Mark Allan Kaplan, Ph.D., is a transdisciplinary Artist, AI art researcher and cresator, filmmaker, educator, and media psychologist focusing on Integral, transpersonal, and transformative approaches to art, media, and spirituality.

His creative works have been shown on television, in theaters, schools, and colleges, and at expositions around the world. Mark has also conducted and published seminal research on the integral and transpersonal dimensions of the cinema and the experience of divine guidance across religious traditions and cultures. Mark is currently exploring various applications of Integral Theory, including the research and development of an Integral approach to cinematic media theory and practice.

He describes himself as a “Lived Inquiry Explorer, MetaShaman and MetaCrisis Surfer Beta-testing the Future”. 

Mark has received the Integral Institute’s Integral Life Award in recognition of this work and has been named one of the TransTech200 key innovators who are driving the advancement of media and technologies for personal growth and transformation. You can find him on Substack.