TEA STRAZICIC - cv

Digital art and animation

Tea Stražičić /@flufflord is a Berlin-based Croatian multimedia artist, with an MA in animation and new media. She is known for performing with @baojiaxiang and @pirate_sheep (SwS) as an AV act at Sonic Acts, Creepy Teepee, and Supynes, as well as for creating various strange characters and worlds. Stražičić’s  most recent solo shows included Lone Long Boy at Prague’s Polansky Gallery, and UwU at Ung-5 in Cologne, while also taking part in the QT UR EA group exhibition and cross-platform project at Berlin’s Trauma Bar Und Kino.

Contact:

https://teastrazicic.com

tea.strazicic@gmail.com

Ostender Str. 3A13353 Berlin

EDUCATION

• Classical Painting and Design School Luko Sorkočević

 in Dubrovnik, Croatia

• Academy of Fine Arts

 in  Zagreb, Croatia

• Animation and video game development - Animation sans Frontières 

Germany, France, Denmark and Hungary 2014.-2015. Creative Europe programme.

Baccalaureate - New Media

Master’s Degree - Animation

RESIDENCY ( short selection of attended residencies )

The Open Workshop residency, Viborg, Denmark; March-June 2016.

Kiskakas Festival Video Mapping Workshop; Budapest, Hungary, 2016.

Adriatic Animation workshop, Superton festival; Šibenik, Croatia, 2015.

SOFTWARE SKILLS / PROFESSIONAL SKILLS 

Adobe: After Effects, Animate - Adobe Flash, Photoshop, Premiere, Illustrator, KeyShot, Maxon Cinema 4D, DAZ3D, Poser Pro, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Arena Resolume, Unreal Engine 4, Virtual Reality dev. ( HTC Vive)  

GRAPHIC DESIGN  • ART DIRECTION • 2D / ANIMATION AND MOTION GRAPHICS / ILLUSTRATION / PAINTING • TUTORING •  • CGI - 3D MODELING / PAINTING / TEXTURING / RENDERING / LIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENT • VFX - VIDEO EDITING AND COMPOSITING • VJ - VIDEO MAPPING AND LIVE VIDEO PERFORMANCE • STORYBOARDING • CONCEPT ART • SCREENWRITING • SOCIAL MEDIA CURATION AND MANAGEMENT •  COORDINATING PROJECTS • HOSPITALITY • AUGMENTED & VIRTUAL REALITY PROJECT DEV.

WORK EXPERIENCE

ADRIATIC ANIMATION STUDIO

Position: ANIMATION DIRECTOR / ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Profile: http://adriaticanimation.hr/director/tea-strazicic/

 Tasks: Pitching, project development, visual storytelling, storyboarding, team coordination, research, resource and animating, personnel recruitment, selection and training.

• Animated and directed two lectures for TED ED (reach: +1,720,459 views +16K likes)
• Coordination and creative direction of 3D sequence on The Fall of Rome by B.Turai (Hungary)
• Hospitality and coordination at Anidox Zagreb
• Fully funded author short film screenplay development through Croatian Audio Visual Channel.
• Delivered number of screenplay, layout materials, pitchbook and character design for TV series development
• Coordinated, gain funding and conceptualised the artist residency programme for  Virtual Reality
• Directed and designed 3D animated short  for Rojc Pula envisioned in 2020.
• Animafest Zagreb 2019. Festival film selector

THE SWS MULTIMEDIA STUDIO

VISUAL DESIGN SPECIALIZED FOR A/V, ELECTRONIC MUSIC ARTISTS AND  PERFORMERS

Task: High level knowledge on contemporary subcultures and trends, live broadcast on social media, networking and involvement in the global online community of creators. Working closely with performers on developing their visual identity and branding.

SwS is run by Marta and Tea Strazicic since 2012.

• Created video scenography for live music performances ( Gnucci, HRCR, SHCR, Matt Tecson, Ace Hotel Los Angeles, Superchief Gallery LA. , Zoom Lens, Jaded Statues, Knives, Quantum Natives, CCTV radio, BOD …)
• Selection and evaluation in jury for animation festival DUFF 2016. in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
• Directed Adult Swim Off Air TV special ( Dec. 2017.)
• Development and execution of interactive multimedia performance commissioned by Kontejner art. Org. and Sonic Acts Academy 2020

FESTIVAL VISUAL IDENTITY  

Task: Design layout of art or product exhibits, displays, or promotional materials. Determine technical requirements of productions or projects. Manage operations of artistic or entertainment departments or organizations.

