Michelle Trudo

Education           
99-01  MFA, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
98-99  Masters in graphic design program, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
94       BFA in graphic design, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Professional Experience

99-09 co-founder, art director

Supaflu Design, Portland, OR
Design and develop web sites, logo design, museum publications, books, print media, corporate and product branding, custom t-shirts designs, interactive media, motion graphics, and videoography.

Clients+Projects:
MIT Press publication, Sensorium Catalogue, MIT List Center
MIT Press, Blubberland Bookcover
Bates College Museum of Art, Cyptozoology: Out of Time Space Scale, jrp ringier publication
Bates College Museum of Art, Cyptozoology conference & show
Bates College Museum of Art, Bates College faculty show
Portland Color
Turnstone Property
Sportsman, ICA at Maine College of Art
Rose Marasco Photography
Maine College of Art, MFA Program, MFA thesis show
Bergwear
Spindleworks Studio
Irregular Form
2Renu Bio diesel
Katarina Weslien
Spiral Press Café
Glimpse the bright future
Maine Community Aids Partnership
Institute of Contemporary Art at Meca, Design & print posters
Sloan & Hall, Ads and Website


97-98 freelance visual interactive designer

UpperDeck, San Diego, CA
Interactive Designer: Designed conceptual ideas for the corporate web site and sport athlete web sites.

Genex Interactive, LA, CA
Lead Interactive Designer: Directed technology teams and design teams, managed implementation and production for launch. Designed on-line B2B java applications that enabled customized features for on-line customers.

Maddocks & Co., LA, CA
Interactive Designer: Designed and developed interactive corporate web sites. Designed and strategically branded international corporations and television networks on the Internet for bi-lingual audiences..


96-97 interactive art director

Six Red Marbles, Cambridge, MA
Directed creative design and development teams, developed product concepts, wrote project proposals and bids, and developed research strategies per project. Designed and developed educational interactive CD-ROMs for k-12 and web sites; provided product and design consultation; developed product design concepts.


94-96 freelance interactive designer and graphic designer

DI Group, Boston, MA
Designed and developed children’s activities and interfaces (to supplement reading textbooks) for interactive, educational CD-ROMs.

Planet Interactive, Boston, MA
Designed and developed corporate promo discs and interactive marketing kiosks.

Stoltze Design, Boston, MA
Designed book covers, book spreads and interactive interfaces.

94 Internship, Eastman Kodak Center For Creative Imagine, Camden, ME



Teaching Experience

08-09 Assistant Professor of Art in Graphic Design in Interactive/Digital Media, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon

08 VisitingFaculty, Assistant Professor, Art Department, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME

05-07 New Media Program Chair, Assistant Professor of New Media, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

04-07 Assistant Professor of New Media, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

05 Photoshop Workshop/ faculty training, Waynflete School, Portland, ME

03-04 MFA Non-Resident Studio Instructor, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

02-03 MFA Non-Resident Studio Instructor, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

01-04 Visiting Faculty, Assistant Professor of New Media, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

99-01 TA, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

99 IA, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC


Awards/Honors

07 Print Magazine Regional Design Annual 2007- Cryptozoology; Out of Time, Place, Scale

07 AIGA 50Cover/50 books Annual Juried selections of Design Excellence; Cryptozoology; Out of Time, Place, Scale

07 New England Museum Association, Second Place, 07 Publication Award Competition. Exhibition Catalogues, Cryptozoology; Out of Time Place Scale

01 RES Fest Online Zine Digital Short “Step West” named in the T O P 5 O F D I G I T A L E X P E R I M E N T S of 2 0 0 0

99 Kelly Fearing Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Art, The University of Texas at Austin

99 M.K. Hage Endowed Scholarship in Fine Arts, The University of Texas at Austin


Publications

01 “Drive-Thru Traditions,” Michelle Trudo, Zed.7 Private and Public, Virginia Commonwealth University Publication, [guest editor Teal Triggs]

99 Windover Publication, N.C. State University



Film Festival Screenings

2005 Public Spaces, Coolidge Corner Theatre, curated by VideoSpace and Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston MA

2001 CinemaTexas International Film Festival, Austin, TX
DV short: Cowboys Don’t Kiss In Public

Austin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Austin, TX
DV short: Cowboys Don’t Kiss In Public

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Sydney, Australia
DV short: Cowboys Don’t Kiss In Public

2000 Conduit Festival, Austin, TX. www.conduitfest.com
DV short: Step West

CinemaTexas International Film Festival, Austin, TX
DV short: Make the Patterns

Austin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Austin, TX
DV short: Step WestVisitng


Artist Lectures

08 Sister in Film, presentation, NWFilm School, Portland, OR

07 Design/Performance/Video Workshop, Maine College of Art, Graphic Design Department

06 Visiting Faculty Critique, Rhode Island School of Design, Industrial Design Masters Program

05 Jury Panelist, New Hampshire State Council on the Arts

04 Visting Artist Presentation, Videodroom II, Bates College Museum of Art, Bates College, Lewiston, ME

03 Artist Presentation, Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland ME

02 First Thursday Artist Panel, Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

02 Artist Presentation, Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland ME

Group Shows

2008 University of Southern Maine Art Gallery, Gorham, ME, Faculty Show

2007 50 Books/50 Covers, AIGA National Design Center Gallery, New York, NY

2006 Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Portland, ME, Group Show

2005 Digitas, curated by ICA of Boston and Judi Rotenberg Gallery

2004 Judi Rotenberg Gallery Rotenberg Gallery, Sequencing, Repetition, Performance, Boston MA

2003 Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Portland, ME, Group Show

2002 Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Portland, ME, Group Show

2001 Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Spread, MFA Exhibition University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

2000 Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, Group Show

Curated Shows

2003 Student Work, Real to Reel Film Festival
Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine

2003 Advisory Committee, Real to Reel Film Festival
Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine