David G. Ho is a Chinese-American artist.

Life

Ho was born in

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. He moved to

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

with his family when he was a child, and moved back to California as a teenager. After getting his undergraduate Sociology degree from

UC Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after the Anglo-Irish philosopher George Berkele ...

, his ambition in art motivated him to pursue another bachelor's degree in

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and

fine arts In European academic traditions, fine art (or, fine arts) is made primarily for aesthetics or creativity, creative expression, distinguishing it from popular art, decorative art or applied art, which also either serve some practical function ...

from

San Jose State University San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the List of oldest schools in California, oldest public university on the West Coast of ...

. Ho has created numerous

digital art Digital art, or the digital arts, is artistic work that uses Digital electronics, digital technology as part of the creative or presentational process. It can also refer to computational art that uses and engages with digital media. Since the 1960 ...

works which were widely recognized and have been featured in competitions and publications including

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Annuals, Spectrum Annuals, Applied Arts Photography and Illustration Annuals,

Communication Arts Illustration Communication is commonly defined as the transmission of information. Its precise definition is disputed and there are disagreements about whether unintentional or failed transmissions are included and whether communication not only transmit ...

Annual, Design Graphics, Heavy Metal,

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, DPI Magazine,

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Digital Gallery, Step-by-Step Illustration Annual, EFX Art and Design,

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(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."Lavin, Thea (February 19, 2004). "Digital art competition winners on display", ''

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''. Ho also works as a

freelancer ''Freelance'' (sometimes spelled ''free-lance'' or ''free lance''), ''freelancer'', or ''freelance worker'', are terms commonly used for a person who is self-employed and not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term. Freelance w ...

illustrator and designer. His clients include

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, ''

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, Acer,

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, the

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and

Soulfly Soulfly is an American heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed in Phoenix, Arizona in 1997. Soulfly is led by former Sepultura frontman Max Cavalera, who formed the band after he left the Brazilian group in 1996. To date the band has release ...

. 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

's ''Vicious Delicious'',

's '' Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces'',

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's ''

Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder ''Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder'' (subtitled ''The Life and Crimes of Gilles de Rais'') is the eighth studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on 28 October 2008, through record label Roadrunner. It is the b ...

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Exhibitions

*2008 Group exhibit at World of Wonder Gallery, Los Angeles *2007 Group exhibit at Think Space Gallery, Los Angeles *200
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''
by David Ho

References

External links

The Art of David Ho
Official website
David Ho – Surreal Art Collective
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ho, David 1969 births American artists American people of Taiwanese descent Artists from New Jersey Game artists Living people San Jose State University alumni Album-cover and concert-poster artists