Mark Pease is a 3D artist, animator, painter, and printmaker that lives and works in Southern Illinois. He received an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania, and a BFA from Indiana University, Bloomington. He also studied as an exchange scholar at the Royal Academy of Art, London. Exhibitions include the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, the Elmhurst Art Museum, the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, the International Print Center New York, and the Soap Factory in Minneapolis.