Mike Rader is a mixed media artist working in animation, painting, sculpture, printmaking, and drawing, while often combining all of these elements into film. Rader’s work reaches back into the hardwiring of the past to create a dialogue with the present. Previous works have used the following catalysts: Charlie Chaplin, Ultraman, and Mr. Potato Head. Mike teaches a Time class that often looks through past technology used in art making. His works have won multiple awards including the Vanguard Award for Best Experimental Film (Art of Brooklyn Film Festival), Best Art Direction (Manhattan Film Festival), and the Merit Award (Lucerne Film Festival). Mike Rader’s works have been shown in museums and galleries internationally including The Carnegie Museum of Art, the Andy Warhol Museum, the Toledo Museum of Art as well as multiple solo shows in New York. Mike is currently teaching at NYU, Parsons New School, and Yale University. Mike lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.