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DAIRYS ESCOTO DE LEON
EDUCATION
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia — MFA, 2022 Experimental Animation.
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence — BFA, 2019 Film/Video/Animation Degree. Focused on Animation.
History, Philosophy, and Social Sciences Concentration. Focused on Global Processes.
Brown University, Providence — Courses Graduate Education Course: "Dialogue Across Diaspora” Fall 2017 East Asian Studies: “Korean Lang. 100 course” Fall 2018-Spring 2019
SKILLS
Software Photoshop After Effects Cinema 4D Dragonframe Procreate Premiere Pro Illustrator
Creative Stop-Motion Paper Cut-out Animation Illustration Motion Graphics 2D Animation
Language Fluent Spanish Beginner Korean
CREATIVE EXPERIENCE
UArts, Philadelphia
— AICAD Teaching Fellow AUG 2022 - NOW
Full-time professor teaching 2 courses per semester in the Animation Department. Responsibilities include advising students, substituting, and Portfolio Day reviews.
Paper-Cut Post Production, Philadelphia
— Animator and Compositor Oct. 1st 2023 - Oct. 31st 2023
Painted and fabricated whale, animated and composited to film project
Crowded Fire Theater, San Francisco
— Stop Motion Animator JUL 1st 2023 - Oct. 1st 2023
Stop motion fabrication, animation, and compositing, for 2 minutes of animation for the “Edit Annie” play.
B Corporation, Remote
— Motion Graphics Animator APRIL 1st 2023 - MAY 1st 2023
Title Card Animation, subtitle cards, and editing for over 20 informational videos for B LAB and B Corporation
Flocabulary.com, Remote
— Director and Animator MAY 1st 2022 - JAN 2023
Creative direction, design, and animation for 2 short films distributed at Flocabulary.com; “Wynken, Blynken, and Nod” 2023, and “Fullback” 2022.
Unicorn & Unicorn, Remote
— Motion Graphics and VFX MAY 1st - SEP 21st 2021
Motion Graphic animation including title sequences, After Effects 3d animation, and transitions. Over 2 minutes of cell animation. Over 10 minutes of rotoscope composite work, cleaning cuts, and green screen. We storyboarded 3 commercial projects.
Mighty Oak, Brooklyn
— 2D Rotoscope Animator JUN 2020 - OCT 2020
- AMAZON PRIME “Mary J Blige: My Life” film, 5 minutes of Rough Cut and Fine Cut 2D animation 2D cell animation rotoscope sequences + transitions
— Animation Intern JUN 2018 - AUG 2018
Completed 3 GIFs and animations for their social media, closely worked with full-time animators and supervisors, and aided client work.
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
— Lab Monitor SEP 2017 - MAY 2018
RISD Continuing Education and the Film/Video/Animation Department aiding students with computer programs such as Adobe Suite, Maya, and printing.
—Teaching Assistant FEB 2017 - AUG 2017
Courses assisted: Lights/Camera/ Action, Pre-college Design, Pre-college Introductory Animation, RISD Introduction to Animation. Managed course materials, critiqued artwork, and supported students with difficulties.
Vaudeville Venture, Manhattan
— Design Intern JAN 2017 - FEB 2017
Animation and designing gifs for the main website, animating logos, and creating a website guide in video format.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
State Design, Los Angeles
— MOV Together Mentee JAN 2021 - JUN 2021
Mentorship program where I oversaw the workings of an award-winning motion design studio, learned their client pitch process, and researched their work pipeline.
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
— Resident Advisor for the First Year Area AUG 2016 - JUN 2019
Hall management for over 500 students, culture and health event planning, and maintaining communal order through leadership.
— Phone-A-Thon Fundraiser JAN 2017 - FEB 2017
Fundraised for scholarships, and donations, and confirmed student and parent contact information.
AWARDS
Anonymous Donor Scholarship Award — California Institute of the Arts, 2020-2022
Lillian Disney Scholarship Award — California Institute of the Arts, 2019
Merit Scholarship — Rhode Island School of Design, 2015-2019
Golden Film Core Award — Rhode Island School of Design, 2018
Student Staff Council Award — Rhode Island School of Design, 2018
Film/ Video/ Animation Honors — Rhode Island School of Design, 2016-2018
EXHIBITIONS
“Exquisite Corpse” Animation Ensemble — VOX— 2023
“Water” Animation Ensemble — Science History Museum, Philadelphia— 2023
“In Search of” Student and Alumni Exhibition — Dairys Escoto De León and Shanthal Caba Mojica— 2022
“Here Nor There” Student Exhibition — Curated by Dairys Escoto— 2020
“Criteria of Beauty” Student Exhibition — RISD Museum, Gelman Gallery— 2018
FESTIVALS
MUSIC VIDEO SHOWCASE — Official Selection 2024 “Coco - BADWORD”
LINO KINO — Official Selection 2023 “How do we have this Meal?”
FEEDBACK — Official Selection 2022 “Our Pasts are in the Ocean” Voted BEST FILM
SDUFF — Official Selection 2022 “Our Pasts are in the Ocean”
REDCAT — Showcase 2021 “How do we have this Meal?”
SDUFF — Official Selection 2021 “How do we have this Meal?”
COURSES DESIGNED AND REDESIGNED
ANIM 312 — Visual Development 2023
ANIM 345 — Visual Effects Compositing 2022-2023
ANIM 211 — Character Design 2022
ANIM 215 — Motion Design 2023
COURSES TAUGHT
ANIM 228 — Intermediate 2D Animation 2023
COURSES SUBSTITUTED
ANIM 105 — Intro to Stop-Motion 2022
ANIM 111 — Principles of Animation 2022
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Stop-motion animation training and After Effects training with UArts Illustration Alum Davey Levson, Summer 2023
DEPARTMENT SERVICES
School of Film Dean Search Committee 2022-2023
Open House High School Portfolio Day Review 2023
Los Angeles Nation Portfolio Day Review 2023
San Diego National Portfolio Day Review 2023
Community College of Philadelphia Portfolio Reviews and Presentation 2023
Moore College of the Arts National Portfolio Day Review 2022
Animation Gallery Show Installer and Coordinator 2022