ILLUSTRATIONS PAINTINGS & OTHERS PHOTOGRAPHY
B I O G R A P H Y
ERICK SOOHYUNG OH (오수형)
Erick Oh is an award winning animation artist based in Los Angeles. His work has been introduced and nominated at Student Academy Awards, Annecy Animation Festival, SIGGRAPH, Anima Mundi, Ars Electronica, LACMA Director’s Night, and numerous other film festivals. He spent most of his life in Korea where he started producing a variety of work, in which the boundaries were blurred between media and contents. Even though it is in animation where Erick feels most comfortable as his main tool to communicate and interact with the viewer, he would not consider himself only as a film maker but as an artist who continues trying to expand the definition of animation and art. By building on his fine art background established in Seoul National University, Korea where he achieved his BFA degree, he continues his in-depth study in animation. Erick recently graduated the UCLA's MFA film program and he is currently working at Pixar Animation Studio as an animation intern.EDUCATION
UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles)
Pixar Animation Studios
Animation Internship Program, 2010
Department of Film, TV and Digital Media, Master of Fine Art, 2010Seoul National University
Department of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Fine Art, 2006ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS
2010 Introducing 'Symphony' on main page : 'www.cgchannel.com' Computer Graphics Online Magazine, 2010. 1. 4 (Eng)
2009 Article on 'One' : 'Weave' German Interactive Design, Konzeption & Development No.2, pp.18-19 (Ger)
2009 Article on ' Way Home ' : ' Short of the Week ' written by Jason Sondhi (Eng)
2009 Article on ' One ' : ' Leonardo ' Journal of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology, Vol.42, pp.372-373 (Eng)
2009 Interview with Erick Oh ' Graphics Live ' the Korean Media Arts Magazine, 2009.10, pp.36-41 (Kor)
2009 Article on ' Way Home ' : ' I love Character ' the Korean Character Design Magazine, 2009.07, pp.110-112 (Kor)
2009 Article on ' Symphony ' : AniPages Daily by Ben Ettinger (Eng)
2009 Article on ' Way Home ' : AniPages Daily by Ben Ettinger (Eng)
2009 Interview with Erick Oh : ' Animatoon ' the Korean Animation Magazine, Vol.78, pp.46-47 (Kor)
2009 Review on ' Way Home ' : November Jasmine by Hyun Jin Lee (Kor)
2009 SBS Animation Awards 2009 : Asiaeconomy Newspaper (Kor)
2009 Review on 'One' in SIGGRAPH Juried Art Gallery : CNBC (Eng)
2009 Interview on ' Way Home ' : AniBoom Creator Spotlight (Eng)
2009 Interview on ' Symphony ' : www.digitalmedia.com (Eng)
2009 Article on Erick Oh : animablog tv (Eng)
AWARDS AND HONORS
2010 Sep Outstanding Animation - Angelus Student Film Festival 2010 (USA) Heart
2010 Jun Dan McLaughlin Award (Best in Show) - UCLA Animation Festival 2010 (USA) Heart
2010 Jun Special Jury's Mention in the 'Advertisements and Introductory Spots' category at Anifest 2010 (Czech) Communicate
2009 Dec Grand Prize - Entertainment Category at Asia Digital Art Award 2009 (Japan) Communicate
2009 Oct The Music and Visuality - 7th Tindirindis International Animation Festival (Lithuania) Symphony
2009 Aug Semifinalist - Adobe Design Achievement Awards 2009 / Installation Design (USA) One
2009 Jul Grand Prize - SBS Animation Awards 2009 (Korea) Way Home
2009 Jun Dan McLaughlin Award (Best in Show) - UCLA Animation Festival 2009 (USA) Hubo
2009 Apr Best Graduate Film - 8th IVY Film Festival at Brown University (USA) Symphony
2009 Apr Best Student Film - 10th Crossroads Film Festival (USA) Symphony
2009 Mar Best Student Animation - 11th Smogdance Film Festival (USA) Symphony
2009 Feb Best Experimental Animation - Carolina Film and Video Festival (USA) Symphony
2009 Feb Best Animated Short - 6th Oxford Film Festival (USA) Symphony
2009 Jan Best Korean Short Animation - 2nd Ani-Impact Shin Dong Hun Awards (Korea) Way Home
2008 Dec Special Jury Award - 7th Hida International Animation Festival of Folktales and Fables (Japan) Way Home
