Daria Tsoupikova is an Assistant Professor in the School
of Art and Design at University of Illinois at Chicago. Her research
and artwork include virtual reality, educational multimedia, electronic
visualization, interactive animation, and computer graphics. Her
work lies at the crossroads of artistic and technological innovation,
and explores the potential of new media and interactivity in relation
to traditional arts. Born in 1971 in Moscow, Russia, she received
her BFA in Graphic Design from the Department of Art of Moscow State
Academy and her MFA in Computer Graphics from the Syracuse University.
She worked as an artist and computer graphics designer in Moscow,
Russia, and several New York companies, including Siegelgale Inc,
New York, NY, and Firstbornmultimedia Inc., New York, NY. Prior
to joining UIC, she taught at the University of Rochester, Syracuse
University, and Moscow. Her recent exhibitions include SIGGRAPH
2002, San Antonio, TX (2002), Version 03, International annual festival
of computer art in the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago,
IL(2003), IDEAS 2003 Festival, Indiana University, Bloomington,
IN (2003), 2004 IEEE Virtual Reality Conference (VR), Chicago, IL
(2004), Networks, art & collaboration, International conference
about the art of online collaboration, The State University of New
York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY(2004), Festival de Mundos Virtuais
at VSR.II, Sau Paulo, Brasil (2004), SPIE2005, International Symposium
on Electronic Imaging, San Jose, CA (2005).
Contact information for collaborators:
Gosia Malgorzata Koscielak Ph.D.- Artist / Independent curator gosiakoscielak@covad.net
info@gosiakoscielak.com- Gosia Koscielak Studio and Gallery -http:// www.gosiakoscielak.com
Helen-Nicole Kostis - Masters in Fine Arts in Electronic Visualization
candidate, Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL), University
of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) eleni@evl.uic.edu
Daria Tsoupikova - Assistant Professor School of Art & Design,
Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL), University of Illinois
at Chicago (UIC) datsoupi@evl.uic.edu
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