Teek Mach is a virtual reality artist and immersive director based in Los Angeles, CA.
EDUCATION
2008 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, BFA in Architecture
VIRTUAL REALITY
2020 SXSW ART PROGRAM FINALIST, “Grisaille,” Artist/Director/Performer, XR Installation, Austin, TX
2019 BERKLEE PRESENTS ZAKIR HUSSAIN, “T3”, Artist/Director/Performer , Harvard School of Business, Boston, MA
2019 SUNDANCE NEW FRONTIER, “Grisaille,” Artist/Director/Performer , XR Art Installation, Park City, UT
2019 ART & TECH 2, “Us”, Artist/Director/Performer, Looking Glass Installation, Infinity Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
2018 CHICAGO YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Artist/Director/Performer “Tiltbrush Concerto” VR Performance, Isobar, Chicago, IL
2017 UNIVERSAL MUSIC + CEEK, “A VRy Merry Experience” Co-Writer & Creative Director, Los Angeles, CA
2016 GOOGLE TILT BRUSH, Artist in Residence, San Francisco, CA
2016 THE SMASHING PUMPKINS & Isobar, “Project Zero” Art Director, New York, NY
2015 THE SMASHING PUMPKINS, “The End Times Tour,” Art Director, San Francisco, CA
VISITING ARTIST / SPEAKER
2019 INFINITY FEST, “The Future of Virtual Reality: Social VR”, Los Angeles, CA
2019 INFINITY FEST, “The Mindfulness of Art & Tech”, Los Angeles, CA
2018 THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, “The Art of Tech,” Laguna Beach,CA
2018 SOUTH BY SOUTWEST, “A Classical Experience in Virtual Reality,” Austin, TX
2017 GOOGLE, “Women Who VRock,” West Hollywood, CA
2015 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Production Design, Los Angeles,CA
PRESS
2019 FORBES, “The Top 35 XR Installations of 2019”, Jesse Damiani
2019 MEDIUM, “The New Pioneers,” Tony Parisi
2019 IMMERSE, “An Ecosystem in the Making,” Sarah A. Wolozin
2019 CNET, “Your Body is Driving a New Wave of VR Experiences,” Joan E. Solsman
2019 SCREENANARCHY,“New Frontier Continues to Impress,” Ryland Aldrich
2019 UNITY TECHNOLOGIES,“Storytelling, Evolved,” Lydia White
2019 LA WEEKLY, “Infinity Festival”, Dustin Clendenin
2019 LA TIMES, Aimee Garcia Drawing, Arielle Paul
2019 VOICEAMERICA, “VR Changing Hearts and Minds”, Lori H. Schwartz, Christina Heller
2018 A FEMALE LENS, “Women of Virtual Reality at Sundance,” Jennifer Zahlit, Larkin Bell
2017 MASHABLE,“Step Inside an Artist’s Painting in Virtual Reality,” Mashable Studios
FILM WORK/ ART DIRECTORS GUILD
2020 THE WALKING DEAD, Illustrator, AMC, Los Angeles, CA
2020 STAR TREK: PICARD, Illustrator, CBS, Los Angeles, CA
2020 MANK, Illustrator, Netflix Studios, Los Angeles, CA
2020 CALL OF THE WILD, Illustrator, Disney Studios, Los Angeles, CA
2020 MONA LISA AND THE BLOOD MOON, Illustrator, Annapurna Pictures, Los Angeles, CA
2016 WESTWORLD S1-3, Illustrator, HBO, Los Angeles, CA
2016 THE BAD BATCH, Illustrator, Annapurna Pictures and Vice, Los Angeles, CA
2016 CRIMINAL MINDS: Beyond Borders, Illustrator, CBS, Los Angeles, CA
2016 RUSH HOUR, Art Director, CBS, Los Angeles, CA
2015 THE LAST SHIP, Illustrator, TNT, Los Angeles, CA
2014 EDGE OF TOMORROW Reshoots, Art Director, Warner Brothers, Los Angeles, CA
2014 PERCEPTION S1-3, Assistant Art Director, ABC Studios, Los Angeles, CA
2013 AFTER EARTH, Model Maker, Sony Pictures, Philadelphia, PA
2012 CASA DE MI PADRE, Puppeteer, Los Angeles, CA
2012 WORLD WAR Z, Art Assistant, Paramount Pictures, Los Angeles, CA
2011 SUPER 8, Art Assistant, Bad Robot & Amblin Entertainment, Los Angeles, CA
2010 TRON: LEGACY, Art Assistant, Disney Studios, Los Angeles, CA
