Education
2011–2013: M.F.A., Graphic Design, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
2004–2007: B.F.A., Graphic Design, Corcoran College of Art + Design; Distinctions: Dean's List, 3.94 Cumulative GPA, Mono Society, Honors Scholarship
1997–1999: North Carolina School of the Arts (NCSA), Winston-Salem, NC; Visual Arts Program, 11th–12th grade; Honors Scholarship; thesis work purchased for NCSA's Permanent Collection
Teaching
2020–Present: Full Time Faculty, Graphic Design BFA Program, MICA
2018–2020: Associate Director, Graphic Design MFA Program, MICA
2016–2018: Acting Director, Graphic Design MFA Program, MICA
2015–2018: Graduate Faculty, MICA
2014–2015: Full Time Professor, George Bunting Fellow, MICA
2013, 2015, 2017: Visiting Design Instructor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Dept. of Art as Applied to Medicine
2013: Adjunct Professor, Corcoran College of Art + Design
2012–2014: Adjunct Professor, MICA
2011: Graduate Teaching Intern, MICA
Courses Taught, by Program
Graphic Design BFA Program, MICA
Graphic Design 1 (GD 200); Graphic Design 2 (GD 220); Graphic Design 3 (GD 300); Graphic Design 4 (GD 320); Graphic Design for Games (GD 315); Advanced Design 1 (GD 400); Advanced Design 2 (GD 420); Hybrid Senior Seminar (GD 402)
Graphic Design MFA Program, MICA
Design Studio I (GD 5500); Design Studio II (GD 5550); Visiting Designers I (GD 5505); Visiting Designers II (GD 5555); Motion & Interaction / Graduate Motion Graphics (GD 5569); Advanced Publication Design (GD 5512); Design Language Studio (GD 5562); Coding for Interaction (GD 5538); Graduate Independent Study (GD 5398)
Graphic Design MA, MICA
GD Post-Bac Workshop 1 (GD 515); GD Post-Bac Studio 2 (GD 520)
First Year Experience (FYE), MICA
Forum (FF 111); Forum II (FF 112); Color/Design/Pattern (FF 120B); Color Design (2D) (FF 120)
Interactive Arts, MICA
Game/Play (IA 225)
Corcoran College of Art + Design
Motion Graphics 1 (DM2300)
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Dept. of Art as Applied to Medicine (Visiting Designer)
"Communications Media: Graphic Design" workshops and individual coaching sessions for students in the Medical & Biological Illustration graduate program
Employment
2007–2011: Senior Digital Media Designer, Fuszion; developed print, motion, and interactive work for national and international clients; led firm's interactive and motion design/development
2006–2007: Digital Media Design Intern, Kinetik
2006: Design Intern, Grafik
2005: Digital Media Intern, Grafik
Awards & Honors
2023: Trustee Award for Excellence in Teaching, MICA
2016: Sappi Ideas That Matter Grant, MICA × Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion at Johns Hopkins
2014: Award of Excellence, Communication Arts 2015 Typography Annual
2014: MICA Bunting Fellowship
2014: Gamescape, 1st Place People's Choice Award
2013: Gamescape, 2nd Place People's Choice Award
2013: Thesis Award, MICA Graphic Design MFA
2012: Scholarship, American Advertising Federation of Baltimore (AAFB)
2011: ADCMW Annual Show, Silver Award, Interactive Media
2011: DC Addy Awards, Silver Addy, Interactive Media
2010: DC Addy Awards, Silver Addy, Interactive Media
2007: Graphis, Gold Award for Excellence (Photography)
2007: Adobe Design Achievement Awards, Honorable Mention
2007: Manchester National Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Honorable Mention, (Photography)
2007: Corcoran Alumni Award for Excellence
2007: Corcoran Digital Media Design Thesis Writing Award
2007: Corcoran Academic Studies Faculty Award for Academic Excellence
2006: AIGA BlueRidge FLUX Awards, Best in Category (Publication),
2006: AIGA BlueRidge FLUX Awards, Best in Category (Identity)
2006: AIGA BlueRidge FLUX Awards, Honorable Mention
2006: Corcoran Samuel Boyer Holvey Memorial Award for Graphic Design
1999: The Scholastic Art Awards National Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art (Painting)
1999: Scholastic Art Awards, 2 Gold Keys (Painting)
1999: Scholastic Art Awards, 2 Gold Keys (Drawing)
1999: Scholastic Art Awards, National Silver Key (Painting)
1999: Scholastic Art Awards, American Visions Award (Drawing)
1999: Scholastic Art Awards, William Mangum Award (Painting)
1995: Scholastic Art Awards, Gold Key (Painting),
1995: Scholastic Art Awards, National Silver Key (Painting)
Exhibitions, Screenings + Selections
2026: Finalist, Neu Wave AI Film Festival, Los Angeles
