Born in 1986, Alexey Kashpersky graduated with honors from the National Technical University in his hometown of Poltava, Ukraine, earning a Master’s degree in Visual, Decorative, and Applied Arts.

Early in his career, Alexey created numerous CG artworks in the fantasy genre and produced a large body of 3D models for television and 3D printing studios, collaborating with clients around the world.
In 2012, he began working in the field of scientific visualization. That same year, his artwork "Human Immunodeficiency Virus" won an international competition. In 2013, he became a member of the Association of Medical Illustrators (USA) and was invited to work in the United States.

Alexey has received numerous major awards in the field of 3D graphics, including two CGSociety 3D Awards and the ZBrush Image of the Year Award.
His work has been featured in more than 30 international printed magazines and books, including WIRED Magazine, Popular Mechanics, Exotique, and Digital Art Masters. His artwork has also been presented in more than 25 personal and group exhibitions worldwide.

In 2017, together with business partner Mike Moran, Alexey co-founded the medical animation company Newt Studios. In 2020, Newt Studios merged with Dagr Nott & Associates (DNA), a creative agency specializing in socially impactful storytelling through 3D animation, VR, and digital and print media, where Alexey currently works as Creative Director.

In 2022, Alexey began work on the project Dragon and Me. During its development, the project gained significant popularity online, attracting more than 400,000 followers on Instagram and hundreds of thousands across other social media platforms. The project was also featured in Netflix advertising, New York fashion shows, and other major media appearances.

In 2025, Alexey completed the Dragon and Me short film and began its festival run. Early festival screenings brought nominations for Best First-Time Director at the Big Apple Film Festival and the Best VFX Award at the Animalis Film Fabula Festival.

Alexey is also the founder of ARQUTE, LLC, a Ukrainian company that brought together several creative initiatives. Among them was ARTTalk.ru, which for seven years served as one of the leading online communities for Russian-speaking artists, attracting more than 9,000 daily visitors. As its administrator, Alexey conducted notable interviews with artists who worked on major films such as Avatar and Prometheus. During this time, the ARTTalk community officially represented Russian-speaking artists in major international CG competitions such as Dominance War, earning numerous awards.

In 2010, Alexey and his team began work on the printed art book ARQUTE, which was successfully published in 2012 in a limited edition of 2,000 copies. That same year, the beta version of ARQUTE.com launched as an international online gallery. In 2014, Alexey made the difficult decision to close the ARQUTE projects, and in 2015 ARQUTE, LLC—including its internal projects and trademarks—was sold to Celistic, LLC.

Outside of the digital world, Alexey believes strongly in living a healthy and active life. As he once said in an interview for Autodesk, “Perhaps one day I will go diving along coral reefs or explore thousand-year-old caves at the far ends of the Earth. But for now, I’m happy to show the world where my imagination takes me through my art.”

FILM FESTIVALS

• The Micheaux Film Festival - "Dragon and Me" shortfilm: Official 2025 selection.

• Big Apple Film Festival  - "Dragon and Me" shortfilm: First time Director Award nominee.

• Animalis Fabula Film Festival - "Dragon and Me" shortfilm: Best VFX Award winner.

• Pasadena International Film Festival - "Dragon and Me" shortfilm: Official 2026 selection.

• International Animation Film Festival - "Dragon and Me" shortfilm: Official 2026 selection.

AWARDS

• Ballistic Publishing. Master Award (Australia / 2017)

• Image of the Year (Hollywood, USA / 2016)

• Six Aurora Awards as a part of Radius Digital team (USA / 2015)

• Four Telly Awards as a part of Radius Digital team (USA / 2015)

• 3DTotal Excellence Award - 7 times (2008 - 2015)

• ZBrushCentral Top Row - 7 times (2008 - 2015)

• Member of the Association of Medical Illustrators (USA / 2013)

• 1 st place on CGSociety Challenge with artwork Human Immunodeficiency Virus (2013)

• 1 st place in the competition by CELISTIC, LLC with artwork Golconda Uranium (2012)

• Deviantart.com - Daily Deviation: 1 (2011)

• CGSociety Award: (2009, 2010)

• 2 nd place in the international competition 3D Girl (2009)

INTERVIEWS

• Iguana to Dragon - Interview for Maxon (eng / 2024)

• Presentation at ZBrush Summit Conference (eng / 2019)

• Interview/Article for OpenBIO. (rus / 2018)

• The Urban Lens. Interview for 6sqft (eng / 2017)

• Interview for V-Ray ChaosGroup (eng / 2016)

• Interview for 3DTotal.com (eng / 2016)

• Designideas Interview by Dannica Gregorio (photography / eng / 2015)

• Interview for Nova's Deep Trip (rus / 2015)

• Live interview for CGIC (2hrs / rus / 2015)

• America's Aids Magazine by Angela Leroux-Lindsey (eng / 2013)

• 10 contemporary 3D Artists by Max Perchun (rus / 2012)

• Autodesk Behind the Screens by Fianna Wong (eng / 2010)

• Visual Arts Illustrated (eng / 2010)

• CGW magazine (China / 2010)

• Magic-CG magazine (rus / 2009)

