Chia-Hsin Lee
chiahsinlee@alum.calarts.edu
(661) 451-3778

Design, Storyboard, Animation, Documentary.

● ART EXPERIENCE

Walt Disney Imagineering 
CalArts Educational Initiative Participant
Glendale, CA.  March 2020 - May 2020
  • work in a team of four to design and develop a 10-minute creative pitch each week.
  • attend weekly group mentoring sessions, along with peer review/check-in meetings.

Driver Studios
VFX Artist
New York, NY.  January 2021 - March 2021
  • Key green-screen for stop-motion animation.

Twisted Spruce Music Foundation
Lead Animator
Bloominton, Indiana.  July 2020 - March 2021
  • Animate in sync with classical guitar ensemble.

National Museum of Natural Science
Mural Designer
Taichung, Taiwan.  July 2013 - August 2016
  • Create large murals of prehistoric ecosystems in permanent and seasonal exhibitions.

Muse Taipei
(Art Direction Company)            
Production Assistant
Taipei, Taiwan.  January 2015 - February 2015
  • Assist set design for live-action film.
  • Purchase materials for set.

Shishang Discovery Co.
(Fossil and Exhibition Design Company)
Freelance Artist
Taipei, Taiwan.  July 2017 - September 2017
  • Create commercial shorts for exhibitions.
  • Create advertisement drawings and posters for fossil and exhibitions.

Department of Life Science, Tunghai University
Illustrator
Taichung, Taiwan.  December 2019 - January 2020
  • Illustrate cover art for publishing scientific papers.

● TEACHING EXPERIENCE

National Museum of Natural Science
Mural Designer
Taichung, Taiwan.  July 2013 - August 2016
  • Organize and maintain the entire fossil collection.
  • Assist international paleontology conferences and fossil excavations.

Little Da Vinci Art Studio
Art Teacher 
Fullerton, CA  June 2021 - Present
  • Teach art education to K-12 students.

ZhuHu Elementary School
Art Teacher
Changbin, Taitung, Taiwan.  June 2017 - July 2017
  • Provide art and science resources to children in inconvenient rural areas.

The Society of Wilderness
Interpreter, Docent
Taichung, Taiwan.  March 2012 - October 2012
  • Giving the general public tour guides in the wilderness.

China Times
Interview Translator  
Taichung, Taiwan January 2016 - August 2016
  • Translate interview from English recordings into written Mandarin Chinese articles.  


● EDUCATION

California Institute of the Arts                        Valencia, California                      2016 - 2020
Character Animation

Tunghai University                                            Taichung, Taiwan                          2012 - 2014      
Landscape Architecture, Biology (Ecology and Biodiversity)


● SOFTWARE

Photoshop, Maya, Cinema 4D, Zbrush, After Effects, Premiere, Flash, TV Paint
Powerpoint, Excel, Word

● SKILLS

Languages:  Mandarin Chinese, English
Skill Sets:  Perspective Drawing, Drafting, Digital and Traditional Painting, Sculpting, Modeling


● AWARDS and FILM FESTIVALS

Best Shorts Competition Award
Merit Award - 2019

The IndieFEST Film Awards
Award of Merit Special Mention - 2019

Walla Walla Movie Crush
Best Animation and Audience Pick Nomination - 2019

Florida Animation Festival
Honorable Mention - 2019

Canada Film Festival
Award of Commendation - 2019

Experimental Forum
Honorable Mention Award - 2019

Independent Shorts Awards
Best Sound Design - 2019

American Filmatic Arts Awards
Winner - 2019

4th annual Detroit International Festival of Animation - 2019

Best Shorts Competition Merit Award - 2019

NewFilmmakers Los Angeles Monthly Film Festival May 2019

Moscow Shorts Official Selection - 2019

Lincoln Short Film Festival - 2019

Animaze Animation Day in Cannes 2019

British Animation Film Festival - 2019

Rome Independent Prisma Awards - 2019

Global Shorts - 2019

IndeiFEST Film Awards - 2019

Overmountain Animation Festival - 2019

Salute Your Shorts Festival - 2019

ANIMA2019 - X Córdoba International Animation Festival - 2019

Mosaic World Film Festival - 2019

FEEDBACK Film Festival - 2019

Salute Your Shorts Film Festival - 2019

Great Lakes Shorts Film Festival - 2019

FilmBath Festival - 2019

Kinofilm 16th Manchester International Short Film & Animation Festival - 2019
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London Experimental - 2019



● WEBSITES

chiahsinlee.weebly.com
linkedin.com/in/chiahsinlee
instagram.com/artsy_chia
vimeo.com/artsychia
chiahsinlee.artstation.com

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