Ulric Joseph 

1124 Davis Ave

Pittsburgh, PA 15212

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WORK EXPERIENCE

SHADOBENI LLC     (TRINIDADIAN VEGAN RESTAURANT)                                                        2019-Present

Owner/Cook 

MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART                                                                            2011-2020

Full-time Professor First Year Experience 

Web/Multimedia designer

• Redesigned website for the Trinidad and Tobago embassy in the UK.

• Taught web software applications to the employees of contracted companies

• Worked with Trinidad carnival designers doing photo shoots and magazine design

• Did graphic design work for the Trinidad and Tobago Department of National Security

• Did contract multimedia design work for Fairview Research. Worked on streaming video and distribution project

MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART                                                                              2002-2007

Professor, Electronic Media and Culture

• Adjunct professor for a class titled EMAC (Electronic Media and Culture) which introduced freshmen to the design software applications and digital art culture.

• Worked primarily with incoming freshmen as they struggle academically and emotionally, to get through their first year at college.

• Worked with Faculty Advisors, in an effort to form a cohesive advising team, so our students would be better served during this first year.

• Every effort was made, by this advising team, to help students develop proper time management and professional development skills.

Director, Jamaica Study Abroad (2003 to 2008)

• Designed the Jamaica summer program which ran during the month of July, every summer.

• The program was designed so students could travel to Jamaica and make art, while experiencing the culture of the country.

• Students were encouraged to work independently and it was my job to facilitate this.

• Was responsible for a budget of approximately US$30,000, two assistants and no more than 15 students.

Web/Multimedia Designer, East Haven, CT (part-time)

• Designed the static pages for MicroPatent’s websites

• Worked with programmers to make the sites function dynamically

• Helped in the design of sell sheets for new products

• Designed multimedia CD-ROM's for MicroPatent

• Worked with WebEx presentations.

• Experience with UNIX operating system

David Jacobs International Scholarship (BFA Painting)

David Jacobs Graduate Scholarship (MA Digital Art)

Seymore Mandelbaum Competitive Scholarship (MA Digital Art) 

EDUCATION

Maryland Institute, College of Art Baltimore, MD.

1999-2000 (MA Digital Art)

• My digital thesis video was part of an exhibition juried by Mr. Holland Cotter, a critic for the N.Y. Times.

1995-1999 (BFA Painting - Cum Laude)

SOLO SHOWS

2017 “The Spirit, The Caribbean, The People” --- Be Gallery, Pittsburgh

2003 “Broken” --- Douglas Memorial Gallery, Baltimore

GROUP SHOWS

2019 Three Rivers Art Festival, Juried exhibition. ---- Pittsburgh

2018 Be Galleries 40th anniversary group show. --- Be Gallery, Pittsburgh

2018 “Sabbatical Exhibition” --- Maryland Institute College of Art, Decker Gallery.

2014 Pittsburgh Biennial Carnegie Mellon, Miller Gallery

2014 “Group Show” Keisho Center, Japan

2009 “Group Show” Campbell’s Art Gallery, London

2008 “Permanent Collection Show”--- Novas Gallery, London

2008 “Group Show” --- Stonycreek Gallery, CT

2006 “Group Show” --- Cage Gallery, EMC Kingston, Jamaica

2006 “Faculty Exhibition” --- Maryland Institute College of Art, Decker Gallery.

2005 “Group Show” --- Cage Gallery, EMC Kingston, Jamaica

2004 “Group Show” --- Cage Gallery, EMC Kingston, Jamaica

2004 “Faculty Exhibition” --- Maryland Institute College of Art, Decker Gallery.

2003 “ Watercolors” --- Viota Gallery, Puerto Rico

2000 “Juried Graduate Exhibition” --- Maryland Institute College of Art, Fox Gallery. Juror: Holland Cotter (NY Times)

2000 “Thesis Exhibition (MA)” --- Maryland Institute College of Art, Fox Gallery

1999 “Senior Thesis Exhibition (BFA)” --- Maryland Institute College of Art, Meyerhoff Gallery

1997 “BSU Annual Exhibition” --- Maryland Institute College of Art, Fox Gallery

1996 “BSU Annual Exhibition” --- Maryland Institute College of Art, Fox Gallery

1996 “Art For Healing” --- Maryland General Health Center, Baltimore

1992 “Five pairs of hands” --- Normandie Art Gallery, Trinidad

COMMUNITY WORK

2019 Northview Heights, Summer classes for kids. (Making Cyanotype pillows), Pittsburgh

2018 Northview Heights, Summer classes for kids. (Making Masks), Pittsburgh

2018 Linden Park Senior Center (Mural), Baltimore

2016 Riley Hawkins Avengers (Mural), West Baltimore

2016 Linden Park Senior Center (Book Project), A look at the Freddie Gray uprising through the eyes of seniors living in a retirement community close to the epicenter. Baltimore

GRANTS

2019 Buhl Grant for Northview summer project

2018 Buhl Grant for Northview summer project

2016 Marcella Brenner Grants Faculty Research