Ové Pictures

We are Ové Pictures, two artists, directors, and storytellers — Veronika Obertová and Michaela Čopíková — who have been working together since 2010. We design original stories and characters using different outputs in animation, films, music videos, design, and illustrations.

Feel free to contact us! [email protected] www.ovepictures.com

Selected Works & Awards: Storification - authors exhibition of original paper dioramas, Atelier XIII, Bratislava, 2020 PARIS LIVRE - collective project with Pavel Choma and Martin Kubina - animation as a part of site-specific installation of Slovak exhibition at Paris Livre, Paris, 2019. * Slovak Design Award - Spatial Communication, 2020 * Tatra Banka Art Prize for Design, 2019 SEARCHING FOR BEAUTY (2016-2018) interactive exhibition & web project created for Parlamentarium, Brussels. Volkswagen commercial “Ľudove vozidlá” * Gold Nail ART PRIX, 2016 * Slovak Design Award - Jury Award for the collection of works, 2016 NINA (short animated fillm, 2014) * GRAND PRIX Tricky Women, Austria, 2015 * Special mention na FestAnča, , 2015 * Best animation na Milano Film Festival, Italy , 2015 * Presentation at MIAF 2015, Melbourne, Australia, 2015 * Audience Award at the CinEast Festival, , 2015 * IGRIC, Cena Jána Fajnora, Slovakia, 2015 * Special Mention, Noida International Film Festival, 2015 Dust and Glitter (short animated film, 2011) * Best of Festival Animazspot 2012, Burbank, California, 2012 * Unicredit Bank Prize For The Best Slovak Film (Audience award),

FILMOGRAPHY: NINA (short animated film, 2014) Wandering (music video for Susan James, USA, 2013) Idaho (music video for Antioquia, USA, 2012) O láske nepoznanej (music video for Janu Kirschner, Slovakia, 2012) Dust and Glitter (short animated film, 2011) Free to Be Me (music video for Haroula Rose, USA, 2011) Viliam (short animated film, 2009) About Socks and Love (short animated film, 2008)

EXHIBITIONS: 2020 * Storification, solo exhibition, Atelier XIII, Bratislava 2019 * part of Bratislava Design Week 2019 2018 * Searching for Beauty (interactive exhibition) in National Library of , Tallin 2018 * Searching for Beauty (interactive exhibition) Gallery of Slovak institute Prague/ Galeria Slovenskeho institutu, Praha 2017 * Fulla residency in L.Fulla Gallery, Ružomberok, Slovakia 2017 * Searching for Beauty (interactive exhibition) Designtransfer, Berlin, Germany 2017 * Searching for Beauty (interactive exhibition) Slovak Instutute Prague, Czechia 2017 * Searching for Beauty (interactive exhibition), MGLC, Ljubljana, 2017 * Searching for Beauty (interactive exhibition), Galéria Satelit, Bratislava, Slovakia 2016 * Searching for Beauty (interactive exhibition), Parlamentarium in Brussels, Belgium 2015 * East side story (collective), Kro Art Gallery, Vienna, Austria 2014 * HUGs project (solo exhibition), Corretger5 Gallery, Barcelona, Spain 2014 * HUGs project (solo exhibition), Pyecka Gallery, Košice, Slovensko 2013 HUGs project (solo exhibition), Kytka, Prague, Czechia 2013 HUGs project (solo exhibition), +tova, Sofia Design Week, Sofia, 2013 * HUGs project (solo exhibition), Waterloo-Ufer, Berlin, Germany 2012 * HUGs project (solo exhibition), Poco de Ideas, Lisbon, Portugal 2012 Ové Pictures in T-Gallery (autorská výstava) Michaela Čopíková director *27.8.1984 + 421 903 543 732 [email protected]

* Education 2009 – 2010 Academy of Art University, Animation and Visual Effects San Francisco, USA Fulbright scholarship 2002 – 2007 Academy of Music and Performing Arts, Bratislava, Slovakia Major: Animation 2006 University of the West of England 3month animation course in Bristol, England 2006 Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema, Lisbon, Portugal – Erasmus 2003 – 2004 Academy of Fine Arts, Bratislava, Slovakia Major: Graphic art and technologies