• Animafest Zagreb 2016.
• Hartera music festival, Rijeka, Croatia, 2011.-2012.
• Vox Famine Festival 2012.
• House of Flamingo
• CREAMCAKE BERLIN

• Parkingstone Paris  
• <Interrupted =“Cyfem and Queer> Berlin

Clients and commissioned work ( 2018. - 2020. )

Selam X studio collaborator on number of commercial projects

Substance & inhalt motion tracking presentation for Balenciaga

Z33 House for Contemporary Art Belgium  commissioned 3D sculptures for VR (HTCVive)

Deutsche Oper Berlin - VR painting and live video performance

NYLON FILMS - 3D Storyboarding, lights and camera mockup for live action commercial

Ittah Yoda - coordination and 3D modeling VR installation for the Ittah Yoda ( Tokyo)

Yuen Hsieh - VR sequence - game engine animation

Katja Novitskova - assisting artist at the studio for Berlin Art Prize  preparations

Asian Dope Boys - VFX compositing and 2D animation

Trauma Bar Berlin - QTUREA project, character designer and texture artist for a real time media installation

Omsk Social Club - cryptorave videos for HKV performance

SELECTED WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES

• Leading an animation workshops for children and teens at Giffoni Macedonia 2014.
• Leading series of 3D introduction courses for elementary schools organized by “Ruksak Pun Kulture and AKC Medika” education programme supported by Ministry of Culture
• Coordination and curation of The Black Metal Artist residency
• Art Director of VR INCUBATOR, official virtual reality artist residency in Croatia, funded by Croatian Ministry of Culture, Kultura nova, in collaboration with Format C art org. (July/August 2018.)
• GMK ZAGREB ‘Walkthrough’ lecture on LARP and Video Game Art

AWARDS

Croatian national art school competition, first place ( Zadar, 2007.)

HDD Award for best electronic design / interactive media in professional categories, Zagreb, Croatia, 2011.

Klik! Festival Amsterdam, the Midnight Madness Award

SUPERNOVA DENVER,  outdoors LED display animation festival, official selection

Animafest Zagreb croatian competition and student competition, film ‘Arcadian Fever’

PUBLISHED GRAPHICS, PRINT EDITION

Gordana Lukačić’s children book, Libricon 2013.

Zarez, Croatian Culture Magazine no.344

Heavy Metal Magazine no.269

Ello, Print Magazine Issue 2, 2017.

Felt Zine Issue 27 on Creators Project by Vice

ArtSlant Magazine

Silica Magazine

SELECTED  EXHIBITIONS ( CHRONOLOGICAL )

2012.-2017.

‘aBook [artist's book]’ by Curator's Platform 2012.

‘36 Mountains’ Illustration expo in HDLU Zagreb

Free_art_-_collab & The Wrong - New Digital Art Biennale @Inquiry Inc curated by Format C

‘The Day My Internet Paid Off’ , in Galženica Gallery, curated  by NetDotCube

/‘fu:bar/ GLITCH ART EXPO 2016. - 2017.

‘Silicone S1 Fluorescent Series ‘ curated by EA 1/1 SV @ Duboko Unutra Pavillion, Zagreb

MOVA  virtual museum, permanent exhibit

‘Digital animation exhibition’ at Superchief Gallery NY,  curated by Felt Zine 10.6.2017

‘BurnedForestBlackMetal’ exhibition on Mosor, curated by SwS

Play CO. Summit in London curated by Penny Rafferty 2017.

‘YONGMA LAND GALLERY’ October 1 - 18. 2017. Seul, S.Korea

‘Fantasy Direct’ in Hong Kong, curated by Karla Vincent Novotna

‘Free Art Archive’ at Galerija Siva for The Wrong Biennale Embassy in Zagreb 2017.

‘Midnight Cinema’ in London

‘Shoulder’;  group show in Los Angeles, CA

2018.-2019.

