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Anna Ursyn, Ph.D., is a professor of Computer Graphics at the University of Northern Colorado. She combines programming, software, and various media. Ursyn had over 50 single juried and invitational art shows, over 200 fine art exhibitions, such as over a dozen times at ACM SIGGRAPH Art Galleries, traveling shows at the Louvre, Paris, NTT Museum in Tokyo (5000 texts and 2000 images representing the 20th Century), Virtual Media Network, and moving image outdoor display in Dallas, TX. Carnegie Mellon University’s MoonArk|Moon Museum http://moonarts.org selected her work and NASA sent it to the Moon, with traveling shows, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and in the permanent art collection of the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum. Her work was featured in the Denver Capitol and the Denver International Airport. Research and pedagogy interests include integrated art, science, and computer art graphics instruction. She has artwork in several books and journals. Her work in ABAD is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in NYC and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LA, CA. – ABAD2 – work in Permanent Collection of Museé de la Poste in Paris, France, the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., the Alternative Traditions in Contemporary Arts, the University of Iowa, The Book Art Museum Lodz, Poland, at The Waskomium in Burlington, VT, and the Islip Art Museum, NY. Since 1987, she has served at the International IEEE Conferences on Information Visualization (iV), London, UK, and (CGIV). She serves as the Chair of the Symposium and Digital Art Gallery D-ART. Anna has published over a dozen books on knowledge visualization and coding for visual artists, as well as several book chapters. The latest series, “Knowledge through the Arts: Playful Books about Serious Things,” was published by Taylor & Francis. aursyn@gmail.com - Ursyn.com

Published Artwork

Taylor & Francis/Chapman & Hall/CRC has just published her four books, featuring her artwork, as a series:

  • Knowledge Through the Arts: Playful Books About Serious Things:

  • Dance Code: Dance Steps as a Code

  • New Storytelling: Learning through Metaphors

  • Code Appreciation: Reshaping Knowledge

  • Nature Appreciation: Knowledge as Art

  • Artwork and interview published in: "Digital Art and Design: An Introduction, by John Antoine Labadie, and Margie Beth Labadie, Kendall Hunt, 1st, and 2nd ed.

  • Computer Graphics Word, Featured CGW Artist, http://www.cgw.com/Gallery/2009/July-August-2009.aspx

  • "Writing on Drawing - Essays on Drawing Practice and Research" edited by Steve Garner, Intellect Books, London

  • Image used for the promotion of the DaSilva Ukulele Festival Uke Fest, Minden, Nevada

  • "Choreography: A Basic Approach Using Improvisation" by Sandra Cerny Minton, Human Kinetics Publishers, 3rd Edition, ISBN 13-978-0-7360-6476-7

  • "Art of The Digital Age" by Bruce Wands, Thames & Hudson, ISBN: 0-500238170

  • "Painting the Digital River" by James Faure Walker: Prentice Hall PT, ISBN: 0-131739026

  • "Digital Printmaking" G. Whale & N. Barfield, A&C Black '2001, 2nd edition by Watson Guptil, ISBN 0-8230-1398-7

  • "The Best of 3D Computer Graphics" CD by Vic Cherubini, Rockport Publishers, Inc. ISBN 1-56496-954-1

  • Winner of BauBoden, Deutsche Bau-und Bodenbank AG, cover and 18 color plates,

  • P.I.E BOOKS, "New Postcard Graphics," Tokyo, Japan, ISBN 4-89444-128-4 C3070

Books: written, co-written and edited: Taylor & Francis/Chapman & Hall/CRC has just published my four books, featuring my artwork, as a series: Knowledge Through the Arts: Playful Books About Serious Things.

  • Dance Code: Dance Steps As a Code
  • New Storytelling: Learning through Metaphors
  • Code Appreciation: Reshaping Knowledge
  • Nature Appreciation: Knowledge as Art

Some content from those books was adapted into several collaborative theatrical performances, designed to make coding more accessible for communication with coders and AI prompts as a skill needed, but feared by many.

The four books and the resulting performances effectively disseminate information about the ever-present programming in a straightforward manner. It's like learning without studying. It is also an example of local, national, and international collaboration, which prospective employers of our students are after.

  • “The Art of Coding: The Language of Drawing, Graphics, and Animation”;
    by Mohammad Majid al-Rifaie, Anna Ursyn and Theodor Wyeld; Taylor & Francis 2020 • ISBN-10: 1138629642• ISBN-13: 9781138629646

  • Art for Professions: Art Appreciation and Knowledge Visualization, Author(s): Anna Ursyn Kendall Hunt Publishing Copyright: 2021, ISBN 9781792466601

  • Author of the book The Transfer of Knowledge through Art and Visualization: Novel Technologies, Professional Collaboration, and Visual Communication of Science-based Projects, Routledge, Taylor&Francis.