2008 Nov Best Student Animation - 12th Australian Effects & Animation Festival (Australia) Symphony
2008 Nov 'In The Air' Program Selection - 6th Asiana International Film Festival (korea) Way Home
2008 Oct Best Technical Achievement - ASIFA-Hollywood Student Animation Festival 2008 (USA) Way Home
OFFICIAL EXHIBITIONS
2010 Sep Indaf Incheon International Digital Art Festival 2010 / Incheon 2010. 9.1-9.30 (Korea) One
2010 Feb 13th Japan Media Arts Festival - Jury Recommended Works / Tokyo 2010. 2.3-2.14 (Japan) One
2010 Jan New Media Scotland, University of Edinburgh's Inspace / Edinburgh 2009. 12.5 - 2010. 1.10 (UK) One
2009 Dec 2nd SIGGRAPH ASIA Art Gallery / Yokohama 2009. 12.17-12.19 (Japan) One
2009 Oct Transitio_MX : New Media Art and Video International Festival / Mexico City 2009. 10.1-10.3 (Mexico) One
2009 Oct 'Away From Keyboard' : UCLA D|MA 2nd Year Grad Exhibition at UCLA / Los Angeles 2009. 10.15-10.21 (USA) One
2009 Oct Electrofringe Festival 2009 / Newcastle 2009 10.1-10.5 (Australia) One
2009 Sep 'Collider' : Group Exhibition at University of Akron / Ohio 2009. 9.21-10.30 (USA) One
2009 Sep 'Fragments of Sound' : Yoon Chung Han's Solo Exhibition at Art Space 'Hyun' / Seoul 2009. 9.9-9.15 (Korea) One
2009 Sep 'Your Bright Future, 12 Contemporary Artists from Korea's Event Night at LACMA / Los Angeles 2009. 9.12 (USA) Symphony
2009 Aug Exhibition 'One' at Videotage / Hong Kong Art Village 2009. 8.24-8.28 (Hong Kong) One and Symphony
2009 Aug Group Exhibition 'Ultra Skin' at Coreana Museum of Art / Seoul 2009. 8.20-9.30 (Korea) Symphony
2009 Aug 36th SIGGRAPH BioLogic : A Natural History of Digital Life / New Orleans Convention Center 2009. 8.3-8.7 (USA) One
2009 Apr Group Exhibition 'Cross Animate' at Coreana Museum of Art / Seoul 2009. 4.2-5.10 (Korea) Way Home
2009 Apr Weekspot Program at Prichard Art Gallery / University of Idaho 2009. 5.19-5.24 (USA) Symphony and Way Home
2007 Jun Permanant Exhibition at Church of Jesus Christ / Jung-Shin High School (Korea) Crowns of Thorns
2007 May Group Exhibition 'U-Mirror's Humorous' at Arco Art center / Seoul 2007.4.13-4.29 (Korea) The Bag and A Caterpillar's Soliloquy
2007 Apr NABI showcase at SK Building, Kwang-Hwa-Moon / Seoul (Korea) The Bag and Text in Motion
2005 Dec Graduate Exhibition of Seoul National University / Seoul (Korea) The Bag
2002 Sep Hong-Ik University Street Art Festival / Seoul (Korea) IllusionOFFICIAL SCREENINGS
2010 Dec 3rd SIGGRAPH ASIA Computer Animation Festival (Korea) Communicate
2010 Nov Flip Animation Festival 2010 (UK) Heart
2010 Oct LINOLEUM International Fest of Contemporary Animation and Media Art 2010 (Russia) Heart
2010 Oct ANIMIAMI International Animation Conference and Festival 2010 (USA) Symphony
2010 Oct Animest International Animation Film Festival 2010 (Romania) Communicate
2010 Sep Indie-Anifest 2010 (korea) Heart and Hubo
2010 Sep I've Seen Films International Film Festival 2010 (Italy) Symphony
2010 Sep 7th EXiS Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul 2010 (Korea) Symphony
2010 Aug 13th Hiroshima International Animation Festival (Japan) Communicate
2010 Aug AYACC 2010 (China) Communicate and Hubo
2010 Jul Animation Block Party 2010 (USA) Hubo
2010 Jul San Diego International Children's Film Festival 2010 (USA) Hubo
2010 Jul 14th SICAF Animated Film Festival (Korea) Communicate
2010 Jun 34th Annecy International Animation Film Festival (France) Communicate
2010 Jun 7th Narkolepsy Short Film Festival (France) Symphony
2010 Jun UCLA Director's Spotlight Screening at Directors Guild of America Theatre, Hollywood (USA) Hubo
2010 Jun Animafest Zagreb 2010 (Croatia) Symphony
2010 Jun Melbourne International Animation Festival 2010 (Australia) Symphony
2010 May Anifest 2010 (Czech) Way Home and Communicate
2010 May XIX Golden Knight International Film Festival (Russia) Way Home
2010 May 7th Green Film Festival in Seould (Korea) Way Home
