who's who in research visuAl Arts - Intellect

Augustus Veinoglou
Keywords Renaissance, sculpture
Rodrigo Velasco
Keywords correspondence, flânerie,
photography, travel, visual research
Luiz Velho
Keywords virtual reality, panoramic
image, Visorama, cybernetic
observatory
Augustus Veinoglou was born in Athens in 1982. He graduated from
Edinburgh College of Art with a BA (HON), 2004. In 2003 he stayed
in Estonia for four months where he joined the interdisciplinary
department at the Estonian Academy of Art under the supervision of
the artist and head of department Jaan Toomik. He received the John
Kinross research award, from the Royal Scottish Academy, 2004 to
travel to Italy and research Renaissance and ancient Italian art. He lived
in Greece from 2005 to 2009 where he exhibited in numerous group
shows in Athens and Thessaloniki. During that time he worked as an
art tutor and freelance sculptor. In 2009 started his Postgraduate degree
(MFA) in Edinburgh College of Art, in the department of Sculpture
under the supervision of professors, Neil Mulholland, Kristin
Mojsiewicz and sculptor Kenny Hunter.
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Rodrigo Velasco studied architecture in Bogota, Columbia. He has
received various prizes in national and international design
competitions and is currently undertaking doctoral research at the
University of Nottingham. He recently organized a symposium of the
Architectural Construction Research Group on ‘Systems & Design’ (a
project in collaboration with Nottingham Trent University, University
of Lincoln and Architecture Week 2004).
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Dr. Luiz Velho is a researcher at the Instituto de Matematica Pura e
Aplicada in Rio de Janeiro. His experience in computer graphics spans
the fields of modelling, rendering, imaging and animation. During 1982
he was a visiting researcher at the National Film Board of Canada.
From 1985 to 1987 he was a Systems Engineer at the Fantastic
Animation Machine in New York, where he developed the company's
3D visualization system. From 1987 to 1991 he was a Principal
Engineer at Globo TV Network in Brazil, where he created special
effects and visual simulation systems. In 1994 he was a visiting
professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New
York University. He has published extensively in conferences and
journals of the area. He is the author of several books and has taught
many courses on graphics-related topics.