Ramis Kim

ramikim@gmail.com born in seoul, lives and works in los angeles
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Work Experience:

2004-Present- Traditional/ digital background painter, color designer at Julyfilms Studio

2007-Background painter/character designer/ animator for the Price of Miracle, Bang Bang TV

2007-Freelance poster designer for SICAF 2008

2007-Freelance background painter for SICAF

2007 bumper animation

2007-Freelance background artist for Totally Radd!! Movie

2007-Freelance storyboard artist for PBS's educational TV series, the Zula Patrol

2007-Freelance background painter for UFO Interactive games

2007-Freelance animator for Nylon Motion

2006-Freelance color stylist for Oh yeah! cartoon's 2d animation pilot "Two Witch Sisters"

2005-Digital background painter for "Curious George"

2004-Completed an animated music video, "V.beats" for Mae-Shi

2002-2004- Sony Pictures Media Arts Partnership, Art and animation Teaching Artist at Banning's Landing Community Center Awards and Participation:

2004- Nicktoons Film Festival, 2d animation short "Minue": aired on Nicktoons

2004- Nicktoons Film Festival, 3d animation short "Boing Boing": aired on Nicktoons

2004- Student Animation Selection for 2d animation short "Minue":Zagreb Animation Festival

2003-2004 Film Participation in Cal Arts Producer's Show

2001-2004 Cal Arts Merit based Scholarships

Education:

2004-BFA-Film & Video/ Character Animation: California Institute of the Arts(aka Cal Arts)

Exhibition:

March 2008- "the Garden we planted", Two person show, Tinlark Gallery, Hollywood, CA

Dec 2007- "Rock Fight", Group show, Junc Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

April 2007- Red Door Gallery, Edinburg, Scotland.

Feb 2007- "After These Messages...", Group show, gallery nucleus, CA

Dec 2006- "Fresh Produce" , Group show, GalleryAD, San Jose, CA

Aug 2006-"Sunshine hit me", Solo show, Fur Salon and Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Jan 2004-"Best show ever3", Group show, Cal Arts, Valencia, CA

Jan 2003-"Best show ever2", Group show, Cal Arts, Valencia, CA

Artist Statement for The Garden We Planted, March 1 - April 5, 2008:

My work portrays my personal memories, feelings, and my imaginations through shapes, lines, and color. Being grown up in South Korea, moving to America to study as a teenager, and having my family immigrated to Australia, my work reflects my exploration of personal evolvement. To me, a painter is a visual storyteller so I intend to develop my own stories on top of the subjects of feelings and people that are part of my childhood and my culture. As I am coming from an animation background, I also like creating imaginative objects, creatures, and nature.

Feelings and simplicity are my primary goals in my work. In most of my pieces, I use water color, gouache and acrylic. I enjoy using water color because my hands become more free when I paint. It can also capture the feelings and the movements well that I want to display in my work.

Through this exhibition, I wanted to portray my feelings towards the garden we planted. I imagined my grandmother's garden in the country side where we used to visit every summer when we were little. Those colorful plants and fruits were our playground, and our ocean to rest, but also a place where we often used to get lost.