Digital Arts and New Media: MFA: Collaboration, Innovation, Social Impact

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Saul Villegas

Student
Digital Art and New Media
first-year mfa students

Saul's work seeks to recreate alternative memories and experiences to understand the self better and make the sublime visible. Using art to create a revolving system from the mental, physical, and virtual environment, he invites people to participate in the viewer experience through digital mixed-media works. These digital collages form a unique perception and an imaginary state of contemplation where the subject matter transcends color and energy to the individual––creating a heightened sense of visual perception. He is in the Future Stages cohort and will incorporate his research on bridging the arts & sciences through design and reimagining the archive.

Photo by Brian J. Santos

 

Research Interests: 

Project photography development focused on bridging the arts and sciences—infrared photography and colorimetric aesthetics through image manipulation and digital enhancement. 

Education and Training: 
Bachelor of Arts Studio Art Program, UCSC, 2021
Selected Exhibitions: 

New Art City: Moderno Mindscapes 

 

Selected Publications: 

The Harvard Undergraduate Classics Journal, page 20, 2021.

Selected Presentations: 

DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

Teaching Interests: 

Adobe CC, Photoshop & Premiere Pro image and video editing.

Honors and Awards: 

Catalyzing Change BIPOC Fellowship, DANM, UCSC, April 2022

Phi Beta Kappa Induction, The Phi Beta Kappa Society, UCSC Chapter, May 2021

Coha-Gunderson Prize in Speculative Futures,The Humanities Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz, April 2021

Natural History Student Award Recipient, Kenneth S. Norris Center for Natural History University of California, Santa Cruz, March 2021

Irwin Scholar Award Recipient, University of California, Santa Cruz, February 2021

Eduardo Carrillo Memorial Scholarship Award, University of California, Santa Cruz, February 2021

Digital Scholarship Commons Fellowship, University Library, UCSC, January 2021

Dean’s Undergraduate Research Award, University of California, Santa Cruz, June 2020

OpenLab Fellowship, What makes us Human An Art + Genomics Convergence, University of California, Santa Cruz, November 2020

Irwin Project Award Recipient, University of California, Santa Cruz, November 2020