2009 FLASHFORWARD, Art Assistant, Disney Studios, Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
2008 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, BFA in Architecture
VIRTUAL REALITY
2020 SXSW ART PROGRAM FINALIST, “Grisaille,” Artist/Director/Performer, XR Installation, Austin, TX
2019 BERKLEE PRESENTS ZAKIR HUSSAIN, “T3”, Artist/Director/Performer , Harvard School of Business, Boston, MA
2019 SUNDANCE NEW FRONTIER, “Grisaille,” Artist/Director/Performer , XR Art Installation, Park City, UT
2019 ART & TECH 2, “Us”, Artist/Director/Performer, Looking Glass Installation, Infinity Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
2018 CHICAGO YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Artist/Director/Performer “Tiltbrush Concerto” VR Performance, Isobar, Chicago, IL
2017 UNIVERSAL MUSIC + CEEK, “A VRy Merry Experience” Co-Writer & Creative Director, Los Angeles, CA
2016 GOOGLE TILT BRUSH, Artist in Residence, San Francisco, CA
2016 THE SMASHING PUMPKINS & Isobar, “Project Zero” Art Director, New York, NY
2015 THE SMASHING PUMPKINS, “The End Times Tour,” Art Director, San Francisco, CA
VISITING ARTIST / SPEAKER
2019 INFINITY FEST, “The Future of Virtual Reality: Social VR”, Los Angeles, CA
2019 INFINITY FEST, “The Mindfulness of Art & Tech”, Los Angeles, CA
2018 THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, “The Art of Tech,” Laguna Beach,CA
2018 SOUTH BY SOUTWEST, “A Classical Experience in Virtual Reality,” Austin, TX
2017 GOOGLE, “Women Who VRock,” West Hollywood, CA
2015 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Production Design, Los Angeles,CA
PRESS
2019 FORBES, “The Top 35 XR Installations of 2019”, Jesse Damiani
2019 MEDIUM, “The New Pioneers,” Tony Parisi
2019 IMMERSE, “An Ecosystem in the Making,” Sarah A. Wolozin
2019 CNET, “Your Body is Driving a New Wave of VR Experiences,” Joan E. Solsman
2019 SCREENANARCHY,“New Frontier Continues to Impress,” Ryland Aldrich
2019 UNITY TECHNOLOGIES,“Storytelling, Evolved,” Lydia White
2019 LA WEEKLY, “Infinity Festival”, Dustin Clendenin
2019 LA TIMES, Aimee Garcia Drawing, Arielle Paul
2019 VOICEAMERICA, “VR Changing Hearts and Minds”, Lori H. Schwartz, Christina Heller
2018 A FEMALE LENS, “Women of Virtual Reality at Sundance,” Jennifer Zahlit, Larkin Bell
2017 MASHABLE,“Step Inside an Artist’s Painting in Virtual Reality,” Mashable Studios
FILM WORK/ ART DIRECTORS GUILD
2020 THE WALKING DEAD, Illustrator, AMC, Los Angeles, CA
2020 STAR TREK: PICARD, Illustrator, CBS, Los Angeles, CA
2020 MANK, Illustrator, Netflix Studios, Los Angeles, CA
2020 CALL OF THE WILD, Illustrator, Disney Studios, Los Angeles, CA
2020 MONA LISA AND THE BLOOD MOON, Illustrator, Annapurna Pictures, Los Angeles, CA
2016 WESTWORLD S1-3, Illustrator, HBO, Los Angeles, CA
2016 THE BAD BATCH, Illustrator, Annapurna Pictures and Vice, Los Angeles, CA
2016 CRIMINAL MINDS: Beyond Borders, Illustrator, CBS, Los Angeles, CA
2016 RUSH HOUR, Art Director, CBS, Los Angeles, CA
2015 THE LAST SHIP, Illustrator, TNT, Los Angeles, CA
2014 EDGE OF TOMORROW Reshoots, Art Director, Warner Brothers, Los Angeles, CA
2014 PERCEPTION S1-3, Assistant Art Director, ABC Studios, Los Angeles, CA
2013 AFTER EARTH, Model Maker, Sony Pictures, Philadelphia, PA
2012 CASA DE MI PADRE, Puppeteer, Los Angeles, CA
2012 WORLD WAR Z, Art Assistant, Paramount Pictures, Los Angeles, CA
2011 SUPER 8, Art Assistant, Bad Robot & Amblin Entertainment, Los Angeles, CA
2010 TRON: LEGACY, Art Assistant, Disney Studios, Los Angeles, CA
2009 FLASHFORWARD, Art Assistant, Disney Studios, Los Angeles, CA