Professional Credits |
PROFESSIONAL RESUME OF CREDITS
OF JEFF BERKELEY, M.S.
dba LIFESMITH CLASSIC FRACTALS and LIFESMITH ENTERPRISES
1985 - 2017 Owner/Fractalier Lifesmith Enterprises, Lifesmith Classic Fractals
Programmed, produced, exhibited, marketed
and sold fractal art images and
image products to various commercial, governmental, and private customers
and agencies
Fractal image products sold successfully
in every major retail chain in the
United States, 1992-2017; retail dollar volume exceeded $15 million nationally
Images featured as a new line of 1992 back-to-school
notebooks, folders,
book covers and notepads for Stuart Hall Co., Inc. of Kansas City, Missouri
-
twelve images used
Images featured as an enhanced line of 1993,
1994, 1995, and 1996 back-to-school
products, including notebooks, binders, portfolios, notepads and bookcovers
for Stuart Hall Co., Inc. of Kansas City - at least forty images used
Images featured as a brand new line of 1999
and 2000 office products, calendars,
and posters for the At-A-Glance Corp., of Indianapolis, IN
Chosen as fractal artist for annual fractal
art calendar for 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995,
1998, and 1999 published by Amber Lotus of Oakland, CA; their best seller five
years in a row
Chosen as fractal artist for fractal art
calendar for 1996 published by Landmark
General Corporation of Novato, CA
Chosen as fractal artist for fractal art
calendar for 1996 published by Avalanche
Publishing of Carson, CA
Chosen as fractal artist for two fractal
art calendars for 1997 published by Daydream
Publishing of Indianapolis, IN
Chosen as fractal artist for fractal art
calendar for 1999 published by Scandecor of
Uppsala, Sweden
Chosen as fractal artist for fractal art
calendar for 2002 published by Trends, Intl.
of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Chosen as fractal artist for fractal art
calendar for 2003 published by Trends, Intl.
of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Produced a set of six fractal greeting cards through Amber Lotus, 1992
Authored first-ever coffee table art book
of fractal imagery, Fractal Cosmos:
The Art of Mathematical Design, which debuted at the Los Angeles ABA
Show
in fall 1994, also published by Amber Lotus; largest collection of fractal art
published in the world
Represented in Europe, Asia, and Africa by Science Photo Library of London, England
Exhibited at October 1990 Los Angeles Art Show "Artexpo" at the LA Convention Center
Exhibited at the May 1995 Whole Life Expo at Pasadena Convention Center
Exhibited at the July 1995 Los Angeles Gift Show at LA Convention Center
Exhibited at the October 1995 Whole Planet Expo at the Del Mar, CA Fairgrounds
Exhibited at the June 1996 LIMA Licensing
'96 Show at the Jacobs Javits Center
in New York
Exhibited at the June 1997 LIMA Licensing
'97 Show at the Jacobs Javits Center
in New York
Exhibited at the June 1998 LIMA Licensing
'98 Show at the Jacobs Javits Center
in New York
Exhibited at the June 1999 LIMA Licensing
'99 Show at the Jacobs Javits Center
in New York
Exhibited at the June 2000 LIMA Licensing
'00 Show at the Jacobs Javits Center
in New York
Gave numerous fractal mathematics/computer
graphic art seminars during graduate
work at CSU Northridge (1988-90); graduated May 1990 with master of science
in physics
Images appeared on the covers of magazines
such as Science of Mind (twice),
American Film & Video's Sightlines, Contemporary Nephrology, Direct Marketing,
Magical Blend (twice), The Economist, The Wesleyan, Challenge (four issues)
and
Mission College schedule of classes, many Asian and European publications via
our
agents with others in the works
Images appeared on the cover of books such
as LAN Tutorial, The Power of
Commitment, Looking In, Seeing Out, Experiments in Computing (Pascal),
Experiments in Computing (C), Experiments in Computing (Turbo Pascal), Modern
Psychology, Modern Geometries, Leadership and the New Science, The Second
Media Age, Advanced Algebra and Tales of the Strange and Mysterious for publishers
Miller-Freeman (San Francisco), Kirchoff/ Wohlberg (New York), Polity Press
(London),
Brooks-Cole (Pacific Grove, CA), Berrett-Koehler (San Francisco), Quest Books,
W.W.
