I'm Ivan Oneka, a seasoned art director with over 20 years shaping art direction for CGI feature films, TV series, and video games. Based in Spain, I lead creative teams and craft visual language across concept art, environments, props, and UI/UX, with a track record of award nominations and long-running collaborations with studios worldwide.\n\nAs a founder member of The Workshop and a former co-director at Baleuko's projects, I enjoy turning ambitious IPs into immersive visuals, from early concept to final render. I'm passionate about storytelling through art direction, cinematics, and animation, including traditional and stop-motion, and I love mentoring teams to reach their best work.

Ivan Oneka

I'm Ivan Oneka, a seasoned art director with over 20 years shaping art direction for CGI feature films, TV series, and video games. Based in Spain, I lead creative teams and craft visual language across concept art, environments, props, and UI/UX, with a track record of award nominations and long-running collaborations with studios worldwide.\n\nAs a founder member of The Workshop and a former co-director at Baleuko's projects, I enjoy turning ambitious IPs into immersive visuals, from early concept to final render. I'm passionate about storytelling through art direction, cinematics, and animation, including traditional and stop-motion, and I love mentoring teams to reach their best work.

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I’m Ivan Oneka, a seasoned art director with over 20 years shaping art direction for CGI feature films, TV series, and video games. Based in Spain, I lead creative teams and craft visual language across concept art, environments, props, and UI/UX, with a track record of award nominations and long-running collaborations with studios worldwide.\n\nAs a founder member of The Workshop and a former co-director at Baleuko’s projects, I enjoy turning ambitious IPs into immersive visuals, from early concept to final render. I’m passionate about storytelling through art direction, cinematics, and animation, including traditional and stop-motion, and I love mentoring teams to reach their best work.

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Work Experience

Art Director for Casino Games at Expenti
July 29, 2024 - Present
Art Director for casino games; oversaw art direction and launched more than 10 games in 2024.
Art Director at Antler Interactive
July 3, 2023 - Present
Art Director for Cloudborn, Web3 game; directing internal art team of 8 artists and managing outsourced studios and external artists.
Art Director at Nimble Giant Entertainment (Embrace Group)
May 15, 2022 - June 30, 2023
Art Director for an unannounced AAA game and short collaboration for Star Trek: Infinite.
Art Director at The Workshop - Inventors of Play
July 2, 2016 - Present
Art Director for web and mobile casino games; led a team delivering Blackjack, European roulette, A Night with Cleopatra and more; also contributed to innovation hub prototypes.
Art Director and Co-Founder at Spearhead Studio
November 1, 2019 - October 30, 2022
Art Director and co-founder (Web and mobile innovative casino games): Directing an art team of 4; +40 games launched.
Art Director at GiG Games - Gaming Innovation Group
May 3, 2019 - September 23, 2019
Art Director (Web and mobile casino games); directed a team of 7 artists.
Art Director at Moonfrog Labs
August 1, 2015 - July 1, 2016
Art Director for 5 mobile projects (iOS/Android) with Mark Skaggs; managed art direction across platforms.
Art Director at Gameloft Valencia
July 30, 2014 - July 30, 2015
Studio Art Director for Trivial Pursuit & Friends, Asphalt 8, Minion Rush, Gods of Rome and more.
Art Director at TRC Family Entertainment Ltd
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2014
Art director: overseeing art department for MMO games, mobile games, interactive books and apps.
Art Director & Film Director at Baleuko
January 1, 2000 - January 1, 2012
Art director and film director; launched major CG animated films including The Wish Fish.
Pre-production Clay Sculptor at Disney Animation
January 1, 1999 - January 1, 2000
Contract (remote): Pre-production clay sculptor.

Education

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Qualifications

Member of the Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences
January 11, 2030 - April 4, 2026
Member of the Andalusian Cinematography Academy
January 11, 2030 - April 4, 2026
Goya Awards nominations for Best Animation Feature Film as Art Director, and for The Wish Fish as Film Director (2012)
January 1, 2012 - April 4, 2026

Industry Experience

Gaming, Media & Entertainment