Lynn Pocock
77 Fornelius Ave.
Clifton, NJ 07013
(973) 614-0314, pocock@siggraph.org
M.F.A. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 01003
Computer Art - Abstract Animation, 1989
Computer Science - Software Engineering and Software Psychology, 1984
Member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities.
Awarded the Dean's Award, Rutgers University.
Completed the Rutgers University Honors Program.
Magna Cum Laude.
Awarded the Rutgers University Art Department Award for Scholarship.
Awarded the Rutgers University Senior Service Award.
1997 - Present Associate Professor and Coordinator of Computer Graphics, New York Institute of Technology, Department of Fine Arts.
1996 - 1997 Associate Professor, Pratt Institute, Department of Computer Graphics.
1993 - 1996 Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute, Department of Computer Graphics.
1992 - 1993 Acting Chair, Pratt Institute, Department of Computer Graphics.
Managed a department of 25 faculty and 200 undergraduate & graduate students.
1992 - 1993 Art Director, IBM Latin American Headquarters.
Multimedia/Interactive Education Development.
1990 - 1993 Visiting Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute, Department of Computer Graphics.
History of Computer Graphics, Fundamentals of Computer Graphics, Computer Graphics in Context.
1990 - 1991 Visiting Part-Time Lecturer, Seton Hall University, Communications Dept.
Spring 1991. Introduction to Computer Graphics.
Visiting Part-Time Lecturer, Rutgers University, Department of Art and Design.
Fall 1990. Introduction to Computer Art, Facility Management.
1989 - 1990 Full-Time Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Vermont, Department of Art.
Introduction to 2-Dimensional Design, Introduction to Drawing, Computer Graphics, Facility Management/Maintenance.
1985 - 1989 Teaching Assistant, University of Massachusetts, Department of Art (1987-1989).
Introduction to 2-Dimensional Design (using computers), Computer Aided Design, Facility Management/Maintenance.
Research Associate, University of Massachusetts, Department of Art (1985-1987).
Developed CAD software, including a graphic calculator which made use of several UNIX tools.
1984 - 1985 Software Engineer, Perceptronics Corporation.
Developed a computer graphics system for artists, and aided in the development of video-disc indexing-software. My responsibilities also included management.
1981 - 1984 Teaching Assistant, University of Maryland, Department of Computer Science.
Introduction to Computer Science (Fortran), Introduction to Computer Science (Pascal), Compiler Theory, and Logic.
Selected/Major Work In Progress
Pocock, L. and Judson Rosebush, The Computer Animator's Moving Picture Reference Guide, Van Nostrand Reinhold, pending 1997. A book on theory, application, and computer animation technique.
Pages from a Diary: A series of computer graphic monotypes. A subset of the series has already been exhibited.
Co-curator, SIGGRAPH Student Computer Art Competition
Responsible for the selection of student work to be included in the SIGGRAPH
Computer Graphics quarterly publication. The event is competitive and open to students of all ages (K-12, college, and graduate students) around the world.
Vice Chair, NYC ACM SIGGRAPH.
1999 pending
Sala de Exposiciones CAM, Alicante, Spain, late April - late June, 1999.
Centro de Cultura Contemporanea, Barcelona, Spain, March 22 - April 18, 1999.
Triennale de Milano, Milan, Italy, mid February - mid March, 1999.
Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain, January 5 - February 7, 1999.
1998
Sixth Annual New York Digital Salon, Visual Arts Museum, New York, NY, Nov. 9-28, 1998.
Juried Exhibition.
Touchware, SIGGRAPH 98 Art show, Orlando, FL, July 19 - 24, 1998. Juried Exhibition.
A Correlative History of Art and Computers, Kentler International Drawing Space, NY,
June 5-30, 1998.
Digital Visions, Muroff Gallery, Ulster County Community College, March 15 - April 8, 1998.
9th Annual National Computer Art Invitational, Carnegie Art Center, WA, Feb. 20-April 13, 1998.
9th Annual National Computer Art Invitational, Belmont University, TN, Jan 14 - Feb. 11, 1998.
1997
9th Annual National Computer Art Invitational, Oswego, NY, Nov 14 - Dec. 18, 1997.
Imagined Output, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, Pratt Institute, NY, November 1997 - January 1998. Invitational.
9th Annual National Computer Art Invitational, South Seattle Community College, WA, Sept 30 -
Oct. 24, 1997.
