David Ho (artist)
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David G. Ho is a Chinese-American artist.
Ho was born in
fine arts from San Jose State University
.
Ho has created numerous
MacWorld Expo Digital Gallery, Step-by-Step Illustration Annual, EFX Art and Design, Digital Photo User (UK), Tear Magazine, PEI, Digital Fantasy Painting, Secrets of Award-Winning Digital Artists
and more.
In discussion of his work, he has said that digital technology is "a playpen where inhibitions, imagination, madness, fears and angers run wild in a frolicking orgy of psychobliss."[1]
Ho also works as a
Penguin Publishing and Soulfly
.
David Ho has illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game.
Artwork
Ho's artwork is grouped into eight series:
- Show Me the Honey Series
- Pig Series
- Interpretation Series
- Candice the Ghost Series
- Block Series
- Contemplation Series
- Classic Series
- Original Paintings
David Ho has also done album artwork for some bands as exampled in Infected Mushroom's Vicious Delicious, Seether's Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces, Cradle of Filth's Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder and Soulfly's Omen.
Exhibitions
- 2008 Group exhibit at World of Wonder Gallery, Los Angeles
- 2007 Group exhibit at Think Space Gallery, Los Angeles
- 2007 Group exhibit at Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle
- 2006 Group exhibit at Strychnin Gallery, Berlin
- 2006 Awards exhibit at Alternative Pick, NY
- 2006 Solo exhibit at Taipei International Visual Arts Center, Taipei
- 2005 Group exhibit for Random Acts of Art at Loft11, SFO
- 2005 Group exhibit for Spectrum Fantasy Art at Society of Illustrators Museum, NY
- 2005 Group exhibit for MacWorld Expo Digital Art Gallery, SFO
- 2003 Group Halloween exhibit at Echo Gallery, Chicago
- 2003 Solo exhibition at Taipei International Visual Arts Center, Taipei
- 2002 Solo exhibit at the Rocky Mountain Digital Arts Center, Denver
- 2001 Group exhibit for Seybold Digital Art Gallery
- 1999 Group exhibit for Taiwanese Art Evolution, Taiwan
Awards
- MacWorld Expo Digital Art Gallery – Best of Show, Gold & Silver Awards Alternative
- Pick Jury Voted Series – Gold Award
- Spectrum 7 – Gold and Silvers Awards
- International Digital Art Awards (IDAA)
- California Hapi New Year T-shirt Designing Competition champion
Books
- 2007 Illustration: A Theoretical & Contextual Perspective – published by AVA Publishing
- 2007 Secrets of Poser Experts – published by Thomson Course Technology
- 2004 Digital Art for the 21st Century – published by Harper Design International
- 2002 Secrets of Award Winning Digital Artists – published by Wiley Publishing
- 2002 Shadow Maker: The Digital Art of David Ho – published by Abaya Studios
- 2002 Digital Fantasy Painting – published by Watson Guptill
- 1999 The Digital Illustrations of David Ho – published by SunGood Books
Articles
- Digital ImageMaker presents David Ho
- Shadow Maker: The Digital Art of David Ho by David Ho
- The Art of David Ho
References
- ^ Lavin, Thea (February 19, 2004). "Digital art competition winners on display", Oakland Tribune.