Introduction to Illustration and Design for Apparel (Summer '04)
Fashion Design I & II (‘96-’00)

Lecturer: History of Fashion ('97)
Lecturer: Life and Work of Christian Dior ('97) (Lecture and field trip to N.Y. for Metropolitan Museum retrospective)

1995- 1996 The Reykjavik School of Technology, Iceland

Department Chair, Industrial Design,

• Commissioned in 1994 to set up department and head it for the first year.
• Organized and oversaw planning of courses.
• Responsible for staffing and administration.
• Taught courses in Drawing, Illustration and Design, and introductory courses in CAD (AutoSketch & AutoCAD).
• Coordinator and discussion facilitator for a lecture series on "The Theory and Practice of Industrial Design."

1992- 1996 The Reykjavik School of Technology, Iceland
Professor of Apparel Design & Costume History

1989 -1994 The Icelandic School of Drama:
Guest Lecturer on Costume History and Theory of Costume

1988 -1991 The Association of Icelandic Theaters:
Lectures on Costume History and Theory of Costume & Workshops for Actors, Directors and Designers:
"Props and Set as Character-Formation Tools", "Clothes Make the Man - Creating a Character with Costume",
"Set Design in Poor Theater"

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The Mid Ocean Studio is led by the sculptor Brower Hatcher

Responsibilities:

• Designing and CAD-modeling Brower Hatcher’s artwork for presentation and construction.
• Creating presentations for print, PowerPoint, and Web, for public art proposals.
• Creating soundtracks and soundscapes for presentations.
• Animating "walk-arounds" of proposed artwork for public spaces.
• Researching cellular automata and natural morphology for application to Brower Hatcher’s artwork.
• Researching and planning methods of mathematically auto-generating organic forms with Brower Hatcher’s geometric methods.
• Working with mathematicians at Brown University’s SHAPE Laboratory to further the auto-generation of forms.
• Write VBA interfaces to automate CAD modeling of Brower Hatcher’s geometries.
• Creating and maintaining the studio’s website.

Software used (PC platform):

AutoCAD 2000, 3dMax, PhotoShop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe AfterEffects, Sony Acid Music Studio, Frontpage

Senior Designer of Trade Show Exhibits

Responsibilities:

• Conceptualizing & Designing Trade Show Exhibits in conjunction with Account Managers
• Scheduling and co-ordinating work of Design Department – both internally and with Engineering
• Training and educating associate designers and interns in use of software –primarily AutoCAD and 3D Studio Max & Viz -- through on-the-job training and in-house seminars
• Keeping abreast of design trends & communicating these to associates and management
• Co-ordinating and overseeing a "House Style" of presentations, drafting methods and styles
• Coordinating logging and archiving of design projects
• Addressing clients concerns directly when necessary in conjunction with sales and management
• Overseeing setup of booths as needed
• Managing a Local Area Network

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Credits to date number more than 40 full-scale productions, mainly in Iceland. These include:

Theatrical Credits Include:

5 ballets (modern), 1 operetta (Die Fledermaus), 5 children’s plays (one of which I co-wrote and designed after my own unpublished story) and 2 musicals (Les Miserables, Cabaret).

Also note: Romeo and Juliet, Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Dangerous Liaisons, Steel Magnolias, The Road to Mecca and Bent.

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1996 Costume Design: Djoflaeyjan/Devil's Island
Director: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
Icelandic Entry, Academy Awards "Oscar" for Best Foreign Film 1997

1994 Art Direction: Benjamin Dufa/Benjamin Dove
Director: Gisli Snaer Erlingsson
Official Selection, Children's Film Festival, Berlin 1996
Best Film, Dublin Children's Film Festival 1997

1993 Costume Design & Wardrobe Master: Biodagar/Movie Days
Director: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
Best Scandinavian Film of the Year, the Nordic Amanda Prize, 1994
Balticum Prize, Nordic Film Days, Lübeck, 1994
Icelandic Entry, Academy Award’s "Oscar" for Best Foreign Film, 1995
Public Prize, Festival de Laon France, 1995
Grand Prix, European Film Festival in Mamers en Mer, France, 1995
Grand Prix, XIVe festival du film d'environnement, Paris 1995

1992 Art Direction: Stuttur Frakki/Behind Schedule
Director: Gisli Snaer Erlingsson

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1998 NewGate Theater, Providence
Director of Sam Shepard's Simpatico
This production was the "Audition Piece" for my candidacy for Artistic Director of NewGate

1997 Actors Theater, Providence
Director of Athol Fugard’s Playland

1996 Actors Theater, Providence
Director of two one-act plays (Thinking of Egypt and The Bridge) as part of "Men’s Stories - Men Working" a presentation of 6 one act plays

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1997 - 2001 Living Literature
Performing member of theatrical/educational group which presents literary readings to high schools and libraries

Technical Director, Scenic Artist & Producer of Black Box Theater (Mentoring 3 young directors)

Lead role - Pentheus - in Chuck Mee's Bacchae at the MetCafe Providence

Directed by Ann Brady and Kevin Oakes.

1997-1998 Rites and Reason Theater (Brown University)
Technical Director and Lighting Designer for The Dark Tower, Directors Playlab & Ophelia's Cotillion

1998 Brown University
Lighting Design. Fusion Dance Co.
12 Short original pieces by student choreographers

1997 Rites and Reason Theater
Lighting, Set & Costume Design She Who is Made of Clay

1997 NewGate Theater, Providence RI
Lighting Design New Englandish

This involved running the competition among design students in Iceland, staging the annual fashion show and then mentoring and accompanying the Icelandic contestant to the International Competition in Dublin '94, Cape Town '95 (Winner!) and Toronto '96.

1994 Co-wrote & produced a play for children:
Julia, Guardian of the Moon after own story.
The play, for which I also designed costumes and set, staged by Iceland’s
leading children’s theater - under a grant from the Icelandic Ministry of
Education - ran to nearly 100 sold-out performances.

1992 Organizer/Designer/Stage manager

Coca-Cola Company's 50^th Anniversary Rock-Show in Reykjavik.
12 bands, two stages, a helicopter, live television and radio and an
audience of 7000 on the Coca-Cola plant floor.

1992 Organizer/Designer/Stage manager

"Behind Schedule" Rock-Show in Reykjavik.
For the film Behind Schedule (see above) we staged and filmed a
Rock-Concert with 10 bands, 7 live cameras, before a live audience.

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1983 - 1986  Wimbledon School of Art London, England
BA, Three-Dimensional Design, Dept. of Theatre.

Dissertation: The Way of the Universe: A Cosmological Comparison of Modern Physics and Taoism

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• Experienced teacher with required organizational, presentation and communication skills
• Working knowledge of all conventional artistic media
• Expert user of:
  • AutoCAD as drafting and 3d modeling tool
  • 3D Studio Max modeling and animation software
  • Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe AfterEffects
  • Sony Acid Music Studio

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Born in New York in 1963 to Icelandic parents, US citizen.

Moved to Providence, RI from Iceland in 1996.