CV / Resume
FILMOGRAPHY
STALK, 2024, 4:13
FALLEN, 2022, 2:00
RESPONSE, 2022, 1:00
TENDER PARTS, 2021, 5:50
ANONYMOUS, 2020, 5:15
EDGE, 2019, 3:15
BALLERINA, 2018, 4:30
STRANGE FISH, 2017, 3:45
LITTLE GIRL, 2016, 3:30
PIG, 2015, 3:20
LINE, 2014, 2:00
ETROG, 2014, 2:00
DANDELION, 2014
LAKE, 2013, 4:00
BABY, 2012, 1:00
FIGHT, 2012, 3:45
BOY, 2011, 1:45
TWO, 2011, 2:30
WEST, 2011, 1:45
THINE, 2011, 1:30
JELLY FISHERS, 2009, 6:45
GLASS CROW, 2004, 6:20
HAIRYMAN, 1998, 3:00
DEVIL'S BOOK, 1994, 5:00
AWARDS
“Special Mention” for STALK, Animafest, Cyprus
“Best Animation” for TENDER PARTS, The Americas Film Festival, USA
“Best Experimental Animation” for TENDER PARTS, Animaphix, Italy
“Director’s Choice” for TENDER PARTS, Thomas Edison Film Festival, USA
“Special Mention” for ANONYMOUS, Experimental Film Festival, Spain
“Best Drawing Award” for STRANGE FISH, Experimental Film Festival, Spain
“Best US Animated Film” for STRANGE FISH, GLAS Animation Festival, USA
“Jury Diploma” for EDGE, T-Short Animated Film Festival, Germany
“Best Mini Art Film” for EDGE, MinIndie Short Film Festival, USA
“3rd Place” for LITTLE GIRL, MOSIFF, Montenegro
“Best Experimental” for LITTLE GIRL, Super Short Film Festival, Spain
"Best Abstract Film" for STRANGE FISH London International Animation Festival, UK
“Special Mention” for LITTLE GIRL, GLAS Animation Festival, USA
"Judge's Vote" for LITTLE GIRL London International Animation Festival, UK
"Grand Prix" for STRANGE FISH, 2017 Holland Animation Film Festival, Netherlands
"Best Abstract Film" and "Audience Award" for LINE, 2015 London International Animation Festival, UK
"Special Mention" for PIG, 2015 Parts & Labour, Animate Projects, Derby, UK
"Creative Vision" Special Mention for PIG, 2015 24FPS Short Film Festival, Abeline, TX
"2nd Place, Independent Category" for PIG, 2015 ASIFA East Awards, New York
"Best Sound Award" for FIGHT at 2013 Animage International Animation Festival, Recife, Brazil
"Jury's Special Mention" for FIGHT at 2013 ReAnimania International Animation Festival, Yerevan, Armenia
"Bronze Award" for WEST at 2013 Festival of Nations, Ebensee, Austria
"Diplome Award" for TWO at 2013 Festival of Nations, Ebensee, Austria
2013 nominated for John R. Frazier Award for Excellence in Teaching, Rhode Island School of Design
"Special Prize", TWO, 2012 Hiroshima Animation Festival, Hiroshima, Japan
"2nd Prize", TWO, 2012 ASIFA East Awards, New York, NY
"Grand Prix", TWO, 2012 Holland Animation Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands
"High Risk Award", TWO, 2011 Fantoche Animation Festival, Baden, Switzerland
"Honorable Mention", JELLY FISHERS, 2010 Talking Pictures Film Festival, Evanston, IL
"Director's Choice", JELLY FISHERS, 2010 Black Maria Film Festival, Orange, NJ
"First Place", JELLY FISHERS, 2009 Rhode Island Film Festival, Providence, RI
"First Place", GLASS CROW, 2007 Black Maria Film Festival, Orange, NJ
"Charles Samu Award", GLASS CROW, 2006 Flaherty Film Seminars
"Shoestring Award", GLASS CROW, 2005 Rochester Film Festival, Rochester, NY
"Director's Choice", HAIRYMAN, 2000 Black Maria Film Festival, Orange, NJ
"Best Animation", HAIRYMAN,1999 New England Film Festival, Boston, MA
"Doug Haynes Award", DEVIL'S BOOK, 1994 Onion City Film Festival, Chicago, IL
"Juror's Citation", DEVIL'S BOOK, 1994 Black Maria Film Festival, Orange, NJ
JURIES
2023. Judge, T-Short Festival, Germany
2022. Judge, T-Short Festival, Germany
2018 grant reviewer, Connecticut Artist Fellowship Program, Hartford, CT
2017 selector, Creative Fellowships - American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA
2013 judge, Holland Animation Film Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands
2013 judge, SENE Digital Arts exhibition, Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick, RI
2001 judge, New England Film and Video Festival, Boston, MA
2000 selector, Hiroshima International Animation Festival, JAPAN
1990 judge, Independent Artists Fellowship, Rhode Island State Council on Arts, Providence, RI
LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS
2024 Master Class, Punto y Raya Academy, Spain
2018 Retrospective, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada
2016 IPCNY "Suspended Animation" panel discussion at SVA, New York, NY
2015 Presentation, Emerson College, Boston, MA
2015 Guest Critic in Animation, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2013 "Independent Animator, Steven Subotnick", Babson College, MA
