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
HONORS AND AWARDS
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
Jim Henson Foundation Award, 2014
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
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
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 ,
TEACHING
Society for Animation Studies, 2021. Aesthetic of Astonishment: Constructing Realities through Animated Spectacle, presenting Fusuma Karakuri: The Metaphysical, Animated, and Entertained.
California institute of the Arts, School of Film/Video, I’m Not Funny Anymore, under guidance from Maureen Selwood. Winter Session, 2020.
Carnegie Mellon University, School of Drama, Toy Theatre for Actors, under guidance from Norman Frisch. Fall, 2015.