Faculty, staff, and students from ACCAD are very active in film festivals, exhibitions, conferences, performances and professional organizations. The following list indicates recognition for this work. Recorded achievements begin circa 1989 – present, reflecting early honors for many talented colleagues and ACCAD alumni.
2023
Self in Progress
Creative Director — Kayla Lehman
Self in Progress is an MFA thesis animated short film by Kayla Lehman that investigates how the aesthetics of Surrealism and Surrealist animation can be used as inspiration for visualizing a multimedia animated film centered around a woman’s journey with anxiety and mental illness.
- Cinema Columbus
- AMSC "Bring Your Brilliance" Short Film Festival
- Palm Springs Animation Festival
- Berkeley Springs Film Festival (WV) — Winner: Best Student Film
- Detroit International Festival of Animation
2021
Network Arts: Transformation of Distance
On Sunday, November 7th, The Sonic Arts Ensemble, featuring Ann Stimson, Marc Ainger, and Oded Huberman from ACCAD; Atelier Avant (Se-Lien Chuang and Andreas Weixler) from Austria; and Scott Deal (Director of the Tavel Arts and Technology Research Center, Indiana), performed and presented on their networked ensemble work as part of the NowNetArts Conference 2021. Also appearing in the conference on November 6th at 12 PM EDT was a spin-off ensemble, You Should Listen To Elektra The Sonic Arts Ensemble featuring Fede Camara Halac and Jacob Kopcienski (ACCAD).
Sonic and Visual Offerings: Concurrent with #COP26, UN Climate Change Conference
In early November 2021, as part of a yearlong residency at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Norah Zuniga-Shaw (Dance/ACCAD) invited participants to explore digital performance capture including immersion and audience interaction. She draws on resources from her collaboratively created transmedia performance rituals Climate Gathering and Livable Futures podcast.
Murder on Mansion Hill: Simone Downie Presents Digital Tabletop Game at IFIP
November 3, 2021, Design MFA candidate Simone Downey presented a virtual live demonstration of her digital tabletop game, Murder on Mansion Hill, for the IFIP International Conference on Entertainment Computing. The conference was held in Portugal this year. Her game was also accepted into the IFIP game competition.
2020
Into the Multiverse
On November 10, 2020 the Sonic Arts Ensemble joined remotely with performers around the world–including the honorable New Renaissance Artist Elizabeth A. Baker–for a one-night live-streamed event.
Performers included directors and founding member Marc Ainger and Ann Stimson (laptop and flute—Columbus); co-director Fede Camara Halac (electronics—Argentina); Norah Zuniga Shaw (voice and movement—Columbus); Oded Huberman (laptop, live video—Columbus); Ohio State Grad Fellow Jacob Kopcienski (altered saxophone and electronics—Hilliard); Berenice Llorens (guitar—Argentina); Madeliene Shappiro (cello—New York); Ohio State alum James Croson (piano—Florida); Ohio State alum Joe Sferra (clarinet—New York); and Scott Deal (vibraphone, percussion—Indianapolis).
Sonic Arts Performance At NowNet Arts Conference
Co-Directors - Professor Marc Ainger and Fede Cámara Halac (GAHDT Post-Doctoral Fellow)
The Ohio State University Sonic Arts Ensemble presents a concert demonstration at the NowNet Arts Conference on November 8, 2020.
2019
Virtuoso Chances
By Andreas Weixler and Se-Lien Chaung with the OSU Sonic Arts Ensemble (Marc Ainger and Federico Camara Halac, co-directors)
On September 22 and 23, 2019, Se-Lien Chaung and Andreas Weixler visited from Austria (Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst, and Anton Bruckner Privatuniversitat) to take part in rehearsals, a workshop, and a performance of Virtuoso Chances with students and faculty of the OSU College of the Arts and Sciences.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
April, 2019 (10 performances, Roy Bowen Theater)
The OSU Department of Theatre presented, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time about a teenager with autism spectrum disorder. Alex Oliszewski (Theatre / ACCAD) and lighting director Mary Tarantino (Theatre) closely collaborated on this media-intensive production of the play written by Simon Stephens (based on the novel by Mark Haddon). OSU Theatre professor, Kevin McClatchy directed. This media, technology infused production was highlighted in OSU's Alumni Magazine (summer 2019).
