ABOUT

Barna Kantor

Education

2005MFA, Transmedia, Department of Art and Art History, The University of Texas, at Austin
1992BA, Sociology, Institute of Sociology, Eotvos University, Budapest, Hungary

Professional Experience

2008Lecturer, Digital Time Art
Art and Art History Department, University of Texas at Austin
2007Project Manager, Kitchen Budapest, MediaLab, Budapest, Hungary
2007–presentAdjunct Faculty, instructor, Game Art and Design
2008Art Institute of Pittsburgh – Online Division
2006Facility Manager, Aurora Picture Show, microcinema, new media hub, Houston
2005Adjunct Faculty, Digital Animation, Art School, Austin Museum of Art
2004-2005Assistant Instructor, Time-based Art Foundation, Digital Foundations
Art and Art History Department, University of Texas at Austin
2002-2004Teaching Assistant, Transmedia, Digital Time Art, Video Art, Performance Art
Art and Art History Department, University of Texas at Austin
2001Adjunct Faculty, curriculum development, Filmmaking I.
Radio Television Film Department, Austin Community College, Austin, TX
1999-2003Artistic Director, Co-Founder, Center for Young Cinema, Austin, TX
1997-2002Artistic Director, Founder, Austin Cinemaker Coop, Austin, TX
1996-2002CEO, MediaGarage Networks, video production, Austin, TX

Courses Taught

2008Digital Time Art I, Studio Art, UT Austin,
GAD 212, Digital Audio and Video, AiP Online Division
2007GAD 221, Digital Story Telling, AiP Online Division
2005Digital Foundations, Studio Art, UT Austin,
Digital Animation, Austin Museum of Art
2004Time-based Art Foundation, Studio Art, UT Austin
2001Filmmaking I. Austin Community College
1999-2003Video Art, Center for Young Cinema, Austin
1997-2000Film Art, Austin Cinemaker Coop

Additional Experience

2006Advisor, 9/11 – 9/11, animation directed by Mel Chin
Board member, Commerce Street Artist’s Warehouse, Houston, TX
2004Curator, Construction Site, exhibition AMLI Downtown, Austin
2003Co-Founder, Motion Media Arts Center, Austin
Co-Producer, Dee Montgomery Tribute, Austin, Cinemaker, Vol. 6
2002Co-Producer, Loud and Clear Children Film Festival 3
Producer, Save Manson, Best of 2002, Center for Young Cinema, Vol. 4
Co-Producer, Cinemaker International Super 8 Film Festival, Cinematexas 7
2002-2003Co-Founder, producer, Cinescape at the Hideout - microcinema, Austin
2001Producer, Loud and Clear Children Film Festival 2
Producer, Master Thespian, Best of 2001, Center for Young Cinema, Vol. 3
Producer, Overexposed, Best of 2001, Cinemaker, juried, Vol. 5
2000Producer, Loud and Clear Children Film Festival 1
Producer, Hole in the Head, Best of 2000, Center for Young Cinema, Vol. 2
Producer, Hole in the Head, Best of 2000, Center for Young Cinema, Vol. 2
Producer; Splice of Life, Best of 2000, Cinemaker, juried, Vol. 4
Producer, Cinematexas 5 International Short Film Festival, Opening Night
2000-2003Founder, Loud and Clear Children Film Festival
1999Producer, New American Dream, Best of 1999, Center for Young Cinema, Vol. 1
Producer, Cinematexas 4 International Short Film Festival, Opening Night
Producer, Rock Opera, feature film, dir. Bob Ray
Producer, Fast, Cheap and Out of Focus, Best of 1998-99, Cinemaker, juried, Vol. 3
Producer, Exquisite Corpse, Cinemaker Project
1999-2003Co-Founder, Center for Young Cinema, Austin, Texas
1998Co-Producer, video editor, Golden Arm Film Project, juried, Vol. 2
Producer, Cinematexas 3, International Short Film Festival, Opening Night
1997Translator, Brassai: Letters to My Parents, University of Chicago Press
Producer, Texas Super 8 Massacre, Best of 1997, Cinemaker, juried, Vol. 1
Producer, Cinematexas 2 International Short Film Festival, Opening Night
1997-2001Producer, Cinemaker Co-op quarterly film festivals
Video Director, webcasts of honoria in ciberspazio, first “internet cyberopera”
1996Founder, Austin Cinemaker Co-op

Academic Lectures

2005Unveiling Illusionism with Illusions, Society for Literature, Science and the Arts, Chicago
The Grey Room, Texas State University, San Marcos

