ZACH DORN

EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts, Experimental Animation; Integrated Media. California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA; May 2021

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Puppetry Arts. The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; May 2010 

ACADEMIC

Associate Professor; School of Performing Arts & School of Media Arts. Seoul Institute of the Arts, South Korea; March 2023 to Present

HONORS AND AWARDS

Franklin Furnace Award, "Long Live Livia", 2023 

Slamdance, Jury Special Mention, "Moomin", 2023 

AspenShorts Fest, Jury Special Mention,"Charlotte", 2022 

Stephen Hillenburg Award, 2020 

Jim Henson Foundation Award, 2019

Julie Taymor World Theater Fellowship, Inaugural Awardee, 2016

Tobin Award for Artistic Excellence, Artist Foundation of San Antonio, 2015

Creative Development Grant, Heinz Endowment/The Pittsburgh Foundation, 2013

RESIDENCIES

Camera Obscura Museum, Santa Monica, CA, 2022 

Unlisted Projects, The Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, 2018

Niwa Gekidan Penino, Tokyo, Japan, 2017 

The Thinkery, Austin Children’s Museum, 2016

S.M.A.R.T. Artist in Residence, 1906 Gallery, San Antonio, 2016

PERFORMANCES

Sponge hollow, Automata Gallery, Los Angeles, 2020 

Sponge hollow, REDCAT, NOW Festival, Los Angeles, 2019

Let’s Prank Call Each Other, ArsNova, AntFest, New York, 2017 

The Clown Was Stung by Wasps, Luminaria Festival, San Antonio, 2017

Moon City, Spoleto Festival, Charleston, 2015 

FILM FESTIVALS

Moomin: Cucalorus (2023), Slamdance [Special Jury Mention], True/False

Charlotte: Toronto International FF (2021), Slamdance, AspenShorts [Special Jury Mention] (2022), Suttgart International Animation Festival...

Wild Heart 1981 / 2020: Slamdance (2020), Eastern Oregon FF (2020)… 

Lax to Vancouver: Sweaty Eyeballs (2020), Toronto Arthouse FF (2020)…

Self-Portrait at 86 Dog Years: Florida Animation FF (2020), Prague International FF (2020)

PRESS

Roger Ebert, Short Films in Focus: Charlotte, 2022 , 

BFI Sight + Sound Magazine, The best video essays of 2020, 2020

LA Weekly, Meet an Artist Monday: Zach Dorn, 2019

ArtsWave, Zach Dorn Waxes Nostalgic by Any Means Possible, 2019

Cincy City Beat, CRITIC'S PICK: 'Let’s Prank Call Each Other’, 2019

Orlando Weekly, ’An Excruciatingly Ordinary Toy Theater Show' is in fact extraordinary, 2018 

‘Moon City creates weird beauty by taking big risks…’ Charleston City Paper, 2015 ,