Lars Magnus Holmgren

Lars is a well rounded award winning Artist of world renown working in a variety of artistic arenas, with his main areas of specialization in Photo-montage, Film & VFX (Visual Effects).

Lars has worked alone and in collaboration in a variety of artistic arenas; from lead-vocalist in a band, involvement in a performance art group to multi-media installations and collaborations with renowned artists.

Most notably exhibitions such as the opening show for the Clore Gallery at The Tate Britain saw him collaborate with renowned contemporary Artist Liam Gillick. Lars and Liam's work together included an animated short film which was nominated for the Turner Prize.

Most recently Lars collaborated with fellow artist Grace Hughes at The Shop Gallery in Glebe, NSW, Australia.

Lars has earned several awards for his work and has been invited to participate in presentations, speeches and panels around the world, with work featured in several magazines, television, festivals and online publicity.

Professionally Lars has expertise as a senior creative with extensive experience and a broad skill-set relative to the CGI/VFX industry and other fields including CGI Animation, Visual Effects, Broadcast Design, Conceptual Design, Animation Direction, Creative Direction, Illustration, Graphic Design, Creative Writing, Copy-Writing, Banner & Poster Design.

Lars is a well-rounded respected CG & VFX Manager, Supervisor, Senior CG-VFX Artist and Director (Creative, VFX & Animation), extensive experience and a broad skill-set. During his many years of professional experience he has undertaken challenging senior roles such as Head of CG, VFX-Supervisor, CG Supervisor, Director (Design & Creative Direction representation), VFX Director, Animation Director, Supervising Lead Animator, Compositor, Senior/Lead-Animator, Generalist TD, Lighting TD, Senior CG/VFX Generalist, Look Development Artist and tutor/teacher for tertiary education students.

He has worked abroad in cities such as London, Stockholm, Dusseldorf, Berlin, NYC, L.A and local to Aus' shores including Melbourne and Sydney where he now resides.

Lars has twenty+ years of industry experience, working in a variety of formats including film, commercials, promos, ident’s and special formats, such as show-scan IMAX ‘rides’.

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https://www.youtube.com/user/DrFrankenskippy (motion & audio visual)
https://frankenskippy.wordpress.com/nuts-motion-2/showreels/ (motion & VFX production)
www.frankenskippy.com (main portfolio)