Curriculum Vitae — DAMON MOHL

EDUCATION

The University of Colorado. Boulder, Colorado. Department: Painting and Drawing. M.F.A. 2010.

The University of the Arts. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. PAFA Coordinate BFA Program. B.F.A. 2000.

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Major: Painting and Drawing. Minor: Printmaking. Four-Year Certificate. 1999.

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Edinboro, Pennsylvania. Major: Fine Arts. 1994-1995. (Transferred) Governor’s School for the Fine Arts. Erie. Pennsylvania. Mercyhurst College, 1993.

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

2014–Present Wabash College — Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Associate Professor of Art & Digital Media

Drawing — Art 125
New & Expanded Media — Art 133
Advanced Studio — Art 330/331 (Interdisciplinary practices covering all media)
Senior Studio — Art 430/431 (Interdisciplinary practices covering all media)
Painting — Mixed Media — Art 228
Art Studio Fundamentals — Art 126 (2D, 3D & Digital Foundations)
Digital Filmmaking — Art 220
Experimental Filmmaking — Art 225
Experimental Animation — Art 225
Drawing Animation — Art 225
The Ghost in the Machine — Art 225 (Mellon Foundation — Wabash Liberal Arts Plus — Digital Arts & Human Values Initiative; course focusing on art & technology)
Independent Study — Art 385: Advanced Drawing
Independent Study — Art 385: Beginning/Advanced Graphic Design & Web Design
Independent Study — Art 385: Architectural Drawing and Models
Independent Study — Art 385: Advanced Animation
Independent Study — Art 385: Digital Media
Freshman Tutorial — Film: Psychological Landscapes — FRT-16
Freshman Tutorial — Film: Documenting Failure — FRT 101-13
Freshman Tutorial — Auteur Filmmakers — FRT
Cinematic Environments: Digital Space — Art 226
Auteur Filmmakers — Art 219
Drawing: Visual Storytelling — Art 225
Intro to Animation — Art 225
Narrative Filmmaking — Art 225

2011–2014 Front Range Community College — Longmont, Colorado.

Adjunct Instructor

Drawing 1 — Art 121
Visual Concepts, 2-D Design — Art 131

2010–2012 Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design — Lakewood, Colorado.

Adjunct Instructor

Intro to Painting — Course 1150
Painting 2–Practicum — Art 2150

2010–2012 The University of Colorado — Boulder, Colorado.

Lecturer

Figure Drawing — Art 3002
Beginning Painting 1 — Art 1201
Drawing 3 — Alternative Processes and Materials — Art 3002–002

2007–2010 The University of Colorado — Boulder, Colorado.

Graduate Part-Time Instructor

Drawing 2 — Art 2002
Painting 2 — Art 2202
Painting for Non-Majors — Art 1212
Drawing for Non-Majors — Art 1012

ACADEMIC SERVICE

Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Art Department Chair (2024-2016)
BKT Assistant Professor of Sculpture - Search Committee
Gallery Preparator and Art Department Tech — Supervisor
Fine Art Center Academic Administrator — Supervisor
Lilly Awards Committee (2021–2022)
Academic Policy Committee
Co-Curricular Transcript Committee
Film & Digital Media Minor Steering Committee
Technology Advisory Committee
Celebration of Student Research & Ides of August Committee
Visiting Artist Implementation Committee
Visiting Artist Planning Committee
Environmental Concerns Committee
Fine Art Scholarship Committee — Chair (2016–2017)
Gavit Scholarship Committee
Art Department Search Committee — Chair
Art Department Search Committee
Visiting Professor of Art History — Search Committee
Political Science Department Search Committee
Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science — Search Committee
Department of Modern Languages — Search Committee
BKT Assistant Professor of Spanish — Search Committee
Media Services Specialist — Search Committee
Fine Art Center Academic Administrative Coordinator — Search Committee

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2026‍ ‍

OUCH! - Juror. Manifest Gallery. Cincinnati, Ohio.

2024 ‍ ‍

14th Annual Manifest Prize One - Juror. Manifest Gallery. Cincinnati, Ohio.

2023 ‍ ‍

14th Annual Manifest Prize One - Juror. Manifest Gallery. Cincinnati, Ohio.

2021 ‍ ‍

12th annual manifest prize one - juror. Manifest Gallery. Cincinnati, Ohio.

RES Art video statement. International Video Festival Videomedeja. museum of contemporary art of vojvodina, novi sad, serbia.

2020 ‍ ‍

11th annual Manifest Prize One - juror. Manifest Gallery. Cincinnati, Ohio.

2019 ‍ ‍

The Bellbird’s Morning Song: Recent Experimental Films. screening/q&a. Wabash College. Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Class presentation: travel filmmaking. eco 234 environmental economics. wabash college, crawfordsville, indiana.

