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photo by Liz Linder
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Dan Hermes,
born 1970, is an internationally recognized audiovisual artist combining
visual design and technology into an emerging art form: moving digital
painting.
Moving digital paintings are designed for display on framed, flat screen
televisions. In 2008, his work The Violinist was awarded by the 12th Annual
IIDA/Hospitality Design Magazine Product Design Competition as winner
in the artwork category. Recent digital paintings include adaptations
of oil paintings by internationally recognized painter Maggie Siner and
Scott Cahaly, on staff at the DeCordova Museum. Recent exhibitions include
several Boutique Design events in 2009, Healthcare Design 09, Hospitality
Design Expo 2009 in Las Vegas, Festival Der Nationen in Austria, Athens
Video Art Festival, and the Boston Design Center.
Mr. Hermes' moving digital paintings draw on his unique cross-training
in drawing, film, technology, animation, music composition, production,
and performance. Self-trained as a visual artist, Mr. Hermes studied drawing
and painting privately, owing much to Maggie Siner, who studied with Robert
D'Arista, who can be traced back to Sickert. With a twenty-year background
in software development, Mr. Hermes has built and overseen the development
of enterprise systems for clients such as Fidelity Investments, EDS, Blue
Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, and Computerworld Magazine. As composer
and pianist, his debut CD, “Hermes Orchestra: Live”, aired on National
Public Radio and in Europe in 2004. He was sound editor on NYC-shot short
film “Malefactor”. He is author of the workbook series "Classigroov:
Modern Improvisation for the Classical Musician" and has taught this
method at the Boston Conservatory. He has authored multimedia art reviews
for Media-N, the online journal for the New Media Caucus, and the Computer
Music Journal(MIT Press).
Mr. Hermes studied computer science, classical composition, and piano
performance at the College of William and Mary. Jazz composition, improvisation,
music production, recording, and engineering studies at Shenandoah Conservatory
and the Berklee College of Music. Performance study with Carla Bley, Steve
Swallow, and Stephen Drury. ASCAP has awarded Mr. Hermes an Artists Grant
in 2004, 2005, and 2006. In 2007, he attended Art Summer University at
the Tate Modern in London, studying with Miranda Pennell, Guido van der
Welve, and Hans Op de Beeck.
Mr. Hermes' work continues the lineage of American painters in the vein
of French Impressionism and Abstract Expressionism in a 21st century medium:
moving digital paintings.
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