Curriculum Vitae 
 
Margaret Dolinsky 
 
Virtual Environment Designer and Research Artist 
Electronic Visualization Laboratory M/C 154 
University of  Illinois at  Chicago 
851 S. Morgan St. Rm. 1120 SEO 
Chicago, Illinois USA 60607 
 
(312) 996-3002 ph 
(312) 413-7585 fax 
 
dolinsky@evl.uic.edu 
http://www.evl.uic.edu/dolinsky/ 
Research          Conferences/Exhibitions      Publications 
Lectures          Professional Activities        Education 
 
 
 
VR Research
Research Artist, Electroniic Visualization Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago 1995 -- present; 

   Work on interdisciplinary teams to interface with small and mid-sized businesses to encourage the  
   use of virtual reality technology in the areas of art, design and manufacturing. Projects include:  

  • CAVE art experiences using Performer, audio controlled graphics, live video. networking
  • ImmersaGrams research to create desktop PHSColograms with (art)n Laboratory
  • Developing and testing CAVE design software for artists and non-programmers
  • EVL student coordinator for "Virtual Spaces" exhibition in conjunction with ISEA '97
  • EVL software leader for Photoshop, StudioPaint, Alias, "Oort Cloud Continuum"
  • VRML application with NCSA for Caterpillar featuring a 3D front loader
  • EVL student volunteer co-coordinator for SuperComputing '95, San Diego
  • Demonstrations of EVL's virtual reality displays to clients, visitors, conferences
  • EVL website design 
    Skills:  
  • CAVE Virtual Environment Design & Implementation of Stereo 3D Graphics and Audio
  • Modeling: Alias, Maya, StudioPaint, CosmoWorlds, Softimage
  • Languages: C/C++, Performer, Inventor, Open GL, SGI/GL, HTML, VRML2
  • Operating Systems: Silicon Graphics IRIX, Macintosh, MS-DOS, Windows
  • Packages: Photoshop, Fractal Painter, Netscape Communicator, Showcase 
  • Video: Full broadcast quality video production and post production
 
