University of Washington, 2001 MFA Photography. Emphasis on digital Imaging, digital video

Fairhaven College, Western Washington University, 1990 BA Photography

Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI 1987 AS Photojournalism, Summa cum Laude

Professional Experience

Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY, August 2006-present. Assistant Professor, Division of Art and Design, Director of Photography Program. Courses taught: Photograph I, Photography II, On Assignment, Location and Documentary Photography, Color Photography, Contemporary trends and History of Photography, Digital Imaging. Service on Search Committee, First Year Committee, academic advising.

Zayed University, Dubai, UAE, August 2003-present. Assistant Professor, Art and Design Department. Teaching and developing curriculum for Photography I, Photography II, Digital Video, Digital Photography, Basic Graphic Design. Service includes internship advising, academic advising, Art and Design Department Exhibition Committee, Hiring and Search Committee, College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Affairs and Research Committee.

College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI, October-June, 2003. Adjunct faculty, Photography Department. Developed course syllabus and taught three sections of digital photography courses.

Traveling in India, November, 2001-July, 2002. Pursuing freelance and personal photographic and artistic projects.

Center for Advanced Research Technology in the Arts and Humanities (CARTAH), University of Washington, Seattle, WA, September 1999 to June 2001. Graduate Student Assistant, digital imaging and digital video consultant.

University of Washington, Seattle, WA, summer, 2000, Instructor of Record. Art 240, Basic Photography. Fundamental skills of black and white photography, stressing the use of the medium for creative expression.

Ford Motor Company Creative Photographic Unit, Dearborn, MI, 1994 to 1999, (Automotive Support Group Agency) Technical and creative photographer. Create studio photo illustrations, executive portraiture, and large group portraits. Photographic documentation of corporate events, parts, and new industrial processes in Ford's manufacturing, design and research facilities, for research and development, publications, presentations, trade show display, promotion, public relations, recruiting materials.

Ford Motor Company Photo Instrumentation Unit, Dearborn, MI, 1997 to 1999, Automotive Support Group Agency. Photo instrumentation photographer. Document crash tests at Ford Proving Grounds Crash Barrier facility with multiple high-speed 16mm film cameras and digital still photography. Also responsible for high-speed film and digital still documentation of hyge and via sled component testing at Ford's Safety Lab.

Western Washington University Publication Department, Bellingham, WA, 1988. Responsible for photographing campus events, portraits, campus scenes. Produced images for use in WWU publications and catalogs. Also created photos for Fairhaven College, including 4-color recruitment poster.

Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI, 1986-1987. Photographic technician. Responsible for B&W darkroom production in large multi-operation lab. Duties included high volume printing of crash-test documents, mural printing, fine printing large format negatives for use in national and internal publications, press release kits, etc. Also operated high volume dip and dunk C-41 line, Kodak "S" printers, and other roll-paper equipment.

CAS Gallery of the University of Miami, March 2007, SPE Multicultural Caucus Exhibition, juried group exhibition, curated by Miriam Romais, Waking From Dreams of India, digital photomontages

Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY, February, 2007, served as juror for annual photography exhibiton

Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR 2007, Third Annual Ray Warren Multicultural Symposium Exhibition, Video, You're so Smart, collaboration with Françoise Duresse

Cazenovia College Art Gallery, Cazenovia, NY, January 2007, Annual Faculty Exhibition, digital photography

Cazenovia College Art Gallery, Cazenovia, NY, October 2006, Photo Narratives/The Latent Image, group exhibition curated by Jennifer Pepper. Waking from Dreams of India, digital photomontages

Bamboo Lane Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, July, 2006, juried group exhibition, selected artists from 2006 Art Walah Festival

Art Wallah Festival, Los Angeles, CA, June 2006, juried group exhibition curated by Andaleeb Firdosy and Ashwini Srikantiah, Waking from Dreams of India, digital photomontages

VIII Salon Internacional de Arte Digital, Havana , Cuba, June 2006. Metropolis, collaborative video installation with LABTEST

Frontal Flatness, April 2006, Seattle, WA, W Hotel, group exhibition curated by Dino Martini. Mexican Time Lapse, collaborative video work with Peter Bill

File Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 2005. Juried by invitation. Metropolis, collaborative video installation with LABTEST

Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA, September 2005, Snap to Grid! Unjuried group exhibition, digital photography

Les Rencontres d'Arles, HypeGallery, Arles, France, July 2005, unjuried group exhibition, digital photography

Chashama Gallery, New York, NY, April 2005. Collaborative video installation Labtest: Transmission 42nd St with LABTEST

File Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 2004. Contributed to Labtest: Transmission, a collaborative video installation with LABTEST at the Hipersonica live performance event

Overground Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE, November 2004, Solo Exhibition, digital photomontage and digital video installation: waking from Dreams of India

Abu Dhabi Cultural Center, Abu Dhabi, UAE, June 2004, Zayed University Faculty group exhibition. Digital photography, digital photomontage, Waking From Dreams of India

Total Arts, Dubai, UAE, May, 2004, Zayed University Faculty group show. Digital photography, digital photomontage, Waking from Dreams of India

Chicago Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL, March 2003. Masses Video Installation shown as adjunct to the Paul Berger Beyond Digital Novelty retrospective exhibition, curated by Rod Slemmons  

Berozkina Gallery, Kirkland, WA, September 2001. Violent Movie Deaths, digital images in group exhibition, Twelve Northwest Masters

Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA, August 2001. Return to Babylon video installation shown in Dandelion Productions Dimension Elevator immersive four channel video environment

Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA, July 2001. Return to Babylon video installation shown in Dandelion Productions Dimension Elevator immersive four channel video environment

Phoenix Festival, Klickitat, OR, July 2001. Masses video installation shown in Dandelion Productions' Dimension Elevator surround four channel video environment

Vital Five Productions, Seattle, WA, June 2001. Before and After Group photography exhibition, Juried by invitation

Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, March 2001. Masters of Fine Arts thesis exhibition, Masses, Multi channel digital photography and video installation

Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, December 2000, Terraform 1, digital multimedia collaborative installation

Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, spring 2000. Collaborated with video installation artist Tony Oursler for his exhibition The Empty Cabinet. Created a computer animated digital video projection

The Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, November 2000, Works on Paper. Juried competition

Center on Contemporary Art (COCA), Seattle, WA, June, 2000. Video piece Take Back the Streets included in "The Whole World Is Watching" group show

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, March 2000, The Pacific Northwest Annual Unjuried Artist Slide Show

Photo Circle Gallery, Seattle, WA, February 2000, Pushpin Invitational. Group exhibition

The Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, January 2000, MFA Works in Progress. Group exhibition

The Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, November 1999, Works on Paper. Juried competition

Zoots, Detroit, MI, November 1996. Solo exhibition, photography, painting, and drawing

Espresso Roma, Eugene, OR, October 1990, Solo exhibition

Quicksilver Gallery, Bellingham, WA, 1990, Solo exhibition

Fairhaven College, Bellingham, WA, June 1989, Solo exhibition

Geneva Gallery, Bellingham, WA, 1988, Solo exhibition

Fabulous Photos Gallery, Seattle, WA, 1988, Featured artist

Benham Gallery, Seattle, WA, February 1988, Solo exhibition

Publications

Wood Burners by Daniel Mihalyo, Princeton Architectural Press, 1997. Photographs also published in Dubai What’s Happening, Lensculture.com, Center for Advanced Research Technology in the Arts and Humanities (CARTAH) website, University of Washington Summer Arts Festival web site, University of Washington Chamber Dance Company web site, Michigan Links,Ford World,Detroit News, Washington Post, The Rocket, West Seattle Herald, White Center News, Plymouth Courier, Fairhaven College Review, Oregon Daily Emerald.  Other clients include Henry Art Gallery, Columns Magazine, Seattle Fringe Theater Festival, Magna Interior Systems, Detroit Chamber Music Society, Ford Motor Company, The Immigrant Suns, Fairhaven College

Technical Skills

Software: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere, AfterEffects; Apple Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Discreet Cleaner, BB Edit, HTML, Macromedia Dreamweaver

Hardware: familiar with a vast array of camera and imaging systems digital and analog; color and black and white; silver and non; printmaking relief, intaglio and screen; computers Mac and Windows; film formats small, medium and large

Professional Affiliations:

College Art Association