Born and raised in Taiwan, Eric Feng who is also known as Feric is an extremely bright and creative artist. He is very observant of various things. Has a passion for life, and great imagination, which is essential to any form of artistic creation.
Not surprisingly, Eric showed his gift as an artist at a very early age. He was keen on analyzing the anatomy of various life forms. At the age of 15 instead of attending a general education high school like most of the teenagers in his country (as anywhere else in the world) did, Eric was admitted by Fu-Hsin Professional School of Trade and Arts in Taipei, Taiwan.
After graduating from Arts School, Eric was immediately recruited by Ogilvy & Mather. Later on, Eric became the art editor and reporter for Brain Magazine in Taiwan, the bible in the advertising industry there. Eventually he decided to pursue his dream at New York School of Visual Arts.
In 2000 Dusty Film Festival and Awards, Eric won the outstanding achievement award in computer animation. Eric's award-winning animation short named "Inside Out" depicts a little gear that becomes one with a fish, a whale, a dingo, a gecko, a planet, and more, demonstrating the unity in all things.
In August 2000, "Inside Out" was selected for Computer Panorama Screenings at Ottawa International Animation Festival 2000. The OIAF is North America's largest and most important animation festival and the second largest in the world. In November 2000, "Inside Out" was one of the finalists for Best of Animation at the Shorts International Film Festival 2000, held in New York . This Festival was developed to create a platform solely dedicated to the art of the short film and also act as a liaison between filmmakers and industry insiders. Worldwide there were only 12 short films. Chosen for this screening. In the same month, "Inside Out" was selected for Computer Panorama Screenings at Holland International Animation Festival 2000.
These awards or citations are just a few of the most representative or striking examples of the kind of recognition Eric Feng has received. In November 2000, he decided to work for Square USA, Inc. as a conceptual desiigner , The film "Final Fantasy" . Despite his young age, however, he is not just an up and coming artist, for he has already arrived in the sense that he already belongs to that small elite group of artists who are at the top. Eric also worked on "Ani-Matrix" as motion graphic designer.
After "Final Fantasy", Eric focusing on his own project " Fevolution". & working as contract Artist / Illustrator, The Clients He has been working for such as : NY times. Prada miu miu Wired, ESPN, Metropolis, IBM, NIKE, BP. etc..
Continuously pursuing ways to renew and explore ways of story telling for all of his beyond imagination ideas, In 2005, Eric attended Yale University majoring in graphic design, also taking classes at drama school. In Yale, Eric was exposed to a deeper understanding of story telling skill, beyond just graphic/visual layer, but deeper into a complex subject matter of social standard.
Currently, Eric is working as an independent artist and ran his own project " Digital Zoo", "Roda" where his passion and imagination is explored beyond limit. As a result, many new toys and extraordinary creations are on its way out and will be available for everybody to enjoy soon.
