Portfolio — Michael Neault

Portfolio

Van Gogh's Bedrooms was one of the most popular exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago in recent memory. With my role as creative director, I collaborated with subject matter experts in curatorial, our design partners Blue Cadet, and the produ

Van Gogh's Bedrooms, Immersive Installation

AIC Web Redesign

JourneyMaker is a hybrid digital-physical experience in which families create their own themed path through the museum galleries. In my role as creative director and executive producer, I collaborated with our design partner Belle & Wissell and

JourneyMaker, Interactive Experience

Art Explainer 1: The Power to Look

Art Explainer Series

Promotional Video

Gauguin: Artist As Alchemist

The recently opened galleries. Two touchscreens flank the horse and riders.

Saints + Heroes

Presidio Officers' Club

Kemang Wa Lehulere is a Capetown-based conceptual artist. We produced an audio tour and a series of short videos about him for a show at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Kemang Wa Lehulere, Video

Mobile project that combines location-aware wayfinding and rich audio storytelling.

Wayfinding & Audio Storytelling Mobile App

This is a short documentary about a very long mystery.

A Portrait of Antinuous, Video

Web project about artists James Whistler and Theodore Roussell and their interwoven artistic networks.

Linked Visions, Data Visualization

We interviewed artist Eldzier Cortor in his lower east side home. This was, sadly, the last interview he gave before his death one year later.

Eldzier Cortor, Video

Past Forward: Architecture and Design at the Art Institute

Architecture & Design

DIY Cartography, Presentation

Smithsonian: Arctic Studies Center

Interactives, 2008-2013

Interactives, 2013-2015

Videos, 2008-2013

Inspired by kaleidoscopes, quilts, full moons. c. 2014

Posters, 2005-2015

ARC: An Evening of Animated Infographics

Arc - Trailer + Video Program about Animated Infographics

Cards were printed on post-card sized cardstock paper, chained together with ribbon, like a jacob's ladder.

Nordic Knitware, Print

Snore & Guzzle Radio Hour

City Guide Booklets

We had a holiday break with an unusual number of stops and modes of transport. It clearly required some documentation. Sketches below the process required to get to the finished project.

Hand-made Maps