Ying-Fang Shen Email:
[email protected] Website: www.yfshen.info (update: April 2019) EDUCATION 2009 MFA in Digital Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA 2004 MFA in Ink-Wash Painting, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan 2000 BFA in Ink-Wash Painting, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan EMPLOYMENT 2010 - Present Associate Professor, Department of Communication Arts, School of Art, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 2009 - 2010 Visiting Artist & Animator, Network Science Center, SLIS, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 2007 - 2009 Associate Instructor, Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN AWARDS AND HONORS 2017 In the Waves (Animation.) Jury’s Citation Award. Black Maria Film Festival, 2017 2016 In the Waves (Animation.) Jury Award for Creative Achievement. Arizona International Film Festival, 2016 In the Waves (Animation.) Best Experimental Short film. The Americas Film Festival NY. New York, NY, 2016. In the Waves (Animation.) Platinum Remi Award. Worldfest Houston. Houston, TX, 2016. In the Waves (Animation.) Audience Award. Azores Fringe Festival, Azores, Portugal, 2016. Humanexus (Animation.) Winner. Near Nazareth Festival. Afula, Israel, 2016. 2015 In The Waves (Animation.) 2nd Place: Best Film - North America, Environmental Film - Professionals, Anim!Arte, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2015. Humanexus (Animation.) Denali Awards. 2015 Film and Screenplay Competition, Alaska International Film Awards, AK, 2015. Humanexus (Animation.) Special Jury Remi Winner. WorldFest-Houston, Houston, TX, 2015. The Tale of The Day (Animation.) Gold Remi Winner. WorldFest-Houston, Houston, TX, 2015. The Tale of The Day (Animation.) Third Place: Best Film - North America, World Cultures - Professionals. Anim!Arte, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2015.