Originally from Edmonton, Alberta, Brandon Blommaert got his BFA from Alberta University of the Arts in Calgary, where he eventually founded Western Canada's largest animation festival (the Giant Incandescent Resonating Animation Festival). In 2008, his involvement in the National Film Board of Canada's Hothouse young-animators mentorship program spurred a move to Montreal, Quebec, where he still resides with his four-year-old chimera son. His practice focuses on experimental animation and the many forms it can take on. With a heavy interest in visual music, surrealism, and sci-fi tropes, he easily jumps between a diverse range of mediums, from stop-motion to pure digital abstraction. Along with showing work online, his work has been exhibited in gallery spaces such as The Alberta Art Gallery, and International Film Festivals such as Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Animafest Zagreb, and Ottawa International Animation Festival.