Conferences and Exhibitions
"Immedia 99" Media Union, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI 27 January - 6 February 1999.
              "Dream Grrrls" CAVE Exhbition
"Digital Tools and Output Media: Deleting the Discord between Art and Technology" Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green Ohio 5 December 1998 -5 February 1999. "Dream Grrrls"
Sixth Annual NY Digital Salon "Interiors" "Strait Dope" "Dream Grrrls" (travelling exhibition:) 
    Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona, Spain 22  March -18 April 1999 
    Triennale di Milano, Italy / 15 February -15 March 1999 
    Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid / 8 January - 7 February 1999 
    Visual Arts Museum NYC, 9-28 November 1998 
CAVE Drawing, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. 5-6 November 1998. "Interiors" and "Dream Grrrls"
Internet 2, San Diego, CA Live Video Broadcast via Web "Dream Grrrls" "Strait Dope"
Eurographics 98,  Interactive Media Demonstrations, "Strait Dope" VR Exhibition 31August - 4 September 1998. Lisbon, Portugal. European Association for Computer Graphics.
"Virtual Environment as Rebus" 19-23 July 1998. Newport, University of Wales College Centre for the Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts. Consciousness Reframed, second annual International CAiiA Research Conference, 1998.
SIGGRAPH 98, Enhanced Realities, Interactive Art Show, "Interiors" Immersadesk2 and Immersadesk3 Exhibition. 18-25 July1998. Orlando, FL. ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics.
The Illinois Art Gallery, 100 West Randolph, Chicago "Electronic Fields".  Supported in part by the  
Sony Gallery of Consumer Electronics. 1 April - 29 May, 1998. Curators: Dana Plepys, Jane Stevens.
1998 IEEE Virtual Reality Annual International Symposium VRAIS '98. "Dream Grrrls" Video. 14 - 18 March 1998 Atlanta, GA. Sponsored by: IEEE Neural. 
ThinkQuest. Nov 1997. "Strait Dope" Immersadesk Exhibition. 17-21 November 1997. Washington, DC., Sponsored by: Advanced Network Services, Inc. 
ISEA 97 Partners Exhibit, "Virtual Spaces", "Strait Dope" CAVE Exhibition. 22 - 27 September 1997. Electronic Visualization Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago. ISEA97 Eighth International Symposium on Electronic Art. 1997. 
ISEA97 Eighth International Symposium on Electronic Art. 1997. "Virtual Spaces", ISEA 97 Partners Exhibit, 22 - 27 September 1997. "Strait Dope" Immersadesk Exhibition. Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago. 
Consciousness Reframed "Dream Grrrls: A World of Virtual Reality" 5-6 July 1997. Newport, University of Wales College Centre for the Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts. Consciousness Reframed, first International CAiiA Research Conference, 1997. 
ThinkQuest 1996. "Dream Grrrls" Immersadesk Exhibition. 17-21 November 1996. Washington, DC., Sponsored by: Advanced Network Services, Inc. 
Symposium on Virtual Reality in Manufacturing Research and Education, 1996. "Dream Grrrls" Immersadesk Exhibition. 7-8 October 1996. Industrial Virtual Reality Institute. The University of Illinois at Chicago. 
Virtual Reality Symposium "Ethical and Psychological Issues in Virtual Reality" "Dream Grrrls" Immersadesk Exhibition. 4 - 6 October 1996 University of Michigan, Information Technology Division, Ann Arbor MI. 1996 
The Total Museum Conference, 1996. "The CAVE" Installation. "Dream Grrrls" CAVE Exhibition. October 25-27, 1996. The Goethe-Institut of Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. 
Ars Electronica Festival 1996. "MIMESIS - Die Zukunft Der Evolution." "The CAVE" Exhibit, "Dream Grrrls" CAVE Exhibition. 2 -7 September 1996. Ars Electronica Center, Linz, Austria. 
"Dream Grrrls" CAVE installation 1996 - . Ars Electronica Center, Linz, Austria. 
SIGGRAPH 96. "Neither Here Nor There" in the Digital Bayou, 1996. 2-8 August, 1996. New Orleans, LA. ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics. 
SIGGRAPH 96. "Neither Here Nor There" in The Bridge Art Show, 1996.  2-8 August, 1996. New Orleans, LA. ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics.
Old Court House Arts Center May 5 - June 30 1996. Woodstock IL. "Twenty-Two New Wet Paint/Fresh Glue."
Barrington Area Arts Council February 1996. "Twenty Two on View."
ARC Gallery, "Twenty Two" November 28 - December 23 1995. Chicago IL.
Gallery 451, "Art in Celebration of the Season." November 17 - December 23 1995. Rockford IL.
City of Batavia "Art Walk Batavia" July 1995. Director: M Dolinsky, Batavia IL.
Beacon Street Gallery, "Interiors -- Exteriors." May - June 1995 Geneva IL. Directors: Pat Murphy, Susan Fields.
Contemporary Artcenter of Arlington, "A Woman's Place." 1995. Juror: Mary O'Shaunessy.
Beacon Street Gallery "Interiors -- Exteriors.", April 3-27, 1995. Chicago IL. Directors: Pat Murphy, Susan Fields.
Contemporary Artcenter of Arlington, "Works on Paper" February 7 - March 2 1995.Juror: Ralph Arnold.
Contemporary Artcenter of Arlington, "Past, Present and Future" June 13 - July 6 1995 Juror: Oskar Friedl.
Batavia City Hall."Celebration of the Lights" 1994. 
Contemporary Artcenter of Arlington, "Holiday Showcase" 1994.
Dunham Woods Riding Club, "Painters Palette" 1994. Wayne IL. 
Contemporary Artcenter of Arlington, "Then and Now" June 7 - July 7 1994.
Contemporary Artcenter of Arlington, "Members Show" 1994.
Contemporary Artcenter of Arlington, "Lighten Up" 1994. Juror: John Himmelfarb.
Naked I Gallery "Women Uncensored" September 1994. St. Charles, IL.
Contemporary Artcenter of Arlington, "Portraits Inside and Out" 1993.
Contemporary Artcenter of Arlington, "Ethereal Mindscapes" October 1992.  Juror: Marion Kryczka.
Contemporary Artcenter of Arlington, "Members Show" September 1992.
Contemporary Artcenter of Arlington, "Beyond Photography Above and Beyond Reality." January 1992.
Gallery 451, "Small Works Show."November 1991. Directors: John Lamar, Marilyn Moore.
Gallery 451, "Presents: Ed Anderson, Owen Eaton, John Lamar, Margaret Dolinsky, Van Johnson and Susan Donohoo." October 1991. Directors: John Lamar, Marilyn Moore.
Contemporary Artcenter of Arlington, "Death and Transformation" 1991. Juror: James Mesple.
Northern Illinois University Intaglio Studios, 1991. Curator: David Driesbach.
Contemporary Artcenter of Arlington, "Symbols and Icons" December 1990. Juror: Oskar Friedl.
Beverly Arts Center, "Chicago 13th Annual Alice and Arthur Baer Art Exhibition" November 1989 Juror: William Struve.
Contemporary Artcenter of Arlington, "Small Works" November 1989.  Juror: Kathy Cottong.
The Justice Center Cleveland Ohio. Installation. 1989-95.
 
