"I am interested in how the meanings of objects or actions change when the signified is shifted or removed from the signifier. Familiar activities and materials are considered in abnormal ways in order to highlight certain inherent traits in routine gestures and artifacts."

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Kathleen Quillian

Kathleen Quillian
Kathleen Quillian

Kathleen Quillian received her MFA in New Genres from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2003. She is currently the Communications Associate and Production Coordinator for Leonardo/The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology, The Development Director for Artists' Television Access and Managing Editor of the ATA webzine.

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Education

2003    MFA, New Genres, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1996    BA, English (writing focus); minor in Studio Art, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA


Select Exhibitions

2007   Alternate City Soundtrack Tour: Transient Frequencies, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
	   Music by the Eyeful, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
	   Close Calls 2007, group show, Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin, CA
2006   MicroCineFest, Film Festival, Baltimore, MD
            Illuminated Corridor: Mobility, public projection performance, Oakland, CA
           O.K. Quoi?! Drive-In Video, group screening, Struts Gallery, New Brunswick, Canada
	   Esoteric Mapping, group show, 21 Grand, Oakland, CA
	   Death By Tealight, group screening, Artists' Television Access, San Francisco, CA
	   Illuminated Corridor: perambulare, public projection performance, San Francisco, CA
2005  Illuminated Corridor: Civil Twilight, public projection performance, Oakland, CA   
           Form/Reform, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
2004   This Way Please: Tours of the Everyday, Pond Gallery, San Francisco, CA
	   The Element of Temporary 5, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA
	   Wandering Rocks, Revolving Doors, Dublin, Ireland
           Myths of Thee Underground, Artists' Television Access, San Francisco, CA
2003   Space Available, Walter and McBean Galleries, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
            MFA Graduate Exhibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
            group show, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
            Sympathetic Vibrations, Pacific Film Archives, Berkeley, CA
2002   group show, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
            solo show, Diego Rivera gallery, San Francisco, CA
            Point/Counterpoint, window installation, Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco, CA
2001   FUSE, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
            Jumpcut, Artists' Television Access, San Francisco, CA
2000   group show, Diego Rivera gallery, San Francisco, CA


Curatorial Work

2005  Curator of ATA Annex Gallery #1 & 2, Bayennale: International Art Festival, Oakland, CA
2004  Co-curator of Order, Measurement and Systems, Artists' Television Access, San Francisco, CA
           Co-curator of Myths of thee Underground, Artists' Television Acces, San Francisco, CA
2003  Co-curator of intervals: (themes and variations on) relational space, Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco, CA
           Curator of Once Upon A Time…the narrative reconsidered, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA


Related Experience

Production Coordinator, Leonardo/The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology, SF, CA
Development Director, Artists' Television Access, San Francisco, CA
Communications Associate, Leonardo/The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology, SF, CA
Co-Founder/Managing Editor for ATA webzine, Artists' Television Access, San Francisco, CA
Gallery Director, Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco, CA
Personal Assistant for Paul Kos, Professor of New Genres, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
Teacher’s Assistant for Sharon Grace, Professor of New Genres, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
Intern for New Langton Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Intern for Canyon Cinema, San Francisco, CA
Assistant to the Executive Director of The District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC