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David Rubright
David Rubright is a media developer at the University of Iowa Division of Continuing Education and an artist. His work is has been shown in galleries in Iowa City, IA and some of his videos have been shown in other venues around the world. David has an MFA in Intermedia and Video Art from the University of Iowa and a MA in Instructional Design and Technology. David is a trained artist and instructional designer,

David studied under Hans Breder at the University of Iowa in the early 1990's. He also studied under David Dunlap and Joesph Patrick at Iowa. David's focus was on video, performance and drawing. During his time at Intermedia as a student he studied with various visiting artist in Intermedia. David also was a teaching assistant under Hans Breder. David's major influences is the New York City video artists of the 1980s and 90s. David's interest included the German dada as taught by Stephan Foster at Iowa as well. David also was instructed by Robert Paredes in the electronic music department at Iowa. Under Paredes he learned about improvisation and performance. David collaborated with Paredes for several years creating drawings, music and other works.

David Rubright also studied under Steve Alessi at the University of Iowa to learn about the design and development of interactive computer based instruction. His first job out of graduate school was at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry where he created several interactive DVD programs that were sold in the United States. For the last decade David has worked to create interactive media for continuing education courses at Iowa. He also took a large role in the yearly development of the Iowa Summer Writing Festival website.

David is currently working with Peter Feldstein to create a record of his work on Cargo Collective. David currently is exploring digital drawings using Flame Painter Pro. He spends time exploring new tools for the computer as they become available. David is an expert in Adobe graphic, photographic and web design tools.

David attributes his art to Hans Breder and the numerous artist in the Intermedia program at Iowa. He continues to correspond with photographer Sandra Dyas and others from the program.

David also worked at Project Art at the University of Iowa hospital and Clinics. He developed a database of works and installed shows in galleries for a year under the direction of Debra Burger,