Rodrigo De Toledo :: detoledo@neurondiva.com :: http://www.neurondiva.com

Education
1995 Master of Fine Arts. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Art and Technology Program.
1992 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design. Faculdade da Cidade, RJ, Brazil - Graphic Design major.
1987 Computer Science Associate Degree. ORT Institute of Technology, RJ, Brazil - 1 year program.
1986 Music Composition. Estácio de Sá University, RJ, Brazil – Completed half of the Bachelor program.

Selected Group Exhibitions, Screenings and Productions
2007 Flagstaff Fantasticals: group exhibition in Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff, USA
2007 Energy Gallery Annual Salon 2007, Lennox Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2007 Divishow Top 30 International Competition, Exhibition, Cuautitlan Izcalli, Mexico
2006 Contained Art, Group Exhibition at Galerie Seï-Un-Do, Zurich, Switzerland
2006 Freestyle 2-3-d: Energy Gallery Online Exhibition, Toronto, Canada
2006 LACDA “Top 40” Competition Exhibition: Los Angeles Digital Art Center, USA
2006 MIAD: Muestra Internacional de Arte Digital – Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes Rosa Galisteo, Santa Fe, Argentina
2006 MIAD: Mostra Internacional de Arte Digital - Venado Tuerto, Argentina.
2006 FILE 05: International Festival on Electronic Languages – Telemar Center – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2005 FILE 05: International Festival on Electronic Languages – SESI São Paulo, Brazil. 2005 Ciutat De Vinaros: Online show of the International Prize on Digital Literature, Spain.
2005 NanoDramas is part of [R][R][F] 05 – Multiple international Group Shows.
2004 NanoDramas is part of Rhyzome.org New Museum Artbase.
2004 NanoDramas is part of [R][R][F] 04 - Remembering, Repressing, Forgetting. An Interactive Group Show presented: Museum of Contemporary Art Bucaresti/Romania, Basics Festival Salzburg/Austria, Electronic Art Meeting Pescara/Italy, International Festival of New Film and New Media/Croatia, Version>04 Festival/Chicago, and VI Salon Colloquio Arte Digital Havana/Cuba.
2000-2001 Facial+: Multiple sonic performances and electronic music recordings.
1998 Ethereal Sapiens: solo electronica music record - San Francisco.
1998 Computer Art: multimedia Installation - Northern Arizona University Museum. 1997 Nacional Virtual Reality Show - interactive multimedia installation – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1996 Nomads: online group show in the LEONARDO.org.
1995 Uneaten Future: director and animator - music video – Chicago, exhibited on GNT TV (Brazil), Canal+ (France), Siggraph 95 and ISEA 95.
1995 Uneaten Future, Sacred Bytes: author of the CD-ROM title shown at SIGGRAPH 95 (L.A.), ISEA95 (Montreal), Nacional VR Show (Brazil), Annon Salon, MacWorld, Macromedia showcase (San Francisco).
1995 M.F.A. Show: interactive multimedia installation – Chicago.
1994 Cyberfest 94 – Digital Arts Festival – Chicago.
1994 Artists and Technology: group show - Truman College – Chicago.
1993 FISEA93: digital art show - symposium on electronic art – Minneapolis.
1991 Randomics: director and producer - music video for MTV - RJ, Brazil.
1990 Logod: director and animator – animated video - Exhibited on festivals and TV stations in Brazil, Poland, Australia, Holland and Austria.
1990 VideoCabines: animator of the video-installation by S. Kogut. Exhibited: at L.A. Cultural Center, Carioca Subway Station (Rio de Janeiro), Fotoptica Video Festival (São Paulo).
1990 3 Antena: animator of the video by R. Berliner awarded at the Fotoptica Video Festival.
1990 “What do you think people think Brazil is?”: animator of the video shown at Montbelliard Festival (France); Fotoptica Video Festival; RioCine Festival (Brazil) - directed by Sandra Kogut.
1990 FestVideo 5: Logod selected at Gramado, Brazil.
1990 TAO: animator - multimedia dance show - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Solo Exhibitions
1993 Anatomia Virtual 2 – IBM Gallery, Curitiba, Brazil.
1992 Anatomia Virtual 1 - Centro Cultural Candido Mendes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Grants, Prizes and Awards
2006 Freestyle 2-3-d: Energy Gallery Award, Toronto, Canada.
2006 LACDA International “Top 40” Digital Art Competition, Los Angeles, USA.
2004 Northern Arizona University Intramural Grant: Nature Synthetic Research Project.
2002 Forbes Best of the Web award: Information Architect of the web site Winebid.com.
1999 CD-ROM “Mars Virtual Exploration” was patented by NASA. 1998 NASA Software of the Year award, USA.
1997 Space Views Award: Website “Mars Landing Sites”.
1997 NASA’s Software of the Year: Creative Director of the CD-ROM “Mars VE”.
1993 Coca-Cola Grant: Solo exhibition Anatomia Virtual 2.
1992 France-Brasil Chamber of Commerce Grant: Solo exhibition Anatomia Virtual 1.
1991 Atlantic Manchete Festival: animator of the video “Zimbabue”, directed by Felipe Lacerda.
1990 Fotoptica Video Festival: animator of the video 3 Antena, by R. Berliner (Brazil).
1990 Montbelliard Festival (France); Fotoptica Video Festival; RioCine Festival (Brazil): animator of the video “What do you think people think Brazil is?”, directed by Sandra Kogut.

