Education
Maryland Institute College of Art 2017-2021
B.F.A. in Animation, Printmaking
Residencies and Internships
Globe Collection and Press Intern 09.21 - 12.21
Letterpress, Design, and Production Internship at the Maryland Institute College of Art
Undergraduate Research Associate in Astrobiology 06.20 - 08.20
10-week Animation Residency program with the NASA Goddard Center for Astrobiology
Screenings
Upcoming:
2022:
Student Experimental Film Festival Binghamton, The Bundy Museum of History and Art and Binghamton University, New York (12.03.22)
Tatsuno International Film Festival: Experimental & Animation Without Dialogue, Tatsuno, Japan (11.13.22)
MOV International Student Film Festival of Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Brazil (11.04.22)
Global University Film Awards, Hong Kong, China (11.01.22)
NEOSFest Encuentro Internacional de Experimentación Audiovisual, Monterrey, Mexico (10.26.22)
Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival, Baltimore, MD (10.22.22)
University of Winnipeg Film Festival, Winnipeg, Canada (10.21.22)
Opavský páv – Mezinárodní studentský filmový festival, Opava, Czech Republic (10.11.22)
Equinoxio - 24 Festival Universitario de Cine y Audiovisuales, Bogotá, Colombia (09.23.22
Queer City Cinema, Regina, Canada (09.17.22)
MICA Animation Commencement Screening, Baltimore, MD (05.15.22)
2021:
LUCID, A night of Experimental Animation, Baltimore, MD (12.17.21)
16th Annual Jena Fulldome Festival, Jena, Germany (10.08.21)
Animation Practice, Process, and Production, United Kingdom (04.21.21)
2020:
Chennai International Queer Film Festival, Chennai, India
MICA Animation Festival, Baltimore, MD (11.20.20)
Balticon, Baltimore, MD (5.24.20)
MICA Film and Animation Festival, Baltimore, MD (3.1.20)
International Festival for Science Visualization, Tokyo, Japan (2.16.20 - 2.18.20)
2019:
Maryland Science Center Planetarium, Baltimore, MD (12.10.19)
Rosenberg Gallery, Baltimore, MD (11.7.19 - 11.25.19)
Maryland Science Center Sphere, Baltimore, MD (10.15.19)
Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival - Installation, Baltimore, MD (10.4 - 10.6.19)
Nasa Family Day: Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD (4.25.19)
2018:
MICA Film and Animation Festival, Baltimore, MD (12.1.18)
Exhibitions
Solo:
Saltwater
Pinkard Gallery, Baltimore, MD (Nov. 9 - Dec. 3, 2021)
Group:
THE SHOW - Artwalk
Decker Gallery, Baltimore, MD (May 13 - 16, 2022)
Animation Senior Exhibition
Rosenburg Gallery Baltimore, MD (Dec. 13 - 17, 2021)
Art is Not Enough
Decker Library at the Bunting Center (1.22 - 5.22)
We Are Everywhere
Fox 2 Gallery (10.04.21 - 10.15.21)
Day Dream
Decker Library at the Bunting Center (1.20 - 5.21)
Liber Transformed
Trophy Gallery (3.9.20 - 3.30.20)
We Are Everywhere
Fox 2 Gallery (2.24.20 - 3.21.20)
AVALANCHE
The Brown Center (12.19.19 - 1.20.20)
Open Doors
Scholarship Exhibition at the Mosher Building (12.19)
Paper, Plate, Screen
1515 Building (11.19)
Printmaking Juried Exhibition
Rosenberg Gallery (11.19)
Who are you?
