002 Acting Chair, Department of Computer Graphics and Interactive Media(CGIM), Pratt Institute
2005 - Present Adjunct Assistant Professor New York University SCPS McGhee – NY, NY
2007 Invited Artist, Lecture Pratt at Munson Williams Proctor, AIthica, NY
2002 Guest Professor, Students Critiques and Program Development Denmark’s International Study Program
2000 Visiting Professor, Parsons School of Design – NY, NY Center for New Design
1982 - 1984 Faculty Printmaking & Drawing, Silvermine Guild Center for the Arts – New Canaan, CT, Faculty, Printmaking and Drawing
1979 - 1980 Assistant to the Master, Calhoun College
1978 - 1979 Research Assistant, Professor Henry Louis Gates
Videography & Animation
2010 "THE VISTING TANK" with composer Gerry Hemmingway
Video projection behind String Quartet, Kleintheater, Luzern. Switzerland
2006 HAIKU:SPRINGS AGAIN (with composer Gerry Hemingway)
2004 ANTHRODANCE VARIATION III (Collaboration with Ellen Scott & Gerry Hemingway)
2003 MARGAUX CARTOON
VIDEO DIARY MARCH 2003
2001 JJ: ANOTHER STRANGE (?) BEDFELLOW (Collaboration with Amy Guggenheim)
2000 HIATUS, opening animation (A film by Erica Beckman)
1999 ITALIAN DIARIES (Collaboration with composer Rich Meltine)
1995 W.E.B DuBois, animated sequences (A film by Louis Massiah)
1993 THE SALUTE (Collaboration with composer Gerry Hemingway)
1992 REGENERATION (Collaboration with composer Gerry Hemingway)
1991 SHADOW DANCES (Collaboration with Robert Janz)
1989 SHHH! (Collaboration with composer Gerry Hemingway)
1988 SPLASH (Collaboration with composer Rich Meltine & editor Joe Seconi)
I WAS SMALL (Collaboration with D.R. Miller)
1990 WAR DANCE
1987 MARGAUX CARTOON
Related
Experiences
1993 - Present B-SKY – NY, NY
Principal; conducting business as independent artist, animator, producer and director specializing in video and motion graphics. Clients include Avon, CWC Japan, Children’s Television Workshop, Estée Lauder, HBO, Liz Claiborne, Nickelodeon, Prime Films, Tiffany & Co., WEB DuBois Film Project.
2009 College Art Association, Panelist, "Digital Technology in Foundation Studies-If, How and Why"
2005 - 2008 Judge for Experimental & Animation,Brooklyn Internaltional Film Festival– Brooklyn, NY
2004 Producer, Art Director, SIGGRAPH 2004, Art Show Promo Reel, “Threading Time”
1988 – 1994 Art Director, Graphic Designer, Animator, Post-producer, Electric Picture Works – NY, NY
1984 - 1988 Graphic Designer, Animator, National Video Center & Reconding Studios – NY, NY
1983 RIMYTH MOBILE PRODUCTIONS – PATERSON, NJ
Assistant Director
THE PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP – NY, NY
Community Educator Outreach, Assistant Lithography Teacher
Education
Columbia University – New York, NY Masters of Fine Art – Printmaking & Painting 1984
Antioch College – Yellow Springs, Ohio, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1975