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Patrick J. Aievoli

Patrick J. Aievoli

Associate Professor of ArtDirector, Interactive Multimedia Arts Program

B.S., Buffalo State College, SUNYM.A.L.S, Empire State College, SUNY

Description

Professor Aievoli is a full-time faculty member at LIU Post and has been the director of the Campus’ Interactive Multimedia Arts graduate program since 1999. The program is constructed to be interdisciplinary in nature but focuses on the development of all new media art, design and technology. The IMA program (http://www.liu.edu/svpa)  is entering its 12th year in Fall 2010. Its faculty boasts some of the New York City area’s leading talent in new media talent as well as the digital video, audio and conceptual art domains.

Patrick started his career in 1978 as a designer for local editorial and advertising companies. In 1984, he became a promotional designer at McGraw-Hill. He has been a full-time academic since 1989 when he left his position as senior designer, print promotion, at the McGraw-Hill Book Company. In this capacity, Patrick helped in the creation of McGraw-Hill's first CD-ROM "Encyclopedia of Science and Technology" in 1987.

Although he is a dedicated academic, Professor Aievoli is still involved in the new media arena and has consulted for some of the metro areas largest new media companies.

Specialties

Multimedia, Advertising, Design

Publications

  • Author, “on enterFrame” (2008)
  • Author, “Support the Aesthetic through Metaphorical Thinking,” published in the Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council (2004)
  • “Colliding Forces,” published in “Collide” (2004)
  • Columnist, “EdTech,” Long Island Press

Exhibits

Solo Shows:

  • SUNY Farmingdale Memorial Gallery, Farmingdale, N.Y. (1984)
  • Tuckahoe Galleries, Tuckahoe, N.Y. (1986)
  • SUNY Farmingdale Memorial Gallery, Farmingdale, N.Y. (1989)
  • “Minutes & Seconds,” Firehouse Gallery (2003)
  • ”Recent Works,” South Huntington Library (2003)

Group and Juried Shows:

  • BSU Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y. (1978)
  • Five Towns Music and Art Foundation, Hewlett, N.Y. (1984)
  • Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, N.Y. (1984)
  • Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, Roslyn, N.Y. (1984)
  • Bennekill Square Gallery, Margaretsville, N.Y. (1988)
  • SUNY Farmingdale Faculty Show, Memorial Gallery, Farmingdale, N.Y. (1991)
  • LIU/C.W. Post Faculty Show, Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, N.Y. (1998)
  • LIU/C.W. Post Faculty Show, Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, N.Y. (1999)
  • LIU/Brooklyn Faculty Show, Brooklyn, N.Y. (1999)
  • LIU/C.W. Post Faculty Show, Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, N.Y. (2000)
  • “Appropriate Response,” Omni Gallery, Hempstead, N.Y. (2001)
  • LIU/C.W. Post Faculty Show, Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, N.Y. (2001)
  • Void, New York, N.Y. (2001)
  • DoArt, Northport Historical Museum, Northport, N.Y. (2002)
  • LIU/C.W. Post Faculty Show, Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, N.Y. (2008)
  • LIU/C.W. Post Faculty Show, Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, N.Y. (2009)

Honors/Awards

  • Recipient, HOW Magazine Award (1996)
  • Under his leadership, C.W. Post advertising students have won six Best On Long Island awards (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2009)