2026: Official Selection, Seattle AI Film Festival, Seattle Washington
2026: Honorable Mention, Guatemala Film Week, Guatemala
2026: Gold Award, Florence Film Awards (SHAME, Jul)
2026: Gold Award, Milan Gold Awards (SHAME, Jul)
2026: Silver Award, Hollywood Gold Awards (SHAME, Jul)
2026: Honorable Mention, London Movie Awards (SHAME, Jul)
2026: Best AI Film, International Gold Awards (SHAME, Jul)
2026: Official Selection, Paris Film Awards (SHAME, Jul)
2026: Official Selection, New York Movie Awards (SHAME, Jul)
2026: Award Winner, Osaka Horizon International Film Festival (SHAME, Jun)
2026: Official Selection, Golden Bridge İstanbul Short Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey (SHAME, Mar)
2026: Official Selection, AI Film Awards Cannes 2026, Dubai (SHAME, Feb)
2026: Official Selection, OMNI: International AI Film Festival, Sydney, Australia, "OMNI MINI: SOUND 2026" edition (SHAME, Jan)
2025: Video Art & Experimental Film Festival (VAEFF), Cinema Village, Greenwich Village, NYC (Nov)
2025: Future Frames: Exploring AI in Creative Expression, University of Maryland's Herman Maril Gallery (curator: Jonathan David Martin & Alireza Vaziri)
2025: We Are Everywhere, Fox 2 Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2025: MICA Faculty Sabbatical Exhibition, Leidy Gallery at Fred Lazarus IV Center, MICA
2025: Best LGBTQIA+ Short Film made in AI, All That Moves International Film Festival, São Paulo, Brazil (SHAME)
2025: Best AI Film, Slash Eyes International Film Festival, Mallorca, Spain (SHAME, Oct)
2025: Best Experimental Short Film, Osaka Horizon International Film Festival (SHAME)
2025: Semi-Finalist, IndieX Filmfest, Los Angeles (SHAME, Oct)
2025: Nominee, INCLUCINE Festival (SHAME, Dec)
2025: Semi-Finalist, Sweden Film Awards (SHAME, Nov)
2025: Official Selection, Bali International AI Film Festival (SHAME, Oct)
2025: Official Selection, Seoul International AI Film Festival, Korea (SHAME, Nov)
2025: Official Selection, Barcelona Planet Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain (SHAME, Nov)
2025: Official Selection, Miami Art Tech Summit, Miami, FL (SHAME, Nov)
2014: Gamescape at Artscape, Single Carrot Theatre, Baltimore, MD
2013: Gamescape at Artscape, MICA Decker Library, Baltimore, MD
2013: MICA Graphic Design Thesis Exhibition, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2012: Native Ground, Athenaeum Gallery, Alexandria, VA (Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association); June 21–August 5, 2012
2008: Peace, The Warehouse Next Door, Washington, DC (curator: Molly Ruppert)
2008: Civilians for Obama, Civilian Art Projects, Washington, DC (curator: Jayme McLellan)
2008: Graphic Design Alumni Exhibition, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
2008: Annual Photography Exhibit, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, DC (curator: B. McKaig)
2008: PixTour, The Warehouse, Washington, DC (curator: Molly Ruppert)
2007: Modernism: Designing a New World 1914–1939, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
2007: Art Romp, The Warehouse Next Door, Washington, DC (curator: Molly Ruppert)
2007: Radius 250, Art Space Gallery, Richmond, VA (juror: Ragan Cole-Cunningham)
2007: Beecher Center Digital Art Competition, The Butler Institute, Youngstown, OH (juror: S. B. Halpern)
2007: Manchester National Exhibition, 1212 Gallery, Richmond, VA (juror: Dr. Jefferson C. Harrison)
2007: Top 40, Los Angeles Center For Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA (juror: Rex Bruce)
2007: Dislocations (National all-media show), Cade Center for Fine Arts, Arnold, MD (juror: Andrea Pollan)
2006: Shock and Awe: Artists Look at War, Warehouse, Washington, DC (curator: Molly Ruppert)
2006: AIGA FLUX, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV
2006: Get Happy and Mothers, Blue Elephant, Frederick, MD (curator: Sky Ferren)
2006: Art Romp, The Warehouse Next Door, Washington, DC (curator: Molly Ruppert)
2005: Battles, Current LLC, Baltimore, MD (curator: Ryan Jedlicka)
2003: UNC Presidents Exhibition, Chapel Hill, NC
1999: Irene Cullis Gallery, Greensboro College, Greensboro, NC
1999: NCSA Thesis work purchased for Permanent Collection
1999: The Scholastic Art Awards National Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
1996: Legacies: Five Families of Artists, ALVA Gallery, New London, CT
1996: Maret School, Permanent Collection, Washington, DC
