brianbatista

About me

Brian Batista is somewhat magical. He is a renaissance man of many skills and talents, an arranger of things, a painter, sculptor, performer, media artist, mentor, teacher, animator, entrepreneur and hopeless romantic (without the hopeless part). He graduated with a BFA from the Alberta College of A...

Brian Batista is somewhat magical. He is a renaissance man of many skills and talents, an arranger of things, a painter, sculptor, performer, media artist, mentor, teacher, animator, entrepreneur and hopeless romantic (without the hopeless part). He graduated with a BFA from the Alberta College of Art and Design, with distinction, was the recipient of a Board of Governors award and the was the 2001 Valedictorian.

He has shown artwork internationally and won numerous awards and scholarships. He exhibited in the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts show 7 by 7: Rising talents at the Stride Gallery in 2009. He is co-founded (CUFF) the Calgary Underground Film Festival and an active member of the arts Community in Calgary.

He currently teaches animation at the Quickdraw Animation Society and the Alberta College of Art and Design. He won an Alberta Arts Foundation grant this Winter to produce a short animated film titled: 'Snack Time". He recently completed a 3 month studio residency and a solo exhibition titled "Sacred Images"at the Untitled Arts Society in June 2011.

He practices Systema, a Russian Martial Art twice a week and NY style Salsa on Tuesdays. He has been going to the Burning Man Arts festival for 10 years and has plenty of exciting stories to tell.

Brian uses his powers for good...... like a true Jedi.

Information

• Name: Brian Batista
• Country: CAN
• City: Calgary
• Joined: February 03, 2010
• School: Alberta College of Art and Design
• Occupation: Artist
• Genre: Traditional Art, Manga/Anime, Drawing, Street Art, Mixed Media, Sculpture, Printing, Painting, Animation, Portraits, Murals, Installation Art, Book Art, Cosmic Art, Illustration, Pen and Inks

• Links:
• http://www.bluecanvas.com/BrianBatista/
• http://www.brianbatista.com/
• http://artistavision.blogspot.com/

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