AMY E. SEIDMAN
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EDUCATION
BFA, School of Visual Arts, Photography & Fine Art  1982-1986
Apprentice/Internship: Photography, Joseph Mara Studio, NYC 1979 - 1981

CONTINUING EDUCATION
Mentors, Business and Marketing, Susan Lettween Carr, LMG, and Carl Bressler,  former President & Founder, Montana Artists, Los Angeles 2001 - Present
Mentor for Music, Eddie Levine, formerly of Avenue Jazz, Blue Note, UA/MCA: 1993 - 2003
Mentor for Digital Arts, Motions City Films, Los Angeles, 1995
Mentor for Photography, John Issac, United Nations, NYC,  1987-88

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS, COMMISSIONS, PERFORMANCES

2006 "Digital Be-In" SOMA Arts Center, San Francisco, CA, "In Response To That" Earth Day photography exhibition.

2006 "Spectra Ball" ArtsFestSF, Regency, San Francisco, CA, "Annenberg" & "Drum" photographs, group exhibition.

2005 "Art Into Action", United Nations, World Environment Day, greenmuseum.org and Natural World Museum, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA. Art: new media installations featuring photography & video,"Five Element Experience" interactive video installation & "Digital Garden" video installation with greenmuseum.org (NWM affiliate artist collaboration)

2005  "Imagine, Innovate, Transform: Environmental Art and Sustainability", Oakland Museum of CA  at the Oakland International Airport , CA, Art: "Digital Garden" with greenmuseum.org, video Installation

2005 "Spectra Ball" ArtsFestSF, The Old Mint, San Francisco, CA. Art: "Crouching Buddha", acrylic on canvas, "Annenberg" & "See No Evil", photography, "Willing 1 & 2", mixed media, "She Sells SeaShells", mixed media.

2004 "Anima Mundi", Presidio, San Francisco, CA. Three art installations: "Five Elements Experience", "Digital Garden" with greenmuseum.org, & "Wild Soundscapes" visual media to accompany sound installation by Bernie Krause, Natural World Museum, Fort Mason Pavilion.Installations included new media, photography, video (NWM affiliate artist collaboration).

2004 "Rejuvenate", Costa Rica Conservation Trust, San Francisco, CA & Cape Cod, MA. New Media, photography, video)

2003 "Amalgamation", Burning Man Arts Festival, Black Rock City, Nevada. Mixed media art car, sound art as well as ephemeral photography exhibit.

2003 "So Beautiful" VIC at the Mayan, Knitting Factory and other locations and events throughout Los Angeles, CA. Music performances.

2002 "Sol", Chakra Explorers, Santa Monica, CA. Performance art, music, prose, new media.

2001 "Decompression", Burning Man Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA. Music performance.

1995 - Present "TheLabyrinth.com", including "The Hedge of Thought", "Gallery of Frozen People" and other works,  Online gallery, new media, photography, prose, sound.

1994 "In Response to That", Santa Monica Place, Aidikoff Screening Room, & EcoExpo, (traveling) Los Angeles, CA. Photography and video mixed media exhibition.

1990 Topanga California. Photography as part of group show & silent auction fundraiser.

1986 Black Bird Gallery, New York City. Photography. Solo exhibition.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Top Three, Radio Centro House music chart, Rome, Italy, (music) 2002
Recipient , Sponsorship, & member of Nikon Professional Services 1988 - Present
People Choice Nomination, Best Internet Site, theLabyrinth.com, (internet, new media art) 1997
Recipient, Sponsorship, Eastman Kodak, 1988, 1994
Recipient, Grant,"Get Down to Earth", environmental art and media education program,
   City of Culver City & Audubon Society ,1995
Nikon International Photo Award, Bronze, 1990
World Health Organization "Certificate of Recognition", Photography, 1988
EHIP Award for Achievement, 1981

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Micro Publishing News

The World & I Arts Section

Outdoor Photographer