javan@javanivey.com
82 Clinton Ave. #3
Brooklyn, NY 11205
(503) 706-5222
Artist's Statement
Javan Ivey uses multiple animation techniques as tools to create visually engaging films in new and unusual ways. Using stop motion, traditional drawn and digital techniques, all tools become equal, and the importance becomes stressed in how they are used to effectively convey ideas. There is an effort to present concepts of simple beauty and different points of view in a subtle and tangible way. This is executed with an experimental sensibility, like that of David Daniels, Daniel Greaves and Norman McLaren. Javan strives to present his viewers with something they haven't seen before, while still retaining a sense of story.
Aesthetically, He maintains a hand-made quality to the majority of his work. Where possible, he involves processes that allow him to physically manipulate the medium in order to lend the final product a sense of tangibility. Hand-cut paper elements are a recurring example of this. Even digitally, every effort is made to ground the work in the physical world with texture, lighting or content.
His work reflects an understanding of the technical processes of animation, and reveals an almost obsessive attention to detail and function. Always curious about how things work, he tries to find interesting ways of integrating and creating the illusion of movement. Javan is most happy solving the simplest of problems with the most complex of creative engineering solutions in order to further the idea of animation as an art form.
Profile
Cooperative, Personable and Communicative in team environments, Self Sufficient, Eye for Detail, High level of Comprehension, Dependable, Desire to Learn, Good Work Ethic, Versatile, Adaptable
Experience
Design/Fabrication
- Designed and Fabricated Puppets and Sets on a number of Stop-motion projects.
- Created molds and poured Iron for three cast sculpture pieces.
- Created a mold and poured plaster over a wire frame for a piece entitled Free Inside for a gallery showing in Scotland, UK
- Designed, Fabricated parts for and Constructed a large scale Pachinko Machine for Burning Man.
- Built a framework, modified and assembled found objects and wired for electricity a large installation entitled Voluntary Perpetuation.
Editing/Post-production
- After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, iStopMotion, FrameThief, Macintosh and Windows proficient. Learning Flash.
- Edited more of my own projects than I care to count, as well as those of others, both professionally and otherwise.
Teamwork
- Assisted in promotion and development of promotional objects and signage.
- Functioned as an integral member of a team to process complex orders of high quality in a timely and accurate fashion.
- Experienced multiple levels of responsibility on several Film and Video Projects Including: Collaborations in Directing, Writing, Producing, Working with others as a single unit and Cooperating with others to work through complex ideas.
Production
- Experienced in all facets of video and film production (i.e. Pre, Post, Lighting, Sound, Camera, Continuity, etc.).
Education
August 2005 to May 2008
Pratt Institute Brooklyn, NY
BFA in Traditional Animation
Steve and Linda Horn Award Nominee
Northam Scholarship Recipient
Dreves Art and Design Scholarship Recipient (Media Arts Survey Award)
September 2002 to May 2004
Mount Hood Community College Portland, OR
AAS in Television Production
2 years of intensive, hands on video training. Writing, Budgeting, Scheduling, Acquisition, Directing, Lighting, Camera, Sound, Studio, Field. Editing, Post-production, DVD content creation. Explored many mediums in Sculpture Department including Clay, Wax, Steel, Iron, Bronze, Plastic and Silicone.
Work History
Summer 2007
Bent Image Lab - Portland, OR
Intern
Grip Work, Set/Puppet/Wire Armature Fabrication, Compositing and Animation Experience.
Fall/Spring 2006-7
Pratt Institute - Brooklyn, NY
Equipment Tech
Fall 2006
Mish Films - New York, NY
Freelance Animator
Fall 2006
Channel Frederator - 1 Year Anniversary Animation Jam - New York, NY
Freelance Animator
Summer 2006
Gallery Homeland - Portland, OR
Volunteer
Fall 2004 to Summer 2005
Northwest Framing - Portland, OR
Warehouse Employee, Mat Department
Summer 2004
Black Rock Arts Foundation
Independent Artist
Proposed, Received Funding, Designed and Constructed large scale Art Installation for the Burning Man Festival
Summer 2004
Short Film: Bravo, America - Portland, OR
Sound Recordist
Spring 2004
Short Film: 1984 Is Coming - Portland, OR
Sound Recordist, Production Assistant, Assistant Editor
Spring 2004
DVD: Before the Mirror - Portland, OR
Coordinator and Designer
Designed and arranged animated titles, menus and content for Trailer DVD
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