| 2022-2025 | master of science in computer science with distinction | depaul university, chicago |
| 2013-2018 | bachelor of fine arts with distinction | university of alberta |
hi, i'm jessa gillespie! i’m an engineer and creative technologist. i specialize in real-time systems and graphics programming, and frequently collaborate with other artists, educators, and non-profits to create software tools and interactive media.
| education |
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| professional experience |
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| 2019-2024 | software engineer & graphics developer for stephanie dinkins studio | |
| 2021 | front-end developer for walter gordon's interactive digital edition of shirley graham's play, "dust to earth" | |
| 2021 | front-end developer for latitude 53 & megan gnanisihamany's online exhibition, "after the end" | |
| 2021 | front-end developer for the intersections of gender researcher directory at the university of alberta | |
| 2019 | vr developer for mapa de cuauhtinchan project in collaboration with davíd carrasco, laana carrasco, and stewart bird | |
| 2018-2020 | graphic designer for bar laika by e-flux | |
| 2017-2019 | vr developer for brad necyk studio | |
| 2017-2019 | game developer on "the lost garden" with scott smallwood and nicolás arnáez | |
| 2017-2018 | gallery assistant for dc3 art projects | |
| 2016 | intern for neue galerie berlin |
| professional development |
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| 2018 | guest lecturer at the university of alberta - art and/in the anthropocene taught by natalie loveless | |
| 2016-2018 | member of the research-creation and social justice colab led by natalie loveless | |
| 2017 | member of the interactives group at the university of alberta led by scott smallwood and geoffrey rockwell | |
| 2013-2017 | founding chairperson of the young edmonton grants program through the edmonton community foundation | |
| 2015-2017 | vice president external of the visual arts students association, social events coordinator of the visual arts students association | |
| 2014-2017 | editorial board of the women's and gender studies undergraduate journal - spaces between | |
| 2015-2016 | graphic designer & executive member of the feminists at the university of alberta |
| curation |
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| 2020 | community presentation series - an experimental lecture series held in the upstairs of the historic ear inn | soho, new york |
| 2018 | material^tm - an exhibition co-curated with daniel walker at latitude 53 | edmonton, alberta |
| 2017 | self disclosures - an exhibition co-curated with daria nordell that took place at the works art & design festival, with works by 19 artists | edmonton, alberta |
| scholarships & awards |
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| 2022 | ms pathways to computing scholarship, depaul university | |
| 2018 | edmonton arts council artist project grant | |
| 2017 | nominee for the bmo 1st national art! competition | |
| 2016 | roger s. smith research award | |
| 2016 | natalka horeczko scholarship in painting and print design |