E D U C A T I O N
2012 – 2015
School of Visual Arts New York, USA
MFA Computer Art | Major in Experimental Film & Animation
Received Paula Rhodes Memorial Award
for exceptional achievement in Computer Art
2006 – 2009
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design UAL London, UK
BA Graphic Design | Major in Moving Image
1999 – 2005
Bootham School York, UK
A W A R D S
2023 東京短編映画祭 / Gold Awards for Best Experimental Film
Paris Film Awards / Silver Awards for Best Experimental Film
2022 On Art Film Festival / Winner of Short Independent
2019 Muse Creative Awards / Silver Awards for Best Experimental Film
2018 Cadaqués Shortfilm Festival / Gold Awards for Best Surrealism Film
IMDb Independent Shorts Awards / Silver Awards for Best Film Noir
Rome Prisma Awards, Italy / Finalist
2016 CreActive International Open Film Festival / Finalist
The Artists Forum Festival of the Moving Image / Best Sound
2015 Red Dot Awards / Winner of Communication Design, Film Art Category
2009 British Design & Art Direction (D&AD)
/ 1st Prize winner of D&AD Student Awards, Music Video Category
Adobe Design Achievement Awards / Semi Finalist for Motion Graphics
2008 Smoke & Mirrors 48 Hour Film Competition / Shortlisted
2005 British Young Designer of the year / Nominated
E X H I B I T I O N S & F E S T I V A L S
2023 INTERSECCÓN, A Coruña International Film Festival, Spain / Official Selected
Tokyo International Short Film Festival, Japan / Official Selected
Paris Film Awards, France / Official Selected
XPRMNTL Anti Festival, UK / Official Selected
2022 IFFC Festival, Germany / Official Selected
VIDEOPARK Contemporary Art Festival, gallery Reflektor, Serbia / Official Selected
Fashion Film Festival Chicago / Official Selected
Florence Film Awards, Italy / Official Selected
On Art Film Festival, Poland / Official Selected
2021 Rome Prisma Film Awards / Official Selected
Tokyo Monthly Film Festival / Official Selected
Chelsea Fashion Film Festival / Official Selected
Open Vision Film Festival / Official Selected
2020 FRIEZE ART, Paramount Theater, LA / Screening
*/ADAF, Athens Digital Arts Festival "Technotribalism", Greece / Official Selected
TCAC, Taipei Contemporary Art Centre "36 hours Artist's Cinema" / Art Group Show
Dong Gallery Taipei, VOGUE / Screening
2019 Paris ASIA NOW Art Fair, France / Art Group Show
NOWNESS "China Wave" Program / Featured
VAEFF, NY Video & Experimental Film Festival, US / Official Selected
Dumbo Film Festival, Brooklyn / Official Selected
Hanayo, Pocke Kenji Tokyo Gallery, Japan / Group Show
Fashion Film Chicago, US / Official Selected
Athens Fashion Film Festival, Greece / Official Selected
Seattle International Fashion Film Festival, Carco Theatre, US / Official Selected
Santiago Independent Film Awards / Official Selected
Brussel Independent Film Festival, Belgium / Official Selected
London Experimental, UK / Featured
IBIZA CineFes, Spain / Official Selected
2018 LA Centre for Digital Art Electron Salon, LA / Art Group Show
London Fashion Film Festival, Regent Street Cinema, London / Official Selected
Fashion Film Chicago, US / Official Selected
Chelsea Fashion & Film Festival, NY / Official Selected
Bucharest Fashion Film Festival, Romania / Official Selected
Sarajevo Fashion Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina / Official Selected
Santorini Film Festival, Greece / Official Selected
IMDb Independent Shorts Awards / Official Selected
ARFF International Amsterdam, Netherland / Official Selected
Bideodromo Festival, BilbaoArte Art Production Centre, Spain / Official Selected
Cadaqués Shortfilm Festival, Spain / Official Selection
Stockholm Animation & Experimental Film Festival, Sweden / Official Selected
2017 Visionaria Festival, Italy / Official Selected
Locomocion Experimental Animation Festival, Mexico / Official Selected
Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival, HK / Official Selected
Southampton Film Week, UK / Official Selected
ProxyAct International Film Festival, Berlin / Official Selected
