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Current Position  
2017—Present  Ohio University, Athens, OH Associate Professor of Graphic Design School of Art + Design  
Previous Positions  
2022 – 2023  Ohio University, Athens, OH Associate Professor of Graphic Design Division Coordinator of Graphic Design School of Art + Design  
2017 – 2021  Ohio University, Athens, OH Associate Professor of Graphic Design Chair of Graphic Design School of Art + Design  
2014 – 2017  Ohio University, Athens, OH Assistant Professor of Graphic Design Chair of Graphic Design School of Art + Design  
2009 – 2014  Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL Associate Professor of Film, Video, and New Media School of Communication and Multimedia Studies  
Education  
2007 – 2009  Master of Fine Arts The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Art and Technology Studies  
2005 – 2007  Master of Arts Ball State University, Muncie, IN Electronic Art and Animation  
2001 – 2005  Bachelor of Arts Taylor University, Upland, IN Major: Literature, Minor: Studio Art  
Solo and Small Group Exhibitions  
2020Noise Show 4 (Solo Perfomance) Online / International  
2020Noise Show 3 (Solo Performance) Online / International  
2020Noise Show 2 (Solo Performance) Arts West, Athens OH  
2019Symbol + Symmetry 171 Cedar Arts Center, Corning, NY With collaborator Brad Lewter, Jason Harrington  
2018Black Sun Prism: Audiovisual Performance Farm of Wolves, Hygiene, CO Solo Performance (grant funded) With collaborator Steve Jones  
2015Sydney Non-Objective Sound Program SNO gallery, Sydney, Australia With Rolande Souliere and Grant Petrey  
2015Cut Ups Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa Solo Performance  
2014Arts and Algorithms 2 Hardware Gallery, Titusville, FL With Nathan Selikoff and David Montgomery  
2014Synecdoche: Parts for the Whole Media Archeology Lab, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO Solo Performance  
2013Arts and Algorithms Hardware Gallery, Titusville, FL With Nathan Selikoff and David Montgomery  
2013PhxArtcade In conjunction with The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Art of Video Games, Steele Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ With Theresa Devine and collaborator Shane Mecklenburger.  
2013Magic Mansion Offline Tritriangle, Chicago, IL With collaborator Shane Mecklenburger  
2012SLSA 2012 Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Conference, Milwaukee, WI Collaborative Performance With collaborators Amy Letter and Bradley Lewter  
2011Slippage Gallery 1111, Dallas, TX With Alfredo Salazar – Caro, and collaborator Shane Mecklenburger  
2011Subtitles Threewalls Gallery, Chicago,IL With James Payne and VIDEONERO  
2009Live at Transistor Studios, Transistor Studios, Chicago, IL With Kiwon Choi, Mirror Phases, and collaborator Max Alexander  
Juried National / International Exhibitions  
2023  BIDEODROMO International Experimental Film and Video Festival Bilbao, Spain  
2023The West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival Creative Arts Center, Morgantown, WV  
202217th Biennial Symposium for Arts and Technology Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology  
2022Out of Bounds Film Festival Via Molfettesi d’Argentina, Molfetta, Italy Best Animated Short  
2022ANNY: Animation Nights New York New York, NY  
2022Valencia Indie Film Festival • VALÈIFF Artea Espai
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2022Sea of Art Odeon Kino Stavanger, Norway Best Animation  
2022MicroActs Hotel Elephant, London, England  
2022Stockholm City Festival, Stockholm, Sweden Röda Korsets Folkhögskola, Stockholm, Sweden  
2022Golden Short Film Festival Piazza della Repubblica, Avezzano, Italy  
2022World Film Carnival Singapore Best Animated Film  
2022Concepción Independent Film Awards Centro Artístico Cultural de Concepción, Concepción, Chile  
2022Tokyo Film Awards Cinema Rosa, Tokyo Japan Best Animation  
2021Frostbite Indie Festival Colorado Springs, CO Best Animated Short  
2021Guttercast Online  
2020Adjusting the Lens: Fest! Unrequited Leisure Gallery Nashville, Tennessee  
2020North Dakota Human Rights Festival Best Experimental Film Award Online  
2020Montreal International Animation Festival Online  
