Upside-down Elephants
Resume / Drawings / Photography / Video


VIJAY SEKHON
141-45, 79th Ave, Apt.#1-C,
Flushing, New York 11367
sekhonv@yahoo.com
917-470-7948

Education:

Masters of Professional Studies, May 2004
Interactive Telecommunications Program
Tisch School of Arts, New York University, New York, NY
Deborah & Ducan Scholarship 2003

Masters of Fine Arts, May 2001
Faculty of Fine Arts
Maharaj Sayajirao University, Baroda, India
Nasreen Mohammadi Scholarship 2001

Bachelors of Fine Arts, May 1999
Faculty of Fine Arts
Maharaj Sayajirao University, Baroda, India
Hansa Mehta Gold Medal 1999

Other Courses:

Short Term Course in Essay Writing June 2005
New School University, New York, NY.

Music
Graduated In Indian Classical Music from Gandharva Vidhyalay in 'Hindustani Vocal', Tabla and Harmonium 1996

Technical Skills:

Graphics: Macromedia Flash MX, Adobe Photoshop CS, Adobe Illustrator 10.0, Adobe Acrobat. 3D Studio Max.
Multimedia: Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premier, Pro tools, Adobe Aftereffects.
Operating System: Windows 95, 98, 2000, XP, Mac OS.
Languages: Fluent in English, Hindi, Punjabi, Gujarati.

Work Experience:

Merchant And Ivory Foundation, New York, NY (Jan 5/04 to 5/06)

Merchant Ivory Productions, New York, NY (5/04 - present)
  Role: Producer/Director
  • Director/Editor for Behind the Scene Documentary of the feature film 'The City of Your Final Destination' (2006 - 2007)
  • Executive Producer for documentary by Meera Jaffrey 'Fine Rain: Politics and Folk Songs in China." (2006)

    • Role: Editor
  • Assistant Editor for the feature film 'The White Countess' and 'The City of Your Final Destination'. (2005 - 2007).

    Role: Director of Programming
  • Producing Documentary on Chinese Folk Song during Cultural Revolution (2006)
  • Selecting Projects for yearly Grant, maintaining strict quality control in adherence with Merchant Ivory Production's own prolific track record.
  • Organizing Fund Raiser Every Summer to raise the Grant Amount.
  • Maintaining everyday Correspondence with potential Grant Seekers and Foundation.
  • Designing and Maintaining the Merchant And Ivory Foundation Website.
  • Designing and Providing all Multimedia Solutions for the Foundation Events.
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    Centre For Advanced Digital Applications,NYU, New York, NY (9/03 - 5/04)
      Role: Lab Assistant
  • Technical troubleshooting for 3D effects workstations.
  • Maintained Windows/MAC OS networking/security.
  • General support in high-end digital facility.
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    Information Technology Service NYU, New York, NY (9/02 - 5/03)
      Role: Front Desk Assistant
  • Served as Liason between students and technical staff.
  • Technical support for hardware and software related issues

    • Website Host / Concept Designer for a well known Indian Artist 'Bharati Kapadia'
     
  • www.bharatikapadia.com. (5/02 - 6/02)
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    Independent Projects/Exhibitions:

    Producing and Directing 14 Part TV Series 'Life Beyond Borders' based on Stories of Indian Immigrants In America (June 2005 - Present)

    Group Exhibition with Long Island City Artists at CitiCorp Headquarters, New York, NY (June 2006)

    "Do you hear me now?" Thesis Project, NYU (May 2004)
    A Sound performance using sound bites from collected interviews.
    The thesis aimed at finding and bringing out the commonalities between students growing up and coming from diverse backgrounds.

    "City within a City" Video documentary on city of Ahmedabad, India. (July 2003 - present)
    An ongoing project of drawing a video portrait of the city of Ahmedabad.

    'Footsteps in the Silence' Sound Performance at Asian American Arts Centre New York, New York (June 2003)

    Youngest Artist to be selected for Annual Harmony Show at Nehru Centre, Mumbai, India (1999, 2000, 2001)

    Group Exhibition of Paintings at Jehangir Art gallery, Mumbai, India (Sept 2000)