ECO 234 Environmental Economics - immersion course. Reykjavik, Iceland. Second faculty trip leader. wabash college, crawfordsville, indiana.

2018

PHI-124 Philosophy of Film. screening/q&a. The Horse Latitudes. Wabash College. Crawfordsville, Indiana.

2017

The Memory of Hotels & Cartographic Delusions. Division 2 faculty colloquium. Wabash College. crawfordsville, indiana.

2015 ‍ ‍

Wabash College, ides of August faculty presentation- Prelude to an Expedition. Wabash College. crawfordsville, indiana.

Liberal Arts Plus Initiative: Digital Art & Human Values co-presentation: The Ghost in the Machine. Wabash College. crawfordsville, indiana.

Ball State University - The Poets Studio. Online instructional classroom video collaboration with Prof. Joshua Brewer. crawfordsville, indiana.

2014 ‍ ‍

Space Flight, Ghost Towns and Dust. Presentation and Open Studio Visit. Wabash College. crawfordsville, indiana.

Gallery presentation, Narrative Forms. Muse Gallery. Longmont, Colorado.

Presentation- recent digital works. Art History 209. Wabash College. Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Wabash Big Brother Program. Presentation. Wabash College. Crawfordsville, Indiana.

2010 ‍ ‍

Visiting Artist Presentation. Spring 2010 advanced video class. Professor Luis Valdovino. university of colorado, boulder.

Museum members talk. CU Museum members’ preview, 2010 spring thesis show.

Spring 2010

Thesis show video interview. University of Colorado, Boulder.

2009-2010 substitute- beginning & advanced video courses. Professor Luis Valdovino. university of colorado, boulder.

2008-2010 ‍ ‍

University of Colorado. Boulder, Colorado. Graduate assistant. Video Department graduate assistant. Spring semester.

Video Department Graduate Assistant. Fall semester. Painting & Drawing graduate assistant. Spring semester.

Painting & Drawing graduate assistant. Fall semester.

NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL SCREENINGS & EXHIBITIONS- OFFICIAL SELECTIONS & INVITATIONS.

2026

International Video Festival Videomedeja. museum of contemporary art of vojvodina, novi sad, serbia. Film selection: Island (2026)

INTERFILM - sound and vision program. the Volksbühne, Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin, Germany. Film selection: Island (2026)

The Edinburgh Short Film Festival. Edinburgh, Scotland. Film selection: Island (2026)

Micro acts -inside Outside Edition. London & Suffolk, England. Film selection: Island (2026)

4th International Short Film, Video and Photography Symposium. Kadıköy Barış Manço Cultural Center - part of the synth’et(h)ic Video Screening Selection. Istanbul, Turkey. Film selection: Island (2026)

2025

International Delete TV Film Festival. London, England. Film selection: Memoria Oblitus (2024)

International Video Festival Videomedeja. museum of contemporary art of vojvodina, novi sad, serbia. Film selection: New Year’s Eve at the AI Mansion (2025)

Signal Overload Moving Image Festival. Starlite Drive-In Theater. Bloomington, Indiana. Film selection: New Year’s Eve at the AI Mansion (2025)

Les Utopiales - the international sci-fi festival, edition 25. Nantes, France. Film selection: 888 (2025)

2024

International Video Festival Videomedeja, Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia. Film selection: Memoria Oblitus (2024)

Cinesalon Experimental Film Festival, Cork, Ireland. Film selection: Memoria Oblitus (2024)

2023

The Magmart International Video Art Festival, Naples, Italy. Film selection: The Library of Water (2020)

International Delete TV Film Festival, London, England. Film selection: Voices from Nowhere (2022)

Tehran International Short Film Festival - Iranian Youth Cinema Society’s Weekly Showcase. (selected from the best films of previous editions of the festival) Film selection: Night Clerk (2017)

2022

The Edinburgh Short Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland. Film selection: The Horse Latitudes (2019)

International Festival Signs of the Night, Paris, France. Film selection: Voices from Nowhere (2022)

International Video Festival Videomedeja, Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia. Film selection: Voices from Nowhere (2021)

The Black Cat International Film Festival, La Paz, Bolivia. Film selection: Voices from Nowhere (2022)

AkipeL Jakarta International Documentary & Experimental Film Festival, Jakarta, Indonesia — 2022 International Competition; screening at the Forum Lenteng Cinema Theatre. Film selection: The Library of Water (2020)

2021

Manipulate Film Festival — Edinburgh, Scotland. Film selection: The Mysterious Disappearance of the Town’s Last Resident (2014)

Cortomontagna – Premio Leggimontagna Cortomontagna — Tolmezzo, Udine, Italy. Film selection: The Bellbird’s Morning Song* (2020)

Minikino Monthly Screening and Discussion — Denpasar, Bali. Film selection: The Bellbird’s Morning Song (2020)

