Stefani Byrd

Bio

Stefani Byrd teaches Introduction to Video Editing using Adobe Premiere and Advanced Digital Editing using Adobe Premiere. Her practice includes video, new media and interactive technologies. Byrd is most noted for her temporary public art installations that create "empathy training" experiences for the audience. Her practice aims to shed light on the complicated nature of communication within a contemporary culture where social stereotypes often define our interactions.

She has received grants and support from groups such as: Creative Capital of New York, Flux Projects, Atlanta Celebrates Photography and Idea Capital. Her work has been featured in such places as Public Art Review Magazine, the Huffington Post, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the Atlanta Film Festival, the Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, the Hunter Museum of American Art and Art Papers Magazine. Byrd's work is held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia and the Columbus Museum of American Art.

She received her BFA degree in photography from Georgia State University in 2008. She holds a master's degree in visual art from the University of California San Diego with an emphasis in new media / art + technology.

She is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Experimental Media Art Program at the University of Arkansas. She has formerly lectured in the digital arts division of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at the University of California Irvine. She is also a former instructor within the Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts (ICAM) major in the Visual Arts Department at the University of California San Diego.