ARTURO GONZÁLEZ-BARRIOS
ANIMATOR ILLUSTRATOR VIDEO FINE ARTIST
EDUCATION
School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University
Bachelor of Fine Arts; Graduated May 2017
Industrial and services Technological Baccalaureate Center #103
High School Diploma & Computer Science Technical Degree; Graduated June 2011
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Freelance Animator – July 2017 - Current
Music video for “Waves” by Abigail Ory – 2020
Director and head animator
Galleries at Lynn Arts – 2019 - 2020
Featured animator in gallery show “Mythology,” 2020, written about in the Lynn Item
Featured animator in gallery show “Imaginary Spaces & Far-Out Places,” 2019
Special Effects for “Doomsday” by Abigail Ory – 2019 - 2020
Special effects artist and title design
Commercial for “Femme Collective” via KXB Studio – 2017
Director and head animator
Animated Logo for “Mar y Tierra” – 2014
Graphic Designer and Animator
Teaching Artist – 2018 - Current
Raw Art Works Lynn, Massachusetts – 2018 - Current
Pioneered RAW’s animation program as the bridge between visual arts and filmmaking. Offers free high-level art classes through RAW to underserved youth growing up in Lynn and surrounding areas
Graphic Designer – July 2017 - Current
Raw Art Works Lynn – 2018 - Current
Real to Reel Filmschool animated logo.
Poster Design for Real to Reel Film School Screenings
Harvard Radcliffe Dramatic Club – 2019
Poster artist for HRDC’s production “Death Do Us Part”
Video Production Assistant
“Doomsday” by Abigail Ory – 2020
Harvard University – 2018
Cooper Producciones – 2008 - 2012
Video Capture Technician / Video Editor – Fall 2015 - May 2017
W. Van Alan Clark Jr. Library
Storyboard Artist – Fall 2015
'Memoria Líquida' Documentary
Fine Arts Print Lab Technician – Spring 2015
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
AWARDS
Young Artist feature from Tampico’s governmental Secretary of Culture (July 2020) [https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=591237664833949]
Tufts Senior Award (2017) [https://engineering.tufts.edu/events/2017-tuaa-senior-awards]
Boit Award Honorific Mention (2016)
Springborn Fellowship (2015) [link pdf]
Biannual College Tuition Grants from the State of Tamaulipas (2013-2016)