1st Split Videoart Festival – International Contemporary and Video Art Festival Waterpieces — Split, Croatia. Film selection: The Bellbird’s Morning Song* (2020)

International Video Festival Videomedeja — Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia. Film selection: Rabbit, Tree, Bird (2021)

2020

Split Video Art Festival, Split, Croatia. Film selection: The Library of Water (2020); The Bellbird’s Morning Song (2020)

International Video Festival Videomedeja, Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia. Film selection: The Library of Water (2020); The Bellbird’s Morning Song (2020)

17th International Festival – Signs of Night, Paris, France. Film selection: The Bellbird’s Morning Song (2020)

Akipel Jakarta International Documentary & Experimental Film Festival, Jakarta, Indonesia. Film selection: The Library of Water (2020)

ROS Film Festival, Elche, Spain. Film selection: Machine in the Wilderness (2019)

18th International Festival – Signs of Night, Lisbon, Portugal. Film selection: The Bellbird’s Morning Song (2020)

Cortomontagna - Leggimontagna Award Festival, Udine, Italy. Film selection: The Bellbird’s Morning Song (2020)

2019

Mozimotion 9th Annual Digital Expo, Hilversum, Netherlands. Film Selection: Machine in the Wilderness (2019)

24 Frames per Second International Film Festival, Abilene, Texas. Film Selection: The Horse Latitudes (2019)

17th International Festival Signs of Night, Paris, France. Film Selection: The Horse Latitudes (2019)

International Video Festival Videomedeja, Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia. Film Selection: The Horse Latitudes (2019)

3rd International Alternative Textile Symposium, MOHA Short Film Night Video Art Program, Lajos Kunffy Memorial Museum, Somogytúr, Hungary. Film Selection: Night Clerk (2017)

Film Festival of Time: Ancient Futures, Best in Show Program, Auckland, New Zealand. Film Selection: Machine in the Wilderness (2019)

BlackBox Short Film Festival, Reinach, Switzerland. Film Selection: Night Clerk (2017)

The Ravenheart International Film Festival, Oslo, Norway. Film Selection: The Horse Latitudes (2019)

Nonplussed Fest - Chinatown, Los Angeles, California. Film Selection: Night Clerk (2017)

Art Laguna Prize Exhibition, 13th Edition, Video Art & Short Films Category, Nappe Arsenale Nord, Venice, Italy. Exhibition Selection: The Dust Machine Variation (2014)

Delete TV, Graz, Austria. Film Selection: Night Clerk (2017)

MOHA Short Film Night, Budapest, Hungary. Film Selection: Night Clerk (2017)

Art Nova 100, Beijing, China. Exhibition Selection: The Dust Machine Variation (2014)

The Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, Illinois. Film Selection: Night Clerk (2017)

International Triennial of Expanded Media, Multimedia Art, and New Media Art - Reconnection 2019, Art Pavilion Cvijeta Zuzorić, Belgrade, Serbia — Exhibition Selections: Night Clerk (2014) and Machine in the Wilderness (2019)

The Horse Latitudes: Retrospective, Yugoslav Cinematheque, Belgrade, Serbia — Screening Program: Night Clerk (2014), Hotel (2014), Machine in the Wilderness (2019), and The Horse Latitudes (2019)

Mayday Film Festival, Evansville, Indiana. Film Selection: Machine in the Wilderness (2019)

Festival ECRA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Film Selection: The Horse Latitudes (2019)

Hybrid Genre Australia: Melbourne Film Awards — Best in Show Finalist. Film Selection: Machine in the Wilderness (2019)

2018

The Manifesto Film Festival — Amsterdam, Netherlands. Film selection: The Expedition (2017)

Moviate Underground Film Festival — Best of the 2017 Festival Screening. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Film selection: Hotel (2017)

The International Biennial Festival of Curitiba — Curitiba, Portugal. Film selection: Night Clerk (2017)

Fondlad Film Festival / Magmart Film Festival — Special Selection Presentation during the Culture Fair of Coimbra. Museum of Water, Coimbra, Portugal. Film selection: Night Clerk (2017)

Interface – Video Art Event, IX Edition. The Museum of Țării Crișurilor, Oradea, Romania; University of Oradea, Department of Visual Arts, Romania; Visual Container TV & Box Video Art Project Space, Milan, Italy. Film selection: Night Clerk (2017)

Canaltown Moving Movie Festival — Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Film selection: Night Clerk (2017)

Short to the Point — International Short Film Festival/Awards. Romania. Film selection: Night Clerk (2017)

Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival — Hong Kong, China. Film selection: Night Clerk (2017)

Joinville International Short Film Festival — Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Film selection: Night Clerk (2017)

Off the Wall - Arts + Literature Laboratory. Madison, Wisconsin. Film selection: Night Clerk (2017)

