George Peaslee was born in Tokyo, Japan and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. In 2011 he recieved his BFA in Communication Arts from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. George first witnessed VR in 2016 while working in Japan. After being invited to the 2016 Google Artist in Residence program for Tilt Brush, he has continued to use the medium to establish himself in the new wave of VR Artists tasked to interpret the technology. Peaslee is currently developing a unique story-based role playing game for VR through a process of creating the content within VR.

Lives and Works in Sebastopol CA

Education / Residencies

2016 Google Artist in Residence, San Francisco CA

2011 BFA Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles CA

VR Projects

2018 VR 180 Creators Lab, VR Scout, Tokyo

2018 Steph Curry Verified Campaign, Under Armour + VR Scout, Los Angeles/Oakland

2018 Nighthawks, SoulPancake + VR Scout, Los Angeles

2018 Tilt Brush Tutorials, Google + VR Scout, Los Angeles

2018 The Weeping Woman, SoulPancake + VR Scout, Los Angeles

2017 Bedroom in Arles, SoulPancake + VR Scout, Los Angeles

2017 UCSD Campaign Celebration VR Performance, UCSD, San Diego/Los Angeles/San Francisco/New York

2017 A Sunday on Grande Jatte, SoulPancake + VR Scout, Los Angeles

2017 Live at E3, YouTube, Los Angeles

2017 XPRIZE Adventure Trip Kick Off Event, XPRIZE, Los Angeles

2017 Super Bowl LI Commercial, Fox Sports 1, Los Angeles

2017 Starry Night, SoulPancake + VR Scout, Los Angeles

2017 Batman, SoulPancake + VR Scout, Los Angeles

Publications

2018 Under Armour Builds Virtual World to Celebrate Stephen Curry, VR Scout

2017 Sketchfab Favs: Monsters and Monarchies, Upload VR

2017 This Tilt Brush Painting is Unbelievably Realistic, Upload VR

2017 Fox Sports Brings Tilt Brush Art to Television, VR Scout

2017 See This Famous Masterpiece Recreated in Virtual Reality, Upload VR

2016 This Week’s Best Virtual Reality Art Projects, Upload VR