Barış Çavuşoğlu b. 1994, is an animator and visual artist. They studied 3D VFX at Escape Studios London and went on to study Computer Science with Games Technology BSc at City, University of London. In 2018 they moved to Berlin and became a part of Random Collective Berlin, an organization focusing on animation and design. They are now living and working in Los Angeles where they are developing a singular and loud animation style of their own fusing grotesque cartooning, and surreal black comedy in the form of XR, video art and installations. They are currently an Experimental Animation MFA candidate at California Institute of the Arts. Between exhibitions and personal projects, they also worked as a freelance animation director for Adult Swim. Their animations have been screened internationally at the likes of Annecy International Animation Film Festival, REDCAT Theatre, OVNi Festival France, Lithuanian International Shorts and Dutch Design Week. In November 2021 they opened a dual presentation at BSMNT Leipzig, Germany with Kid Xanthrax called #SLIPGNOSIS

Contact:
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@bariscavusoglu
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Group Exhibitions & Residencies:
_LAST MINUTES, Heybeliada / Istanbul 2021
_LE DOJO, Collectif VHS, Nice 2021
_HOT KOTZ BUNS, BSMNT / Leipzig 2022

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