The Dreadful Imminency of Another is an immersive VR installation exploring the intersection of language, gender, and identity. Using virtual spaces to interrogate the mundane, the work reveals how everyday language quietly perpetuates patriarchal constructs.
Press: UVM Today ↗
This series of twelve portraits, created with digitally composited photography, delves into the intricate interplay between contemporary, performative gender roles and their historical roots in "women's work" within the domestic sphere.
By juxtaposing modern identity constructs with echoes of traditional labor and spaces, the work interrogates how societal expectations shape — and are shaped by — our evolving notions of femininity, labor, and place.
Three prints are held in the National Collection of Ireland.
All Physics In A Ferment is a VR self-portrait that extends the themes of the photographic series I smiled, — for what had I to fear, together presented as All That We See Or Seem.
Casting myself and a collection of farm animals in a modern fairy tale, I use a 360-degree, live-action, infinitely looping format to examine the performativity of gender roles and the legacies shaping notions of identity and selfhood.
Created roto-mattes to composite live action elements with miniature and CG elements across multiple battle sequences — including the Siege of Minas Tirith and the Pelennor Fields.
Created roto-mattes to composite live action elements with miniature and CG environments. Used RasRoto for tracking across complex multi-element shots.
Photoshop and Artrage hand-painted textures with material channels created in B2M, including wood grain and stone tile surfaces for real-time environments. Also: Mudbox hand-painted diffuse texture mapping for a character from the children's TV show Henry Hugglemonster.
Character designs and concept art for a 3D animated short in VR, including hand-drawn reference turnarounds for 3D modeling of CG characters — establishing costume, proportion, and emotional register across full 360-degree rotations.
Product design for Operator X, a generative AI platform for the cyber warfighter — UX Research, Strategy and Design including design system development for both light and dark mode.
Operator X — SealingTech ↗
As a principal designer on the DesignOps team I led the design or redesign of many products across diverse sectors such as — Cybersecurity, Fintech, Sustainability, Accounting, and AI.
Mobile product design across social-impact fintech, agriculture, and insurance — end-to-end flows for phones and tablets, from onboarding to task completion.
I am an artist, designer, and educator working across digital and material media. My practice explores the relationships between technology, perception, and human experience, often situated at the intersection of creative experimentation and critical inquiry.
With a professional background spanning visual effects, simulation & 3D modeling at NASA-JPL, and product design in complex domains, I bring an applied perspective to my teaching and research. I am particularly interested in how systems—technical, visual, and cultural—shape the way we interpret and interact with the world.
My teaching centers on helping students develop both conceptual rigor and technical fluency, with an emphasis on digital imaging, user experience and emerging technologies. I encourage approaches that are exploratory, reflective, and grounded in human-centered and ethical considerations.
My studio practice operates in parallel with my academic work, informing a pedagogy that values experimentation, interdisciplinary thinking, and the integration of art and design as modes of research.
Digital Imaging; Studio Art; User Experience (UX/UI); Digital Photography; Graphic & Web Design; Typography & Branding; Motion & Video; Information Architecture; Accessibility & Inclusive Design; Digital Media & Emerging Technologies (including AI in Creative Practice)
Aidan Dunne, “Five Art Shows to See This Week,” The Irish Times, 2018.
Aidan Dunne, review of NCAD MFA Graduate Exhibition, The Irish Times, 2017.
Jeffrey R. Wakefield, “UVM Event Makes a Mash of Art and Technology,” University of Vermont, 2018.
All That We See or Seem — Castletown House Gallery, Kildare, Ireland, 2018
I smiled, — for what had I to fear? — Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, 2016
NCAD MFA graduate exhibition. NCAD Annex. Dublin, Ireland, 2017
Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA), Dublin, Ireland, 2015
Exhibited internationally across the United States, Ireland, and New Zealand (2003–2018)
Work included in the National Collection of Ireland