Michael Edwards, Assistant Professor, Art
A.A. (Art), B.F.A. (Painting), M.S. (Art & Technology)
Office:S-9, Oakes Field Campus
Phone:(242) 302-4008
E-mail:michael.edwards@ub.edu.bs
Teaching Specialty:
Creative Problem Solving
Research Interests:
Design Thinking Creativity; Interdisciplinarity; Orange Economy; Art-Science; Social Entrepreneurship
Current Research:
Commodities Exchange; Post-carbon Economy; Venture Acceleration/Incubation
Kishan E. Munroe, Assistant Professor, Art; Art Education
Kishan E. Munroe, Assistant Professor, Art; Art Education
B.F.A. (Visual Effects), B.F.A. (Painting), M.F.A. (Painting)
Office: Room 147, CATS, Oakes Field Campus
E-mail: kishan.munroe@ub.edu.bs
Teaching Specialty:
Visual Arts
Areas of Expertise:
Painting, Interdisciplinary Art, Art Integration
Current Research:
Drifter-in-Residence: An Oceanographic Expedition
Sponsoring Agencies: Stuart Cove’s Dive Bahamas, LJM Maritime Academy, EU-LAC (European Union of Latin America and Caribbean) Museums Project, Aliv, Harbourside Marine, Tops Lumber & Building Supplies Ltd.
Keisha Oliver, Assistant Professor, Art
A.A. (Marketing), B.A. (Graphic Design), M.A. (Graphic Design)
Office:T-23, Oakes Field Campus
Phone:(242) 302-4422
E-mail:keisha.oliver@ub.edu.bs
Teaching Specialty:
Visual Communication; Bahamian Art History
Research Interests:
Bahamian Art; Art and Design Pedagogy; Social and Cultural Practice
Current Research:
Porch Conversations: A Visual and Oral History of Front Porches in The Bahamas, (2016 – ); Bahamian Masters: Significant Figures in Bahamian Art, (2016 – )
Heino Schmid, Assistant Professor, Art
B.F.A. (Photography), M.F.A. (Fine Art)
Office:S-1, Oakes Field Campus
Phone:(242) 302-4413
E-mail:heino.schmid@ub.edu.bs
Teaching Specialty:
Visual Art
Areas of Expertise:
Drawing, Painting, Mixed Media Processes
Research Interests:
Drawing, Painting, Mixed Media Processes, Art History
Current Research:
‘EPIC’ is a one year collaboration with five artists and a team of students and volunteers to present institutions, both in the public and private sectors, with proposals for large public sculpture. The goal is to take art out of the gallery setting, challenge scale and encourage public participation with art objects in the general environment. These art objects will vary from aesthetic works such as standalone sculpture to functional works such as interactive rest areas. Collaborators:Popopstudios. Sponsoring Agency: Popopstudios, Rude Baby Studio
Dr. Predrag K. Nikolic, Associate Professor of Digital Media Design
B.Sc. (Art History), M.F.A. (Digital Arts) M.B.A. (General) Ph.D. (Digital Media)
Office: N/A
Phone:(242) 822-2608
E-mail:predrag.nikolic@ub.edu.bs
Teaching Specialty:
Digital Media Design, Interaction Design, UX & UI Design, Extended Reality Design, Data-Driven Design
Areas of Expertise:
User Experience Design, Artificial Intelligence in Creative Industries, Digital Business
Research Interests:
Human-AI Interaction, Robot-Robot Interaction, Intelligent Interfaces, AI Creativity, AI Automated Storytelling, Design for Behavioral Change
Current Research:
http://www.syntropic-counterpoints.com/
In the project Syntropic Counterpoints, we expose philosophers’ AI clones to some of the crucial topics for humankind and the future of society. The AI clones discuss various issues and create authentic content based on the cloned philosopher knowledge feed and analysis of mutual responses. Nevertheless, the focus is less on content meaningfulness and more on the beauty of creation itself and given context by the machines. The project responds to rising technology singularity and emerging Artificial Intelligence implementation in every aspect of our lives, which tends to change the social interaction landscape forever.
The belonging works to Syntropic Counterpoints project such as AI.R Taletorium, Metaphysics of The Machines, Botorikko Machine Created State and Robosophy Philosophy were exhibited worldwide and presented at the Ars Electronica Festival, SIGGRAPH, SIGGRAPH Asia, ISEA (International Symposium on Electronic Art) Technarte USA, Technarte Spain, ARTECH (International Conference on Digital and Interactive Arts), University of Aveiro Portugal, ACM Multimedia, EmTech MIT Dubai and published in numerous international journals and proceedings.