Professional History
2002 to Present Northern Arizona University: School of Communication, Assistant Professor of Visual Communication. Teaching Graphic Design, Typography, Computer Animation, Information Graphics, and Senior Portfolio classes.
2001 NEC / Niteo Partners: Sr. Experience Designer; San Francisco. As a consultant for NEC, I lead a complete information re-architect of Cal Fed Bank’s web site. 2000 Citron Haligman Bedecarré: Lead Information Architect; San Francisco. As a consultant for the advertising agency, I supervised the development of web-centered information architecture.
1999–2000 Zefer Corp.: Sr. Structural Designer; San Francisco. As a consultant, designed user-centered online experiences for iPlanet.com (Netscape/Sun/AOL), winebid.com, ishares.com (Barclays Bank), greenlight.com (autos.com).
1995-1999 NASA Ames Research Center: Mountain View, CA. Art Director for the Educational Multimedia Research and Development Group. Designed space science CD-ROMs, games and web sites of educational and public relations content. The CD-ROM “Mars Virtual Exploration” received awards and was patented by NASA.
1993 Candido Mendes Cultural Center: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As a consultant and curator for the International Atlantic Virtual Reality Conference, I designed and organized events and exhibitions. Curator of the National Mostra Atlantic of Digital Painting.
1990-1992 Left Design: Owner, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Managed the design agency. Developed consumer branding, package design, brand extensions and print advertising. Produced animated pieces for TV commercials. Clients: Polygram, Som Livre Records, TVA, supermarket chain, restaurants, fashion designers, insurance companies, department stores, government.
1987-1990 AnimaGraph Studios: Owner of the computer animation studio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Clients: Banco Nacional, Smith Klein, government health organizations, Buzios TV, Mesbla department stores.
1987 ORT Institute of Technology: Teaching assistant for computer programming classes.

Conference Presentations
2006 Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities: Paper “Natura Synthetica – Sincretism in Visual Language”.
1995 SIGGRAPH: Sketches Program – presented “Uneaten Future CD-ROM”. Selected Reviews, Articles and Interviews

Selected Media References
1999 HOW Magazine: magazine interview featuring Mars VE’s design.
1998 COMPUTER CHRONICLES: TV interview about “Mars Landing Sites” web site.
1996 LEONARDO: magazine article and online show, about “Uneaten Future”, called Nomads.
1995 O GLOBO: newspaper interview about “Uneaten Future” CD-ROM.
1993 SEM CENSURA: TV panel interview about the Atlantic Virtual Reality conference.
1993 CURITIBA: TV interview about “Virtual Anatomy II” exhibit. 1992 OM: TV interview about “Virtual Anatomy” exhibit.
1992 JORNAL DO BRASIL: newspaper interview about the “Virtual Anatomy” exhibit.
1990 O GLOBO: newspaper interview featuring the video “Logod”.

Collections
Daniel Langlois Archive; Centro Cultural Itaú; Rhyzome.org, and Private Collections.