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. 2014 Humanexus (Animation.) Honorable Mention – Short Films. 16 Festicinekids Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia, 2014. Humanexus (Animation.) Winner of the category "Art, Education, Family, Kids". Euro 2014 Film Festival, Fundación Mundo Ciudad, Marbella, Spain, 2014 Humanexus (Animation.) First Place: Best Film - North America, World Cultures - Professionals. Anim!Arte, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2014 Humanexus (Animation.) Winner of Animation. Festival Internacional del Audiovisual para la Niñez y la Adolescencia KOLIBRI, La Paz, Bolivia, 2014 Humanexus (Animation.) Best Professional Animation. V Festival de Cine: Infancia y Adolescencia “Ciudad de Bogotá”, Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia, 2014 Humanexus (Animation.) Best Director of an Animation. 2014 Southampton International Film Festival, Southampton, UK, 2014 Humanexus (Animation.) The Prize of DB SCHENKER. s.r.o. EKOTOPFILM 2014 - 41st International Festival of Sustainable Development Films, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2014 Humanexus (Animation.) Third Place of Animation. Festival Internacional de Cinema e Saúde Mental – FICSAM 2014, Faro, Portugal, 2014 Humanexus (Animation.) Mention Short Film. 2014 el Ojo cojo Film Festival, Madrid and Barcelona, Spain, 2014 1 Humanexus (Animation.) Best Animation. Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival, Dublin, Ireland, 2014 Humanexus (Animation.) Audience Choice Award of ExPerimental Animation. 2014 Golden Orchid International Animation Festival, Pennsylvania State University, PA, 2014 Humanexus (Animation.) Platinum Awards. International Movie Awards, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2014 Humanexus (Animation.) Audience Award. 2014 Short@Fringe at Azores Fringe Festival, Azores, Portugal, 2014 Humanexus (Animation.) Awards of Merit. World Film Awards, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2014 Humanexus (Animation.) Third Prize. Aviff Cannes Art Film Festival, Cannes, France, 2014 Humanexus (Animation.) Honorable Mention. Taos Shortz Film Fest, Taos, NM, 2014 Humanexus (Animation.) Best Documentary. 2014 Festival Internazionale Del Cinema Povero TV/Movie Award, Ispra, Italy, 2014 Humanexus (Animation.) Best Short Animation. Albany FilmFest, Albany, CA, 2014 Humanexus (Animation.) Best Animated Short. Richmond International Film Festival, Richmond, VA, 2014 Humanexus (Animation.) Documentary Shorts Award. Macon Film Festival, Macon, GA, 2014 Humanexus (Animation.) Best Director Award. Macon Film Festival, Macon, GA, 2014 Humanexus (Animation.) Award of Excellence. Canada International Film Festival, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2014 Humanexus (Animation.) Best in Show. New Wave 2014, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA, 2014 Humanexus (Animation.) Platinum Award. The 5th Annual Pixie Awards, American Pixel Academy, Wynnewood, PA, 2014 2013 Humanexus (Animation.) Best Original Screenplay – Animation. Unofficial Google+ Film Festival, SnagFilms Inc. 2013 Humanexus (Animation.) Chinh Gold – Animation. Chinh India Kids Film Festival, New Delhi, India Humanexus (Animation.) Best Animation. Whitelight's International Short Film Festival, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland Humanexus (Animation.) Award of Excellence. Best Short Film Competition, La Jolla, CA. Humanexus (Animation.) ifab Artistic Vision Award. International Film Awards Berlin, Berlin, Germany. 