Designer & Teacher
Chris Gargiulo is a designer with experience in graphic design, web design, motion graphics, and animation. He received his MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design and his BA in Fine Art from Amherst College. Chris currently teaches within the New Media Arts program at Kapi‘olani Community College in Honolulu, Hawai‘i.
Before moving to Hawaii and teaching at KCC, Chris taught at Parsons School of Design in New York City. Prior to teaching, he worked at various design and advertising companies from New York City to Los Angeles. His client work includes Samsung, Sony, ABC, Warner Brothers, Six Flags, Hasbro, Marvel Comics, Princess Cruises, and others.
Chris received his MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design and a BA in Fine Art from Amherst College. As a lifelong student, he perodically take classes at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in CIS (Communications & Information Science) and ICS (Information & Computer Science) with a focus on HCI (Human Computer Interaction).
He periodically creates artwork for gallery shows and film festivals. Some of his art work & shows include: Tagging (algorithmic animation), ADHD Clouds (algorithmic animation), and Google Footprints (algorithmic animation) at the Koa Gallery Faculty Bienniel Shows, and Digital Stasis (algorithmic animation) at the Digital Artists of Hawai‘i exhibition at Gallery ‘Iolani.
I enjoy both the left-brained technical programming and the right-brained visual design aspects of my field.Chris Gargiulo