David Jarred
Animation Director | Producer | Visual Artist
Curriculum Vitae
Artistic Vision
David Jarred is an award-winning animation director, producer, and visual artist specializing in stop-motion animation, cinematography, and lighting. His work challenges the boundaries of animation by integrating sculpture, theatrical elements, and experimental cinematography, pushing the physicality of stop-motion animation beyond traditional formats. Through a commitment to artistry, technical craft, and redefining animation, David collaborates with ad agencies, producers, and artists to craft visually stunning, high-impact content for film, advertising, and immersive experiences.
Selected Art Exhibitions (Reverse Chronological Order)
|| Art Exhibitions ||
2023
The Fluorescent Forest
Fluorescent sculpture display featuring designs based on native Ohio wildflowers. Commissioned and grant funded by the Cincinnati Nature Center. November 2023-January 2024
2022
The Electric Garden at Light in the Forest
Fluorescent illuminated pollinator garden sculptures. Commissioned and granted by the Cincinnati Nature Center. November 2022 - January 2023
Blink, a Festival of Light and Art
Wearable inflatable black light sculptures commissioned and granted by Artworks Cincinnati as a mural activation and parade art. October 2022
London International Monthly Film Festival
Animation Award, January 20, 2022, London, UK
2021
International Moving Film Festival
Finalist Best Animated Film, December 27, 2021, Arvand Free zone, Iran
4th Dimension Independent Film Festival
Finalist Best Animated Film, August 28, 2021, Bali, Indonesia
Medusa Film Festival ( Fifth Season )
Best Short Award Winner, July 31, 2021, Online, USA
Free State Film Festival,
Official Selection, June 21, 2021, Lawrence ,KS
Absurd Film Festival - Bimonthly awards
Semi-Finalist, June 19, 2021, Milan, Italy
Cooper Awards
Finalist Best Animation Short Film, December 10, 2021, Odessa, Ukraine
Onyko Films Awards
Official Selection, December 20, 2021, Tallinn, Estonia
Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival
Judges Selection, May 30, 2021, Tokyo, Japan
Wilson Arts’ Inaugural National Multi-Media Juried Art Show at the New Wilson Arts Center
204 Nash street south, Wilson, North Carolina, September 2-30.
Showing of Riptide Rhapsody Act III Shadowbox and screening of the Riptide Rhapsody animated film.
Art in the Park with Golden Brown Enterprizes at Kennedy Heights Park
Partnership and grant funding from Kennedy Heights Art Center, Play in the Park Cincinnati, Cincinnati Parks, Street Pops and DJ Mat Pentecost.
Golden Brown produced three interactive sculptures and time lapse animations.
Tran & Tepe Wedding Commision
design, fabrication, and installation of a kinetic lighting sculpture at the Center in Cincinnati.
2020
Blue TV Eyes
4 minute 30 second animation featuring music from local band Woody Trinkle
Script, storyboards, character design and animation by Golden Brown Enterprizes.
2019
Gwendolyn at CampSITE
Cincinnati, Ohio, October 2019 to March 2020
Gwendolyn Gila was installed after the blink parade as an outdoor sculpture which lit up at night and provided shade and shelter during the day.
Blink Parade
Cincinnati, Ohio, October, recipient of $2500.00 grant to create a 32 foot puppet, “Gwendolyn the Gila Monster”. Gwendolyn was hand painted and outfitted with a custom lighting apparatus. The puppet was piloted by 6 performers and a lighting designer. We also built 6 light-up bug costumes for the monster to eat. Gwendolyn in essence was a 6 block 13 person performance.
2018
LOOK, People’s Liberty space at 2840 Colerain ave
Installation of interactive video screens for “Dance Madness” and public performance by Golden Brown and Audience. Cincinnati, Ohio, March 23.
Featured Artist: The Next Edition - The Gallery @ Felsenhaus242
“Whisper”, a video deflating the high fashion world of brand marketing. Cincinnati, Ohio, February through August
2017
Blink Parade
Cincinnati, Ohio, October, recipient of $500.00 grant to create “Under Pants Dance” 4 inflatable, hand drawn character costumes with color changing lighting apparatus underneath.
The Monthly Film Festival
January, Official Selection, Glasgow, UK, January.
Cyberia Online Film Festival
Official Selection, San Francisco, Cali- fornia, February 10- February 12
Anim!Arte
International Student Animation Festival of Brazil, Of- ficial selection, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, March 9 - April 11
Green Mountain Film Festival
Official Selection, Montpelier, Ver- mont, March 17-March 26
Blackbird Film Fest
Best Animation, Cortland, New York, April 21- 23
2016
Contemporary Arts Center
screening of Riptide Rhapsody and installation of three large shadow boxes, Cincinnati, Ohio, August 31- October 9
Curated by Steven Matijcio <smatijcio@contemporaryartscenter.org>
Move Me Productions Film Festival
Belgium, 1st edition, Antwerp, Belgium, February, 2016
Ouchy Film Awards
Nominee Best Animation, Winter 2016, Lau- sanne, Switzerland
Largo Film Awards
Nominee Best Animation April 2016, Online
Ohio Shorts, Wexner Center for the Arts
Columbus, Ohio, April 30,2016
Painted Birds Film Festival Madrid, Spain, April 2016
Animation Attack!
