Summary
Chris Coleman is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and leader with 12 years of professional experience directing the intersection of art, technology, and computation. Currently Director of the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design at The Ohio State University, he previously built multidisciplinary programs and taught interactive art, physical computing, animation, and motion graphics across several universities. His research blends control systems, chaos and order, physical and digital interaction, and technological decay into creative practice—often framing art as activism and exploring borders and appropriation. Trained with an MFA in Digital Media and a BFA in Sculpture/New Media, he combines deep studio practice with hands-on electronics and systems thinking to produce work that is both formally rigorous and provocatively experimental. An educator at heart, he is notable for translating complex technical ideas into accessible, practice-based curricula that foster inventive, cross-disciplinary making.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BFA, Sculpture, New Media, BFA, Sculpture, New Media at West Virginia University
MFA, Digital, MFA, Digital at State University of New York at Buffalo