2006 - Current
STUDENT, GRADUATE PROGRAM, WRITING AND CRITICAL THEORY
Art Center College of Design
Pasadena

1999 - Current
ARTIST & ENTERTAINER
Berlin, Paris & New York City
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2000 - 2003
CREATIVE COORDINATOR
Templar Studios (www.templar.com)
New York City
•Launched numerous games online, for clients as diverse as National Geographic (www.nationalgeographic.com) and Lego (www.lego.com)
•Coordinated all production activities and scheduling between departments
•Prepared documentation and developed creative strategies for all internal and external projects
•Researched and wrote briefs responding to client inquiries, such as marketing concerns, traffic statistics, and branding issues
Key projects:
•Backlot: Using the latest Shockwave technology, Studios' Backlot allows the player to explore the world of filmmaking in a true 3D environment, previously unavailable for a web-based game.
•Bionicle: A totally new concept of online interactive storytelling, the game features a constantly evolving saga updated monthly. It has 700,000 unique registered players who visit regularly and is the top-rated game on Lego's site.
•Congo Trek: An interactive 3D environment that allows you to explore the Congo -- virtually. Based on notes and footage recorded by explorer Michael Fay, this immersive experience was built out of a partnership with Intel, showcasing the latest in 3D technology.

2000
EDITORIAL COORDINATOR
Nurun Interactive (www.nurun.com)
New York City
•Directed projects at an interactive agency specializing in global lifestyle brands
•Recommended and implemented brand-identity, editorial content, and user-experience strategies, emphasizing clarity, originality, and simplicity to grow business online and off
•Wrote original editorial content to enrich commerce-based sites
•Worked closely with the content director to prepare, refine, and review all copy for L'Oreal (www.lorealparis.com) and Evian (www.evian.com) websites
•Developed innovative product, packaging, and promotional concepts
•Acted as principal liaison between client and creative teams
Key projects:
•Colour Riche Minisite: devoted to Colour Riche Lipcolour, it launched as part of a national television campaign which included a specific call to action aimed at encouraging new users to interact with the minisite. It became L'Oreals's most prominent online campaign.
•Feria Minisite: devoted to Feria haircolour, launched as part of a coordinated effort with VH1, Rolling Stone, and Sony. It is L'Oreal's largest online promotional campaign to date, featuring ten weeks of regularly updated editorial and creative content.

1996-2000
ART EDUCATION COORDINATOR & CURATOR
Various Clients
New York City, Middletown, Washington, DC
•Worked as a freelance consultant for several art schools and museums, including Wesleyan University and the American Museum of the Moving Image
•Curated "Re-Presenting Art: Four Decades of Postmodernism," a comprehensive exhibition on Postmodern and Multimedia art
•Curated "Computer Space," an exhibition exploring innovative examples of animation, video games, and digital experiences
•Assisted in production of computer-based installations and web projects
•Filtered into public programs a broad range of new media-related pursuits, including artists working with cutting edge technologies, media and design-related academic programs, and the entertainment industry.

Art Center College of Design
M.A., Writing and Critical Theory, current

Wesleyan University
B.A., English and Studio Arts, with honors, 1998

2005
• Magazin, Berlin - group exhibition, Kunst oder Konigin
2004
• Stern Magazine - photo essay, Lovergirl
• Nerve Magazine - photo essay, Lovergirl
• Barbie Deinhoff's, Berlin - solo exhibition, Fake
• GoGo Girls, Tel Aviv - group exhibition, Cabaret
• White Trash, Berlin - solo exhibition, Lovergirl
• Big Eden, Berlin - solo exhibition, Savage
2003
• Niagara, New York City - group exhibition, Antagonist
• Rare, New York City - solo exhibition, Control
2002
• Niagara, New York City - solo exhibition, Girl Gone Wild
• Baktun, New York City - solo exhibition, Girl Gone Wild
1998
• Zilkha Gallery, Middletown - group exhibition

BOOKS
• Seduce Me, a collection of short stories (published in English by HarperCollins/Avon Red, published in German as Sex mag ich eigentlich gar nicht by Maas Verlag )
• Lovergirl, an autobiography (self-published in English, published in German by Random House/Heyne)
SHORT STORIES
• "The Gift" in The Mammoth Book of Women's Erotic Fantasies, edited by Sonia Florens
• "Alicia" in Glamour Girls, edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel
• "Rick" in Clean Sheets and Cyberwit
ARTICLES/ESSAYS
• "White Walls: An Interview with Stephen Klein" in Deutsch
• "Seeking Stardom by Stripping it Bare" in Scarlet Letters & in Flesh for Fantasy: Producing and Consuming Exotic Dance, edited by Kate Frank and Danielle Egan
• "Striptease: The Art of Spectacle and Transgression" in The Journal of Popular Culture
• "Single in Style," "More Sluts, Less Science," "Salvation Through His Hand," in Rockerzine
• "Sneaker Pimps: Bloodsport," "Mary Timony: The Golden Dove," "Mesh: Who Watches Over me" in Pixelsurgeon