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Wioleta Kaminska

Chair, digital communication

Education

  • M.F.A., design, California College of the Arts
  • M.A., applied linguistics, University of Warsaw
  • B.A., ESL, University of Gdańsk

Credentials

  • Chair, digital communication, 2023–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
    Professor of digital communication, 2019–23
  • Lecturer, 2019, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
    Design educator in graduate design department
  • Lecturer, 2017–19, University of San Francisco, San Francisco
    Design educator in art and architecture department
  • Lecturer, 2018–19, San Francisco State University, San Francisco
    Design educator in design department
  • Lecturer, 2018–19, SFSU CEL, San Francisco
    Design educator in multimedia department
  • Lecturer, 2015–19, Academy of Art University, San Francisco
    Design educator in graphic design and motion pictures and TV department
  • Human-centered design consultant, 2018–19, SF Office of Digital Equity, San Francisco
    HCD consultant and advisor on a team dedicated to helping SF residents overcome digital barriers and to improving SF community’s standard of living and upholding the city's vision of creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community.
  • Social media and marketing strategy consultant, 2014–15, Viscusi Elson Interior Design, Los Altos, CA
    Increased social reach and developed unique social media voice. Identified marketing opportunities. Developed and implemented marketing tactics. Designed promotional materials and visual merchandising.
  • Strategy director, 2013–16, Motion Design Inc., Santa Cruz, CA
    Contributed to releasing Hog’s Tooth, an award winning short movie about human behavior observed in a context. Created and oversaw a fundraising Indiegogo campaign. Lead, directed, and managed campaign research, strategy development and implementation.
  • Design researcher, 2012–13, SonicRim, San Francisco
    Identified opportunity areas for a client, Johnson Controls, to produce the ultimate end user experience. Organized data, analyzed field research records and synthesized insights to build frameworks for an internal exploratory research project involving the future of the automotive experience.
  • Graphic design consultant, 2011–12, Motion Design Inc., Santa Cruz, CA
    Consulted Motion Design Inc. on vector graphics for a TV commercial of high-end bike helmets.

Publications and presentations

Exhibitions and recognitions

  • Morfar i Grønland, a multi-media exhibition showcasing life in the Arctic Circle, Gallery 2424, Savannah, GA, 2024
  • SAV.EXE, a multi-site exhibition of new media installations developed around one question: What does it mean to work at the intersection of art and technology today? Screening of the video landscapes: Truth and Forest Bathing, ARTS Southeast and Gallery 2424, Savannah, GA, 2024
  • Retreating, Cedar House Gallery, Savannah, GA, 2023
  • Melting Glaciers, Gathered VI, group exhibition, MOCA GA, Atlanta, GA, 2023–24
  • Look!, group exhibition, Sulfur Studios, Savannah, GA, 2023
  • Retreating, exhibition, Jepson Center at Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA, 2023–24
  • Retreating, exhibition, Gilfélagið/Deiglan, Akureyri, Iceland, 2022
  • Open Studio, SÍM, Seljavegur Residency, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2022
  • How We Hear Now, presented by ECOPOESIS Project, California College of the Arts; The San Francisco Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, 2021
  • Urban Legends, screening with music by Zenial, Live Concert, MuseInSitu. La Muse En Circuit, Paris, France, 2021
  • The Sensory Orders, Center for Contemporary Art, LAŹNIA, Gdansk, Poland, 2020–21
  • Following the Deep, LEM Station with Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Kiev, Ukraine, 2020
  • Our Journey Together, video installations, Museum of Folk Culture, Węgorzewo, Poland, 2019
  • FOG. And The Whole World Stops, screening, Plexus Projects Gallery, New York City, NY, 2019
  • 20 Years of Form Studio 1999-2019, photo exhibition, Institute of Advancing Uncertainty, San Francisco, CA, 2019
  • Oculis Magnis, screening, San Francisco Peephole Cinema, San Francisco, CA, 2018–19
  • "Inside Silence" series, Sense of Place, Wobneb Magazine, 2018
  • "Inside Silence" series, photography exhibition, F-Stop Magazine, 2018
  • "The Subtle Cosmos," TREES, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT, 2018
  • Loop, Past Is Present, Before Silence, Simulacrum, Group Media Arts film screening, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA, 2018

Presentations and talks

  • Artist Talk for Retreating. Presented at Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA, 2023.
  • Artist Talk. Presented at SÍM, Seljavegur Residency, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2022.
  • Online conversations with Sensory Orders Exhibition artists. Part of the Disorientation and Hybrids Discussions. Presented at Centre for Contemporary Art, ŁAŹNIA, Gdansk, Poland, 2020.
  • "Following the Deep," presented at LEM Station, Kiev, Ukraine, 2020.
  • "And the Whole World Stops," presented for In the Making Lecture series, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2020.
  • "Design As Dialectics," presented for Inside/Outside: Working Our Way Out of the Damaged Now (Design As Dialectics), SFSU Design Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2017.

Artist residency

  • Gilfélagið Residency, Akureyri, Iceland, 2022
  • Seljavegur Residency, Reykjavík, Iceland, 2022
  • Honorary AIR Awardee – KALA Art Institute, Berkeley, CA, 2017
  • Headlands Center For the Arts, Sausalito, CA, 2015