2020Oregon Independent Film Festival Best Experimental Film Award Online  
2020Seattle True Independent Film Festival Online  
2020The Fine Arts Film Festival Venice Institute of Contemporary Art (VICA), Venice, CA  
2020UPIKE Film and Media Arts Festival University of Pikeville, Pikeville, KY  
2019  Filmfort Treefort Music Festival, Boise, ID  
2019Athens Animfest Oikia Theotokopoulou, City of Athens, Greece  
2019  Solaris Film Festival Hotel Campanille Nice Acropolis, Nice, France  
2019  Social Short Film Awards Barreiro Film Society, Barreiro, Portugal  
2019  Woodbury Film Festival Creative Guild Studio, Salt Lake City, UT  
2019  Film Fest 52 Bethel Cinema, Bethel, CT  
2019Short Sounds Film Festival PDSW (Pavilion Dance South West), Bournemouth, England  
2019North Dakota Human Rights Festival Traveling Exhibition Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND Bismarck Downtown Artist Cooperative, Bismarck, ND High Plains Fair Housing Center, Grand Forks, ND  
2018FL3TCH3R Exhibit Jack Shrader Award, Larry Millard and Cheryl Goldsleger exhibit jurors Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN  
2018Techne Arthaus Projects, Williamsport, PA  
2017California Underground Film Festival Al Mulino, Westlake Village, CA  
2017Palermo International Short Film Festival City of Palermo, Sicily, Italy  
2017Somerville International Film Festival Somerville Theater, Somerville, MA  
2017Experimental, Dance and Music Film Festival Carlton Cinemas, Toronto, Canada  
2017Sydney World Film Festival Sydney, Australia  
2017Martinique Film Festival
Online Screening  
2017Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival Online Screening  
2016Experimental Forum Los Angeles, CA  
2016Seattle Transmedia and Independent Film Festival Factory Luxe Transmedia Gallery, Seattle, WA  
2016Montreal International Animation Festival Montreal, Canada  
2016It Figures: The Body in Art ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL  
2016What Happens When… Powrplnt Digital Arts Collaboratory, Brooklyn, NY  
2016Echofluxx 16 International Film Festival Paralelni Polis, Prague, Czech Republic  
2016Filmideo 2016 Index Art Center and Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey.  
201612th Annual Athens Digital Arts Festival Official Animation Selection, Athens, Greece  
2016Dada Lives! University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH  
2016Los Angeles Cinefest Official Selection, Los Angeles, CA  
2016Delete TV International Video Art Screening Melbourne, Australia  
201643rd Athens International Film and Video Festival Athena Cinema,Athens, OH  
2016CologneOFF 2016: Video Art in a Global Context 4th Annual Art and Animation Festival, Shillong, India  
2015Chrysalis Lens: A Brief Survey of Contemporary Video Art Klaus Center for the Arts, Marymount California University Rancho Palos Verdes, California.  
2015Tech + Art Exhibit 117 Gallery, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI  
2015Incubarte Festival Internacional de Arte 7 La Llotgeta- Aula de cultura, Valencia, Spain  
2015Currents 2015: International New Media Festival El Museo Cultural, Santa Fe, NM  
2015Blank Arcade: Games out of Joint Leuphana Centre for Digital Cultures, Luneburg, Germany  
2015Visual Alchemy Fountain Street Art Gallery, Framingham, MA  
2014Incite Insight The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO  
2014IDEAS_14 International Digital Media & Arts Association Exhibition, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT  
2014Game Show: An Immersive Art Experience The Projects gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, FL  
2010Border Art Biennial El Paso Art Museum, El Paso, TX  
2010Pixelerations Firehouse 13 Gallery, In Cooperation With Rhode Island School of Design and Brown University, Providence, RI  
2010Shortsnonstop CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival, Internet Distribution  
2010  Bagasbas Beach International Eco Arts Festival Makati City, Philippines  
2009Defective: Debugging Media Myths Nightingale Theater, Chicago, IL  
2009King Ludd’s Midway Arcade Version Fest 09 Experimental Station, Chicago, IL  
2008Looptopia Depaul University, Chicago, IL  
2008HollyShorts Film Festival Hollywood, CA  
2008International 18! Video Festival, Bochum, Germany  