2012 "Recent Films of Steven Subotnick", School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2011 "Independent Animations of Steven Subotnick", School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2011 “Films of Steven Subotnick & Amy Kravitz”, Animator Festival, Poznan, Poland
2009 "Steven Subotnick, Animator", College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME
2009 "Guest Critic", Graduate School of Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2004 "An evening with Steven Subotnick", Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2003 "The Films of Steven Subotnick", Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge, MA
2003 "Abstraction & Storytelling", Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
2002 "Independent Animations of Steven Subotnick", Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2002 "Independent Animation of Steven Subotnick", Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
2002 "Steven Subotnick, Animator", Delaware College of Art and Design, Wilmington, DE
1997 "The Other Envelope, Please", Moving Images Honors Colloquium, University of Rhode Island, RI
1988 "Storytelling and Abstraction", School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1987 "Under the Camera Techniques", Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
EXHIBITIONS
2022 “Synapse”, Southern Vermont Arts Center, USA
2021 “New England Animators”, Hera Gallery, USA
2021 “Breath”, Newport Art Museum, USA
2018 "Characterized", Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2016 "Parts & Labour", Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, Wales, UK
2016 "Moving Prints: Suspended Animation", International Print Center, New York, NY
2016 "Positive-Negative", Slocumb Galleries, ETSU, Johnson City, TN
2015 "Parts & Labour", Animate Projects Gallery and Film Series, Derby, UK
2015 "Best of Ottawa 2015" Traveling Show, various venues, Canada and USA
2015 "Schism" Group Show, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2014 Group Show, l’Espace d’art contemporain Camille Lambert, Juvisy-sur-Orge, France
2014 “Annual Charity Auction”, MassArt, Boston, MA
2013 Group Show, Galerie du Haut-Pave, Paris, France
2013 "Framed", The Mine Factory, Pittsburgh, PA
2013 “Annual Charity Auction”, MassArt, Boston, MA
2013 "Limit(less)", Urban Institute of Contemporary Art (UICA), Grand Rapids, MI
2012 "10x10x10", Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, Pawtucket, RI
2012 “Annual Charity Auction”, MassArt, Boston, MA
2012 “Thine" Group Show, Chazen Gallery, Providence, RI
2011 “Annual Charity Auction”, Adopt-a-Doctor, Providence, RI
2011 “Chain Letter” group show, Samson Gallery, Boston, MA
2011 “Annual Charity Auction”, MassArt, Boston, MA
2011 “Two” & “West” in “New England Animation”, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
2010 "Memento Mori", Gallery 5, Richmond, VA
2010 "Pawtucket Open Studios", Pawtucket, RI
2010 “Frame by Frame”, Sert Gallery, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2010 “Intimate Animals”, Art Space, Raleigh, NC
2010 “Jellyfish”, show at AS220, Providence, RI
2009 “Still Moving” Animation Art Group Show, Delaware College of Art and Design, DE
2009 “Annual Juried Painting Show”, Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, RI
2009 “Jelly Fishers” in collection at Mediatheque, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
2009 “Jelly Fishers” in “New England Animation”, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
2007 “Glass Crow” in collection at Mediatheque, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
2007 “Glass Crow”, Manifest Creative Research Gallery & Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH
2007 “Glass Crow” in “New England Animation”, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
2007 “Hairyman”, Lumen Eclipse Public Media Arts Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2004 "Independent Animation", L.A. Film Forum
2004 "Cartoons from the Culture Lab", Cincinnati Art Museum
2001 "New Faculty Show", Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1999 "Picture Start", Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI
1999 "Angels & Devils, Visual Music", Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK
1998 "Avant Garde Animators", Holland Animation Festival, HOLLAND
