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_{Zoe Duong Pham}

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Zoe Duong Pham is a Vietnamese-born, Chicago-bred, and London-based visual storyteller working across digital illustration, animation and painting. Her practice is visceral and emotionally charged. Using bold colour and fluid movement, she explores the human connection to body, mind and emotion. She is interested in researching human self-expression through their choices of fashion, music and world building.

Zoe’s art is her rebellion against silence. Through her work, she challenges the inherited cultural expectations of femininity and sexual agency.

Zoe previously studied animation and filmmaking at the Royal College of Art (London) and DePaul University (Chicago). Her animated films have screened internationally at festivals including BIT BANG, LIAF, VOID, Atlanta Film Festival, and Nashville Film Festival, among others.

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: @zoeduongpham
: zoeduongpham@gmail.com

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PICK YOUR POISON (2020)

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Short film - Animation

Two people fall madly in love until their love bubble pops. Their minds speak louder than their words. 

a film by Zoe Duong Pham
Music: Matt Perius
Sound Design: Zoe Duong Pham & Dylan Smith
Sound Mixing: Dylan Smith


Official Selections:
Dreamachine International Film Festival 2020
Alternating Currents Film Festival 2020
TOFUZI International Animated Film Festival 2020
Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival 2020
London International Animation Festival 2020
TAF Thessaloniki Animation Festival 2020
Bit Bang International Animation and Digital Art Festival 2020
Los Angeles Animation Festival 2020
Cambria Film Festival of Romance, Love, and Rom-coms 2021
CALCUTTA INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2021
VOID International Animation Film Festival 2021
Atlanta Film Festival 2021
Animation Celebration Fest 2021
ABQ Indie Film Festival 2021
DePaul Premiere Film Festival 2021
Nashville Film Festival 2021

Awards:
"Best Animated Short Film Award": Dreamachine International Film Festival 2020
"Student Experimental Short Silver Award": Los Angeles Animation Festival 2020
"Best Color Design Award": Animation Celebration Fest 2021
"Best Animated film Award", "Undergraduate Faculty Judges' Award", "July's Honorable Mentions": DePaul Premiere Film Festival 2021 


Software:
TV PaintAfter EffectsPhotoshopPremiere Pro

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Party Poster Design 

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Commission work

1. Buttons Berlin (Berlin-based queer party) /Apr.8.22
   
2. Buttons Berlin /May.28.22
3. Buttons Berlin /May.28.22
4. Buttons Berlin /Sep.2.22
   
5. Lien Hoan (Saigon-based party collective) /Sept.27.24
   
6. Queen Butch (Atlanta-based queer party) /Apr.19.25
   
7. Queen Butch /Oct.11.25
   

Software:
PhotoshopAfter Effects
TV PaintIllustrator

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Red Plastic Stool 

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Illustration series  (on-going)

This illustration series is inspired by the various ways that red plastic stools are used in Vietnamese community settings. From street food vendors, social events to classroom settings, the red plastic stool has become a staple in Vietnamese community life. 

The design comes from a practical need rather than aesthetic or branding. Because of its flexibility and practicality, this chair is deeply connected to the rhythms of the streets and vibrant culture in Vietnam. 

This series in a celebration of the relationship that is built and formed between people while sitting on the stool as well as the relationship between this iconic stool and the people.

1. Close up and personal
   
2. Third wheel
   
3. I <3 red plastic stool
   
4. Three way
   
5. All together now
   
6. Girl reading 1
7. Girl reading 2
   
8. Girl reading 3
   
9. Bring Your Own Chair
   
10. Shirt design of “Bring Your Own Chair”  
    

Software:
PhotoshopIllustrator

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Star Nhà Ease Film Posters

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Commission work

I created 3 posters for Star Nhà Ease film festival (2025) as part of the festival’s exhibition “Rewind and Reframe” which is on display at Rich Mix Cinema (London) from July 3rd - August 13th, 2025. 

1. Short program “Tides of Change” poster. (rejected)
   
2. Short program “Tides of Change” poster (accepted) Reflecting Vietnam’s cultural crossroads where tradition and transformation exist in dynamic tension. In this poster, I visualize the push and pull between generational values and evolving economies. A sweeping wave bisects the composition, embodying the “tide”, with each half representating a distinct path: continuty and change. On one side, a tour boat surges forward, carrying with the promise if renewal and on the other side, a solitary man sits idly beyond a burning roof signaling a sign of acceptance and defiance. I want to create this juxtaposition to invite the viewers to consider not only what changes but what endured, the complexity of choice in a shifting lanscape.
3. Re-Imagined poster of “The Bitter Taste of Love” (1990).
My interpretation of this film centres on the qutie resiliebce if a post-war generation daring to dream again. I pair the image of the protagonist Phuong standing at the door of her family’s house looking out to the rain drops that encapsulate the flowers that was given to her by an admirer to symbolize hope. This poster is a tribute to a generation navigating tenderness against the backdrop of trauma and posing the question: “What now?”.

