Bryan Leister - artist resume
Education
M.F.A. Digital Fine Arts, George Mason University, 2006, Graduate Student Award
B.F.A Communication Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1985, Dean’s list 1985
Solo Exhibitions
2006
EXHIBITIONspace, Fine Arts Gallery, Fairfax, VA
Bryan Leister, Gallery 233-ONE, Alexandria, VA
1998
Illustrations, 929 Gallery, Baltimore MD
1997
The Art of Illustration, Barry Gallery, Marymount University, Arlington VA
Juried Honors and Awards
2009
2008
Juror’s Citation for P.R., The 27th Annual Black Maria Film Festival : an international experimental film and video festival, P.R. was selected for tour dates throughout the US, Jersey City, NJ
2007
Curator’s Incubator : co-curator for an exhibition titled:
anti-matter: recontextualizing the material, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore MD
2006
It Moves, It Moves Me!, Best in Show in a national juried exhibition for the Third Annual Visual Culture[s] Symposium at George Mason University exploring the latest critical thinking about time-based media
1994
Gold Medal, Society of Illustrators, a national competition sponsored by the Museum of American Illustration in New York
1990
Silver Medal, Society of Illustrators, NY Silver Award, Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington
1989
People, Places, Things: AIGA Best in Photography and Illustration 1984-89, a national competition exhibiting the best in design over the preceding 5 years
Juried Exhibitions
2010
2009
2008
42nd Brooklyn Arts Council International Film Festival, Official Selection for P.R. and Drop , Brooklyn, NY
Chicago Underground Film Festival, Official Selection for P.R., Chicago, IL
32nd Atlanta International Film Festival, an international festival receiving more than 1700 entries with fewer than 150 films selected, Atlanta, GA
15th New York Underground Film Festival, New York, NY
Globians Film Festival, an international festival focused on world and documentary films, Berlin, Germany
IV ‘08, 12th International Conference Information Visualization digital art gallery, London, UK
Byron Bay International Film Festival, Byron Bay, Australia
30th Annual Big Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale, IL
The 86Collective, a new media DVD showcase featuring four Denver artists sponsored by Rubi Rey, Denver, Chicago, Miami, USA
Design Clock Competition, Art Center Complex (ACT), Tokyo, Japan
2006
Junctures, Gallery 123, Fairfax VA
New Art Examined, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
2003
Landscapes, Del Ray Artisans, Alexandria VA
1994
Text and Image, Target Gallery, Alexandria VA
Performances
2009
Proximity Politico : performed at King Center, Denver CO
Indistinct Boundaries : performed at The Burke Theater, Navy Memorial, Washington DC
Indistinct Boundaries: Performed at The Woolly Mammoth Theater, Washington DC
2008
Temporal Interference : performed at Performatica, Pueblas Mexico
Temporal Interference : Performed at the King Center, Denver, CO
2007
such a pure force, premiere of a 20 minute 3D animation created for an original Steven Antosca composition, Corcoran Museum of Art, Contemporary Music Forum, Washington DC
Skating Still , an animation to accompany Gina Biver’s composition included in the 60X60 film festival
Proximity Politico, live Theremin/interactive performance for MultimedialeDC, Provisions Gallery, Washington DC
Temporal Interference, an interactive dance collaboration performed with Jane Franklin Dance Company at The Kennedy Center, Washington DC
The Floating Lab - duo, A live laptop concert with networked computers, a theremin and video projection,
Electric Possible, George Washington University
Protest on Demand, performance as part of the Floating Lab Collective, MultimedialeDC, Washington DC
Electric Live!, performance with Edgar Endress, Electric Possible, experimental electronic music series, Washington DC
2006
Temporal Interference, premiere performance and installation at the Warehouse Gallery, Washington DC
Exhibitions (selected)
2009
Private Arts: A Designers Art Exhibition, Artery 717, Alexandria, VA
Rupture, a 3 minute full dome format film screened at Dome 360, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver CO
2008
86 Collection, The Lab at Belmar, Denver, CO
Artist = Educator, Marriott Gallery, Denver, CO
2006
Landscape and Memory, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
Fluxus, Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring, MD
Art as Social Action, Provisions Art Gallery, Washington, DC
Print-Amore, Fine Arts Gallery, Fairfax, VA
2005
Illustrator’s Cub Member show, Art Institute of Washington, Arlington VA
Southern Latitudes, Ice House Gallery, Berkeley Springs WV
Graduate Student Exhibit Mason Hall, Fairfax VA
1999
Illustration, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design
1992
New Members Show, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
Lectures and Presentations
2008
2007
“anti-matter: recontextualizing the material”, co-authored an essay for the exhibition catalogue, Maryland Art Place,
2006
Digital Expo, George Washington University – animation festival and demonstration of motion capture
techniques, electronics and robotics using Max/MSP/Jitter
Interactive and Kinetik Art, George Mason University – 5 interactive displays to introduce painters, sculptors and digital artists to incorporating Max/MSP/Jitter into installation works
3rd Annual Visual Culture[s] Symposium at George Mason
Presentation: “Lessig Remix”
Collections
Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington, DC,
District of Columbia Historical Society, Washington DC,Blue Cross, Blue Shields, Washington DC, Systems Center, Sterling VA,James River Paper Co., Richmond VA, Celestial Seasonings, Boulder CO, Caffaro Baking Co., Seattle, WA, Kohler Inc., Kohler, WI, Citicorp, New York, NY, American Society of Physical Therapists, Alexandria VA
Selected Commissions:
Cover Art: Businessweek, Forbes, The Atlantic Monthly, Time Magazine, The New Republic, PC Magazine, IBM Research, Fantasy and Science Fiction, The New York Times, WSJ, Washington Post Magazine, Washington Post Weekend, Insight Magazine, Nuclear Times, Harvard Business Review, New England Monthly, Eating Well, Der Speigel
Annual Reports: Smuckers, Systems Center, Riggs National Bank, Blue Cross Blue Shield
Portraits: Systems Center, Pierre L’Enfant for Washingtonian/District of Columbia Historical Society, James River Paper Company, Citibank, American Physical Therapy Association, Blue Cross/Blue Shields