AARON HOLMES
b. 1985 (Bismarck, ND)
lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
b. 1985 (Bismarck, ND)
lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
animator/educator
expertise: stop motion, replacement animation, experimental animation
experience in: hand-drawn animation, motion graphics, rapid prototyping
expertise: stop motion, replacement animation, experimental animation
experience in: hand-drawn animation, motion graphics, rapid prototyping
animation teaching experience: middle school, high school, university
short CV below, full CV available upon request
EDUCATION
2022 MFA, Experimental Animation, California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, CA)
2012 MA, Latin American Lit. and Cultures, University of Massachusetts Amherst
2008 BS magna cum laude, Spanish & Mathematics, Doane University (Crete, NE)
2022 MFA, Experimental Animation, California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, CA)
2012 MA, Latin American Lit. and Cultures, University of Massachusetts Amherst
2008 BS magna cum laude, Spanish & Mathematics, Doane University (Crete, NE)
HONORS and AWARDS
2022 Interdisciplinary Project Grant, for MFA thesis project, CalArts
2022 Student Union Grant, CalArts
2020 Harvey Fellowship, Mustard Seed Foundation
2020 Jules Engel Award, CalArts MFA scholarship
2020 Student Union Grant, CalArts
2018–22 Lillian Disney Scholarship, CalArts
2012 Outstanding Event (Gods of the Prairie), Lincoln, Nebraska Mayor’s Art Award
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
California State University, Long Beach
Lecturer, Experimental Animation (Spring 2023)
Lecturer, Intro Studio: Animation (Fall 2022)
California Institute of the Arts
Instructor, Animating Anarchy (experimental animation, Winter 2023)
TA, 2.5D Stop Motion (Spring 2022, Instructor: Kangmin Kim)
TA, Stop Motion Basics (Fall 2018, Instructor: Pia Borg)
University of North Carolina School of the Arts (Winston-Salem, NC)
Instructor, Experimental Animation Arts Intensive (Winter 2021)
Calibraska Arts Initiative (Lincoln, NE)
Instructor, Animate Now (stop motion, Summer 2020, online)
Instructor, Animation Games (experimental animation, Summer 2020, online)
Instructor, Independent Animation Past & Present (film studies, Summer 2020, online)
TA, Discover Animation (Instructor: Erica Larsen-Dockray, Summer 2019)
TA, Animation and Compositing (Instructor: Erica Larsen-Dockray, Summer 2019)
University of Massachusetts Amherst [Instructor of record for all courses]
Graduate Teaching Associate, Intermediate Spanish 2 (Spring 2012)
Graduate Teaching Associate, Intermediate Spanish 1 (Fall 2011)
Graduate Teaching Associate, Elementary Spanish 2 (Spring 2011)
Graduate Teaching Associate, Elementary Intensive Spanish (Summer 2011, Fall 2010)
ANIMATION EXPERIENCE
Commercial projects
2022 Lead Animator, Muro/Wall, dir. Javier Barboza (Los Angeles, CA)
2021 Asst. Animator, Crossing Swords Season 2, Stoopid Buddy (Burbank, CA)
2020 Animation Asst., Psycho Psalms pilot, Open The Portal (Los Angeles, CA)
2019 Fabricator, “Cozy Little Christmas,” Katy Perry music video (Los Angeles, CA)
2019 Animation Intern, Robot Chicken Season 10, Stoopid Buddy (Burbank, CA)
2018 Director/Animator, MACH Energy – Tenant Billing explainer (motion graphics)
as Director/Animator
2022 futile/gestures drawn (experimental) / live action
2022 futile/gestures (installation) drawn (experimental)
2022 messages from a few different sources found footage
2020 Meow Chow collage, replacement animation
2020 Andrina found footage, replacement
2020 Art School found footage
2020 Google Majuro (installation) motion graphics
2019 covfefe replacement animation
2019 How I Learned to Stop Worrying replacement animation, lasercutting
2018 to Robert drawn (traditional)
2018 collagegalloc (installation) motion graphics
2018 glasses (installation) replacement animation
2017 A Delivery drawn (traditional)
2017 Crusaders collage, motion graphics
as Stop Motion Animator, CalArts student shorts
2022 Sea Angels dir. Cissi Efraimsson
2022 Sweet Tooth dir. Joan Hui Ko
2021 With Love, Escargot dir. Kesiah Manival
2021 Resonance dir. Meredith Quinn
2020 The Forbidden Zone dir. Zach Tolchinsky
2019 The Other Space dir. Blake Derksen