Eric Millikin

Eric Millikin is a new media artist based in Baltimore, Maryland (previously Detroit, Michigan, and Richmond, Virginia). He comes from a working-class family, growing up in a mobile home in the woods of rural Michigan. His work has been featured in WIRED, USA TODAY, and The New York Times. He has recently exhibited in 20 venues within a year’s time, in museums and galleries from Detroit, Denver, and Dubai to San Francisco, Seattle, and South Korea. His most recent work has been included in exhibitions and screenings at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh, Charles University in Prague, and the Festival and Congress Centre in Varna, Bulgaria. His experimental visuals have won well over 50 international, national and regional awards, which includes interactive data visualizations for Pulitzer Prize-winning investigations, motion graphics for Emmy-winning documentaries, and a Society for News Design medal for newspaper front page illustration. Millikin is a first-generation college student and National Merit Scholar who earned his BFA from Michigan State University and his MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University's Kinetic Imaging program. He is Assistant Professor of Visual Arts, Animation and Interactive Media at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.