2018
Wall-Mounted Level
Creative Directors - Kyoung Lee Swearingen & Scott Swearingen (ACCAD)
- SIGGRAPH 2018 - Vancouver, Canada
- IEEE GEM - Galway, Ireland
- November 2017: Montreal Independent Games Festival, Innovation and Social Impact Award, Montreal, Canada
SentiencE
Creative Director — Lakshika Udakandage
Sound Score - Caitlyn Trevor
- April 2018: Top Shorts, Best Special Effects & Best Score Awards, Los Angeles, CA.
- April 2018: Ohio Shorts, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH.
- March 2018: Global Shorts, Honorable Mention, Los Angeles, CA.
- March 2018: Athens Animfest Official Selection, Athens, Greece.
- February 2018: Los Angeles Independent Film Festival, Best Animation Short & Best Original Music Score, Los Angeles, CA.
- January 2018: NewFilmmakers NY/YoungFilmmakers NY Fall Screening Series, New York, NY.
Carmina Burana: A Visual Concert Experience
February 25, 2018 (2 performances)
The Choral Studies department in the OSU School of Music presented Carl Orff's masterpiece Carmina Burana, with updated visual imagery in the dimension Orff originally indicated. Faculty members, Alex Oliszewski (Theatre / ACCAD) and Anna Gawboy (Music Theory) lead the creation of a digital-visual design that was scored to the music.
2017
Voxel Bay — SXSW Finalist
Ohio State / ACCAD and Nationwide Children's Hospital (NCH) were recognized for being 1 of the top 5 finalists in the area of Health, Med and Biotech, at the internationally recognized SXSW Festival, a very prestigious honor. The award acknowledges new technology that best improves the quality, efficacy and cost-effectiveness of prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care in health and medicine.
2016
The Boy Who Draws Cats
Creative Director — Shumeng Zhao
December 2016: NewFilmmakers NY/YoungFilmmakers NY Fall Screening Series, New York, NY
Windswept (for laptop and ensemble)
Creative Director — Marc Ainger, OSU School of Music
Flute — Ann Stimson, OSU School of Music
June 6 2016: New York Philharmonic Biennial
Danse Macabre
Creative Director — Jessica Cavender
Animation — Tom Heban
- October 2016: Screamdance International Film Festival, Brooklyn NY
- September 2016: American Dance Festival, Student Shorts, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
- September 2016: Salamance Moves Festival, Hobart, Tasmania, AU
- March 2016: Columbus Moving Image Art Review, Columbus, Ohio
- April 2016: Festival International De Video Danse De Bourgogne, Le Cruesot, FR
Limitless
Creative Director — Karen Ross
- May 2016: WOW Festival, Sydney, Australia
- April 2015: Athens International Film, Athens Ohio
- April 2015: Humboldt International Film Festival, Humboldt, CA
Celestial Clutter
Creative Director — Charles Csuri
- March 2016: IMERSA Conference, Denver Colorado
- April 2016: COSI Columbus
- May 2016: Immersivefest, Madrid, Spain
Thurber Dogs
Creative Director — Vita Berezina-Blackburn
ACCAD's Thurber Dogs animation produced by ACCAD staff, faculty and students in 2007-2008 and performed by the Columbus Promusica Chamber Orchestra in 2008 and 2013 will be featured in a performance by the Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra February 18, 2016.
2015
2050: A Brief History of the Future
Professor Emeritus Charles Csuri's work, Random War, is on display during a special exhibition at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Belgium, Sept 11, 2015 through January 24, 2016.