Filmography and Prizes: * Slovak Design Award - Spatial Communication, 2020 * Tatra Banka Art Prize for Design, 2019 Volkswagen commercial “Ľudove vozidlá” * Gold Nail ART PRIX, 2016 * Slovak Design Award - Jury Award for the collection of works, 2016 NINA (animated short film, 2014) Wandering (animated music video for Susan James, USA, 2013) Idaho (animated music video for Antioquia, USA, 2012) O láske nepoznanej (2012, animated music video for Jana Kirschner) Dust and Glitter (short animated film, 2011) * Best of Festival Animazspot 2012, Burbank, California, USA, 2012 * Unicredit Bank Prize For The Best Slovak Film (Viewers choice), Free to Be Me (animated music video for Haroula Rose, USA, 2011) Amsterdam (animated music video for White Hinterlands,USA, 2010) About Socks and Love (2008, graduation film) * Best Animation, Biennial Slovak National Film Awards “The Sun in a Net”, 2010 * Best Student Animation, International du Film d’Aubagne, France, 2010 * Best Animation, Mediawave Festival, Gyor, , 2009 * Best Young Animation, Internationales Trick lm Festival, Stuttgart, Germany, 2009 * Igric special mention, Slovakia * 3.place, Jugend Medien Festival, Berlin, Germany Lisbon (2006, experimental film) Fat Fatal (2005, bachelor film) * Special Mention, Tricky Women festival, Vienna, Austria, 2007 * Upp Company Award, 6MFSF Písek, , 2006 * Scriptwritting competition, Gonfrewille Le Orcher, France Veronika Obertová director *18.6.1984 + 421 908 834 671 [email protected]

* Education 2011- 2015 ArtD. Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, Slovakia Department of visual communication 2007- 2009 Ma Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, Slovakia Department of visual communication 2001-2007 Bc Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, Slovakia Department of print making 2005/06 Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece Faculty of printmaking 2005/06 Academia de Arte Vizuale „Ioan Andreescu", Cluj-Napoca , Faculty of photo videoFilmography

Filmography and Prizes:

* Slovak Design Award - Spatial Communication, 2020 * Tatra Banka Art Prize for Design, 2019 Volkswagen commercial “Ľudove vozidlá” * Gold Nail ART PRIX, 2016 * Slovak Design Award - Jury Award for the collection of works, 2016 NINA (animated short film, 2014) Wandering (animated music video for Susan James, USA, 2013) Idaho (animated music video for Antioquia, USA, 2012) O láske nepoznanej (2012, animated music video for Jana Kirschner) VILIAM (graduation film 2009) * Animafest Zagreb 2010 _best graduation film-student jury * Early Melons 2010_best animation * Fest Anca, 2.prize, Slovakia, 2012 * IAFF Krok 2010 Diploma ‘For integral combination of animated technique and storyline’ * BAB Bratislava, Literary Fund Award, Sloavakia, 2010 * InterFilm Berlin, Best Animation, Germany, 2010 * Animateka 2010 Special Mention from jury member Malcolm Sutherlan * MONSTRA 2011 Honourable Mention by the Young Jury * MONSTRA 2011 Best Student Short Film Award * 7th Tehran International Animation festival - Golden Prize for the best student animation Na povrázku (2009 animated music video for Zdenka Predná) Where I Lie (2008, animated music video for Sara Russel) LIKE A BUTTERFLY (2008, animated music video for Lavagance) ACCIDENT (2008, animated music video for Home Made Mutant) * Audienca Award, Early melons, Slovakia, 2008 *Best animation, Azyl film festival, Sloavakia THEORY OF ORIGIN (short film, 2008) PERSONAL MORNING (short animation, experiment, 2008) 8 BYTE MYTOLOGY (short animation, experiment, 2006) RUMUNTIC STORY (subjective animated documentary about Romania 2006) *„Citymayor prize“, Eurotour Film festival, Slovakia