Daniel Durning
Title:
Assistant Professor
Degrees:
MFA, School of Visual Arts
BFA, School of Visual Arts
Contact:
Old Westbury:
Karr Fine Arts Center
Room 100
Manhattan:
New Technology Building
Fine Arts Department, 9th Floor
16 W 61st Street
Room 913
212.261.1736
e-mail:
ddurning@nyit.edu
ddurning@docusa.com
Personal Links/Files:
curriculum vitae
danieldurning.com
Class Web Page
iris.nyit.edu/~ddurning
Areas of Scholarly and Artistic Interest:
Daniel Durning is currently promoting digital art and animation through his association with professional organizations in New York City.
On behalf of the Board of Directors, NYC ACM SIGGRAPH he helped to create the MetroCAF Computer Animation Festival and initiate the First Annual New York City Juried Computer Animation Competition open to all Metropolitan Area College Students in 2003 and 2004 and is the Current Organizer of MetroCAF 2005.
Daniel Durning is a member of the Brooklyn Artist Waterfront Coalition and was acting Chair for the “Water Show” held July 2004.
Career Summary:
Daniel Durning is a native New Yorker, artist, educator, and new media designer. Mr Durning has a long and diverse work history, working on various productions since 1984, in the art departments of many film, video, animation and multimedia production companies. He has worked both full-time for various companies and free-lance on numerous high-end commercial projects including an Oscar nominated film and early website development.
His most recent project was developed in conjunction with MoMA's new ground breaking internet radio station WPS1 where produces and hosts of his own radio show Art and Technology, Discussions with Visual and Sound Artists. His show is celebrating its first year anniversary.
Daniel Durning is dedicated to the promotion of digital art and animation in New York City. Since 1998 he has been an elected member of the Board of Directors of NYC ACM SIGGRAPH, where he has helped to set up numerous events for the NYC computer graphics community. Additionally he was the organizer and Chair of MetroCAF the Metropolitan Area College Computer Animation Festival, 2003 & 2004 which debuted to a sell out crowd in September 2003. He has also writes articles for the NYC ACM SIGGRAPH newsletter I/O and is a contributor to the NYC ACM SIGGRAPH website nyc.siggraph.org.
Selected Exhibitions
"Objects Of Radiance," 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, 2005
"Pier Show," Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition, BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, 2005
"Small Works Show," 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, 2005
"International Conference Computer Graphics, Image and Vision," Beijing, China, 2005
"International Conference on Information Visualization," London, England, 2005
"Snap to Grid," Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, California, 2005
"25th Anniversary Show," Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition, BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2005
"Mixed Metaphor," 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, 2005
"Earth Art Show," Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition, BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, 2005
"VII Salon de Arte Digital," Centro Cultural Pablo de la Torriente Brau, Havana, Cuba, 2005
"Solo Show," Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition, BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, 2004
"Water Show" Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition, BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, 2004
"Pier Show" Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition, BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, 2004
"Snap to Grid" Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, California, 2004"Me and My Friend" Curated By Nancy Grove, Resnick Gallery, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York, 2002
"Robert Michael Smith and Fellow Travelers", International RP Sculpture Exhibition, The Rourke Museum, Moorhead, Minnesota, 2002
“Intersculpt NYC”, Engine 27, New York, New York, 2001
Selected Publications
Authored articles for NYC ACM SIGGRAPH Online Publication I/O
Review of the Electronic Theater SIGGRAPH 2002
"Electronic Theater Comes of Age" by Daniel Durning
Review of the Art Gallery SIGGRAPH 2003
"Diary of a an Art Gallery Sub Committee Member"
Recommended web sites:
WPS1 Art Radio
http://www.wps1.org
New York City SIGGRAPH
http://www.nyc.siggraph.org
The Brooklyn Artist Waterfront Coalition
http://www.bwac.org
Recommended publications:
Eadweard Muybridge, The Human Figure in Motion, Dover Publications, 1955.
Steven D. Katz, Film Directing Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Screen, Focal Press, 1991.
Burne Hogarth, Dynamic Figure Drawing, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1996.
Frank Thomas, Illusion of Life: Disney Animation, Disney Editions, 1995.