North RFX Pitney

2748 Grande Vista Avenue
Oakland, CA 94601
(510)703-8069
north@northpitney.com

EDUCATION

BFA in Film-Video-Performance with high distinction.
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California. 2006
Pre-college Mathematics course
Harvard Summer school, Cambridge MA, 1988

ART

"Todd's Gear", an interactive sculpture collaboration with Barney Haynes
Rythmix Gallery, "Todd Wall", Alameda, CA 2008, ongoing
"The Creature", a robotic media sculpture in collaboration with Barney Haynes
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, "Oakland:East Side Story", San Francisco, CA, 2006
LoBot Gallery," Virus", Oakland, CA 2006
"Funny Man", Performance
Artist Television Access, "Exquisite: Latest Works" , San Francisco, CA, 2005
Lobot Gallery, "Primeval Intersection", Oakland, CA, 2005
"Pixel", computer controlled wooden sculpture
Yahoo Design Expo, San Jose, CA
"The Maze", aka "Intermaping", Interactive Labyrinth Machine
California College of Arts and Crafts Commencement Show, San Francisco, CA
Fine Arts Cinema Gallery, Oakland, CA, September-October 2003
" Sieve", single channel video with sound
Zeitgeist International Film Festival, July 2001
" In Collaboration", a video short created with Mary C. Wilson
Pacific Film Archive, "Alternative Requirements", Berkeley, CA, October 2000
Mercy Hot Springs Festival, Firebaugh, CA, September 2002
Gallery 825, "Truth in Pieces", Los ANgeles, CA, April 2004
"North", Performance
Hotel Utah, with "Fuck" and "Two Dollar Guitar", San Francisco, CA 02-26-2000
The Smell, with "Upsilon Crux", "A Possible Link To Klaus" and "Polar Goldie Cats", Los Angeles, CA 03-11-2000

Teach

Programming instructor, "Introduction to the Arduino IDE"
Club Arduino hosted by Beta Lab, 2009
Lecturer, CCA
Interface (UDIS and Media 100), Fall 2009, 2008, 2007
Utility, CCA Architectural Studio with Jordan Geiger and Shona Kitchen, Spring 2009
Chain Reaction UDIS, Spring 2009
Emphasis Fabrication, UDIS, Spring 2008
New Media and Sculpture, (Sculpture), Spring 2008
Guest lecturer, CCA
Recombinant Media, UDIS, Spring 2009
Reconstructing Media, Media 370, spring 2008
Introduction to Electronics, Science, Fall 2008
Teacher's Assistant
"Chain Reaction", for Barney Haynes, CCAC, Oakland, CA, 2004
"Time and Media", Betty Jo Castanzo, CCAC, Oakland, CA, 2003
Sailing Instructor
Cal Sailing Club, Berkeley, CA, 2003

Work

Exhibit developer
Making Things "Make Fair" demonstration of networked sensors, 2009
Co-Founder of Beta Lab,
A learning laboratory with tools and events supporting artists using technology, 2009 Invited Presenter, "Engineering with Art Students"
Sketching in Hardware 09" Conference in London, UK, 2009
Panel Discussion Moderator, "Remaking/Reconceiving"
Rising Tide Conference, Stanford, Palo Alto, CA, 2009
Lead Programmer,
"Glance", Gustavo Vazquez and Guillermo Galindo, ISEA2006
Exhibition Demonstrator,
"Trace", Alison Sant, ISEA2006
Prototype Development and beta tester,
Making Things LLC, San Francisco, CA
Self Employed Landlord,
Live in, own, maintain and rent 6 unit apartment building since 1999

MEDIA

Interview
Cycling74,, http://www.cycling74.com/story/2006/7/17/164235/802 2006
Featured
"TechLive" television news magazine on Tech TV cable, September 05, 2003

AWARDS

CCA Faculty Development Grant, 2009
Alan Herrick Memorial Scholarship, 2006
William & Gloria Brown Brobeck Scholarship, 2003
All Collage Honors, CCA, 2000 and 2001
California Mathematics Council Excellence in Mathematics, 1988

Play

Sailing
2005 Skippered 41' Ketch from Fort Lauderdale, FL to Oakland, CA via Mexico, Honduras, Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua.
Carpenter
Ongoing restoration of 1883 Victorian Home in Oakland, CA
Farming
11 Chickens,
60% grey water reprocessing
10% of land for food Crops