Kit-Yin Snyder
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Curriculum Vitae

Born in Guangzhou (Canton), China
Education:  
  BSEE (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering), City College, New York, NY.
MS (Masters of Science in Mathematics), University of Michigan, MI.
MFA (Masters of Fine Arts in Sculpture), Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA.
Awards and Honors:
2008

Selection in Festival de Cine Internacional de Barcelona for Shared Experiences: Worlds Apart
Selection in Short Film Corner — Cannes Film Festival for Shared Experiences: Worlds Apart
International Short Film Market— Venice, Italy for Shared Experiences: Worlds Apart

2007

Selection for theShort Film Corner of the Cannes Film Festival for Me & Marco Polo
Selection in the International Short Film Marke, Venice, Italy for Me & Marco Polo

2006 Me & Marco Polo selected for IDFA Market, Amsterdam, Holland
Selection in the International Short Film Marke, Venice, Italy for Me & Marco Polo
2004 The Jerome Foundation grant for documentary film for Me & Marco Polo
Double Exposure selected for screening on Independent Lens/PBS in the USA
2003

Selection of the 2nd Tribeca Film Fesitval in New York, NY for Double Exposure
Selection of the 26th International Asiam American Film Festival, New York, NY for Double Exposure

Double Exposure selected for screening by RAI SAT-ART in Italy

2002 The Jerome Foundation grant for documentary film, Double Exposure
New York State Council on the Arts grant for documentary film, Double Exposure
The Best Contemporary Art Film Award at the Naples, Italy short film festival: Corto Circuito for Double Expsure
1993 Competition to Re-Design Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy, Third Prize, collaborated with Italian architects: P. Chiatante, M. Piamonte, and A. Simone.
1991 New York Foundation of Arts, Fellowship in Sculpture.
1990 New York State Council of Art, project grant for out-door site-specific installation at Snug Harbor, Staten Island, NY.
1989 Excellence in Design, Art Commission, New York City, for the Manhattan
Detention Center commission, collaborated with Richard Haas
1987 Excellence in Design, Atlanta, for Margaret Mitchell Square commission in Atlanta, GA
1986

National Endowment for the Arts, Fellowship in Sculpture
New York Foundations for the Arts, Fellowship in Sculpture
"Bessie" award for set design: "Throne Room" for "The Memory Theatre of Julio Camillo", Brooklyn Anchorage, Creative Time, Inc., New York City

1985 New York State Council of Art, collaboration grant in sculpture for set design for dancers, at Whitney Museum at Philip Morris, New York City
1983 Winner of International Water Sculpture competition, New Orleans World Exposition, New Orleans, LA.
1982 National Endowment for the Arts, Fellowship in Sculpture
1981 CAPS Grant in Sculpture, New York
Artist-in-residence, Bryant Park, Public Art Fund, New York City
1980 National Endowment for the Arts, Fellowship in Sculpture
1979 Studio Resident at P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY
Filmography:
2007 Shared Experiences: Worlds Apart (26:45 minutes)
2004 Me & Marco Polo (53 minutes)
2002 Double Exposure (28 minutes)
Commissions:
1991-1992 Justice, Percent for Art, New York City, collaborative outdoor commission with Richard Haas
1986 Margaret Mitchell Square, Percent for Art, Atlanta, GA
Teaching Experience:
1966-1982 Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA., Associate Professor (half-time)
Exhibition Record - Including Indoor and Outdoor Installations
1996 "Cosí E! (Se Vi Pare)", multi-media installation of an adaption of a play by Luigi Pirandello, Gallery L'Eclisse, Rome, Italy.
1993-1994 "Piazza NAVONA: La Festa, Il Suo Futuro", winning design proposals for the 1994 competition to re-design Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy
1993 "New Expressions in Asian American Art", CUNY Graduate Center, NYC
1992 "Pathways", an outdoor permanent installation at SUNY Brockport, New York.
"Enrico IV", Tower Fine Art Center, SUNY Brockport, New York.
1991 "Enrico IV - Revised", Kunstraum, Goppingen, Germany.
"Nothing Less Than a Man", a multi-media set/installation at the Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College, Portland, OR
1990 "Temple of Jupiter", an outdoor installation at Snug Harbor, Staten Island, NY.
Funded by a grant from the New York State Council of the Arts(NYSCA).
"Enrico IV", a multi-media set/installation, Art Gallery at the Staller Center for the Arts, SUNY Stony Brook, NY.
1989 "Flagellation: Homage to Piero della Francesca", Edicola, Rome, Italy.
1986 "Throne Room", a set for "The Memory Theatre of Julio Camillo", at the Brooklyn Anchorage, Creative Time, Inc., New York.
1985

"Sicily Remembered", an outdoor installationfor the Atlanta Art Festival, Atlanta, GA.
"Giardino Cinese", a collaborative installation at Sala Uno, Rome, Italy.
"A Fragment/A Moment", a set for dancer Blondell Cummings, Whitney Museum at Philip Morris, New York City. Funded by a grant from NYSCA.
"In Three Dimensions - Recent Sculpture by Women", Pratt Institute, NY.

1984 "Hadrian's Dream", an outdoor installation for the Houston Festival, TX
"Hadrian's Improvisation", an outdoor installation at the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
"Hadrian's Retreat", Sculpture Center, New York City
1983 "Córdoba", at CUNY, City University Center, New York City
"House That Art Built", CAL State Fullerton Gallery, Fullerton, CA.
"Siciliana", an outdoor installation at Artpark, Lewiston, NY.
"Shared Space", Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY
"Air and Ice", an outdoor installation on Lake George, Bolton Landing, NY
1982 "Cloister", Just Above Midtown (JAM), New York City.
1981 "Two Part Invention", an outdoor installation at Byrant Park, New York City, Partially funded by the National Endowment of the Arts
"Environmental Interplay - 7 Sculptors", Alternative Museum, New York City
"Made in Philadelphia IV", the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), PA

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