‘Primal_Ditch_BP;’ in GMK Zagreb, Curated by Lovro Japundžić, Apr 10, 2018

‘Chain Letter’ curated by Hutt Collective (Nottingham, England)

‘At the Mercy of Your Saliva’ at Patara Gallery - Solo Exhibition ( September 2018. /Georgia, Tbilisi )

‘Whale Fall’ Curated by Most Dismal Swamp at Gossamer Fog, London

‘Dance with the devil’ by Schwestern Sisters x Ittah Yoda at Galerija Močvara, Zagreb 

‘EXE’ group show Curated by TZVETNIK х PLAGUE at Lick Brick, Krasnodar, Russia 22.2.19. — 24.2.19.

‘ Lone Long Boy’ solo show at Polansky gallery, curated By Christina Gigliotti, May and June 2019.

‘Champs-Élysées’ group show @427, Riga Curated by Marta Trektere and Kaspars Groševs Jun 07 –  Aug 16, 2019

‘XVIIII. - Le Soleil On Mars’ Ta·da, Copenhagen, DK and Patara Gallery, Tbilisi, GE., 29 July 2019 - 29 August 2019

‘ Overdrive ‘ Adults only digital animation curated by Faiyaz Jafri at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema for Supernova festival in Denver, September 2019.

‘Seeds of Caelum’ group show curated by Hyperlink Athens and Christina Gigliotti, 10.9.19.

‘Ekstravagantna tijela: Ekstravagantna ljubav’ Performans: Marta Stražičić, Tea Stražičić i Nick Zhu, commissioned by KONTEJNER | biro suvremene umjetničke prakse, 28.9.19.

‘Demise: of a Dream + Smegma’ at A10, Valencia 30.11.19

LIVE PERFORMANCES

Full lists::

Event list 

Schwestern sisters event list

SELECTED PRESS

https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/essays/shanghai-community-radio-josh-feola

https://artviewer.org/screen-the-recurrence-of-infections-by-tea-strazicic/

https://www.ofluxo.net/long-lone-boy-by-tea-strazicic-at-polansky-gallery/?fbclid=IwAR0YMVF3MRej3hqft6Yz4Y_5PJCIW_xc0z6NI0emddcMhaLIEj4kkk2S6P8

https://www.ofluxo.net/champs-elysees-curated-by-marta-trektere-and-kaspars-grosevs-at-427/?fbclid=IwAR1Mc53YDgE_xzc1hcycsmYHgSCSZAxVZt6lZEbFekYDanshaK8Wy_SMPqY

https://artviewer.org/tea-strazicic-at-polansky-gallery/

http://tzvetnik.online/portfolio_page/whale-fall-at-gossamer-fog/?fbclid=IwAR3jxzNTiWZ65ZnpO5aILNozwSLAxUyAZx87Pr89HAh-Asm0WCdih4kC--w

https://www.aqnb.com/2019/05/09/schwestern-sisters-x-ittah-yoda/?fbclid=IwAR3tIfS3oc2iB46oR6BHd2RF-ekiLRfpo_IJ2TmxEIcOecO8lOCnyZWlxLQ

http://www.ofluxo.net/exe-group-exhibition-curated-by-tzvetnik-plague-at-lick-brick/?fbclid=IwAR1K-_dtpQWwf52Gu2Gx6twZ5WbgSM1bZzZKQo7V8SpL1un6rAruJUjftK8

http://e-flux.co/SWSTS.html?fbclid=IwAR3phPchM1h4db623JMZS0SUBhvNJBf-A4RysbMutE78-x0Ih0R87cwULvY

http://tzvetnik.online/portfolio_page/burned-forest-black-metal/

http://www.aqnb.com/2017/11/15/why-do-we-appropriate-life-hacking-into-taught-identity-with-fantasy-direct-group-show-at-seouls-yongma-charm-space/

https://www.engadget.com/silica

http://www.ofluxo.net/fantasy-direct-curated-by-isa-magalhaes-at-nathan-road-hong-kong/

https://creators.vice.com/en_us/article/rihanna-tweet-inspired-this-demonic-digital-art-felt-zine

https://www.artslant.com/ew/articles/show/47657-wednesday-web-artist-of-the-week-tea-strazicic

http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/schwestern-sisters

http://fuckingyoung.es/e-11-s-v-silicone-s1-fluorescent-series/

http://www.pw-magazine.com/2016/premiere-le-makeups-ep-esthe-on-ashida-park/