2009 The White Snake (Animation.) Merit Award. The 32nd Golden Harvest Film Festival, Taipei City Government, Taipei, Taiwan EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLIC SCREENINGS Shen, Ying-Fang. Open Mouth, Mama Made Exhibition, The Elizabeth Holden Art Gallery, Warren Wilson College. Nov, 2 - Dec. 8, 2017 Shen, Ying-Fang. Animation projection for “Dis/orient”, dance performance, choreographer: Bigelow, Ching-I Chang, Grace Street Theater, Richmond, VA. Feb, 2018. Shen, Ying-Fang. In the Waves (animated film, 2015) Screenings Juried: Non-juried: 30 International 2 International 13 National 2 Regional 1 Regional Juried: 2 2017 International Nature Image Festival (FIIN), Vila Real, Portugal. Nov. 2017 Short Film Roosendaal Festival, Roosendaal, Netherlands. Sep. 29 - Oct 1, 2017 Black Maria Film Festival's 36th Annual Tour, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY. Sep. 23, 2017 Black Maria Film Festival's 36th Annual Tour, The Paramount, Charlottesville, VA. June 23, 2017 Black Maria Film Festival's 36th Annual Tour, A. Harry Moore School, Jersey City, NJ. May 25, 2017 Short Film Festival Roosendaal. Roosendaal, Netherlands, Sep. 29 - Oct. 1, 2017 2016 Black Maria Film Festival. Jersey City, NJ. 2017 James River Short Films. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA. Dec. 2, 2016 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival. Toronto, Canada, Nov. 8 - 18; Richmond Hill, Canada, Nov. 19, 2016 Kansas International Film Festival. Overland Park, KS, Nov. 4-10, 2016 Edinburgh Short Film Festival. Edinburgh, UK, Oct. 26 - Nov. 6, 2016 New Orleans Film Festival. New Orleans, LA, Oct. 12-20, 2016 Tallgrass Film Festival. Wichita, Kansas, Oct. 12-16, 2016 Animatou - International Animated Film Festival in Geneva. Geneva, Switzerland, Oct. 6 - 15, 2016 Urban Mediamakers Film Festival. Norcross, GA. Oct. 6-11, 2016 Portland Film Festival. Portland, OR, Aug. 29 - Sept. 5, 2016 Girona Film Festival / Festival de Cinema de Girona, Experimental Section. Girona, Span, Sept. 28 - Oct. 1. Bienal Internacional de Video y Cine Contemporaneo Videofest. Mexicali, Mexico, Sept. 18 - 24, 2016 IndiEarth Animation Film Festival, Aug. 26-28, 2016, Madhuravoyal, India Woods Hole Film Festival. Woods Hole, MA. July 30 - Aug. 6, 2016 Free Range Film Festival. Wrenshall, MN, July 29-30, 2016 Sax International Film Festival, July 1-29, 2016. Sax, Spain Free State Festival, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS, June 20 - 25, 2016 Sunderland Shorts Film Festival, Sunderland, UK, June 30 - July 3, 2016 Lawrence Arts Center's Free State Festival, Lawrence, KS, June 20 - 25, 2016 River Film Festival, Padova, Italy, May 28 - June 11, 2016 Azores Fringe Festival, June 1-30, 2016, Azores, Portugal backup.award - Kurz Film Festival, Weimar, Germany, May 18 - 22, 2016 Nemzetközi Természetfilm Fesztivál / International Nature Film Festival. Gödöllő, Hungary, May 14 - 17, 2016 Urban Nomad Film Fest, Taipei, Taiwan, May 12 - 22, 2016 Pennine Film Festival, Accrington, UK, May 6 - 8, 2016 VAFI - International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival Varaždin, Partner, Israel, Apr. 19 - 24, 2016 HP Lovecraft Film Festival, San Pedro, CA, Apr. 29 - May 1, 2016 Arizona International Film Festival, Tucson, AZ. Apr. 14 - May 1, 2016 Taos Shortz, Taos, NM, Apr. 7 - 10, 2016 Richmond International Film Festival, Richmond, VA. March 3 - 6, 2016 Delete TV, broadcast at C31 Melbourne, Australia. Feb. 28 - May 22, 2016 New Waves 2016, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA. Jan. 29 - Apr. 17, 2016 Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival, Los Angeles - Hollywood, CA. February 18 - 27, 2016 Mica International Film Festival, Manaus, Brazil. Jan. 10 - 16, 2016 2015 Pune Short Film Festival, Maharashtra, India. Dec. 25 - 27, 2015 Anim!Arte - Profissionais Filme Ambiental, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Dec. 7 - 12, 2015 Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival 2015, Winter edition. Web. Dec. 2015 Festival Internacional de CineArte para niños y niñas / International ArtFilm Festival, Bogotá, Colombia. Nov. 29 - Dec. 6, 2015 Nile's Diaspora International Film Festival, Kampala Uganda. Nov. 23 - 25, 2015 Animax Skopje Fest, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. Nov. 5 - 8, 2015 Roma Cinema DOC, Internet. Oct. 2015 Non-juried: 2016 OSMOSIS Media Festival, Taipei & Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Aug. 18-21, 26-28, 2016 3 Screened for composition and jazz students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal by Prof. Neil Gonsalves, Director of the Centre for Jazz and Popular Music. Durban,