IMPRINTA 97, Dusseldorf, Germany, June 1997. Juried Exhibition.
aCOMPUTErINtERFACE, Marist College Art Gallery, NY, April 3-27, 1997. Juried Exhibition.
9th Annual National Computer Art Invitational, Everett Community College, WA, March 31 -
April 28, 1997.
ACM 50th Anniversary Conference, San Jose, March 1-5, 1997. Juried Exhibition.
9th Annual National Computer Art Invitational, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Jan 23 -
Feb. 25, 1997.
1996
9th Annual National Computer Art Invitational, Bellevue Community College, WA, Nov 1 -
Dec. 2, 1996.
9th National Computer Art Invitational, Eastern Washington University, February 9-29, 1996,
HTTP:visual.arts.ewu.edu, January 5-February 29, 1996.
1995
New York Digital Salon, Visual Arts Museum, New York, NY, November 13 - 27, 1995, catalog. Juried Exhibition.
International Computer Artists, Francis Colburn Gallery, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT,
August 30 - September 15, 1995. Group Exhibition.
SIGGRAPH 95 Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, August 5 - 11, 1995, catalog. Juried Exhibition.
Linger: Things Left Behind, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, April - October, 1995.
Solo Exhibition.
1993
digital salon des independent, Cyberspace Gallery, West Hollywood, CA, July 30 - Aug 28, 1993. Group Exhibition.
Plugged in..., South gallery, Greenfield Community College, MA, March 1 - 19, 1993. Group Exhibition.
1992
London Film Festival, London, England, November, 1992, catalog. Group Exhibition.
Fundacion Rafael Alberti, Plaza De Espana S/N Edificio Roma, Spain, Nov., 1992, catalog.
Group Exhibition.
SCAN 92, The Franklin Institute Science Museum, Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 5 - 22, 1992.
Juried Exhibition.
CyberArts International Conference, Pasadena, CA, Oct. 29 - Nov. 1, 1992. Group Exhibition.
LA Freeware: Celebration of independent video, Cyberspace Gallery, West Hollywood, CA,
Sept 18 - Sept. 31, 1992, catalog. Group Exhibition.
SIGGRAPH 92 Electronic Theatre Art Show, Chicago, IL, July 26-30, 1992. Juried Exhibition.
Visual Artists SJSU, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, March 17, 1992. Juried Exhibition.
1991
New York Film and Video Exposition, The New School, New York, NY, Nov. 2 and 3, 1991. Juried Exhibition.
Cyberia, U Network, George Washington University, Washington DC, Fall, 1991.
Juried Exhibition.
Dada/Data: Developing Media Since 1970, Maryland Art Place and Fine Arts Gallery, Baltimore, MD,
October 10 - November 23, 1991, catalog. Juried Exhibition.
1990
OFF HOLLYWOOD, WLIW Long Island Public Television, Fall, 1990. Juried Exhibition.
Suffolk County Film and Video Festival 1989, Finalist, Hauppauge, NY, 1990. Juried Exhibition.
Humboldt Film and Video Festival, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, 1990. Juried Exhibition.
Sacramento International Film and Video Festival, Sacramento California, 1990. Juried Exhibition.
The Integration of Sound and Image, Colburn Gallery, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, February 20 - March 3, 1990. One Person Exhibition.
The Third Annual Animation Review, Boston, MA, January 3, 1990. Group Exhibition.
1989
Suffolk County Film and Video Festival 1989, Finalist, Hauppauge, NY, 1989. Juried Exhibition.
PIXIM'89 Film and Video Show, Paris, France, September 25-29, 1989. Group Exhibition.
Working Drawings, Colburn Gallery, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, August 29 - September 8, 1989. Group Exhibition.
The Integration of Sound and Image, Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, MA, May 7-12, 1989. One Person Exhibition.
Sinking Creek Film and Video Competition, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee,
June 10-17, 1989. Juried Exhibition.
Video Visions: Art, Culture and Public Access, Amherst Community Television,
Amherst, MA, April 3-17, 1989. Group Exhibition.
1988
9th Annual MFA Show, Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA,
December 1-9, 1988. Group Exhibition.
First International Symposium on Electronic Art, September 27-30, The Netherlands, 1988.
Juried Exhibition.
SIGGRAPH Student Show, August, 1988. Group Exhibition.
Sinking Creek Film and Video Competition, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN,
June 11-18, 1988. Juried Exhibition.
Video Arts Festival Competition, First Place, Union Video Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, April, 1988. Juried Exhibition.
