Tomáš
Staudek

Visual freethinker

 ★  Math & art teacher, 25 years in higher-ed
 ★  UX designer, 18 years of experience
 ★  Artist, 20 collective & 5 solo exhibitions

 

Work


2023—  |  Freelance teacher of art & coding
@ artgoritmy.cz  |  Teaching mathematics, informatics and visual arts, preferably at the same time. Running workshops on digital creativity for participants of all ages and experience.

2020–2022  |  Author of digital literacy courses
@ Czech Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs  |  Organizing workshops on implementing open-source solutions and enforcing security and privacy in public administration.

2018–2020  |  Educational content creator
@ Czech Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs  |  Creating and supervising online lectures on computer-aided creativity and transferable digital skills.

2007–2016  |  UX & web designer
@ Institute of Computer Science, Masaryk University  |  Designing e-learning applications, consulting university website development.

2013–2014  |  Graphic design lecturer
@ Caritas Czech Republic  |  Teaching graphic design, typesetting and digital photography at the Centre for socially disadvantaged people.

 

Academics
Teaching
Exhibitions


2024  |  Navigating Through eXistenZ
@ Ars Electronica, Linz  |  Guarantor of exhibitions exploring the POV experience of existence mediated by our bodies and senses, as well as their technological simulations and prostheses.

2023  |  RE:GALERIE
@ CO.LABS Hub, Brno  |  Project coordinator of a virtual gallery exhibiting works in a computer game inspired by the history of media art.

2021  |  Encoded Aesthetics
@ Prototyp Festival, Brno  |  Curator of a collective exhibition of interactive media students.

2019  |  Hands-on Media Art Theory
@ Ars Electronica, Linz  |  Presenting students’ art & research projects situated on the borderline between media art theory, practice, and curatorship.

2018  |  New Histories for New Media Art
@ Brno House of Arts  |  Co-organizer of exhibition and computer art workshops explaining the principles of programming creative applications.

 

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