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Jake Fried

LOCATION: Boston, MA
PRIMARY MEDIA: Ink, White-Out, coffee, gouache
EDUCATION:
Self-taught animator
Boston University [BA art history, 2009]
Maryland Institute College of Art 2002-2004 [painting]
MAJOR PROJECTS:
Night Vision short film [2015]
Brain Lapse short film [2014]
Headspace short film [2014]
When I Was Done Dying intro to Dan Deacon music video [2015]
WHAT IS THE MOST VALUABLE PIECE OF ARTISTIC ADVICE YOU HAVE EVER RECEIVED, AND FROM WHO?
“Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument. The artist is not a person endowed with free will who seeks his own ends, but one who allows art to realize its purpose through him. As a human being he may have moods and a will and personal aims, but as an artist he is ‘man’ in a higher sense–he is ‘collective man’–one who carries and shapes the unconscious, psychic forms of mankind.” –C.G. Jung
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Chris McDonnell

Chris McDonnell’s recent animation productions include segments for Tour de Pharmacy (HBO), Lady Dynamite (Netflix), Comedy Bang Bang (IFC), Kroll Show (Comedy Central), Mike Tyson Mysteries (Adult Swim). Chris’s books include Steven Universe: Art & Origins and Adventure Time: The Art of Ooo, Sasquatch’s Big Hairy Drawing Book, and Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi. He works from his studio McD Workshop and teaches animation at The University of the Arts and Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia.