Contact:
tooba.rezaei@gmail.com
Work Experience
2020- Present-Visual development artist at Walt Disney Television Animation for ‘‘Alice’s Wonderland Bakery’’ and an unannounced project. CA-USA
2020- BG design and paint at Warner Bros. animation studios for ‘‘Scooby-Doo’’ and unannounced projects. CA- USA
2019- 2020- BG design and paint for the legendary Disney animator Andreas Deja's short film ‘‘Mushka’’. CA-USA
2018- 2019-Visual Development artist at Marza Animation Planet for ‘‘Monkey Quest’’ animated feature. CA-USA
2017-2018- Visual Development artist at Aquamen Entertainment for ‘‘Monkey King’’ the beginning animated feature. CA-USA
2017-Illustrator at Blizzard Entertainment for ‘‘Hearthstone’’. CA-USA
2017-Concept artist and Character designer at Charlie Company. CA-USA
2016- Environment/Prop Concept Artist at Axis animation/Amazon studios for ‘‘Lost in Oz’’ animated series
2015-Visual Development artist at Duncan Studio/Netflix for ‘‘Next Gen’’ feature animation, Pasadena-CA-USA
2015-Teacher/ Teacher assistant- RapidViz and SketchUp for the Interior Design and Architecture Depart at College of the Canyons. Santa Clarita-USA
2012 - Directed ten animated interstitial station identification shorts for kids show called ‘‘Parparook’’, IRIB Kahlije-Gulf TV. All design and animation by Tooba Rezaei.
2007-2011- Freelance designer for Company Name: Tooba (The Hague/ Netherlands)Artist/Designer working from concept development to prototype-ready products for multiple media applications including entertainment, education and custom environments.
2009-2010- Created a painting for display in the city hall of Gemeente Westland –Netherlands.
2008-2011- Animation/ background design/ Background painting/ character design for physical therapy video games, SilverFit Company, Alphen aan den Rijn-Netherlands.
2008- Character design/ background design and painting at Splotter Spellen game for the ''Duck Dealer'' .Rotterdam-Netherlands.
2005-In-between at IRIB Saba Animation Center for ''The soul bird'', Animated Short. Tehran-Iran
2003-2005- In-between and cleanup animation at IRIB Saba Animaition Center for ''Tales of Ghazaleh'', TV show. Tehran-Iran
2003-Tracing and clean-up at IRIB Saba Animation Center for ''Journey to Distant Land'', Feature animation. Tehran-Iran
Public Screening/ Film Festivals
2019 The Independent Film Collaborative ( IFC ) ‘‘A Sweet Dream’’
2017 The World Animation Celebration-USA ''A Sweet Dream''
2017 Minikino Monthly Screening & Discussion- Bali-Indonesia ''A Sweet Dream''
2017 AnimaSyros International Animation Festival-Greece ''A Sweet Dream''
2016 Animation Day in Cannes Festival-France ''A Sweet Dream''
2016 Pune Short Film Festival-India ''A Sweet Dream''
2016 Los Angeles CineFest-USA ''A Sweet Dream''
2016 Sky Film Festival-Spain ''A Sweet Dream''
2016 Ipiales Cine Sin Fronteras-Festival- Colombia ''A Sweet Dream''
2016 IndiEarth Animation Film Festival-India ''A Sweet Dream''
2016 Imaginaria Animation Festival -Italy ''A Sweet Dream''
2016 Constantine's Gold Coin festival- Serbia ''A Sweet Dream''
2016 Karakoy Short Film Days- Turkey ''A Sweet Dream''
2016 Iranian Film Festival-USA ''A Sweet Dream''
2016 International Film Awards Berlin-Germany ''A Sweet Dream''
Painting Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2010- Star Gallery, The Hague- Netherlands
2008- Home, The Hague-Netherlands
2007- Utrecht School of Art-Holland
2006- Reading Room, Vienna-Austria
2003- Art Gallery, Tehran-Iran
Group Exhibitions
2017- Abend Gallery, Denver
2016- Abend Gallery, Denver
2016-ARTundressed exhibition in Miami, Florida
2015-Pop Secret Gallery, Star Wars Show
2015- Pop Secret Gallery,The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles 54th Annual Illustration Competition
2010- Star Gallery, The Hague-Netherlands
2010- Associatie van Iraanse Studenten in Nederland
2006- Kuhn Gallery, Vienna-Austria
2006- Grune Wieden, Vienna-Austria
2005- IRIB Saba Center-Gallery, Tehran-Iran
2003- Niyavaran Culture House, Tehran-Iran
2003- Tarahane azad Gallery, Tehran- Iran
2002- Art Gallery, Tehran- Iran
2000-Art Gallery, Yazd-Iran
1998- Art Gallery, Bandar Abbas-Iran
Books
-Gods and Goddesses by Michael publishing
-The Journal by Art order
-Inner Visions by Abend Gallery
-Spectrum Fantastic Art 24
Achievements and Awards
Best Animated short at The Independent Film Collaborative ( IFC ) for A Sweet Dream, 2019
Three Emmy Awards, and two nominations for the ''Lost in Oz'' TV show on Amazon for episodes 2,3,4. 2017
Honor certificate at Gold Panda International Cartoon and Illustration Competition( Caricature). China-2017
Best Animation at Los Angeles CineFest for A Sweet Dream, 2016
Best Animated short at Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival for A Sweet Dream, 2016
Finalist in Animation Short at Intentional Film Awards Berlin-Germany forA Sweet Dream, 2016
Finalist in Animation Short at Constantine's Gold Coin festival- Serbia for A Sweet Dream, 2016
For four years my Company in Netherlands was collaborating with a Dutch team called SilverFit. Our aim was to create the an entertainment element to fitness by making virtual reality computer games that stimulate exercise. My responsibility in these projects was to take care of all the graphics and Animations those were used in the games.
For our project we were honored with three prizes in 2009.
1-The best prizes of the European Innovative Game Award 2009) (http:// www.innovative-games.eu/)
2-The Dutch Game Award 2009(http://www.gameinthecity.nl/)
3- The Izovator award for the best health innovative game 2009(http://www.izovatoraward.nl/)
Educational Background
-January 2013-May2014:
Visual Development, Academy of Art University, San Francisco
-September 2006-August 2007:
Master’s degree in Image Synthesis and computer Animation. European Media Master of Arts at Utrecht School of the Arts, the Netherlands.
-May 2003:
Short term courses training, Tehran-Iran Completed the animation courses of Saba Film Animation Studios ---
-February 1998-February 2003:
Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts, majoring drawing and painting, Tehran University of Art, Tehran- Iran
Software Skills
- Adobe Photoshop
- Autodesk Maya
- Blender
- Zbrush
-SketchUp
- Adobe After Effects