Resume
updated July 2024
Email: info@maijabeeton.com
Website: www.maijabeeton.com
Education
BFA, Fine Arts, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY
Continuing education courses in media technology, art, science, music, and business: the American Film Institute, Animation Guild, Banff Center for the Arts, City College of New York, The Cooper Union, Columbia University, Manhattan School of Music, Santa Monica College and UCLA.
Grants/Awards
2015 WonderWomenTech Hackathon, first place team
2015 WonderWomenTech Hackathon, individual merit award
2008 Emmy Award for Outstanding Graphic Design
1988 Fine Art Studio Fellowship, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada
Residencies
2011-2014 Volunteer Artist-in-Residence, Mark Twain Middle School Garden, Mar Vista, CA
2000 Filmmaker-in-Residence in Digital Media, American Film Institute, Los Angeles CA
1988 Banff Centre for the Arts Fine Art Studio Fellow, Banff, Canada
Solo Exhibitions
2016 Citizen Artist – Citizen Scientist, UUCCSM, Santa Monica, CA
2014 The Cel Art Project, UUCCSM, Santa Monica, CA
1993-1994 Synthetic Terrarium, Franklin Street Subway Station (Tribeca), New York, NY
1992 The Desert in the Garden – New York, The Sculpture Center, New York, NY
1991 The Desert in the Garden – Sweden, Galleri Enkehuset, Stockholm, Sweden
1991 The Desert in the Garden – LA, Sue Spaid Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
Collaborations
2022 Domance, Los Angeles, CA
2014-present Night Talkers, 29 Palms, CA (media created in collaboration Tim Jones)
2014-present Undisclosed Art-Science Project, Stockholm, Sweden (created in collaboration with the Bioinspired Forum AB & Embedded Nano Europe)
2010 UTS Centennial Art Exhibition, Toronto, Canada (created in collaboration with author Catherine Bush)
1991-1993 True Identity, Bronx, NY (music created in collaboration with Andre Bullock and Spec Dot)
1991 Interstate, Art Futura, Barcelona, Spain (theater created in collaboration with Perry Hoberman)
1990 It’s Easter in My Brain (Jim Shaw’s 45 rpm single with Art Byington, Mike Kelley, Richie Lee, Stephan Prina, Ed Ruscha, Cindy Bernard, Laura Graham, Liz Larner, Martine Tomczyk), Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibitions
2024 Digital New Arts Festival – Fourth of Four, Santa Monica, CA
2023 Imagined Histories of Women in Art, Ladies of Courage, West Hollywood, CA
2022 Domance, Metaversal from Los Angeles, CA
2021 Eye Poet Gallery – Virtual Burning Man, Metaversal from Los Angeles
2010 UTS Centennial Art Exhibition, Toronto, Canada
2001 Desert in the Garden, Olvera St, Los Angeles, CA
2001 East Village Arts Festival, Theater for the New City, NYC
1992 Salon of the Mating Spiders, Herron Test Site, Brooklyn, NY
1991 Ovarian Warriors and Knights of Crissum, Sue Spaid Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
1991 Stereoscopic Computer-Generated Worlds, PhotoFair, Gothenberg, Sweden
1989 Invitational, Cold City Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1988 Group Show, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada
1988 Ten Painters, White Columns, New York, NY
1988 The Bazaar, Fashion Moda, The Bronx, NY
1987 Three Artists, Ridge Street Gallery, New York, NY
1987 Painting and Sculpture Towards the 90’s, Long Island City, NY
1987 Friends and Strangers, Ridge Street Gallery, New York, NY
1987 The Media Science Show, Ridge Street Gallery, NY
Public Art Projects
2015 Earth Week Celebration Community Painting, Center for Environmental and Urban Studies Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA
2011-present Secret Garden Murals, Mark Twain Middle School, Mar Vista, CA
1993-1994 Synthetic Terrarium, Franklin Street Subway Station (Tribeca), New York, NY
Software, Songs and Videos
2016 Divination (Video Producer/Director) Culver City, CA
2013 Post Partum (Video Producer/Director/Writer) Vancouver Island, B.C. & Culver City, CA
2007 Mercenaries 2 (Video Game Cinematics’ Animation Producer) Los Angeles, CA
2003 Life In 2 Dimensions (Video Producer/Director/Writer/Editor) Los Angeles, CA
1993 Public Enemy: Fear of a Black Planet, (Music Video Animation Designer and Director) Sony Music Videos, New York, NY
1990 It’s Easter in My Brain (performer on Jim Shaw’s 45 rpm single with Art Byington, Mike Kelley, Richie Lee, Stephan Prina, Ed Ruscha, Cindy Bernard, Laura Graham, Liz Larner, Martine Tomczyk), Los Angeles, CA
Screenings
2009-present works-in-progress (Producer/Director), L.A. Abstract Film Workshop, Museum of Jurassic Technology, Culver City, CA
2005 Take Two (Visual Effects Supervisor), American Film Institute
2005 The Keeper (Visual Effects) Feature Film, Santa Monica
2004 Pink Five Strikes Back (Visual Effects Artist), Atom Films
2003 Life in Two Dimensions, (Producer/Director/Writer/Editor), 48 Hour Film Festival, Hollywood, CA
2001 Desert in the Garden (Producer/Director/Writer/Editor), Casa de Sousa, Los Angeles, CA
2000 True Identity (Producer/Director/Writer/Editor), Glaxa Theater, Silver Lake, CA
2000 Pumpkin Hill (Visual Effects Producer), American Film Institute, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Three Siblings and a Wedding (Producer/Director/Writer/Editor), Independent Women Filmmakers, American Film Institute, Los Angeles, CA
1995 – 1998 Martian Warrior (Animation Producer/Director/Writer), Computer Game Developers Conference, San Francisco CA
1995 – 1998 Martian Warrior (Animation Producer/Director/Writer), SIGGRAPH New Orleans, LA
1995 – 1998 Martian Warrior (Animation Producer/Director/Writer), G3 Conference Los Angeles, CA and Las Vegas, NV.