Visions in the Nunnery 2018 - Melanie Manchot Program. Nunnery Gallery, London, England. Film selection: Night Clerk (2017)

Autumn Shorts Film Festival — Somerset, Kentucky. Film selection: Night Clerk (2017)

L'Étrange Festival — Paris, France. Film selection: Night Clerk (2017)

31st Festival Les Instants Vidéo — Marseille, France. Film selection: Night Clerk (2017)

Transitions & Travels – Edinburgh Printmakers. Curated by the Edinburgh Short Film Festival. Edinburgh, Scotland. Film selection: The Expedition (2016)

Desert Daze Festival - Nonplussed Fest: Otherworldly Program. Lake Perris, California. Film selection: Night Clerk (2017)

Video Babel — Cusco, Peru. Film selection: Night Clerk (2017)

2017

Urban Nomadism: Hangzhou Liangzhu Big Rooftop International Moving Image Exhibition. Hangzhou, China. Film Selection: Night Clerk (2017)

International Video Festival Videomedeja. Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia. Film Selection: The Expedition (2016), Night Clerk (2017), and Hotel (2017)

Shortz International Video & Film Festival. University of Novi Sad, Academy of Arts, Department of New Media Arts. Novi Sad, Serbia. Film Selection: The Expedition (2016) and The Mermaid & the Salesman (2017)

International Frog Film Festival. Žabljak, Montenegro. Film Selection: The Expedition (2016) and The Mermaid & the Salesman (2017)

Moviate Underground Film Festival. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Film Selection: Hotel (2017)

Short Cut—Retro Program. Brighton, England. Film Selection: Night Clerk (2017)

Krakow Film Festival—Video Library Market. Krakow, Poland. Project included: The Expedition (2016)

Voices from the Waters—International Traveling Film Festival. Bangalore, India. Film Selection: The Mermaid & the Salesman (2017)

Frame & Frequency 3, Vol. II. Rockville, Maryland. Film Selection: Night Clerk (2017)

Edinburgh Short Film Festival. Edinburgh, Scotland. Film Selection: The Expedition (2016)

Dickens Horror Film Festival. Dickens Opera House, Longmont, Colorado. Film Selection: Hotel (2017) and Night Clerk (2017)

Auckland International Film Festival—First Round Summer Screening Official Selection. Auckland, New Zealand. Film Selection: The Expedition (2016)

Garden City International Film Festival. Bangalore, India. Film Selection: The Expedition (2016) and The Mysterious Disappearance of the Town's Last Resident (2014)

Nederland Film Festival. Nederland, Colorado. Film Selection: The Expedition (2017)

50th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. Houston, Texas. Film Selection: The Expedition (2016)

Front Range Film Festival. Longmont, Colorado. Film Selection: The Expedition (2017) and The Mermaid & the Salesman (2017)

Nonplussed Fest. Los Angeles, California. Film Selection: Hotel (2017)

Krakow Film Festival—Video Market Library. Krakow, Poland. Project included: The Expedition (2016)

Charlton & Woolwich Free Film Festival. London, England. Film Selection: Night Clerk (2017)

Moondance International Film Festival. Boulder, Colorado. Official selections: The Mermaid & the Salesman (2017), Hotel (2017), and The Expedition (2016)

Bucharest Shortcut Cinefest. Bucharest, Romania. Official selection: Hotel (2017)

Tehran International Short Film Festival. Tehran, Iran. Film Selection: Night Clerk (2017)

Magmart International Video Festival. Naples, Italy. Film Selection: Night Clerk (2017)

North Portland Unknown Film Festival. Portland, Oregon. Film Selection: Night Clerk (2017)

2016

The Eidolon Philosophical Film Festival, Liévin, France. Projects screened: The Dust Machine Variation (2014); The Anatomical Universe (2014)

The Moving Picture Festival, Antwerp, Belgium. First-round official selection: The Expedition (2016)

Bucharest Shortcut Cinefest, Bucharest, Romania. Film Selected: The Expedition (2016)

Norwich Radical Film Festival, Norwich, England. Film Selected: The Dust Machine Variation (2014)

Sardinian Film Festival, Sassari, Italy. Film Selected: The Dust Machine Variation (2014)

Festival International d’Art Vidéo, 22nd edition, Casablanca, Morocco. Projects screened: The Dust Machine Variation (2014); The Forest (2013); The Mysterious Disappearance of the Town’s Last Resident (2014)

24 Frames Per Second International Film Festival, Grace Museum Rooftop Film Series, Abilene, Texas. Film Selected: The Diver (2013)

The Front Range Film Festival, Longmont, Colorado. Film Selected: To Winter (2016)

The Toronto Urban Film Festival, Toronto, Canada. Film Selected: Edward’s Nightmare (2014)

The Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, Illinois. Film Selected: The Anatomical Universe (2014)

