Hi World!
I´m Ilja – a multimedia artist based in Cologne, Germany. I started my journey into digital art early in life: at 12, I began to teach myself tools such as Photoshop, Flash, and Cinema 4D. I still use them all today – and I’ve never stopped searching for new forms of artistic expression since.
In 2010, I started my formal education at Köln International School Of Design, where I graduated 6 years later with a Bachelor of Arts. “KISD offers a unique study model within Germany that connects different fields of design systematically in an international environment.” It was the perfect place for me to learn the basic principles of design and to combine my existing 3D and programming skills with experimental project work. During my time at KISD, I discovered virtual reality, motion capture, photogrammetry, video, and photography – and extended my 3D skills in rendering and interactive environments.
Today, I try to keep that kind of variety alive in my work – discovering creative solutions for unique digital products. I understand digital media as a language that I strive to speak as fluently as possible. My main professional focus is 3D visualization and art for linear and interactive media, but I see myself as more of an interdisciplinary media generalist. Combining art, design, interaction, digital and analog into one single experience is what really floats my boat.
Please inquire about commissions, available work, or anything else at all!
In 2010, I started my formal education at Köln International School Of Design, where I graduated 6 years later with a Bachelor of Arts. “KISD offers a unique study model within Germany that connects different fields of design systematically in an international environment.” It was the perfect place for me to learn the basic principles of design and to combine my existing 3D and programming skills with experimental project work. During my time at KISD, I discovered virtual reality, motion capture, photogrammetry, video, and photography – and extended my 3D skills in rendering and interactive environments.
Today, I try to keep that kind of variety alive in my work – discovering creative solutions for unique digital products. I understand digital media as a language that I strive to speak as fluently as possible. My main professional focus is 3D visualization and art for linear and interactive media, but I see myself as more of an interdisciplinary media generalist. Combining art, design, interaction, digital and analog into one single experience is what really floats my boat.
Please inquire about commissions, available work, or anything else at all!
Ilja Burzev
me[at]ilj.art
teaching
CGL - Cologne Game Lab
2014 - present, annually
mentoring of motion capture project:
Playing With Cinema
ifs - internationale filmschule köln &
CGL - Cologne Game Lab
2020 - present, annually
mentoring of animation project: Project III
CGL - Cologne Game Lab
since 2016 periodically
VR and motion capture workshops
Technische Universität Braunschweig
2017
VR workshop: With Eyes Wide Shot
KISD - Köln International School of Design,
2017
VR short term project
Bergische Universität Wuppertal
2018
VR workshop
awards
Tribeca Festival
2021
New York, USA
project: Harold Halibut
nomination
Kultur- und Kreativpiloten Deutschland
2019
Berlin, Germany
project: Harold Halibut
1st
Deutscher Entwicklerspreis
2017
Cologne, Germany
project: Harold Halibut
nomination
Lucky Strike Junior Designer Award
2017
Hamburg, Germany
project: IMVR
nomiation
Kölner Design Preis
2016
Cologne, Germany
project: IMVR
3th
Ludicious
2015
Zurich, Swiss
project: Outcasted
nomination
AMAZE
2015
Berlin, Germany
project: Outcasted
nomination
Autodesk Make a Difference Award
Las Vegas, USA
project: Outcasted
2015
1st
Games For Change Europe
2015
Paris, France
project: Outcasted
1st
