Creative Capital

Deke Weaver

Deke Weaver is a writer, performer and video and graphic artist whose interdisciplinary works have been presented at venues in Russia, Brazil, Australia, Europe and the U.S. A four-time fellow at the MacDowell Colony, Weaver has also completed residencies at Yaddo and Ucross and is a three-time recipient of NEA regional film/video grants. His work, described as “explosive” (San Francisco Weekly) and “brilliant” (The Village Voice), has “handcuffed a secure storytelling knack to a performance style that pushes the energy envelope toward hyperventilating madness” (Sidewalk.com). He also contributes film and video to dance and theater works in the U.S. and abroad. From 1999–2005, Weaver was the Senior Animator for the Showtime Networks’ Broadcast Design Group. He is an Assistant Professor in the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.