Education
- Masters of Fine Arts in Studio Art - Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS
- B.A. & B.S. degrees, The Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville, in Louisville, KY
Brief Biography
Sean Hottois is a new media practitioner whose creative work takes a sardonically lighthearted stance on the human condition, as seen through the lens of technology. He creates interactive experiences using analog, digital, and alternative processes that employ a wide array of materials and techniques. These techniques are primarily digital and include: video game design, 3D modeling, web design, internet connectivity, audio manipulation, motion control, sensor input, and 3D printed objects.
Those interactive experiences manifest as performative sculptures or three-dimensional presentations that play the role of a surrogate interlocutor. They encourage the viewer to become an active participant in exploring and generating a complete experience. His work reflects an interaction or narrative on any number of peripheral human qualities. They are ranging from the hidden excesses of tourist experiences to subjective robotic creature-like implementations of phobia. They are somewhat possibly enchanted objects that imply and belie the humor of an increasingly technology-dependent human condition.
He has exhibited regionally, nationally & internationally in, but not exclusively in: South Bend, Grand Rapids, Chicago, Indianapolis, Louisville, Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, Scottsdale, & Abu Dhabi (U.A.E.).
Recent Grants
- Grant Recipient, Grant Title: Individual Artist Program, Indiana Arts Commission, Indianapolis, IN, 2016.
- Grant Recipient, Teaching with Technology SEED Grant (Software and Equipment for Engagement and Discovery), Sponsored by the University Center for Excellence in Teaching (UCET) in collaboration with Instructional Media Services, Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, IN, 2016.
- Grant Recipient, Indiana University South Bend Faculty Research Grant – Interactive Art: New Works in a New Medium, Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, IN.
Recent Awards
- Awarded Commission: Juried Regional Exhibition titled: Welcome Race Fans – Jan. 15, 2016, Arts Council of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN.
- Public Vote: Artprize 7: Top 100 & Top 25 Time-Based Shortlist - Sept. 23 - Oct. 11 2015, Artprize Juried International Exhibition Grand Rapids, MI.
- Juried Award: Juried National Exhibition titled: Flowers, awarded: 1st Prize Arterie Fine Arts, Naperville, IL, 2014.
Recent Grants
- Faculty Research Grant, Indiana University South Bend 2013
- Awarded $8,500 for the project “Quantum Algorithms for Post-quantum Cryptography”
- Faculty Research Grant, Indiana University South Bend 2011
- Awarded $8,500 for the project “Empirical Analysis of A* Search for Hard Problems”
- Oversea Conference Fund Grant, Indiana University 2011
- Awarded $700 to support my traveling to present a paper at the 14th Workshop on
- Quantum Information Processing (QIP 2011)
Selected Exhibitions
- Sightlines: Juried Regional Exhibition - June 2017 - May 2019 Selection Committee: South Bend Museum of Art & Century Center South Bend Museum of Art, Century Center, South Bend, IN, 2017-19.
- Infinite Possibility II: Imagination & Creation: Juried International Exhibition - June 6 - Aug. 26, 2017 Juror: Lisa Volpe, Assoc. Curator, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Tilt Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ.
- King Lear: Invited Wearable Technology Artist in a Public Performance - Oct. 17 - 20 Costume Designer: Jason Resler, Directors: Justin Amellio, Randy Colborn Department of Theatre & Dance, Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, IN, 2013.