International Music & Fashion Parachute Light Zero, Paris / Official Selected
INTO THE FUTURE Exhibition, Xinzhu 241 Digital Art Space / Art Group Show
2016 Brooklyn Film Festival / Official Selected
/ Screening at Wythe Hotel, Williamsburg / Windmill Studios NYC, Greenpoint
/ Syndicated, Bushwick / Made in NY Media Center by IFP, Dumbo / BRIC, Fort Green
China International Cultural Industries Fair, Shenzhen / Showcased
4 Times Sqaure Chashma Gala presented by SeeMe, NY / Art Group Show
The Artist Forum Festival of the Moving Image, NY / Official Selected
Avant Edge Film Festival, Chicago / Official Selected
Hidden Door Festival, UK / Official Selected
Alchemy Film & Moving Image Festival, UK / Official Selected
Amsterdam Experimental Film Festival, Netherlands / Official Selected
RiverRun International Film Festival / Official Selected
New York Film Week / Official Selected
Toronto Film Week / Official Selected
18th Backup Film Award, Germany / Nominated
Princeton Film Festival, NJ / Official Selected
Ukrainian International Short Film Festival / Official Selected
MediaWave International Film & Music Festival / Official Selected
2015 Red Dot "Design on Stage" Exhibition opening / Showcased
SCOPE Art Miami / Art Group Show
PIXELS OF IDENTITIES / Art Group Show
TECHTONIC SHIFT, NY / SVA Fall Exhibition
NODE TO SELF, NY / SVA Computer Art Show
TAIPEI IN STYLE Fashion Show / Chiehms & S'CABONATE SS'15
NY International Video Art Limousine Festival
/ LIQUID CITIES, XY Atelier Contemporary Art Gallery
Visionaria Festival, Italy / Official Selected
Indiefest Film Festival / Awards of Merit
66th Montecatini International Short Film Festival / Official Selected
Antimatter Media Art / Official Selected
Bideodromo Experimental Film and Video Festival / Official Selected
Carnegie Museum of Art Film Festival / Official Selected
Meadow Glen Mall Experimental Film & Video Festival / Official Selected
Woodstock Museum Film Festival / Official Selected
Animaze Daze: Annecy / Official Selected
2010 Soho Rush Film Festival / Official Selected
2009 D&AD New Blood Talent / Showcased
CSM Degree Show, Barge House, London / Showcased
2008 Foundry London / Showcased
W O R K E X P E R I E N C E
2022 Taipei, Taiwan
Shakespeare's Wild Sisters Group | Motion Designer
Designed motion graphics for《無題島：孽種與魔法師 The Unamed Island : The Hagseed & The Wizward》at Taipei Traditional Theatre Center.
2021 Taipei, Taiwan
XIE XIE TEA | Visual Artist
20mins Audiovisual live collaboration with Lim Giong 林強 on an experimental electronic music scene for XIE XIE tea.
2020 Taipei, Taiwan
VOGUE X DONG GALLERY TAIPEI | Visual Artist
Visual collaboration with Dong Gallery Taipei as part of VOUGE April cover project.
2020 Taipei, Taiwan
Taitung Craft Design Camp | Director
Produced a 30sec promotional video for 2020 Taitung Craft Design Camp.
2020 NY, Taipei
Performa Art Biennial | Editor
Video Editor for FAMEME, Artist Yu Cheng Ta and Museum of Durian, video screened at Timesquare.
2019 Taitung, Taiwan
NOWNESS | Director
Collaboration with French Artist ITEM IDEM (Cyril Duval) and featuring a musical score by American Producer DUTCH E GERM (Tim DeWit) directing on an experimental film short based on bombing master handan as part of NOWNESS's "China Wave" series. This film is a symbolic study on modern Chinese culture and performance art based on Bombing Master Handdan (God of wealth). The aesthetics of violence paints the video frame with explosions, inner vision and thought-process behind this dangerous ritual.
2018 Taipei, Taiwan
Taipei Fashion Week | Runway Stage Designer
Visual collaboration with Fashion Designer JENN LEE on her new collection contributes to AKIRA's 30th Anniversary.
2018 Taipei, Taiwan
National Theatre | Motion Designer
Designed《神農氏 GOD KNOWS》live stage visuals with National Theatre and promotional video.
2017 Yilan, Taiwan
Mt. Project | Director, Animator
Directed a promotional video "Damage Control" for Parallax 2017 Yilan Moving Image Festival featuring Ryoji Ikeda.
