BIO

Hi! My name is Adeline (Ah-deh-leen) Newmann, and I’m an interdisciplinary artist and immersive experience designer engaged with drawing, animation, installation, XR/extended reality, and creative technology.

My practice integrates projection mapping, illumination, light, and play to excavate tangled histories and stories about public health, medicine, feminism, mortality, economics, deep time, and ecologies.

I have a BFA in Experimental Animation from CalArts, and an MFA in Studio Art from Michigan State University. My background includes art, film, design, music, theater, and themed entertainment.

As an Imagineer, I was a Video Media Designer/VFX Designer with a focus on projection mapping and technical video integration (including in-field installation) for attractions in the US, Hong Kong, and Japan, including multiple Thea Award winning attractions.

My creative work has been screened, exhibited, and performed nationally and internationally, including at Tallinn Music Week, Estonian Music Days, The Walt Disney Concert Hall, REDCAT, Zipper Hall, Pueblo Film Festival, (SCENE)Metrospace, The MSU Museum, The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Lansing ArtPath7, The Grand Rapids Art Museum, and Var Gallery. I was a Spring 2025 Artist in Residence at Prairie Ronde Artist Residency.

TEACHING

GTA/Instructor of Record, Michigan State University (2021 – 2024)
Drawing Foundations, Color and Design Foundations, and Advanced Drawing Special Topics: Drawing for World Building, Concept Design, and Animation

TA, California Institute of the Arts (2009)
Introduction to Maya: 3D CG Animation

GUEST LECTURES

Estonian Academy of Music and Theater, Tallinn, Estonia (2013)
Visual Music and Projection Mapping Master Class

California Institute of the Arts (2013)
Employment Contracts and Liability Insurance

ARTIST and RESEARCH TALKS

2024 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition Artist Talks, MSU Broad Art Museum, East Lansing, MI (2024)

“Playful Prototypes” Lightning Talk at a2ru Emerging Creatives Student Summit “PLAY: The Impact of Play on How We Create and Relate to the World,” Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY (2024)

Adeline Newmann – Immersive Art in the Digital Scholarship Lab 360 Room, Digital Scholarship Lab, Michigan State University Library (2023)

MFA Presentations, Calvin University, Grand Rapids, MI (2023)

Adeline Newmann and Algorütmid, Tallinn, Estonia (2013)

WORKSHOP

Step Into Your Sketchbook: Turning Accordion Books Into Immersive Art, Digital Scholarship Lab, Michigan State University Library (2023)

Questions? Please reach out!