CV —

Core Skills —

Creative Direction
Art Direction
Concept Art
Illustration
Drawing
Digital Painting
3D Knowledge
Team-Based Workflow
Project Budget & Planning
Unity/Unreal

Select Client List —

Timbre Games
Zynga
8ninths, acquired by Valence Group, Inc.
airG
ArenaNet
FHI 360
Hidden Path Entertainment
Hyperspace XR
Reality Hearth (unannounced)
Smashing Ideas acquired by Luxoft

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Izana Studio
Creative and Strategic Consulting Services

Siren Cove Studios
Intellectual Property and Art Production studio

yəhaw̓ artist profile
collective of Indigenous creatives

Creative Technologist / Art Director providing vision and leading art based technology teams in the production of narrative driven content. Partner with executive leadership on game design, visual look and feel, narrative, and sound design which elevates customer experiences in multi-sensory environments and new technologies. Coach, mentor, and culture leader guiding and uplifting through open communication, transparency, empathy, engagement, and staff career development.

Say Hello! info[at]marisaerven.com

Select Published Titles

• Farm Merge Valley (Internal Art Director)

• Disco Loco 3D (Art Director)

• ReVamp (Art Director)

• Star Collection (Creative Director/Author/Illustrator)

• Expedition: Titan (Art Director/Content Manager)

• Wonderfall (Art Director/Experience Lead)

• FantaSea Art Book (Creative Director/Author/Illustrator)

• Cthulhu Confidential: Even Death Can Die (Illustrator)

• Night’s Black Agents: Solo Ops (Illustrator)

• The Persephone Extraction - Night’s Black Agents (Illustrator)

• Cthulhu City - Cthulhu (Illustrator)

• Big Barn World (Illustrator)

• Curious George Train Adventures (Production Designer)

• Windborne (Concept Artist)

• Defense Grid 2 (Concept Artist)

• Age of Empires II: HD Edition (UI and Background Painter)

• Chroma Closed Alpha (Artist)

• Guild Wars 2 (Motion Graphics/VFX)
  
  

Publications, Speaking Engagements, & Features

2024
Gender and Indigenous Gaming Webinar, SFU (more info TBA)
Northwest High School Film Festival, Judge

2023
Guest speaker for D&I event, Very Very Spaceship
Puget Sound All Girls Film Screening and Networking, Professional Panel

2022
Workshop Presenter of the Star Collection for Advancing Practice and Science in Violence Prevention conference track, 2nd National Conference for American Indian and Alaska Native Injury and Violence Prevention

2021
Star Collection reading, CDC Injury Center in partnership with the CDC AI/AN/NH Coalition

2019
Project Visualization with Realtime Rendering, XR Symposium Dynamic Reality Technology Speaker
Immersive Content Worldbuilding, XR Symposium Dynamic Reality Technology Workshop

2018
Centrum Artist in Residence
Exploring Storytelling Through VR, Dextra Global VR Summit
Art, Artists, and the intersection of Emerging Tech, Seattle Techstars Startup Week Panel
XR Design Salon, UX Design Panel
Curiosity Days: Games, Guest Speaker, Pacific Science Center
Women who Draw

2017
Katelyn Del Buco, "Where Art Meets Technology: An interview with XR Art Director Marisa Erven," Pacific Science Center

2015
Women in Fantastical Art Featured
Arts Illustrated, Interview
Lauren Panepinto, “What Women Want…in Women Characters,” debut on Muddy Colors Blog
Additionally found on i09, Cosmopolitan (UK), moviepilot, tor, zimbio

Select Events & Exhibitions

2023
Puget Sound All Girls Film Screening and Networking - Storyboarding for Animation Workshop

2020
Women in Media - All Girls Film - Art Direction for Concept Artists - Online
Livestream TV - XR Showdown - UI/UX Mentor

2019
Convention - Emerald City Comic Con - Artist Alley - Seattle, WA, USA
Group Exhibition - yəhaw̓ - King Street Station - Seattle, WA, USA
collective of Indigenous creatives providing interdisciplinary cultural, art, and design services
Group Exhibition - Amazing Adventures of Jules Verne - Little Chimp Society/hai - The Framers Gallery - London, England, UK

2018
Live Painting - Seven Lions Chronicles - WaMu Theater - Seattle, WA, USA
Group Exhibition - The Ultimate Fantasy - Light Grey Art Lab - Minneapolis, MN, USA
Mentorship - yəhaw̓ with Artist Trust - Professional Artist Development - Seattle, WA, USA
collective of Indigenous creatives providing interdisciplinary cultural, art, and design services
Residency - yəhaw̓ with Centrum Artist Residency - Port Townsend, WA, USA
collective of Indigenous creatives providing interdisciplinary cultural, art, and design services

2017
Convention - GeekGirlCon - Artist Alley - Seattle, WA, USA

2016
Group Exhibition - Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award in Shanghai, China - Contributing artist for the Original Illustration Exhibition.
Group Exhibition - Gift Store Display - Museum of Northwest Art (MoNA) - La Conner, WA, USA                   

2015
Group Exhibition - White Wolf, Spirit of the Forest, Ikiya - Treviso, Italy

2014
Group Exhibition - The Corridors, Vision 5 Gallery - Redmond, WA

Prior Advisory & Board Roles

• National Science Foundation Advanced Technical Education Project
  Applied Technologies Division, External Advisory Board
  Coastal Alabama Community College

• TYM Studio
  VR / AR / MR Pipeline Advisor

• Puget Sound Group of Northwest Artists
  Digital Communications and Marketing Specialist, Board Member
  

Professional Profile Bios

• Indigenous Game Developers

• yəhaw̓ collective of Indigenous creatives profile

• Moby Games, Developer ID: 687090

• Games FAQs Credit Listing

• Guide du Rôliste Galactique, Biography

• IMDb Profile