Education

M.F.A. Digital Media Art with an Emphasis on Green Technology

San Jose State University

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Continuing Education

Curating Art After New Media – Professional Development Course
University of Sunderland, February 2020

London, U.K.

 

Deep Fakes course
Baltan Laboratories and Thoughtworks Arts, November 2020

Virtual

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Relevant Experience

Senior Arts Manager

City of San Jose Office of Economic Development and Cultural Affairs

San Jose, CA 05.22 - present

Cultural work with emphasis on the creative economy and cultural engagement.

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Chief Creative Officer

Leonardo/International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology

San Francisco Bay Area 02.16– 04.22

Leonardo/ISAST drives innovation at the intersection of art, science, and technology, because complex problems require creative solutions. As an enterprising think tank, Leonardo empowers an inclusive global network by instigating fearless creativity, complexity, transdisciplinary experimentation and collaboration in pursuit of a more vibrant, just, and regenerative world

 

• Creative development and management of companies’ full cycle art research ideation through programs, publications and impact.

• Business development with academic, industry and creative agencies examples include Nokia Bell Labs, ARUP Engineering, Arizona State University, Chronus Art Center in Beijing.

• Grew international salon series from 9 local groups to 45 international branded community groups on a restricted budget.

• Designed and implemented 50th anniversary strategy with 38 international events including a flagship art festival in San Francisco in 2018.

• Provides leadership through transparency, equity and collaboration to an international community and to transdisciplinary thought leaders.

• Increased individual giving by 300% in the first year.

• Improved internal and external communications, increasing engagement and following on all digital platforms.

Principal—Consulting Services

Siembieda LLC

San Francisco Bay Area 12.12–12.15

 

Provided consulting to municipalities, small businesses and the nonprofit sector in the following areas: community management/engagement, digital strategy, remarketing and crowdfunding

 

• Art Consultant for the Safe Art Program City of San Francisco Department of Environment.

• Communication Strategist for the City of Alameda.

• Communication Strategist for DZINE Interiors.

• Crowdfunding Consultant for Lava Mae: Mobile Showers for the Homeless.

• Affiliate Program Manager for Leonardo/ISAST

Community Engagement and Special Projects Manager

ZERO1: The Art & Technology Network

San Jose, CA 07.09–11.12

 

ZERO1 is a Silicon Valley hybrid arts organization. They connect creative explorers in art, science, and technology to provoke and explore new ideas that build engaged and vibrant communities. ZERO1 Produced the 01SJ Art + Technology international Biennial from 2006- 2012.

 

SOCIAL MEDIA AND COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT

• Developed and implemented social media plan and campaigns for organization.

• Managed online communities through engagement and social platforms.

• Branded, managed and marketed company using social media tools.

• Created and managed measurement and key performance indicators and analytic strategies.

• Created biennial social media programming including social media Art Ambassadors and intern program.

OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

• Collaborated and improved outreach with over 42 partner organizations.

• Managed guerilla marketing programming including flash mobs and other visibility events.

• Created ZERO1 App Lab including build-out of API and App Project Management.

• Managing editor for the ZERO1 blog.

• Integrated new technology trends into the organization.

• Developed targeted content and messaging for brand and marketing outreach.

• Brought in approximately $100,000 in in-kind services to the organization.

Co–Project Manager

San Jose Climate Clock Initiative

San Jose, CA 06.10–12.12

 

The SJCCI was an ideas competition to build an iconic landmark that measured climate change influenced public behavior and lasted for a least a century. This was a collaboration between the City of San Jose, San Jose State University, ZERO1 and Montalvo Arts Center.

 

• Managed artists-in-residence for the San Jose Climate Clock Initiative.

• Managing editor of Climate Clock Catalog.

• Managed event planning and production of Climate Clock symposiums, forums, lectures, etc.

• Developed relationships with industry and education.

• Worked alongside the City of San Jose Public Art Program during the management process.

• Organized resources within Silicon Valley to benefit the artists-in-residence.

