Everett Kane

Everett Kane is a tenured Associate Professor at Pratt Institute who serves as the Coordinator of the BFA program in 3D Animation and Motion Arts.   His goal in the Department of Digital Arts and Animation is to prepare students for successful long-term careers as 3D production artists, filmmakers, and media creators.  His educational philosophy centers around rigorous instruction in traditional art skills, a balance of generalist and specialist approaches, and the development of a keen directorial sensibility.  He believes that this leads to the creation of stronger artists with greater professional flexibility, adaptability, and longevity in a changing technological and media landscape.  In short, as technology enables smaller and smaller teams to produce larger and larger volumes of content, the generalist CG filmmaker with one overdeveloped specialized skill is in a prime position to adapt to the future.

An award-winning artist, Kane’s career spans commercial 3D, fine art, and academia.  His clients include Klazky-Csupo, Nike/Weiden & Kennedy, Reel FX, DZI, Caltech, Sloane-Kettering, Rockefeller University, Location One, New York Festivals, and Mirabell Films.  He has 28 years of teaching experience at top art schools including Pratt, SVA, The New School, Art Center College of Design, USC, and Gnomon.

Kane’s figurative artwork blends realism, expressionism and surrealism.  He is a dedicated CG sculptor and draftsman who uses 3D, painting, drawing, photography, AI and film to examine media distortions, surveillance, censorship, and emotion.  He has exhibited at many venues including Location One, Black and White Gallery, The Art on Paper Art Fair, White Box, Transfer, Art Cake, Envoy Enterprises, Kasia Kay Art Projects, and the Los Angeles Arboretum.  His work has been reviewed or featured in Hyperallergic, The Wall Street Journal, Haberarts, Art Critical, NewHive, Art F City, Bushwick Beat, AM New York, Chronogram, Art-Collection.com and Vice.

B.A. Religion, Princeton University

B.F.A. (with distinction) Fine Arts, Art Center College of Design

M.F.A. Fine Arts, Art Center College of Design.