max willis
born 03.02.1972
Ipswich, U.K.

m.willis [at] maxwillis.net
artist, educator and media design specialist
www.maxwillis.net
www.luminousgreen.net
painting portfolio 1997- 2007


CURRENT:

MFA Masters Of Fine Arts in Creative Media,
School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, expected graduation January 2009

RECENT WORK EXPERIENCE:

2008 Teaching Assistant to Dr. Steve Fore, 'Art of Moving Image' at School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong
2008 executive editor and founder of 'zhuan' arts and literature publication, first edition, Hong Kong, January 2008, 47 contributors, 64pp, full color
2007 Teaching Assistant to Dr. Steve Fore, 'Culture, Society and Technology' at School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong
2007 founded studioM www.hongkongvirtual.com/studiom media agency with Xia shu and Sun Qian
2005 - 2006 beginner Mandarin Chinese courses at Volskhochschule Kreuzberg, Berlin
2005 - present web development with designers Alex Smetana (AS) and Andrew Fyncontry (DE)
2005 - 2006 private teaching Apple Shake Compositing and Final Cut edit
2004 - 2006 active member Berlin Final Cut Pro Users Group: manager of web community, tutorials, meeting organization and group direction; presentation at Apple Road Show Berlin

MEDIA PROJECTS:

2008 Chinese Charms: Arts, Religion and Folklore; interactive installations for Alex Chengyu Fang's Exhibiton at City University link
2008 3xThree Media Installation : Reuse, Recycling and Refinement, a 9-screen audio/video construction (images) (project proposal pdf)
2007 July 1-15, interactive media installation, and painting exhibition, 'Pull Senses Together', with Kam Wong and Lee Man Ching,
Shanghai Street Art Space, Yau Ma tei, Hong Kong (www.ssa007.org/exhibition_info/promotion/Space0706_e-promot.htm)
2007 March 17, live video performance at Shanghai Street Art Space, Yau Ma tei, Hong Kong (flyer)
2006 Media I Ching - flash xml smil interpretation of the Yi Jing www.maxwillis.net/media_iching
2006 mobile phone comics - development of java applications, audio visual tactile media www.maxwillis.net/thego
2006 Dec 16, 'random specific' live video performance at Videotage, Hong Kong (flyer)
2006 www.letartdisturbU.org internet platform with Videotage (content) and Milkxhake (design)
2004 - 06 www.HongKongVirtual.com with VirtualTransit Rail (VTR) online virtual environment
2004 data application Mai Po Biotope Mapping Key www.stationeast.net/maipo Mai Po Wetlands, NT Hong Kong
2003 http://hk.stationeast.net web development prototypes Hong Kong
2003 flash xml application Cukurova Delta Information Applicationwww.luminousgreen.net/cukurova
2002 - 04 www.ostbahnhof.de Virtual Environment of Berlin's Eastern Railway Station

VIDEO ART & EDITING:

2008 Dance video "Rochelle Yang, Latin Superstars Dance"
2007 Hong Kong Dental Lab - seminar promotional video link
2007 In Waves, Sound Art with Visuals Quicktime Video
2007 "Storm Under the Sun", Art Director and Lead Animator on documentary film by Peng Xiao Liang and S. Louisa Wei, Blue Queen Cultural Communication trailer
2007 "a fine day", doccumentary film by Xia Shu, intercultural studies in lijiang, yunnan, china 33min, edited by Max Willis and Xia Shu
2007 "Ciu Jian: rocking china" doccumentary film by S. Louisa Wei, trailer edit, music video 4min www.hongkongvirtual.com/studiom/portfolio3.htm
2007 "A Mobile World" starring Calvin Lau and Sun Jialu, 7min31sec Quicktime mp4
2006-07 "The Journey pts 1 and 2" mobile comic (reproduced as video)
selection 8th University Stdent Shortfilm Competition, Beijing
2007 "bike trek lantau" Lantau Island, Hong Kong; HDV Quicktime H264
2007 film scoring seminar with Robert Ellis-Geiger, Shaw Studios, Hong Kong; HDV Quicktime H264
2006 "ST/ART on the farm" Hong Kong Quicktime mp4
2006-07 "miho at zero" Quicktime mp4
selection 8th University Shortfilm Competition, Beijing
2005 "Dzuguuun 1..." Berlin Quicktime mp4
screened at Tromanalewww.tromanale.de February 2006
2005 "Festival" South India Quicktime mp4
2005 "Working Women" South India Quicktime mp4
2005 "Indigo at Yaoqu" Yunnan, China Quicktime mp4
2004 "Temple at Manlei" Yunnan, China Quicktime mp4
2004 "Three Grasses" China web movie or streaming mp4
screened at Tromanale February 2005
2004 videogeist@kinzo w/larry heard "mr. fingers" Quicktime 7.2 Mb
2004 videogeist@kinzo w/brett dancer Quicktime 12.8 Mb
2004 "Parade" Hong Kong, China Quicktime 9MB
2003 "Fotanart" Hong Kong, China Quicktime 3MB
2003 videogeist@kinzo, Berlin Quicktime 9MB

