Namasté My name is Umut || Hope; human, son, uncle + designer, artist, dreamer, nerd, coder, blogger, photographer + Aries, indigo child, INTJ and a warrior of light.
(Fellow 'visual thinkers/learners' please refer to this page for the image only version)
I was born and raised in Ankara/TURKEY. I studied Computer Technology + Information Systems (Bilkent University, Ankara, TURKEY). During my sophomore year I did an exchange year at Carlow Institute of Technology (Carlow, IRELAND) where I had my first experience abroad. After college I decided to combine my computer skills with my creativity and got my M.F.A in Design + Technology (Parsons The New School for Design, NYC, USA). After spending a year in NYC freelancing, I got hired by Congaz Media Company as a Motion Graphics / VFX Artist and moved to Düsseldorf, GERMANY. In October 2012, I moved to -one of the best cities in the world- Berlin where I spent 2 years colloborating with different designers and artists. After 6 years abroad, I moved back to Turkey and worked for Bilsar A.S and Vision Lab, Digital Media and Performance Agency. I currently reside in Istanbul and am working a freelance Art Director + visiting Lecturer at Yeni Yüzyıl University Department of Architecture, teaching portfolio design classes for architecture students. If you want to check out some of the work commercial I've done, you can visit here. The goal of my personal digital art work is to invoke thoughtful critical response from the audience and reveal different perspectives of ideas and experience. I enjoy working with variety of medium including computer graphics, code, video, motion graphics, digital photography, installation and dance. Inspired by people-watching, metaphysics, the authenticity of perception, music and architecture, I enjoy concept creation, art & creative direction, cross-platform story telling and creating visual experiences.
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Istanbul, TURKEY
umutozover@gmail.com