Lecturer, Animation

Ang Qing Sheng

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  • Master of Arts in Arts Pedagogy and Practice, Goldsmiths, University of London
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Animation, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Qing Sheng is an artist-educator who teaches at the Puttnam School of Film & Animation.

As an academic, he has presented at various international conferences, including the ELIA Biennial Conference, Society for Animation Studies (SAS) Conferences, Animation Public Engagement Symposium (APES) and the Center for Culture and Cultural Studies (CCCS) Conference. He was also invited to speak at panels hosted by Singapore Film Society, SCAPE and Singapore Writers Festival. His academic publications include articles published in the peer-reviewed journals Animation Practice, Process & Production (Intellect) and Animation Studies (SAS).

As an educator, Qing Sheng has supervised and mentored award-winning student films and meaningful collaboration projects. Some of these projects include augmented reality activations for ARTWALK and Paris-Lyon-Singapour at Annecy International Animation Festival. He has also engaged younger students in animation when he partnered with The Filmic Eye to conduct workshops for secondary schools, as well as the senior generation at Our Animation Journey workshop sponsored by the National Arts Council.

As a filmmaker, he has received support from LASALLE, NAC, Infocomm Media Development Authority, SCAPE and Viddsee to produce animated short films. These films have won awards both locally and internationally, including Digicon6 ASIA, National Youth Film Awards, International Animation Festival Nagoya, Lugano Animation Days and Craft International Animation Festival.

As an artist, he has published a colouring book titled Picturesque Shophouses with Epigram. He has also exhibited and published several artworks with the Urban Sketchers Singapore.

In the area of sustainability, he is the winner of the City Developments Limited (CDL) E-Generation Challenge 2019 which landed him on an arctic expedition with world-renowned explorer Robert Swan. He has produced and mentored a number of eco-films with CDL and Jane Goodall Institute (Singapore) to inspire sustainable human-nature coexistence.

Read More

  • ‘A painting-inspired approach to develop exploration in 3D animation visual style’ inAnimation Studies, Volume 14, Society of Animation Studies (2019)
  • ‘The Introspective Merlion: Transculturalism in Singaporean Animation’ inAnimation Studies, Volume 14, Society of Animation Studies (2019)
  • ‘Infusing local culture in Singaporean Animation – Developing a framework of cultural specifics from a study of contemporary cinema in Singapore’, in Animation Practice, Process & Production,Volume 7, Issue 1, Intellect (2018)

  • Winner, International Competition for Tangle Lah at Lugano Animation Days (2022)
  • Gold Award for Traffic Light at Digicon6 ASIA; Singapore (2021)
  • Southeast Asia Special Mention for Taking Social Issue and Polish Audience Award for Traffic Light at Craft International Animation Festival (2021)
  • Best Animated Film Award (Open Youth Category) for 看瞴 Kua Bo at National Youth Film Awards (2020)
  • Silver Award for 看瞴 Kua Bo at 22nd Digicon6 ASIA; Singapore (2020)
  • Special Mention for 2D Animation Technique (Southeast Asia Competition) short film 看瞴 Kua Bo at Craft International Animation Festival (2020)
  • 1st Prize Winner at Razer Stay Home and Colour On Contest (2020)
  • Winner, 3rd CDL E-Generation Challenge – Young Eco Ambassador of Singapore at ClimateForce 2041: Arctic Expedition (2019)
  • Viddsee Shortee for Lak Boh Ki (2018)
  • Gold Award for Lak Boh Ki at Digicon6 Singapore (2017)
  • Jury’s Special Award, Audience Choice Award and Japanese premiere for Lak Boh Ki at Nagoya Digital Arts Festival (2016)
  • Division II “CG Animation Theatre” Excellent Award for for Lak Boh Ki at Asiagraph; Tokyo, Japan (2016)
  • 3rd Prize Winner, Tampines Town Council Art Competition (2016)
  • Student Animation Winner for Affinity: Our Song at FAM Fest; US (2014)
  • Top 10 finalist and Best Artist Award for short film Affinity: Our Song at 15th TBS Digicon6 (Singapore Region) (2013)

Filmography

  • Tangle Lah!, animated short film (2022)
  • Traffic Light, animated short film (2021)
  • 看瞴 Kua Bo, animated short film (2020)
  • 折纸阿婆 The Fold of Fulfilment, animated short film (2019)
  • Deterritorialising Animation Practice through Intermedial Transpositions, research project (2018–2019)
  • It’s All Connected, animated short film (2016)
  • Lak Boh Ki, animated short film (2016)
  • 5 Shades of Solitude, animated short film (2015)
  • Affinity: Our Song, animated short film (2013)
  • Affinity: A Prelude, animated short film (2012)

Research projects

  • ‘Emancipating the spectator through affective cinema’ (2020–2023)
  • ‘Infusing local culture in Singaporean Animation – Developing a framework of cultural specifics from a study of contemporary cinema in Singapore’ (2015–2016)

  • Local culture in Singapore’s animated media

  • Viddsee Scene City Season 5 (2022)
  • SCAPE Film Facilitation Programme (2021)
  • LASALLE Research Project Funding (2020)
  • Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) Short Film Commission (SFC) – Short Film Grant (2018)
  • LASALLE Research Project Funding (2018)
  • LASALLE Research Project Funding (2015)
  • National Arts Council Singapore Writers Festival – Utter (2014)