One-Minute Film and Video Festival, Aarau, Switzerland. Film Selected: The Eternally Sick (2014)

The Edinburgh Short Film Festival–Arezzo Film School Workshop, Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy. Film Selected: The Mysterious Disappearance of the Town’s Last Resident (2014)

The Edinburgh Short Film Festival Outdoor Cinema Event, Edinburgh, Scotland. Film Selected: The Mysterious Disappearance of the Town’s Last Resident (2014)

Edinburgh University Film, Sound & Design Master’s Course, in collaboration with the Edinburgh Short Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland. Film Selected: The Dust Machine Variation (2014)

Samawa Cinema Tour 2016, Samawa, Iraq. Films Selected: The Dust Machine Variation (2014); The Forest (2013); The Mysterious Disappearance of the Town’s Last Resident (2014)

Norwich Underground Film Club–Sound and Vision Festival, Anteros Arts Foundation, Norwich, England. Film Selected: The Mysterious Disappearance of the Town’s Last Resident (2014)

Moondance International Film Festival, Boulder, Colorado. Film Selected: The Diver (2013)

Birmingham Film Festival, Birmingham, England. Film Selected: The Dust Machine Variation (2014)

2015

International Video Festival Videomedeja, Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia — Juror Presentation Program

Best of the Clip Award, Bermuda Shorts International Short Film Festival, Mannheim, Germany

Delete TV International Film Festival, Graz, Austria

Moondance International Film Festival, Boulder, Colorado

The Short Short Story Film Festival, Worcester, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island

Anteros Art Foundation, Norwich, England

Backup Festival, Weimar, Germany

Magmart International Video Festival, Naples, Italy

Damn Film Series - Producers’ Picks, New York, New York

Front Range Film Festival, Longmont, Colorado

One-Minute Film and Video Festival, Aarau, Switzerland

Sardinian Film Festival, Sassari, Italy

Rendezvous Film and Music Festival, Amelia Island, Florida

Portsmouth Short Film Night, 3S Artspace, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Enhanced Vision, ACM SIGGRAPH Exhibition, New York, New York

SIGGRAPH 2015 Conference, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California

CMS International Children’s Film Festival, Lucknow, India

Root Film Festival “Zero” Edition, Root Art Space, Athens, Greece

The Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, Illinois

ClujShorts International Short Film Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Dream Film Showcase, Vancouver, Washington

Damn Film Series, New York, New York

Free Range Film Festival, Wrenshall, Minnesota

Delete TV, OKTO Television Broadcast, Vienna, Austria

Edinburgh Short Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland

Best of the Edinburgh Short Film Festival — Five-Year Retrospective, The Hidden Door Arts Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland

2014

Norwich Underground Film Club, Norwich, England

Set in Motion – Under the Surface: Video Art and Experimental Film Nights, Purdue University, Fountain Gallery, Lafayette, Indiana

Clip Award International Short Film Festival, Mannheim, Germany

Moondance International Film Festival – Retrospective Program (Invitation), Boulder, Colorado

International Video Festival Videomedèja, Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia

Autumn Shorts Film Festival, London, Kentucky

Coldwater Film Festival, Ontario, Canada

Muskoka Independent Film Festival, Ontario, Canada

Best of the 2013 Portobello Film Festival, London, England

Nozstock: The Hidden Valley Music Festival, Herefordshire, England

Front Range Film Festival, Longmont, Colorado

Video Art Festival Miden, Kalamata, Greece

Mashrome Film Festival, Rome, Italy

F.I.V.E. International Video Art Experience; Pulimentos del Norte, Bilbao, Spain; Vibrafusionlab, London, Canada; Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California; Athens Video Art Festival, Athens, Greece; International Festival of Computer Arts, Maribor, Slovenia; Open Arts Foundation, Plovdiv, Bulgaria; LXT Film Funds, Beijing, China; Webster University Film Series, St. Louis, Missouri; Jaaga Gallery, Bangalore, India; Center for Contemporary Art, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine; Film Studio Jeb’ye Production, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine; Oran Biennale, Oran, Algeria; Richland College, Dallas, Texas; Seed Space, Nashville, Tennessee; Demolden Video Project, Santander, Spain; Center 3 for Print & Media Arts, Ontario, Canada; Elgalpon Espacio, Lima, Peru; University of Kent, Light Vessel 21 Art Space, Kent, England; New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria; Galleria Santa Clara, Coimbra, Portugal; Anatomy Theater & Museum, King’s College, London, England; Inter Art Center/Gallery, Beijing, China; Richland College, Dallas, Texas; Now and After Exhibition, The State Museum of Gulag History, Moscow, Russian Federation; Nesta Art Village and Alle School of Fine Arts and Design of Addis University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; New Media Department, Academy of Art and Design, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Beijing, China; Cinematica, Ancona, Italy; Digital Marrakech Festival, Marrakech, Morocco; Muzaplus, Jaffa, Israel; One Shot International Short Film Festival, Yerevan, Armenia; O.L.E. Festival, Naples, Italy; Muzaplus, Jaffa, Israel; Videoartists, Isfahan, Iran; Centro Cultural de España, Montevideo, Uruguay; Octubre Centre de Cultura Contemporània, Valencia, Spain; American University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; International Video Art Biennial, Barcelona, Spain

