Kadeer Karim
Stratford, CT
Advisor: Samantha Olschan
Artist Bio
Kadeer Karim is a DMD student studying for a BFA at the University of Connecticut, Stamford. Kadeer has been drawing all his life, as a kid, any chance he got he’d draw everywhere to the point where it always angered the teachers! He always loved anything drawn no matter what genre and that led him to pursue animation. Kadeer enrolled into the University of Connecticut’s Stamford campus, where he studied Animation for Four years, Studying graphic design, drawing, 2D and 3D animation, and video editing. He’s learned how to work and collaborate with other people, He hopes that after he’s finished his final year in college, he can continue his animation endeavors, whether it’s furthering his studies in animation, or to get a job in the animation industry. Drawing and animation have become something integral to him, he hopes to continue growing his skills and worldview and have amazing experiences.
Artist Statement
Art of the Cobra is a 2D animated short story about reconnecting from where you’re from. The story Follows Dakari, a young artist who’s is slowly losing the love to create. The constant rush of artist work has left him drained and passionless; he’s losing his passion for art; the world around is an emotionless grey, his feelings reach a boiling point when he fails his final project, the world around him turns into a suffocating grey enclosing him to his room. Until he receives a gift from his family, a strange paintbrush allowing him to paint anything. Testing out the paintbrush brings back a fire within him pushing him to go and study abroad in West Africa to reconnect with who he is, where he’s from, and what inspires him to make art. With this story I wanted to capture the true feelings of stagnation and dread that we all experience. that feeling of being in a rut, losing who you are, is a human feeling, and reconnecting with your friends and home can help lift you out of that darkness, inspire you to do things you haven’t done before and push yourself to create something different and new.