Drums Downtown XI
Creative Director — Alan Price
Design | ACCAD Students: Alice Grishchenko, Shumeng Zhao
Drums Downtown XI was a collaboration with the OSU School of Music Percussion faculty and students and OSU Dance Department. Performances were April 3 – 4, 2015 at the Riffe Center's Capitol Theater.
Here Be Giants
Creative Director — Tom Heban
Here Be Giants is a MFA thesis film by Thomas Heban. According to Tom the film was "guided by an intersection of my interests in the mythic qualities of landscape, personal documentary and temporal scale".
- 2016: VI FICAIJ, Merida, Venezuela
- 2016: Dingle International Film Festival, Dingle, Co. Kerry, Ireland. Animation Dingle Student Competition.
- Winner: Best Cinematography
- Special Mention: Best Music/Sound Design
- Nominee: Best 3D CGI Animation
- 2015: Student Film Fest at OSU
- 1st Place Winner: Audience Award Winner
- 2015: Columbus International Film + Video Festival
- 2015: Independents Day Festival
- 2015: CIF+VF Ohio Made Shorts Festival
- 2015: Fall 2015 Series at NewFilmmakers NY
- 2015: Athens International Film + Video Festival, Athens, OH
- 2015: Digi-Eye: Film/Video Showcase
- 2015: Accolade Global Film Competition, La Jolla, CA.
- Award of Merit Special Mention: Animation
2014
There Is No Silence
A Fantasia inspired by the Great French Mime Artist Marcel Marceau, April 3 – 13, 2014
Marcel Marceau’s alter-ego “Bip” came to life on stage when Ohio State presented the technologically groundbreaking, collaborative production of There Is No Silence, a devised new work inspired by the great French mime artist.
Csuri Receives Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
The Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences honored ACCAD founder Professor Charles Csuri at their annual awards program on April 25, 2014 with the ASC Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award.
Drums Downtown X
Dark Full Ride, Alan Price (ACCAD), OSU School of Music Percussion faculty and students, OSU Dance Department.
Moon Rush
People's Choice Award 2014, Games for Change, April 22 – 26, 2014. Moon Rush, a Web-based computer game, conceived by Ohio State graduate students Cheng Zhang (design/computer science engineering) and Sherri Larrimer (Design), won the People's Choice Award, in the Shoot the Moon Game Design Challenge.
2013
The Moon Experience
Creative Director — Cheng Zhang
COSI Science Career Day - Saturday, August 24, 2013. Twelve scientists and researchers showcase their work through interactive, hands-on activities. The Moon Experience is featured as "groundbreaking work Ohio scientists are conducting in energy, linguistics, computer science, engineering, astronomy, and other fields."
Wonder
Creative Director — Nikki Lemon
- March 2014: 20th International World of Women’s Cinema Film Festival, Sydney, Australia
- November 2013: Ohio Independent Film Festival, Euclid, OH
- October 2013: La Femme International Film Festival, Beverly Hills, CA
- September 2013: Philadelphia Film & Animation Festival, Philadelphia, PA
- August 2013: Flickers: Rhode Island International Film Festival, Newport, RI
Grimpant
Commissioned by La Panacée Centre de Culture Contemporaine in Montpellier, France
Collaborative Artists — Alan Price and Teri Rueb
The gallery installation consists of a high resolution panoramic projection, 35 feet wide by 7 feet high, displaying real time rendering of the origins and growth of the city, incorporating datasets of city plantings and traffic flow, along with tracings of the movement of participants throughout the city using a mobile app designed by the artists. Installed in June 2013.
2012
Retablo
Creative Director — Susana del Rio Kuroiwa
- January 2014: Digi-EYE moving image live action & animation screening, Thurber Theatre, Drake Performance Center, Ohio State University.
- September 2013: Great Lakes International Film Festival, Erie, PA, Offical Selection.
- November 2012: IX Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes FENACO , Lambayeque Perù. First Place, National Short Category: Animation Winner of The FENACO Prize
- October 2012: 11th Annual Boston Latino International Film Festival, Boston, MA Official Selection.