European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany

Aberdeen Film Festival, Aberdeen, Scotland

Best of the 2013 Portobello Film Festival, Vortex Cinema Club, London, England

CineFringe Touring Program, Bristol, England

Best of the 2013 Edinburgh Short Film Festival – The Hidden Door Arts Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland

Firehouse Film Series, Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, Colorado

Riverside Short Film and Video Festival, Hermann, Missouri

Cinema Monster Film Festival, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania

2013

24 FPS International Short Film Festival — Abilene, Texas

The Video Club, Videology—Volume XX11 — Brooklyn, New York

International Video Festival Videomedeja — Cultural Center of Novi Sad, Serbia

Starz Denver Film Festival — Denver, Colorado

Oldenburg Short Film Days Zwergwerk — Oldenburg, Germany

Atlanta Philosophy Film Festival — Atlanta, Georgia

Frontale International Film Festival — Wiener Neustadt, Austria

Portobello Film Festival — London, England

TKRA Aquarius Short Film Festival — Bangalore, India

Golden Orchid International Animation Festival — State College, Pennsylvania

Regent Park Film Festival — Toronto, Canada (not screened due to time constraints)

L'Étrange Festival — Paris, France

Electric Lantern International Motion Picture Festival — Kent, England

Moondance International Film Festival — Mystic, Connecticut

Edinburgh Short Film Festival — Edinburgh, Scotland

Corinthian Peloponnesian International Film Festival — Corinth, Greece

Mashrome Film Festival — Rome, Italy; New York, New York

Suffolk International Film Festival — Suffolk, England

Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival — Flagstaff, Arizona

Hamburg International Short Film Festival — Hamburg, Germany

Alter-Native 21 International Film Festival — Tg-Mures, Romania

Cinefringe Film Festival — Edinburgh, Scotland

Cinefringe Touring Program — Bristol, England

Free Range Film Festival — Wrenshall, Minnesota

Shortz International Video and Film Festival — Cultural Center of Novi Sad, Serbia

No Gloss Film Festival — Leeds, England

Cyprus International Film Festival — Cyprus, Republic of Cyprus

Melbourne Independent Filmmakers Festival — Melbourne, Florida

2012

Literati Film Festival — Anthology Film Archives, New York, New York

L'Étrange Festival — Paris, France

HDFest Portland — Portland, Oregon

New Filmmakers–New York — Anthology Film Archives, New York, New York

2011

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 38th Annual Student Academy Awards — Regional Winners Screening, The Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, Illinois.

Literati Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, New York, New York.

HDFest—New York, New York.

Starz Denver Film Festival, Denver, Colorado.

Moondance International Film Festival, Boulder, Colorado.

Oaxaca International Independent Film and Video Festival, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Pineapple Underground Film Festival, Experimenta Art Space, Hong Kong, China.

Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Hamburg, Germany.

The Dust Machine, University of Colorado Atlas Institute, Boulder, Colorado.

Athens International Film + Video Festival, Athens, Ohio.

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JURIED REGIONAL, NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

2014

Regional Painting Showcase Exhibition. Manifest Gallery, Creative Research and Drawing Center. Cincinnati, Ohio.

2012

Projections. An International Competitive Exhibition of Projected Art. Manifest Gallery, Creative Research and Drawing Center. Cincinnati, Ohio.

2009

MFA Now: Identity, Self 1. (Catalog) One of Three International Juried MFA Painting Competition Exhibitions. Praxis Gallery, Miami, Florida. Jurors Including: Judy Chicago.

2008

The 2008 Rocky Mountain Biennial. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Artists’ Association of Northern Colorado, 17th Annual - National Juried Exhibition. Fort Collins, Colorado.

2007

Visual Arts Society of Texas, 39th Annual National Juried Exhibition. Visual Arts Center, Denton, Texas.

Solo Shows, Two-Person & Singular Exhibits

2014

Narrative Forms. Muse Gallery. Longmont, Colorado.

2011

The Dust Chamber. University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Bio Lounge. Boulder, Colorado.

In the Morning She Awoke. University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Bio Lounge. Boulder, Colorado.

The Forest. University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Bio Lounge. Boulder, Colorado.

SOLO SHOWS, TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS & SINGULAR EXHIBITIONS

2019

The Bellbird’s Morning Song. Eric Dean Gallery, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana.

The Manifest One Prize Exhibition. Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio.

2014

Narrative Forms. Muse Gallery, Longmont, Colorado.

