About Wiley Wiggins
(he/him)
Wiley Wiggins is an interdisciplinary artist and curator working with digital games and playful media. His multifaceted career includes roles as an actor, animator, interaction designer, and board member of the Juegos Rancheros arts nonprofit. During his time at Juegos Rancheros he produced the Fantastic Arcade international games festival in Austin, Texas.
Wiggins holds undergraduate degrees with honors in animation and design as well as a Master of Fine Arts degree in Media Art from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he studied as a resident of the UCLA Game Lab.
His speaking engagements include the Game Developers Conference (GDC), South By Southwest Interactive Conference (SXSW), International Game Developers Association Summit (IGDA), and the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Conference (SLSA).
Education:
- M.F.A. in Media Arts, University of California- Los Angeles, School of the Arts and Architecture (2023)
- B.A. in Design | Media Arts, University of California- Los Angeles, School of the Arts and Architecture (2021)
- A.A.S. in Game Development, Animation, and Motion Graphics (2D Animation Specialization) Austin Community College (2019)
Selected Online Editorial:
- Flat Journal, The Arcology Mode
Selected Installation/Performance:
- Doors/Mud Room
- Archon
- Shapes (and other Shapes) (With Everest Pipkin and The Octopus Project)
- Computer Chess
Selected game projects:
Selected Press:
- Austin American Statesman- Austin’s indie games fest stepping out of Fantastic Fest’s Shadow, October 20, 2018
- Vidvox Blog- The Fantastic Work of Wiley Wiggins, November 5, 2016
- Inverse.com- Inside Austin’s Weird and Wonderful Fantastic Arcade, August 23, 2016
- Motherboard- The Stinking Beauty of Barfcade, October 3, 2014
