Tom R. Chambers was a visiting lecturer in digital media art at Zhaoqing University in China from 2005 to 2007. During this time, he collaborated with his students on numerous joint exhibition projects with other universities around the world. These exhibitions took place both on-site at various galleries and online, and explored themes like self-portraits, cross-cultural exchange, and the future of digital art. Chambers and his students regularly participated in international festivals and organized workshops/class projects around their collaborative works.
Zhaoqing University Student Digital Art Exhibitions
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Tom R. Chambers was Visiting Lecturer in Digital/New Media Art for the Fine Arts
Department at Zhaoqing University, Zhaoqing, China, 2005 - 2007. He joined the
Department to develop and teach a Digital/New Media Art Program. He and his
students collaborated with Beijing Film Academy (Beijing, China), Art Institute of
Boston (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.), Maine College of Art (Portland, Maine,
U.S.A.), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York, U.S.A.), National Chengchi
University (Taipei, Taiwan), Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, North Carolina,
U.S.A.) and University of Louisville (Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.) in joint student
projects/exhibitions, off- and on-line.
Student Exhibitions
CHINA VIEWS - Zhaoqing University, Art Gallery, Zhaoqing University, Zhaoqing,
China (July 3 - 8, 2007)
CHINA VIEWS - Zhaoqing University (online, June, 2007 - )
PRUFROCK'S IMAGES, aniGma-4, Fourth Novosibirsk International Festival of Digital
Imaging, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia (May 10 - June 10,
2007)
FLASH STORIES - Zhaoqing University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (online,
May, 2007 - ) [Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]
NET STORIES - Zhaoqing University and University of Louisville (online, May, 2007 - )
[University of Louisville]
SELF, Sellars Project Space, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. (March 16 - April 10, 2007)
PRUFROCK'S IMAGES - Zhaoqing University and Wake Forest University, Art Gallery,
Zhaoqing University, Zhaoqing, China (March 15 - 23, 2007)
SELF/SOUL - Zhaoqing University and University of Louisville, Art Gallery, Zhaoqing
University, Zhaoqing, China (December 11 - 25, 2006)
SELF/SOUL - Zhaoqing University and University of Louisville, Rouge Noir Gallery,
Allen R. Hite Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky (December 1 - 31,
2006)
SELF/SOUL - Zhaoqing University and University of Louisville (online, November,
2006 - ) [University of Louisville]
PRUFROCK'S IMAGES - Zhaoqing University and Wake Forest University (online,
October, 2006 - )
ARTifact - Zhaoqing University (online, July, 2006 - )
INTO THE FUTURE - Zhaoqing University and National Chengchi University, Art
Gallery, Zhaoqing University, Zhaoqing, China (May 16 - 19, 2006)
INTO THE FUTURE - Zhaoqing University and National Chengchi University (online,
April, 2006 - )
RED, The Piano Factory Art Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (April - May, 2006)
IMPRESSIONS - Zhaoqing University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (online,
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April, 2006 - )
RED and SELF - aniGma-2006, The 3d Novosibirsk International Festival/Digital
Technologies in Contemporary Art, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia
(April 6 - May 15, 2006)
MOMENT - Zhaoqing University, Art Gallery, Zhaoqing University, Zhaoqing, China
(March 20 - 26, 2006)
RED - The Carnival of e-Creativity & Change-agents Conclave (CeC & CaC), India
International Centre, New Delhi, India (January 27 - 29, 2006)
MOMENT - Zhaoqing University (online, December, 2005 - )
SELF - Zhaoqing University and Maine College of Art, Art Gallery, Zhaoqing University,
Zhaoqing, China (December 23 - 26, 2005)
SELF - Zhaoqing University and Maine College of Art (online, December, 2005 - )
[Maine College of Art I] and [Maine College of Art II]
RED - Zhaoqing University and Art Institute of Boston, Art Gallery, Zhaoqing
University, Zhaoqing, China (November 24 - 28, 2005)
Beijing Film Academy, Zhaoqing University (RED), Invited Chinese digital artists
(Today Art Gallery, Beijing, China, November 4 - 10, 2005) (in conjunction with the
2005 IDAA Traveling Exhibition)
RED - Zhaoqing University and Art Institute of Boston (online, October, 2005 - )
[Boston Cyberarts] [Art Institute of Boston]
Other
Digital Photography Class (June, 2007)
Annual Report - SELF, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine, U.S.A.
Students' class project results in online exhibition [SELF/SOUL], University News,
University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A. (December 12, 2006)
Digital self-portraits: U of L art students, peers at Chinese university use technology
to look inside, The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A. (December 7, 2006)
SELF/SOUL exhibition announcement, Rouge Noir Gallery, University of Louisville,
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A. (December 1 -31, 2006)
RED project offers students a cross-cultural art exchange [other] (Article about RED;
Lesley University, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) (April, 2006)
Shades of RED (Article about RED; Lesley University, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
(April, 2006)
INTO THE FUTURE classroom activities [class 2] (April, 2006)
INTO THE FUTURE classroom activities [class 1] (April, 2006)
RED, SELF, MOMENT listing (U-Turn E-Zine: An Art Journal) (January, 2006)
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ZQU Digital Art Galleries (Spotlight on Great School Art Sites, IAD) (January, 2006)
SELF classroom activities (November, 2005)
RED classroom activities (October, 2005)
General Lecture to the Fine Arts Student Body (September, 2005)