LECTURES

2021

Video presentation for Second Guangxi Public Art Festival, Nanning, China

2021

Video presentation “The Future of Digital Art & Design” for Silk Road International Innovation Design Week sponsored by Xian Innovation Design Center, Xian Beilin District, China

2021

“Islands in the Stream: Singularity Art / Sustainable Life”, (on-line) Lamar University, Beaumont, TX

2020

“Islands in the Stream: Singularity Art / Sustainable Life”, (on-line) School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

2019

“Islands in the Stream: Singularity Art / Sustainable Life”, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Lowell, MA

2019

Digital Sculpture Workshop, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China

2018

“In Search of the Lost Coord”, Guest Lecture, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Lowell, MA

2018

“In Search of the Lost Coord”, Guest Lecture, Hunter College High School, New York, NY

2018

Virtual Reality and 3D print sculpture presentation at STEAM Conference, SUNY Farmingdale State College, East Farmingdale, NY

2018

“In Search of the Lost Coord”, Guest Lecture, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

2017

Guest Speaker, National Seminar on Digital Sculpture Teaching of Higher Art Education Institutions, Xian Academy of Fine Arts, Xian, China

2017

“In Search of the Lost Coord”, Guest Lecture, Xian Academy of Fine Arts, Xian, China

2017

“In Search of the Lost Coord”, Guest Lecture, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China

2017

Guest Lecture, Animation Educational Forum, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China

2017

International Expert Lecture “Non-Linear Storytelling for Virtual Reality Animation”, The 9th China International Animation Copyright Fair, The Academic Exchange Center, Dongguan, China

2017

“Singularity Art is Here”, Tianjin Academy of Arts, Tianjin, China

2017

Guest Lecture, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2016

Guest Lecture, Beijing Capital Normal University, Beijing, China

2016

“Creativity for Virtual Reality Workshop”, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China

2016

Guest Artist, Rutgers University – Camden, NJ

2016

Panelist, “The Object Maker in the Digital Age”, 26th International Sculpture Conference, August Wilson Center, Pittsburgh, PA

2016

Guest Lecture, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

2016

Panelist, “Stone Carving in the Age of Digital Reproduction”, Sala Ex Marmi, Pietrasanta, Italy

2016

“In Search of the Lost Coord”, Guest Lecture, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China

2016

Video-conferenced lecture, “Creativity and Aesthetics of Future Design”, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Digital Media Department, Tianjin, China

2015

Featured Speaker, XXXVII Brown Symposium, “What Things May Come: 3D Printing in the Fine Arts and Sciences”, “In Search of the Lost Coord”, Alma Thomas Theater, Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX

2014

Panelist, 2014 Lumen Prize Panel, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

2014

Guest Lecture, Department of Architecture, University of Hartford, West Harford, CT

2014

Panelist, “From Stone to Robots: Stone Carving in the 21st Century Symposium of Digital Fabrication”, Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, Florence, Italy

2014

“Return of the Thing: 5 Bay Area Artists Use 3D Printing”, Eddie Rhodes Gallery, Contra Costa Community College, San Pablo, CA

2013

Moderator, “Robotic Stone Carving in Italy”, New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY

2013

Panelist, Lumen Prize Digital Art Panel, “What’s The Next Big Thing?” New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY

2013

Guest Lecture, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

2013

Guest Lecture, “Regenesis”, Hammerfriar Gallery, Healdsburg, CA

2013

Guest Panelist: “The Bleeding Edge of 3D Printing and Digital Fabrication” moderated by Dan Collins, and “Biological Printing” at SIGGRAPH 2013 Annaheim Conference Center Studio Talks, Annaheim, CA

2013

Guest Lectures and Video Presentations: “Digital Stone Exhibition” and“Stage One – Bio-Sculpture: Rapid Prototyping Human Biological Material for Sculpture” at Digital Stone Project: Robotic Stone Carving Residency, Garfagnana Innovazione, Gramolazzo, Italy

2013

Guest Reviewer, “Disheveled Geometries” seminar, Yale School of Architecture, New Haven, CT

2013

Guest Lecture, University of New Haven, New Haven, CT

2012

Guest Lecture, Nor’easter Conference, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY

