Assistant Project
Resume:
MANDEM
M. Steinman Arendsee **** N. Monroe St. #*99, Tallahassee, FL 32303
abqlyt@r.postjobfree.com 1-800-***-**** (office/fax) www.mythpunkart.com
Education
M.F.A., Graduate Studio Art Program, Florida State University, anticipated graduation 2015
M.A., Interdisciplinary Humanities, Florida State University, 2012
Concentrations: Critical Theory, History of Art & Humanities, Literature, Text & Technology
Certificate, Publishing and Editing (English Department), Florida State University, 2012
B.A., Interdisciplinary Humanities (with Honors) and Classical Civilizations, Florida State University, 2007
Concentrations: Art History (Antiquity-Renaissance), Literature, Mythology, Intellectual History
Thesis: The Cretan Cycle: Sex, Sacrifice, and the Sacred Beast
Academic Honors / Presentations
The Cretan Labyrinth February, 2013
Accepted for McGill University's Graduate Conference, Labyrinths: Navigating... Across the Humanities
Boundaries in Transdigital Art February, 2013
Accepted for the 2013 Southern Humanities Council Conference, Boundaries: Real and Imagined
Animal Imagery in Ovid s Amores and Ars Amatoria February, 2013
Accepted for the 2013 Southern Humanities Council Conference, Boundaries: Real and Imagined
Sex, Sacrifice, and the Bi-Formed Monster March, 2012
Accepted for the 32nd Annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, The Monstrous Fantastic
From Barad-d r to Abu Ghraib: Tolkien s Impact on the War on Terror March, 2011
Presented at the 31st Annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, The Fantastic Ridiculous
Graduated Cum Laude, with Honors in the Major 2007
Winner of the CAMWS First Year Latin Translation Contest 2006
Bestiality, the Monstrous, and the Sacred November, 2006
Accepted for UCLA s FREAKS! Exploring the Unnatural in the Ancient World Conference
Taming Bacchus: Roman Attempts to Naturalize and Suppress Dionysian Otherness September, 2006
Presented at McMaster University s Graduate Student Classics Conference
Professional Memberships
The Eta Sigma Phi Honors Society
MoFA Artist League (Tallahassee, FL)
The Art Student s League (Florida State University)
League of Graduate Artists (Florida State University)
The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts
COCA (Council on Culture & Arts for Tallahassee/Leon County)
Southern Humanities Council
Work History
Teaching Experience
Adjunct Instructor, Florida State University
Prehistory to Late Antiquity (Hum2210-01) Fall, 2012
Graduate Assistant, Florida State University
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Assistant to Kevin Curry (Studio Art Instructor) Fall, 2012/Spring, 2013
Instructor, ITT Technical Institute (Tallahassee, FL)
Substitute Instructor & Tutor Summer, 2012 / Spring, 2013
Composition I (EN1320-01) Instructor Spring, 2012
Instructor of Record (Teaching Assistant), Florida State University
Prehistory to Late Antiquity (Hum2210-02) Fall, 2011
Multicultural Film (Hum3321-01) Summer, 2011
Multicultural Film (Hum3321-10) Fall, 2010
Multicultural Film (Hum3321-15) Fall, 2010
Renaissance to Enlightenment (Hum2235-02) Summer, 2010
Multicultural Film (Hum3321-19) Spring, 2010
Multicultural Film (Hum 3321-08) Spring, 2010
Teaching Assistant, Florida State University
Multicultural Film (Hum 3321-44) Fall, 2009
Other Employment
Documentation Specialist at PATLive (Tallahassee, FL) 2007-Present
Proofreader & Illustrator with Cakebread & Walton (Lancaster, England) 2011-Present
Publishing Internship with Cakebread & Walton (Lancaster, England) 2011
Humanities Film Librarian at Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL) 2011
Photoshop/Digital Art Instructor (Freelance) 2004-Present
Beginner and advanced lessons; supervised an art school student s internship in 2005.
