Eduardo Pena

Work History

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  Course Director of Entertainment Design

  The One Academy of Communication Design

  March 2015 - Present

  - Inspire and nurture TOA students to become world-class designers
  - Help to build and incorporate multiple design disciplines (graphic design, architecture, etc.) into the curriculum
  
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  senior concept artist

  Lucasfilm

  March 2016 - August 2016
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  Creative Entity

  Self-employed

  January 2015 - August 2016

  DEVELOP, BUILD and DREAM
  will be updated soon!
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  Concept Artist

  Syfy

  November 2014 - November 2014

  Arthur C. Clarke "Childhoods End" (TV show)
  PD: Phil Ivey
  visual development

• Speaker

  TEDxYouth@KL

  November 2014 - November 2014

  guest SPEAKER!

• Co-Founder - Art Director

  Chino Rino Visual Lab

  November 2013 - October 2014

  Chino Rino Visual Lab was a visual art development studio based in Singapore, providing services related to concept art, illustration and graphic design. for the entertainment industry.
  founded by the talented Artist EDUARDO PENA
  Eduardo used his Nick Name "chinorino" (given by his grandfather) to name the company!
  Eduardo have worked in Some of the high-profile movie projects, those include Transcendence, The Hobbit trilogy, Lucy, The Great Wall and Hercules. he have worked for major video games developers such as Square Enix – Eidos and Bethesda Softworks.
  Eduardo created 3 fundamental pillars as a methapor of holistic relationship for mantain the core values of the "Chinorino" name
  Education
  IP (intelectual properties
  design services
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  Senior Art Director

  FZD School of Design

  2013 - January 2014

• Concept Artist

  Europa Corp

  April 2013 - June 2013

  Visual Development for the Film LUCY
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  Concept Designer

  Weta Workshop

  June 2011 - April 2013

  design/art development for movies
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  Concept Artist

  Weta Workshop

  June 2011 - March 2013

  Weta Workshop is one of the world’s best concept art, special effects and props company based in NZ, founded by Richard Taylor.
  was a great honor working there
  Visual development for major movies such as follows:
  The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012, Director: Peter Jackson)
  The Hobbit: The Desolation Smaug (2013, Director: Peter Jackson)
  The Hobbit: There and Back Again (2014, Director: Peter Jackson)
  Transcendence (2014, Director: Wally Pfister)
  The Great Wall (2016, Director: Ed Zwick)
  Hercules (2014, Director Brett Ratner)
  i did Visual development for world-class sci-fi theme parks for a global client to develop the state-of-the-art Experience and Discovery Centers around the world.
  i developed marketing materials for Weta Workshop used in its world-class exhibition at Comic Con
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  Concept Artist

  Wētā FX

  January 2011 - June 2011

  art development for movies

• Art Director

  CONTENTO ANIMATION

  January 2010 - November 2010

  an IP development studio based in Colombia.
  i helped to build the art foundation of the studio.
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  freelance concept artist

  Axis Animation

  September 2010 - October 2010

  Dead Island >> freelance concept art.
  unannounced projects (2012).

• cover artist

  Radical Publishing, Inc

  July 2010 - August 2010

  I made a cover art for an unannounced graphic novel.

• Concept Art Director

  CONTENTO ANIMATION

  October 2009 - August 2010

  I was working as a Concept art-Director developing art pieces for the entertainment industry as animation series, video games, graphic novels among others. Most of my time, I make visualizations of environments creating the general look of those visual projects.
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  design Professor

  Universidad de los Andes

  January 2008 - July 2010

  i was leading design workshops at LOS ANDES UNIVERSITY, the most representative University in Colombia.
  Design courses>>
  DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION
  VISUAL NARRATIVES
  DIGITAL SURFACES
  In there, I have had forge my own comprehension of academic issues and I was grateful to share with my students the dream of reciprocal knowledge.

• concept Artist

  mucho motion

  May 2009 - December 2009

  Freelance concept art development for an unannounced movie project.

• Concept Artist

  Immersion Games

  November 2007 - November 2009

  i have worked as a concept artist at IMMERSION GAMES, most of my time I made visualizations of environments creating the general feel of the game. And visual proposals of other nature.