2010 May 7th VIS Vienna International Short Film Festival (Austria) Symphony
2010 May 17th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (Germany) Symphony
2010 May Iota Center's selected film screening in the theme of 'City' (USA) Communicate
2010 Apr UCLA Hammer Museum presents 'It's all been done before but not by me' (USA) Symphony
2010 Apr 9th IVY Film Festival at Brown University (USA) Way Home and Communicate
2010 Apr 12th NEMO Festival (France) Symphony
2010 Feb Glasglow Film Festival 2010 (UK) Way Home
2010 Feb Savannah International Animation Festival 2010 (USA) Way Home
2010 Jan TVPaint Animation Online Gallery (France) Symphony
2009 Dec 2nd SIGGRAPH ASIA Computer Animation Festival (Japan) Symphony
2009 Nov MGFEST09 Motion Graphics Festival at Atlanta, Austin and Washington DC (USA) Symphony
2009 Nov World's AIDS Day Event by Athens Video Art Festival (Greece) Symphony
2009 Nov 4th International College Peace Film Festival (Korea) Way Home
2009 Nov Nickelodeon Animation Festival (USA) Hubo
2009 Nov Animarathon 2009.11 (Korea) Communicate
2009 Oct 7th Tindirindis International Animation Festival (Lithuania) Symphony
2009 Oct 13th ICON Israeli Annual Science Fiction and Fantasy Festival (Israel) Symphony
2009 Oct 'Creative October' at Hong Kong Art Center 2009 (Hong Kong) Way Home
2009 Sep Community Garden Party at Aurora Picture Show (USA) Way Home
2009 Sep Korea Animarathon 2009.09 (Korea) Symphony
2009 Sep Indie-Anifest 2009 (korea) Symphony
2009 Sep KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival 2009 (Netherlands) Symphony
2009 Sep Ars Electronica 2009 (Austria) Symphony
2009 Aug SBS AniGallery (Korea) Way Home
2009 Aug 36th SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival (USA) Symphony
2009 Aug 2nd Washougal Film Festival (USA) Symphony
2009 Jul 17th Anima Mundi Festival (Brazil) Symphony
2009 Jul Korea Animarathon 2009.07 (Korea) Way Home
2009 Jun 33rd Annecy International Animation Film Festival (France) Symphony
2009 Jun UCLA Film Festival 2009 (USA) Symphony and Way Home
2009 Jun UCLA Animation Prom 2009 (USA) Hubo and Communicate
2009 May 5th Athens Video Art Festival (Greece) Symphony
2009 May Kalamazoo Animation International Festival (USA) Symphony
2009 May Independent Film & Video Maker's Forum 2009 (Korea) Way Home
2009 May Anifest 2009 (Czech) Symphony
2009 Apr 10th Newport Beach Film Festival (USA) Symphony
2009 Apr 5th Red Stick International Animation Festival (USA) Symphony
2009 Apr 13th Kansas City Film Fest (USA) Way Home
2009 Apr Busan Universiade for Digital Contents 2009 (Korea) Symphony
2009 Apr 8th IVY Film Festival at Brown University (USA) Symphony
2009 Apr 11th River-Run International Film Festival (USA) Symphony
2009 Apr 33rd Atlanta Film Festival 365 (USA) Symphony
2009 Apr 10th Dawson City International Short Film Festival (USA) Way Home
2009 Apr 13th Cartoons on the Bay International TV and Multimedia Animation Festival (Italy) Symphony and Way Home
2009 Apr Southeast New England Film, Music & Arts Festival (USA) Symphony
2009 Apr 10th Crossroads Film Festival (USA) Symphony
2009 Mar Basauri-Bizkaia International Animated Film Festival (Spain) Way Home
2009 Mar 11th Smogdance Film Festival (USA) Symphony
2009 Mar 33rd Cleveland International Film Festival (USA) Symphony
2009 Mar Indie-Anifest 2009 (Japan) Way Home
2009 Mar 8th Tiburon International Film Festival (USA) Symphony
2009 Mar 8th LACMA Annual Directors Night (USA) Symphony
2009 Mar 11th DC Independent Film Festival (USA) Symphony and Way Home
2009 Mar 6th International Animation Festival of Tehran (Iran) Symphony and Way Home
2009 Feb Carolina Film and Video Festival 2009 (USA) Symphony
2009 Feb 5th Dam Short Film Festival (USA) Symphony
2009 Feb 6th Oxford Film Festival (USA) Symphony and Way Home
2009 Feb 11th San Francisco Independent Film Festival (USA) Symphony
2009 Jan Future Film Festival 2009 (Italy) Symphony
2009 Jan 2nd Ani-Impact Shin Dong Hun Awards (Korea) Way Home
