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Education
 
2008 - 2011
Master of Fine Art - Performance Art, University of Nevada, Reno
2003 - 2005
Bachelor of Philosophy, University of Washington, Seattle
1998 - 2000
A.A.S. Interpreter Training Program/ASL, Seattle Central Community College
June 1998
A.A. General Studies/ASL, Seattle Central Community College
   
Performances
 
March 23rd, 2011
Transformation, "Unholy Trinity", Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, Reno, Nevada
March 22nd, 2011
Replication, "Unholy Trinity", Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, Reno, Nevada
March 21st, 2011
Purification, "Unholy Trinity", Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, Reno, Nevada
December 11th, 2009
Death by Sugar, “Sugar Shrine Baptismal Candy Flower”, Sierra Arts Gallery, Reno, Nevada
December 5th, 2009
Sugar Shrine Baptismal, “Sugar Shrine Baptismal Candy Flower”, Sierra Arts Gallery, Reno, Nevada
December 4th, 2009
Candy Flower, “Sugar Shrine Baptismal Candy Flower", Sierra Arts Gallery, Reno, Nevada
November 10th, 2009
Hypatia’s Blood, “Real Men Wear Dresses”, Amendment 21, Reno, Nevada
June 18th – 21st, 2009
The Sugar Room, “Nada Dada Motel”, El Cortez Hotel, Reno, Nevada
December 10, 2008
The Messianic Sun, University of Nevada Reno, solo dance performance
March – August, 2000
Doomed Planet, film by indie media producer Rex Lameray, extra, solo belly dance performance
April 1995
Fallen Women Follies, belly dance with live accompaniment , Seattle, Washington
March 1994
Fallen Women Follies, belly dance with live accompaniment , Seattle, Washington
March 1983
Theresa Juillerat’s Belly Dance Class Performance, group and solo dance, Carson City, Nevada
May 1981
Chris Prater Belly Dance Class Performance, group and solo dance, Park Lane Mall Reno, NV
   
Exhibitions
 
October 18, 2008
Reno Erotico Diablo, digital photomanipulation, group exhibition Reno, Nevada
May 5 - 29, 1993
Lusty Lady 2nd Annual Erotic Art Show and Competition, watercolor painting, Seattle, Washington
   
Publications
 
December 2008
Top Innovative Funding Methods, ALA, photo, “Reno Library Fountain”
Fall 2007
Brushfire Literary Journal 60 Vol. 1, poem “The Fishermen”
June 2007
Totalscape.com, town.etna, photo “Etna Soda Fountain”
April 11, 2007
Practically Creative.net, Time’s Passage, photo review “Time’s Passage”
August 2006
Shmap.com, Reno: Where to Stay, Harrah’s Reno, photo in the Where to Stay slide show - “Harrah’s Reno”
February 2006
Europe-cities.com, Pula, photo “Pula Coliseum”
   
Reviews
 
December 10-16th, 2009
Sorg, Chad, “Sweetness.” Reno News & Review, v. 15, issue 43, p. 19.
June25-July1st, 2009
Burghart, D. Brian, “Play with It.” Reno News & Review, v. 15, issue 19, p. 13.
June 22, 2009
Brown, Patricia Leigh, “Art Canvasses that Include Shag Carpet.” New York Times, New York edition, p. A10.
September 2006
Carniola.org, Aggedy Ran Stories, photo and review of blog
   
Awards
 
Spring 2005
Dean’s List – University of Washington, Seattle
Fall 2004
Dean’s List – University of Washington, Seattle
May 5-29, 1993
Lusty Lady 2nd Annual Erotic Art Show and Competition, watercolor painting, 4th place, Seattle,Washington
   
Collaborations
 
April 2008 - present
Ricardo Olvera, B&B, Oaxaca, Mexico / Reno, Nevada
June 2009 - present
Catherine Sweet, Nightkind Productions, model, Reno, Nevada
January 2010
Dianna Sion, model, Reno, Nevada
January 2010
Peter Walker, model, Reno, Nevada
June – August 2009
Rick Stoltz, Aladdin Photography, model, Reno, Nevada
Spring and Fall 2009
Craig Smyres, University of Nevada, assistant to artist in sculpture lab, Reno
September 3-5, 2008
Kahn & Selesnick, model and assistant, onsite Pyramid Lake, Nevada
1994-2005
Donald Smith Photography, model, Seattle
July 1988
Jim LeGoy Studios, model, Reno
   
Employment History
 
2010 – present
Truckee Meadows Community College, ASL Teacher, part time
2006 – present
University Nevada Reno, Staff Sign Language Interpreter, part time
2006 – 2007
The Deaf & Hard of Hearing Advocacy Resource Center
Administrative Assistant / Staff Interpeter / Advocate
September 2005 – June 2006
Jezikac Language School, English Teacher, secondary level, Tacen, Slovenia E.U.
2003-2005
Lake Washington School District, sign language interpreter, Sammamish, Washington
2000-2005
Central Community College, sign language interpreter, Seattle, Washington
1998-1999
The Inn Group Home, Seattle Washington, staff counselor and interpreter for Deaf CMI (Chronically Mentally Ill) (internship study)
   
Web Presence
 
2008- present
Artist’s website “Selfish Gifts
2005 – present
Flickr “Daerice” general archives
2002-present
LiveJournal “Random Musings of Aggedy Ran”, blog
  Facebook
   
Volunteer work
 
2010
"The Body as Performance Tool", class taught to 'at-risk' teens through Rainshadow Community Charter High School, Reno, Nevada
July 16th, 2010
Interpeted The National Anthem for Reno Aces Game
August 18th, 2009
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Advocacy Resource Center, face painting for deaf children’s camp
April 14th, 2009
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Advocacy Resource Center, candle making workshop for deaf youth club
January 19th, 2009
The Arbors, Martin Luther King Day festivities, face painting
March 21st, 2009
The Arbors, Artistic Expressions of Andrea Juillerat, slide show, lecture and painting activity
December 9th , 2008
Sierra Arts Gallery Holiday Party, Reno, face painting
August 15th, 2008
DHHARC (Deaf and Hard of Hearing Advocacy Resource Center), Communication Arts Camp sign language interpreter
June 2000
Seattle FolkLife, Seattle, Washington, interpreted cultural storytelling hour
Spring 2000
Seattle Fringe Fest - Seattle, Washington, interpreted two performances
Spring 1999
Seattle Fringe Fest - Seattle, Washington, interpreted two performances
Fall 1999
Deaf Children’s Karate Class, interpreted once a week for three weeks
Fall 1998
College Place Elementary, Lynnwood, Washington, assisted a Deaf teacher in an all Deaf classroom for 10 weeks