Selected Exhibitions and Awards Continued
Video Underlines, Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA, May 4-5, 1988.
Group Exhibition.
1987
8th Annual MFA Show, Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA, 1987.
Group Exhibition.
Computer Graphics, University Health Center Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA,
December, 1987. Group Exhibition.
1981
Bachelor Thesis Show, Rutgers University Art Gallery, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, 1981. Group Exhibition.
1978
Annual Student Show, Rutgers University Art Gallery, Newark, NJ, 1978. Juried Exhibition.
1997
Pocock, L., contributor, ACM SIGGRAPH, Education Committee, conference publication, 1997.
Pocock, L., Visual Proceedings, "Ongoings: The Fine Arts Gallery", ACM SIGGRAPH, 1997.
Pocock, L., Visual Proceedings CD ROM, "Ongoings: The Fine Arts Gallery",
ACM SIGGRAPH, 1997.
Pocock, L., Guest Editor, Ongoings: SIGGRAPH 97 The Fine Arts Gallery Slide Set,
ACM SIGGRAPH, 1997.
1995
Pocock, L., "Experimental Interactivity", ACM SIGGRAPH, Education Committee, Conference Activities and Special Projects, 1995.
Pocock, L., "The SIGGRAPH 95 Video Review", SIGGRAPH's Computer Graphics journal, Vol. 29, No. 4, November 1995.
Pocock, L., "Excerpts from: Romancing the Anti-body", SIGGRAPH 95 Preview: The Art Gallery", YLEM, Vol. 15, No. 4, July/Aug 1995.
Pocock, L., "SIGGRAPH 95 Preview: The Art Gallery", The Graphic News, Tri-Cities ACM/SIGGRAPH, Volume 2, No. 2, May 1995.
Pocock, L., "The Animation Screening Room SIGGRAPH 94", SIGGRAPH's Computer Graphics journal, February, 1995.
Pocock, L. and I. Benado, "Computer Graphics in Context: One Student's Project", "An Interview with Ken Snelson", SIGGRAPH's Computer Graphics journal, February, 1995.
1994
Pocock, L., "The Animation Screening Room SIGGRAPH'94", Pixel , No. 24, 1994.
Pocock-Williams, L., "SIGGRAPH'93 The Small Animation Theaters", Pixel Vision, No. 11, 1994.
1993
Pocock-Williams, L., "A Certain Uncertainty", The Leonardo Almanac, MIT Press, 1993.
Pocock-Williams, L., "A Certain Uncertainty", Leonardo, Volume 26, No. 3, p. 58, 1993.
1992
Pocock-Williams, L., "A Certain Uncertainty", Leonardo Electronic News, May 15, 1992.
Pocock-Williams, L., "A Certain Uncertainty", Words on Works FAST Update, March 15, 1992.
Pocock-Williams, L., "Towards the Automatic Generation of Visual Music'', Leonardo, Volume 25, Issue 1, 1992.
Lauzzana, R.G. and Pocock-Williams L., "A Rule System for Analysis in the Visual Arts'', Likovne besede (Words of Art), No.14,15, the Republic of Slovenia.
1991
Pocock-Williams, L., "Computer Graphics in Context: Pratt Institute", ACM SIGGRAPH Educators' Newsletter, Volume 1, Number 4, 1991.
Publications Continued
1990
Giloth, Copper and Pocock-Williams, Lynn, "A Selected Chronology of Computer Art: Exhibitions, Publications, and Technology'', Art Journal, Vol. 49, No. 3, pp. 283-297, 1990.
1989
Lauzzana, R.G. and Pocock-Williams L., "A Rule System for Analysis in the Visual Arts'', Leonardo, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp.445-452, 1988.
Pocock-Williams, L., SIGGRAPH's Computer Graphics journal, Cover Image, April 1988.
1986
Pocock-Williams, L., Spectrum Magazine, Image published, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1986.
1998
Meet the Artist, The Noyse Museum, NJ, June 4, 1998.
The SIGGRAPH 97 Ongoings: Fine Art Gallery, Pratt Institute, NY, April 13, 1998.
Digital Fine Art, School of Visual Arts, NY, April 15, 1998.
Computer Arts Festival, Living Arts Center Mississauga, Toronto, Canada, January 24,25, 1998.
1997
Guest Lecture, School of Visual Arts, New York, November 14, 1997.
aCOMPUTErINtERFACE, Marist College Art Gallery, NY, April 3, 1997.
Invited Lecture, Lehman College, NY, January, 1997.