1995: The Scholastic Art Awards National Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Collections
1999: University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC, Permanent Collection
1996: Maret School, Washington, DC, Permanent Collection
Publications
Select Books
2017: Cover Design and Illustration, Design Is Storytelling by Ellen Lupton, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY
2017: Interior Illustration, Design Is Storytelling by Ellen Lupton, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY
2015: Student work from Graphic Design 3 (co-taught with Kristian Bjornard) featured in Graphic Design: The New Basics, 2nd Edition Revised and Expanded, by Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips, Princeton Architectural Press / MICA
2015: Graduate project "Thank You" featured in Typographic Design: Form and Communication, 6th Edition, by Rob Carter, Philip B. Meggs, Ben Day, Sandra Maxa, Mark Sanders; John Wiley & Sons
Select Press
2026: “MIZ AI Drag”, Bile Magazine Vol. 01 Excess
2026: Interview, “THE VELVET REVOLUTION: Jason Gottlieb on Drag, AI, and the Art of Defying Fascism”, CULTJ International Cultural Journal,
2025: Interview, Voyage Baltimore, "Meet Jason Gottlieb of Federal Hill"
2018: ALL IN Challenge, Award Design Mentor, Matter of Fact w/ Soledad O'Brien
2018: "Jason Gottlieb: A Healthier Approach to Cannibalism" by Tucker Neel, Artillery Magazine
2016: “Power to the Young People”, M.F.A. in Graphic Design students team with Ph.D. candidate to empower Baltimore’s Growing Girls, MICA
2015: "Gamer's Grammar: MICA professor Jason Gottlieb's game 'Eat Yourself'" by Justin Sirois, Baltimore Sun
Select Periodicals
2015: Communication Arts, Typography Annual 5 (Jan/Feb issue)
2014: Core77 Design Awards
2010: GD USA, November/December, art direction
2009: GD USA, Annual, art direction
2008: Step Magazine, March/April, art direction
2007: AIGA 50, exhibition design
2007: Graphis New Talent Annual, photography
2007: Communication Arts Design Annual,
2007: Popular Mechanics, editorial illustration
2007: Scratch Magazine, editorial illustration, March/April
2006: Scratch Magazine, editorial illustration, (all six 2006 issues)
2006: King Magazine, editorial illustration, November/December
2005: Scratch Magazine, editorial illustration, (all six 2005 issues)
2005: King Magazine, editorial illustration, January/February
2005: Rides Magazine, editorial illustration, November
2004: MONO, Corcoran College of Art, photography
Professional Activities
2026: Guest speaker, ‘AI SHAME: Creative Navigation of Ethically Fraught Systems’, Mount Royal School of Art (Sep 23)
2026: Guest speaker, ‘Antifascist AI’, Creative Media Production (CMP) course "Working with Technology: Building & Breaking Systems" (Faculty: Nadia Hironaka and Andrew Keiper), MICA (Apr 23)
2026: Guest speaker, Sukyun Lee's "Language + ID" course (SP26 section), Graduate Studies, MICA (Apr 16)
2026: Panelist, Community-Engaged Senior Thesis Competition, MICA (Apr)
2023–2026: MICA Graphic Design MA Thesis Advisor (visiting)
2025: Guest speaker, "Joy + Terror, Story + Satire, Tech + Critique," Sukyun Lee's "Language + Identity" class, Graduate Liberal Arts, MICA (Feb 27)
2025: Symposium panelist, "AI and the Art of Visual Storytelling," with Alireza Vaziri (University of Maryland) and Eric Millikin (University of Maryland, Baltimore County), Teaching the Arts in the Age of A.I.: A Symposium, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (Jan 22)
2024: Guest Critic, Amelia von Wolffersdorff's Transmedia Type Lab class, MICA
2021: Photography Workshop, Graphic Design MA (GDMA) Program, MICA, with faculty Sandra Maxa (Nov 19)
2021: Workshop, "Graphic Design and Game Design Theory," Maria Habib's class, Corcoran College of Art + Design (Feb 5)
2021: Guest Critic, Maria Habib's Transmedia Type Lab class, MICA
2018: Guest speaker, Sukyun Weaver's "Talking about Art and Design" class, Graduate Liberal Arts, MICA (Oct 25)
2018: Photography workshop, Graphic Design MA (GDMA) Program, MICA (Oct)
2017: Photography workshop, Graphic Design Post-Bacc Program, MICA, with faculty Sandra Maxa (Oct 12)
2016: Photography workshop, Graphic Design Post-Bacc Program, MICA, with faculty Sandra Maxa (Oct 13)
2015: Photography workshop, Graphic Design MFA Program, MICA, with faculty Sandra Maxa (Sept 22)
2014: Guest speaker, Ellen Lupton's Design Theory and Practice class, MICA (Sept)