Computational Media Designer
Indonesia
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- Artist / Designer / Programmer at wnugroho.org
- Research Assistant at Microelectronics Center, ITB
- Webmaster at ITB
- Past
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- Designer at wnugroho.org
- Teaching Assistant at ITB
- Founding Member at Knowledge Management Research Group (KMRG), ITB
- Education
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- Institut Teknologi Bandung
- Institut Teknologi Bandung
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widianto nugroho’s Summary
An art school graduate with almost ten years of experience working in IT industry.
Currently:
- building career as an artist working on generative and computational art forms;
- searching for opportunities: solo and group exhibitions, artist residency, and graduate study;
- doing FOSS research at Microelectronics Center, ITB
widianto nugroho’s Specialties:
computational design, generative art, software art, new media art, interactive art, painting, printmaking, drawing, Processing.org, Gnome desktop theme development, FreeBSD system administration, some knowledge of Indonesian culture and tradition
widianto nugroho’s Experience
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Artist / Designer / Programmer
wnugroho.org
(Fine Art industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
Studio artist producing generative and computational art forms in various medium (computer screen, installations, prints and paintings).
wnugroho.org studio is an independent experimental research studio focusing in the field of computational art and design through curriculum development, teaching/workshop at art and design institution, as well as exhibition. ITB indirectly funded the studio through Widianto's salary as webmaster, and Microelectronics Center, ITB, indirectly funded the studio through Widianto's salary as research assistant. -
Research Assistant
Microelectronics Center, ITB
(Research industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
Member of RUSNOSS group, working on creating/packaging F/OSS-based (software/hardware) product.
Prior joining the group, funded by Microelectronics Center, Widianto with his colleague and his student has created open source desktop themes that depict Indonesian culture and tradition called Kamonesan. The themes designed to work with GNOME desktop environment, and has distributed to other open source projects, such as the BlankOn project. -
Webmaster
ITB
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
January 2000 — Present (9 years 7 months)
Leading a team designing, implementing and maintaining operations of top level ITB web site (http://www.itb.ac.id)
Awards:
- 2007 – First Prize “The Best University Web Site” Directorate of Higher Education, Department of Education, Indonesian Government.
- 2006 – Ranked 49th of 100 in Asia at “Webometric World Universities' Ranking on the Web. URL: http://www.webometrics.info/top100_continent.asp-cont=asia.htm
- 2005 – First Prize “The Best University Web Site” Directorate of Higher Education, Department of Education, Indonesian Government.
- 2003 – Second Prize “University Web Site Competition” Ministry of Communication and Information Indonesian Government.
About ITB (from Wikipedia):
ITB is a state, coeducational research university located in Bandung, Indonesia. Established in 1920, ITB is the oldest technology-oriented university in Indonesia. The University prides itself on its reputation as one of the country's centers of excellence in science, technology, and art... -
Designer
wnugroho.org
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1998 — 2008 (10 years)
freelance worker offering design service in web and print media.
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Teaching Assistant
ITB
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
2005 — 2008 (3 years)
Assisting digital printmaking course (seni cetak digital) for undergraduate printmaking major at Faculty of Art and Design (FSRD ITB).
Teaching Processing, an open source programming language and environment to program images, animation, and interactions. More info: http://processing.org -
Founding Member
Knowledge Management Research Group (KMRG), ITB
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1999 — 2008 (9 years)
Contributed to the mission of the group through personal research and design. Collaboration in group projects, and education.
Activities:
- Establishment of Indonesian Digital Library Network
- User interface designer for Ganesha Digital Library (GDL) web-based digital library software
About KMRG:
KMRG is a research group/community located at ITB Library. KMRG is well known for its web-based Ganesha Digital Library (GDL) software. Founded in 1999 by Ismail Fahmi during Dr. Onno W. Purbo leadership as Director of ITB Library.
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widianto nugroho’s Interests:
Computational Design, Generative Art, Software Art, Processing.org, Python, Java, C/C++, OpenGL, Open Source Desktop Environment, GNOME Desktop, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, MacPorts, Apple's Darwin (Operating System), Indonesian Culture and Tradition
