Ravi Jain

1971
Born in Stockholm, Sweden

Education

2001
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
M.F.A., Studio for Interrelated Media

1992
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
B.A., Modern Imaging Techniques

Solo Exhibitions


2001
Museum of Transportation Pioneering, Bromfield Art Gallery, Boston, MA (winner of Bromfield Art Gallery's Solo Show Competition, curated by Lelia Amalfitano)

Museum of Transportation Pioneering, Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

Group Exhibitions

2003
Web Biennial, Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum, Istanbul, Turkey

Boston Cyberarts Festival: Cyberlounge, Green Street Gallery, Boston, MA

Boom Box: The Art of Sound (curated by Roland Smart), Mills Gallery, Boston, MA

2002
Me by I // Self-Portraiture (curated by curiousbrain), Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge, MA

2001
Six Artists, Contemporary Artists Center (CAC), North Adams, MA

M.F.A. Thesis Show, Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

1999
Incoming M.F.A. Show, Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

Performances

2000
Concerto for Voicemail #1, North 175, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

1999
Four in One - A Mini Rock Opera, North Hall, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

Incoming MFA Show, Film Screening Room, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

Speaking Appearances/Screenings


2003
Cyberlounge World Premiere
Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL

Artists' Talk, Boom Box:The Art of Sound
Mills Gallery, Boston, MA

2002
MacWorld Expo, Final Cut Pro User Group Theater
Javits Center, New York, NY

Three Abreast finalé screening and Q/A session
City Feed and Supply, Jamaica Plain, MA

Boston Final Cut Pro Users Group Meeting
Boston University, Boston, MA (May, November)
Wong Auditorium, MIT, Cambridge, MA (March, April)

Filmmakers Collaborative Open Studios
Coolidge Corner Theatre Video Screening Room, Brookline, MA

NEMO Conference
Swissôtel, Boston, MA

"WB in the Morning" live interview
WLVI Studios, Boston, MA

Three Abreast launch screening
Coolidge Corner Theatre Video Screening Room, Brookline, MA

2001
DFILM Digital Film Festival
Brattle Theater, Cambridge, MA

1999
Interstanding 3 - Beyond the Edge, Escaping Marginality
Rottermann's Salt Storage Arts Centre, Tallinn, Estonia

Selected Bibliography

2003
Go! Column, Michael Saunders, The Boston Globe, May 7

"Concerto for Bass and Voicemail", Alessandro Ludovico,
Neural.it, March 30

Review of Group Exhibition, Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe, February 16

"Modern Concerto", Hot Site, A. S. Berman,
USA Today, January 30

2002
"Mac-made 'Three Abreast' online sitcom wraps", Peter Cohen,
MacCentral.com, June 27

"Local artist turns his life into Internet sitcom", John Ruch,
Jamaica Plain Gazette, May 24

"Web Sitcom Fits Medium" (reprinted from The Boston Globe), Raphael Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 2

"Home is Where the Art Is", Lucy Lincoln Morrison, newenglandfilm.com, April 2

"A Web Sitcom Aimed At the Cubicle Crowd", Lisa Tsering, India-West, March 22

"Sitcom for Web Browsers" (reprinted from the Boston Globe), Raphael Lewis, The San Francisco Chronicle, March 14

"A Boston artist hopes his cyber sitcom catches viewers in its Web", Raphael Lewis, The Boston Globe, March 12

2001
Review of Solo Exhibition, Doris Birmingham, Art New England, October/November

Review of Solo Exhibition, Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe, July 5

"Pick of the Week", The Boston Phoenix, June 15

"Wool and Wizardry", Shawn Hill, artsMedia, June/July

"Student goes extra mile with his transit humor", Raphael Lewis, The Boston Globe, March 5

Professional Experience

2002 - present
Project Coordinator, New Media, American Experience
WGBH, Boston, MA

1999 - 2002
Design Consultant
Ravi Jain Design, Jamaica Plain, MA

1996 - 1999
Interactive Designer
Reference Interactive Studio, Stockholm, Sweden

1995 - 1996
Senior Graphic Designer
Cunningham Communication, Inc., Cambridge, MA

1992 - 1995
Manager of Graphic Design
Deloitte & Touche, LLP, Boston, MA