OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce Penakee Das as the recipient of the 2026 Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS) Residency Career Launcher!
Penakee Das bio:
Penakee Das is multi-disciplinary artist who is focused on researching the link between art and pedagogy. To him visual arts is another way of communication that allows deeper meanings and emotions to become tangible. His background before exploring Art as a career was in education for special demographics including; the elderly, the very young, and kids with learning disabilities or behavioral issues. In his personal experience working into those fields he experienced first hand how important visual language can be to communicate with those with barriers.
Penakee’s interest in animation stems from the idea that animation is not one singular work but multiple chances to display the same concept over and over. His primary forms of animation are in stop motion and compositing. Many of his films focus on abstract sensory experience, utilizing real life textures and compositing them over each other to create the hyperreal. This visual experience not only shows a physical object or texture but actualizes the spiritual essence of the physical.
