Employment Bio
Terrance Graven has been working in the film, television, and advertising industry for the past 28 years as a production designer, art director, project manager, set builder, prop master, model maker, and fabricator. His specialization is building miniatures and he especially loves working on stop-motion animation projects. He is proficient with most power tools and machinery and prides himself on being very organized and self-reliant.
He also has acted as an exhibition designer, curator, and art preparator at various institutions such as the de Young Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, SFMOMA, Southern Exposure Gallery, and others. He has been an artist assistant for Jim Campbell, Maud Cotter, Philip Ross, Christine Remy, Scott Tsuchitani, Honey McMoney, and Andy Vogt.
He has taught and lectured at San Francisco State University, Stanford University, U.C. Berkeley, Jon Sims Center for the Arts, Yugen Theater, Harvey Milk Institute, and the de Young Museum, on such classes as:
• Production Design & Art Direction
• Special FX and Fabrication for Film
• Organize Your Art Practice
• Stage Management
• Performance Art
• Public Art as Interventions
• Life Casting: Body Molds
• Safety: Power Tools, Mediums, and Materials
Additionally, he has a long history of acting as a stage manager, set designer, and art director for local theaters such as On Broadway, American Music Hall, ODC, The Randall Museum, and the Herbst Theater.
In what seems like another lifetime, he used to be a fashion model for runway, catalog, and editorial. He was also a veterinary technician for 3 years and still fondly remembers two of his beloved patients, Mr. Bojangles the cat and Jazz the German Shepherd.
He also has acted as an exhibition designer, curator, and art preparator at various institutions such as the de Young Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, SFMOMA, Southern Exposure Gallery, and others. He has been an artist assistant for Jim Campbell, Maud Cotter, Philip Ross, Christine Remy, Scott Tsuchitani, Honey McMoney, and Andy Vogt.
He has taught and lectured at San Francisco State University, Stanford University, U.C. Berkeley, Jon Sims Center for the Arts, Yugen Theater, Harvey Milk Institute, and the de Young Museum, on such classes as:
• Production Design & Art Direction
• Special FX and Fabrication for Film
• Organize Your Art Practice
• Stage Management
• Performance Art
• Public Art as Interventions
• Life Casting: Body Molds
• Safety: Power Tools, Mediums, and Materials
Additionally, he has a long history of acting as a stage manager, set designer, and art director for local theaters such as On Broadway, American Music Hall, ODC, The Randall Museum, and the Herbst Theater.
In what seems like another lifetime, he used to be a fashion model for runway, catalog, and editorial. He was also a veterinary technician for 3 years and still fondly remembers two of his beloved patients, Mr. Bojangles the cat and Jazz the German Shepherd.
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Professional Skills
SKILLS
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COMPUTER
Google SketchUp Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Word Excel PowerPoint Premiere iMovie Ableton Live |
POWER TOOLS
WELDING
Oxy-acetylene welding Mig welding Stick welding Brass welding Soldering |
OTHER EQUIPMENT
Cherry picker Scissor lift Forklift Overhead crane Box truck 26-foot truck PAINTING
Faux finishes Aging techniques Airbrush Spray gun Hudson sprayer Airless paint sprayer Acrylic, latex, oil, enamel, watercolor, goache, spray paint Gold leafing & metal leafing Woodstaining Wallpapering |
HANDICRAFTS
Textiles:
Appliqué Braiding & plaiting Cross-stitch Crochet Embroidery Fabric manipulation Felting Knitting Lace-making Macramé Needlepoint Quilting Sewing Hand sewing Machine sewing Pattern-making Tassel making Tatting Weaving |
Paper:
Assemblage Book binding Collage Embossing Origami Paper making Papier-mâché Pop-up books Printmaking Quilling Rubber & wood stamping Scherenschnitte (paper-cutting) Other: Bead work Doll making & BJD Jewelry design Stone carving Victorian hairwork Wood carving |
Art Bio
www.terrancegraven.com
Terrance Graven was the co-founder and artistic co-director for COLLAPSINGsilence Performance Troupe for thirteen years. C.s. was influenced by Butoh and other movement-based performance art. They collaborated with live musicians such as Sharkbait, Hollow Earth, Haunted by Waters, and Mandible Chatter.
Now as a solo artist, he creates installations incorporating sculptural elements, live performance, costumes, sound, photography, and theatrical lighting. He works with themes about the fragility of the body and the frailty of life. This committed exploration on these topics often makes him very apprehensive, but is the core and strength of his creative process.
While creating and performing, he explores his anxieties about mortality and the precarious experience of living in a body made of flesh and bone. He is fearful of trauma and distress in the body and therefore often finds himself deconstructing and investigating the human anatomy.
Last, it is his intention to create a stimulating forum wherein viewers may freely explore their feelings about mortality, loss, and their relationship to their bodies. His goal is not to appease and comfort, but rather to agitate and illuminate places that are usually left unexplored.
The mediums he likes to use are bread, blood, mold and bacterial cultures, salt, spoiled milk, medical tubing, fingernails, brightly-colored cough syrups, thick medicinal ointments, gold, cremation ashes, and dead flies.
He has exhibited widely including shows at:
Terrance Graven was the co-founder and artistic co-director for COLLAPSINGsilence Performance Troupe for thirteen years. C.s. was influenced by Butoh and other movement-based performance art. They collaborated with live musicians such as Sharkbait, Hollow Earth, Haunted by Waters, and Mandible Chatter.
Now as a solo artist, he creates installations incorporating sculptural elements, live performance, costumes, sound, photography, and theatrical lighting. He works with themes about the fragility of the body and the frailty of life. This committed exploration on these topics often makes him very apprehensive, but is the core and strength of his creative process.
While creating and performing, he explores his anxieties about mortality and the precarious experience of living in a body made of flesh and bone. He is fearful of trauma and distress in the body and therefore often finds himself deconstructing and investigating the human anatomy.
Last, it is his intention to create a stimulating forum wherein viewers may freely explore their feelings about mortality, loss, and their relationship to their bodies. His goal is not to appease and comfort, but rather to agitate and illuminate places that are usually left unexplored.
The mediums he likes to use are bread, blood, mold and bacterial cultures, salt, spoiled milk, medical tubing, fingernails, brightly-colored cough syrups, thick medicinal ointments, gold, cremation ashes, and dead flies.
He has exhibited widely including shows at:
- David Cunningham Projects Gallery
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- De Young Museum
- Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
- 111 Minna
- Shoshana Wayne Gallery
- International Performance Art Festival
- and others
Music Bio
In the '80s, Terrance Graven was responsible for co-founding and DJ-ing at an alternative club in the Midwest called, "The Martyr." He was also in two unknown bands "Only Seven Remain" and "Dis Jaw." He controlled percussion, sound samples, vocals, and final mixing.
He is the co-founder and original DJ of the San Francisco club whorePOD, where a very wide array of music was played. He currently DJ's at a variety of venues under the name DJ TEMPVS.
Although his tastes in music are quite varied, he especially loves Dark Ambient and Electronic music.
He is the co-founder and original DJ of the San Francisco club whorePOD, where a very wide array of music was played. He currently DJ's at a variety of venues under the name DJ TEMPVS.
Although his tastes in music are quite varied, he especially loves Dark Ambient and Electronic music.