California Institute of the Arts • 2018
I completed my Bachelor of Fine Arts in Experimental Animation from the California Institute of the Arts in 2018. This intensive program provided comprehensive training in cutting-edge animation techniques, experimental media practices, and artistic innovation. The curriculum emphasized both traditional and digital animation methods, including stop-motion, 2D and 3D animation, motion capture, interactive media, and emerging technologies like VR and biodesign. Through rigorous studio practice and critical theory courses, I developed a multidisciplinary approach to animation as an experimental art form, laying the foundation for my practice as a transcorporeal artificer working at the intersection of technology, biology, and creative expression.
| Course | Credits | Grade | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| CCIS-110 | 3.0 | HP | Critical Writing & Arts |
| DCHR-001 | 1.0 | HP | Institute Dance Composition |
| FAIC-170 | 3.0 | P | Animation History |
| FVEA-107 | 4.0 | HP | BFA Animation Workshop |
| FVEA-417 | 2.0 | P | Lighting and Camera for EA |
| FVEA-442 | 2.0 | HP | Exp. Stereoscopic Imaging |
| FVEA-455 | 3.0 | HP | Graphic Short Story |
| Course | Credits | Grade | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| CCST-158 | 3.0 | LP | European Studies |
| FAIC-171 | 3.0 | P | Animation History |
| FVCA-340 | 2.0 | LP | Visual Development |
| FVEA-108 | 4.0 | HP | BFA Animation Production |
| FVEA-145 | 2.0 | HP | Intermediate After Effects |
| FVEA-338 | 2.0 | HP | Intro to Cinema4D |
| FVEA-419 | 1.5 | HP | Motion Capture for Artists |
| TCOS-045 | 1.0 | HP | Wkshp Sp Sk: Cost Sculpture |
| Course | Credits | Grade | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| CCST-421 | 2.0 | HP | Feminist Practices & Politics |
| FFDP-456 | 3.0 | P | ST: Survey of Hist Directors |
| FSFV-240 | 2.0 | LP | SoundImage One |
| FVCA-312 | 1.0 | P | Adv Life Drawing |
| FVCA-384 | 1.5 | P | Adv Life Drawing: Form, Struct |
| FVEA-202 | 3.0 | P | Introduction to ZBrush |
| FVEA-428 | 4.0 | P | Digital Path & Short Proj A |
| FVEA-450 | 0.5 | P | Stop Motion Puppet Design/Fab |
| TGEN-385 | 1.0 | P | EA: Visiting Artists |
| Course | Credits | Grade | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGRA-486 | 2.0 | P | Advanced Motion Graphics II |
| CHMN-362 | 2.0 | P | Race and Erasure |
| CSCM-347 | 2.0 | HP | Finding Signals From the Noise |
| FVEA-203 | 3.0 | HP | Digital Path & Short Proj B |
| FVEA-241 | 2.0 | HP | Post Production Sound for EA |
| FVEA-450 | 0.5 | HP | EA: Visiting Artists |
| FVEA-450 | 3.0 | P | EA: Visiting Artists |
| FVEA-465 | 18.0 | HP | Direction/Perf in Stop Motion |
| Course | Credits | Grade | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| CCST-345 | 2.0 | LP | Black Queer Black |
| FPFV-340 | 2.0 | HP | Undergraduate Critique |
| FPFV-399 | 2.0 | HP | Ind Project-Vester |
| FVEA-205 | 2.0 | HP | The Animated Woman |
| FVEA-410A | 3.0 | HP | Interact: Brain Waves |
| FVEA-415 | 3.0 | HP | Drawn Techniques for EA |
| FVEA-430 | 3.0 | HP | Advanced Interactive Prod Wksp |
| Course | Credits | Grade | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSOC-457 | 2.0 | LP | Geographies of Violence |
| FAIC-370 | 2.0 | LP | Survey of CG Art & Animation |
| FAIC-400 | 3.0 | LP | Film Today |
| FAIC-426 | 3.0 | LP | Cinema of Exile |
| FSFV-450 | 0.5 | HP | AMPAS: McShine |
| FSFV-450 | 0.5 | HP | AMPAS Wkshp: Buerkner |
| FVEA-335 | 1.0 | HP | Figures in Motion |
| FVEA-340 | 2.0 | HP | New Visions in Biodesign & VR |
| FVEA-431 | 3.0 | HP | Adv Interactive: Vortex Dome |
| Course | Credits | Grade | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| AART-400 | 3.0 | P | Getting Your Sh*t Together BFA |
| CCST-424 | 3.0 | P | No Future |
| CHMN-487 | 3.0 | P | Classical Film Theory |
| CSCM-304 | 3.0 | P | Biotechnology Demystified |
| CSCM-382 | 3.0 | HP | Plastics, Neon and Psychedelia |
| FVEA-482 | 2.0 | HP | EA Undergrad Critique A |
| IIMC-330 | 2.0 | HP | Contexts Interaction Perform |
| Course | Credits | Grade | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAIC-323 | 1.0 | HP | Practice & Pedagogy: ArtPilot |
| AGRA-017 | 1.0 | HP | Intro to Unity for Designers |
| CSCM-378 | 3.0 | HP | Biomimicry |
| FVEA-427 | 3.0 | HP | Unity Fundamentals |
| FVEA-483 | 3.0 | HP | EA Undergraduate Critique |