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Jane Veeder is an artist-programmer, filmmaker, and professor at San Francisco State University in the Department of Design and Industry, at which she held the position of chair between 2012 and 2015. She has an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) where she studied video and filmmaking. Veeder is best known for her pioneering work in early computer graphics, however she has also worked extensively with traditional art forms such as painting, ceramics, theatre, and photography.

Veeder moved away from traditional art making and began working with electronic media art in 1976 after her enrollment in the graduate program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) where she first discovered video as an artistic medium. In 1982, her video 'Montana' became the first computer graphics piece to be featured in the video collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Her video work typically involves working with computer softwares to create animated and sometimes interactive video works. Her work utilizes computer graphics to fabricate images and animate them to achieve a more direct relationship between the artist and the visuals. Many pieces are meant to involve participation between the viewer and the work itself, inviting the viewer to become immersed in the work. Veeder's work contributed to the rise of a new artistic medium of digital technology and she continues to contribute to the world of computer graphics, volunteering for SIGGRAPH in 1995 and 1997. In 2001, Veeder built the 3SPACE Lab for 3D animation, product modeling, and Web3D on the San Francisco State University campus.

Early life and education[ edit]
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Jane Veeder moved to the neighborhood of Pilsen in Chicago, IL to study at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the early 70's.

Both of Jane Veeder’s parents were Artists, her mother was a painter and her father was a photographer.

From 1967-1969 Veeder studied ceramic sculptures and photography at California College of Arts & Crafts graduating with a Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts (BFA). In the early 1970's Veeder moved from California to the neighborhood of Pilsen in Chicago, Illinois. From 1975-1977, Veeder pursued her Master's Degree in Fine Arts (MFA) at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) where she studied video and filmmaking.

While studying at SAIC in 1976, she first met Phil Morton, the founder of the Video Department at SAIC. Soon after meeting, their individual art practices became heavily influenced by each other. New technologies and artistic communities were emerging at this time. Their collaboration resulted in them creating a number of programs from scratch.

After enrolling in the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s MFA program, Veeder began taking film classes. By the end of her first year at SAIC, Veeder had discovered video as an artistic medium and switched entirely from studying Ceramic Sculpture to studying Video and Film.