Wilgus Gallery (11.19)
Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival
Parkway Theater Installation (10.19)
Monoprint 2019
1515 Building (4.19)
Collected Life Drawing Works
Main Building (4.19)
Collected Life Drawing Works
The Fox Building (3.19)
Group Show at the Crown
The Crown Bar (3.19)
Anatomy For Artists
Main Building (12.18)
Juried Undergraduate Exhibition
Decker Gallery (11.18)
Foundation Exhibition
Meyerhoff Gallery (10.18)
Face to Face
ABOX at the Leake Building (4.18)
Showing at the Studios
Mosher Studios (3.18)
Juried Undergraduate Exhibition
Meyerhoff Gallery (11.17)
Popup Show
Soo’s Kim Chi House (10.17)
Showing at the Studios
Mosher Studios (10.17)
QWERTY
Rosenberg Gallery (9.17)
Marin County Fair
(7.17)
Advanced Art
Youth in Arts (7.17)
Advanced Art
Bartolini Gallery at the Marin Center (6.17)
Rising Stars
Youth in Arts (4.17)
Publications
- 10 IN 10 WITH MICA'S DECLAN MCKENNA, Quadio.com (06.11.21)
NASA’s Partnership Between Art and Science: A Collaboration to Cherish, Nasa.Gov, 09.14.2020
Asuka Chondrite: Artist Profile, @NasaSolarSystem, 09.04.2020
Laurel Moon Literary Magazine, Brandeis University, Spring 2020
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ALL IN Recognizes 2022 Student Voting Honor Roll, Forbes.com, 05.17.2022
ALL IN Campus Democracy 2022 Honor Roll Recepients, 05.12.2022
Student Perspective on Learning Online, Baltimore College Town, 11.02.2020
Astonishingly old Antarctic space rock could explain mystery of life's weird asymmetry, Space.Com, 08.23.2020
Pristine Space Rock Offers NASA Scientists Peek at Evolution of Life’s Building Blocks, Nasa.Gov, 08.20.2020
NASA’s First Virtual Internship - In Their Own Words, NASA Video, 07.30.2020
Love Hurts, Lit Helps Andrew Simmons, 2020
Conferences and Talks
SAS: Animation Energies at Tulane University, 2021 06.16.2021
Animation Practice, Process, and Production, New York, 04.21.21
Balticon 54, Baltimore, MD 5.24.2020
17th Annual URAA Seminar, NASA Goddard Center for Astrobiology, Virtual, 08.07.2020
NASA Family Day, Goddard Center, Greenbelt, MD 4.25.2019
Awards
2022
Civic Nation
Sidney Lake Leadership Award Nominee
Maryland Institute College of Art
2021
Fred Lazarus Leadership for Social Change Award
Maryland Institute College of Art
Faculty and Staff Queer Alliance Scholarship
Maryland Institute College of Art
2020:
Audience Choice Award
MICA Animation Festival, Audience Vote
Excellency in Planetarium Student Film
Internation Festival for Science Visualization
Undergraduate Research Associates in Astrobiology Award
NASA Goddard, American University
William Ferguson Scholarship
Maryland Institute College of Art, Jury Selected
2018:
Best in Experimental
MICA Film Festival, Audience Vote
Foundation Department Award
Maryland Institute College of Art, July Selected
2017:
Martin Luther King Youth Humanitarian of Marin County
Fred and Jonna Lazarus Endowed Fund Recipient
Maryland Institute College of Art
Phyllis Thelen Distinguished Young Artist
Awarded at the Marin County Fair
Mae Lacourse Scholarship for Civic Action
San Rafael High School Alumni Association
Merit Award
Youth in Arts, Rising Stars Show
Best of Show: Collage
Awarded at the Marin County Fair
Resume
LAIKA Studios, Facial Librarian and Replacement Animation Tester (09.22 - )
LAIKA Studios, Rapid Prototyping Quality Assurance (01.22-09.22)
Animation:
NASA Goddard - Ocean Worlds Week August 2020, Animated Title Sequences and Icon Design
- August 2020 Instagram Filter for @nasasolarsystem, Illustration, Animation, SparkAR Coding
- Asuka Chondrite Publication, Editorial Gif Design
Maryland Institute College of Art - MICA Votes, Video Editing and Animation
MICA Animation Department - MICA Animation Festival, Poster Design and Festival Bumper Animation
Huh. - Directed by Ida Lasic, Assistant Colorist
Art and Design:
Franca Muller-Paz City Council Campaign - Print At The Polls Event, Screenprinted Poster Design
Love Hurts, Lit Helps - Written by Andrew Simmons, Cover Art and Internal Illustration
Research:
Astro-Animation - Video Editor, Research Assistant for Laurence Arcadias. Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Baltimore City Hall - Mayor Scott Arts and Culture Transition Committee, Research Assistant
Arts Events
Print At The Polls: Franca Muller-Paz City Council Campaign
Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD 11.02.2020
Print At The Polls: Baltimore Votes / Vote with MICA Organizers and Activists
Camden Yards, Baltimore, MD 10.30.2020
National Divestment Day: Student Written and Artistic Testimonial Drive
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 2.03.2020
Student Climate Action Poster Drive - MICA Organizers and Activists
MICA, Baltimore, MD 1.31.2020
Face to Face, Portrait Exchange and Reception with the Baltimore Montessori School
Leake Building at MICA, Baltimore, MD 4.15.2018
