Gerald Hushak

Gerald Hushlak

B.Ed., M.A.RCA

Contact information

Web presence

Phone number

Office: +1 (403) 220-3980

Location

Office: AB726

Background

Educational Background

Bachelor of Education Other Fine & Applied Arts, University of Calgary, 1966

M.A.RCA Other Fine & Applied Arts, Royal College of Art, 1974

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Research

Areas of Research

Painting and Evolutionary Computer Drawings

I work in the following areas:

  • large paintings
  • large computer drawings printed on archival paper and multi-image lenticular plastic surfaces
  • robotics carving

Courses

Course number Course title Semester
All levels of Painting
ART 401 Studies in Contemporary International Art

Awards

  • During my career I have received in excess of half a million dollars from the Canada Council, SSHRC and the AFA, 2018

Publications

  • Reclaiming the Image: The Cross Breeding Project. Jennifer Eiserman, Gerald Hushlak. The International Journal of Visual Design, Volume 7, Issue 3. (2014)
  • Customizing Urban Pattern through an Agent-Based Approach. , Salman Khalili Araghi (Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada), Afshin Esmaeili (Faculty of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada), Gerald Hushlak (Department of Art, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada) and Anna Hushlak (School of Geography and Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK). , International Journal of Swarm Intelligence Research (IJSIR), Volume 5, Issue 4. (2014)
  • Something from Nothing: How Digital Art Recreates the Image. Jennifer Eiserman, Gerald Hushlak. The International Journal of the Image, Volume 3, Issue 3. (2013)
  • Keeping Interactive Art Interactive. Jennifer Eiserman, Gerald Hushlak. International Journal of the Inclusive Musuem, Volume 6, Issue 2. (2013)
  • BreederArt: Using Symmetry in Digital Design. Jennifer Eiserman and Gerald Hushlak. The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society, Volume 8, Issue 6. (2011)
  • Recursive Transformation of Digital Images into Landscape Patterns and 3-D Sculpture. Salman Khalili Araghi, Gerald Hushlak, Anna Hushlak. The International Journal of the Image. (2015)
  • SwarmArt: Interactive Art from Swarm Intelligence . Leonardo, Volume 40, Issue 3. (2007)
  • Recursive Transformation of Digital Images into Landscape Pattern and 3-D Sculpture. Salman Khalili, Oksana Kryzhanivska, Gerald Hushlak and Anna Hushlak. 5th International Conference on the Image, Berlin, Germany. (2014)
  • Generative Design versus Image Breeding: Evolutionary. Fourth International Conference on the Image (virtual presentation), Chicago. (2013)
  • Touching Digital Art: Interactive Haptic Mixed Reality Sculptures. Oksana Kryzhanivska, Gerald Hushlak, Jeff Boyd. ICME'13, San Jose, California. (2013)
  • The Artist as Creator and Practitioner of Theory. Jennifer Eiserman and Gerald Hushlak. 8th International Conference on the Arts in Society, Budapest, Hungary. (2013)
  • Watching Clouds: Observing the Shifting Nature of Digital Photography. Jennifer Eiserman and Gerald Hushlak. Second International Conference on the Image. (2013)