• Managed program visibility events for artist teams for academic and development communities.

• Developed online communities through social media

• Developed website content.

 

Public Speaker/Instructor

Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising

San Francisco & San Diego, CA 06.05–06.11

 

For over 40 years, FIDM has been educating students for professional careers in Fashion, Entertainment, and Digital Media.
 

• Instruct college-level graphic design courses including pre-press production and page layout.

• Conduct curriculum based lectures and lesson plans for high school age students in art, marketing, art history and design.

• Demonstrated strong brand leadership and representation to school administrators and students keeping up with brand excellence.

 

Publications

Siembieda, Danielle and Elia Vargas. “Crude Illumination: A Crude Oil Art Inspection.” Leonardo journal, v. 52-2 (2021). Available now online at MITPress.org.

 

Siembieda, Danielle. “Cultural Commentary Project.” WEAD journal, Issue 10 (2020).

 

Siembieda, Danielle, Lasser, Robin, Leinin J. and Boissevain B. “Finding Refuge in Refuse at the Albany Bulb Landfill” WEAD journal, (2015).

 

 

Other Art Experience

Member

Art Climate + Action

2022 - present

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Invited Member

Ocean Memory Project 

A collaborative network of researchers from across the Sciences, Arts and Humanities dedicated to exploring the intersection of Ocean and Memory, and advancing Ocean Memory as a new field of scholarship and creative expression.

2020

 

Juror

Lumen Prize

Various Categories

2018 - present

 

Board Member (Communications Director)

Emerging Arts Professionals

San Francisco Bay Area 2014

 

Board Member (Chair of Marketing/Outreach Committee)

Women Environmental Artist Directory - WEAD

San Francisco Bay Area 01.12 - 10.14

 

Outreach Manager (Volunteer)

CODAME Art + Tech

San Francisco, CA 01.14 - present

 

Member

San Jose Public Art Advisory Committee

San Jose, CA 10.11- 07.13

 

Juror

San Jose Airport Art + Tech Pool

City of San Jose Public Art Department

San Jose, CA 06.12

 

Media Fellow

Emerging Arts Professionals/SFBA

San Francisco, CA 09.11- 06.12

A network focused on empowerment, leadership, and growth of next generation arts and culture workers in the San Francisco Bay Area through knowledge sharing, learning opportunities, and partnerships

 

Grants & Residencies

Artist in Residency

UCSC Genomics Institute (Through Open Lab)
Santa Cruz
California, CA  09.19 - present

 

Curatorial Residency

Refuge in Refuse: Homesteading Art and Culture Project​
SOMarts Cultural Center
San Francisco, CA  08.14 - 05.15

 

Made Grant

Art Buzz Game
Emerging Arts Professionals 
San Francisco, CA  2014

 

Artist in Residence

TechShop
San Jose, CA  02.13 - 07.13

 

NextGen Grant

Center for Cultural Innovation 

Award $1000 for artist needs for ISEA 2012 Conference
Albuquerque, NM 2012

 

Community Energy Champions Grant

Silicon Valley Energy Watch 
San Jose, CA 06.11 - 01.12

 

 

Selected Exhibitions

 

Solo Exhibitions

Healthy Art Workshop

Intersection for the Arts

San Francisco, CA 2013

(Social Practice, Eco Art) 

 

Post People Possibilities

TechShop
San Jose, San Jose, CA 2013

(Sci-Fi Bio Art)

 

Healthy Art Program, An Energy Smart Exhibition

City of San Jose Windows Gallery

Self Curated and Executed Recipient of Silicon Valley Energy Watch Grant

San Jose, CA 2011-2012

(Eco Art, Social Practice, Institutional Critique)

 

Art Inspector Workshop

San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art

San Jose, CA 2010

(Eco Art, Social Practice) 

 

BURG MFA Thesis Exhibition

College of Engineering, SJSU

San Jose, CA  2010

(Data Visualization, Maker Art, Intervention) 

 

Art Inspector

Art and Design Gallery

San Jose, CA 2009

(Eco Art, Institutional Critique, Social Practice)

 

Group Exhibitions

Quick Brown Fox Again... Isn't It?

