Jason Gottlieb | Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • M.F.A., Graphic Design, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) — 2011–2013

  • Graduate studies, California Institute of the Arts — 2010 (brief enrollment)

  • B.F.A., Graphic Design, Corcoran College of Art + Design — 2004–2007; Distinctions: Dean's List, 3.94 Cumulative GPA, Mono Society, Honors Scholarship

  • Fine Arts (transferred), School of Visual Arts — 2000–2001

  • United Digital Artists (UDA), New York, NY — Video Editing and Special Effects — 2001

  • North Carolina School of the Arts (NCSA), Winston-Salem, NC — Visual Arts Program, 11th–12th grade, 1997–1999; Honors Scholarship; thesis work purchased for NCSA's Permanent Collection

Teaching

  • Full Time Faculty, Graphic Design BFA Program, MICA — 2020–Present

  • Associate Director, Graphic Design MFA Program, MICA — 2018–2020

  • Acting Director, Graphic Design MFA Program, MICA — 2016–2018

  • Graduate Faculty, MICA — 2015–2018

  • Full Time Professor, George Bunting Fellow, MICA — 2014–2015

  • Visiting Design Instructor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Dept. of Art as Applied to Medicine — 2013, 2015, 2017

  • Adjunct Professor, Corcoran College of Art + Design — 2013

  • Adjunct Professor, MICA — 2013–2014

  • Adjunct Professor (Senior Seminar), MICA — 2012

  • Fellow, Center for Design Practice, MICA — 2011

  • Graduate Teaching Intern, MICA — 2011

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 Post-Baccalaureate Program (now Graphic Design MA), MICA

  • GD Post-Bac Workshop 1 (GD 515)

  • GD Post-Bac Studio 2 (GD 520)

  • GDMA Thesis Advisor (visiting), 2023–2026

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

  • Senior Digital Media Designer, Fuszion — 2007–2011: developed print, motion, and interactive work for national and international clients; led firm's interactive and motion design/development

  • Digital Media Design Intern, Kinetik — 2006–2007

  • Design Intern, Grafik — 2006

  • Digital Media Intern, Grafik — 2005

Awards & Honors

  • 2023 — Trustee Award for Excellence in Teaching, MICA

  • 2016 — Sappi Ideas That Matter Grant, MICA × 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 — MICA Graphic Design MFA Thesis Award

  • 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

  • 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), Best in Category (Identity), Honorable Mention

  • 2006 — Corcoran Samuel Boyer Holvey Memorial Award for Graphic Design

  • 1999 — The Scholastic Art Awards National Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art

  • 1999 — Scholastic Art Awards: 2 Gold Keys (Painting), 2 Gold Keys (Drawing), National Silver Key (Painting), American Visions Award (Drawing), William Mangum Award (Painting)

  • 1995 — Scholastic Art Awards: Gold Key (Painting), National Silver Key (Painting)


Exhibitions, Screenings + Selections


2026


  • Golden Bridge İstanbul Short Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey — Official Selection (SHAME, Mar)

  • AI Film Awards Cannes 2026, Dubai — Official Selection (SHAME, Feb)

  • OMNI: International AI Film Festival, Sydney, Australia — "OMNI MINI: SOUND 2026" edition, Official Selection (SHAME, Jan)

  • Florence Film Awards — Award Winner (SHAME, Jul)

  • Milan Gold Awards — Award Winner (SHAME, Jul)

  • Hollywood Gold Awards — Award Winner (SHAME, Jul)

  • London Movie Awards — Honorable Mention (SHAME, Jul)

  • International Gold Awards — Award Winner (SHAME, Jul)

  • Paris Film Awards — Official Selection (SHAME, Jul)

  • New York Movie Awards — Official Selection (SHAME, Jul)


2025


  • Video Art & Experimental Film Festival (VAEFF), Cinema Village, Greenwich Village, NYC (Nov)

  • Future Frames: Exploring AI in Creative Expression, University of Maryland's Herman Maril Gallery (curator: Jonathan David Martin & Alireza Vaziri)

  • We Are Everywhere, Fox 2 Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD

  • MICA Faculty Sabbatical Exhibition, Leidy Gallery at Fred Lazarus IV Center, MICA

