1994-1997
1984-1987
1982-84
Education
California Institute of the Arts - MFA, Experimental Animation
Rhode Island School of Design – BFA, Illustration
Boston College – Theater Arts

2007-2011
2007-2011
2004-2007
2005-2006
2005-2006
2002-2004
2001-2002
2000-2003
2000-2001
1994-1997
Teaching and Arts Management
Part-Time Critic, Rhode Island School of Design, Film-Animation-Video Dept
Visiting Faculty, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Film-Animation Area
Visiting Professor, Harvard University, Visual and Environmental Studies
University Fellow, Harvard University Film Study Center
Thesis Mentor, Arts Institute of Boston
Assistant Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
Visting Lecturer, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
Faculty and Chair, California State Summer School for the Arts
Creative Director of the Media Lab, Metapa, Inc; Los Angeles, CA
Faculty, California Arts Partnership (CAP) at Inner City Arts/California Institue of the Arts

1999-2010
Selection of Film Festivals and Exhibitions, Competitve and non-Competitive Participation
Sundance, Rotterdam International, Oberhausen, Annecy, Holland Animation, Ottawa Student Animation Festival,The World Animation Celebration, Big Muddy, SXSW, Ann Arbor, Atlanta, Göteberg, Images du Nouveau Monde/Quebec, Images International, Ars Electronica, American Film Institute, MadCat, 2nd Internationales Trickfilm of Weisbaden, Inside Out; the Gay and Lesbian Film Festival of Toronto, Florida, Chicago Underground, Portland Art Museum,ImageOut, Tough Eye Turku Animation, International Student Animation Festival of Ottowa, Fantoche, Festival International du Nouveau Cinema et des Nouveaux Medias de Montreal, Anima Mundi, International Leipzig Festival for Documentary, MIX NYC, LA Outfest, Cinema Texas, Double Take, Cal Arts Showcase, Portland Art Museum

1999-2010
Selection of Special Programming
“Women in Animation” Citizen Jane Festival, Stephen’s College, Columbia, MO; curator, Jo Dery 2009
“New England Animators” Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; curator, Branka Bogdanov, MA 2009
“Rhode Island College Animation Festival” Featured Animation Filmmakers Evening; RIC, RI 2009
“International Animated Film Festival of Catalonia” ; Animac Festival; Catalonia, Spain 2007
“When Animation Meets the Living” Experimental Film and Video Festival; Zagreb, Croatia 2007; Cinematheque Quebecoise; Montréal, Canada 2006; and Annecy Animation Festival; France 2006
“Animation Show” Magic Lantern Cinema, Providence RI 2005
“Women in Animation” Women in Film and Video New England, 2005
“Cal Arts Retrospective” American Film Institute, CA 2004
“Abracadaver: The Corporeal Body” Paperveins Biennial, NY, 2004
“Avant-Garde Shorts” Think Tank-NY, 2004
“LA Animators Pt II”  LA Film Forum, 2004
“Words In Motion” / Transformation” Ottawa Animation Festival, CAN 2004
“Scratch / Scratching the Sex” Rotterdam Film Festival, 2001
“La Enana Maron” Independent Exposure, 2000
“Visual Surprise” Balagan, Coolidge Corner Theater, 2001
“Independent Exposure” Balagan, Coolidge Corner Theater, 2001
“Roratorio for Paris/Berlin” Independent Exposure, 2001
“Austin TX Arts Society Fundraiser” 2001
“Best of MadCat” MadCat USA Tour, 2000
“Next Sex: Sex in the Age of Its Procreative Superfluousness” Ars Electronica / Mix NY, 2000
“Best of Ottawa” Canadian Film Institute, 2000
“Best of MixNY” MixNY 2000-2001
“Sizzling Summer Edition” Independent Exposure, 2000
“Experimental Edition” Independent Exposure, 2000
“Best of NextFrame, National Student Film Festival” USA tour, 2000
“Best of Microcinema” International Tour, 1999-2000

2010
2010
2004
2004
2003
Exhibitions
Fabulous Viscosity; group show, theme of Queer art; School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA USA
Frame By Frame: Animated at Harvard; Carpenter Center, group show, Harvard, Cambridge, MA USA
New Harvard Faculty Exhibition; group show,Carpenter Center, Harvard, Cambridge, MA USA
Abra-Cadaver; group show, PaperVeins Museum of Art, NYC, NY
Constant Companion: Artists' Sketchbook Exhibition; group show, Gallery R, Rochester, NY USA

1999-2009

Awards and Prizes
International Student Animation Festival of Ottowa (SAFO)-Canada; Grand Prix "Best of Festival"
Fantoche- Baden, Switzerland; 2nd Grand Prize, "High Risk"
Big Muddy Film Festival - Mississipi, USA; 2nd Prize, Experimental Film
South By Southwest (SXSW)- Texas, USA; 2nd Place, Exp Film Award
The World Animation Celebration - California, USA; 2nd Place, Experimental Film
Holland Animation Festival - Amsterdam, Holland; Special Jury Prize
Ann Arbor Film Festival -Michigan, USA; Honorable Mention
Black Maria - New Jersey, USA; Director's Citation


2004-2010

Grants and Residencies
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Fellowship Merit Award
MacDowell Fellowship
Rhode Island School of Design Faculty Development Grant
Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation – Grants for Gay Positive Media Arts Projects
LEF- New England, Moving Image Fund
Harvard University Film Study Center Production Grant & Fellowship
Norman A. Miles Teaching Award (Rochester Institute of Technology)

2004-2009

Speaker / Visiting Artist
Rhode Island School of Design: “Queer Faculty @ RISD” Artist Panel presentation, Q&A
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Visiting Artist Screening
Harvard University: Speaker, "Personal Mythologies in Auteur-Based Animation Films"; part of the "Folklore, Fantasy and Film" Symposium
Harvard University: Lecture “Animation and Documentary Film”
Harvard University: Visiting Artist screening
California Institue of the Arts: Visiting Artist screening
Scripps College, CA: Visiting Artist screening

2004-2009
Articles and Publications
“The Animation Bible” chap 13 “Digital Visions” p. 319-321 “case study: Lorelei Pepi”; by Maureen Furniss; L King Publishing
“Spatial Narrative: Animation and Installation” by Lorelei Pepi; Cartoon: The International Journal of Animation; vol 1, issue 1
Diversity and Distinction, vol 10 number 3, summer 2005; Harvard College Press article: “The Raging debate Over Spongebob’s Sexuality”; interview
"The Feminine Vision of the World: the Alchemical Conjunctio Link and its Way of Expression in Animation" by Susana Maria Grace Ramos; PhD thesis for Universidad de Espana ; subject of study Animation World Network; July 20; Fresh From the Festivals: July 2001's Film Reviews" by Maureen Furniss; review

Collections
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Canadian National Film Archives, Montreal, Canada
University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA
Evergreen College, Oregon