DENISE URBAN
61 East Shrewsbury Place
Princeton, N.J. 08540
Call for Digital Portfolio (609) 951-8618
urbandigits@comcast.net
Fax 609-951-8618

EDUCATION:
School of Visual Arts N.Y.C., NY, M.F.A., May 1998
Art Students League, N.Y.C., NY ( Fine Arts Painting Scholarship) 1980
Philadelphia College of Art 1983-84
Pennsylvania Academy Of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 1985
Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA , B.F.A.

Clients include:
Talbot's
Bloomingdales
Jordan Marsh
John Wanamakers
A&S
Estee Lauder
Lord&Taylor
Macy's
Strawbridge & Clothier
Laura Ashley
B.Altman's
Fortunoff
Gump's
Hemmeters
Bass
Lillian Vernon
MaasBrother
J.C.Penney
Rich's
Cash's of Ireland
Spiegel
Division of The Limited
Dillard's
Montaldo's

EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS
Strong Museum, Rochester, New York:
MFA Thesis CD-ROM "Emanations of the Light"
currently installed exhibit entitled "What's Hot in History."
The Strong Museum, a history center for families and children.
Strong Museum offers more than 25 hands-on school lessons
that combine the museum's world-renowned collections
and award-winning exhibitions to create exciting learning experiences.
The exhibition features history-related CD ROM'S
and offers them for guest browsing and use.
3/5/98 to Present.

National Educational Media Network, Oakland California:
Silver Apple 1998 Award Competition recognized as a standard of excellence
in educational media for MFA Thesis CD-ROM "Emanations of the Light".
The 1998 CD-ROM and Film and Video Competitions distinguished
over four hundred and twelve titles, winners of the NEMN Gold,
Silver and Bronze Apple Awards over a competitive
field of over 1,000 entries.

The winners are selected for their exceptional
educational and technical value
Listed on the NEMN website

The Sixth Annual Digital Salon Visual Arts Museum, 209 East 23rd Street, New York City, New York
An international juried exhibition of prints, sculptures, animations, and
Net-works made with the computer.

Exhibition traveled to:
Circulo de Bellas Artes
Calle Marques de Casa Riera
Madrid, Spain
January 5- February 7,1999

Triennale di Milano
Viale Alemagna 6
Milan, Italy
February 15 - March 14, 1999

Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona
Montalegre 5, Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
March 22- April 18, 1999

Sala de Exposiciones CAM
Avenida de Ramon y Cajal 5
Alicante, Spain
April 26 -May 23, 1999

Dataphilia, Visual Arts Gallery, 137 Wooster Street, New York City, New York

Cool Member's Internet Site of the Week 8/13/98 Comcast @Home Service

PROMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE/ ART DIRECTOR:
Estee Lauder, Inc., N.Y.C., N.Y.
Lord & Taylor, N.Y.C., N.Y.
Macy's N.Y.C., N.Y.
Merrill Lynch, N.Y.C., N.Y.
The Franklin Institute Natural Science Museum, Philadelphia, PA.

ART DIRECTION:

(Division of The Limited) Brylane, Inc., N.Y.C.,N.Y.
Art Director / Desktop Publishing Graphic Design:
Presentation format design, catalog layout design.
Produced catalogs, posters,labels,magazine ads.4/C print production.
(Freelance) May 1992 to September 1994

Lipman,Richmond & Greene, N.Y.C.,N.Y.
Art Director:Presentation format design ,catalog layouts,
posters, labels, magazine ads,and inserts.
(Freelance) May 1992 to September 1994

Marke Communications, N.Y.C.,N.Y.
Art Director: Presentation format design & catalog
layout design, checking final film, 4/C production.
Conception and format design of posters, story boards,
labels,magazine ads,hang tags, shopping bags,
newspaper ads,and sale tabloids.
Supervisory experience graphics production.
(Freelance) September 1986 to September 1992

Allied Graphic Arts Inc., N.Y.C., N.Y.
Art Director / Desktop Publishing Graphic Design:
Responsible for all aspects of catalog design,
from initial format design to final comprehensive layouts.
Produced catalogs, posters, labels, and sale tabloids.
(Freelance) June 1990 to August 1993

Commercial Graphics Inc., N.Y.C., N.Y.
Art Director / Desktop Publishing Graphic Design:
Responsible for all aspects of catalog design,
from initial format design to final comprehensive layouts.
Produced catalogs, posters, labels, and sale tabloids.
(Freelance) June 1990 to August 1991

UrbanDigits, Princeton, N.J.
President/Creative Director:
Desktop publishing on the Mac producing promotional,
editorial and corporate design.
Conception and format design of CD-ROM's, catalogs,magazine ads,
brochures, greeting cards, posters,T-shirts,labels,
newspaper ads and sale catalogs to final PostScript print production.
Equipment and software used for publication production:

Postscript Drawing Software:
Aldus FreeHand ,
Adobe Illustrator, Deneba Canvas,
Page Layout Software: QuarkXpress, Aldus PageMaker,
Painting Software: Pixel Resources Pixel Paint Pro,
Fractal Design Painter, Painter X2,
Image Processing Software: Adobe Photoshop,
Quicktime & Video Editing Software: Adobe Premiere,
and SuperMacVideo Spigot & Screenplay

TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Mercer County Community College,
Visual Arts & Communications Department ,West Windsor, N.J.

Computer Art Professor:
Wrote curriculum and taught community college courses entitled
"2D Computer Art" and "Production for Advertising Design"
An introduction to the fundamentals of computer graphics
applications on the Macintosh.

Students learn techniques,computer language, software packages,
and create promotional and corporate design.
Courses emphasizegraphic communications of original ideas.
Instructional software packages used:
Aldus FreeHand, Aldus PageMaker,QuarkXpress, Adobe Photoshop &
SuperMac Pixel Paint.

Sept 1992 to September 1994

Computer Art Professor: Visual and performing summer arts camp for gifted and talented students.Grades 6-8th:
An introduction to the use of the Maccomputer as a tool for art & design.
Using creative painting software,grade-school students focus attention
on art projects and learn a variety of computer graphic techniques.
Instructional software packages used:
Aldus Freehand & SuperMac Pixel Paint.
June 1992 to 1994