- March 2012: Columbus Moving Image Art Review, Columbus, Ohio. Official Selection.
Illuminated Tapestry
Dance|Tech Collaboration with BalletMet
Creative Directors — Jimmy Orrante, Choreographer; Alan Price, Interactive Technology; Sean Beeson, Music.
Commissioned performance collaboration with BalletMet, April 20-28, 2012 at the Capitol Theater, Columbus, OH.
Young Mother Nature
Creative Director — Stephen Conroy
- May 2012: Ohio Independent Film Festival, Cleveland, OH
- April 2012: Athens International Film Festival, Athens, OH
- April 2012: Humboldt Film Festival, Arcata, CA. Finalist, Animation category
- April 2012: Rochester International Film Festival, Rochester, NY. Official Selection
- March 2012: Columbus Moving Image Art Review, Columbus, Ohio. Official Selection
Drums Downtown VIII: City Life
Real-Time Responsive Animation in Live Performance
Musical performance by Students and Faculty from the OSU School of Music based on Steve Reich's composition. Real-time computer animation by Alan Price. Performed February 24 & 25, 2012 at the Capitol Theater, Columbus, OH.
2011
Lifetime Achievement in Digital Art
Awarded to Professor Charles Csuri
- ACM-SIGGRAPH in Vancouver, British Columbia, August 8, 2011.
Other Csuri Awards and Recognitions
- July – Oct 2010: OSU Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH, Beyond Boundaries Retrospective Exhibition
- 2008: Kaohsiung Fine Arts Museum, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Beyond Boundaries Retrospective Exhibition
- 2006: SIGGRAPH, Boston, MA, Beyond Boundaries Retrospective Exhibition
- 2001: Central Ohio Technology Hall of Fame — Technology Leadership Council of Central Ohio
- 2000: Governors Award — Best Individual Artist in the State of Ohio
- 2000: Joseph Sullivant Award
The Camouflage Project
Performance collaboration between OSU Theatre Department and ACCAD
- May 12-27, 2011: Thurber Theater at the Drake Performance Center
The Approach
Creative Director — Josh Fry
- March 2012: Columbus Moving Image Art Review, Columbus, OH
- March 2012: 36th Cleveland International Film Festival, Cleveland, OH, Official Selection
- May 2011: Ohio Independent Film Festival, Official Selection, Shorts Program
Holly Hype
Creative Director — Amber Cecil
- March 2012: Columbus Moving Image Art Review, Columbus, OH
- September 2011: Atlanta Underground Film Festival, Atlanta, GA, Official Selection
- May 2011: Ohio Independent Film Festival, Official Selection, Shorts Program
- April 2011: Ohio Shorts Festival, Wexner Center for the Arts
The Games I Made Up
Creative Director — Mary Twohig
- March 2012: Columbus Moving Image Art Review, Columbus, OH
- April 2012: The 13th Annual Crossroads Film Festival
- April 2012: Savannah International Animation Festival, Savannah, GA, Official Selection
- Winter 2011: NewFilmmakers Series New York, NY, Official Selection
- 8th Annual: Chicago International REEL Shorts Festival, Chicago, IL, Official Selection
- July 2011: Animation Block Party, Brooklyn, NY, Official Selection
- May 2011: Ohio Independent Film Festival, Official Selection, Shorts Program
- April 2011: Palm Beach Women's International Film Festival
- 13th Annual Crossroads Film Festival Jackson, MS, Official Selection
Drums Downtown VII
Creative Director for Animation — Alan Price
- February 18 – 19, 2011: Dark Full Ride, Riffe Theatre, Columbus, OH
Empire of Sleep
Creative Director — Alan Price
- Jan 21 – Feb 24, 2011: Electronics Alive VI, University of Tampa
- July 2010: SIGGRAPH Art Gallery: Touchpoint: Haptic Exchange Between Digits
- July 6 – Oct 2, 2010: Urban Arts Space, Columbus Ohio
- November 9, 2009: Squeaky Wheel, Buffalo New York
- January 2, 2009: permanent exhibit, Ars Electronica, Linz Austria
2010
Alone in the 475th
Creative Director — George Gantzer
- 2012: Columbus Moving Image Art Reveiw, Columbus, OH
- 2011: Vegas Cine Fest, Las Vegas, NV, Offical Selection
- 2011: New Hope Film Festival, New Hope, PA, Official Selection
- 2010: Offshoot Film Festival, Fayetteville, AR, Official Selection
- 2010: Dallas VideoFest, Dallas, TX
- 2010: The Accolade Competition, La Jolla, CA, Award of Excellence
- 2010: Ohio Independent Film Festival
Sundagger Explorer
Creative Directors — Alan Price and Anna Sofaer
- 2010: Muse Awards, Honorable Mention
- 2010: Summer OSU Urban Arts Space Exhibition
- 2009: Publications Design Competition, Winner - the Mountain Plains Museum Association (MPMA)
Synchronous Objects
Creative directors - William Forsythe, Maria Palazzi, Norah Zuniga-Shaw
Synchronous Objects examines the organizational structures found in William Forsythe's dance One Flat Thing.
