Matti Vilho Vesanen in London

Visual Artist, Director, 
3D Generalist, Creative TD

hello@mattivilho.com
+44 77 197 58579
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I’m a visual artist and director from Helsinki, now based in London, and I love blending CG and real-time animation to create surreal, sci-fi-inspired worlds. My work is all about mixing emotion with experimentation, which has landed me some cool honors like an ADC’E Gold and a Vimeo Staff Pick. For me, it’s about crafting intricate, imaginative spaces that pull people in and make them feel something.

 


Experience


Freelance
Visual Artist, Director,
3D Generalist, Creative TD
June 2013 - Present

As a freelancer I work within a wide variety of positions ranging from Director to a Technical Director to 3D Artist. I’ve worked with studios like Builders Club, Blinkink, Minimal Collective, Ozon Studio and for clients including Bad Bunny, Stormzy, Rockstar Energy, Suunto and Kone. My visual work has been featured lately in FACT Magazine and METAL Magazine and live installations and visuals at Nxt Museum, Amsterdam Dance Event and Lunchmeat Festival.

Veli Studio
Co-Founder, Creative Director, Animation Director,
3D Lead
April 2011 - September 2022

I founded Veli Studio with my brother from the spark of skateboard videos and within 11 years we built the company to employ 10+ people and to work with the top agencies and clients in Finland. My role was leading our 3D motion graphics team as the Creative Director, developing our digital approaches and researching upcoming technologies, working with the clients and agencies ensuring the expectations are met creatively, technically and within budget.
Education

National Film and Television School

Master of Arts,
Directing Animation
2020 - 2022

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Escape Studios

Advanced 3D for VFX
2015 - 2016


Software

•Blender, Houdini, Cinema 4D, Maya
•Redshift, Octane & Arnold
•Unreal Engine & Unity
•Stable Diffusion
•Marvelous Designer
•Substance Painter
•Touch Designer & Resolume
•Adobe CC
•Davinci Resolve & Fusion

Skills

Visual artist, Filmmaker, Director, Producer, 3D Generalist, Creative TD, Animation, Characters, AI, Storytelling, Motion Capture




HoxV-2: Spekki Webu - Liquid Tryptamine (Amniote Editions 2024)


Role: Director, Animator, 3D Artist


https://metalmagazine.eu/en/post/spekki-webu





STORMZY x ROCKSTAR ENERGY
with Builders Club

Role: Unreal Engine Supervisor





MÆRE
Helsinki International Film Festival Trailer

Role: Director, Animator, 3D Artist











SIGNAL TRANSMUTATIONS
A/V Live project with Spekki Webu

Role: Director, Animator, 3D Artist

www.signaltransmutations.net

Interview: https://www.factmag.com/2023/02/14/spekki-webu-matti-vilho-optic-portal-presents-signal-transmutations/

Shows:

12/5/23
Fiber Festival, Amsterdam

2/9/23
Retriitti, Finland

25/9/23
Lunchmeat Festival, Prague

19/10/23
DeSchool, Amsterdam

18/10/24
Nxt Museum, Amsterdam



ASCENT
Shortfilm

Role: Director, Animator, 3D Artist


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SLUSH
Commercial

Role: Co-Director, Animator, 3D Artist




NIGHTMARE
Shortfilm

Role: Director, Animator, 3D Artist


Vimeo Staff Pick