Steven Subotnick
228 Gano St.
Providence, RI 02906
(401) 421-8984
ssubotnick@cox.net
www.stevensubotnick.com
INDEPENDENT ANIMATIONS
Fight
2012, 3:45, video, color, sound
with voice by Joel Frenzer and music by Trumpeter Girl, Leady, and Aidan Baker
a showdown between two motley characters
Boy
2011, 1:45, video, color, sound
with voice by Joel Frenzer
three letters in search of a boy
Two
2011, 2:30, video, color, sound
with music by File Under Toner, Lee Maddeford, MiaMia, Garth Knox, Fiendish Fib, Astroboiler
a visual dialog based on timing, gesture, mark-making and sound
West
2011, 1:45, video, color, sound
with music by Vostoros
a study in Manifest Destiny
Thine
2011, 1:30, video, color, sound
a snail creeps towards salvation
Jelly Fishers
2009, 6:45, video, color, sound
with music by Igor Ballereau, Kenneth Kirschner, Aidan Baker, & QQQ
a hungry family of mole creatures is saved by the intervention of an irritating fly
Glass Crow
2004, 6:20, video, color, sound
with music by Joan LaBarbara and Alex Stolmack-Ness
a meditation on the Defenestration of Prague, which sparked the Thirty Years War in 1618
Hairyman
1998, 3:00, 35MM, b/w, sound
with music by Caleb Sampson
an improvised psychological fable of three characters and their hungers
Devil's Book
1994, 5:00, 35MM, color, sound
with music by Joan LaBarbara
Hell is a ledger book and every entry is a damned soul
EXHIBITIONS, LECTURES, JURIES
2012 “Annual Charity Auction”, MassArt, Boston, MA
2012 “Thine" Group Show, Chazen Gallery, Providence, RI
2011 “Films of Steven Subotnick & Amy Kravitz”, Animator Festival, Poznan, Poland
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, Bosto
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 screening, "Independent Animation", L.A. Film Forum
2004 screening, "Cartoons from the Culture Lab", Cincinnati Art Museum
2004 presentation, "An evening with Steven Subotnick", Boston Museum of Fine Arts
2003 presentation, Addison Gallery of American Art,
2001 judge, New England Film and Video Festival, Boston, MA
2000 selector, Hiroshima International Animation Festival, JAPAN
1998 screening,"Avant Garde Animators", Holland Animation Festival, HOLLAND
1998 screening,"Contemporary Animators", Viaduct Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996 screening,"Fine Art Animation", Hiroshima International Animation Festival, JAPAN
1996 screening,"Visual Music", Stuttgart International Animation Festival, GERMANY
1995 screening,"Experimental Films", Figueria da Foz International Film Festival, PORTUGAL
1995 animation art, "Still Images/Moving Pictures", Zeitgeist Gallery, Boston
1991 animation art, "Computer Generations", Warwick Museum, RI
GRANTS, RESIDENCIES
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
2008 illustration for “Shining Through Broken Glass” concert Nov. 9, 2008
2007 animation, design for educational software, “World of Music”
2006 animation, design for educational software, "Playing Music"
2004 animation, design for educational software, "Hearing Music"
2003 animation in the Home Digital Studio. Boston, MA, Focal Press, 2003.
2001 animation, graphics for Morton Subotnick's interactive media work, "Gestures"
1998 direction for Kraft Cheese commercial, "Dairy Fairy"
1997 direction for Coca-Cola commercial, "P-30"
1995 commission - 10-second experimental animation for Absolut Vodka web site
1988 animation for Hamburg State Opera - Berlioz' "Damnation of Faust"
TEACHING
2010 - present Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Adjunct Faculty in Animation
2008 - present Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Adjunct Faculty in Animation
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
- Steven Subotnick
- Steven Subotnick is an animator and artist living and working in Providence, RI. His animations have received international awards, and his work has been included in competitive and curated shows at festivals, museums, and galleries around the world. Steven has received numerous grants and fellowships, including a fellowship from the American Film Institute, grants from the LEF Moving Image Fund, and a residency at the MacDowell Colony. Steven has been invited to be a pre-selector and a judge at film and animation festivals. In addition to his work as an artist, Steven is also a dedicated teacher. He has taught animation at a number of institutions, including Rhode Island School of Design and Harvard University. In 2003, Steven wrote a book for Focal Press which focused on animation as a personal art practice.
