BiographofGregory O’Toole – 2008 –
GREGORY O'TOOLE (b.1973)is the author of thirteen creative media books and twelve critical media papers including "The Machined Word" (International Journal of the Arts in Society, 2008); "Electromania" (RockyMountain Communication Review, University of Utah, 2008); "Big City Freight Train Blues Denver Poems" (Ghost Road Press, 2005); "Outlaw, American Poems on the Run" (Number Nine Books, 2003). O'Toole has recently been recognized as one of the most promising poets in the Rocky Mountain region by being included in a literary map of the city of Denver (Denver’s Westword) alongside Walt Whitman, Allen Ginsberg, Hunter S. Thompson, and Jack Kerouac, among others. He is currently at work on a Ph.D. dissertation and teaching digital media courses.
O'Toolehas received the Opportunity Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Montana Arts Councilfor founding and publishing GREENDOORHOUSE, a nationally distributed literary arts grassroots periodical that spotlighted emerging artists and creators of cross-media foundation. O'Toole's literary workis part of the permanent collections of the University of California at Berkeley, Northwestern University, John Carroll University, The Art Institute of Chicago's Poetry Center, and the University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Chicago Library, and Columbia College. O’Toole’s third poetry collection, "Big City Freight Train Blues, Denver Poems" was recently recognized on the Valparaiso University Poetry Review 2005 - 2006 Recommended Books list.
Other Awards include: Semi-finalist, The Adirondack Review Photography Contest 2007, The Bare Walls Scholarship Endowment from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; 2006 Colorado Book Award writer in finalist anthology; Dean's Academic Scholarship from the University of Denver; Graduate Teaching Assistantship from the University of Denver; Honorary Member of the National Campaign for Tolerance; Best Spot News Photograph from the Montana Newspaper Association; Consort Essay Contest winner from Spalding Sporting Goods, and acceptance into the MFA program at theJack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics.
ACADEMIC RESEARCH. ADoctoralstudentin Media Philosophy, O'Toole's critical research is concerned with media and the psychological (personal) and sociological (mass) effects they carry in today'scommunication media-based culture.He recently published papers The International Journal for the Arts in Society; Learning Technology IEEE; and the British Journal of Educational Technology. O'Toole has been invited to publish a chapter in an upcoming book by Nova Scientific Publishers on the use of the internet in higher education. A paper "Hypertext Logotherapy," has been accepted for presentation at the 2007 Media Ecology Association Convention, to be held in Mexico City, México, at Technólogico de Monterrey, Campus Estado de México. Other papers have been submitted and accepted around the world.
ACADEMIC EDITORIAL POST. O’Toole was recently named Associate Editor of The International Journal of the Arts in Societyand Associate Editor of the International Journal of Economic, Cultural, and Environmental Sustainability.
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR. O'Toole served as a member of the Adjunct Faculty at the University of Denver in the Digital Media Studies department in the School of Communication, as well as the Electronic Media Art + Design program in the School of Art + Art History. O’Toole has taught for Westwood College, Baker College, and The Art Institute of Pittsburgh.
VISUAL ARTWORK. O'Toole's paintings, photography and digital collage works have exhibited in both one-man and group gallery exhibitions and auctions across the United States; Kotka, Finland; Göteborg, Sweden, Australia; including Rhonda Schaller Studio (New York City); Gallery 1633 (Chicago); Buffalo Trails Gallery (Bigfork, MT); the Jest Galleries (Bigfork and Whitefish, Montana); and Cochenour Gallery at Georgetown College.O’Toole’s work has been written about and published in such newspapers as the Chicago Sun Times and the New York Times. O'Toole's landscape oils are currently represented by Jest Gallery in Western Montana.O'Toole's award-winning new media documentary (Quantumedia) photographs are featured in Cellbytes international exhibit, several western U.S.newspapers and noted web sites; and as cover art for American published essay collections and novels.
INTERNET DEVELOPMENT.TheQuantumedia Virtual Eq. Learning Environment v. 1.0™ (a universal online and mobile media environment) was granted a Top 5 Award in the "Beyond" category at International Memefest 2007, an international festival and organization for radical communication based in Slovania, Brazil, and Columbia and encompasses five continents. Additionally, O'Toole has developed web content for The Oprah Winfrey Show, the International Digital Media and Arts Association, musician Ben Suchy, the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and several other departments and colleges at the University of Denver. O'Toole is currently developing a new multimedia application that posits both live and archived solo Quantumedia Technodysseyjournalistic documentation from anywhere in the world, focusing on the media's influence on culture.
FUTURE.From here, and,thenceforth,he plans to wander the globe with his family, teaching media studies and publishing his critical and creative writings, photographs, and paintings, each of a Quantumedia nature.
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