ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
M.F.A. Digital Media Art
CADRE Media Lab at San Jose State University
San Jose, CA, Emphasis on Green Technology
B.A. Communication
University of Missouri Columbia
Columbia, MO, Certificate in New Media
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
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Sr. Art Manager
City Of San José Office of Economic Development and Cultural Affairs
Focus on the Creative Economy and Community Engagement
Founder of San Jose Climate Art Program
Chief Creative Officer
Leonardo/International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology
San Francisco Bay Area 02.16–4.2022
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.
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Creative development and management of companies’ full-cycle art research ideation through programs, publications, and impact.
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Examples of business development with academic, industry, and creative agencies include Nokia Bell Labs, ARUP Engineering, Arizona State University, Chronus Art Center in Beijing.
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Grew international salon series from 9 local groups to 45 international branded community groups on a restricted budget.
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Designed and implemented 50th anniversary strategy with 38 international events including a flagship art festival in San Francisco in 2018.
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Provides leadership through transparency, equity and collaboration to an international community and to transdisciplinary thought leaders.
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Increased individual giving by 300% in the first year.
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Improved internal and external communications, increasing engagement and following on all digital platforms.
Principal—Consulting Services
Siembieda & Associates
San Francisco Bay Area 12.12–12.15, 2021- present
Provided consulting to city departments and agencies, small businesses, and the nonprofit sector in the following areas: departmental procedures/policies, community management/engagement, digital strategy, remarketing and crowdfunding. Awareness of policies, procedures, and state/federal regulations.
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Sustainability Consultant with San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
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Art Consultant for the Safe Art Program City of San Francisco Department of Environment.
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Communication Strategist for the City of Alameda.
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Communication Strategist for DZINE Interiors.
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Crowdfunding Consultant for Lava Mae: Mobile Showers for the Homeless.
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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
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Developed and implemented social media plans and campaigns for organization.
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Managed online communities through engagement and social platforms.
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Branded, managed and marketed company using social media tools.
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Created and managed measurement and key performance indicators and analytic strategies.
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Created biennial social media programming including social media Art Ambassadors and intern program.
OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
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Collaborated and improved outreach with over 42 partner organizations. Providing a customer service approach and delivered services effectively and efficiently in a timely, accurate, respectful, and friendly manner.
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Managed guerilla marketing programming including flash mobs and other visibility events.
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Created ZERO1 App Lab including build-out of API and App Project Management.
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Managing editor for the ZERO1 blog.
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Integrated new technology trends into the organization.
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Developed targeted content and messaging for brand and marketing outreach.
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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.
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Managed artists-in-residence for the San Jose Climate Clock Initiative.
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Managing editor of Climate Clock Catalog.
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Managed event planning and production of Climate Clock symposiums, forums, lectures, etc.
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Developed relationships with industry and education.
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Worked alongside the City of San Jose Public Art Program during the management process.
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Organized resources within Silicon Valley to benefit the artists-in-residence.
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Managed program visibility events for artist teams for academic and development communities.
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Developed online communities through social media
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Developed website content.
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).
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
Hybrid Futures - Land, Genomics and Architecture
Telematic Media Arts
San Francisco, CA 5.2024 - 7.2024
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
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
How to Know What We Know: New Experiences in the Holocene
Center For Environmental Transformation
LABitate
Focus Art Fair, NY May, 2024
CYFEST 15
Yerevan, Armenia October 2023
Co-Operative Co-Existence
CYFEST 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
Exhibition in Social VR, Online and Gallery, October – December 2020
curated by Telematic Arts and Carla Gannis
Exhibited Eco-Elemental Archive
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.)
The State Hermitage Youth Education Center
Saint Petersburg, Russia 2018
(exhibited part of Building User Response Gadgets, presented lecture)
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
Night Montalvo Arts Center
Saratoga, CA 2008
(Sculpture)
OTHER ART EXPERIENCE
Advisory Board for SETI Artist-in-Residence Program
2024 - present
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
Category Moving Image 2021.
Category Moving Image 2020.
Category 3D Modeling 2019.
Category Artificial Intelligence 2018.
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.