2017 Taipei, Taiwan
Sony Music | Visual Artist
Designed a cover art for award winning jazz musician, Yu Ying Hsu and her album《現在 HAPPENED, HAPPENING》
2017 Taipei / Shanghai
EMI Music | Director, Animator
Directed a concert music video "Jamaican Betel Nut" for Amei's 20th Anniversary concert tour.
2016 Taipei, Taiwan
Bito | Art Director, Editor
Designed parts of key image for 2016 Golden Pin Design Award Ceremony.
Developed visual storyboard and editing for Benz commercial.
2016 Taipei / HK
HIM Intentional Music | Director, Animator
Directed a lyric music video "Every day is a Miracle" for Hebe Tien & Visual Arts for "IF Concert" at Hong Kong Coliseum Arena.
2016 Taipei, Taiwan
Young Art Taipei 2016 | Visual Artist
Collaboration with YAT celebrating its 8th anniversary at Sheraton Grande Taipei. YAT connects contemporary art in East Asia to the world with vigorous participation over 60 galleries to promote young artists to domestic collectors.
2016 Taipei / Berlin
MeowFound Music | Founder, Curator, Visual Artist
Co-Founder of MeowFound innovative music brand based in Taipei and Berlin curating "Sound of Soul" Partibition Vol.1 at Taipei Polymer. Collaboration with Daniel Williams (Sound Performance Artist), Valentin Tszin (Body Performance Artist), Applex Twin (Composer/DJ) & SNTS (DJ) to exchange electronic music art culture into a party exhibition to define new experience.
2015 Taipei, Taiwan
Taipei In Style Fashion Show | Visual Artist
Collaboration with Chiehms & S'CABONATE to produce an animated visual art
for "Taipei In Style" Fashion show at Songshan Cultural and Creative.
2015 New York, USA
Lillian Schwartz | Animator
Collaboration on a digital animation film《PANGLOSS》and featuring a musical score by Jean-Claude Risset.
2014 Tokyo, Japan
Manda Works | Director, Animator
Directed a short music video for Manda Works《LIGALIZE》, Japanese electronic duo,
which consisted of Maechang and Cotebalaar based in NY & Tokyo.
2014 Paris, France
Cedric Elisabeth | VJ, Animator
Directed a sequence of animation and music video for sound designer Cedric Elisabth
2013 Taipei, Taiwan
Legacy Taipei | VJ, Animator
Directed for Cia Cia and Ze Hwang’s concert music video and animation in 70’s
style as part of “A Good Day Records” 10th anniversary.
2012 Taipei, Taiwan
VT Art Salon | Art Director, Visual Artist
Directed a video performance holds at VT Art Salon
as part of visual concept designer and animator.
2011 Taipei, Taiwan
Dancing Ink Animation Inc. | 2D Animator
2D animator on 10-man team producing commercial for terrestrial
broadcast as part of a multimedia animation studio campaign.
2009 London, United Kingdom
Jackson Pat Studio | Storyboard Artist
Developed visual storyboard to director’s copy for 30 second
television commercial broadcast across UK.
2008 London, United Kingdom
MTV UK | Animator
Successful pitch and production of two 15 second
idents indefinitely broadcast across rock and pop channels.
J U R Y P A N E L S
2023 Naples, NY
TITAN Brand Awards | International Jury
Judging for design and branding categories.
2022 London, UK
London Photography Awards | International Jury
The jury panel comprised of experienced professionals in their field and industry, including creative and art directors from international agencies, established photographers, photo editors, art collectors, educators or business owners from around the world, bringing industry knowledge and category-specific skill sets to evaluate every entry.
2020, 2017 Lubuan, Malaysia
The Muse Creative Awards | International Jury
Scored films in Video Awards as part of Muse Creative Awards, an international advertising awards for creative professionals who possess the unique ability to inspire with concept, idea or design. whether through traditional materials or electronic media.
2017 Naples, NY
Meters International Film Festival | International Jury
Scored films in Short films, Animations and Music videos Categories as an International Jury.
2016 NY / Bangladesh
CreActive International Open Film Festival | International Jury
Scored films in Experimental Short Categories as an International Jury at iOFF.
L E C T U R E S
2016 -17 Taipei, Taiwan
Xue Xue Institue | Lecturer
Teaching a course based on Art & Moving Image.