2008 Dec Asia Digital Art Awards 2008 (Japan) Symphony
2008 Dec Aniboom Awards 2008 (Online) Way Home
2008 Dec 7th Hida International Animation Festival of Folktales and Fables (Japan) Way Home
2008 Dec 7th Anchorage International Film Festival (USA) Symphony
2008 Dec Zero Film Festival 2008 (USA) Symphony
2008 Nov Korean Film Archive (Korea) Way Home
2008 Nov 27th Three Rivers Film Festival (USA) Symphony
2008 Nov 12th Australian Effects & Animation Festival (Australia) Symphony
2008 Nov 6th Queens International FIlm Festival (USA) Symphony
2008 Nov 4th Animacor (Spain) Symphony
2008 Nov Body Art Disease Symposium (USA) Symphony
2008 Nov 6th Asiana International Film Festival (korea) Way Home
2008 Oct 10th WT Os International Film Festival (Norway) Way Home
2008 Oct Third Screen Festival 2008 (online) Symphony
2008 Oct 6th Mandurah Short Film Festival (Australia) Symphony
2008 Oct 10th Newfilmmakers LA Festival (USA) Symphony
2008 Oct ASIFA-Hollywood Student Animation Festival 2008 (USA) Way Home
2008 Sep AYACC 2008 (China) Way Home
2008 Aug Indie-Anifest 2008 (korea) Way Home
2008 Jun UCLA Animation Prom 2008 (USA) Symphony
2008 May 35th Student Academy Awards : Regional Finalist (USA) The Bag
2007 May SICAF 2007 (korea) The Bag
2006 Oct 3rd Love Water Flash Animation Festival (Korea) Monster
2006 Sep Indie-Anifest 2006 (korea) The Bag
2006 Jun Dong-A LG International Festival of Animation 2006 (Korea) The Bag
2006 May Busan Asian Short Film Festival 2006 (Korea) The Bag
FILMOGRAPHY
2010 Jun Heart (Independent animated film / 8min 20sec / UCLA)
2009 Jun Hubo (Commercial animated film / 1min 41sec / UCLA & KAIST)
2009 Mar One (Interactive video installation / UCLA)
2008 Dec Gunther Sausage (Hypothetical online animated show / UCLA )
2008 Oct Communicate (Commercial animated film / 1min30sec / Vokle, Inc.)
2008 Aug Symphony (Independent animated film / 5min 18sec / UCLA)
2008 May Way Home (Independent animated film / 8 min 55 sec / SBA Seoul Animation Center)
2008 Feb Tighten Up (Group porject for 'Falling Lizard UCLA 2008' / 2min 00sec / UCLA)
2006 Sep Monster (Flash animation / 3 min / Seoul National University)
2006 JAN The Bag (Independent animated film / 5 min 57 sec / Seoul National University)
2005 May A Portrait of a Crying Man (Independent live action film / 9 min 26 sec / Seoul National University)
2004 May Text in Motion (3D animated film / 2 min / Seoul National University)PUBLICATION
2006 Dec A Caterpillar's Soliloquy (designed, illustrated and published by Erick Oh)WORKING & TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2010 Jun Pixar Animation Summer Internship from June 7th to August 27th 2010 (USA)
2009 Dec $9,000 Matt Groening Initiative for 'Heart' (USA)
2009 Nov Panel as an Asifa-Hollywood Aniamtion Festival winner at CTN-Animation Expo, Burbank Convention Center / Nov 21st 2009 (USA)
2009 Oct Teaching Assitant for Chuck Sheetz in 181A 'Introduction to Animation' class at UCLA for Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 (USA)
2009 Oct Guest Speaker at Riverside Community College, California / Oct 13th 2009 (USA)
2009 Sep Guest Speaker in 'Advanced Animation Class' at Sejong University, Korea / Sep 23rd 2009 (Korea)
2009 Sep UCLA Logo Animation (USA)
2008 Aug Main page animation for am up coming website, www.vokle.com launching in summer 2009 (USA)
2007 May $17,000 Award from Seoul Animation Center for 'Way Home' (Korea)
2006 Oct Character design for Ricco-toys corp. broadcasted on Korean animation channel Tooniverse (Korea)
2006 Aug 3min Commercial video for KAIST Humanoid Robot HUBO (Korea)
2006 Feb_Dec Illustration for Seoul National University monthly alumni newspaper (Korea)
2005 Jan_May Character design for JM animation corp. (Korea)COMPUTER SKILLS
Proficient with After Effects, Premiere, Maya, Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Painter and TVPaint Animation.LANGUAGES
English
Korean
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