Invitational National / International Exhibitions  
2014Musicians’ Forum: AIGA Centennial Celebration of Music and Design in conjunction with the New World Symphony New World Center, Miami, FL  
2012Digital Graffiti Festival Alys Beach, FL  
2012Mischief Night Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL  
2011Interfaces Jennifer Norback Gallery, Chicago, IL  
2009Two Can Play At That Game: A Festival of Duos Fishbowl Gallery, Chicago, IL  
2009Around The Coyote Emerging Arts Festival Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL  
2009(Re)load Antenna art gallery,  Chicago, IL  
2008Link City Chicago Collaboration with Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky) Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago, IL  
2007Subliminal Strings: Link City Collaboration with Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky) The Chicago History Museum, Chicago, IL  
2007David Letterman Communication and Media Building Opening Ceremony Ball State University, Muncie, IN  
2007Private Reception For Ball State University Administration Mitchell Place Studios, Muncie, IN  
2006Fairmount Indiana And The Life Of James Byron Dean Fairmount Historical Museum, Fairmount, IN  
Regional Group Exhibitions  
2019  Faculty Biennial Kennedy Museum of Art, Athens, OH  
2016  Faculty Biennial Kennedy Museum of Art, Athens, OH  
2014New Faculty Exhibition Trisolini Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, OH  
2013Biennial Faculty Art Exhibition Schmidt Center Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL  
2011Biennial Faculty Art Exhibition Ritter Art Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL  
201010 X 10 Lake Worth Storage, Lake Worth, FL  
2009Biennial Faculty Art Exhibition Ritter Art Gallery. Boca Raton, FL  
2009Screaming and Listening Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL  
2006Master of Arts Exhibition Ball State University Atrium Gallery, Muncie, IN  
2006Institute for Digital Intermedia Art and Animation Exhibition Mitchell Place Studios, Muncie, IN  
2006Digital Exchange Showcase, presented by The Center For Media Design, Ball State University  
2006Ball State University 71st Annual Student Art Exhibition First Place Electronic Art David Owsley Museum of Art, Ball State University, Muncie IN  
2006Frog Baby Film Festival Best Experimental Ball State University, Muncie, IN  
2006Minnetrista Cultural Center Exhibition Muncie, IN  
2005Kitsch Awarded Superior Taylor University, Upland, IN  
2005Mitchell Art Exhibition Two Zondervan Library Purchase Awards Taylor University, Upland, IN  
Artist in Residence  
2015Media Archaeology Lab University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO  
2014Media Archaeology Lab University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO  
Publications and Media  
2022The City and the Hospital: The Paradox of Medically Overserved Communities University of Chicago Press Château Hough Vineyards and Winery Image  
2019  Mark Franz’s When We Were Free The Human Family https://www.human-family.org/2019/01/18/mark-franzs-when-we-were-free/  
2018  FL3TCH3R Exhibit Catalog Catalog of Social and Politically Engaged Art  
2016Artilucation Art Review 10th Edition, Zelda Deforested featured  
2016MetaDada: The International Journal of Dada Mining 1st Edition, “The Pig” Audio Excerpt  
2016Art2Code: (Tangible) Manifestations of Code College of Art Association publication  
2016Athens Digital Arts Festival Catalog  
2015Provost’s Undergraduate Research Fund provides $56,218 for student projects, Ohio University News  
2015CREATE_space receives 1804 Fund grant money for upgrade Ohio University Compass  
2015Blank Arcade: Games Out of Joint Exhibition Catalog 2015  
2015Currents 2015: International New Media Festival Catalog  
2014Synecdoche: Parts for the Whole, Media Archaeology Lab Article www.mediaarchaeologylab.com  
2014Musicians’ Forum: AIGA Centennial Celebration of Music and Design Florida Atlantic University News  
2014Strangest Thing: An Introduction to Electronic Art Through the Teaching of Jacques Lacan, by David Bard-Schwarz. London: Routledge. Friendly Fire featured.  
2013Digital Art Festival in Full Swing in Titusville. Space Coast Daily. October 10th  
2011LiveBox Making Mischief this October in Chicago and Toronto! LiveBox News.  
