Curriculum Vitae   

Jorge Gomez del Campo  www.theartcompound.com  gdcmedia@theartcompound.com

 

Education

 

Ø     Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge, TN. Graduated 1990.  GPA 3.843

Ø     University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.  Visiting Student, summer 1992

Ø     University of Paris, Sorbonne, Paris, France. Certificate of Language and Culture, 1994

Ø     Academie du Port Royal, Paris, France.  1994

Ø           Transylvania University, Lexington, KY.  B.A. in Fine Art, 1995.  GPA 3.70

Ø     San Francisco Art Institute,San Francisco, CA.  M.F.A. Candidate, 1995.  GPA 3.30

 

Employment History

 

Ø     Bouncer, San Francisco, CA.  1996 - 2000

Ø     Lighting Designer, Trocadero Transfer, San Francisco, CA.  1997 - 1998

Ø     Freelance Lighting Designer and Stage Hand, San Francisco, CA. 1998 - 2000

Ø     IATSE Local 16 Stage Hand/ Electrician, San Francisco, CA.  2000 - 2003

                               Select Employments Under Local 16 Contract:

  Lead Board Operator, Yerba Buena Center for The Arts

  Master Electrician, Impact Lighting and Production

                  Second Unit Extra-Electrician, “The Matrix 2 and 3”

 

               

Selected Activities and Recognitions

 

 

Ø      Recipient of the WILLIAM T. YOUNG SCHOLARSHIP, a full four year merit scholarship to Transylvania University

Ø      Member of Editorial Board and contributor to TRANSYLVANIA AND FREE SPEECH, an alternative student paper

Ø      Member of Editorial Board and contributor to THE TRANSYLVANIAN literary magazine

Ø      Founding member of RABID PRODUCTIONS, an experimental art and film group

Ø        Member of KNOXVILLE FOOD NOT BOMBS

Ø      Independent artist

 


Teaching Experience

 

Ø      Teaching Assistant, San Francisco Art Institute

Ø       “Sado-masochism in Practice and Literature: Politics, Poetics, and the Postmodern.”  A seminar at Transylvania University

Ø      “Georges Bataille and Transgression.”  A lecture for Dr. Furlong’s Course “Recent Continental Philosophy” at Transylvania University

Ø      “Kierkegaard and the Authentic Existence.” A seminar at Transylvania University

 

 

Selected Exhibitions and Performances

 

Ø     Group Show,  Adams Street Upstairs Gallery.  Berea, KY 1994

Ø     Peter Suarez’ “You Will Willing Wander Madly,” Lexington Ballet, Ballet Under the Stars.  Lexington KY 1994

Ø     Senior Honors in Art, The Morlan Gallery. Lexington, KY 1995

Ø     How to Wage War with Your Body, The Morlan Gallery. Lexington, KY 1995

Ø     The Sam Tchakalian Show, The San Francisco Art Institute Auditorium. San Francisco, CA 1995

Ø     Film Show: Experimental Short Work. San Francisco, CA 1996

Ø     Epic Arts Foundation, Jingle Town Gallery. Oakland, CA 1998

Ø     Porno Icon,  Maison Nouveau Gallery . Berkeley, CA 2003

Ø     Big Art Show, Ironwood Studios.  Knoxville, TN  2007

Ø     Art Carnival,  Ironwood Studios.  Knoxville, TN 2008

Ø     Big Art Show, Ironwood Studios.  Knoxville, TN  2007

Ø     Hispanic Heritage Month Latino Artist Exhibit,  Knoxville Museum of Art.  Knoxville, TN 2008