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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name: Andrea Fryer
Birth date: 9th of January, 1969
Birthplace: Calgary, Canada
Nationality: Canadian / Finnish
Residing in: Helsinki, Finland
Languages: English (excellent) | Finnish (excellent)
E-Mail:
WWW: www.andrea.net / www.andreafryer.com
EDUCATION - MAIN STUDIES
1995-2000 Bachelor of Media Art
Tampere School of Arts & Communications
Tampere, Finland

Main Studies: Media art: Digital Graphics, Graphic Design and Illustration, 2D animation, 3D animation, Video Art and editing, Multimedia, Installation, Serigraphy, Pixellation animation, Web Design

Other Studies: Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Comic Art, Game graphics, B&W-, Color-, Digital- and Studio Photography, Multivisions, Manuscripting, Dramaturgy, Lighting, Architectural Lighting, Audio
 
2000-2005 Computer Science
University of Tampere | Tampere, Finland
EDUCATION - ADDITIONAL STUDIES
1988 Commercial Interior Design
Tampere College | Tampere, Finland
 
1990Analytic Problem Solving (APS)
Kepnor Tregoe | Tampere, Finland
WORK EXPERIENCE
2016 - 2018Expert Artist
Ubisoft | RedLynx studio | Helsinki, Finland
 
2014 - 2016Lead Artist + Art manager
Ubisoft | RedLynx studio | Helsinki, Finland
 
2014 - 2014Lead Artist
Seriously | Helsinki, Finland
 
2012 - 2014Senior UI & Art Designer + Art supervisor
Ubisoft | RedLynx studio | Helsinki, Finland
 
2008 - 2012Senior Game artist
Digital Chocolate | Sumea studio | Helsinki, Finland
 
2006 - 2008Game artist
Digital Chocolate | Sumea studio | Helsinki, Finland
 
2003 - 2006Senior UI Graphic Designer
Nokia Mobile Phones | Tampere, Finland
 
2003UI Graphic Designer
Nokia Mobile Phones | Tampere, Finland
 
1998-2000New Media Teacher
Teaching various courses at the Tampere School of Arts and Communications and the Tampere University of Technology. Courses were taught in various subjects including Web Design, Photoshop, Digital Manipulation and Internet Technologies. | Tampere, Finland
 
1996-2000Web designer / Graphic Designer
T:mi Andrea Fryer (self employed) | Tampere, Finland
 
1989-1991Quality Inspector
Finnwear | Tampere, Finland
 
1988Technical Artist
Tampereen Kaupungin Asemakaavaosasto | Tampere, Finland
 
AWARDS
2011"Most Valued Player" Award
Award given to employees who have contributed to the company in a significant way | Digital Chocolate
19973rd place
Web Design | Tampere series | Mindtrek
19972nd place
Web Design | TPO series | Mindtrek
19962nd place
Interactive Computer Media | Jazzbit 96
19861st place
Art category in the junior high class of the Tampere culture competition
EXHIBITIONS
1997-1998"My picture your picture"
Sara Hildén Art Museum | Tampere, Finland
See and experience the work I had displayed at this exhibition.
1994Personal Art Exhibition
Hervanta Library | Tampere, Finland
PUBLIC SPEECHES
2016Learnings from being an Art Lead
Northern Game Summit | Kajaani, Finland
2006Member of MMO Panel
Sex in Videogames Conference | San Francisco, USA
2004MMO Lecture
Games Day at Nokia | Helsinki, Finland
MEMBERSHIPS
2003 - 2012IGDA
OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST
1999Jury member
Judging in the "New Media" category for the "Vuoden Huiput" contest | Helsinki, Finland
1997Founding a company and going into self employment
T:mi Andrea Fryer is founded
COMPUTER SKILLS   = Extensive skill   = Mediocre skill   = Some skill
2D Graphics Photoshop
Illustrator
Spine

 
3D Graphics Sketchup
Blender
ZBrush
3Ds Max
Marmoset

 
Game Engines Unity
 
Video Camtasia Studio
Premiere

 
Programming / Scripting HTML
CSS
SSI
 
Productivity Software MS PowerPoint
MS Word
MS Excel
TortoiseSVN
Perforce
Jira
FTP
Operating Systems Windows
Mac
UNIX
DOS
 
MISCELLANEOUS
1989Color Recognition test result: 85 (Excellent)