MEET THE ARTIST
Learn about the driving force behind the SUNKEEPERS universe!
David Torres II is a media artist & the creator of the SUNKEEPERS series. Influenced by art & film since childhood, David now strives to create his own video animations, which aim to contextualize a fictional world consisting of heroes & villains. David currently teaches at Rutgers University & University of Hartford.
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EDUCATION
- 2017
- MFA, Visual Arts
- Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
- 2014
- BFA, Painting
- Rhode Island School of Design
- 2014
- Art History, Concentrator
- Rhode Island School of Design
TEACHING
- Present
- Full Time Faculty - New Media Lead
- Portland Community College, Portland, Oregon
- Video Art
- Digital Tools
- Intro to Animation
- 2021-2022
- Visiting Assistant Professor
- Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts
- Production 1
- Digital Tools
- 2015 - 2021
- Adjunct Faculty (PTL)
- Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
- Media 1-B
- Drawing Fundamentals
- 4-D Fundamentals
- Media 3-B (Thesis)
- Animation Independent
- Intro to Animation
- Intermediate Painting
- Painting Independent
- 2020
- Adjunct Faculty (PTL)
- The University of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
- Intro to the Animated Image
- 2018
- Adjunct Faculty (PTL)
- The College of New Jersey, Ewing Township New Jersey
- 4-D Media Foundations
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
- 2023
- MOTHERBASE!
- Helzer Gallery (Solo Show)
- Portland, OR
- 2022
- Black Fish Gallery
- Fishbowl II Space (Solo)
- Portland, OR
- 2021
- Dreamers of Dreams Festival
- Kino Cinema Cafe
- London, UK
- 2020
- Mask
- Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery (Group Show)
- New York, NY
- 2019
- Beyond Earth Film Festival
- Ecohub
- Kolkata, India
- 2018
- Runetech and Valley of The Silent Immortals
- BigToe Gallery
- Online Gallery
- 2018
- Chin Up Sad Masc Masks
- HereArt Center (Group Show)
- New York, NY
- 2017
- Stranger Loops
- Foley Gallery (Group show)
- New York, NY
- 2017
- Runetech Screening
- Governor James J. Florio Special Events Forum
- New Brunswick, NJ
- 2017
- Action at A Distance
- Mason Gross School of the Arts Gallery (Group Show)
- New Brunswick, NJ
- 2016
- Enter Sliff’s Fortress Screening
- Governor James J. Florio Special Events Forum
- New Brunswick, NJ
- 2016
- Riakman Reborn Part 1 Screening
- Governor James J. Florio Special Events Forum
- New Brunswick, NJ
- 2015
- Divers
- Mason Gross School of the Arts Gallery (Group Show)
- New Brunswick, NJ
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES
- 2021
- Digital Media Artistry Residency,
- Wheaton College, Norton, MA
- 2019
- Beyond Earth Film Festival
- Best International Debut in Web and New Media
- 2018
- Grant Nominee, Rema Hort Mann Foundation
- 2016
- Rutgers MFA Summer Travels Grant
- 2014
- Rhode Island School of Design Honor Award
- 2013
- John A. Chironna Memorial Scholarship
- 2013
- LeRoy Neiman Foundation Oxbow Fellowship
- 2010
- Full Scholarship to Rhode Island School of Design
- 2010
- Pathfinder of Arts Scholarship
- 2010
- Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation