ARTIST
I am a digital artist exploring how notions of beauty and visual identity are expanding in the digital age. I mix influences from past mythology & folk art, modern fashion, sci-fi and futuristic cyberpunk to create something time-agnostic and perhaps a little uncomfortable. Working in a purely digital medium allows me the freedom to explore ideas, shapes, materials and textures that aren’t constrained by the limitations of the physical world. I am interested in how digital technologies will help shape posthuman aesthetics. Old notions of identity bind us less when our humanity isn’t necessarily attached to traditional human form.
I have been featured on Vogue Italia as a leading artist reinventing views around beauty, technology and identity. I am also the 2020 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, winner for Digital Art.
ART DIRECTION / DESIGN
I am a Toronto based Art Director/Senior 3D Designer working in motion graphics and character design for multiple platforms. My portfolio spans concept designs, short films, AR/VR experiences for high profile clients in the Brand, Entertainment and Tech industries.
Clients: Microsoft, Facebook, Zoom, Adobe, Nike
Tools I use: C4D as main tool, Redshift for renders, Xparticles, Zbrush for modeling, Substance Designer, Marvelous Designer for cloth sim. I'm also proficient in 3dsMax and Maya.
ACCOLADES
2020 Vogue - November issue - Beauty Expanded - Fifteen artists working at the intersection of Art, Beauty and Technology
2020 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize 2020 - 1st Prize Winner - ZBrush Digital Award - ‘Forester’
2020 OFF Sevilla Talk "From Niche to Mainstream" with WhiteNoise Labs
2020 Beautiful Bizarre Magazine - December Issue 31
2020 MIDNIGHT GARDEN - International Group Exhibition curated by Beautiful Bizarre Magazine at Modern Eden Gallery
2016 The new geometry of time, AICE best design, New York
2016 Sankhara - VR experience, POP TIFF, Toronto
2010 Seed - short film, Vimeo staff picks, online
contact: vini.naso@gmail.com