Rozalinda Borcila (Romania/USA)

Rozalinda Borcila
http://www.borcila.tk

Born 1971 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania

EDUCATION

1999
Michigan State University Department of Art, E. Lansing, MI – MFA summa cum laude, Studio Art/Sculpture
1995
Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL – BA summa cum laude, Art/Sculpture and Computer Science
1992
Cluj University Polytechnic Institute, Cluj-Napoca, Romania – Computer Science

EXHIBITS

2004
“Geography Lessons(cont.): Twelve Landscape Studies and Counting”
Public_Media_Space Festival Yerewan, Armenia
Salon Y Coloquio Internacional De Arte Digital Havanna, Cuba
International Festival of New Film and New Media Split, Croatia
Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth, Australia
“Geography Lessons(cont.): Three Landscape Studies and Counting”, Objex Artspace – Miami, FL
“Geography Lessons(cont.): Six Landscape Studies, and Counting”
Thailand New Media Art Festival – Bangkok, Thailand
“Touch Type”, Parsons Gallery – Paris, France

2003
“Geography Lessons: Border Crossing”, part of the “Border Counter” project curated by Multiplicity –
Venice Biennale, Italy (Utopia Station)
Roomade Gallery – Brussels
“Americana”, School of Visual Arts – New York
“Geography Lessons: Eight Landscape Studies, and Counting”, Middle Tennessee State University
“Cuentos de mi Familia” collaboration with John Michernan Gonzales, ENLACE, seven public schools, Hillsborough Community College and the Ybor City Museum – Tampa, FL

2002
“Reload”, Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum – Istanbul, Turkey
“guerillaexpo”, collaboration with the Autonoom Centrum and easyCity – Amsterdam, the Netherlands
“911+1: The Perplexities of Security”, Brown University – Providence, RI
“Ground Zero”, Museum of New Art – Detroit, MI
“New Directions”, the Film Art Index online collaboration
“The Naturalization Project: Installment #7”, USF Contemporary Art Museum – Tampa, FL

2000
“The Naturalization Project”, Covivant Gallery – Tampa, FL

1999
“USF Faculty and Alumni Exhibit”, USF Contemporary Art Museum – Tampa, FL
Alumni Exhibit, Monmouth College – Monmouth, IL
“Document (Buni Series)”, installation and performance series, Kresge Art Museum – E. Lansing, MI
“Preview”, Kirtland Community College – Roscommon, MI

1998
“Bare Bones Annual Exhibit”, Bare Bones Studios and Gallery – Lansing, MI
“In the Dark”, Buckham Gallery – Flint, MI
“Smith, Montes, Borcila” Jesse Besser Museum – Alpena, MI

1997
Soros Foundation Annual Exhibit “Civitas solis, Civitas artis” public art project – Calnic Fortress, Romania;

1996
“Deschideti Usa”, international group exhibit: Cluj Artists’ Association Gallery – Cluj, Romania
“Suprafete (Surfaces)”, Pantheon Gallery – Cluj Romania
“Cans/Sana”, collaboration with Justin Smith, Casa Matei Gallery – Cluj Romania
“Towards the Millennium: Art, Technology and the Transformation of Community” national juried public art competition; juror artist Suzanne Lacy, (jurors’ award) – Lansing, MI

PERFORMANCES

2003
“The Elastic Test”, installation and performance, Nickle Arts Museum – Alberta, Canada (collaboration with Robert Lawrence, the Calgary Catholic Immigration Society and University of Calgary)
“The Canadian National Anthem”- Alberta College of Art and Design

2002
“LOCAL Standard Test”, performance, American Studies Association National Conference “The Local and the Global” – Houston TX
“Hips, Lips and Skin Test”, performance workshop series, University of the Witwatersrand – Johannesburg
South Africa (collaborative workshops with Xhosa refugees and Wits University students)
“Frames, Borders, Limits”, performance, Brock University – Ontario, Canada
“How Can I Become Naturalized?” performance/lecture, Center for Creative Studies – Detroit, MI

2001
“Tracking Down” performance/lecture, Postmodern Productions International Conference – Erlangen,
Germany
“This is Not A Test: Critical Bodies”, performance – State University of New York, Brockport
“The Body at the Border”, performance, Performance Studies International Conference – Mainz, Germany

2000
“Citizen/Foreigner Experiments”, performance, University of California – Irvine

1999
“Document (Buni Series)”, installation and performance series, Kresge Art Museum – E. Lansing, MI

SCREENINGS

2003
Detroit FilmFest – Detroit, MI
Chinsegut Festival – Chinsegut Hill, FL

2001
New York International Independent Film Festival – New York
Native American and Australian Aboriginal Film Festival, University of South Florida -Tampa FL (curator)

2000
Always Independent Film Festival – Cincinnati, OH
Taos Talking Pictures International Film and Video Festival – Taos, NM

1999
“The 20th Annual Utah Short Film and Video Festival – Salt Lake City, UT
Canadian International Annual Film Festival – Campbell River, BC Canada
Barrie Film Festival – Barrie, Ontario
Always Independent Film Festival, (online www.alwaysif.com) – Cincinnati, OH
Taos Talking Pictures International Film and Video Festival – Taos, NM
Women in the Director’s Chair International Film and Video Festival – Chicago, IL
Big Muddy Film Festival, Southern Illinois University – Carbondale, IL

1998/
1999
“Buni #1, #4, #5” distributed by OfflLine Productions, Ithaca, NY – with Time Warner, NYU-TV and SFCTC San Francisco

1998
Canadian International Annual Film/Video Festival – Barrie, ON and Campbell River, BC, Canada
The 46th Annual Columbus International Film & Video Festival (the Chris Awards) – Columbus, OH
Antimatter Festival of Underground Short Film and Video, Victoria, BC, Canada
THAW ‘98 Festival of Video and Digital Media Art, University of Iowa Digital Media Center – Iowa City, IA
Taos Talking Pictures International Film and Video Festival – Taos, NM
30th Parallel Film Festival – Austin, TX
SXSW Alternative International Film and Video Festival, Houston, TX

Rozalinda Borcila and her project “Counter-surveillance” participate in

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