Lucas W Dimick lwdimick.com | [email protected] Curriculum Vitae
FACULTY / TEACHING POSITIONS
2019 - present Lecturer, School of Design and Creative Technologies, College of Fine Arts The University of Texas at Austin
2008 - 2018 Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Animation / Game Art and Design The Art Institute of Austin
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
2018 - present Board Member dadageek
2006 – 2008 Teaching Assistant The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
EDUCATION
2006 - 2008 MFA - Film, Video, New Media, and Animation THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO (SAIC)
MFA student under James Elkins (E.C. Chadbourne Professor in the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism, School of the Art Institute of Chicago) , Jim Trainor, Christopher Sullivan, Christopher Cutrone, Gregg Bordowitz and Jon Cates with a concentration in New Media and Animation.
1996 - 1999 BA - Graphic Arts UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO
Bachelors student under Eugene Hoffman, with a concentration in Illustration.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS + SCREENINGS
Advanced Plants (audio / visual installation) AMODA (Austin Museum of Digital Art Austin, TX - September 2018
Antumbrae Intermedia - WE ARE SPHERE (interactive / audio / visual performance) First Street Studio Austin, TX - August 2018 dropped//frame (audio / visual performance) Museum of Human Achievement Austin, TX - January 2018
Limited Hangout (audio/visual performance) Artist in Session: Austin Beerworks / Art of the Brew Austin, TX - June 2017
Limited Hangout (audio/visual performance) Dallas Medianale - Intermedia Performances Dallas, TX - April 2017
Limited Hangout (audio/visual performance) Co-Lab Projects - Demo Gallery Austin, TX - June 2016
Beat the Rush (audio/visual performance) Blanton Museum of Art Austin, TX - April 2016
Limited Hangout (audio/visual performance) Museum of Human Achievement Austin, TX - October 2015
Wide Inter-Consciousness (audio/visual performance) Austin Museum of Digital Art / The North Door Austin, TX - September 2015
La Goutte Qui Remonte (audio/visual performance) Museum of Human Achievement Austin, TX - May 2015
Louisville International Film Festival Louisville, KY - October 2014 (cont.)
Marfa Film Festival Marfa, TX - July 2014
Maryland International Film Festival Hagerstown, MD - May 2014
High Desert International Film Festival Pahrump, NV - May 2014
Santa Fe Film Festival Sante Fe, NM - May 2014
Big Easy International Film Festival New Orleans, LA - April 2014
Dallas International Film Festival Dallas, TX - April 2014
Kansas City Filmfest Kansas City, MO - April 2014
Drawable F.L.A. Gallery Gainesville, FL – Fall 2013
The Austin Series VOL.2: Brushed Medium Gallery Black Lagoon Austin, TX - May 2012
East Austin Studio Tour Austin, TX – November 2011
Chicago Underground Film Festival Chicago, IL - June 2011
Still Moving Faculty Exhibition / The Art Institute of Austin Austin, TX – October 2010
Boston Underground Film Festival Boston, MA - March 2009
Big Muddy Film Festival Carbondale, IL - February 2009
(cont.)
Chicago Underground Film Festival Chicago, IL - October 2008
MFA Film, Video, and Audio Presentations Gene Siskel Film Center Chicago, IL - May 2008
AWARDS
Best Animation - LOUISVILLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Louisville, KY - October 2014 - for “The Last 40 Miles” - Production Designer, Lead Animator
Best Animation - MARYLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Hagerstown, MD - May 2014 - for “The Last 40 Miles” - Production Designer, Lead Animator
Best Animation - CHICAGO UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL Chicago, IL - October 2008 - for “Prison_Beta” - Writer, Director, Animation
SELECTED COURSES
BFA - Media Arts and Animation / Game Art and Design
Developed the curriculum and taught the following courses: Storyboarding 2D Animation Principles Language of Animation & Film Digital Ink and Paint Character and Object Design Animation Portfolio Preparation Design Team Media Theory and Criticism (cont.)
Taught the following courses: Design Fundamentals Observational Drawing Perspective Drawing Color Fundamentals Motion Graphics Digital Imaging