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PETE IPPEL
Born: 1979, Oak Park, IL
Lives and works in Ventura, CA
email: pete@hypermodern.net
web: http://peteippel.com
blog: http://hypermodern.net
EDUCATION
SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, 2002-2004
M.F.A., New Genres, 2004
Critique seminars: Tony Labat, Paul Kos, Tom Marioni, Trisha Donnelly. Coursework: art theory and history, urban studies, digital intervention
CORNELL UNIVERSITY, 1997-2002
B.F.A., Combined Media (Photography / Digital Art)
Advisor: Marcia Lyons
Coursework: media arts, art history, digital music, themed entertainment, architecture, electronic imaging, art practice in traditional media. Thesis exhibition: Priorities: Installation, Audition, and Digitalia
B.A., Psychology (perception, minor concentration: cognitive science)
Advisor: Michael Spivey
Coursework: visual, auditory, and tactile perception, computer graphics and animation, visual communication, human computer interaction, sensory systems, independent research
ADDITIONAL STUDIES
VENTURA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, 2016-2017
Designated Subjects Credential Program, Career Technical Education - Arts, Media, and Entertainment
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES EXTENSION, 2012
Computer science, learning Python
CITY COLLEGE SAN FRANCISCO, 2005-2007
Advanced classes in conversational Spanish, culture, and civilization
LANGUAGES
Native English, fluent Spanish, basic Italian
HONORS / AWARDS / GRANTS
CENTER FOR CULTURAL INNOVATION
NextGen Arts Grants Program, 2014
CITY OF VENTURA, CALIFORNIA
Mayor's Arts Award - Emerging Artist, 2014
WORKING ARTISTS VENTURA
Selected Artist, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE
Student Leadership Award, 2004
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Dean’s list, spring 2001, spring 2002
Edith and Walter King Stone Memorial Prize for Promise in Art, 2001
National Dean’s List 1998-2001
ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS
Varsity track and field, Cornell University 1997-2001
Captain, school record holder, high jump 2.15m (7’ 1/2”) 2001
State Games of America Champion, high jump 1999, 2001, 2003
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Ventura, California
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION
2013, 50th year Anniversary Celebration, Oxnard, California, USA
STONEWORKS STUDIOS, Ventura, California, USA
2010, Pete Ippel Art Show
ICTHUS GALLERY, San Francisco, California, USA
2008, The Fantastic Solution to Global Warming and other Conundrums
ICTHUS GALLERY, San Francisco, California, USA
2006, Metaphors Be With You
ICTHUS GALLERY, San Francisco, California, USA
2006, Hypermodern Art Show
EXPERIMENTAL GALLERY, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
2002, Priorities: Installation, Audition, and Digitalia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
ARTWALK VENTURA, Ventura, California
2017, Working Artists Ventura Pod
NAMBA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Ventura, California
2017, 5x5x5 Performance Art Series Curated by John White
ELECTRIC LODGE, Venice, California
2017, High Voltage Curated by Josh Berkowitz
VENTURA COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER, Ventura, California
2017, Defying Doyen | Under 40 Exhibit Curated by Dab Art
NAMBA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Ventura, California
2016, 5x5x5 Performance Art Series Curated by John White
ARTWALK VENTURA, Ventura, California
2016, Collectors Reception
VITA ART CENTER, Ventura, California
2015, Truly Exquisite
NAMBA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Ventura, California
2015, 5x5x5 Performance Art Series Curated by John White
WORKING ARTISTS VENTURA, Ventura, California
2015, ArtWalk - Drought: Meditations and Mediations
COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION, New York, New York
2015, ARTexchange
WORKING ARTISTS VENTURA, Ventura, California
2015, Celebrate the Roots installation and performance
VITA ART CENTER, Ventura, California
2015, Retablos for Peace
VENTURA COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER, Ventura, California
2014, Interactive Felt Wall Installation – Ventura County Arts Council
MUSEUM OF VENTURA COUNTY, Ventura, California
2014, Day of the Dead Celebration – Dia de los Muertos
WORKING ARTISTS VENTURA, Ventura, California
2014, ArtWalk - Art and Play, collaboration with Mobile Arts Platform
SYLVIA WHITE GALLERY, Ventura, California
2014, 5x5x5 Performance Art Series Curated by John White
SOMARTS CULTURAL CENTER, San Francisco California
2014, 100 Performances for the Hole
PERFORMANCE STUDIES INTERNATIONAL, Stanford University
2013, Now Then: Conference 19 – 100 Performances for the Hole, Redux
MUSEUM OF VENTURA COUNTY, Ventura, California
2013, Day of the Dead Celebration – Dia de los Muertos
SYLVIA WHITE GALLERY, Ventura, California
2013, 5x5x5 Performance Art Series Curated by John White
VENTURA COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER, Ventura, California
2012, The Installation Show – Ventura County Arts Council
TORRANCE ART MUSEUM, Torrance, California
2012, The Subterraneans - The Artists Behind LA's Artist-Run Spaces
SYLVIA WHITE GALLERY, Ventura, California
2012, 5x5x5 Performance Art Series Curated by John White
POINT .B STUDIO, Port Orford, Oregon
2011, Art In The Information Age
SOMARTS CULTURAL CENTER, San Francisco California
2011, Third Strike: 100 Performances for the Hole
TOOL ROOM GALLERY, Ventura, California
2011, WAV Artists at the Tool Room at Bell Arts Factory
SYLVIA WHITE GALLERY, Ventura, California
2011, Be a Saint
MUSEUM OF VENTURA COUNTY, Ventura, California
2010, Day of the Dead Celebration – Dia de los Muertos
VENTURA COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL, Ventura, California
2010, Whimsy & Delight
SOMARTS CULTURAL CENTER, San Francisco California
2010, 100 Performances for the Hole – Take two
ART HOUSE CO-OP, Brooklyn, New York
2009, The Sketchbook Project
RADICAL PRACTICES, San Francisco, California
2009, The Seduction of Duchamp Live Auction
SHARE FESTIVAL, Turin, Italy
2009, Market Forces
GARAGE BIENNALE, San Francisco, California, USA
2008, Weather Reconnaissance
GARAGE BIENNALE, San Francisco, California, USA
2008, 100 Performances for the Hole
PACIFIC SCHOOL OF RELIGION, Berkeley, California, USA
2005, Art and Spirituality
GARAGE BIENNALE, San Francisco, California, USA
2004, Party for Benevolence
ANTI – CONTEMPORARY ART FESTIVAL, Kuopio, Finland
2004, Yuk Video Screening
NEW LANGTON ARTS, San Francisco, California, USA
2004, The ‘How To’ Intensive
FORT MASON CENTER, San Francisco, California, USA
2004, San Francisco Art Institute MFA graduate show
PACE DIGITAL GALLERY, New York, NY, 2004
2004, e Bay--Buy or Sell or Buy
YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS, San Francisco, California, USA
2004, Playshop
CELL SPACE, San Francisco, California, USA
2003, San Francisco Art Institute Print Show,
SAN FRANCISCO BUREAU OF URBAN SECRETS, San Francisco, California, USA
2003, Creative City
BOOM TECHNOLOGY FAIR, Cornell University, Ithaca New York, USA
2002, Sound Thinking: computer as creative audio tool
BOOM TECHNOLOGY FAIR, Cornell University, Ithaca New York, USA
2001, Fine Art Applications of 3D Internet
TEACHING POSITIONS
VENTURA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Ventura, California
ASSETS photography and STEAM (science technology engineering art math) instructor, fall 2015-present
Substitute teacher, fall 2014-present
VITA ART CENTER, Ventura, California
Art instructor, spring 2012
SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, San Francisco, California
Visiting faculty, Contemporary Practice: Making and Meaning, fall 2010
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY, Berkeley, California
Academic Talent Development Program, summer 2008, 2009
MARIN SCHOOL OF ART AND TECHNOLOGY, Novato, California
Art instructor, fall 2004
SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, San Francisco, California
NASA Space Practicum teaching assistant, spring 2004
Video Editing teaching assistant, spring 2004
CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Ithaca, New York
Cornell Adult University, instructor, website design, summer 2002
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
WORKING ARTISTS VENTURA ARTIST COUNCIL
Chair, 2014
COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION (CAA)
Member 2009-present
AMERICAN INSTITUTE of GRAPHIC ARTS (AIGA)
Member 2012-present
FIRST FRIDAYS VENTURA
Representative, Working Artists Ventura 2010-present
LEONARDO JOURNAL
Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous 2008-2010
Manuscript Intern 2004-2005
SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE
Board of Trustees 2003-2004
Artech 2003-2004
Graduate Council 2002-2003
PUBLICATIONS
Share Festival. Market Forces. Exhibition catalog, Turin, 2009.
Ippel, Peter. “In the Tradition of Apprentice and Master.” Proceedings of The Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences, ISSN #: 1539-7300, pages 1094-1100. 2005.
Pace Digital Gallery. e Bay - Buy or Sell or Buy. Exhibition catalog, New York, 2004.
San Francisco Art Institute. Masters of Fine Arts Exhibition. Exhibition catalog, San Francisco, 2004.
LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
ARTWALK VENTURA
2017, Introduction to monoprinting
VENTURA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
STEAM Maker Space Presentation on Circuits, 2014
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES FOR ARTISTS – VENTURA, CA
Giving and Receiving Critique Graciously – Encouraging Valuable Dialogue in Viewers and Self, 2014
BRAIN INJURY CENTER OF VENTURA COUNTY
The Art Of Recovery, 2014
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITION
The Art Of Recovery, 2013
PETE IPPEL ART STUDIO
How to Maintain Boundaries, Artistic and Otherwise 2013
LIBRE GRAPHICS MEETING
Transitional Work Flow For Artists Making The Libre Graphics Leap, 2012
LINUXWOCHEN Osterreich-Tour
Panelist Talk on Art, Free Culture, Open Hardware, and the Politics of Sharing, 2012
LINUXWOCHEN Osterreich-Tour
Introduction to Qi Hardware Milkymist1 Video Synthesizer, 2012
WHAT IS ART? LIVE!
Pete Ippel and Allan deSouza interviewed by Tim Sullivan and Chris Corrente, 2011
KRON 4, SAN FRANCISCO
Pete Ippel "Copper Mist" interview by Henry Tenenbaum, 2011
LIBRE GRAPHICS MEETING
Open Mind, Literally: Teaching Free Culture As A Life Goal, Brain Surgery, and a Networked Path to Recovery, 2011
S.A.V.E. THIRD THURSDAY
Open Fashion, Fear, Education, and Leverage, September, 2010
Maslow's Hierarchy Updated, August, 2010
Critical Discourse, Networks, and Hebbian Learning, July, 2010
STONE WORKS STUDIOS
The New Folk Tradition: Aesthetic and Community Resonance Between Open Source Graphics and Fiber Arts, 2010
LIBRE GRAPHICS MEETING
The New Folk Tradition: Aesthetic and Community Resonance Between Open Source Graphics and Fiber Arts, 2010
CORNELL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Exhibition Tour, Amish Abstractions: Quilts From the Collection of Faith and Stephen Brown, 2010
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Digital Photography, compositional guidelines, and critique, 2010
A PLACE OF PEACE, Monday Lecture Series
Asian brush technique, 2010
CORNELL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Digital Photography, compositional guidelines, and critique, 2009
HAWAII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL SCIENCES
In the Tradition of Apprentice and Master, 2005
STRETCHER.ORG GREEN ROOM, Mediation on Networks, 2004
SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, Alternative Lecture Series
Psychology, Cognition and their Relationship to Art, 2004
SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, Alternative Lecture Series
A General Theory of Love, 2003
BITS ON OUR MIND (Boom) Technology Fair, Cornell University,
Sound Thinking: computer as creative audio tool, 2002
BITS ON OUR MIND (Boom) Technology Fair, Cornell University,
Fine Art Applications of 3D Internet, 2001
CORNELL ART DEPARTMENT, lecture and tutorial, electronic imaging in art, 2001
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
FABRICATORZ, San Francisco, California
Developer, 2012-present
PETE IPPEL, Ventura, California
Independent Creative Contractor, 1999-present
SAN FRANCISCO BALLET, San Francisco, California
Residence Manager, 2003-2009
UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL, San Francisco, California
Assistant Track and Field / Basketball coach 2005-2009
YMCA, PRESIDIO BRANCH, San Francisco, California
Wellness Coach, Group Exercise Instructor, 2005-2007
UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHY, Ithaca, New York
Darkroom Assistant, Photographer, summer 2002
SIGNAL INTERACTIVE, Chicago, Illinois
Production Artist Intern, summer 2000
MOTOROLA, INC., Arlington Heights, Illinois
Web Design Intern, summer 1999
PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTION, Ithaca, New York
Assistant to the Director of Collections, 1997-1999
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Lakey, Nancy D. "ATRIUM SHUFFLE | Controversial art first removed, then reinstated at Ventura County Government Center". Ventura Reporter. 11/07/18.
https://www.vcreporter.com/2018/11/atrium-shuffle-controversial-art-first-removed-then-reinstated-at-county-government-center/
Lindell, Karen. "The art of coping with 9/11: After 9/11, local residents channeled their mixed-up emotions into paintings, songs and sculpture". Ventura County Star. 09/09/11. http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/sep/09/the-art-of-coping/.
D'Amore, Nicole. Artistic Touch: “Artist Communicates Ideas Through Conceptual Pieces”. Ventura County Star. 11/16/10 http://www.vcstar.com/news/2010/nov/16/artist-communicates-ideas-through-conceptual/.
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http://pedronavaja.wordpress.com/2010/11/02/pete-ippel-moves-beyond-the-modern/.
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Extero/InteroCeptive. 09/30/10
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