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Education 

2005-2008 University of California, Irvine 

     MFA Graduate 

     Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Department of Studio Art 

1998-2000 New York University 

     BFA, Honors Scholar Graduate 

     Tisch School of the Arts, Kanbar Institute of Film and Television 

1996-1998 University of Southern California

     School of Cinema - Television

Exhibitions / Screenings

2022 Seven Easy Steps

   University Gallery

   University of Massachusetts, Lowell

   Lowell, Mass

2018 The Crystal Spirit 

   Solo Exhibition

   Monte Vista Projects

   Los Angeles, CA

2015 You Have Nothing to Worry About!

   Solo Exhibition

   Luckman Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles

   Los Angeles, CA

2011 Ottawa International Animation Festival 2011

   Experimental Section

   Ottawa, Canada

2011 Ex Teresa Arte Actual Mexico City

 The National Institute of Fine Arts

   Mexico City, Mexico


Group Exhibitions

2021 Nomad Group Exhibition

   Torrance Art Museum

   Curator: Max Presneill

2017 “The Icehouse” - A Virtual Reality Installation

PUMP 2017 - Public Urban Multisensory Presentations

   Long Beach, CA

2016 Newport Beach Film Festival

   Newport Beach, CA

2013 Marymount College

Arcade Gallery

   San Pedro, CA

Grants

2018 Contemporary Collectors of OC Artist Fellowship Award (nominated)

   Nominated for annual award for emerging artists

2016 Faculty Recognition for Scholarly and Creative Activity

   Award to signify high-level of quality in scholarly work and research

2013 Art Matters 2013 Grantee

   Funding towards further work in digital imaging and art practice

   Art Matters Foundation

Lectures / Panels

2021 Talk - Career Pipelines for Animation, Games, VFX, and AR/VR

   UXR Fellowship Lab 

   Columbia University SAFElab

2020 Talk

   The "High-school > College > Career" Pipelines for Computer Animation, Games, VFX, and VR. Inner-CityArts

2018 Artist Talk

   VR prosthetics

   USC - Roski School of Art and Design

2016 Panel Discussion 

   Virtual Reality in Education

   ASIFA (Association Internationale du Film d'Animation)

   University of Southern California, School of Cinema

2015 Artist Talk

   Tec de Monterrey

   Guadalajara, Mexico 

2015 Contemporary Surrealist Practices in Virtual and Augmented Reality

   Artist Talk

   California Institute of the Arts

2015   Artist Talk

   CSU-Fullerton

   Department of Visual Art

2014 Poster Presentation

   Online Strategies for Animation - Review and Collaboration

   Teaching and Technology Day


2013 Lecture and Panel Discussion

   “2d/3d”, part of the panel “Constructing in Video”

   Shulamit Gallery, Venice, CA

2012 Artist Talk

   Woodbury University

   Institute of Transdisciplinary Studies

2012 Artist Talk

   Marymount College

   Division of Arts & Media

 2012 Lecture

   Liberal Art Learning in the Digital Age - Digital Media and the Fine Arts

   Department of Art

   Wellesley College

   https://blogs.wellesley.edu/symposium/fine-arts/

 2012  Artist Talk

   California State University, San Francisco

   Department of Cinema   

2009 Artist Talks

   Syracuse University

   Northeastern University

   University of Houston

   University of Nebraska, Lincoln