Shawn Towne is a designer and digital media artist. His work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally, including AXIOM Gallery (Boston), Fuller Museum of Art (Brockton), LiveBox (Chicago), California State Polytechnic University: Kellogg Art Gallery (Pomona), Victory Media Network (Dallas), C2C Gallery (Prague), VideoChannel (Cologne), among others. Towne studied at the College of Visual and Performing Arts at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and possesses a BFA in Graphic Design / Letterform and a BFA in Electronic Imaging / Photography. Towne received his MFA in Visual Arts with a focus on video art and interactive media from the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University. Currently he works as a practicing designer, and video artist. He also holds an academic appointment of Associate Professor of Digital Media within the Design Department of the College of Visual and Performing Arts of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. His educational pursuits maintain an emphasis on emerging technologies, interactivity, design, video and motion graphics.