1998 "Raga Mala - Contemporary Animators", Viaduct Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996 "Fine Art Animation", Hiroshima International Animation Festival, JAPAN
1996 "Visual Music", Stuttgart International Animation Festival, GERMANY
1995 "Experimental Films", Figueria da Foz Film Festival, PORTUGAL
1995 "Still Images/Moving Pictures", Zeitgeist Gallery, Boston
1991 "Computer Generations", Warwick Museum of Art, RI
GRANTS, RESIDENCIES
2024 Residency at Yaddo, NY
2018 Residency at Yaddo, NY
2017 Guggenheim Fellowship, New York, NY
2017 Creative Fellowship at the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA
2017 Individual Artist Fellowship from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
2013 Individual Artist Fellowship from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
2008 Production Grant from the LEF Moving Image Fund for “Jelly Fishers” production
2006 Residency at the MacDowell Colony
2004 Production Grant from the LEF Moving Image Fund for “Glass Crow” post production
2004 Production Grant from the Film Studies Center, Harvard University
2003 Production Grant from the LEF Moving Image Fund for “Glass Crow” production
1989 Individual Filmmaker's Fellowship from the American Film Institute
1988 Individual Artist Fellowship from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
COMMISSIONS, COMMERCIAL WORK, PUBLICATIONS
2013 animation for Lily Cole's "impossible.com" social networking app
2012 animation for "Brainstorm", science-dance project, Everett Dance Theater
2008 illustration for “Shining Through Broken Glass” concert Nov. 9
2007 flip book commission for MacDowell Colony Centennial Gala, New York, NY
2007 animation, design for educational software, “World of Music”, Morton Subotnick
2006 animation, design for educational software, "Playing Music", Morton Subotnick
2004 animation, design for educational software, "Hearing Music", Morton Subotnick
2004 animation, graphics for interactive installation, Zimmer Children's Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Animation in the Home Digital Studio. Focal Press, 2003, Boston, MA
2001 animation, graphics for Morton Subotnick's interactive media work, "Gestures"
1998 directed Kraft Cheese commercial, "Dairy Fairy", Olive Jar Animation Studio, Boston, MA
1997 directed Coca-Cola commercial, "P-30", Olive Jar Animation Studio, Boston, MA
1996 animation for Koala Yummies, "Get the Flavor", Olive Jar Animation Studio, Boston, MA
1996 graphics, animation for interactive CD, "Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel", Ark Studios, Boston, MA
1995 commission - 10-second experimental animation for Absolut Vodka web site
1988 commission - animation for Hamburg State Opera - Berlioz' "Damnation of Faust"
TEACHING
2012 - present Brown University & Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Co-instructor in jointly offered course combining science and animation
"Communicating Science Through Visual Media"
2010 - present Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Critic, Film/Animation/Video "Senior Studio: Animation"
nominated for 2013 Frazier Award for Excellence in Teaching
2008 - present Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Adjunct Faculty
"Animation Degree Project"
"Storytelling in Animation"
"Professional Practice"
2008 - 2011 Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Visiting Artist in Animation & Film Program
2007 - 2008 & Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2005 - 2006 Adjunct Faculty in Film/Animation/Video Department
2001 - 2004 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Visiting Lecturer In Visual and Environmental Studies
1999 - 2001 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Adjunct Faculty in Film/Animation/Video Department
1998 - 1999 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Assistant Professor of Animation, 1-year appointment
1989 - 1998 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Adjunct Faculty in Film/Animation/Video Department
1989- 1992 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Associate Instructor in Animation
ADMINISTRATIVE
1986 - 1989 Director, Academic Computer Center
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
EDUCATION
1986 MFA California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Experimental Animation
1984 BFA California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Motion Graphics
1980 BA University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Film & Video, cum laude