Animo CHEN
阿尼默
阿尼默
"One day, I mistook a dab of paint for a piece of chocolate and devoured it up.
Much to my surprise, I found it tasted heavenly.
Naturally, I gobbled more down every day, coating my stomach in layer upon layer of pigment
until I threw up a mess resembling a cast of my own innards.
The intestines, the stomach, the heart—they were ever so beautiful.
I'd truly cultivated myself from the inside out."
Much to my surprise, I found it tasted heavenly.
Naturally, I gobbled more down every day, coating my stomach in layer upon layer of pigment
until I threw up a mess resembling a cast of my own innards.
The intestines, the stomach, the heart—they were ever so beautiful.
I'd truly cultivated myself from the inside out."
Animo has a degree in Visual Communication Design from Da-Yeh University
and an MA from the Fine Arts Department, Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Czech Republic.
His work is as diverse as it is prolific. With experience as a still photographer, TV and film art director,
animation director, and an 18-year track record as a professional illustrator,
Animo excels at cerebral imagery and piercing prose,
and his work is often featured in periodicals and on book covers.
and an MA from the Fine Arts Department, Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Czech Republic.
His work is as diverse as it is prolific. With experience as a still photographer, TV and film art director,
animation director, and an 18-year track record as a professional illustrator,
Animo excels at cerebral imagery and piercing prose,
and his work is often featured in periodicals and on book covers.
Highlights include working as art director on the short film Fancy 25—Black Butterfly,
art director on the TV series We Don’t Have a Future Together,
the short comic The Sky at Forty-Seven (featured in the compilation Taipei Cafe),
the illustrated book The Disappearance of 366, the animated series Bus 366 ,
and a collection of photographs titled Let it Ring.
art director on the TV series We Don’t Have a Future Together,
the short comic The Sky at Forty-Seven (featured in the compilation Taipei Cafe),
the illustrated book The Disappearance of 366, the animated series Bus 366 ,
and a collection of photographs titled Let it Ring.
Notably, the TV series We Don’t Have a Future Together was nominated for
Best Art Director at the 2004 Golden Bell Awards,
and in 2005 the animated series Bus 366 won first place and a NT$1 million cash prize
at the World-Class Animation Prototype Awards held by the ROC Industrial Development Bureau,
won the Special Jury Award for Web Animation in Changzhou, China,
and was nominated for best animated short film at the Taipei Film Festival.
That same year, Animo's illustrated books The Disappearance of 366 and Swanky Boy
were also respectively awarded "Best Illustrated Book of the Year" and "Best Illustration of the Year" by Eslite Bookstore.
In addition, his essay Sometimes I Am Among the Lilliputians, Sometimes I Am Gulliver was selected as the 2010 "Essay of the Year" by Chiu Ko Publishing.
Best Art Director at the 2004 Golden Bell Awards,
and in 2005 the animated series Bus 366 won first place and a NT$1 million cash prize
at the World-Class Animation Prototype Awards held by the ROC Industrial Development Bureau,
won the Special Jury Award for Web Animation in Changzhou, China,
and was nominated for best animated short film at the Taipei Film Festival.
That same year, Animo's illustrated books The Disappearance of 366 and Swanky Boy
were also respectively awarded "Best Illustrated Book of the Year" and "Best Illustration of the Year" by Eslite Bookstore.
In addition, his essay Sometimes I Am Among the Lilliputians, Sometimes I Am Gulliver was selected as the 2010 "Essay of the Year" by Chiu Ko Publishing.
Animo has held many solo and joint exhibitions in Taiwan and the Czech Republic.
The most recent one was Flemingia, an exhibition of illustrations held in 2018,
and he was also featured in the Illustrators Exhibition at the 2019 Bologna Children's Book Fair.
Published at the tail end of 2019, The Short Elegy is the first-ever exclusive collection of comics by Animo, representing the essence of over three years of intense creative energy. Soup du Jour, published around the same time, is a series of postcards illustrated by Animo featuring quirky and highly stylized satirical images dating back to 2005. Together, the two contrasting collections showcase Animo's evolving artistic style from before and after his sojourn in the Czech Republic.The most recent one was Flemingia, an exhibition of illustrations held in 2018,
and he was also featured in the Illustrators Exhibition at the 2019 Bologna Children's Book Fair.
Awards and Exhibitions:
2019 Selected for inclusion in the Bologna Children's Book Fair Illustrators Exhibition, Italy
2018 Flemingia Solo exhibit
2013 ART PRAGE Joint exhibit / Young Art Taipei
2013 Known Work That We Can't Stop Laughing At Joint exhibit / Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2013 Style Established Joint exhibit / Central Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2012 ART PRAGE Joint exhibit / Young Art Taipei
2010 Sometimes I Am Among the Lilliputians, Sometimes I Am Gulliver selected as 2010 "Essay of the Year" by Chiu Ko Publishing
2009 Napping Solo exhibit of prints
2009 Alone Joint exhibit
2005 Bus 366 won first place and NT$1 million cash prize at World-Class Animation Prototype Awards held by ROC Industrial Development Bureau; won Special Jury Award for Web Animation in Changzhou, China; nominated for best animated short film at Taipei Film Festival
2005 Swanky Boy awarded "Best Illustration of the Year" by Eslite Bookstore
2005 Footloose 366 awarded "Best Illustrated Book of the Year" by Eslite Bookstore
2004 We Don't Have a Future Together nominated for Best Art Director, 2004 Golden Bell AwardsSelected Works:
2019 The Short Elegy / Locus Publishing
2019 SOUP DU JOUR - Animo Chen Postcard Book / Locus Publishing
2016 Let it Ring / Self-published
2007 Taipei Café / Dala Publishing
2005 Footloose 366 / Business Weekly Publications, Inc.
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