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Curriculum Vitae for Jay Bonner - Continued
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Professional Academic Experience (Teaching and Lecturing)
| 2002 |
Specialist outside advisor for PhD candidate in the Computer
Science and Engineering Department of the University of Washington, Seattle,
Washington. The dissertation title was "Computer Graphics and Geometric
Ornamental Design." Over a period of four months prior to the completion
of his dissertation, I advised the candidate in specific aspects of traditional
design methodology used in the construction of Islamic geometric designs. |
| 2002 |
Lecture and PowerPoint presentation of my work as a specialist
in the field of traditional Islamic 2D and 3D design and architectural ornament
to graduate students in the Architectural Department at the University of
Washington, Seattle, Washington. |
| 2002 |
Lecture titled "Ornamental Designs for the Kaaba Minbar"
presented to the annual meeting of the Muslim Networks Consortium at Duke
University. This lecture focused on the large number of carved marble floral
designs I produced for the recently completed minbar for the Kaaba courtyard
of the Al Masjid Al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia (see below). Consortium
members attending this presentation included Religious Studies faculty from
a variety of colleges and universities (Duke, UNC Chapel Hill, Stanford,
Brown, Emory, Colgate, etc.) as well as Religious Studies graduate students
from Duke and UNC Chapel Hill. |
| 2001 |
Lecture to the student body at the Rhode Island School
of Design titled "The Role of Geometry in Islamic Ornament." This lecture
was organized and sponsored by the Architecture Department in association
with the Department of Graphic Design. |
| 2001 |
One day seminar titled "Systems in the Design of Traditional
Islamic Geometric Patterns" given to the undergraduate student body of the
Department of Graphic Design at the Rhode Island School of Design. |
| 2000 |
I taught a class titled "Ceramic Tile design and Production"
for the Ceramics Department of the Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe,
New Mexico. |
| 1999 |
Together with Michael Baron, I taught a seminar titled
"The Formative Principles of Islamic Geometric Patterns" for the Crestone
Design Seminars association in Crestone, Colorado. This was part of their
Geometer’s Art series, and was a one-week program that specialized on the
traditional methods used in creating these beautiful and complex geometric
patterns. Attention was also focused on the geometry of the 18 Platonic
and Archimedean Polyhedra, and at the end of the seminar, these two topics
were joined in a demonstration of the techniques for applying 2D Islamic
geometric patterns on to the 3D surfaces of these 18 regular and semi-regular
polyhedra. The students were from a wide range of backgrounds, and included
anyone with an interest in the subject (international participants, mature
professional artists, college students, etc.). |
| 1998 |
I taught a class titled "Ceramic Tile Design and Production"
for Santa Fe Art and Clay: a private arts organization in Santa Fe, New
Mexico. |
| 1982 |
Research Fellow in the Department of Ceramics and Glass,
Royal College of Art, London. This position lasted two consecutive years,
and involved extended research into (1) traditional luster glaze technologies,
and (2) an overview of the British ceramic tile industry. My position also
included the tutoring a graduate student in the Department of Ceramics and
Glass at the Royal College of Art. |
Awards
| 1982 |
During my third (final) year as a graduate design student
at the Royal College of Art in London, I was awarded their Major Traveling
Award. This was their highest award at the time, and was awarded to a single
recipient. I used the funds provided by this award for extended travel to
many ceramic tile factories in Italy, as well as to the historic monuments
of Islamic architecture in Southern Spain. |
Publications
| 2003 |
My paper "Three Traditions of Self-Similarity in Fourteenth
and Fifteenth Century Islamic Geometric Ornament" was published in the ISAMA/Bridges
Conference Proceedings. This annual conference is sponsored jointly by two
organizations: the International Society of Arts, Mathematics, and Architecture
and Bridges: Mathematical Connections Between Art, Music and Science. This
was a juried paper, and was selected as the opening paper published in these
proceedings. |
| 2003 |
My forthcoming manuscript titled "Islamic Geometric Patterns:
Their Historical Development and Traditional Methods of Derivation" has
been accepted for publication by White Cloud Press. This work details the
history of Islamic geometric design, places this subject into the broader
context of Islamic art and architecture. And most importantly, this work
is also a comprehensive exposition of the traditional methods used in the
construction of these complex designs. |