- 2010: I.D. Magazine Annual Review, Design Distinction Award, Interactive Category
- 2010: Communication Arts Interactive Annual, Winner
- 2009: Columbus Society of Communicating Arts, Creative Best
- 2009: AdobeMAX Awards, Finalist (Best in Category-Interactive, Judges Choice Award)
2009
Goldilocks, Redirected
Creative Director — Beth Albright
- 2012: Columbus Moving Image Art Review, Columbus, Ohio
- 2009: 11th Annual Sidewalk Moving Pictures Festival, Alabama
- 2009: Chicago International REEL Shorts Festival, Chicago, IL
- 2009: Ohio Independent Film Festival | Official Selection
- 2009: Kalamazoo Animation Festival International, Kalamazoo, MI, Finalist
- 2009: Reel Festival for Women, Los Angeles, CA | Official Selection
- 2008: Hubbub: Las Vegas Global Animation Festival, Las Vegas, NV,
- Official Selection
- 3rd Annual San Francisco International Children's Film Festival, San Francisco, CA, Official Selection
- 6th Annual San Diego International Children's Film Festival, San Diego, CA, Official Selection
- 4th Annual Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, Official Selection
- 2008: Mid-Ohio Comic Con Film Festival, Columbus, Ohio, Official Selection
- 2008: Flint Film Festival, Flint, MI, Official Selection
- The 56th Columbus International Film & Video Fest, Columbus, OH, Honorable Mention
RED & Blue
Creative Director — Tyler Ayres
- 2009: Chicago International Children's Film Festival (CICFF)
- 2009: Southern Appalachian International Film Festival
- 2009: Chicago International REEL Shorts Festival, Chicago, IL
- 2009: AniMazing Festival, Hollywood, CA, Winner, Excellence in Animation Q2
- 2008: Hubbub: Las Vegas Global Animation Festival, Las Vegas, NV, Official Selection
- 3rd Annual San Francisco International Children's Film Festival, San Francisco, CA, Official Selection
- 6th Annual San Diego International Children's Film Festival, San Diego, CA, Official Selection
- 4th Annual Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, Official Selection
- 2008: Nicktoons Network Animation Festival, Burbank CA, Finalist
- 2008: Mid-Ohio Comic Con Film Festival, Columbus, Ohio, Best Animation & Best Short
- 2008: Flint Film Festival, Flint, MI, Official Selection
- The 56th Columbus International Film & Video Fest, Columbus, OH, Honorable Mention
- 4th Annual Blue Plum Animation Festival, Johnson City, TN, Best Student Animation and Best of the Festival Award
2008
Arctic Fracture
Creative Director — Matthew Bain
- 2008: Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Austin, TX, Performance with The Ohio State University Percussion Ensemble
- 2008: SIGGRAPH Poster Session, Los Angeles
2007
Advanced Technology Summit Awards
Brian Windsor — Finalist
- 2007: Remote modeling, Simulation or Visualization Award in the Experimental and Application Research over the Network category.
