Kota Ezawa

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Kota Ezawa (* 1969 in Cologne ) is a German computer graphic artist , multimedia artist and avant-garde filmmaker who is an Associate Professor of Media Art at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco .

Career

Kota Ezawa, the son of Kennosuke Ezawa , studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1990–1994 . There he was a master class video and media artist with the South Korean Nam June Paik in 1995 . He then studied contemporary art in the USA : He graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute - also in 1995 - with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Stanford University in 2003 with a Master of Fine Arts .

His drawings are based on the photo, using vector graphics and image processing software.

presentations

Drawings, animations and installations at exhibitions and film days:

Book publications

  • together with Lars Bang Larsen and Chus Martínez : The History of Photography Remix . 60 pages. Nazraeli Press, El Paso de Robles 2006 (English)
  • together with Kathy Slade: Odessa staircase redux . 160 pages. JRP Ringier , Zurich 2010 (English)
  • together with Kevin Killian and Roger Rowley: Upstairs, downstairs . 20 pages. University of Idaho 2010 (English)

Awards, prizes and grants

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Web links

Remarks

  1. Fine Arts = fine arts .
  2. ^ SECA = Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art - Society for the promotion of contemporary art.

Individual evidence

  1. eng. Residence in 2016
  2. Editors (computer programs) for vector graphics
  3. ^ Benjamin Genocchio: ART REVIEW; Life, One Frame At a Time . In: New York Times . December 25, 2005 (English, nytimes.com [accessed April 24, 2019]).
  4. eng. Nazraeli Press
  5. eng. Eureka Fellowship