| 1999 |
Photographs of my work were featured in the January/February
issue of Aramco World magazine commemorating Saudi Arabia’s Centenary. My
ornamental work on the Moving Domes and Courtyard Umbrellas is pictured
in the article titled "The Servants of God’s House" (see below). |
| 1998 |
I was contracted by the Saudi Arabian publisher Dar Nun
to write a book titled "Islamic Geometric Patterns" for Saudi Arabian and
Arab teenage readers (after translation to Arabic). This book is still forthcoming. |
| 1997 |
Designed and assisted in the production of Geodazzlers:
a educational product that applies 2D Islamic geometric patterns onto the
3D surfaces of each of the 18 Platonic and Archimedean Polyhedra. These
ornamental models are made from pre-cut and pre-creased paper, and are accompanied
by an explanatory booklet covering the historical link between Islamic geometric
design and polyhedral geometry. This set of 18 models is produced by Design
Science Toys in New York. |
| 1985 |
A room in the London residence of Charles Jencks that is
heavily ornamented with ceramic tiles I designed, produced, and installed
was featured in the book "Toward a Symbolic Architecture", by Charles Jencks,
Academy Editions. |
| 1983 |
Book review of the reprint of "Islamic Patterns: an Analytical
and Cosmological Approach" by Keith Critchlow. This review was written for
Arts of the Islamic World, Vol. 1 No. 3, summer/autumn. |
Conferences and Papers
| 2003 |
Paper titled "Three Traditions of Self-Similarity in Fourteenth
and Fifteenth Century Islamic Geometric Ornament" presented to the ISAMA/Bridges
Conference at University of Granada, Spain. This annual conference is sponsored
jointly by two organizations: the International Society of Arts, Mathematics,
and Architecture and Bridges: Mathematical Connections Between Art, Music
and Science. This was a juried paper, and I was selected as an invited guest.
I was the opening plenary presenter.
For a review of this conference, please visit
www.nexusjournal.com/conf_reps_v5n2-Hart.html |
| 2001 |
As an invited guest speaker, my paper titled "Aesthetic Synthesis and
Contemporary Islamic Architectural Ornament" was presented to the first
International Conference on Muslim Networks: Medium, Methodology and Metaphor
at Duke University, North Carolina.
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Exhibitions
| 1994 |
Exhibition of photographic examples of my ornamental work in the Middle
East and Pakistan at the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Conference
in Arizona.
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| 1986 |
Contributor to the British Arts Council traveling exhibition
of Contemporary British Calligraphy. I contributed a single laser-cut wood
panel of Kufi calligraphy, with multi-level floral background, bordered
by an interweaving geometric design. |
| 1983 |
Exhibition of my ceramic tiles in a joint show at the Return
Gallery in Taos, New Mexico. |
| 1982 |
Ceramic tile panels shown in the Degree Show at the Royal College of
Art, London.
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Consulting Services
| 2003 |
I have been asked to serve as a consultant to the Kenan
Institute in Washington (a division of the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise
at UNC-Chapel Hill, North Carolina) in association with the South-East Consortium
for International Development (SECID). My consulting services are scheduled
to begin in early 2004, and will focus on issues associated with Islamic
art and architecture, and the development of a computer-based curriculum
designed to acquaint middle-school students with Islam and art. |
| 1993 |
Pro bono consultant to the World Centre in San Francisco,
California. The World Centre was a non-profit organization associated with
the United Nations, dedicated to the establishment of a West coast venue
for global conflict resolution facilities, as well as a research and educational
center for the promotion of greater international and cross-cultural understanding.
My consulting work with the World Centre lasted three years, and involved
the development of an ornamental program that incorporated themes and elements
from diverse international cultures. |
| 1992 |
Consultant to I.P.C.A. Ltd. of Bristol, England to research
filming locations in Cairo, Egypt for their film documentation of the expansion
to the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia. |
| 1984 |
Consultant to the ceramic tile company Langley of London for the development
of a 'traditional' range of tiles for the Middle Eastern market.
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Professional Affiliations
- Muslim Networks Consortium: Center for the Study of Muslim Networks, Duke
University, North Carolina
- International Society of Arts, Mathematics, and Architecture (ISAMA):
Dept. of Mathematics, University of Albany-SUNY, New York.
- College Art Association, New York.
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