 
One Person Shows
"Electronic Fields:  Margaret Dolinsky" Illlinois Art Gallery, Chicago IL 26 February - 9April  1999. Sponsored by the Sony Gallery of Consumer Electronics. Curator: Jane Stevens.
"Margaret Dolinsky" SEL CAVE Gallery Exhibition,  Chicago, IL,  4 December 1998. "Interiors" "IGramSalon"
Contemporary Artcenter of Arlington, "Intimate Situations" April 1992. Arlington Hts IL. Juror: Oskar Friedl.
Pentagon Gallery, "Margaret Dolinsky" June 14 - July 31 1991. Cleveland OH. Director: Judi Lifton.
Countryside Art Center, "Margaret Dolinsky" May 1989. Arlington Hts IL. Jurors: Michael Flanagan and Sybil Larney.
 
Awards and Honors
Contemporary Artcenter of Arlington, "Painting and Sculpture" May 9 - June 8 1995. Award of Merit. Juror: Joe Burlini.
Gallery Ten, "Rockford Illinois Third Annual Regional Competition" November 1989. Honorable Mention. Juror: Fanny Garver.
College of DuPage, "Spring Show" 1988. Honorable Mention. Juror: Michael Flanagan.
Countryside Art Center,  "The Paper Show" 1988. Honorable Mention. Juror: Oskar Friedl.
College of DuPage, " Spring Show" 1987. Honorable Mention. Glen Ellyn, IL. 
 
Publications
Gigliotti C., 1999. "The Metaphoric Environment of Art and Technology", in Consciousness Reframed II (Proceedings of the Second CAiiA Research Conference), Intellect, United Kingdom.
IGram Salon, (art)n Laboratory, 1998. http://www.artn.com/Galleries/index/science/VR/igramsalon/index.html 
Eber, D.E.,, 1998. "Digital Tools and Output Media:  Deleting the Discord Between Art and Technology" Dialogue, Nov/Dec 1998, p. 51.
Jana, R., "New Look for New-Media Art" Wired News November 5, 1998, http://www.wired.com/news/print_version/culture/story/16060.html?wnpg=all 
"Digital Salon Catolog" Leonardo, 31(5):p.453-454. Cambridge:MIT Press. (Images)
Dolinsky, M., 1998. "Virtual Environment as Rebus" Consciousness Reframed 19-23 July 1998. Newport, University of Wales College Centre for the Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts. Consciousness Reframed, second annual International CAiiA Research Conference, 1998.
Dolinsky, M., 1998. Strait Dope: A Pandora's box of excitement and interaction. VRML Developers Journal 1(1)p.16-18.  New York: Sys-con Publications. 
Dolinsky, M., 1997 Creating art through virtual environments. Computer Graphics 31(4) :p.34-35,82 New York: ACM Press. 
Dolinsky, M., "Clearing the Smoke" (Image p. 190) In Barth, I., 1997. The Smoking Life. New York: Genesis Press. 
Dolinsky, M., Sehmisch, G., "Dream Grrrls: Metaphors" 1997. Visual Proceedings The Art and Interdisciplinary Programs of SIGGRAPH 97 ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics. p. 129. 
Hoffmeyer, S., 1997. "SIGGRAPH '97: The Next Wave of Digital Technology" Digital Magic 1(Aug):p.45-7 image
Dolinsky, M., "Dream Grrrls: A World of Virtual Reality" 1997. Newport, University of Wales College Centre for the Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts. Proceedings: Consciousness Reframed, first International CAiiA Research Conference, 5-6 July 1997. 
Dolinsky, M,. Sehmisch, G. Interactions, ACM 4(3). "Dream Grrrls" image. 
Dolinsky, M., Sehmisch, G., 1996. In DeFanti, T., Sandin, D., Brown, M., 1996. "The Coming Defenestration:  Immersive Environments Without Windows" In  Davenport, G., ed., 1996 IEEE Multimedia  4(Winter):p. 6 - 9. "Dream Grrrls" images. 
Dolinsky, M., Sehmisch, G., 1996. "Neither Here Nor There" Visual Proceedings The Art and Interdisciplinary Programs of SIGGRAPH 96. "Dream Grrrls" image. p.14. 
Dolinsky, M., Sehmisch, G., 1996. In Sandin, D., SIGGRAPH 1996 Art Show Slide Set. "Dream Grrrls" image. ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics. 
"Arresting work by 12 artists opens reception Friday at Beacon Street" The Republican May 4, 1995 p. 40.
"'Interiors -- Exteriors' presented by Batavia Artists" Windmill Herald May 4 1995 p. 5.
"Beacon Street presents 'Interiors -- Exteriors'" Kane County Chronicle May 1995
"Artists view reality in new exhibit" Copley Newspapers May 1995
"Batavia Artists Guild sets 4 exhibits" Kane County Chronicle July 14 1995 Section C p. 9.
"'Art Walk Batavia' showcases area artists during Windmill City Festival" The Republican July 13 1995 p. 36.
"Batavia Art Walk to feature exhjibitions of area talents" The Beacon News July 13 1995.
"Art Walk Highlights Local Talent" Windmill City Herald, July 13, 1995.
Stodder, C., "A Closer Look"Chicago Artists' News 22(2)Jan 1995
"OPENING" Chicago Artists' News vol.17(7) July/ Aug 1991. p.10 image.
"Afterthought" Cleveland Jewish News June 21, 1991 p. 41 image.
"A Summertime for Arts" The Courier. (22)27,  pull-out section June 2, 1989. image.
"Countryside Art Center exhibiting Dolinsky art" The Lisle Sun May 11, 1989. p. 18B. 
 
