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Born in 1984//
He immigrated to US in 2000////
Education:
MA in Fine Arts in Character Animation, School of Film, TV and Digital Media, UCLA, Los Angeles, 2009//
BA in Fine Arts in Character Animation, School of Film, TV and Digital Media, CalArts, California, with his minor in Natural Science, 2007////
Work Experiences:
Art Institute of California Hollywood, Faculty - December 2009 - Present //
California Institute of Arts. Community Arts Partnership - Drawing and Animation Instructor. 2004 to Present//
Sony Pictures Media Arts Program - Animation Instructor & Drawing Instructor: February 2007 – June 2009 (In Partnership with the City of Los Angeles Dept of Cultural Affairs)//
Inner City Arts, The Dreamworks Animation Academy – Animation Instructor: December 2007 – June 2009 //
Inner City Arts, The Dreamworks Animation Academy - Animation Instructor: December 2007 – June 2009//
UCLA. Department of Education. Arts Pedagogy. 2008-2009 - Inner City Education Foundation. Animation and Media Studies.2009 to present//
Vije Institute of Visual Arts. Animation Production Workshop 2007-2010//
Disney Studios. Freelance. Visual Development. 2006//
Hayate-No Daily Newspaper Editor. Cartoonist. 1999-2001//
Abrar Daily News paper Editor, Cartoonist. 1999-2001////
Visual Effects / Animation & Visual Installation:
2011 Royce Hall, UCLA - Nomad Dance with Lian Ensemble//
2011 Aun Gallery, Tehran Iran, Disorderly Scuffled//
2010 Annenberg Foundation Gallery, Group exhibition//
2008 University of Southern California (USC) - Visions and Voices , The USC Arts and Humanities Initiative _ Visual Effects and Animation for a concert, ‘Mystic Love and Personal Transformation’ //
2007 Harold M. Williams Auditorium, the Getty Center, The J. Paul Getty Trust _ 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles _ Visual Effects and Animation for a concert, ‘Lian Ensemble’ Sounds of LA //
2006 Animation Art Show at Gallery 1919 _ El Gallo Café, East Los Angeles, CA //
2005 November 7th~10th, a visual installation video art show _ ‘Out of Character’ at D200 and D301 at California Institute of the Arts _ under Cornelius Cole III’s direction////
Films:
Homeless. 2002 (1:30)//
Clouds. 2003 (3:20)//
Stay Tuned. 2004 (2:08)//
Rumi. 2005 (4:08)//
Little Prince. 2006 (2:48)//
Savaar. 2006 (4:07)//
Dawn. 2006 (1:38)//
Zaal. 2008 (4:13)//
Heart Beats of the Beast. 2009 (5:30)//
Do you dream in color? (work in progress). Dream Sequence 2010////
Awards:
Marc Davis Foundation//
Walt Disney Co, 2004//
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