Background
Brixey, Shawn Alan was born on January 23, 1961 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Son of Alan M. and Mary Lou (Peters) Brixey.
Digital media artist director media educator
Brixey, Shawn Alan was born on January 23, 1961 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Son of Alan M. and Mary Lou (Peters) Brixey.
Bachelor of Fine Arts in New Media, Kansas City The Art Institute of Chicago, 1985; Master of Science in Advanced Visual Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988.
Graduate teaching assistant department architect Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1985-1987. Leonardo fellow, inaugural visiting fellow Leonardo Project University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1988. Adjunct faculty, lecturer CAVS department architect Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1989.
Assistant professor, director media arts program art University Kentucky, Lexington, 1990, graduate faculty, associate member College Fine Arts, 1991. Assistant professor, chair cross-disciplinary arts program School Art University Washington, Seattle, 1994, graduate faculty College Arts and Sciences, 1995-1998. Distinguished fellow Institute for New Media San Francisco State University, 1997-1998.
Assistant professor digital media/new genre University California, Berkeley, 1998—2002, director Center Digital Art and New Media Research, 1998—2002. Associate professor University Washington, Seattle, since 2002, associate director center digital arts and experimental media, since 2002. Director experimental media laboratory department art University Kentucky, Lexington, 1992.
Director studio for media arts research and technologies lab University Washington, Seattle, 1994-1998, co-director lab animation for arts, 1995-1998, acting director Center Advanced Research Technology in the Arts and Humanities, 1996-1997. Distinguished mentor in multimedia San Francisco State University, 1997. Keynote speaker Mayor's International Technology Summit, San Francisco, 1998.
Member University California, President's Planning Group on Digital Art, 1998. Director critical history issues net art National Symposium University California, Berkeley, 2000. Keynote speaker Knights of Columbus Jubilee International Film Festival, Kansas City, Missouri, 2000, International Planetworks Conference, Presidio, San Francisco, 2000.
Speaker 0/0/01 exhibition San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2001. Judge Art Future award, Taiwan, 2000. Speaker in field; lecturer Igert Fellow National Science Foundation University of California, Santa Barbara, 2004.
Vis.disting. lecturer Tex Agricultural and Mechanical University, 2005.
Mentor advanced placement new media and digital video/audio courses Fayette County High School Systems, Lexington, Kentucky, 1990-1993. Board directors Center for Contemporary Art, Seattle, 1996-1998. Keynote speaker Seattle-Northshore School District Leadership Conference, 1998.
Married Sonja Max, 1998.