Drums Downtown IV
Creative Director — Matt Bain
- 2007: Interactive digital performance at the Riffe Center, Columbus, OH.
JANE: Diary of a Dinosaur
Collaborators — ACCAD students and staff and the Burpee Museum of Natural History, Rockford, IL
- Jan 2007: Animation airs on the Science Channel
- July 24, 2006: Premiere on the Science Channel
- 2006: AAM MUSE Award, Excellence in Exhibition Award from the American Association of Museums
- 2006: AAM MUSE Award for interactive exhibit "Meet the Researcher Dr. Greg Erickson," Science Category, Interactive Exhibit, Honorable Mention
Jim Henson Award for Innovation
Brian Windsor — Winner
- 2007: Awarded during the Puppeteers of America National Festival, St. Paul, MN
Landing Place
Collaborators — Bebe Miller Dance Company and Vita Berezina-Blackburn
- April 13 – 15, 2007: Performance at Barbara Lee Family Foundation Theater, Institute of Contemporary Art
- Sep 2006: Bessie Award New York Performance and Dance Award, Choreographer/ Creator Category
- April/May 2005: Body at the MIT Museum, Visible Movement, presented by Vita Berezina-Blackburn
Music Faculty Performances
Marc Ainger
- Oct 23, 2007: "Pacific Variations" (solo flute), "Shatter" (digital sound), "Singing Hills" (chamber orchestra and computer), "Scatter" (flute and piano) at the California Institute of the Arts
- Dec 7, 2006: "Shatter" at Palais de Tokyo in Paris, France
- April 22, 2007: "Annotations" (flute and computer) at the Sonorities Festival, Sonic Arts Research Center (SAC), Belfast, Ireland.
- April 13, 2007: "Annotations" (flute and computer) at the 16th Annual Florida ElectroAcoustic, Music Festival, Gainesville Florida (U of Florida).
- Feb 20, 2007: "Shatter" at Queen's University, Belfast, Ireland
Murmur
Creative team — Marc Ainger, Matthew Lewis and Norah Zuniga-Shaw
- Feb 10, 2007: Interactive Dance performance and installation. Dragonfly Neo-V Gallery. Columbus, OH
Prague Quadrennial International Exhibition of Scenography and Theatre Architecture
Professors — Maria Palazzi, ACCAD; Mary Tarantino, Theatre
Students — Matt Bain, Jason Banks, Matt McCarren
- June 2007: Exhibit created by the Digital and Physical Lighting class
2006
Microsoft Research Female Academic All-Star
- 2006: Awarded to Lane Kuhlman
Tartarus
Creative Director — Alan Price
- 2006: CyberArts: Prix Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria, Interactive Art, Honorable Mention
2005
Lady Shaves
Creative Directors — Mike Altman and Steve Galgas
- 2005: VisionFest: 3D Animation category, Indianapolis, IN, Finalist
- Harry M. Warner Festival of Short Films and Video, Slippery Rock University, Finalist
- 2005: Animex Student Animation Awards, Official Selection
- 2004: CINEME International Animation Festival, Official Selection
- 52nd Columbus International Film & Video Festival, Columbus, OH, Honorable Mention
- 2004: SIGGRAPH: Student Animation Competition, Honorable Mention
- 2004: Youngstown State University Animation Festival, 3rd Place
Limited
Creative Director — Jun Oh
- 2005: VisionFest: 3D Animation category, Indianapolis, IN, Finalist
- 2004: CINEME International Animation Festival, Official Selection
- 52nd Columbus International Film & Video Festival, Columbus, OH, Certificate of Participation
- 2004: SIGGRAPH: Student Animation Competition
- The 34th Annual USA Film Festival / Dallas, TX. National Short Film & Video Competition, Finalist
- 2004: 12th International Animation Festival of Brazil, ANIMA MUNDI
- 2004: Zlinsky Pes — The Student Film Competition, Czech Republic
- 2004: Ohio Short Film/Video Showcase
- 2003: Wexner Center Student Film & Video Showcase, Columbus, OH