2011

The Dust Chamber. University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Bio Lounge, Boulder, Colorado.

In the Morning She Awoke. University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Bio Lounge, Boulder, Colorado.

The Forest. University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Bio Lounge, Boulder, Colorado.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022

Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana Regional Showcase, Juried Exhibit. Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio.

2014

All Over the Map: FRCC Faculty Exhibition. Longmont, Colorado.

2012

Annual Faculty Exhibition. Front Range Community College, Longmont, Colorado.

2011

Contained Within. University of Colorado, UMC Gallery, Boulder, Colorado.

2010

Diverse Perspectives: Faculty Exhibition. Front Range Community College, Longmont, Colorado.

Visual Arts Complex Grand Opening. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.

Spring 2010 MFA. CU Art Museum, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.

2008

The Empty House. University of Colorado Graduate Painting & Drawing Department Group Exhibition, Denver, Colorado.

Trials & Tribulations in the Wilderness. University of Colorado Group Exhibition: Art from Nature, Boulder, Colorado.

1999

PAFA Museum of American Art Annual Student Exhibition. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Group Show, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1998

PAFA Museum of American Art Annual Student Exhibition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Group Show, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1997

PAFA Museum of American Art Annual Student Exhibition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Gallery Group Show, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1996

PAFA Museum of American Art Annual Student Exhibition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Group Show, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

AWARDS, INVITATIONS & NOMINATIONS / ACADEMIC STIPENDS & GRANTS

2026

Faculty development professional travel funding. Wabash College. Crawfordsville, Indiana.

John J. Coss faculty development funding. Wabash College. Crawfordsville, Indiana.

2025

Les Utopiales - The International Sci-Fi Festival, Edition 25. Nantes, France. Film selection: 888 (2025), nominated in the Best Short Film category. Screened in competition for the Grand Prix Award, Audience Award, Canal+ Jury Awards, and broadcasting opportunities.

Faculty development professional travel funding. Wabash College. Crawfordsville, Indiana.

John J. Coss faculty development funding. Wabash College. Crawfordsville, Indiana.

2024

John J. Coss faculty development funding. Wabash College. Crawfordsville, Indiana.

2023

Faculty development professional funding. Wabash College. Crawfordsville, Indiana.

International Delete TV Film Festival. London, England. One of the four finalists for the best film of the festival competition. Film selection: Voices from Nowhere (2022).

Film selected by the Tehran International Short Film Festival to participate in the Iranian Youth Cinema Society’s weekly showcase, consisting of the best films from previous editions of the festival.

2022

John J. Coss faculty development funding. Wabash College. Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Invited to attend and present new films at the Edinburgh International Short Film Festival. Edinburgh, Scotland.

2021

Faculty development professional travel funding. Wabash College. Crawfordsville, Indiana.

2020

John J. Coss faculty development funding. Wabash College. Crawfordsville, Indiana.

2019

10th Annual Manifest Prize One - Grand Prize winner. Manifest Gallery. Cincinnati, Ohio.

10th Annual Manifest Prize One - Top Ten finalist (2 works). Manifest Gallery. Cincinnati, Ohio.

Art Laguna Prize nomination - 13th Edition. Video art & short films category. Nappe Arsenale Nord, Venice, Italy. Project selected: The Dust Machine Variation (2014)

Faculty development professional funding. Wabash College. Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Lumen Prize longlist selection. London, England. Project: The Horse Latitudes (2019)

Film Festival of Time: Ancient Futures. Best in Show program. Auckland, New Zealand. Film: Machine in the Wilderness (2019)

2018

Wabash College Student Summer Internship - Film Production. Summer stipend. Wabash College. Crawfordsville, Indiana.

9th Annual Manifest Prize - Top Ten finalist: The Horse Latitudes (2019). Manifest Gallery. Cincinnati, Ohio.

John J. Coss faculty development funding. Wabash College. Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Video Babel. Best international experimental film - honorable mention: Night Clerk (2017). Cusco, Peru.

2017

50th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. Houston, Texas. The Expedition (2016), Remi Award winner.

Nonplussed Fest. Los Angeles, California. Best experimental film – honorable mention: Hotel (2017).

Moondance International Film Festival - Finalist, Best Trailer: The Expedition (2016); Finalist, Best Short Film: Hotel & The Mermaid & The Salesman (2017).

Wabash College Student Summer Internship - Film Production: Acting & Singing. Summer stipend. Wabash College. Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Faculty development professional travel funding. Wabash College. Crawfordsville, Indiana.

John J. Coss faculty development funding. Wabash College. Crawfordsville, Indiana.

GLCA International Innovation Fund travel grant - New Zealand. Wabash College. Crawfordsville, Indiana.

