Andres Montenegro
Purdue University, USA
Biography
Andres Montenegro is the coordinator of the Modeling and Animation Concentration Area from the Department of Visual Communication and Design, at the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, Indiana. His work develops immersive environments using real time 3D animations while integrating physical computing in installations based on interactive responses and multichannel projections. He has extensive experience with software and hardware oriented toward the generation of different styles of rendered images. Painting is his main source of inspiration and subject of research.He received his BFA in Art and Education from University of Chile in 1986, his MA from University of Playa Ancha Chile in 1996, and his MFA in Digital Arts from University Of Oregon in 2006. While he was studying there he was awarded the Clarice Krieg Scholarship, and University of Oregon Scholarship in 2004, 2005, and 2006.