Education
California Institute of the Arts MFA: Experimental Animation
Colorado University at Boulder BFA: Film Studies
Relevant Work Experience
2023- Present: Part-Time Faculty - California Institute of the Arts
Teaching History of Animation
2014- Present: Video/Digital Media Specialist
Provide video production services, including but not limited to pre-production planning, on-set shooting, technical directing, and post-production
Ability to source out professional talent and assistance based on client needs
Select clients: Sanrio, National Geographic, Craftsy
2021- 2023: AICAD Fellowship - Art Center College of Art and Design Faculty
Placed fellow to help contribute to the goal of increasing racial and ethnic diversity of faculty that recognizes values of diversity to excellence
Full-time course load, teaching a total of six terms
Taught both humanities and studio courses dealing with media archaeology, basic mechanics/automata, video production, and experimental animation
2021: Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship - California Institute of the Arts
Designed and taught a self-designed course in Automata history and mechanisms
2019- 2020: Teaching Assistant - California Institute of the Arts
Provided graduate-level teaching assistance for three courses:
‘Voyeurism in Animation’ taught by guest artist Sophie Koko Gate,
‘Almost Real’ by Niki Lindroth von Bahr
‘Object Animation Workshop’ by Kyungwon Song
2019- 2020: Archiving Assistant - Janie Geiser
Assisted Visual Theater Artist and Experimental Filmmaker Janie Geiser in archiving her physical works, puppets, sets, and other ephemera before shipping to archival houses
Collected and logged pertinent data and information for each object and other relevant information
2019: Instructor - CalArts Community Arts Partnership
A co-curricular program provided by CalArts, offering free after-school and school-based arts programs for youth ages 4-18 in every discipline
Co-instructed beginner’s photography courses
2013: Cinematography Intern - Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, HBO
Placed intern in the cinematography department for HBO
Learned how to navigate the departmental duties under the supervision of Michael Weaver ASC
Residencies
2024: Artist in Residency - Factory on Willow, Manchester NH
Created a body of new works inspired by the historical New England mills
Conducted a free community animation workshop
2021: Artist in Residency - Camera Obscura Art Lab, Santa Monica CA
Selected to participate in the Camera Obscura Art Lab Residency program
Created a series of four new sculptures inspired by the location and space
Offered free artist workshops sponsored by the Santa Monica Cultural Affairs
2020: Artist in Residency - Automata Residency Project, Los Angeles CA
Experimented and organized an online exhibition of ‘Automated’ Installation
Made possible with generous support from The Jim Henson Foundation and the Los Angeles Arts Covid-19 Relief Fund, funded by the J. Paul Getty Trust in partnership with California Community Foundation
Select Installations & Exhibitions
2023: Hot Breathe - The Reef, Los Angeles CA
Part of a group art show curated by Jordan Wong
2023: Stay On It - Keystone Art Space, Los Angeles CA
Part of kinetic art group show curated by Heather Lowe
2023: Automated - Automata, Los Angeles CA
Expanded Cinema Installation
Public re-exhibition of 2020 exhibition
2022: Into the Night - Mono no Aware, Brooklyn NY
Expanded Cinema Kinetic Sculpture piece
Exhibited as part of the Mono No Aware XVI: Expanded Cinema Arts Festival
2020: Automated - Automata, Los Angeles CA
Expanded Cinema Installation
Online solo-exhibition only due to COVID restrictions
2019: Brain Dead: An Escape Room - Los Angeles CA
Interactive Experience showcased as part of ‘CalArts Expo 2019’
Participated as lead animator
2019: Prague Quadrennial - Praha Czech Republic
Ubu Roi - PQ Studio 2019 official selection
Collaborative theater piece with: Maria Videla Urra, Bri Patillo, Christine Ferriter, Fallon Williams, Astrid Lindgreen Hiermind, Natalia Lassalle, Yihsien Cheng
2018: J.J. Jules - Kinetic 2: Audiovisual Experience, Los Angeles CA
Kinetic Sculpture Installation
Exhibited as part of a group show
2018: 6:34 am - California Institute of the Arts
Optical Device Sculpture
Exhibited as part of a group show: ‘Finders Keepers’
2018: Manufactured - California Institute of the Arts
Kinetic Sculpture Installation
Solo-exhibition
Curation
2019: Skirball Annual Puppet Festival
Part of group curation, selecting works from original artists to showcase puppetry-related films
The curation panel included: Melissa Ferrari, Zach Dorn, Jordan Wong, and myself
Artist Talks & Guest Lectures
2024: California College of the Arts - Expanded Animation
Artist talk about my work in relationship to expanded animation
2022: Art Center College of Design - Animation & Automata
Artist talk about intersections of animated devices and automata
2022: Kansas City Art Institute - Media Inquiry
Artist talk about past projects and the toolsets I utilized
2021: Art Center College of Design - Hybrid Practices
Artist talk about multi-disciplinary practices
2021: CalArts - Experimental Animation
Concept development talk
Honors & Awards
2019: Princess Grace Foundation Award - Stephen Hillenburg Grant
Grant Award to produce ‘Automated’ Installation project
2019: United Plankton Animation Scholarship
Scholarship Award
2017: Lillian Disney Scholarship Award
Scholarship Award
2010- 2013: Virgil Grillo Award - University of Colorado at Boulder
Awarded four 1st place prizes for best student film (one per semester)
Relevant Extracurricular
2018- 2019: Garden Art Fair for Underrepresented Voices- California Institute of the Arts
Responsible for helping plan, coordinate, and set-up the one-night art fair for two consecutive years
The annual art fair was created to celebrate the identities of students who are underrepresented in the animation industry, including lgtbqia, nonbinary, differently abled, transfolk and women identifying peoples
2018: Toy Design Club - California Institute of the Arts
Bi-Weekly club, co-Founded with Emily Martinez
Held workshops + field trips as a way of creating community for those who had interest in independent toy design and various production processes