Alison Kotin, Earthling since 1978.
EDUCATION
MFA, Dynamic Media Institute, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Boston, MA, Class of 2011. Master’s thesis: Creation, Performance, Interaction
Diploma, studio art & design, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Boston, MA, Class of 2006
BA (English Literature), Brown University
Providence, RI, Class of 2000
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Director, Innovation Consulting. EPAM Continuum (2022 – present)
Associate Director, Innovation Consulting. EPAM Continuum (2020 – 2022)
Senior Innovation Consultant. EPAM Continuum (2018 – 2020)
Interaction Designer. Continuum (2013 – 2020)
Digital + Interactive Media Artist. (2004 – present)
Visiting Lecturer (Graphic Design). Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Boston, MA (2011 – present)
Marketing + Development Coordinator. The Urbano Project, Jamaica Plain, MA (2009 – 2013)
Teaching Artist. The Urbano Project, Jamaica Plain, MA (2009 – 2013)
Part-Time Visiting Faculty (Graphic Design). School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston, MA (2009 – 2013)
Programs and Outreach Coordinator. The Cloud Foundation. Boston, MA (2006 – 2009)
PUBLICATIONS
Kotin A., McGregor S.A., Liu S.P., Pellecchia D., Schatz I. Speak Out. Act Up. Move Forward. Disobedience-Based Arts Education. Harvard Educational Review, 83(1): 190 – 200, Spring 2013.
Kotin A. Introduction to Graphic Design: Where’s the Computer? Teaching Artist Journal, 9(2): 118-119, 2011.
Kotin A. Telling Stories: Digital Personae and Self-Discovery. The Experience of Dynamic Media. Boston, MA: Dynamic Media Institute, 2010.
Kotin A. Graphic Design: A Youth Media Strategy. Youth Media Reporter, Greater Boston Area Part 1, 4(1): 2010.
Marlink R, Kotin A. Global AIDS Crisis: a Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2005.
Kotin A. Providence. You Are Here: the Journal of Creative Geography, 6(Summer): 6-9, 2004.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
34: Isles Arts Initiative. Boston Sculptors Gallery. Boston, July – August 2015.
Game Changers: Fiber Art Masters and Innovators. Fuller Craft Museum. Brockton, July – November 2014.
Dumbo Arts Festival. The Backpack Gallery. Brooklyn, NY September 2014
PEM PM: The Art of the Future. Peabody Essex Museum. Salem, March 2013.
The world as it is doesn’t have to be that way. The Urbano Project. Boston, December 2012 – February 2013.
The Experience of Dynamic Media. Framingham State University Gallery. Framingham, October, 2012.
You Will Be Safe. Boston CyberArts’ Art on the Marquee, Boston, MA September – December 2012
12th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI May 2012
Listen Close. Bromfield Gallery SOLO Show 2012 competition winner. Bromfield Gallery. Boston, MA January 2012
Dreams: A Creative Exchange Between Art and Psychoanalysis. Gallery 1581, Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, Boston, MA March 2011
Provocative Objects: the Extradition. The Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA November 2010