Manuel M. Pecina
627 S. Ravinia Dallas, TX 75211
214-766-2929
mp@gonzophoto.com
Education:
- Master Fine Arts’ Art & Technology, University of Texas at Dallas
- Bachelor Fine Arts’ photography, University of Texas at Arlington
Solo Exhibitions:
- 2008 The Arena, Visual Art Gallery University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas
Juried Exhibitions:
- 2008 Pocket Film Festival, Pompidou Centre, Paris, France ::: June 13-15
- 2008 Intersected, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
- 2008 Real Time, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, Texas
- 2007 Intersected, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
- 2006 UTD/Texas Tech Exchange Exhibition, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
- 2006 Second Annual Erotic Art Show, Canvas-Gallery
- 2006 Sur de Trinidad, Ice House Cultural Center
- 2005 Gallery 171, University of Texas at Arlington
- 2005 Gallery West Annex Dedication Ceremony, University of Texas at Arlington
- 2005 1308, Experimental Art Space
- 2004 Salon de Photography, UTA gallery 171
- 2003 ELEMENTS, University of Texas at Arlington Art Expo at the Old Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art
Group Exhibitions:
- 2008 TimeFrame, A 72 hour International New Media Video Exhibition on Seesmic
- 2006 Annual members show, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary
- 2005 Annual members show, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary
- 2003 The 39-hour show, Fort Worth Community Art Center
Curator / Juror Projects:
- 2005 Dream Exhibition, mixed media event organized by the University of Texas at Arlington, displayed at the public library De Soto, Texas (juror)
Presentations & Lectures:
- Society of Photo Journalist freelancing seminar the photo side of freelancing, negotiating prices, and copyrights at The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas (2009)
- Lectures on professional photography and fine art topics presented at The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas (2008)
Publications:
- BB (Harder Beat): a magazine about everything that rocks. September 2005, Vol. 13, Issue 141, page seven
Skills and Accomplishments:
- Develop innovative curriculum to instruct students, small groups and classes of more than 25 individuals.
- Organize time, and resources to balance workloads and deadlines.
- Use unconventional methods and resources to educate through web technologies and life experiences.
- Recognize the need for appropriate pacing and delay time to ensure all students understand lessons.
Educational Experience:
- Design, and implement online training for technical operations staff (Verizon Wireless 2001-2002).
- Design, implement, and present training courses for console and call analyst to ensure uniform policies and procedures (PrimeCo Communications Corporation 1997-2000).
Certificates:
- Certified Domino Lotus Notes R4 Administrator.
Technical Skills:
- Photography and Lighting: Experience with conventional photographic equipment from 35mm, medium and large format film cameras. Film loading, strobe and hot light systems and associated power packs, as well as digital SLR, medium to large format digital image capture systems. Photo lab technician responsible for chemical mixture of color, black and white processing, enlarger and printer maintenance in a high use environment with budget limits.
- Operating Systems: Experience includes but is not limited to Windows 95, NT Workstation & Server 4.0, Windows 2000 professional, Windows XP, UNIX Lynx, Sun Solaris, AIX, and IBM Mainframe Z/OS.
- Software: Applications include Apache Web Server 2.0, and Lotus/Domino R4 Application Development 1, (Certified CLS) Lotus/Domino R4 system administrator, MSI-CERVE, CEOS gateway application, WAS 6 (Websphere Application Server), HTML, CSS, XML, firewalls, HTTP server concepts, Web Browsers, Adobe Photoshop, and Macromedia Dreamweaver.
Professional Experience:
- Gonzo Studio; Artist Photographer --- working with Web Technologies in Multi-Media. Member of inter.Sect Art Collective. Promoting a pollution free environment and the ideas of social responsibility. Ability to collaborate in concept development and ideate design for solutions that can have a measurable impact with brand driven solutions for the visual arts in emerging media and mass communication. Building systems that make information accessible to communicate in a world that has become smaller.