2010Art Games Studies Resource. Jon Cates. Friendly Fire  
Presentations  
2020UPIKE Film Festival Filmmaker Panel Online / International  
2019  Kennedy Museum of Art Gallery Talk Kennedy Museum of Art, Athens, OH  
2018Arduino Expo Ohio University, Athens, OH  
2015Arduino Expo Ohio University, Athens, OH  
2015Myron “Mike” Martin Lecturer in the Arts and Humanities Drake University, Des Moines, IA  
2013Symposium Participant Moderated by Ben Noel, University of Central Florida Art and Algorithms, Titusville, FL  
2013Motion and Interaction Design: History and Techniques Art and Algorithms, Titusville, FL  
2011Understanding Visual Music 2011 Paper Title: “Composition and Improvisation in Time-Based Visual Performance.” Concordia University, Montreal, QC Canada  
2010Parallel with Abstraction: Developmental Sound and Animation Colloquium, Fall 2010 Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL  
2006Guest Artist Presentation David Owsley Museum of Art, Ball State University, Muncie IN  
2006Guest Artist Presentation Taylor University, Upland, IN  
Grants and Awards  
2022Best Animation Sea of Art  
2022Best Animated Short Out of Bounds Film Festival  
2022Best Animation Tokyo Film Awards  
2022Best Animated Film World Film Carnival  
2021Best Animated Short Film Frostbite International Indie Fest  
2020Best Experimental Film Award North Dakota Human Rights Festival  
2020Best Experimental Film Award Oregon Independent Film Festival  
2019  Webflow Education Grant: Funded Web Design Software for the instruction of Graphic Design at Ohio University. $4,425 equivalent value.  
2018  Jack Shrader Award Award for Social and Politically Engaged Art Larry Millard and Cheryl Goldsleger jurors  
2018COFA Faculty Research Award  
2017Mishawaka Amphitheatre Award, Bellevue, CO Received award in the amount of $850  
2016COFA Good Ideas Curricular Grant Received award in the amount of $25,677  
2016Webflow Education Grant: Funded Web Design Software for the instruction of Graphic Design at Ohio University. $4,425 equivalent value.  
2015Arts for Ohio Grant, “Stefan Sagmeister lecture and exhibition “Now is Better.” Received award in the amount of $6,000. Co – Investigator.  
20151804 Fund Award: CREATE space: Furthering Graduate & Undergraduate Pedagogies in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, & Math (STEAM) Related Fields. Received award in the amount of $34,759.00, as part of the Undergraduate Learning Pool of the 1804 Endowment at Ohio University. Co – Investigator.  
2015Ohio University College of Fine Arts Summer Innovation Award: Laser Cutter Research to Benefit the Curriculum. Received award in the amount of $5,000. Co – Principal Investigator.  
2015Ohio University College of Fine Arts Faculty Creative Activity Award: Historic Technology, Art Games, and User Experience Design. Received award in the amount of $3,327.  
2015Maxon Education Grant. Received award of design and animation, Cinema 4D, for the instruction of ART 3550 Animation at Ohio University.  
2014Bailyn Award for Faculty Research, Florida Atlantic University: Synedoches: Parts for the Whole. Received award in the amount of $500.  
2012 – 2013  Graduate Recruitment Grant. Florida Atlantic University Graduate School. Applied and received additional funding for the recruitment of graduate students for the Master of Fine Arts program in Media, Technology, and Entertainment. Received award in the amount of $1000.  
2012 – 2013  Provost Fellowship. Applied and received funding for increased graduate stipends in the Master of Fine Arts program in Media, Technology, and Entertainment.
