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Bainian Chen, a multimedia artist, was born in 1991 in Maoming city, Guangdong Province in China. He got his Animation bachelor degree in Beijing Forestry University in 2015. He is now studying in New York City and working on his Animation MFA at Pratt Institute. Skilled in traditional 2D animation, motion graphics, sketching, illustration, and spatial modeling. Chen is excited about how fast the visual technologies are developing in the past decades, and he is exploring the possibility of mixing 2D and 3D animation techniques in his works in multiple media recently.
Inspired by American superhero comic style, his favorite comic artist Kim Jung Gi, Chen obsessed with their black and white tones, extreme perspective and strong contrast composition. Also, he is a big fan of monsters. He believes that people create all kinds of scary creatures because they represent the mysterious force that human can not control. He believes human is friable when we are confronting the cruel nature and, we should appreciate its beauty and show our respect. Similar to most of the Chinese students, Chen grew up in a thought-imprisoned environment while he has been trying to set himself free from traditional cognitions and social pressure. However, he is also deeply influenced by ancient Chinese philosophies and Darwin’s evolution theory. He concerns about the future of China and entire human race within the process of globalization. He tries to experience as much as he can and find a balance between different cultures. He considers himself as an angry artist because he thinks there is too many negative information being exposed via Internet every day and he feels insecure. He needs to express his negative emotions from his works. Nevertheless, he insists that light and shadow exists at the same time. We will appreciate the brightness of humanity only when we accept the darkness of it

陈柏年，1991年出生于广东茂名，现居于深圳。于2015年毕业于北京林业大学艺术设计学院动画系，擅长二维动画制作，插画，造型基础扎实。目前于纽约普瑞特艺术学院就读动画研究生，专注于传统二维动画，动态影像及非写实式三维渲染。

受美式英雄漫画及韩国漫画家金政基的熏陶，陈着迷于黑白构成，大透视和强对比画风。同时，陈是一个怪兽迷。他认为人们凭想象创造各种代表着超乎人类想象神秘力量的可怕的怪物，说明了人类在残酷的自然面前的脆弱与无助。正因为如此，我们更应该敬畏自然，感受自然之美。和大多数中国学生一样，陈在一个思想受束的环境中长大。但是，他不断尝试从传统观念和社会压力中解放自我。爱玩，喜欢尝试不同的人生和艺术体验，做自己喜欢的事情，认真工作，尽兴玩。喜欢通过其的作品表达自己强烈极端的负面情绪，所以陈自认为自己是一个愤怒的艺术家。其坚信光与影同时存在。人们只有接受了人性的阴暗面才能欣赏其光辉的另一面。

Primary Softwares｜主要创作工具: Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere, Audition; Toon Boom Animate, Storyboard; Autodesk Maya, Zbrush; Microsoft Offices