L.

COLLIER HYAMS
Curriculum Vitae
9811 Pebble Weigh Court Burke, VA 22015 571-235-3322 LCH29@Georgetown.edu
EDUCATION
Masters of
Fine Art

Integrated Electronic Arts, Emphasis on Performance - December 1998

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York

Masters of Art

Fine Art, Emphasis on Weld Metal Sculpture, Performance, Computer Based Artworks
December 1992, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana
Research in Thai Contemporary Spiritual Art, Visual Dhamma - Summer 1990 Silpakorn
Fine Arts University, Bangkok, Thailand

Bachelors of Art

Photography / Journalism, Emphasis on Digital Arts; Marine MicroBiology, minor - May 1990
Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana

EMPLOYMENT
2/2015
- present

Associate Professor of the Practice of Digital Art and Multimedia / Academic Computer Specialist
Committees: Faculty Senate, Senate Steering, Perf Arts Advisory, NTL Rep, TSP, Dept Tech Rep,
Art and Art History Department, Georgetown University, Washington DC

- 1/2015

7/2005

Visiting Assistant Professor of Digital Art and Multimedia / Academic Technical Specialist
Art and Art History / Art Music and Theater Department, Georgetown University, Washington DC

10/1998
- present

Director, Artist, Musician, Performer, Songwriter, Designer

THE 50 MAN MACHINE music and art ensemble, Washington DC; New York, NY

12/1999

Touring Musician, Performer, Songwriter, Designer, The Neil Anderson Group, RATHKELTAIR,

- 11/2005

Columbia, SC; New York, NY; Washington DC

10/2002

- present

Technical Director, The Thistle Dancers Scottish Highland Dance and Piping School
Burke, VA; Hollywood, MD

10/1997
- present

Freelance Artist, Musician, Performer, Technician, Recording Engineer, Adobe / Protools / Logic,
New York, NY; Washington DC

Summer 2003

Instructor, Internal Drive Art Tech Camp, Georgetown University, Washington DC

3/2001
- 4/2003

Associate Studio Engineer / Technical Director Electronic Arts Performance Series, Instructor
iEAR Studios Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

8/1999

Assistant Studio Engineer, Instructor, iEAR Studios

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

- 3/2001
5/1998

- 6/1999
8/1996

- 8/1998
10/1994

- 7/1996

Technician, Virtual Reality Artist, Graphic Designer - The National Tele-Immersion Initiative,
Internet 2 project, Advanced Network & Services, Armonk, NY
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant, Student Engineer, iEAR @ RPI Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Art Director / Audio Engineer, LISTN - Louisiana Instructional Satellite Tele-Learning Network
at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, LA

- 7/1994

Computer Animator / Composer, Award Winning Program "Science: Out of this World"
NSU Space Science Program and Telecommunications, Natchitoches, LA

5-9/1993

Apprentice, Russell Whiting Sculptures, Lafayette, LA

8/1990 - 12/1992

Graduate Assistant of Arts, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA

11/1993

2/1991 - 3/1993

Graphic Artist, DOLLCO / The Buyfinder Weekly Newspaper, Natchitoches, LA

5/1988

- 5/1990

Photo Editor / Layout and Design Artist / Writer / Copy Editor,

The Lagniappe, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA

5/1987
- 5/1990

Photographer / Photo Editor / Reporter, The Tech Talk,

Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA

5/1989
- 5/1990

Photographer / Videographer / Photo Lab Tech, The Louisiana Tech

Office of Special Programs, Ruston, LA

Spring 1990

Sports Photographer, The Louisiana Tech Office of Sports Information, Ruston, LA

RESEARCH GRANTS
Fall 2014, Spring 2015 ITEL Cohort Grants, Classroom Tablet Computing and OER open educational resource projects
2012 Georgetown University Graduate School Summer Academic Grant, Harp Construction Analysis, Ireland
2012 Georgetown University Graduate School Travel Grant for musical instrument materials research
2011 Georgetown University Fall Competitive Grant-in-Aid, CNC equipment for Computer Aided Design
2010 Georgetown University Graduate School Summer Academic Grant,
Documentary Film on Piobaireachd Bagpipe Music and Culture, Scotland, UK
2010 Georgetown University Spring Competitive Grant-in-Aid, camera equipment for Film on Piobaireachd
2009 Georgetown University Fall Competitive Grant-in-Aid
Materials purchase for the Sonic Comparative Analysis of 12 Traditional Woodwind Woods
2008 Georgetown University Graduate School Summer Academic Grant,
The Immersive Piobaireachd Digital Media Project, Scotland, UK
2002 New York State Council on the Arts NYSCA Grant,
Location Research and Interactive A/V Musical Performance with Pipe Major D. F. Lindsay, Scotland and NY
AWARDS & EXHIBITIONS
2011-2014 Residencies, four 1 year contracts for the presentation of composed multimedia performance art, WoW Industries, Arlington, VA
2000-to date - Extensive appearances, recording, promoting, marketing, radio, touring, performance with 50 Man Machine
music / projected film art band; the 50 Man Machine performance art and theatrical group, US, Canada, UK
2011 Group Show, Piobaireachd, bagpipe and multimedia project, Gallery 101, Washington DC
2008 Presentation of research lecture, Ancient bagpipes: music and construction, Folger Shakespeare Library, DC
2007 Group Show, Playing for Keeps, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Group Show, Sculptural Musical Instruments, Gallery 101, Washington DC
2003-5 Full time touring with RKA at Scottish, Irish and World music festivals throughout the US and Canada.
1998 The 50-Man-Machine, one man show, consisting of multiple projection, multiple screens, multiple soundsource installation, with a performance art movement troupe and electronic interactive sculptures.
Performed at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, Mass.
1998 Group Show, The Kitchen, Manhattan, NY
1997 Group Show, Dartmouth University, NH
1997 Technical supervisor and design for Antonio Muntadas Hybrid Spaces gallery event, art book, cd-rom and
website, Troy, NY and Barcelona, Spain
1995-96 Silver Medal in the New York International Film / Video Festival
in the category of Distance Learning for Science: Out of this World.
1994-95 Gold Medal in the New York International Film / Video Festival
in the category of Distance Learning for computer animation, art direction, and theme music composition.
1994 Artist of the Month, The Heritage Gallery, LA
1993 Post Human: Artistically Expressing the Need for Stronger Awareness of the Environmental Crisis, one
man show, Natchitoches, LA
1992 The Red Door Gallery, NSU Student Exhibition, Natchitoches, LA
1991 Orville Hanchey Gallery, The Natchitoches Arts Guild, Juried Exhibition
1990 Watson Library Gallery, Louisiana Tech University, Juried Exhibition, Ruston, LA
1989 Digitally Created Photographs, Beloucq Gallery, Ruston, LA
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Honorable Robert S. Goodlatte, Congressman, Roanoke, VA
Mrs. Conna Cloutier, The Ducourneau Square House, Natchitoches, LA
Mr. Steven J. Andrews, Mobile, AL; Mandeville, Jamaica
Mr. Marvin M. Williams, New York, NY
Ms. Shelly R. Hermis, Lenox, MA
Mr. Alan Okey, Los Angeles, CA
Ms. Sarah Poole, Montreal, QC