Artist Resume
Florin Dragoi
Born in 1985 in Timisoara, Romania
Lives and works in Timisoara, Romania
Education/training:
2010-2011: MA 3D Computer Animation(NCCA), Master of Arts, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK;
2009-2010: Computer Animation Course, CSIA Lugano (Centro Scolastico per le Industrie Artistiche), Lugano, Switzerland;
2004-2008: BFA Graphics, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Graphics), Faculty of Arts and Design, West Univeristy of Timisoara, Romania;
1996-2004: Baccalaureate, Visual Communications, Fine Arts High School, Timisoara, Romania.
Selected exhibitions:
2024: Contemporary Drawing in Romania 2024, Scemtovici & Benowitz Gallery, Bucharest, Romania (group exhibition);
2007: Third year Graphics Department Exhibition, Cultural Center, Alba Iulia, Romania (group exhibition);
2004: Philosophische Hintergründe (Philosophical contexts), Cultural Center, Bad Durkheim, Germany (solo exhibition).
Selected awards & participation:
2024: Luxembourg Art Prize 2024 "Certificate of Artistic Achievement" in recognition of high artistic quality;
2024: Finalist in the Art Movements Foundation Award for contemporary drawing 2’nd edition, with the drawing “Mellarius”;
2024: Finalist in the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, 33PA Emerging Artist Award with the drawing “Mellarius”;
2023: Second Prize Winner in the photography contest organized by Timisoara 2023 European Capital of Culture;
2011: Anim’est 2011: Participant in the national competition with the 3D animation “Wake Up” (2011, 1’35”);
2008: Anim’est 2008: Participant in the national competition with the 2D animation “The Song of the Bird”(2008, 4’53).
Selected publications & press:
Contemporary Drawing in Romania 2024:
https://www.artmovements.ro/concurs
Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize 2024: 33PA Emerging Artist Award Finalists Announced:
IMDB:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5783005/
Anim’est:
https://www.cinemagia.ro/stiri/filmele-din-competitia-animest-2008-anuntate-9855/
https://www.modernism.ro/2012/01/18/animatia-romaneasca-a-anului-2011-in-20-de-scurtmetraje/
Professional Contributions / Art related jobs:
2011-2023: 3D Artist/Animator/Creative/Art Director:
JellyFish Pictures, London
Animade, London
Hirsch&Mann, London
onedotzero, London
Marketcolor, London
Medify, Bucharest
https://www.linkedin.com/in/florindragoi/
Contact:
Florin Dragoi, Str. Acad. Sextil Puscariu nr. 1, Timisoara, Romania
efdragoi@gmail.com
+40 721184289