2016

Bucharest Shortcut Cinefest — Bucharest, Romania

The Expedition — Winner: Best Short Film of the Festival, Best Cinematography, and Best Experimental Film; nominated for Best Editor, Best Director, and Best Original Score.

Birmingham Film Festival — Birmingham, England. The Dust Machine Variation — Winner: Best Production Design.

Wabash College Student Internship - Full-scale set construction; summer stipend. Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana

Byron K. Trippet Professorship Stipend. Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana

Asian Studies Mellon Travel Grant — Thailand. Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana

John J. Coss Faculty Development Funding. Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana

Faculty Development Professional Funding. Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana

2015

International Video Festival Videomedeja — Guest Filmmaker and Jury Member. Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia

Edinburgh Short Film Festival — Guest Filmmaker. Edinburgh, Scotland

2015 Audience Awards Competition — Invited by the Edinburgh Short Film Festival. Edinburgh, Scotland

Moondance International Film Festival — Audience Favorite Award, Animation Category. Boulder, Colorado

Rendezvous Film and Music Festival — Nominated for Best Short Film. Amelia Island, Florida

Byron K. Trippet Professorship Stipend. Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana

John J. Coss Faculty Development Funding. Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana

Faculty Development Professional Funding. Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana

2014

Autumn Shorts Film Festival — Best Domestic Short Film. London, Kentucky

Cinema Monster Film Festival — Best Experimental Film. Huntington, Pennsylvania

Moondance International Film Festival — Invited to lead a workshop (declined due to academic and professional obligations)

Aberdeen Film Festival — Guest Filmmaker; presented a program of recent work. Aberdeen, Scotland

John J. Coss Faculty Development Funding. Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana

Faculty Development Professional Funding. Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana

2013

ONE–4: The Fourth Annual Manifest Prize — Semi-finalist

Manifest Gallery—Creative Research and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

The Awesome Foundation Grant — Post-production funding for the 2013 short film project The Diver. Boulder, Colorado

Cyprus International Film Festival — The Diver; Jury Award for Best Veterans Short Film. Cyprus, Republic of Cyprus

CinFringe Film Festival — The Diver; shortlisted for Jury Awards. Edinburgh, Scotland

L’Etrange Festival — Last Day on Epsilon Eridani B; invited and nominated to compete for the Canal+ Grand Jury Prize and Public Prize. Paris, France

Suffolk International Film Festival — The Diver; nominated for Best Animated Film. Suffolk, England

Moondance International Film Festival — Audience Favorite Award, Animation Category. Mystic, Connecticut

Moondance International Film Festival — The Diver; winner of the Best Animation Award (Seahorse) Mystic, Connecticut

Moondance International Film Festival — Invited to participate in the retrospective screening program for The Dust Machine. Mystic, Connecticut

Melbourne Independent Filmmakers Festival — The Diver; nominated for Best Musical Score and Best Animated Film. Melbourne, Florida

HD Video Pro, Emerging Pro Still & Motion Competition — Featured Contender. HDVideoPro.com

2012

The Crystal Festival — Invited to the Young Directors Forum Contest. Cres-Montana, Switzerland

L’Etrange Festival — The Dust Machine; invited and nominated to compete for the Canal+ Grand Jury Prize and Public Prize. Paris, France

HDFest — Deffie Award for Best Experimental Film, The Dust Machine

Portland, Oregon; New York, New York

2011

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 38th Annual Student Academy Awards — Regional Winner, Alternative/Experimental Category (Region 2) Los Angeles, California

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 38th Annual Student Academy Awards — National Nomination, Alternative/Experimental Category. Los Angeles, California

Moondance International Film Festival — Audience Favorite Award, Animation Category. Boulder, Colorado

Moondance International Film Festival — Colorado Ocean Award. Boulder, Colorado

2010

3rd Ward 2010 Solo Show — Top Twenty-Five Finalist. Brooklyn, New York

MyArtSpace International Graduate Scholarship — Competition Award; first-place cash award

Professional Development Award — The Bri Fera Fellowship. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

2008-2009

MFA Now — International Painting Competition Award. New York, New York

The Dedalus Grant — University of Colorado Graduate Department Nominee. Boulder, Colorado

ArtistGrants.org 2009 Spring Competition — Second-place cash award

The Johnson Artistic Excellence Award

University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

The Beverly Sears Grant

University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

MFA Fellowship (Academic Year) University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

J.R. Hopes Art Scholarship. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

2007

MFA Fellowship (Academic Year)

University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

Best of Show — Visual Arts Society of Texas 39th Annual National Exhibition Denton, Texas; juror: Karen Kunc, Professor at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Weber Group Award — Visual Arts Society of Texas 39th Annual National Exhibition. Denton, Texas

People’s Choice Award — Visual Arts Society of Texas 39th Annual National Exhibition. Denton, Texas

1998-2006

Dean’s List

University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Schiet Travel Scholarship—Europe