About Jeremiah
Jeremiah's art and animation are fun, beautiful, and are made to inspire creativity and experimentation in the audiences that engage with them. Jeremiah’s studio practice utilizes fiber art, painting, drawing, puppet making and ceramics, all of which are combined to create unique animated shorts. Highly skilled in the Adobe Suite, Jeremiah has taught animation at the college level, and utilizes ongoing virtual learning to incorporate new technologies into an always evolving use of new media. Jeremiah's animations have millions of youtube views, has been exhibited at prominent art spaces, private collections, and museums around the world. Jeremiah’s animation has inspired merchandising, including a charming plush based on the stop-motion puppet from Chipmunk At The Gas Pump!
“Chipmunk At The Gas Pump” plush!
I’m so proud to have created Harry The Chipmunk for The Laurie Berkner Band, and even more proud that they produced a stuffed toy! Available now.
Over the course of their career, Jeremiah's multimedia art practice has made them a go-to collaborator for museum education departments, design teams, art advisors, and premier clients in NYC, Chicago, and LA. Jeremiah has taught youth art classes at esteemed institutions like the Guggenheim, MoMA, and The American Folk Art Museum, among many others. From 2015-2020 Jeremiah operated Iris & Electra Co. a small creative lab, where they created animations for clients, video art installations for public spaces, educational films, and motion graphics, as well as creating and designing art collections of traditional framed art for boutique hotels, offices, and private clients.
Experience
Freelance Artist/Animator: Ongoing. Past Clients include E.L. Education School System (Motion graphics and curriculum videos), Other Studio, Looney Labs (Pyramid Arcade) as well as creating several animated art installations for spaces such as Olly Olly Market, New York Stock Exchange/Intercontinental Exchange Chicago. (See CV)
Animator: Two Tomatoes Records/The Laurie Berkner Band. 2/2020-11/2023 Lead animator on small team productions, I created characters and backgrounds. As a very small business, I had a hand in every aspect of the production of all projects from ideation, storyboarding, animation, and post-production.
Iris & Electra Co. I co-created a small boutique art business that provided custom artwork for public display for clients such as Soho House, The Hoxton, New York & Los Angeles. (see CV for details)
Teaching Artist: 2008-2017 Working for major museums and art centers to create educational programs for K-12 students. (See full CV for Details)
Education
School of The Art Institute of Chicago, MFA 2013 Animation
The Evergreen State College, BA 2008
Below: “Self Portrait” 16mm film direct-animation and inkjet prints on film