Lectures
"CAVE Drawing: The Painterly Potential of Pixels", Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 5 November 1998.
"Strait Dope: Creating Art through Virtual Environments" 1998 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL.
"Dream Grrrls: Metaphors" SIGGRAPH 97 Art and Design Sketch. ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics. Los Angeles, CA.
"Dream Grrrls: A World of Virtual Reality"  Consciousness Reframed 5-6 July 1997. Newport, University of Wales College Centre for the Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts. Consciousness Reframed, first International CAiiA Research Conference, 1997.
"Virtual Reality: Dream Grrrls" Undergraduate Colloquium Series Fall 1996, University of Illinois at Chicago. 
"Virtual Reality and Design" Undergraduate Colloquium Series Spring 1996, University of Illinois at Chicago. 
 
 
Professional Activities
Alias User's Group Meeting, SIGGRAPH 98, 19 July 1998 Orlando, FL
Alliance '98. National Center for Supercomputing Applications, April 1998 Student Volunteer Champaign, IL  
IEEE Virtual Reality Annual International Symposium VRAIS '98. March 1998 Student Volunteer Atlanta, GA.  
ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics, Member, 1997 --. 
Alias User's Group Meeting, SIGGRAPH 97, Aug 1997 LA, CA.
Chicago Alias User's Group Member, 1997--
ACM SIGGRAPH 96, Student Volunteer, New Orleans, LA 1996.
ACM/IEEE SUPERCOMPUTING '95  Student Volunteer Co-Coordinator, San Diego, CA 1995.
Art Walk Batavia. Organizer and  Planner with the City of Batavia and Beacon Street Gallery. July 1995.
Batavia City Television Member and Board Member 1993-96.
Batavia Artists Vice President, 1993--5. 
Chicago Artists Coalition Member,  1990 -- .
Contemporary Artcenter of Arlington CO-Chair, Vice President, Gallery II Chair 1989-94. 
 

Education
University of Illinois at Chicago, Electronic Visualization Laboratory,  MFA: Electronic Visualization.
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb Illinois. Printmaking with David Driesbach.
College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Painting, Drawing, Design, Pottery, Printmaking studio.
Cleveland Institute of Art, Ohio. Drawing, Painting studio.
Case Western Reserve University,  Cleveland Ohio, BA, Undergraduate Scholars Program: Art Therapy.