Art Shows / Exhibits
Solo, Two-, & Three-Artist Shows
Three-Artist Show, Details TBA (City Hall Art Gallery: Tallahassee, FL) September, 2013
The Art of MANDEM (Fermentation Lounge: Tallahassee, FL) September, 2012
MANDEM: Mythpunk Art Noir (Oglesby Gallery: Tallahassee, FL) February, 2012
Juried Shows
Westcott Galleries Project (Westcott Gallery: Tallahassee, FL) August, 2012-May, 2013
Valdosta National 2013 (VSU Fine Art Gallery: Valdosta, GA) January-February, 2013
Pathology (Working Method Gallery at Fountain Art Fair: Miami Beach, FL) December, 2012
Hard-Wet (Working Method Gallery at Fountain Art Fair: Miami Beach, FL) December, 2012
Artists League Exhibit (Museum of Fine Arts: Tallahassee, FL) June-July, 2012
COCA s Creative Tallahassee (City Hall Art Gallery: Tallahassee, FL) March-May, 2012
Women Empowerment (Center for Multicultural Affairs: Tallahassee, FL) April, 2012
The Bauhaus Art Exhibit (FreeCon: Tallahassee, FL) April, 2012
DigiTech Showcase at FSU (William Johnston Building: Tallahassee, FL) March, 2012
Canvas 7 Art Premier (Element Warehouse: Tampa, FL) January, 2012
Group Shows
Spring Strozier Artbrary (Strozier Library: Tallahassee, FL) February-May, 2013
Cyborgs and Posthuman Culture (Arnica Artist Run Centre, Kamloops, BC) January, 2013
Visual AIDS Postcards from the Edge (Sikkema Jenkins & Co.: New York, NY) January, 2013
Out of Pocket (Gadsden Arts Center: Quincy, FL) December, 2012 January, 2013
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Or culo Exhibit (Buenos Aires, Argentina) December, 2012
12-12-12 Project (Tamworth, NH) December, 2012
Fall Strozier Artbrary (Strozier Library: Tallahassee, FL) October-December, 2012
Five by Five (Tampa Museum of Art: Tampa, FL) October, 2012
Fantasy to Fancy Exhibit (UUCT: Tallahassee, FL) October, 2012
First Friday Exhibit (Working Method Contemporary: Tallahassee, FL) October, 2012
Getting to Know You... Salon Show (Working Method: Tallahassee, FL) September, 2012
Art to Remember (Laurentian Lodge: Elliot Lake, ON) September, 2012
Summer Strozier Artbrary (Strozier Library: Tallahassee, FL) June-August, 2012
Collage (Mus e d art deJoliette: Joliette, QC) June-August, 2012
First Friday Exhibit (Right On Gallery: Tallahassee, FL) August, 2012
Little Bit O This & That (Renditions Gallery: Tallahassee, FL) July, 2012
Celebration of the Skull (M tter Museum: Philadelphia, PA) June, 2012
Exotic Visuals of the End Times (Underground Gallery: Whitesburg, KY) Summer, 2012
Art You Kidding?!? (Right On Gallery: Tallahassee, FL) May, 2012
First Friday Exhibit (Right On Gallery: Tallahassee, FL) May, 2012
Spring Strozier Artbrary (Strozier Library: Tallahassee, FL) Spring, 2012
COE Artbrary (College of Engineering Library: Tallahassee, FL) Spring, 2012
Super-Friends (Right On Gallery: Tallahassee, FL) April, 2012
FSU ASL s The Tits: Round Two (Jet Set Lounge & Gallery: Tallahassee, FL) April, 2012
FSU ASL s Metamorphosis (621 Gallery: Tallahassee, FL) March, 2012
The Artists of Levy Park (Right On Gallery: Tallahassee, FL) March, 2012
FSU ASL s Wallflower (621 Gallery: Tallahassee, FL) February, 2012
Love (Alabama Art Kitchen s: Tuscaloosa, AL) February, 2012
SMART (Sussex Artists Co-op: Sussex, NB) February-March, 2012
Legacy (Colorado Mesa University: Grand Junction, CO) February-March, 2012
Golden West Gallery Project (Golden West Gallery: Stehekin, WA) January, 2012