Moscow, Russia, 2022

Moscow Museum of Applied Art

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Cyberfest 13

Saint Petersburg, Russia November  2021

Guest Curator for Chaos and Cosmos Exhibition

 

What Makes Us Human

Exhibition in Social VR, November 2020 - Present
curated by Jennifer Parker, UCSC Open Lab and Sesnon Gallery

Launch of Jean Gnome project with UCSC Genomics Institute

 

Lumen Prize 2020 Exhibition Catalog Presented by Leonardo

Exhibition in NewArt.City for the Lumen Prize 2020 winners, December 2020 - present
curated by Danielle Siembieda and Jack Addis

 

The Archive to Come

Exhibition in Social VR, Online and Gallery, October – December 2020
curated by Telematic Arts and Carla Gannis

Exhibited Eco-Elemental Archive

 

feminist tECnOart

Women Eco Art Dialogue Online Exhibition

Global 2018-2019

(co-curated exhibition with Praba Pilar and Isabella de La Rocha on women who are using engineering and technology to address environment and social justice questions in their work.)

 

Cyberfest 11

The State Hermitage Youth Education Center

Saint Petersburg, Russia 2018

(exhibited part of Building User Response Gadgets, presented lecture)

 

SLSAeu Green

The University of Copenhagen and the National Gallery

Copenhagen, Denmark 2018

(Presented a Healthy Art Workshop, shared a short film about the Art Inspector and performed an Art Inspector Tour of the contemporary Danish the at the National Gallery.)

 

Almost Like Family

Dogpatch Cafe Gallery

San Francisco, CA 2017

(exhibited pieces from Refuge in Refuse)

 

Bioneers Conference

Eco Art Exhibition Curated by Women Eco Art Dialogue

San Rafael, CA 2016

(exhibited pieces from Art Inspector)

 

Refuge in Refuse: Homesteading Art and Culture Project

Curatorial Residency at SOMarts Cultural Center

San Francisco, CA 2015
(Social Practice, Augmented Reality, Wayfinding, Curatorial)

Collaborators include Robin Lasser, Barbara Boissevain, Judith Leinen

 

Art Buzz: A Game About Art Buzz Words

Emerging Arts Professionals at Center for New Music

San Francisco, CA  2014

(Game Art)

Collaborators include Katie Fahey, Jessie Johnson, Katherine Cantone

 

CADRE Show

Lake Tahoe Community College Gallery

Lake Tahoe, CA 2013

(New Media Art)

 

Montañas a Mesas: A Game of Speed Agility and Flight

Come Out and Play Festival

San Francisco, CA 2012

(Game Art)

Co-produced with DC Spensley

 

Montañas a Mesas: A Game of Speed Agility and Flight

ISEA Conference, Albuquerque, NM 2012

(Game Art)

Co-produced with DC Spensley 

 

Aquaman and Kombucha Takeover

Beyond Landscape Women Environmental Artist Directory Group Show

Women’s Foundation, Novato, CA 2011 - 2012

(Bio Art) 

 

Trading Voices (collaborative project)

01SJ Biennial 

San Jose, CA 2010

Assisted with social and organization elements of project

(Dialogic Art) 

 

Art Inspector Workshop

Independent Artists Week

Yoshis, San Francisco, CA 2010

(Social Practice) 

 

Lift Off MFA Exhibition

SJICA

San Jose, CA  2010

(Data Visualization, Maker Art) 

 

Polar Identity

Lead curator

Works/SJ

San Jose,CA 2009

Artists included Andrea Polli, Xavier Cortada, Jerome Gueneau and Catherine Rannou, Phil Boissonnet, Andrea Juan, and Erika Blumenfeld.

(Lead Curator) 

 

Europans Starry Starry

Night Montalvo Arts Center

Saratoga, CA  2008

(Sculpture)