Dirk Koy

Born in 1977, Switzerland
Lives and works in Münchenstein, Switzerland

Dirk Koy is artist and filmmaker. In his Studio «Dirk Koy Bild und Bewegung» which he founded in 2016 he realizes art projects in the field of animation and experimental film and is working on commissioned projects where he collaborates for example with the electronic music pioneers Yello, Nick Knight´s Showstudio, Balenciaga, Mercedes Benz and Fila. He has exhibited at the Art Center Nabi in Seoul, at the HeK (House of Electronic Arts) Basel, the Supernova festival in Denver and at the FILE Festival in São Paulo. In 2019, he was awarded the Basel Media Art Prize. A graduate of the Academy of Art and Design in Basel (HGK Basel) where he studied Visual Communication, Koy worked at KMS-Team Munich in graphics and moving image in 2003-2005. During this period he was involved in the development of the cross-media Corporate Design for Porsche Design, acclaimed by ADC Deutschland and recipient of a Red Dot Communication Award. Placing an emphasis on the role of experimentation, Koy has likened his working process to a moving painting. Over the past decade, he has also created animated music videos, title sequences and animations. In 2012, his work «The City» was distinguished with an Honorary Mention at the Prix Arts Electronica, and won first prize at the 2015 Visual Music Awards. Koy co-founded the visual communication office Equipo in 2007, which encompasses graphics, animation, video and interaction. He has lectured at the Institute of Visual Communication of the HGK Basel in Time Based Media (moving image) since 2011.

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