2012

Guest Lectures and Video Presentations: “Digital Stone Exhibition” and “Stage One – Bio-Sculpture: Rapid Prototyping Human Biological Material for Sculpture” at “Generationxyz: Digital Sculpture Colloquium”, Night Gallery at Tempe Market Place, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ

2012

Keynote Speaker, “Sparks3D”, Gallery13, Minneapolis, MN

2012

Panelist, “Art of the Digital Age 2012”, New York Institute of Technology, moderated by Bruce Wands, featuring panelist artists: Manfred Mohr, Toni Dove, and Robert Michael Smith

2011

Panelist, Datong 1st International Sculpture Biennial Exhibition, Datong, Shanxi, China

2011

Guest Lecture, William Patterson University, Wayne, New Jersey

2011

Guest Lecture, New York Institute of Technology, Amman, Jordan

2011

Guest Lecture, New York Institute of Technology, Adliya, Bahrain

2010

Panelist and Moderator, “Digital Stone Exhibition”, with Jon Isherwood and Kenneth Snelson, New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY

2008

Guest Lecture, Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, Chongqing, China

2008

Guest Lecture, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

2008

Guest Lecture, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China

2008

Guest Lecture, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China

2008

Panelist, “Digital Stone Exhibition”, Fine Art College of Shanghai University, Shanghai, China moderated by Tang Yao, featuring panelist artists: Bruce Beasley and Robert Michael Smith

2008

Guest Lecture, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China

2008

Panelist, “Digital Stone Exhibition”, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China moderated by Tang Yao, featuring panelist artists: Bruce Beasley, Jon Isherwood, Robert Michael Smith and Carl Bass, CEO of Autodesk, Inc.

2008

Panelist, “Digital Stone China Exhibition”, New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY moderated by Robert C. Morgan, featuring panelist artists: Bruce Beasley, Jon Isherwood, Kenneth Snelson, Robert Michael Smith and Carl Bass, CEO of Autodesk, Inc.

2008

Guest Lecture, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

2008

  Guest Lecture, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University, Brookville, NY

2007

  Guest Lecture, Chautauqua Institution School of Art

2007

Panelist, “Art of the Digital Age”, New York Institute of Technology, moderated by Bruce Wands, featuring panelist artists: Joseph Nechvatal, Victor Acevedo, W. Bradford Paley and Robert Michael Smith

2007

Panelist, “Digital Stone Project”, New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY, moderated by William Ganis, featuring panelist artists: Barry X Ball, Jon Isherwood, Christoph Spath and Robert Michael Smith

2006

Panelist, “The State of Stone Sculpture in the Digital Age”, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ, moderated by William Ganis, featuring panelist artists: Barry X Ball, Lauren Ewing, Jon Isherwood, Michael Rees and Robert Michael Smith  

2006

Panelist, “From the Virtual to the Real”, The 5th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art at the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site, Shropshire, United Kingdom

  

2006

Guest Lecture, Digital Salon Public Lecture Series, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

  

2006

Guest Lecture, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

  

2006

Panelist, “Six Decades of the Sculptors Guild”, Hillwood Art Museum, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University, Brookville, NY

  

2006

Guest Lecture, CERT Technology Park, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  

2005

Guest Lecture, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

  

2005

Keynote speaker, “Third International Symposium of Interactive Media Design” Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey

  

2004

Guest artist, Bennington College, Bennington, VT

  

2004

Panelist, “New Technologies/New Vistas”, International Sculpture Conference, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA

  

2004

“Digital and Beyond”, Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY

  

2004

Guest Lecture, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

  

2004

Digital Sculpture CAD Workshop, Towson State University, Baltimore, MD

  

2004

Keynote speaker, “Second International Symposium of Interactive Media Design”, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey

  

2003

Guest Lecture, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY

  

2003

Guest Lecture, Intersculpt2003, Paris, France

  

2003

Guest Lecture, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX

  

2003

Visiting Artist, Towson State University, Baltimore, MD

  

2003

Guest Lecture, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

  

2003

Visiting Artist, Keystone College, La Plume, PA

  

2003

Keynote speaker, “First International Symposium of Interactive Media Design”, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey

  

2002

Moderator, Digital Sculpture Panel, “Crossing the Line”, joint sculpture conference of Philadelphia Sculptors and Tri-State Sculptors; University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

  