Exhibition Record

2006Impossible Exchange, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
Sticky Visions, Gaddis Geeslin Gallery, Huntsville, TX
Over + Over and Again + Again, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
22 To Watch, interactive sculpture, (catalogue)
    Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX
200522 To Watch, interactive sculpture, (catalogue)
    Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
    Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX
Plots and Schemes, photo documentation (catalogue)
    Creative Research Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin
Clutch / Flow, interactive sculptures
    Gallery 106, Austin, TX
Texas Biennial, interactive sculptures, (catalogue)
    Bolm Studios, Austin, TX
2004Construction Site, interactive sculptures, video and light installations,
    AMLI Downtown, Austin, TX (catalogue)
Cinematexas 9, International Short Film Festival official program (catalogue)
In::formation, interactive sculpture, Creative Research Laboratory,
    University of Texas, at Austin (catalogue)
2003* The Freefall Sideshow, interactive sculptures,
    New Gallery, University of Texas at Austin
Cinematexas 8, International Short Film Festival official program (catalogue)
Superstring, interactive sculpture,
    Creative Research Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin (catalogue)
2002Chance Operation, interactive video installation, Gallery 1313, Austin, Texas

Film Festivals

2002Rack, super 8mm-video, L'Alternativa 9th Barcelona Independent Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain
\\\\\, Super 8mm-video, L'Alternativa 9th Barcelona Independent Film Festival
Eldonukia, Super 8mm-video, L'Alternativa 9th Barcelona Independent Film Festival
2001Coming Clean, super 8mm-video, Den Haag Film and Video Festival, Dan Haag, Netherland
Equipment, super 8mm-video, Den Haag Film and Video Festival, Dan Haag, Netherland
Ascend/Descend, Super 8mm-video, Cinematexas International Short Film Festival, Austin
2000Last Heartbeats of the Mechanical Age, super 8mm–video, Splice of Life screenings, Cinemaker
1999Albatross super 8mm-video, Fast Cheap and Out of Focus screenings, Cinemaker, Austin
    Cinematexas International Short Film Festival, Austin TX
1998Equipment super 8mm-video, Athens International Film Festival, Athens, GA
    Cinematexas International Short Film Festival, Austin TX
1997Fourth Quarter 16mm film, Telluride IndieFest

Honors and Awards

2006DiverseWorks Retreat and Creative Capital Professional Development, Houston, TX
2005Artist Residency, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
2004Kelly Fearing Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Art, Austin, TX
2003Mary Miller Bartholow Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Art, Austin, TX
1989Bristol-Eotvos Exchange Fellowship 1989-1990, Bristol, UK

Collections, Commissions

Austin Museum of Art
Till Richter Collection (private)
First Night Austin

Bibliography

Christopher French: Impossible Exchange: New Lens Based Work From Texas http://live.glasstire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=273&gtsect=Articles&gtcat=Review
Melissa Warak: Over + Over and Again + Again at AMoA, issue #71, June 16, 2006 Austin, TX; Fluent Collab
Kathryn Hixson: New Art in Austin: 22 to Watch, August 2005 http://live.glasstire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=281&gtsect=Articles&gtcat=Review
Rachel Koper: 22 to Think About, August 25; Austin Chronicle
Robert Faires: “May I Have the Envelope, Please? The 2004-2005 Austin Critics Table Awards” Construction Site, AMLI Downtown – Best Group Gallery Exhibition, June 10, 2005; Austin Chronicle
JR Compton: “The Texas Biennial “, review, Glasstire.com, Spring 2005 http://live.glasstire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=80&gtsect=Articles&gtcat=Review
Rachel Koper: Top 10 Installation Art Pieces of 2004, January 7, 2005; Austin Chronicle
Laura Lindenberger: “Construction Site - AMLI Downtown” review, Artlies, vol. 44, Fall 2004
Marie-Adele Moniot: “Construction Site”, review, Glasstire.com, September 2004 http://live.glasstire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=87&gtsect=Articles&gtcat=Review
Amanda Douberley: “Notes on the Grid”, Austin: AMLI Downtown, September 2004; in: Construction Site, exhibition catalogue
Jaqueline May: “Construction Site Visual Arts Review”, September 24, 2004; Austin Chronicle
Jeanne Claire van Ryzin: “Construction Site thinks big with art”, September 20, 2004; Austin Am. Statesman
Amanda Douberley, “Expanded Cinema,” in In::formation (exhibition catalogue). Austin: Creative Research Laboratory, August 2004
Marc Savlov: “The Kids Stay in the Pictures”, June 25, 2004; Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov: “If the Kids are United…’ A CYC roundtable”, June 25, 2004; Austin Chronicle
Wayne Alan Brenner: "Superstring: Fully Baked”, August 22, 2003; Austin Chronicle
Chris Garcia: “Direct from kids”, December 15, 2002; Austin Am. Statesman
Sarah Hepola: “Video Reviews”, December 15, 2000; Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov: “Small Wonders”, November 12, 1999; Austin Chronicle
Alison Macor: “Short on resources”, February 25, 1999; Austin Am. Statesman