Overpass
Creative Director — Alan Price
- Oct 2005: 5th Annual Beecher Center Digital Art and Computer Animation Festival, Computer Animation Category, 1st Place
When I am Little Again
Creative Directors — Kareem Balsaam and Vita Berezina-Blackburn
- Oct 2005: Warsaw Electronic Festival, Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
- 2004: Cinedance Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Nov 7 – 29, 2004: Screening at KINODANCE dance film festival, St. Petersburgh, Moscow, Ekaterinburg, Russia
- July 10, 2004: Cinedance Festival, Amsterdam
- July 1, 2004: Channel 13, PBS, New York "Reel New York"
- Mar 8, 2004: Dance on Camera Festival Tour, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Jan 16, 2004: Dance on Camera Festival, Lincoln Center, NYC
Zeevs Journey
Creative Director — Todd Delman
- 2005: VisionFest, 3D Animation category, Indianapolis, IN, Finalist
- Mar 12 – 13, 2005: 7th Annual BAMKids Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY
- 2004: CINEME International Animation Festival, Official Selection
- 52nd Columbus International Film & Video Festival, Columbus, OH, Certificate of Participation
2004
Arts Birthday
Collaborators — Daniel Joliffe and Matthew Lewis
- Jan 17, 2004: Internationally networked interactive video installation, Hopkins Hall
Enclosure #2
Creative director - Eunkyoung Lee
- 52nd Columbus International Film & Video Festival, Columbus, OH, Certificate of Participation
- 2004: Zlinsky Pes — The Student Film Competition, Czech Republic
- 2003: Wexner Center Student Film & Video Showcase, Columbus, OH
Memory of Hope
Creative Director — Vita Berezina-Blackburn
- Nov 10, 2004: 52nd Columbus International Film & Video Festival, Columbus, OH, Bronze Plaque
- Oct 20, 2004: Annual Beecher Computer Art & Animation Competition,Youngstown, OH, Honorable Mention
- July 21 – 25, 2004: 12th International Animation Festival of Brazil, ANIMAMUNDI, Sao Paolo
- April 22 – 29, 2004: The 34th Annual USA Film Festival / Dallas, TX. National Short Film & Video Competition, Finalist
- 2004: CINEME International Animation Festival, Official Selection
- 2004: Youngstown State University Animation Festival, Honorable Mention
- 2004: Zlinsky Pes — The Student Film Competition, Czech Republic
- 2004: Ohio Short Film/Video Showcase
- 2004: The Society of Composers, Inc. Region VI 2004 Conference, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas
- 2003: Wexner Center Student Film & Video Showcase, Columbus, OH
Visible Movement
Short animations based on motion capture of Bebe Miller Company
- Oct 6 to Nov 10, 2004: solo exhibition on plasma screens, Dance Theater Workshop, NY
2003
Anima
Creative Director — Carrie Wilson
- 2003: SIGGRAPH Art Gallery, San Diego, CA
Benign Beings
Creative Team — Vita Berezina-Blackburn w/Bik Lee, Sherri Schmitz, Jon Woodring, Jason Witherell
- 2003: IDEAS Festival — Gesture Category, Best of Show
- 2002: Kalamazoo Animation Festival, International, High Honor
Gladden
Creative Team — Ian Butterfield, Todd Fechter and Scott Swearingen
- 2003: Carolina Film and Video Festival
- 29th Annual Student Academy Awards: Certificate of Regional Achievement
- 2002: Kalamazoo Animation Festival, International
- 2002: Ohio Short Film & Video Showcase
Virtual Sketch
Creative Team — Jeff Haase, Maria Palazzi and Wayne Huang with OSC's Interface Lab
- Great Designs for the 21st Century, Metropolis Magazine
2002
Formation I, II, III & IV
Creator — Dan Lu
- 2002: SIGGRAPH Art Gallery
Pa
Creative Director — Clarke Stallworth
- 2002: Visual Fantasy: The World of Computer Graphics. Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo.