4. The framed “Tides of Change” poster at the exhibition.
   
5. The framed “the Bitter Taste of Love” poster at the exhibition.
   

Software:
Photoshop

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Glimmer of Us

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Animation commission for Eda Birthing x Bitchcraft‘s collaboration fashion film

digital hand drawn animation on live-action film

Fashion by: @eda_birthing
A film by BITCHCRAFT @bitchcraft.co in collaboration with EDA BIRTHING @eda_birthing

Featuring the Eda Birthing’s GLIMMER OF US collection
Directed by @aliyahaq
Produced by @_sunsational
Director of Photography @home_paige
Production Designer @kadenjase
Animation by @zoeduongpham
Post-Production Supervisor @livkrusinski
Sound Designer @gabrielle_maya

Starring (in alphabetical order)
Abhijeet @bon_abhijeet
Dalton Rhodes @dalton.pr
Denali @denalifoxx
Eda Birthing @eda_birthing
Kenzie Coulee @kenziecoulee
Khloe Coulee @khloecoulee
Loren J @jforpay
Lucy Stoole @tyislucystoole
Pangaea @pangaeas_planet
Ramona Slick @ramonaslick
Siichele @siichele

Unit Production Manager @rachel_colehearted
1st Assistant Director @aka_lua
2nd Assistant Director @lemonadelaide
Production Assistant @ojitovago
Production Assistant @rocket_art365
Director’s Assistant @syd.willss
Movi Operator @astronaut_aus
1st Assistant Camera @k_ashleman
Gaffer @bigmilkhog
Key Grip @ethan.schoenbomb
Grip @cam.speedz
Grip @hatlebergfilm
Set Decorator @rachel_colehearted
Set Dresser @davidb322Set 
Dresser  @amandaasnacks
Construction Coordinator @lex.ington
Carpenter @cristothecarpenter
Carpenter @adamjcho
Carpenter @smelly_ass_gypsy
Art Assistant @zoeduongpham
Art Assistant/BTS Documentary @_dreasbrimmer
BTS Photographer/Head of Publicity @lastlookswitherica
Photographer Assistant @mercedes_zapata
Editor @aliyahaq
Music Composition @aliyahaq
Assistant Editor @tpatmac
Catering @blinn.cuisine

Software:
TV PaintAfter Effects

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FINESSE (2021) - VAM Studio

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Commission - animated opening title sequence

“Finesse is a web series starring Vincent Martell as ‘Martell,’ Shea Couleé as ‘Kizer,’ and Jeez Loueez as ‘Daryn.’ The three play loveable, relatable, yet abundantly unique black, queer sex workers living together in their own chosen family.”


The animated opening title is created to follow and celebrate the narrative of the show which follows three queer sex workers and roommates living in Chicago as they navigate friendship, love, the hustle bustle life against the politics of the country.


WATCH the full series on YOUTUBE

Software:
TV PaintAfter EffectsPremiere Pro

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Illustration and Digital Fashion 

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Collaboration with digital artist and creative technologist Olivia Ema

Inspired by our joint curiosity and interest for plant’s healing property and our love for fashion. I create illustration of women adorning by flower which then was adapted into fabric pattern in the digital fashion world by artist Olivia Ema. 

Software: (Illustration)
Photoshop

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Official Music Video for 'Welcome Home' by Huntch. 

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Commission work

A girl loses her mind while being in the restriction of the four walls or her house and day dreaming about traveling to somewhere very far away. 

SONG Mixed and Mastered by Davis Jones.

Software:
TV PaintAfter EffectsPremiere Pro

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Official Music Video for “For a Sunburn” by Crashing Hotels

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Commission work

VIDEO:
Animation by : Zoe Duong Pham
Directed by : Zoe Duong Pham & Ao Anderson
Produced by : Ao Anderson

SONG:
Produced, Recorded, Mixed by : Ao Anderson
Keys & Bass : Ao Anderson
Drums : Habbert Cheeks III 
Mastered by : Christian Wright (Abby Road Studios)

WATCH the full music video on YOUTUBE

Software:
TVPaint After EffectsPremiere Pro

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Phone Background - AVAILABLE 4 PURCHASE

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Personal project

”GIRLS TALK”
an illustration inspired by my personal experience of the power of girls sharing information, “gossiping”, spilling the tea with each other to support, protect and empower.

Download and get your phone in the mood with this 9:16 ratio wallpaper.

:     https://zoeduongpham.gumroad.com/l/qezskd


Software:
Photoshop