Collections  
2019Currents New Media Library (Celebrating 10th Anniversary)  
2006Ball State University Department of Art Collection  
2005Taylor University Department of Art Collection  
2004Zondervan Library Collection, Taylor University  
Teaching Experience  
Ohio University, Athens, OH Associate Professor of Graphic Design, School of Art + Design, 2017 – Present Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, School of Art + Design, 2014 – 2017  
ART 1210Function  
ART 2510Graphic Design Principles  
ART 3510Graphic Design I  
ART 3520Graphic Design II  
ART 4510Graphic Design III  
ART 4520Graphic Design IV  
ART 3540Media  
ART 3550Animation  
ART 4900Narrative Structures in Animation and New Media  
ART 4954Graphic Design Practicum  
ART 4956Graphic Design BFA Exhibit  
ART 5510Graphic Design I (Graduate)  
ART 5520  Graphic Design II (Graduate)
ART 6510  Graphic Design Research Fellowship (Graduate)
ART 6520  Graphic Design III (Graduate)
ART 5540Typography and Image (Graduate)  
ART 6500Graphic Design Seminar (Graduate)  
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL Assistant Professor,Film, Video, and New Media, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies, 2009 – 2014  
MMC 6931Advanced Interactive Design (Graduate)  
MMC 6931Programming for Interactivity (Graduate)  
DIG 4394CAdvanced Digital Compositing for Animation  
DIG 3306Advanced 3D Computer Animation  
DIG 3305Fundamentals of 3D Computer Animation  
COM 4930Programming for Interactivity  
COM 4930Game Design and Development            
DIG 23023D Computer Modeling for Animation  
DIG 4026History and Theory of Computer Arts and Animation  
The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Graduate Teaching Assistant, Art and Technology Studies, 2007 – 2008  
ATS 2101Fundamentals of Art and Technology  
ATS 3137Experimental Programming in Flash  
Ball State University, Muncie, IN Graduate Teaching Assistant, The Institute for Digital Intermedia Art and Animation, 2006 – 2007  
ART 321Video and Intermedia Art 1  
ART 322Video and Intermedia Art 2                                                                                                             
Other Professional Experience  
2023  Impact Appalachia Athens, OH Creative Director, Branding and Identity  
2023  Heartbeet Homestead Meigs County, OH Creative Director, Branding and Identity  
2023  Hocking Hills Garment Center Buchtel, OH Creative Director, Branding and Identity  
2023  VR Medical Solutions Athens, OH Creative Director, Branding and Identity  
2023Passion Works Studio Athens, OH Creative Director, 25th Anniversary Package Design and Identity  
2023Blue Rock Station Philo, OH Creative Director, Print Design  
2023Athens Photo Project CO-OP Athens, OH Creative Director, Design Systems and Identity  
2014Web Designer St. Mark’s Community Health Project, Miami, FL; St. Mark Parish, Grenada.  
2013 – 2014  Assistant Coordinator Master of Fine Arts program in Media, Technology, and Entertainment, FAU, Boca Raton, FL  
2012 – 2013  Coordinator Master of Fine Arts program in Media, Technology, and Entertainment, FAU, Boca Raton, FL  
2012eLearning Designer/Facilitator Certification Course Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL  
2012Web Designer Advanced Creation, Miami, FL  
2008 – 2009  Motion Designer CME Group and Make Corporation, Chicago, IL  
2008Design and Animation Internship Eatdrink, Chicago, IL  
2007 – 2008  Lead Animator DJ Spooky’s Video Essay Link City Chicago, Chicago, IL  
2007Producer and Director Ki Theory’s Music Video Holiday Heart for Redlight Management, Nashville, TN  
2006 – 2007  Institute for Digital Intermedia and Animation Immersive Seminar in Intermedia Art Competitive admission based on instructor recommendation and portfolio review, projects funded by the Lilly Foundation, Ball State University  
2006Exhibition Assistant Engaging Technology: A History And Future Of Intermedia (Prepared and Installed Work by Nam June Paik, Jenny Holzer, Adam Brown, Richard Bloes, Hans Breder, Dick Higgins, Golan Levin, And Alan Rath, worked closely with many of the artists on complex installations), Ball State University  
2006Instructor Shake 4.0 Compositing Workshop, Ball State University  
2006Animator and Designer Center for Media Design, Ball State University  
2005 – 2006  Video Lab Technician Ball State University Department of Art    
Community Engagement  
2023  Impact Appalachia Athens, OH Creative Director, Branding and Identity  
2023  Heartbeet Homestead Meigs County, OH Creative Director, Branding and Identity  
2023  Hocking Hills Garment Center Buchtel, OH Creative Director, Branding and Identity  
2023  VR Medical Solutions Athens, OH Creative Director, Branding and Identity  
2023Athens Photo Project CO-OP Athens, OH Design Systems and Identity  
2018  CoArts Ohio Valley Center for Collaborative Arts Identity and Branding  
2018Hocking County Recovery Campus Ohio Alliance for Innovation In Population Health Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Appalachian Regional Commission  
2015 – 2016Athens Photographic Project Athens, OH Public Installation Design and Curation  
2014 – 2016  Jackie O’s Pub and Brewery Athens, OH Branding and Identity  
2014Honey for the Heart Athens, OH Branding and Identity  
2014Community Health, Service, and Research Projects,community based health NGO, Miami, FL Branding and Identity  
2012Boynton Public Library Boynton Beach, FL Workshop  
2012Broward Community College Davie, FL Workshop  

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