GARY DAY

Gary Day works in printmaking, computer generated imagery, and animation. He was born near Great Falls, Montana in 1950 and received a BA from Montana State University and an MFA in printmaking from Florida State University in 1976. As computer graphics began to develop in the 1980's he studied computer science at the University of Nebraska Omaha. He is a Clark Diamond Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Nebraska of Omaha where he teaches printmaking, animation, game design, and is the current director of the UNO Print Workshop.

His prints and animations have been exhibited nationally and internationally and are part of many public and private collections. Day has been a visiting artist in Belgium, Israel, Spain, and the American Academy in Rome. He has received numerous awards including an Individual Artists Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1987. His work includes traditional and digital prints, computer generated animation, and computer games based on historical and contemporary information devices.