Winner Best Hand-Made Animation, Atlanta, Georgia, May 21 2016
Independents’ Day Ohio Art League X Space Gallery
Columbus, Ohio, September 17, 2016
Traveling Shorts Film Festival Palazzina Reale
Florence, Italy, June 7, 2016
Ohio Shorts Night, Film Festival of Columbus Gateway Film Center
Columbus Ohio, June 8, 2016
Spotlight Short Film Awards
Award Winner Winner Platinum Award, Atlanta, Georgia, June 18, 2016
Tracce Cinematografiche Film Fest
Nettuno,Rome, Italy, June 21-25, 2016
Indie Street Film Festival Red Bank
NewJersey, July 6-10, 2016
SABC Ekurhuleni International Film Festival
Ekurhuleni, South Africa, July, 2016
Woodland Film Festival
Winner Best Animation, Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia, August 5, 2016
Montreal International Animation Film Festival
ANIMAZE Mont- real Museum of Fine Arts, August 20, 2016
Atlanta Underground Film Festival
Atlanta, Georgia, August 20th, 2016
The Blue Sky International Animation Festival
Wooster, Ohio, Sep- tember 6, 2016
SFindie's "Another Hole in the Head" Film Festival San Francisco, California, November, 5, 2016
Lone Star Film Festival
Fort Worth,Texas, November 10-13, 2016
Caminhos Film Festival
Coimbra, Portugal, November, 19-26,2016
Chicago International REEL Shorts Film Festival
Chicago, Illinois, December 3, 2016
Animation Chico Animation Festival
Chico, California, December 10, 2016
2015
Modern Makers Toy-Making Event, Niehaus Studios
Cincinnati, Ohio, November 20
Curated by Catherine Richards catherine.e.richards@gmail.com
2014
Frankenstein, Cincinnati Fringe Fest, Hanke Building -
Cincinnati, Ohio, May-June
Produced by Alex talks and Harper K. Lee. Directed by Harper K. Lee harperklee@gmail.com
2013
The (f)Art Show, Thunder-Sky Inc
August 30- October 30, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Curated by Golden Brown Enterprizes and Thunder-Sky Inc. thunder-skyinc@gmail.com
Telephone, Cincinnati Fringe Fest, Art Academy of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio, May-June, Produced and Directed by Harper K. Lee harperklee@gmail.com
2012
Artworks Box Truck Carnival at the Midway, Midpoint Music Festival
Surface lot Twelfth and Walnut, Cincinnati, Ohio, September. Golden Brown designed and installed a custom rear projection system into the back of a 3 ton truck. The public audience could watch and dance to the Golden Brown Produced original “Dance Madness” video and dance soundtrack inside the box truck or outside of it.
Fly Your Own Freak Flag: A Thunder-Sky inc Production, Thunder- Sky inc -
Cincinnati, Oh, 45223 & Northside Fourth of July Pa- rade, June - August thunderskyinc@gmail.com
Project Activate, Cincinnati Fringe Festival,The Emory Theatre
Produced by Pones inc, a collaboration of 12 artists with 5 different community service organizations, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 1 -June 9 <kim@ponesinc.com>
The Body Speaks Screening, Performance and Time Arts Showcase, Contemporary Dance Theater Cincinnati, Ohio, January 13 and 14
Small Potatoes: An exhibition of small works
February 24 - April 14, 2012, Thunder-Sky inc., 4573 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, Oh, 45223
2011
The Body Speaks, Cincinnati Fringe Fest, 14th and Vine
A collaborative work of performance, video, photography and movement, May-June, curated by Pones inc,
Artists for a cause: Silent auction for the American Cancer society
November, 2011
2010
Rocketships and Rayguns Screening, Performance and Time Arts Lab, Contemporary Dance Theatre Cincinnati, Ohio, October 1 and 2
Arthole’s Real Hot Toy Show, Prairie gallery
Cincinnati, Ohio, September- August
David Rosenthal <davidrosenthal@fuse.net>
2010
Mimeography: An Arthole performance at the Essex studio Artwalk
Cincinnati, Ohio, May 1-2
Out of Order: Paintings & Other Creations by David Jarred and Kevin White, Thunder-sky inc.
