David R. Burns

David R. Burns takes an interdisciplinary approach to creating digital media art by combining 3D computer modeling and animation, digital video, sound design, and physical computing to push the boundaries of artistic expression. His creative work explores visual music, memory, and the relationships between technology, culture, and society. David holds a MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design in New York City. As an associate professor, David developed Southern Illinois University’s first digital media arts and animation specialization. He teaches 3D computer modeling, animation, and digital media arts theory and practice.

David's creative work is internationally exhibited at galleries, museums, film festivals, and conferences. Most notably, his digital media arts and animation work has been screened at the National Film Theater in London, the National Media Museum in England, the Red Stick International Animation Festival in Baton Rouge, the Chelsea Art Museum in New York City, the Athens Video Art Festival in Greece, Currents in New Mexico, the National Center for Contemporary Art (NCCA) in Russia, and most recently at La Normandie et le Monde at the Musée des impressionnismes in France. David’s research has been presented and published at numerous international conferences including the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) and the Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA). David is also co-authoring a chapter in Fraggle Rock to Farscape: Essays on the Worlds of Jim Henson forthcoming from McFarland in 2012.

2011 ISEA 2011, the International Symposium on Electronic Art, Istanbul, Turkey / Burns, David R. “Dematerialization, Media, and Memory in the Digital Age,” Proceedings of ISEA 2011, the 17th International Symposium on Electronic Art, peer-reviewed, double-blind refereed, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011
2011 Musée des impressionnismes, Giverny, France / David's 3D computer animation "Zikaron" was screened at "La Normandie et le Monde" film festival in the "Experimental" category at the Musée des impressionnismes, in Giverny, France, 2011
2011 National Center for Contemporary Art (NCCA), St. Petersburg, Russia / David's 3D computer animation "Zikaron" was selected for screening at “CologneOFF 2011 Baltic Sea,” peer-reviewed digital video festival, National Center for Contemporary Art (NCCA), St. Petersburg, Russia, 2011
2010 Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA) London, UK, 2010
2010 “SFC - Shoah Film Collection,” invitation to exhibit online and offline at international digital media art exhibition, Germany,
2010 Athens Video Art Festival, Greece
2010 Currents 2010, El Museo Cultural, Santa Fe, NM, USA / “Currents 2010,” curated international digital video art exhibition, El Museo Cultural, Santa Fe, NM, USA, 2010
2010 Soft Borders International, São Paulo, Brazil / Burns, David R. “Borders, surveillance, and control in the digital age,” Soft Borders International Network Conference and Festival on New Media Art, peer-reviewed, São Paulo, Brazil, 2010
2009 ISEA 2009, the International Symposium on Electronic Art, N. Ireland, UK
2009 Red Stick International Animation Festival, Shaw
Center for the Arts/Louisiana Art and Science Museum (LASM), Baton Rouge, LA, USA / David screened The Visual Orchestra at the “Red Stick International Animation Festival,” largest juried animation competition in USA, Shaw
Center for the Arts/Louisiana Art and Science Museum (LASM), Baton Rouge, LA, USA, 2009
2008 ISEA 2008 Biennial, the International Symposium on Electronic Art, Singapore / Presented paper "Virtual Borders and Surveillance in the Digital Age :: Visit-US" and screened 3D computer animation, "Visit-US," at ISEA 2008.
SESSION TITLE: BORDER RECKONINGS, BORDER CROSSINGS 2 (CHAIR: FLORIAN SCHNEIDER)
2008 KY7 Biennial, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY, USA / “KY7 Biennial,” invitation to exhibit interactive media installation in curated contemporary media arts exhibition, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY, 2008
2008 Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan, 2008 / “Design Festa Vol. 27,” live interactive digital media audio-visual performance, international art exhibition and festival, Tokyo Big Sight Conference Center, Tokyo, Japan, 2008
2007 Chelsea Art Museum, New York City, NY, USA / “10 Years Running,” curated digital art exhibition, Chelsea Art Museum, NY, NY, 2007
2007 National Film Theatre, British Film Institute (BFI) Southbank, London, England / “Optronica,” curated international audiovisual festival, National Film Theatre, British Film Institute (BFI) Southbank, London, England, 2007
2006 Hun Gallery, New York City, USA / Hun Gallery International 2006, Hun Gallery, NY, NY, 2006
2005 National Media Museum, England / Visit-US, digital animation, TV Heaven Gallery, National Media Museum, UK
2002 Sheila & Arnold Aronson Galleries, New York City / painting exhibition
2001 Parsons School of Design New York City, MFA, Design and Technology
2001 Gallery at 2 W. 13th Street, New York City / “I/O,” peer-reviewed digital media installation exhibition, Gallery at 2 W. 13th Street, NYC
1999 Parsons School of Design New York, NY AAS with honors, Studio Art
1998 Parsons School of Design New York, NY Certificate, Computer Illustration and Animation,
1995 University of South Florida Tampa, FL BA with honors, International Affairs
Musée des impressionnismes in Giverny, France / David's 3D computer animation "Zikaron" was screenined at "La Normandie et le Monde" film festival in the "Experimental" category at the Musée des impressionnismes, in Giverny, France, 2011