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 .