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Meet the artists selected to take part in DRIVE, a 10 month creative development programme for UK based artists and animators.
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Drive Participants

Animate Projects is pleased to announce the five artists selected to take part in DRIVE, a 10 month creative development programme for UK based artists and animators. The initiative has been developed with, and is generously supported by, Jerwood Charitable Foundation, and is also supported with public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

Jessica
JESSICA ASHMAN

Jessica works as a freelance animator and modelmaker. Now based in London, she studied animation at the University of Lincoln and graduated with an MA in Animation from the Royal College of Art, London in 2014.

Katerina
KATERINA ATHANASOPOULOU

Katerina is an animation artist living and working in London. She studied painting at the School of Fine Arts,, Aristotle University in Thessaloniki and has an MA in Animation from the Royal College of Art in London.

George
GEORGE EKSTS

George is an artist, working with video, photography, sculpture and printmaking. He has a BA in Photography from Falmouth College of Arts and an MA in Printmaking from the Royal College of Art (2011).

Sarah
SARAH EVANS

Sarah Evans works mainly in drawing, animation, site-responsive installation and performance. She studied Fine Art at Reading University and has an MFA from Winchester School of Art.

Chris
CHRIS NEWBY

Chris studied at Leeds Polytechnic and the Royal College of Art. His films include The Old Man of the Sea (1989, ACGB/C4), Relax (1991, BFI/Channel 4) – winner of the Teddy Award at Berlin Film Festival and the feature Anchoress (1993), selected for Cannes Film Festival.

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