Christiaan Klaassen

I was born in Bristol (UK) on June 7th 1983.  I spent most of my time growing up in Surrey where i studied Art and design at school and then onto Farnham Art college to do a foundation course in Art and Design. This was when i got my very first experience in 3D.  I then went to University of Greenwich to study 3D Digital Design which i graduated in 2005 with a 2:1 Ba(hons).

It was at my final exhibition of my university work that i was introduced to my current employers Rock Hunter who specialise in Architectural Visualisation. Since 2005 i have learned more and more about Architecture and 3D and have progressed to a senior artist working with still images, animations and design.

Pawel Mysiorek

I was born in 1978, Szczecin, Poland. I was studying at artistic secondary school and then at academy of art. Currently I deal with graphics and some time design.

Amer Abidi

Architect / Designer
Managing Director of Kimaera Digital Studios, LLC.
D.O.B: 29th November 1977
Location: Amman, Jordan

Jakub Gabriel

Born in Poland in 1982. Studied abroad for 15 years. Architectural Visualization freelancer since 6 years. Currently studying architecture. Other interests include
2D illustration using traditional and digital painting methods.

Arthur Makhnevich

Born in Ukraine on June 12, 1982.
Graduated in 2006 from Lawrence Technological University with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture.  Moved to New York City the same year and became a 3D Artist in a company called The 7th Art.  Currently, working at Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill (NY office) as an Architectural Visualization Professional.
Architectural Visualization is my passion.  I enjoy creating 3D spaces and then bringing them to life. It is a very exciting opportunity to create something before it is even built in the real world.

Pablo Castro Barral

Caroline Boetzelen

Gianfranco Bianchi

David Acto

Biography: Born in Madrid, Spain in 1979. Currently working and living in Madrid.

Architect by the "Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (E.T.S.A.M.)"

I am a freelance artist, working in collaboration with some architects. Making still images, presentations and animations, for architectural contests an any other kind of project.

Gary Boyle

Ernesto Pacheco

I was born in Mexico city and now reside in the United States. I studied architecture for two years in Mexico and have taken various computer graphics/multimedia coursework at colleges in the U.S.. However, I owe my artistic background to having taken part in drawing and painting classes early on and throughout life. This was the beginning of my passion for artistic endeavors. My interest in computers began in elementary school with games; Quake to be exact. I was interested in how these games were developed and dreamed about involving myself in the computer graphics field.

Soon after coming to the U.S. I began working within the architectural field and began self-study of computer generated architectural illustration. I became adept in various graphic softwares which I now use to express my artistic visions in a variety of unique ways. The skill that I have developed has also allowed me to found an architectural visualization studio in affiliation with some old college friends (www.virtualgfx.com). Our portfolio consists of works that reflect the highest standards in the industry. I have made many accomplishments since I began my journey yet I still feel that the best is yet to come.

Derek Jackson

I was initially inspired to want to work with computer graphics at a young age after watching films like Tron and Jurassic Park. This led to lots of failed attempts to create masterpieces with MS Paint.

Although I focused my education towards working in the videogame industry, after graduating in Computer Science I ended up working in architectural illustration. I've since been employed by Norwich and London-based LSI Architects for over five years now, heading up their Graphics & Visualisation Dept. I also produce conceptual designs through my DJ Illustration site (www.djillustration.com) in my spare time, when I'm not playing Mariokart.

I've been an active member of the CG Architect forum since 2003 where I've learnt a lot from the many talented artists. I'm also a new member of the Society of Architectural Illustration in the UK.

I use Form Z for modelling and Maxwell Render for lighting and rendering of my images, with post-processing in Photoshop.

Although I feel this competition will push me beyond anything I've done before, I'm looking forward to being involved and seeing what everyone comes up with!

Mohammed Ullah

I am Mohammed Nasir Ullah (chutti). i am working as senior architectural visualizer at Rangs properties Ltd. Bangladesh. I love my job which is architectural visualization and playing guitar. i wish all the competitors good luck!

Flavio Ochoa

From 2001 Smoothe http://www.smoothe.com as a Production Director Responsible for the quality of imagery and animation and European representative for the company. Work include animation for Mercedes Benz and the recently awarded VTP200 (Imagina 2008).

From 1998 to 2001 Hayes Davidson http://www.hayesdavidson.com as a Junior then Senior Designer 1992-1997

Various student jobs in architectural offices including: Sir Denis Lasdun: extension of the European Investment Bank, Luxembourg.

Brandon Servant

Alexey Chebykin

Was born in 1961 in Lysva of the Perm area.
- 1978-1980 service in army.
- 1987 has stopped LISI (now architecturally building of Akademy) on a speciality "architecture".
- 1983 on 1989 the sketches interiors of public buildings in Peter.
- 1989 on 2003 director of advertising agency.
- I am engaged in architectural designing, computer modelling and animation 1996.

Architect, designer, artist.
A participant in Russian and international Festivals and projects,
including: the first art auction, Leningrad, Russia (1987);
the International Festival of Architecture and Interior Design, the House
of the Architect,
Moscow, Russia (2002, 2003); the "Artist and Arms" International project,
Nizhny Tagil;
Amber Museum, Kaliningrad; within the framework of the festival
"Cultural Capital of the Volga Region", Izhevsk; Centre of Contemporary
Art
"M'ARS", Moscow, Russia (2005); Centre of Contemporary Art "Laznia",
Gdansk,
Poland (2006); Trans-Russian Art Project "9000 km", Bishkek, Kirgizstan;
Kurgan, Russia (2006); competition "Impossible in 3D", the winner (2005);
international competition "Bombay Sapphire"; the Net Festival/
Computer Graphics Competition "Golden Web", 1-2 prize in the
"3D Visualization" category; the "D.i.a" international project in the
category
"Innovation of the Kent Pack" (2006).
-2007 The finalist of competition " Heart of Venice ".
-2007 PRAGUEBIENNALE 3.
-2007 Venice Biennale 52.

Adriaan van Jaarsveld

I studied and completed my Ba. Visual Communication Degree in 2005.Working as a freelancer in South Africa in 2006 I took the opportunity to come and work in Europe in The Netherlands. I am currently working for DPI Animation House as a Junior artist.

Photography is a serious hobby outside the Arch Viz industry. I love taking photos and always try to carry my camera and tripod along when traveling.

Cyril De Araujo

Marco Gasparin

Andrew Lynn