Brian Franklin
Professor of Expanded Media
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CVA Center For The Visual Arts 214a
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- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Biography
Brian Franklin received an MFA from Penn State University and teaches classes in expanded media and digital fabrication at Illinois State University. His interdisciplinary work has been shown in venues ranging from traditional galleries and festivals to impromptu takeovers of public space in the United States, Europe and Asia.
Current Courses
ART 371.001 Digital 3D
CTK 490.009 Directed Projects In Creative Technology
CTK 390.004 Directed Projects/Seminar In Arts Technology
ART 284.001 Expanded Media I
ART 357.001 Expanded Media II
MFA New Media
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
BFA Media Arts
State University of New York at Fredonia
Fredonia, NY
Outstanding Service Award
Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts
2024
University Teaching Grant
Center for Integrated Professional Development
2024
Emerging Administrator Fellow
National Council of Arts Administrators
2023
Bronze Award
United Design Alliance
2021
Bronze Award
United Design Alliance
2021
STA 100
Society of Typographic Arts
2021
Grants and Contracts
Experiment in Interactivity
Ladan Bahmani, Brian Patrick Franklin.
Center for Integrated Professional Development. April 2024 - June 2024
Dean's Faculty Professional Development and Travel Award
Brian Patrick Franklin.
Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts. 2021 - 2021
Performances and Exhibits
Chaotic and Harmonious
Brian Patrick Franklin.
St. Louis Artists' Guild. April 2025 - May 2025
Brian Patrick Franklin.
St. Louis Artists' Guild. April 2025 - May 2025
Chaotic and Harmonious
Ladan Bahmani, Brian Patrick Franklin.
St. Louis Artists' Guild. April 2025 - May 2025
Ladan Bahmani, Brian Patrick Franklin.
St. Louis Artists' Guild. April 2025 - May 2025
Midwest Gothic
Brian Patrick Franklin.
Burgess Art Gallery. October 2025 - December 2025
Brian Patrick Franklin.
Burgess Art Gallery. October 2025 - December 2025
24 Hours
Ladan Bahmani, Brian Patrick Franklin.
October 14 2024 - December 2 2024
Ladan Bahmani, Brian Patrick Franklin.
October 14 2024 - December 2 2024
Mind Palace
Ladan Bahmani, Brian Patrick Franklin, Chris Wille.
March 4 2024 - April 19 2024
Ladan Bahmani, Brian Patrick Franklin, Chris Wille.
March 4 2024 - April 19 2024
For Those Who Don't Yet Have the Words
Brian Patrick Franklin, Ladan Bahmani.
Auburn University. January 2023 - February 2023
Brian Patrick Franklin, Ladan Bahmani.
Auburn University. January 2023 - February 2023
Sometime There and Sometimes Not
Ladan Bahmani, Brian Patrick Franklin.
2023 - 2023
Ladan Bahmani, Brian Patrick Franklin.
2023 - 2023
A Regenerative Future...
Ladan Bahmani, Brian Franklin.
August 2022 - September 2022
Ladan Bahmani, Brian Franklin.
August 2022 - September 2022
A moment to Consider Memory
Ladan Bahmani, Brian Franklin.
March 2022 - April 2022
Ladan Bahmani, Brian Franklin.
March 2022 - April 2022
Sacred Texts (In These Uncertain Times)
Ladan Bahmani, Brian Franklin.
August 2022 - September 2022
Ladan Bahmani, Brian Franklin.
August 2022 - September 2022
The More I See
Ladan Bahmani, Brian Franklin.
January 2022 - 2023
Ladan Bahmani, Brian Franklin.
January 2022 - 2023
Encounters with Incomprehension
Brian Patrick Franklin.
The Wrong. 2021 - 2021
Brian Patrick Franklin.
The Wrong. 2021 - 2021
Hybrid Praxis - Art, Sustainability & Technology
Brian Patrick Franklin.
Artech-International. October 2021 - October 2021
Brian Patrick Franklin.
Artech-International. October 2021 - October 2021
Sacred Texts
Ladan Bahmani, Brian Franklin.
September 1 2021 - May 1 2022
Ladan Bahmani, Brian Franklin.
September 1 2021 - May 1 2022
Presentations
Building a Co-Teaching Framework for Experiments in Interactivity
Ladan Bahmani, Brian Patrick Franklin.
SECAC, Cincinnati, OH, October, 2025
Building Creative Collaboration Through Interdisciplinary Course Design
Ladan Bahmani, Brian Patrick Franklin.
AIGA Design Educators Conference: WEAVE, Normal, IL, June, 2025
Experiments in Interactivity
Brian Patrick Franklin, Ladan Bahmani.
UCDA Design Educators Summit: IMMERSE, Mesa, AZ, May, 2024
Mind Palace
Brian Patrick Franklin, Ladan Bahmani.
Mind Palace Artist Talk, Decatur, IL, March, 2024
For Those Who Don't Yet Have the Words
Ladan Bahmani, Brian Patrick Franklin.
Biggin Gallery, Auburn, Alabama, January, 2023
Repetition is a Form of Change
Brian Patrick Franklin, Ladan Bahmani.
Sixteenth International Conference on Design Principles and Practices, Newcastle, Australia, January 19, 2022
Sacred Texts
Brian Patrick Franklin, Ladan Bahmani.
Within the Frame, Online, December, 2021
Sacred Texts
Brian Patrick Franklin, Ladan Bahmani.
The 9th Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, December 5, 2021
Sabbatical Research
Brian Patrick Franklin.
Sabbatical Talks, Online, November 5, 2021