bio

Rassamee Ruangsri has been engaged in artistic endeavors since childhood. Her initial passion was for hand drawn Japanese animation and comic books. So it was only natural that her early works involved techniques of painting and drawing. This work was eventually featured in several small exhibitions. Rassamee’s interests in drawing and painting soon collided with a love of digital media, leading her to cultivate skills in this area.

Rassamee has recently graduated from the University of Colorado in Denver with a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Digital Design. In early 2009 her work in animation was a part of Bryan Leister’s project “Indistinct Boundaries” with Jane Franklin Dance and was shown at The Woolly Mammoth Theater and The Burke Theater, Navy Memorial in Washington DC. It later won first prize in Digital Visions of 2009, in the category of Experimental. Rassamee’s early fascination with animation continues today, as she works to produce three-dimensional models and short animations in many of her pieces.

Case Study

"Green it" - University of Colorado at Denver, click to view.

award/recognition

2009 - First prize Digital Visions award in Experimental category at University of Colorado at Denver

2009 - Animated and Directed “Green it” project at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science

2008 - Nominated Digital Visions in Animation and Intro/Promo category at University of Colorado at Denver

artist's statement

Everything in this world has its own story-- a setting, a plot, a hero, a villain. Though who or what represent these pieces of the story may not be so clear. We ascribe meaning to everything and everyone that we see, and so, the nature of each story is, in truth, our own personal nature. The great designer is a great story teller and a great scholar. He tastefully pens his narrative, moving seamlessly from scene to scene on the page or the screen-- though he is forever informed by a sense of perspective. He is also a problem solver-- seeing opportunity with every obstacle. And within each of these elements, he lets his artistic sense preside. Thus, the great designer is both magician and philosopher, mathematician and mystic, engineer and laborer. He embodies a dual spirit, fusing form and function. He is the skilled writer, always bearing his audience in mind while never taking them for granted.

--Rassamee Ruangsri