Bio

	Asst Prof Galina Mihaleva Assistant Professor School of Art, Design and Media College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences Email: GMIHALEVA@NTU.EDU.SG Phone: (+65)6316 8728 Office: ART 4-29
Education
PhD National Academy of Art 2014 MA National Academy of Art 1993 BA School of Applied Arts 1982
Biography
Owner/Couture Designer Galina Couture Boutique, Scottsdale, Arizona 2007-Present ● Managed boutique offering comprehensive services in image-consulting and design ● Produced runway fashion shows and private showings Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 1999-Present Costume Shop Coordinator, School of Dance ● Created and consulted costumes for dance concerts, including costumes for renowned visiting artists ● Oversaw shop operations and coordinated production schedule and resource allocation ● Taught courses about costume design, production, and theory Phoenix College, Phoenix, Arizona 1998-Present Adjunct Faculty, Fashion Design Program ● Taught fashion design courses consulted students on individual projects
Research Interests
As for professional practice,she has been designing Couture Collections and accessories under the label ”GALINA COUTURE”.(www.galinacouture.com) Her resent intrests and explorations are in the area of Fashionable Technology,which refers to the intersection of design, fashion, science, and technology. Kinetic Dress, Scottsdale, Arizona 2011-Present ● Original costumes made in collaboration with dance and technology specialist Jessica Rajko ● Workshop, Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association convention in 2012 Telematic Dress, Tempe, Arizona 2008-Present ● Costume that enables dancers to perform together when they are in different locations ● Collaboration with Nottingham-Trent University (United Kingdom) and Arizona State University Motionᵉ, Tempe, Arizona 2004-2005 ● Costumes with embedded sensors that affected the light and sound of a dance concert Sensory Chameleon Bodysuit, Tempe, Arizona 2004 ● Smart Second Skin clothing designs with the Biodesign Institute’s Center for Applied Nanobioscience at Arizona State University and the Sensory Design & Technology of Cambridge, England ● Presentation at Wired Magazine’s NextFest in San Francisco, California in 2004 Paper Interiors: a dance exploration or real and virtual dimension, Tempe, Arizona 2002 ● Costumes for a 3D multimedia-based dance performance by choreographer Jennifer Tsukayama ● Performance at the American College Dance Festival at Arizona State University
Current Projects
New Applications in Health, Fashion and Performance Using Wearable Technology and Traditional Textile Techniques in Southeast Asia Singapore’s DNA: Storytelling of Singapore History through Clothing and Textiles
Selected Publications
Lisa Onaga. (2017, June). Manufacturing the ‘ordinary’: The textiles of Amami Ōshima as means of inquiry into the intersections of science, history, and design,” 20-21 June 2017.. Paper presented at ADM Symposium 2017: Innovation, Biodesign, Culture, and Technology, NTU, Singapore. Galina Mihaleva. (2012). Creative Applications of Smart Technologies for Wellness, Fashion Design, and Dance. The Textile Institute ConferenceSha Alahm.Malaysia.