1992 – 1998 Badlands & Desert in the Garden (Producer/Director/Writer), “Young, Gifted and Broke,” Manhattan Cable, New York, NY
1991 Journey to the Fourth Dimension, (Animation Producer) SIGGRAPH Film Show, Las Vegas, NV
Performances
2023 Imagined Histories of Women in Art, Ladies of Courage, West Hollywood, CA
2015 Performance Painting (Painter), Santa Monica College Center for Environmental Science and Urban Studies’ Earth Week Celebration, Santa Monica, CA
2005 African Drumming (Drummer), La Fiesta Ballona, Culver City, CA
1994 Wrath of Kali (Videographer, VFX Producer and Actress), Theater for the New City, New York, NY
1993 JVC Jazz Festival Workshop Recital (Songwriter and Singer), Manhattan School of Music NY, NY
1992 Memory Palace (Associate Animation Producer), Art Futura, Barcelona, Spain
1991 Interstate (Co-Creator), Art Futura, Barcelona, Spain
1990 Pau (Animation Producer) Art Futura, Barcelona, Spain
Lectures & Panels
2022 Producer/Moderator of LA ACM SIGGRAPH’s To The Fourth Dimension & Beyond!, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Producer/Moderator of LA ACM SIGGRAPH’s VFX of Horror: Achieving Eerie Aesthetics in Film, TV and Games, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Moderator at International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory Summit 2015, Scale Travels – The Intersection of Nanoscience and Art, Braga, Portugal.
2000 Panelist at Santa Barbara Film Festival on Digital Filmmaking
2000 Moderator at ResFest, Los Angeles, CA on Digital Cinema
2000 Panelist at International Film Commissioners Conference, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Lecturer at AniMar Festival, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
1999 – 2000 Co-Chair 3D Design Conference, Santa Clara, CA
1998 – 2000 Moderator of Computer Media Salons, AFI, Los Angeles
1998 Lecturer at 3D Design Conference, San Francisco, CA on Using Motion Capture in Digital Character Animation
1997 Panelist at Silicon Studios, Los Angeles, CA on Traditional Artists in Digital Media
1997 Lecturer at 3D Design Conference, Pasadena, CA Creating Low Polygon Count Models
1994 Lecturer at Media Lab, Arizona State University West, Glendale AZ
1991 Lecturer at New Media Symposium, PhotoFair, Gothenberg, Sweden
1993 Lecturer at Pratt Institute Seminars in Computer Graphics, New York, NY
Curatorial Projects
2022 Domance, the World’s first 360 immersive NFT Dome exhibition located in the Domelandia Metaverse in collaboration with SearchLight Art and the Vortex Community Circle, New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA & the Metaverse
2001 The Tano Media Institute, Santa Fe, NM
2000 Access-O Microcinema, Los Angeles CA
1998-2000 Digital Media events including the Computer Media Salons, American Film Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Related Employment
Education and Training
2020-present Instructor – Otis College of Art & Design Extension; Los Angeles, CA
Created curriculum and taught courses in Digital Storytelling, A.I. for Rapid Storytelling and Visualization, Media Literacy and Portfolio development.
2011 Adjunct Lecturer – Animation Department, Loyola Marymount University; Los Angeles, CA
Created curriculum and taught course in Experimental Animation which included classes in Dragon Software, stop motion, cut-outs, pixilation, camera techniques, compositing, visual effects, motion capture and experimental 3D techniques.
2001-2003 Adjunct Faculty – Department of Film and Electronic Arts, California State University, Long Beach; Long Beach, CA
Instructed courses in media aesthetics, digital media (2D and 3D graphics, animation and interactive techniques) and sound (sound design and Protools usage).
