Studio UBL is a creative studio based in London specialising in 3D Animation (Cinema 4D), VFX (After Effects), Game Design and Immersive Projects (Unreal Engine).
Studio UBL has worked with a wide variety of clients creating character animation, motion graphics, Virtual Reality, Virtual Production, and creative workshops.
Led by artist Joseph Whitmore, an extensive knowledge of new media and experimental defines Studio UBL’s appraoach to projects.
Screened and exhibited works include ICA (London), OUTERNET (London), Manchester Art Gallery (Manchester), World Museum (Liverpool) and IRCAM (Paris), and festivals such as London Film Festival, London International Animation Festival and Sundance Film.
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Exhib
Exhibitions
Roadside Picnic - Cromwell Place - London 2021
Into The Midst - Waterside Gallery - Manchester 2019 (solo)
Wrexham Open - Ty Pawb - Wrexham 2018
Play Beautiful - Ladybank - Leeds 2018
Invisible Lines - Scaffold Gallery - Bolton 2017
Heavy Duty Floor Paint - London Scottish House - Manchester 2016
Grotte - CBS Gallery - Liverpool 2015
Bloomberg New Contemporaries - ICA - London 2014
Bloomberg New Contemporaries - World Museum - Liverpool 2014
Awards
Developing Your Creative Practice - Arts Council England - 2021
Grants for the Arts - Arts Council England - 2018/19
Bloomberg New Contemporaries - 2014/15
Game Design
HeartBit - Unreal Megagrants - 2022
Lecabel - Self initiated - 2022
Pique Nique - Future Everything - 2021
Read - Greater Manchester Combined Authority - 2020
Residencies
Future Everything this place [of mine] - North West - 2020 to 2021
One Dish Room at Old Bank NOMA - Manchester - 2020 to 2021
Brighter Sounds - Manchester/Salford - 2016
Floating Island - Manchester - 2016
Publications
On The Fly - Published recipe book - 2021
IsThisIt Magazine - Online and Printed Publication - 2017 and 2018
Pure Butter - Self published book 2017
Performances/Screenings
River’s Odyssey - Outernet - London 2023
Mock Jungle - Metoche - Bologne, Italy 2020
MIRA - PS Mirabel - Manchester 2020
WILDLANDS - Portico Library - Manchester 2019
Co:Lab Festival - Royal Exchange Theatre - Manchester 2017
Film Focus - Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art - Manchester 2017
Video Jam - BBC Philharmonic Studios - Salford 2016
Video Jam - Manchester Art Gallery - Manchester 2016