• Bridget DeFranco
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    • Education

    MFA Digital + Media, Rhode Island School of Design (2021–2023)
    Conferred with Collegiate Teaching Certificate in Art + Design

    BS Integrated Digital Media, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering (2015–2019)
    Minors in Computer Science and Art History

    Professional

    Auction Cataloger, Concept Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA (2024–Present)

    Gallery Assistant, Sol Koffler Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI (2022–2023)

    Administrative Assistant, MGH Art Advisory, Ltd, New York, NY (2019–2021)

    Operations Assistant, NYU Future Labs, New York, NY (2018–2019)

    Editorial Intern, Rhizome, The New Museum, New York, NY (2018)

    Intern, Printed Matter, Inc., New York, NY (2017)

    Graphics Intern, Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center, New York, NY (2017)

    Teaching

    Adjunct Faculty, Immersive Media, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA (Spring 2025)

    Adjunct Faculty, Computation, Technology, and Culture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (Spring 2024)

    Instructor, Game Design & Design Foundations, Pre-College, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (2023–2024)

    Instructor, According to Chance, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (Winter 2023)

    Teaching Artist, Tech Kids Unlimited, New York, NY(2019–2021)

    Coding Teacher, The Coding Space, New York, NY (2019–2021)

    Lead Instructor, 3D Modeling and Printing, iD Tech at New York Univeristy, New York, NY (Summer 2019)

    Assistantships

    Painterly Digital Images, Teaching assistant to Leah Beeferman, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (Spring 2023)

    Seeing Machines, Teaching assistant to Clement Valla, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (Fall 2022)

    Hyundai Research Collaborative, Technological Landscapes Research assistant to Shona Kitchen, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (Summer 2022)

    VR for Palliative Care, Teaching assistant to Fritz Drury, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (Spring 2022)

    Code as Medium, Teaching assistant to Fletcher Bach, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (Fall 2021)

    Exhibition / Commision

    All Will Be Considered, Onassis ONX, New York, NY (Jan–Feb 2023)

    Lumen Prize Shortlist, Annka Kultys Gallery, London, UK (Sept–Oct 2023)

    Summer Faculty Exhibition, Woods-Gerry, RISD, Providence, RI (July 2023)

    Currents New Media Festival, Sante Fe, NM (June 2023)

    Grad Show 2023, Amica Pavilion, RISD Providence, RI (May 2023)

    Bliss Information, Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum, Providence, RI (Mar–Apr 2023)

    Go Thither, Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum, Providence, RI (Jan–Feb 2023)

    Perspectives, Emerson Contemporary Media Art Gallery, Boston, MA (Nov–Dec 2022)

    No White Walls, Edgewood Gallery, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT (Mar–Apr 2022)

    Transitory Void, Boston Cyberarts, Boston, MA (Mar–Apr 2022)

    Art on the Marquee, Boston Cyberarts, Boston Convention Center, MA (Feb–Apr 2022)

    Of Soiled Bodies, Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum, Providence, RI (Jan–Mar 2022)

    1 + 1 = 22, Sol Koffler, Center for Integrated Technology, Providence, RI (Jan–Feb 2022)

    This Show is Curated by a Machine, Museum of Wild and Newfangled Art, Online (2021)