Norton (New York), Addison- Wesley (San Francisco) and Theosophical Publishing
House (Wheaton, IL) and others with others in the works
Image used as the cover of the Perry Hall High School Yearbook 1995, Baltimore, MD
Image used as the cover of the Peaster High School Yearbook 1997, Peaster, TX
Images appeared on the covers of a set of
six European dance albums produced
by Profile Records, New York, NY, 1992
Exhibited at Name That Toon, a multimedia
art gallery in W. Hollywood, California
featuring animation, computer graphics, and virtual reality, 1992-95
Images used for three Challenge Series jigsaw
puzzles published by F. X. Schmid,
USA of New Hampshire, 1992, 1994, and 1997
Image used for jigsaw puzzle published by Nordevco of Boston, MA, 1994
Image used for jigsaw puzzle for Museum Puzzle line for Galison Books (New York), 1994
Image used for jigsaw puzzle for Great American Puzzle Factory, 1997
Images used for three new jigsaw puzzles
manufactured by Starline Inc.,
New York, 1998
Images used for three hardwood plaques and
sticker line by Starline Inc.,
New York, 1998
Image used for one 24" x 36" color
poster published by American Arts &
Graphics, WA, 1994
Images used for three 24" x 36"
color posters published by Daydream
Publishing, 1994-7
Images used for seven 24" x 36"
color posters published by Scorpio Posters,
Brooklyn, NY, 1995-97
Images used for three 24" x 36"
color posters published by Devastar,
Fairfield, IA, 1996
Images used for eight 27" x 39"
color posters and personal diaries published
by Scandecor, Sweden, 1997-9
Images used for three 24" x 36"
color posters and related items published by
Starline Inc., New York, 1997
Images used for three 24" x 36"
color posters published by Starmakers Rising,
Boca Raton, 1997-2001
Images used for two 24" x 36" color
poster published by Trends International
of Canada, 1998-9
Images used for a 24" x 36" color poster published by Aquarius of Canada, 2000
Images used for an 18" x 24" color
poster published by Scandecor, Germany,
1997, to be sold exclusively in IKEA stores
Images used for a premium line of silk neckwear,
"Fracties," produced by the
Brookville Corporation, Hempstead, NY, 1995; twenty-four images used,
sixty-three different ties produced
Image used for a premium nylon umbrella by Shaw Creations, Edison, NJ 1997
Images used for twelve 9" x 12"
mini posters and a set of matching greeting
cards produced by DevaStar, Fairfield, IA, 1995
Images used for nationally marketed line
of fractal image T-shirts from
DevaStar, 1996
Images used for Japan-marketed line of fractal
image T-shirts from Nishizawa,
USA, 1999
Images used for nationally marketed line
of fractal image mousepads and
neoprene CD covers manufactured by Mousepad Concepts, Columbus, OH 1996
Images used for a nationally marketed line
of acrylic gift magnets from
Morris Magnets, Seattle, WA 1996
Published set of seventy "pogs" through Gentle Giant of San Diego, CA, 1994
Special ordered series of fractal images
produced for PS Productions' video
presentation for SF bay area high-tech firm, 1993
Special ordered image appeared on 1994 catalog
cover and promotional poster
for the Biomeda Corporation of Foster City, CA
Self-published poster, greeting cards, postcards,
transfers and catalogs for
general public consumption, 1990 and 1993
Produced first set of laminated fractal placemats
for public consumption,
12" x 20", 1995
Produced first set of laminated fractal bookmarks
for public consumption,
2" x 8", 1995
Images used in film version of Carl Sagan's
"Cosmos," Burbank Studios,
Burbank, CA, 1996
Poster used as set dressing in Universal Pictures "Nutty Professor," 1996
Poster to be used as set dressing in 20th Century Fox' "Dead Drop," 1996
Commissioned to do animated fractal video
for musical artist Thomas King
produced for MTV in late 1997
Produced first video catalog of 1001 fractal images anywhere, 1994
Fractal website "www.lifesmith.com" debuted in mid-1997