Post production supervised student films for CSULB student film shows.
2000 Filmmaker-in-Residence in Digital Media, American Film Institute; Los Angeles, CA
Digital media mentor to AFI Conservatory students.
1998-2000 Director of the AFI Conservatory Graduate Program in Digital Media, American Film Institute; Los Angeles, CA
Directed AFI Conservatory graduate program in digital media. Responsibilities included: curriculum development, faculty selection, hiring and management, initial software and hardware acquisition and implementation,teaching courses and mentoring of students.
1998-2000 Director of Advanced Technology Programs, American Film Institute; Los Angeles, CA
Co-developed and managed professional and community digital filmmaking training programs including: the California Digital Arts Workshop, the Intel Enhanced Television Workshop and the Computer Media Salons.
1995-1998 Manager of Training and In-house Producer, Nichimen Graphics; Los Angeles, CA
Managed U.S. and U.K. software training and produced demonstration and marketing materials for Nichimen Graphics which was a leading supplier of 3D graphics software for game development and interactive entertainment.
Commercial Production
2014-present Producer of Emerging Media – Culver City, CA
2012-2013 Visual Effects Co-Producer – MastersFX; Arleta, CA – Project: FALLING SKIES (TV).
2007-2009 Visual Effects and Animation Producer – Brain Zoo Studios; Van Nuys, CA – Projects include: Lord of the Rings Online-Mines of Moria (Trailer) Destroy All Humans and Lego Star Wars-New Hope (commercials) MERCENARIES II (game) STILETTO (film) SPORT SCIENCE (TV) and Dreamscenes (HD commissioned screensavers for Microsoft).
1990-1995 Animation Director, Free-lance; New York, NY, Barcelona, Spain & Phoenix, AZ – Clients include: Pepsi, Tambrands, the Caribiner Group, Mabou Mines, Art Futura
1987-1995 Animation Producer, Free-lance; New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA & Barcelona, Spain – Clients include: HD/CG, Art Futura, deGraf/Wahrman, RCA Columbia International Video
1986-1994 Art Director, Free-lance; New York, NY – Clients include: AT&T, PBS, CBS-FOX, Showtime, Comedy Central, Sony Music Videos
1983-1986 Art Director and Animator, Fantastic Animation Machine; New York, NY – Clients include: Mitsubishi, TIME LIFE, General Foods, NBC, CBS FOX, Chemical Bank
1979-1981 Feature Film Art Department Assistant, Free-lance; Toronto, Canada – Short and feature films include: MISDEAL, TRACK STARS and ANATOMY OF A HORROR
Independent Production
2023 Video Producer/Director – ALIEN AMOUR; New Orleans & Culver City, CA – video short
2022 Video Producer/Director – TIGER QUEEN; New Orleans & Culver City, CA – video short
2016 Video Producer/Director – DIVINATION; Culver City, CA – video short
2011-2012 Visual Effects Consultant – RADIO MARY; Culver City, CA – independent feature film
2011-2012 Visual Effects Consultant – RADIO MARY; Culver City, CA – independent feature film
2005-2013 Producer/Director/Writer/Editor – POST PARTUM; Vancouver Island, B.C. & Culver City, CA – video short
2000-2002 Co-Founder and Creative Director – Tano Media Institute; Los Angeles, CA & Santa Fe, NM – Film development & screenwriting workshops for women filmmakers
2000-2001 VFX Supervisor/VFX Producer – TAKE TWO; Culver City, CA – independent feature film
2000-2001 Co-Founder – Access-o Microcinema; Silver Lake, CA – Independent digital cinema, incubator & theater for under represented
1993-2000 Art Director and Digital Artist, The Truly Dangerous Company; Tujunga, CA – Projects include: DAVINCI’S DREAM, HOUSE, PINK FIVE
1991 MEMORY PALACE, Art Futura, Barcelona, Spain (Animation Acquisitions)
Membership Activities
SIGGRAPH, Los Angeles Chapter, Los Angeles, CA
Film Independent, Los Angeles, CA
Past Co-Director of the Los Angeles Abstract Film Workshop, Culver City, CA
Bibliography
Bob Dietz, “Art Opening at UU Santa Monica — Emmy award winning artist Maija Beeton presents the CEL PROJECT, an homage to 2D Cartoons.” Santa Monica Patch, September, 2014
Jerry L. Holsopple, “Toward a Poetic of Visual Music.” PhD Dissertation, Media and Communications, European Graduate School September, 2003
Robert Shuster. “A No-Budget Production.” Los Angeles Times 2 September, 2001
Charles Cameron. “Mother Kali in Arizona.” Millenium Concentrate 2000
David Bloom. “DIGITAL L.A.” Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) 28 November, 1998
David Pagel. “Art Reviews: History Lesson.” Los Angeles Times 24 October, 1991.
Collections
Brooklyn Union Gas, Brooklyn, NY
LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City, NY