Visual AIDS Postcards from the Edge (Cheim & Read Gallery: New York, NY) January, 2012
Postcard Pinup (MINT Gallery: Atlanta, GA) December, 2011
30th Annual Next to Last Armageddon (621 Gallery: Tallahassee, FL) October, 2011
Fall Strozier Artbrary (Strozier Library: Tallahassee, FL) Fall, 2012
Unique and Unusual Art (UUCT: Tallahassee, FL) September, 2011
Unique and Unusual Art (UUCT: Tallahassee, FL) September, 2010
Performance Art / Installations / Other
Boundaries in Transdigital Art (SHC Conference: Savannah, GA) February, 2013
Pathology (Working Method Gallery at Fountain Art Fair: Miami Beach, FL) December, 2012
Tarot Passport (Railroad Square: Tallahassee, FL) October, 2012
Lullabye (Smalls Gallery: Tallahassee, FL) October, 2012
Publications
Album Art / CD Covers
Michael Shulman: Home 2012
Eternal Essence: A Light in the Distance 2012
The Cr xshadows: Ethernaut (Remastered Edition) 2010
Days11: Desire 2008
WarChild Canada: The Sounds of KidStock 2008
Streetcats Foundation: CD for Justice 2008
James Gardin (PHILTHY): SaVe Us All 2008
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The Cr xshadows: DreamCypher 2007
Aramae: Primordial 2007
Fear the Dead Records: Fear The Dead 2006
Vis Vires: Inside the Hate 2005
The Cr xshadows: Telemetry of a Fallen Angel (Anniversary Edition) 2004
Jeff Pitts: NOLA 2001
Ron & Julie: The Rock Musical (Demo CD) 2000
Journal / Literary Magazine Art Selections
Project Hippolytus, Lunch Ticket, Issue 2 December, 2012
Potnia Tauron, The Weekenders Magazine, Issue 3 November, 2012
Mustang (v2.0), The Weekenders Magazine, Issue 3 November, 2012
Perimeter Guard, The Weekenders Magazine, Issue 3 November, 2012
Cthulhu Lies, The Weekenders Magazine, Issue 3 November, 2012
Galatea, Penduline Press, Issue 5 May, 2012
The Washerwoman, Penduline Press, Issue 5 May, 2012
A Light in the Distance, Penduline Press, Issue 5 May, 2012
Wallflower, Penduline Press, Issue 5 May, 2012
Beware the Innocents, Red Fez, Issue 45 May, 2012
Wasters on the Warpath, Subliminal Interiors April, 2012
Giving Ground, Euphemism Literary Journal, Vol. 7, Issue 2 Spring, 2012
Iatrogenesis, Euphemism Literary Journal, Vol. 7, Issue 2 Spring, 2012
Rehab, Euphemism Literary Journal, Vol. 7, Issue 2 Spring, 2012
Cowboy, The Fine Line, Issue 4 Spring, 2012
When You Tame a Thing, The Stone Hobo Spring, 2012
Skin Horse, The Stone Hobo Spring, 2012
Marooned, Sole Literary Journal Winter, 2011
Inspector Hook, Inopinata Literary Journal Winter, 2011
The Doll, Inopinata Literary Journal Winter, 2011
Allie s Battle, The Tavern s Vault December, 2011
Mustang, The Kudzu Review 2005
Book & Magazine Covers / Interior Art
Moreland, Sean and Ahmad, Aalya, (ed.): Postscripts to Darkness 3 [Book of Short Stories] 2013
Peregrine, Andrew: Underneath the Lamplight [Roleplaying Game Book] 2013
eFiction Horror, Vol. 1, No. 6 [Fiction Magazine Interior] 2013
eFiction Steampunk, Vol. 1, No. 4 [Fiction Magazine Interior] 2013
eFiction Horror, Vol. 1, No. 5 [Fiction Magazine Cover] 2013
eFiction Steampunk, Vol. 1, No. 3 [Fiction Magazine Cover & Interior] 2013
Batts, A. Marini: With This Ring [Book Cover] Quarter Finalist: M. Ballard Prize, Casey Shay Press 2012
Brown, Robert: The Lyrics Of Abney Park [Art & Lyrics Book] 2012
Murray, Nico: Turning Night [Novel Cover] 2012
Locke, Scott: Telemachus and Homer [Novel Cover] 2012
Irregular Magazine: Heroes and Villains (Issue 12) [Magazine Cover] 2012
