Christine Marie

Christine Marie is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Media Study at the University at Buffalo’s College of Arts and Sciences. An interdisciplinary media artist and educator, she fuses ancient shadow-play traditions with cutting-edge stereoscopic technologies to create large-scale, live immersive spectacles. She is a Sundance New Frontier alumna and TED Fellow whose installations and performances have been featured internationally.

Education

• MFA, Integrated Media and Theater, California Institute of the Arts
• BFA, Cinema Studies, San Francisco State University

Research & Creative Practice
Marie’s work sits at the intersection of art, science, and metaphysics. She pioneered the reinvention of the shadow-stereoscope—an analog device that projects 40-foot real-time 3D images—describing it as an “(antiquated) Augmented Reality.” Through hybrid-media narratives she explores industrialization, feminine archetypes, and the phenomenology of light, integrating performers, objects, and cinematic effects into emotionally resonant experiences.

Scientific & Artistic Honors

• Andrew Mellon Arts and Technology Professor of Practice Grant
• Sundance Institute New Frontier Artist
• TED Fellow

Teaching & Outreach
Marie has taught shadow animation master classes at Pixar and DreamWorks, delivered guest lectures at CalArts and Stanford, and led professional-development workshops for Crystal Bridges, the Skirball Cultural Center, and Columbia Teachers College. She currently serves on the board of Nusantara Arts in Buffalo and performs with the local Balinese gamelan ensemble.