Zulma Aguiar zulmaa@gmail.com |

Salinas, California, 1975

EDUCATION

2001 BA Communications, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
2007 MFA iEAR, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York

WORK

2010 The Situation in Haiti(digital image)
2007 Humanitarian Water (3;00) mini-dv
2007 “Turnstyle!” (6;00 and 3;00) two channel video installation loops on DVD's mini-dv
2006 Casheamelo (1;19) mini-dv
2006 “Turnstyle,” Life size Sculptural Interactive Video Installation, Max MSP/Jitter, MakingThings Teleo, Fabricated Lifesize turnstile door
2005 “Juarez Mothers Fight Femicide,” (8;00) mini-dv
1999 Bodies & Boundaries an Encounter at the Border, (8;00) DV-CAM

ONGOING PROJECTS

2007 "Freedman's Village" Public Art installation, Arlington National Cemetery formerly property of African American Freed Syphax Family
2006-Ongoing Video Blog: chicanafeliz.com
2005-Ongoing Women of Juarez: Video On Blip
1995-Ongoing Artist Website: zulmaaguiar.com

GRANTS, COMMISSIONS & RESIDENCIES

2007 AT&T 5,000 towards Parents and Allies for Student's Success at Arlington NAACP
2005 Full Fellow, Humanities & Social Sciences, RPI, Troy, NY arts.rpi.edu 100% tuition & Stipend
2004 Fellow, Humanities & Social Sciences, RPI, Troy, NY 100% Tuition
2004 Research Assistant, Experimental Media & Performance Art Center, 100% Stipend

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 “Turnstyle,” MediaNoche, New York City

GROUP SHOWS, ART FAIRS & FESTIVALS

2007 "Edmonston" curated by Mike L. for the City of Edmonston Maryland celebrating Hispanic Heritage
2007       "Ofrenda" curated by Art Outlet
2007 "5th Annual San Diego Women's Film Festival" CASHEAMELO
2007 "National Museum of Women in the Arts’ 20th Anniversary Festival of Women’s Film & Media Arts"
2007 "Metamorphosis Group Art Show" Arlington, Virginia
2006 "Empty-Set-Go," represented Turnstyle, RPI Integrated Electronic Arts: Troy, New York
2006 "V-DAY: UNTIL THE VIOLENCE STOPS: NYC Festival: It's hard out here for a girl" Brooklyn Museum, New York City
2006 " Eye AM: Women Behind the Lens," Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN), Vicky Kerezi
2006 "Film Night in the Heights," Heights Entertainment, Washington Heights, New York City
2006 "J. Paul Taylor Symposium on Social Justice: Focus on the Women of Juarez," New Mexico State University. Las Cruzes, New Mexico
2005 “O.P.P.,Obcess, Profess, and Process” RPI Integrated Electronic Arts: Troy, New York
2005 “M.a.F.i.A.,” RPI Integrated Electronic Arts: Troy, New York
2005 "Self Portaits," RPI Advanced Drawing Class, "Corn Goddess"
2004 “SNOWNO,” RPI Integrated Electronic Arts: Troy, New York
2001 “Digital vs. Analog Photography,” Binational Association of Schools of Communication of the Californias (BINACOM) Rosarito, Mexico
2001 "Bodies & Boundaries: An Encounter at the Border" - San Diego/Tijuana Borderhack Festival 2.0 (August 24-26, 2001)
2000 "Bodies & Boundaries: An Encounter at the Border" - San Diego/Tijuana Borderhack Festival 1.0 (September 1-3, 2000)
1999 "Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana" a winner from the BINACOM selection committee.

WEB EVENTS

2007 “Networked Performance" by Jo-Anne Greene from Turbulence.org
2006 “Vloggercon,” Video Streaming and IRC participation. San Francisco, California
2006 “AB-TIME,” a Pauline Oliveros Dance Performance with Marsaille, France and Vancouver, Canada at Troy, New York
2006 "The Great Wall of Chinga", Tomas J. Benitez & Shervin Shahbazi

LECTURES, PANELS

2007 “The Making of a Turnstyle,” artist lecture, Media Noche New Media Art Gallery, New York City
2006 “Public Art,” visiting artist, University of Colorado, Denver, Assistant Professor, Ann-Marie Schleiner
2006 “Photoshop imaging,” guest lecturer, CUNY, Staten Island, Assistant Professor, Valerie Tevere
2006 "Granito de Arena & JMFF," guest lecturer, Times-Up!
2006 “Women of Juarez,” guest lecturer, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts
2006 "Juarez Mothers," guest lecturer, Federation of Ideas, Albany, New York
2006 "International Day of Women, Ciudad Juarez," guest lecturer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute African and Carribean Student Association
2001 “San Diego Indymedia” panelist, Binational Association of Schools of Communication of the Californias (BINACOM), Rosarito, California
1999 “Mexican American Web Art,” Binational Association of Schools of Communication of the Californias (BINACOM) Chulavista-San Diego, California

REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS & PUBLICATIONS

2007 “Bordertown vs. JMFF," Der Spiegel, Daniela Gerson
2007 “Juarez Mothers Fight Femicide" The Riz Khan Show, Al-Jazeera English, Fethi Abraha\
2006 “Turnstyle,” KBOO, Portland Oregon, Eduardo Tierre
2006 “Juarez Femicide,” KBOO, Portland Oregon, Eduardo Tierre