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Los Angeles based artist and maker Brian Poor has worked as a mechanical designer, conceptual illustrator, and S.A.G. performer for the film and television industry for over two decades. He has designed and built animatronic figures, animated suits, and mechanized props for feature films such as Mimic, Species II, Virus, and A.I. as well as animatronic attractions for Disney Imagineering. While honing his skills as an artist and craftsman in the entertainment industry, Brian has continued to develop his own vision of blending art and technology while participating within the LA art scene.
Brian grew up among the rugged coastlines and redwood forests of northern California where he divided his time between exploring the wild areas around his home and tinkering within the workshops of his father and grandfather. Led by his interests in science and technology, he earned an associate of science degree in electronics technology, whereupon his artistic compulsions set in and he went onto earn a bachelor’s degree in studio arts from Humboldt State University.