  • All That Moves International Film Festival, São Paulo, Brazil — Award Winner, Best LGBTQIA+ Short Film made in AI (SHAME)

  • Slash Eyes International Film Festival, Mallorca, Spain — Award Winner, Best AI Film (SHAME, Oct)

  • Osaka Horizon International Film Festival — Award Winner, Best Experimental Short Film (SHAME)

  • IndieX Filmfest, Los Angeles — Semi-Finalist (SHAME, Oct)

  • INCLUCINE Festival — Nominee (SHAME, Dec)

  • Sweden Film Awards — Semi-Finalist (SHAME, Nov)

  • Bali International AI Film Festival — Official Selection (SHAME, Oct)

  • Seoul International AI Film Festival, Korea — Official Selection (SHAME, Nov)

  • Barcelona Planet Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain — Official Selection (SHAME, Nov)

  • Miami Art Tech Summit, Miami, FL — Official Selection (SHAME, Nov)


2014


  • Gamescape at Artscape, Single Carrot Theatre, Baltimore, MD


2013


  • Gamescape at Artscape, MICA Decker Library, Baltimore, MD

  • 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)

  • Civilians for Obama, Civilian Art Projects, Washington, DC (curator: Jayme McLellan)

  • Graphic Design Alumni Exhibition, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

  • Annual Photography Exhibit, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, DC (curator: B. McKaig)

  • PixTour, The Warehouse, Washington, DC (curator: Molly Ruppert)


2007


  • Modernism: Designing a New World 1914–1939, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

  • Art Romp, The Warehouse Next Door, Washington, DC (curator: Molly Ruppert)

  • Radius 250, Art Space Gallery, Richmond, VA (juror: Ragan Cole-Cunningham)

  • Beecher Center Digital Art Competition, The Butler Institute, Youngstown, OH (juror: S. B. Halpern)

  • Manchester National Exhibition, 1212 Gallery, Richmond, VA (juror: Dr. Jefferson C. Harrison)

  • Top 40, Los Angeles Center For Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA (juror: Rex Bruce)

  • 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)

  • AIGA FLUX, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV

  • Get Happy and Mothers, Blue Elephant, Frederick, MD (curator: Sky Ferren)

  • 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

  • NCSA Thesis work purchased for Permanent Collection

  • The Scholastic Art Awards National Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC


1996


  • Legacies: Five Families of Artists, ALVA Gallery, New London, CT

  • Maret School, Permanent Collection, Washington, DC


1995


  • The Scholastic Art Awards National Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC


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


  • 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

  • 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

  • 2009 — GD USA, Annual

  • 2008 — Step Magazine, March/April

  • 2007 — AIGA 50 | Graphis New Talent Annual | Communication Arts Design Annual | Popular Mechanics | Scratch Magazine, March/April

  • 2006 — Scratch Magazine (every issue)

  • 2006 — King Magazine, November/December

  • 2005 — Scratch Magazine (every issue)

  • 2005 — King Magazine, January/February

  • 2005 — Rides Magazine, November

  • 2004 — MONO, Corcoran College of Art

Professional Activities

  • 2026 — Visiting artist talk, 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)

  • 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 — Photo/documentation workshop, Graphic Design MA (GDMA) Program, MICA, with 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 Sandra Maxa (Oct 12)

  • 2016 — Photography workshop, Graphic Design Post-Bacc Program, MICA, with Sandra Maxa (Oct 13)

  • 2015 — Photography workshop, Graphic Design MFA Program, MICA, with Sandra Maxa (Sept 22)

  • 2014 — Guest speaker, Ellen Lupton's Design Theory and Practice class, MICA (Sept)

Institutional Service

  • Student Affairs Committee, MICA — member since 2020

  • Search Committee, FYE Full-Time Faculty of Social Practice hire, MICA (2022) — resulted in two hires

  • Regular participant, Faculty Assembly and full faculty meetings

  • Participant, Community Connections Day and Portfolio Day

Collections

  • North Carolina School of the Arts (NCSA), Winston-Salem, NC, Permanent Collection, 1999

  • Maret School, Washington, DC, Permanent Collection, 1996