MILI PRADHAN
EDUCATION
Department of Media Study, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, NY
Master of Fine Arts, Media Art Production, February 2010
Bennington College, VT
Bachelor of Arts, Visual Arts (Video, Photography, Digital Art), Anthropology, June 2004
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Department of Media Study, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY
Adjunct Instructor, Introduction to Film Interpretation, Fall 2007
The Regional Institute, University at Buffalo, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY
Graphic Design Assistant, Summer 2007
Department of Media Study, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY
Instructor, Basic Video Production, Fall 2006 – Spring 2007
Department of Media Study, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY
Instructor, Basic Documentary Production, Fall 2005 – Spring 2006
Squeaky Wheel Media Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Co-Instructor, TechARTS for Girls, Spring 2008 – Spring 2010
Squeaky Wheel Media Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Instructor, Kids’ Video Camp, Summer 2007, Summer 2008
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
The Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY
Web/Media/Graphic Design Support, Spring 2010
Event Photographer, Spring 2009 - present
Teaching & Learning Center, University at Buffalo, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY
Web/Media/Graphic/Instructional Support, Spring 2008 - Spring 2010
Round the Clock (2009); Producers: Ruth Meyerowitz, Chistina Zinni
Additional Camera, Bus Aides Union, Buffalo, NY, Fall 2009
The Last Atomic Bomb (2005), Producers: Robert Richter, Kathleen Sullivan
Sound Effects Assistant, New York City, NY, Summer 2005
Richter Production Inc., New York, NY
Office Manager/ Post Production Assistant, Winter 2004 – Fall 2005
Lumiere Production Inc., New York, NY
Research and Production Assistant, Summer 2004
Non-profit/independent media/documentary production houses New York, NY
Freelance Production Assistant/Intern, Summer-Fall 2004
GRANTS and AWARDS
Institute for Research and Education on Women & Gender, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY
Creative Arts Award 2008
Graduate Student Association, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY
Mark Diamond Research Fund 2008
Tonawandas' Council on the Arts, New York State Council on Arts, Tonawanda, NY
Carnegie Video Regrant 2007
Graduate Student Employee Union, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Professional Development Award 2007
SELECT WORK (VIDEO, INSTALLATION, PERFORMATIVE)
PLACES (2009), Multimedia Interactive Installation, Squeaky Wheel
I O U (2009), Multimedia Interactive Installation, Buffalo Dnipro Ukranian Cultural Center
BrunchOUT (2008), Performative event series on the sidewalks of downtown Buffalo
One Hand Loves the Other: water :: images :: dreams (2008), Video, 16min, Experimental narrative
Foot in a Pool (2008), Video, 12min 45sec, Experimental narrative
Move, BUILD (2006-2007), Video, 9min, Experimental narrative
Boys will be Men (2007), Video, 5min 28sec, Experiment with family archival video
Experiment in Train (2007): Performative Experimentation, Buffalo NFTA Subway
Kitchen-ery Show (2007), Performance (live and mediated)
Water (2004), Video loop, 5 min, Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, VT
Memories (2003), Multimedia Installation (photo light emulsion on branches and leaves), President’s Gallery, Bennington College, VT
Kathy (2003), Photography series on reflection surfaces (color)
Grey (2002), Photography series on lights, shadows and reflections (black and white)
SELECT SCREENINGS and EXHIBITS
Here and Now, Regional Media Artist Spotlight (MFA Thesis Show), 2009
Squeaky Wheel media Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Love & Sex, Peep Show, 2009
Dnipro Ukranian Cultural Center, Buffalo, NY
Locating Public(s): Culture, Space, Text and Thought, 2009
University at Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Out of the Cube Symposium, 2008
The Gender Week, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY
Emerging Fimmakers Series, 2009
The Little Theatre, Rochester, NY
The Night of Shorts, International Women’s Film Festival, 2008, 2009
Market Arcade Theatre, Buffalo, NY
Carnegie Media Exhibition, 2008
Carnegie Art Center, Tonawanda, NY
Feminism(s): Film, Video, Politics symposium, 2007
University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
Montreal Infringement Festival, 2007
Montreal, Canada
New York Conference on Asian Studies, 2006
St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
Now In Circulation: Site-specific Installation, 2006
Mead Library, Buffalo, NY
Obsidian Frames, Gender Across Border II, 2006
Squeaky Wheel Media Art Center, Buffalo, NY