EDUCATION
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Duke University, 2014’
MFA -‐ Experimental and Documentary Arts
Minor --- Certification in College Teaching
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2012’
BFA – Film, Video and New Media
Communication University of China, School of Television and Film Art, 2010’
BFA – Sound Recording Art
Teaching Assistant, Duke University
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Tom Rankin – Contemporary Documentary Film
Michael Malone -- America Dreams American Movies
David Gatten – Art of Moving Image Capstone Project
Bill Brown – Visiting Filmmaker: Special Topics/ Essay Films
David Gatten – Experiments in the Moving Image (16mm film projectionist)
Josh Gibson – 16mm Film Production – 16 mm B&W film Darkroom workshop
SKILLS
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Isadora, Final Cut Pro X, Final Cut Pro 7, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effect, Adobe Bridge, iMovie, Audition, Pro-tools, Logic Pro
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Proficient with video and audio editing, digital camera and sound recording equipment, 16mm film camera, 16mm film projector and film splicers
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Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and Visio
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Language: English, Mandarin
EXHIBITIONS AND SCREENINGS
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Full Frame Theater – Super 8 films made by Asian American Female Filmmakers Apr’14
America Tobacco Campus Gallery – Variable Imprints, Durham, NC Mar’14
Full Frame Theater – Corners: Four Film in Conversations, Durham, NC Mar’14
Year in Review 2013 Digital Exhibition – Long Island City, New York Mar’14
The Carrack Modern Art –Durham, NC (live performance) Apr’13
Yu Gong Yi Shan, Beijing – Lost Passenger Dec’12
School of the Art Institute of Chicago – BFA Show Mar’12
Sullivan Gallery, Chicago – Luminal Dec’11
The Nightingale Theatre – PROXIMITY is there too much? Chicago, IL May’11
INTERNSHIPS AND EMPLOYMENTS
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Duke University
Filmmaker David Gatten Projectionist and Research assistant
Duke University
Teaching Assistant
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Assisted constructing course syllabus
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Conducting workshops on 16mm film processing, digital production and interactive video installation
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Assisted classroom preparation
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Graded weekly responses/ final exam paper and gave critical comments
Asia Society, New York Headquarter, USA
Culture Program Assistant – film, performance and exhibition
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Assisted with selecting and constructing culture exchanging art programs
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Research assistant for President Forum
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Assisted with performance documentarian and video archiving
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Event Budgeting and Program outreach
SAIC Chinese Student Association, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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In charge of planning student events and communicating with school student affair staffs.
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Curated and Organized group art gallery shows for Chinese students
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Curated and Organized film screenings for Chinese film students
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Lead workshops on Film Editing strategy and monthly art work critique
Chengdu BN Vocational School, Sichuan Province, China
Teaching Assistance
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Taught 8th grade art class
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Video and sound recording, editing classes for 5th – 11th grades
Red Cross Society of China
Assistant Art Therapist
Golden Rooster Film Awards, Beijing China
Assistant Producer
Xinhua News Agency, Multimedia Broadcast Center, Beijing, China
Video Editor/ Assistant Sound Recording Engineer
Beijing Television Station, Multimedia Broadcast Center, Beijing, China
Assistant Producer
2009 Tennis China Open Organizing Committee, Beijing, China
Sound Recording Engineer/ PA
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
Assistant Sound Recording Engineer
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games,
Assistant Sound Recording Engineer
Tao Jing Sound Studio, Beijing, China
Assistant Sound Recording Engineer