photo by Liz Linder

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.