Gosia Malgorzata Koscielak
Daria Tsoupikova
Helen-Nicole Kostis
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago
 

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 - Master’s 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