2002

Panelist, “Advanced Digital Technologies for Sculpture”, 4th International Cast Iron Art Conference, Johnson Atelier, Hamilton, NJ

  

2001

“3D Visualization of Print on Demand”, Videostreamed conference; Spectra Digital Fine Arts Gallery, New York, NY

  

2001

InterSculpt2001 ”Digital Sculpture”, Engine 27, New York, NY

  

2001

Visiting Artist, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis, MN

  

2001

Guest Lecture, SIGGRAPH2001, Los Angeles, CA

  

2001

Lecturer / Panelist, International Sculpture Conference, Pittsburgh, PA

  

2000

Lecturer / Panelist, International Sculpture Conference, Houston, TX

  

2000

Guest Lecture, Parsons School of Art & Design, New York, NY

  

2000

Panelist, “Artists of the Eighth Digital Salon”, NYC/SIGGRAPH, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

  

2000

Panelist, “Bit by Bit: Creating Art, Craft and Design in the 21st Century”   SCAN Conference (Small Computers in the Arts), University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

  

2000

Co-Coordinator, Rapid Prototyping at The Studio, SIGGRAPH2000, New Orleans, LA

  

2000

Organizer and Panelist, International Sculpture Conference; Houston, TX

  

1999

InterSculpt99, Digital Sculpture Tele-Conference, lecture at French Senate, Paris, France

  

1999

Cybercasting Conference, School of Visual Arts, sponsored by SIGGRAPH/NYC, New York, NY

  

1998

Lecturer / Panelist, International Sculpture Conference, Chicago, IL

  

1997

First On-Line Sculpture CAD/CAM Course with MasterCam and DaVinci CNC, 17 students in U.S. and Canada, New School for Social Research, New York, NY

  

1996

Lecturer / Panelist, International Sculpture Conference, Providence, RI

  

1996

Guest, “ArtDirt”, Pseudo On-line Radio program for artnetweb, moderated by G.H. Hovagimyan with Robbin Murphy and Adrianne Wortzel; episode featuring Digital Sculptors: Bruce Beasley, Rob Fisher, and Robert Michael Smith

  

1996

Panelist, “Legal Challenges for the Arts on the Electronic Network”, Pittsburgh, PA

  

1996

Panelist, ISEA95, International Symposium on Electronic Art, Montreal, Canada

  

1994

Lecturer / Panelist, International Sculpture Conference, San Francisco, CA

  

1992

Lecturer, SCAN Conferences (Small Computers in the Arts), Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA

  

1992

Lecturer / Panelist, International Sculpture Conference, Philadelphia, PA

  

1991

Guest Artist, Central Time Zone Sculpture Conference, FermiLab, Batavia, lL

  

1990

Visiting Artist, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH

  

1988

Guest Panelist, “Going Public: Midwest Regional Public Art Forum”, Saint Paul, MN Sponsored by National Endowment for the Arts, Minnesota State Art Board, and Public Art Saint Paul

  

1988

Guest Artist, National Conference of Cast Iron Art, Birmingham, AL

  

1988

Guest Artist, Sculpture Symposium, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE

  

1988

Visiting Artist, University of Washington at Seattle, Seattle, WA

  

1987

Visiting Artist, Eastern lllinois University, Charleston, lL

  

1987

Visiting Artist, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX

  

1986

Guest Lecture, La Coste School for the Arts, La Coste, France

  

1986

Guest Artist, 17th Annual Minnesota Iron Pour, University of Minnesota at Minneapolis/St. Paul

  

1985

Visiting Artist, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

  

1982

“Mold Making for Sculptor’s Workshop”, Lihue, Kauai, HI

  

1981

Program Director, “Sculptor’s Symposium”, funded by grants from InterArts Hawaii and Hawaii State Foundation for Culture and the Arts; Guest Artists: James Surls, Charmaine Locke, Mark Prent, and Steve Daly; University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI

  

1981

Visiting Artist, University of Washington at Seattle

  

1981

Visiting Artist, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

  

1980

Program Director, “Summer Workshop in Cast Metal Sculpture”, funded by grants from National Endowment for the Arts, Hawaii State Foundation for Culture and the Arts, and InterArts Hawaii.  Guest Artists: John Battenberg, Steve Daly, and Ron Young; University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI

  

1980

Guest Lecture, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI

  

1980

Guest Lecture, University of Texas at San Antonio