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OIAF 2022 Poster
Statement from the Artist
“Before creating the OIAF 2022 poster, I adopted a pair of owls so that I could observe their habits”, says Wong Ping. “They were mating in my yard one night. Dozens of eyes in the bush were peeping at this loving pair. A butt sticks out from the bush, breeding golden eggs. I suppose it is the owls’. I collected them carefully. I had never tasted an owl’s egg before, so I broke one into my mouth. Owl’s egg white and yolk were all over my face and my keyboard.”
– Wong Ping
Wong Ping
2022 Poster Artist
A self-taught animator, Ping emerged from the underground art scene in China. His animated works take on a bright and childlike aesthetic; however, they often dig deep into psychological issues like repressed obsessions and unfulfilled desires.
Born in Hong Kong, Wong received his Bachelor of Arts from Curtin University, Perth, Australia in 2005. In 2018, he was the recipient of the inaugural Camden Arts Centre Emerging Arts Prize, and in 2019, he was one of the winners of The Ammodo Tiger Short Competition at the 48th International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Wong’s work is held in several permanent collections including Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; M+, Hong Kong; KADIST, Paris/San Francisco; Fosun Art Foundation, Shanghai, among others. He was also a jury member at OIAF 2020.
2022 Honourary President
Amy Kravitz
2022 Honourary President
We are pleased to welcome Amy Kravitz as this year’s Honourary President. A longtime champion and supporter of the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF), Kravitz is known for her influential work as both an inspired teacher at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and for her small but poetically potent body of work.
Kravitz started making animated films when she was eleven, later studying Social Anthropology at Harvard University (AB) and then Experimental Animation at the California Institute of the Arts (MFA). Her award-winning films (River Lethe, The Trap, and Roost) have been screened around the world. Kravitz’s animation is a quiet testimony to the intimate collaboration between viewer and maker that takes place between each drawing.
A retrospective of Kravitz’s animated works, including her latest film, will be presented this September at OIAF. Following the screening, Kravitz will participate in a talk and live Q&A session with the audience.
Meet the 2022 Jury!
Our 2022 Short Film and Feature Film Competition jury members are… going to be announced in May!
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