MARTHA GORZYCKI
Animation Program Coordinator
Associate Professor

 

Education

  • M.F.A. Art, San Francisco State University, 2002
  • B.A. Yale University, 1984

Areas of Expertise

  • Traditional and Experimental Animation
  • 2D Digital Animation
  • Digital Video and Installation

Films/Media Works

  • "Peace Dreams," 2005, 16mm animation
  • "Unfurling," 2001, experimental digital video
  • "Five Suns: Creation Stories of Mexico," 1996, 16mm, director of Photography/Animator
  • "All My Rainbows: Legends and Wisdom of Nakota Elder Grandmother Kitty," 1994, CD, Recording Engineer
  • "Popol Vuh: Creation Myth of the Maya," 1990, 16mm, Director of Photography/Animator

Exhibitions

  • "Night Moves," San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, 2005
  • "Against the Wall," Santa Fe Art Institute, 2004
  • "Art in Motion IV," Armory Northwest, Pasadena, USC Student Award, 2003
  • "AIM on Sunset," Hollywood Arts Commission/USC, 2003 ("Unfurling" played on an electronic billboard on Sunset Blvd. for 6 months)

Awards/Honors:

  • Presidential Award for Professional Development, 2005
  • Faculty Research Grant, Edinboro, University of PA, 1997
  • Flow Fund Grant Subsidiary of the Rockefeller Foundation, 1996
  • Personal Works Grant and Liz Adler Award, Film Arts Foundation, 1994
  • Emerging Artist Grant, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, 1991