ART EXHIBITIONS:

2007 July 1 to15 - live painting and exhibit Shanghai Street Art Space, Yau Ma tei, Hong Kong (www.ssa007.org/exhibition_info/promotion/Space0706_e-promot.htm)
2006 Beriln, Volksbühne; "State of Puppet" animation collaboration
with Yaara Zaluski stateofpuppet weblink animation excerpt
2005 Berlin Galerie Zero painting
2004 Berlin Berlinova
2001 Sulzburg, Germany, Open Studios
2001 Basel, Switzerland, Botanical Gardens of the University of Basel;
'Botanicolor, the Ethnobotanic of dye and fibres'
exhibit pdf (280kb) and website
2000 Sulzburg, Germany, Open Studios
1999 Sulzburg, Germany, Open Studios
1998 Sulzburg, Germany, Old Glass House
1997 St. Ilgen, Germany, Bushmann Dyeworks
1997 Freiburg, Germany, Jos Fritz

WEB and DESIGN:

2008 html + css company profile kultscreens.de
2007 html site blue queen cultural communication www.bqcc.com
2007 animated event site K3spray
2007 flash product line website contempo.eu catalog style site for fashion company, design by fynecontry
2007 design for Computer Science Dept, City University Hong Kong - masters information day six posters
2006 flash animated skyscraper add loverocket Hamburg event
2006 design for Computer Science Dept, City University Hong Kong - Masters in Information Security Programme brochure
2006 and 2007 flash animated event site for loverocket Hamburg event
2006 design for Computer Science Dept, City University Hong Kong - information day six posters
2006 flash wedding site www.frischverliebtfürimmer.de
2005 flash site designer portfolio fynecontry.net
2005 flash xml site glizzclub.com
2005 flash from psd event site for lovecity Hamburg festival
2005 website design w/ forum Berlin Final Cut Pro User's Group
2005 website design, Caroline Rolka www.dietae.de
2005 flash site essayrecordings.com
2005 film promo Joost Renders Herzlutschen
2003 - 2004 freelance webdesign with Spielfeld Kulturkonsultation :
www.spielfeld.net / www.boxion.de / www.inzwischenzeit.de / spielfeld/wrangel
2003 DVD design Parasit - Kurz Film Festival 2003 - Galerie Zero Berlin
2003 DVD design "Wenn nicht Jetzt..." documentary by Sigrun Schnarrenberger
2003 flash site for filmmaker Norbert Santiago www.norbert-santiago.de
2003 flash site for film editor Paul Murray www.paurray.de
2002 site design New Berlin Film Academy www.nbfa.de (offline)

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:

2004 research and art travel to South India
2004 - 06 development and design of Hong Kong Virtual
2003 - 04 research and art travel to Hong Kong and Yunnan, China
2003 development and design of Ostbahnhof.de, Art site and Virtual Environment Berlin
2003 - 04 freelance webdesign with Spielfeld Kultur Konsultant
2002 Praktikum/Internship to the Politikagentur GmbH, Grafik und Internet department (Reference)
2002 research and art travel to South India
to visit textile printers and und Indigo farmers; Andhra Pradesh und Tamil Nadu
1999 - 2000 focus on digital arts learning; web design, digital photography, video, Flash animation, virtual reality in art
1998 research travel to West-Afrika to visit traditional indigo dyers; Labe, Guinea and Dogon, Mali
1995-`96 worked in the Red Sea, as deckhand on (SCUBA) dive ships, completed advanced PADI sport diving licence; MS Andromeda, MS SueEllen, reg. Israel und MS Sun Boat, reg. Belize. Dive cruises and extended charters to Phaeros Islands, to Scharem el Sheik and Hurghada, I.R. of Egypt
1994 art research travels to Florenz, Italy and Anatolia, Turkey
1994 private study of traditional textile colouring, printing techniques and colour history; Vrieselhof musee des textiles, Antwerpen, Belgien
1991 - 93 Graphic Artist and silkscreen printer by Wise-Up! Reactionwear, Tucson, Arizona, USA Design, colour separation and rotary-press printing Textiles and T-shirts
1989 - 91 began work with Batik, textile dyes and printing at the Day-Job Rehabilitation Center, College Park, Maryland, USA
1988 graduated from Kubasaki Highschool, Okinawa, Japan; aged 16, moved to the USA
1988 included in the volume Who's Who in American High School Students 1988 for excellence in Photography, Mathematics and computer science
1985 - 88 study of photography under tutorage of Dean Fitzgibbons and Julie Crowe, Kadena AirForce Base Arts and Crafts Center, Okinawa, Japan: Imaging, printmaking, darkroom chemistry
1984 began painting acryl on canvas, studying art with father