4573 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, Ohio, February 26 - April 16 2010
2009
Peephole People: A Show of Video Works by Arthole and Friends, Creative Gallery
Cincinnati, Ohio, November 20, 2009 – Jan 2, 2010
Drawamalg: New Works by David Jarred, 1305 Gallery
1305 Main St, Cincinnati, Ohio, August 28 – September 19, 2009
Exposed: Top 100 Secret Artists of 2008, ArtWorks Gallery
Cincinnati, Ohio, June 26-July 31, 2009
2008
Bizarre Evolution: 32 cutting edge Artists, Symbiotic Gallery
Cincinnati, Ohio, November, Installation of animated video on Cathode ray tube, Tv surveillance cameras, projection video, balloons, and human hair.
Baby You Can Drive My Car: Installations With in Vehicles Symbiotic Gallery
Cincinnati, Ohio, July 25, mobile outhouse themed art gallery with working toilet/ donation bucket, graffiti markers. (Arthole production)
Indianapolis Museum of Art: On Procession, a Street Performance, Fountain Square, Indianapolis April 26, Marathon Automaton, cardboard robot costume parade, (Arthole Production)
Indianapolis Museum of Art on Procession: In the Galleries, McCormack Forefront Galleries, Indianapolis Museum of ArtI
Indianapolis, Indiana, May 2- August 10 (now Newfields)
Art for A Cause: Friends of War Orphans Afghanistan Project
November 1-22 , Starbucks Gallery, Montgomerey, Ohio, USA
November 1-22 , Starbucks Gallery, Montgomerey, Ohio, USA
Art for a Cause: Friends of War Orphans Afghanistan Project, Starbucks Gallery
Montgomerey, Ohio, November 1 -22 2008
Secret ArtWorks 2008: Fundraiser for ArtWorks, ArtWorks Gallery
Westin Ballroom, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 14, 2008
Drawings, Prints,...and Something Else, Starbucks Gallery
Montgomerey, Ohio, June 31-August 31, 2008
2006
Drawn From Life: Figure drawing exhibit, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center
Cincinnati, Ohio, March 3- 31, 2006
2005
Disculture: A Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Show
December 9- 16, Xavier University Art Gallery
Cincinnati Fringe Festival:Visual Fringe 2005
June 4- 12, 1219 Sycamore Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Cincinnati Fringe Festival:Visual Fringe 2005
June 4- 12, Sixth and Walnut Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2004
War and Peace: A jurored show at Eastern Kentucky University
February 17- March 6, Giles Gallery, Richmond, Kentucky, USA
|| Golden Brown Produced Short Video Content ||
Better at Work with Liz Episodes 1-3(2024) - a web series created digitally with Adobe Illustrator and After Effects
Instructions Set in Bone- A stop motion animation commision and collaboration with Poet, Peter Lillios
Spotify Animation for The Dan Gootner Band (2022) - an 8 second looping time lapse animation of drawing used as a spotify canvas for a single by The Dan Gootner Band. Animation created and produced by Golden Brown Enterprizes.
NDA corporate training video for Creatives on Call (2022) - Two animated training videos for Non-Disclosed corporation. Storyboards, character design and animation by Golden Brown Enterprizes.
Why Do Ticks Bite… (2022) - a 1 minute 30 second animation for Ranger Ready brand insect repellant. Storyboards, character design and animation created and produced by Golden Brown Enterprizes.
Why Do Mosquitoes Bite… (2021) - a 1 minute 30 second animation for Ranger Ready brand insect repellant. Storyboards, character design and animation created and produced by Golden Brown Enterprizes.
Blue TV eyes (WIP) - a 4 minute 30 second animation featuring music from local band Woody Trinkle. Script, storyboards, character design and animation by Golden Brown Enterprizes.
Riptide Rhapsody (2016)- Stop-motion video featuring the music of The Happy Maladies. Numerous screenings and Museum shows
Frankenstein (2014) - Supplemental video content to a play written by Alex Talks and Harper Lee. Part of Cincy Fringe Fest.
Rites of Spring (2013) - Digital video of live dancers in a portion of The Rites of Spring by Igor Stravinsky. Produced by Amanda Checco
Whisper (2013) - Silent looped digital video vignettes inspired by per- fume advertisements. Part of The (F)art Show at Thundersky, Inc.
Telephone (2013) - Supplemental video content to a play written by Alex Talks and Harper Lee. Part of Cincy Fringe Fest.
Project Activate (2012) - two separate collaborations with members of Pones Inc. Interactive digital video and sound installations.
The Body Speaks: Captured (2011)- Digital video collaboration with Pones Inc. and other artists. Work inspired by photography of Sean Dunn, featured as part of The Body Speaks at Cincy Fringe Fest. Also screened at Performance and Time Arts series at Contemporary Dance Theater, Cincinnati, OH.
On/Off (2010) - collaboration with Pones Inc. at CM Mockbee Building, Cincinnati OH. Video installation and set design
Dance Madness (2010) - Digital video collaboration with members of Arthole, multiple screenings in Cincinnati OH. Colorized video loop with dancers in costumes.
Rocket Ships and Ray Guns (2010) - Stop-motion with live actors on an evolving set. Created for the Performance and Time Arts series and Cincinnati Contemporary Dance Theater