1996
Borough Hall Presents, Brooklyn Community Access Television, Dec. 9, 12, 14, 21, 1996.
Brooklyn Arts Summit '96, New York, November 14, 1996.
Guest Lecture, School of Visual Arts, New York, October 14, 1996.
Behind the Scenes, SIGGRAPH 96 Electronic Theater Panel, New Orleans, August 8, 1996.
Presented a behind-the-scene look at the Electronic Theater jury process.
Invited Lecture, Rowan College, New Jersey, April 4, 1996.
1997
Sullivan, Karen, "About the Cover", ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics publication, 1997.
1996
Brooklyn Daily Bulletin, "BACA Summit Brings Together Brooklyn Artists", Nov 25, 1996.
1995
Leonardo: Third Annual New York Digital Salon, Volume 28, Number 5, 1995.
Martino, Jacquelyn, "The SIGGRAPH 1995 Art Gallery", SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics journal, Vol. 29, No. 4, November 1995.
Visual Proceedings, The Art and Interdisciplinary Programs of SIGGRAPH 95, ACM SIGGRAPH 1995.
SIGGRAPH 95 Art Gallery Slide Set, ACM SIGGRAPH 1995.
SIGGRAPH 95 Art Gallery Slide Set, SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics journal, 1995.
1994
Holtzman, Steven R., Digital Mantras, The Language of Abstract and Virtual Worlds, MIT Press, 1994.
1993
Chesnais, Huguette, "Siggraph, The Twentieth Venture", Pixel Vision, No. 10, 1993.
1992
Visual Proceedings, SIGGRAPH 92, ACM SIGGRAPH 1992.
Norman, Sally Jane, "The Chicago Window", Pixel Vision, No. 8, 1992.
Selected Bibliography Continued
1989
Malina, Roger, "Computer Art in the Context of the Journal Leonardo", ACM SIGGRAPH'89 Leonardo, Supplemental Issue 1989.
Colan, Claudia, "Thesis Project Combines Fine Art and Technology'', Fine Arts Forum, June 1989.
Colan, Claudia, "Thesis Project Combines Fine Art and Technology'', The Collegian, Amherst, MA, May 16, 1989.
Mitchell, Suzanne, "User-Friendly Computer Art", Amherst Bulletin, Amherst, MA May 10,1989.
1997
Chairperson - Ongoings: The SIGGRAPH 97 Fine Arts Gallery
Responsible for the coordination and production of one of the most
prestigious digital arts exhibitions in the world.
Ongoings: The SIGGRAPH 97 Fine Arts Gallery presented an in-depth look at
computer-based artists and their work. The exhibition presented a body of work
for each artist, showcasing their ongoing creative vision. In conjunction with the show, there was an Artist Presentation Session, where the artists discussed their processes and content. The exhibition is traveling internationally for the next two years.
New York State Council for the Arts. Planery Meeting for Computer Arts conference.
Recipient of a Pratt Faculty Development Grant
1996
Panelist. The New York Foundation for the Arts .
Responsible for the selection of the first Computer Arts Fellowships Awards recipients.
SIGGRAPH 96 Electronic Theater Jury.
Responsible for the selection of animation to be included in one of the most
prestigious animation events in the world.
SIGGRAPH 96 Artist/Designer Sketches Jury.
Responsible for the selection of artist and designer sketches to be presented at the conference.
Reviewer for O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. Electronic Publishing on CD-ROM, by Steve Cunningham & Judson Rosebush, 1996.
1995
Public Relations Coordinator, SIGGRAPH 95 Art Gallery.
I facilitated communication between the Art Gallery and the press, major museums, and
publications. Resulting from this effort is a series of previews and reviews.
1994
Co-Chair, ACM SIGGRAPH/NY Annual Conference.
A conference on time-based media aimed towards educators, curators, and industry leaders. Speakers included John Sanborn of Colossal Picture, Carl Goodman of the American Museum of the Moving Image, Tim Druckrey, curator of Iterations held at the International Center of Photography, among others.
1992-1993
Co-Producer, SIGGRAPH 93 Small Animation Theater.
Selected animation for and produced one of the most prestigious animation events
in the world.
1992-1994
Member of the Board of Directors, ACM SIGGRAPH/NY.
Assisted in the day-to-day operations of the leading professional Computer Graphics organization in New York city.
1991-1992
Member of the Planning Committee for the 1992 Conference, ACM SIGGRAPH/NY.