David Ho (artist)
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David G. Ho is a Chinese-American artist
.
Ho was born in New Jersey
. He moved to Taiwan
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, his ambition in art motivated him to pursue another Bachelor degree in Art History
and Fine Arts from San Jose State University
.
Ho has created numerous digital art
works which were widely recognized and have been featured in competitions and publications including Society of Illustrators
Annuals, Spectrum Annuals, Applied Arts Photography and Illustration Annuals, Communication Arts Illustration Annual, Design Graphics, Heavy Metal
, Computer Graphics World, DPI Magazine, Society for News Design
, Chicago Tribune
, MacWorld Expo Digital Gallery, Step-by-Step Illustration Annual, EFX Art and Design, Digital Photo User (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."
Ho also works as a freelancer
illustrator and designer. His clients include Corona Beer, Simon & Schuster
, The Source
magazine, Chicago Tribune
, Interscope Records
, Ziff Davis
, Acer, Hitachi
, IBM
, the NRA
, Wizards of the Coast
, Infected Mushroom
, Seether
, Penguin Publishing and Soulfly
.
David Ho has illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering
collectible card game.
David Ho has also done album artwork for some bands as exampled in Infected Mushroom
's Vicious Delicious
, Seether
's Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces
, Cradle of Filth
's Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder
and Soulfly
's Omen
.
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
.
Ho was born in New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. He moved to Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
with his family when he was a child, and moved back to California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
as a teenager. After getting his undergraduate Sociology degree from UC Berkeley, his ambition in art motivated him to pursue another Bachelor degree in Art History
Art history
Art history has historically been understood as the academic study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts, i.e. genre, design, format, and style...
and Fine Arts from San Jose State University
San José State University
San Jose State University is a public university located in San Jose, California, United States...
.
Ho has created numerous digital art
Digital art
Digital art is a general term for a range of artistic works and practices that use digital technology as an essential part of the creative and/or presentation process...
works which were widely recognized and have been featured in competitions and publications including Society of Illustrators
Society of Illustrators
The Society of Illustrators is a professional society based in New York City. Founded in 1901, the mission of the Society is to promote the art and appreciation of illustration, as well as its history...
Annuals, Spectrum Annuals, Applied Arts Photography and Illustration Annuals, Communication Arts Illustration Annual, Design Graphics, Heavy Metal
Heavy Metal (magazine)
Heavy Metal is an American science fiction and fantasy comics magazine, known primarily for its blend of dark fantasy/science fiction and erotica. In the mid-1970s, while publisher Leonard Mogel was in Paris to jump-start the French edition of National Lampoon, he discovered the French...
, Computer Graphics World, DPI Magazine, Society for News Design
Society for News Design
The Society for News Design is an international organization for professionals working in the news sector of the media industry, specifically those involved with graphic design, illustration, web design and infographics....
, Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is...
, MacWorld Expo Digital Gallery, Step-by-Step Illustration Annual, EFX Art and Design, Digital Photo User (UK), Tear Magazine, PEI
Pei
PEI or Pei may refer to:Places:*Prince Edward Island, a province of Canada*Pei, Tibet, a town in Tibet*Pei County , a county in Xuzhou, Jiangsu, ChinaPeople:*I. M...
, 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."
Ho also works as a freelancer
Freelancer
A freelancer, freelance worker, or freelance is somebody who is self-employed and is not committed to a particular employer long term. These workers are often represented by a company or an agency that resells their labor and that of others to its clients with or without project management and...
illustrator and designer. His clients include Corona Beer, Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. It is one of the four largest English-language publishers, alongside Random House, Penguin and HarperCollins...
, The Source
The Source (magazine)
The Source is a United States-based, monthly full-color magazine covering hip-hop music, politics, and culture, founded in 1988. It is the world's second longest running rap periodical, behind United Kingdom-based publication Hip Hop Connection. The Source was founded as a newsletter in 1988...
magazine, Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is...
, Interscope Records
Interscope Records
Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that currently operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-History:...
, Ziff Davis
Ziff Davis
Ziff Davis Inc. is an American publisher and Internet company. It was founded in 1927 in Chicago by William B. Ziff, Sr. and Bernard G. Davis. Throughout most of its history, it was a publisher of hobbyist magazines, often ones devoted to expensive, advertiser-rich hobbies such as cars,...
, Acer, Hitachi
Hitachi, Ltd.
is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered in Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company is the parent of the Hitachi Group as part of the larger DKB Group companies...
, IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
, the NRA
NRA
NRA is an abbreviation that may mean:* National regulatory authorities , government agencies tasked with regulating and supervising sections of public service and economy...
, Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games...
, Infected Mushroom
Infected Mushroom
Infected Mushroom is an Israeli psychedelic trance DJ act and electronic group originally formed in late 1997 as a duo by producers Erez Eisen and Amit Duvdevani in Haifa...
, Seether
Seether
Seether is a post-grunge/alternative metal band from Pretoria, South Africa, formed in 1999. The band is currently signed to Wind-up Records...
, Penguin Publishing and Soulfly
Soulfly
Soulfly is a heavy metal band formed in 1997 based in Phoenix, Arizona. The original lyrical content revolved around spirituality and religious themes, with later albums encompassing other themes including war, violence, aggression, hatred and anger. Soulfly is led by former Sepultura frontman Max...
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David Ho has illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering
Magic: The Gathering
Magic: The Gathering , also known as Magic, is the first collectible trading card game created by mathematics professor Richard Garfield and introduced in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast. Magic continues to thrive, with approximately twelve million players as of 2011...
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 Infected Mushroom
Infected Mushroom
Infected Mushroom is an Israeli psychedelic trance DJ act and electronic group originally formed in late 1997 as a duo by producers Erez Eisen and Amit Duvdevani in Haifa...
's Vicious Delicious
Vicious Delicious
Vicious Delicious is the sixth studio album by psychedelic trance duo Infected Mushroom, released on March 26, 2007. The cover art was done by David Ho who later made a similar artwork for Seether's Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces...
, Seether
Seether
Seether is a post-grunge/alternative metal band from Pretoria, South Africa, formed in 1999. The band is currently signed to Wind-up Records...
's Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces
Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces
Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces is the fourth studio album by South African post-grunge/alternative metal band Seether. The album was released in South Africa and Switzerland on October 19, 2007, and released worldwide on October 23, 2007....
, Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band, formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic black metal, and other extreme metal styles, while their lyrical themes and imagery are heavily...
's Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder
Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder
Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder is the eighth studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on October 27, 2008 by Roadrunner Records. A special edition containing bonus material was also released...
and Soulfly
Soulfly
Soulfly is a heavy metal band formed in 1997 based in Phoenix, Arizona. The original lyrical content revolved around spirituality and religious themes, with later albums encompassing other themes including war, violence, aggression, hatred and anger. Soulfly is led by former Sepultura frontman Max...
's Omen
Omen (album)
-Personnel:*Max Cavalera - vocals, 4-strings guitar, sitar*Marc Rizzo - guitar, flamenco guitar*Bobby Burns - bass*Joe Nunez - drums, percussion*Branden Krull - keyboards*Greg Puciato - vocals on "Rise of the Fallen"...
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Exhibitions
- 2008 Group exhibit at World of Wonder Gallery, Los Angeles
- 2007 Group exhibit at Think Space Gallery, Los Angeles
- 2007 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
- Shadow Maker: The Digital Art of David Ho by David Ho
- The Art of David Ho