1999
Bunny
Creative Director — Chris Wedge, Blue Sky Studios
- 1999: Academy Award, Best Animated Short Film
Don't Pull the Plug
Creative Director — Wobbe Koning
- 1999: SIGGRAPH, Oasis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Only
Creative Director — Wooksang Chang
- 1999: SIGGRAPH, Animation Festival, Los Angeles, CA
- 1999: New York Animation Festival
Under Construction
Creative Director — Wooksang Chang
- 1999: SIGGRAPH, Animation Festival, Los Angeles, CA
- 1999: Seoul Cyber Film Festival
- 1999: New York, Digital Salon
1998
Butterflies in the Rain
Creative Team — Mark Fontana, Kirk Bowers, Steve May
- 1998: 17th Brussels Cartoon and Animated Film Festival, Belgium
- 1998: Imagina Prix Pixel-INA, Monaco
- 1997: NICOGRAPH CG Film Show, Tokyo, Japan
- 1997: SIGGRAPH Animation Festival, Los Angeles, CA
- 1997: Image featured in "Computer Graphics World" magazine, May
- 1997: ORF Prix Ars Electronica, Vienna, Austria
- 1997: 24th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, Los Angeles, ACM SIGGRAPH 97 Film Show
Deadly Mister Misty
Creative Director — Alison Coleman
- 1998: 17th Brussels Cartoon and Animated Film Festival, Belgium
- 1997: 24th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, Los Angeles, ACM SIGGRAPH 97 Film Show
- Big Muddy Film Festival at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale- Finalist in "Film Alternatives"
- 1997: The Drive-In Independent Short Film Exhibition in New York City
- 1997: 19th Annual Utah Short Film and Video Festival
- 1997: Festival International de la Imagen, Manizales, Columbia
- 1997: Multimedia Grand Prix, Tokyo, Japan
Impel
Creative Director — Brandon Morse
- 1999: SIGGRAPH, Electronic Theatre
- Dream Centenary CG Grand Prix, 1999, Silver Award
- 1999: Image used in Isaac Kerlow's, "The Art of Digital Imaging and Animation"
TRACK Software Development for the movie Titanic
Awarded to Doug Roble, Digital Domain
- 1998: Academy Award, Technical Achievement
1997
Processing of Perception, CD-ROM
Creative Team — Traci Temple, Pierre St.-Jacques
- 1996: Graphics Student Design, competition in the Multi-Media category
Simulation of 1994 Northridge Earthquake Aftershock
Creative Director — Greg Foss
- 1997: SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater
1996
Graduate Student Alumni Research Award, Ohio State University
- 1996: Rina Wayanti
Epigenesis
Creative Team — Janet Lucroy and John Warren
- 1996: Japan Dream Science Grand Prix, Computer Animation, Bronze Award
Yomiuri Shinbun Computer Graphics Competition in the Internet
- 1996: Rina Wayanti, Finalist
1995
Night Light
Creative Director — Pete Hriso, Tonya Ramsey
- 1995: SIGGRAPH, Student First Place Awardli
Scanning The Horizon
Creative Director — Marla Mayerson
- 1995: The Dream Centenary CG GrandPrix, Slver Award
1991
The Magic of Television II, Ohio Valley Chapter
Creative Director — Greg Foss
- 1991: Emmy Award — National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (for animated graphics)
- First Prize Student/Faculty
Wanting for Bridge
Creative Director — Joan Staveley
- 1991: Japan, Computer Graphics Society, Art & Design Award
- 1989: Prix Arts Electronica, Golden Nica Award
1990
Dirty Power
Creative Director — Robert Lurye
- 1990: National Computer Graphics Association
- First Prize Student/Faculty