Cakebread, Peter and Walton, Ken: Ruined Empires [Roleplaying Game Book Cover] 2011
Cakebread, Peter and Walton, Ken: Airship Pirates [Roleplaying Game Book] 2011
Arendsee, M.: Sex, Sacrifice, and the Sacred Beast [Published Thesis Cover] 2007
Websites / Multimedia
Tallahassee Therapetics, Inc. [Nonprofit Website] 2006
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MetroPlay [Urban Enhancement Project Proposal Website] 2006
Vis Vires [Band Website] 2005
The Art of MANDEM [Artist Website] 2005
QNTAL: Illuminate [CD: Multimedia Graphics, Flash Animation] 2004
The Cr xshadows: Telemetry of a Fallen Angel (Anniversary Edition) [CD: Interactive Graphics] 2004
The Cr xshadows: Monsters [Music Video: Videography, Editing] 2004
The Dying Game [Musical Theatre Website] 2003
The Book of Cr xshadows [Band Website] 2000
Miscellaneous Art Publications
Airship Pirates Calendar [Calendar: Artwork, Design] 2013
Dragon-Con Horror/Dark Fantasy Track: Official Artwork [Convention] 2012
Working Method Gallery Print Templates for Fountain Art Fair [Art Show Promo Materials] 2012
Fermentation Lounge [Art Show Promo Materials] 2012
UUCT [Art Show Promo Materials] 2012
Airship Pirates Calendar [Calendar: Artwork, Design] 2012
The Wormwood Doll [Film: Storyboard Art, Costume/Set Design] 2009
North Florida Fencing Academy [Advertisements: Photo Editing, Design] 2009
The Cr xshadows: Postcards, Merchandise Graphics [Band Promo Materials] 2007
Defunkt Magazine: Issues 1-4 [Magazine: Photo Editing, Layout] 2005-2010
Interz0ne 04: Official Artwork [Convention] 2004
CXS Fairies: Official T-shirts [Silkscreen Designs] 2003 & 2004
The Cr xshadows: Tears [CD: Photography] 2002
ThouShaltNot: The Holiness of Now [CD: Photography] 2001
Art Awards / Press Features
Featured Artist (art spread & interview): The Weekenders Magazine, Issue 3 November, 2012
Winner: National Spooky Art Contest (First Place & Semi-Finalist) October, 2012
Winner: Best in Show - Expression, DigiTech Exhibition 2012
Quarter Finalist: Mary Ballard Prize, Casey Shay Press (Art for With This Ring by A. Marini Batts) 2012
Featured Artist (cover, art spread, & interview): Penduline Press, Issue 5 May, 2012
Nominated: Best Artist/Illustrator, Steampunk Chronicle Reader s Choice Awards 2012
Winner: Best Game (Airship Pirates), Steampunk Chronicle Reader s Choice Awards 2012
Nominated: Best RPG (Airship Pirates), AAG Arts & Design s 38th Annual Origins Awards 2012
Second Place: Best Artwork in RPG (Airship Pirates), UKRP Gaming Awards 2012
Winner: Fine Art America s Digital Goddess Art Contest 2012
Featured Artist (art spread & interview): Irregular Magazine, Issue 11 2011
Winner: Best Core Rulebook (Airship Pirates), Diehard GameFAN Awards 2011
Nominated: Best Art (Airship Pirates), Diehard GameFAN s Gaming Awards 2011
Featured Artist (art spread & interview): 1stAngel Arts Magazine October, 2011
Second Place: Fine Art America s Crazy for Horses Art Contest 2011
Winner: Tallahassee Community College Design Contest 2007
Proofreading Publications
Cakebread, Peter: The Alchemist s Revenge 2013
Cakebread, Peter and Walton, Ken: Kingdom & Commonwealth Omnibus II 2012
Cakebread, Peter and Walton, Ken: Clockwork & Cthulhu 2012
Cakebread, Peter and Walton, Ken: Clockwork & Chivalry, 2nd Ed. 2011
Cakebread, Peter and Walton, Ken: Kingdom & Commonwealth Omnibus I 2011
Last Updated: 1/26/13
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