Jun seo Hahm is a digital artist based in Honolulu, USA. He started his artistic practice as a filmmaker working in experimental animation, and now has extended his work range to digital/media art, using computer graphics with a critical attitude. His current work is focused on digital expressions of biology inspired forms, often with a style of creatures and characters he developed while working as a designer and director in advertisement industry. He is interested in revealing a condition of life in a media system by arranging the life forms temporally and spatially in a specific way.
After studying art theory in Korea and experimental animation at Cal Arts in Valencia, CA, USA, he worked at Bent Image Lab in Portland, OR as a designer and director, and then Cheil Worldwide in Seoul, Korea, as a planner. His films have been screened at numerous film festivals including Ottawa International Animation Festival, and received several awards including Adobe Design Achievement Award. Currently he is a professor at University of Hawaii at Manoa and a PhD candidate studying art and technology at Sogang University. Following completion of course work, he is developing research on Artificial Life for his doctoral dissertation.
After studying art theory in Korea and experimental animation at Cal Arts in Valencia, CA, USA, he worked at Bent Image Lab in Portland, OR as a designer and director, and then Cheil Worldwide in Seoul, Korea, as a planner. His films have been screened at numerous film festivals including Ottawa International Animation Festival, and received several awards including Adobe Design Achievement Award. Currently he is a professor at University of Hawaii at Manoa and a PhD candidate studying art and technology at Sogang University. Following completion of course work, he is developing research on Artificial Life for his doctoral dissertation.
Press released:
︎ItsNiceThat
︎Massage
︎Designboom
︎Computer Arts magazine
︎Cartoon Brew
︎Booooooom
︎IdN magazine (about 20/120 project)
︎Mathematics Donga (KR)
︎SBS (KR)
︎The Stream (KR)
︎ItsNiceThat
︎Massage
︎Designboom
︎Computer Arts magazine
︎Cartoon Brew
︎Booooooom
︎IdN magazine (about 20/120 project)
︎Mathematics Donga (KR)
︎SBS (KR)
︎The Stream (KR)