Nick LeJeune

Biography
Nick LeJeune received his Bachelor of Art in Art with concentrations in Graphic Design and Drawing from McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana in 2006. He went on to receive his Master of Fine Arts in Arts and Design with a concentration in Intermedia from West Virginia University in 2011.
Between 2010 and 2018, he consulted, founded, and served as an instructor and developer of the Studio Art: Cross Media track in the School of Fine Arts at Fairmont State University in Fairmont, WV.
In 2019, his interactive installation work was presented in a solo exhibition at Ground Level Platform in Chicago, IL. In 2021, his installation work was accepted into the virtual New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival and the Concept 2021 exhibition at the Czong Institute of Contemporary Art in Gimpo, South Korea. In 2023, his work was showcased in the Performing Media Festival hosted by Indiana University South Bend. In 2024, his research was presented at the 19th International Conference on the Arts in Society, hosted by Hanyang University in Seoul, South Korea. Most recently, his work was accepted into ArtPrize and exhibited at The NOW Gallery in Grand Rapids, MI.
He is currently serving as Program Coordinator and Associate Professor in the Interactive Media and Game Design Program at SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

Employment

• Coordinator, Interactive Media and Game Design Program — SUNY Polytechnic Institute (2025–present)
• Associate Professor, Interactive Media and Game Design — SUNY Polytechnic Institute (2024–present)
• Assistant Professor, Interactive Media and Game Design — SUNY Polytechnic Institute (2018–2024)
• Faculty Equivalent Academic Professional (Art) — Fairmont State University (2012–2018)
• Adjunct Professor of Art — Fairmont State University (2010–2012)

Education

• Master of Fine Arts (Intermedia) — West Virginia University (2011)
• Bachelor of Art — McNeese State University (2006)

Scholarship / Creative Work (Selected Exhibitions & Festivals)

• ArtPrize, The NOW Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI — Jury Accepted (2025)
• Performing Media Festival, Indiana University South Bend — Jury Accepted (2023)
• New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF) — Jury Accepted (2021)
• Concept 2021 Exhibition, Czong Institute of Contemporary Art, Gimpo, South Korea — Jury Accepted (2021)
• Ground Level Platform, Chicago, IL — Jury Accepted (2019)
• Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY — Group Exhibition Presenter (2020)

Funding & Grants

• SUNY Polytechnic Institute AIX Center Seed Grant (2024–present)
• SUNY Polytechnic Institute DREAM Center Seed Grant (2024–present)
• SUNY Poly Resilient Course Design PIF Grant (2022–2025)
• SUNY IITG HyFlex Course Design & Development Grant (2022–2023)

Publications & Conference Proceedings

• Nineteenth International Conference on the Arts in Society – Conference Proceedings (2024)
  DOI: 10.18848/978-1-963049-56-5/cgp
• What Is the Correlation Between Sound and Color in Raw Digital Data Formats?
  Conference Presentation, 19th International Conference on the Arts in Society (2024)
  Concept 2021 — Conference Paper (2021)
• What Is the Correlation Between Sound and Color in RAW Digital Data Formats?
  Conference Presentation, 16th International Conference on the Arts in Society (2021)
• Fifteenth International Conference on the Arts in Society – Conference Proceedings (2020)
• The Correlation Between Sound and Color in RAW Digital Data Formats
  Conference Presentation, 15th International Conference on the Arts in Society (2020)

Current Research & Creative Projects

• AIX: Off-Grid Solar-Powered AI Research System (2025–Present)
  Design and deployment of a GPU-powered artificial intelligence research system operating on off-grid, solar-based infrastructure to support sustainable, distributed collaboration.
• Gamified Learning Platforms (Co-Principal Investigator) (2024–Present)
  Interdisciplinary, GPU-accelerated learning environments developed in collaboration with:
  • National Open University of Nigeria (Accounting)
  • SUNY Polytechnic Institute College of Business (Accounting)
  • SUNY Polytechnic Institute College of Engineering (Fluid Mechanics)
• Secure AI Infrastructure Development (2025–Present)
  Development of secure GPU-based retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and model-serving infrastructure using OpenWebUI and Cloudflare integrations for academic and creative research.
• Health Sciences Multimedia Research Collaboration (2025–Present)
  Development of an open-source, public-domain multimedia repository in collaboration with the SUNY Polytechnic Institute College of Health Sciences to support virtual nursing assessment procedures, with a focus on cardiovascular and respiratory evaluation.