EXHIBITIONS

• The Art of ZBrush (USA, Hollywood / 2019)

• Association of Medical Illustrators Salon (Austin, Texas, USA / 2017)

• Art Mora Salon Art Pt2 (USA, New Jersey / 2017)

• Art Mora Salon Art Pt1 (USA, New York / 2016)

• The Art of ZBrush II (USA, Hollywood / 2016)

• OpenBio 2016 Exhibition (Russia, Novosibirsk / 2016)

• Association of Medical Illustrators Salon (Atlanta, Georgia, USA / 2016)

• A tribute to Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell exhibition “Warriors and Amazons” (Chicago, USA / 2016)

• Artworks used during the Immunomedia presentation (Bogotá, Colombia / 2015)

• OpenBio 2015 Exhibition (Russia, Novosibirsk / 2015)

• Artworks showed on ZBrushSummit (USA, Hollywood / 2015)

• Medical artworks used during the WakeMed Trauma Conference (USA, North Carolina / 2015)

• My Lady Liberty on Broadway's show (USA, New York / 2015)

• Sociology of Health Lecture (Italy, Parma / 2014)

• 3D Artwork "HIV" on New York MetroCard (USA, New York / 2014)

• OpenBio Exhibition (Russia, Novosibirsk / 2014)

• IT Festival (Ukraine / Kirovograd / 2014)

• ACSB (American Society for Cell Biology) Exhibition (USA/New Orleans / 2013). Artwork sold from auction.

• Exhibition at Art Park Festival (Russia, Moscow / 2012)

• Artwork used in design of "Think Tank Training Centre" (Vancouver, Canada)

• Exhibition in MGIMO (Russia, St. Petersburg / 2010)

• Exhibition in Metropole Hotel (Russia, St. Petersburg / 2010)

• International Design Forum (Ukraine, Kharkov / 2009)

• "Digital Beauty" (Germany, Leipzig / 2008)

PRINTED PUBLICATIONS

• WIRED Magazine - cover. (Italy / 2021)

• Fag&Forskning Magazine, cover (Denmark / 2019)

• HIV Artwork on the cover of the Book (London / 2019)

• Connexi Magazine, cover. (Germany / 2018)

• Bioveta Magazine (Poland / 2017)

• Connexi Magazine, cover. (Germany / 2017)

• 3D Artist magazine. Issue 111 (UK / 2017)

• Fag&Forskning Magazine, cover (Denmark / 2017)

• WIRED Magazine. (Italy / 2017)

• MyRoche Magazine. (Switzerland / 2016)

• UCSF Magazine. (USA / 2016)

• Connexi Magazine, cover. (Germany / 2016)

• ZBrush Tips&Tricks 3DArtist Magazine Issue 84, 93 (UK / 2016)

• 3D World magazine. Issue 207 (England / 2016)

• InCG magazine. March Issue (Taiwan / 2016)

• Artwork HIV in the Liane - "Colibri" Album cover (Portugal / 2016)

• 3D World magazine. Christmas Issue (England / 2016)

• PEAU magazine. Photoart/18+ (New York / 2015)

• InCG magazine. September Issue (Taiwan / 2015)

• 3D Artist magazine. Issue 84 (UK / 2015)

• Popular Mechanics magazine. (Russia / 2015)

• Connexi Magazine, cover. (Germany / 2015)

• Journey with Olds magazine, cover. (USA / 2015)

• Connexi Magazine, cover. (Germany / 2014)

• Chakota Magazine (Mexico / 2014)

• AMI newsletter (Association of Medical Illustrators) (USA / 2013)

• Ballistic Publishing's EXPOSE 11 Book (Australia / 2013)

• 3D World Magazine (USA / 2013)

• A&U Magazine (USA / 2013)

• ARQUTE Digital 1 (Ukraine / 2012)

• Secrets of Zbrush Experts Book (USA / 2011)

• Interview for CGW magazine (China / 2011)

• Ballistic Publishing's EXOTIQUE 5 Book (Australia / 2009)

• Digital Art Masters 4 Book (England / 2009)

ONLINE PUBLICATIONS

• Cartoon Brew Magazine - Artist of the Day (2016)

• Medical Illustrations are featured in the Juxtapoz Magazine (2016)

• HIV and Ebola Virus artworks Making of for 3Dartist Magazine (2016)

• Artwork Human Cadaver Featured on the Street Anatomy media (2015)

• Artworks highlighted in the educational video about the HIV (2015)

• Featured on Print All Over Me as “Print of the Week” (2015)

• Artwork highlighted on V-Ray official website (2014)

• SciArt in America Magazine (2014)

• HIV on the FrontPage of Pixologic (2013)

• 3DCreative magazine (Dec'08, May'09, Dec'09)

TO CLIENTS

As a co-founder of Newt Studios medical animation - it's my main goal to make our clients happy with the new ways of science storytelling and leading-edge quality of work.
Our team of 3D animators, trained medical illustrators, and science communicators will be happy to tell your story the most interesting and unique way - from traditional 2D animation to hi-end VR experience.
Let's explore the new and exciting inner worlds together! 

Email: alexey@kashpersky.com