Books on Knowledge Visualization:
http://www.igi-global.com/search/?p=ursyn

Anna Ursyn (Editor), Describing Nature through Visual Data (2021)
Hardcover : 367 pages, ISBN-10 : 1799857530, ISBN-13 : 978-1799857532

Anna Ursyn (Author), Graphical Thinking for Science and Technology Through Knowledge Visualization (Advances in Multimedia and Interactive Technologies), 374 pages, ISBN-13: 978-1799816515 , ISBN-10: 1799816516

Anna Ursyn (Editor) (2018) Interface Support for Creativity, Productivity, and Expression in Computer Graphics (Advances in Multimedia and Interactive Technologies) 355 pages, ISBN-10: 1522573712, ISBN-13: 978-1522573715

Anna Ursyn (Editor) Visual Approaches to Cognitive Education With Technology Integration
(Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design)
387 pages • ISBN-10: 1522553320 • ISBN-13: 978-1522553328

Anna Ursyn (Editor) (2016). Knowledge Visualization and Visual Literacy in Science Education. 400 pages. ISBN13: 9781522504801| ISBN10: 152250480X| EISBN13: 9781522504818| DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0480-1

Anna Ursyn (Editor) (2015). Handbook of Research on Maximizing Cognitive Learning through Knowledge Visualization. 572 pages. ISBN13: 9781466681422 |ISBN10: 146668142X|EISBN13: 9781466681439| DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8142-2

Anna Ursyn (2014). Computational Solutions for Knowledge, Art, and Entertainment: Information Exchange Beyond Text. 511 pages. ISBN13: 9781466646278| ISBN10: 1466646276|EISBN13: 9781466646285| DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4627-8

Anna Ursyn (2014). Perceptions of Knowledge Visualization: Explaining Concepts through Meaningful Images. 418 pages. ISBN13: 9781466647039| ISBN10: 1466647035|EISBN13: 9781466647046| DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4703-9

Anna Ursyn (Editor). (2012). Biologically-Inspired Computing for the Arts: Scientific Data through Graphics. 443 pages. ISBN13: 9781466609426| ISBN10: 1466609427|EISBN13: 9781466609433| DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0942-6

Video: Computational Solutions for Knowledge, Art, and Entertainment: Information Exchange Beyond Text – IGI-Global Copyright: © 2016 |Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
EISBN13: 9781466699472|DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9947-2

Book Chapters:

  • "Visualization as Communication with Graphic Representations," in "Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, 2nd and 3rd ed., Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. Editor-In-Chief
  • Aesthetic Expectations for Information Visualization, Innovative Design and Creation of Visual Interfaces: Advancements and Trends, Ben Falchuk (Applied Communication Sciences, USA) and Adérito Fernandes-Marcos (Universidade Aberta, Portugal)
  • A chapter “Digital Drawing, Graphic Storytelling and Visual Journalism“ in a book
  • “Writing on Drawing: Essays on Drawing Practice and Research” Steve Garner, Ed., Intellect Books, The Mill, Bristol, the UK, and in the USA: Intellect Books, The University of Chicago Press
    Artwork Published in Books:
  • Introduction to Digital Art by John Antoine Labadie, Margie Beth Labadie, Kendall hunt Publishing Company 2020
  • “The Art of Coding: The Language of Drawing, Graphics, and Animation”;
    by Mohammad Majid al-Rifaie, Anna Ursyn and Theodor Wyeld; Taylor & Francis,UK • ISBN-10: 1138629642• ISBN-13: 9781138629646
  • “Singularity Art: The Evolution of Future Art Under the Impact of Singularity of Science and Technology, Singularity: Subversive BioArt by Liqin Tan, (Guangdong People’s Publishing House)
  • Art of the Digital Age – by Bruce Wands, Thames&Hudson; 9780500238172
  • "Writing on Drawing - Essays on Drawing Practice and Research" edited by Steve Garner, Intellect Books, London
  • "Choreography: A Basic Approach Using Improvisation" by Sandra Cerny Minton, Human Kinetics Publishers, 3rd Edition, ISBN 13-978-0-7360-6476-7, 2007
  • "Art of The Digital Age" by Bruce Wands, Thames & Hudson, ISBN: 0-500238170, 2006
  • "Painting the Digital River" by James Faure Walker: Prentice Hall PT, ISBN: 0-131739026, 2006
  • "Digital Printmaking" G. Whale & N. Barfield, A&C Black
  • 2nd edition of "Digital Printmaking" G. Whale & N. Barfield by Watson Guptil, ISBN 0-8230-1398-7,
  • "The Best of 3D Computer Graphics" CD by Vic Cherubini, Rockport Publishers, Inc. ISBN 1-56496-954-1, 2003
  • P.I.E BOOKS, "New Postcard Graphics," Tokyo, Japan, ISBN 4-89444-128-4 C3070, 2000
  • Image used for the promotion of the DaSilva Ukulele Festival Uke Fest, Minden, Nevada 2008
  • Computer Graphics Word, Featured CGW Artist, http://www.cgw.com/Gallery/2009/July-August-2009.aspx
    Website: Ursyn.com. ursyn@unco.edu
    Marquis Who’sWho and representing professors from the state of Colorado in the 2020 edition of Who’sWho in America