roryshackles
sound+new media artist
Education
Received Masters of Fine Arts degree from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2006.
Graduate Change Program, The Ecole Superieure d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence, France, 2005
Received Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2002.
Solo Exhibitions
Tacoma Contemporary Art, Tollbooth Gallery, 2010
Sound / video Installation, “It’s hard to throw away something with a face”
This is Not a Test: Audio Picnic at Chicago’s Pritzker Pavilion, 2008
Audio composition, “Jumping over Koons”
Locos Sonos Space, The Ecole Superieure d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence, France, 2005, Electronic sound performance, “rock-pyor”
Performing Arts Chicago Edge Festival, 2005
Sound performance, “A barge workers common law wife, a sound/video performance”
Sonic Arts Network, Compilation CD,”A Call for Silence”, curated by Nicolas Collins, 2003
Sound Composition, “ between ragin, and hell”
Performing Arts Chicago Edge Festival, 2004
Live electronic sound performance, “business end” with trumpeter David Grant
A.H.S. Gallery, Boston, MA, 2002
Audio installation, “out of reach”
Group Projects
favoriteseattlesounds.com, a continuation of london based sound artist Peter Cusack's favourite london sounds project.
Co-authored with Nicolas Collins a Max/MSP patch for Alvin Lucier’s 2005 performance of “I’m setting in a room”.
Electronic improvisational performances in the Chicago area from 2001 to 2006. Venues; Empty Bottle, 6odim, DeadTech Space and the Athenaeum Theater.
Grants
Recipient of the 2005 French Academic Cultural Exchange (F.A.C.E.) Grant for Academic Partnership, (The Ecole Superieure d’Art d’Aix-en-Provence and Ecole Nationale Superieure
d’ Art Villa Arson Nice with The School of the Art Institute of Chicago)
Enrichment Scholarship Recipient, (SAIC, 2000-2002)
Affiliations and Associations
Board member of Tacoma Contemporary – starts in summer of 2010
Teaching
Adjunct Faculty, The International Academy of Design and Technology, Schaumburg, IL from August 2006 to October 2008. Courses: Senior Portfolio- Visual Art
Portfolio Development- Visual Art
Figure Drawing and Advanced Drawing
Drawing for Animation
Animation I
Storyboarding
Digital Audio I and II
Digital Video I
Senior Design Projects and Digital Production
Graphic Design for Interior Designers
Teaching Assistant, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago from January 2005 to May 2005 Courses: Programming for Sound, Max,MSP/Jitter
Sound Performance and Installation
Websites
www.favoriteseattlesounds.com