Zilvinas Lilas

Prof. Zilvinas Lilas is a Professor of 3D Animation at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (Germany) since 2004. He is a founding member and former director of the Paidia Institute, Cologne, and has served as visiting faculty at universities in Sweden, Lithuania, Latvia, and Germany. He is a member of the MEDIA Evaluation Panel for Games and Interactive Projects at the European Commission's EACEA. His work spans experimental 3D animation, gaming, critical games, and transmedia projects such as Ghostology (ARTE TV) and Art-o-thlon (part of Vilnius 2009 EU Culture Capital events).

• Education: MFA from Ohio State University (1997), Artist Diploma from Vilnius Academy of Arts (1991), Artist-in-Residence at Banff Center for the Arts (1993).
• Research Interests: Focus on virtual representation, stereoscopy, creative industries, and interdisciplinary collaborations.
• Professional Activities: Organized conferences like Migrating Reality (Berlin 2007), curated exhibitions such as Banba (Vilnius 2006), and served on juries for festivals like Anifest and Visual Effects Society awards.

Teaching includes seminars on Deleuze’s film theory, animation production, and urban art interventions. He has led EU-funded projects like the Baltic/Nordic stereoscopic audiovisual network (Sala) and AMPER residency program.