Ashley Pinnick is a multidisciplinary artist based in Phoenix, Arizona. Her eye sprite characters appear across interactive media and public spaces, exploring themes of observation, curiosity, and our relationship with the natural world.

With over a decade of experience art directing immersive projects, from DICE Award-winning VR games to AR installations for Disney and large-scale public art, she brings a world-building sensibility to every medium.

TV Dinner Studios (Ashley Pinnick) CV

2025 - DICE Awards, Immersive Reality Technical Achievement, Starship Home
2025 - IGF Awards, Nuovo Award Nominee, Starship Home
2025 - Australian Game Awards, Nominee in 2 categories, Starship Home
2019 - American Illustration 39 , Chosen Category, 2 works on paper
2019 - U.S. Patent, Selecting AR Objects for Display Based on Contextual Cues, Google
2018 - Webby Awards, Best of VR: Interactive, Game or Realtime, Tilt Brush
2017 - Cannes Gold Lion, Digital Craft, Tilt Brush
2017 - Cannes Gold Lion, Innovation, Tilt Brush
2017 - SXSW, Interactive Innovation Award, Tilt Brush
2017 - CES, Best of Innovations, Tilt Brush
2016 - Clio Keyart Award, Events/Experiential, Alice: Wonder Mirror AR

2024 - Starship Home, Art Director, TV Dinner Studios for Creature
2023 - Nano, Art Director, TV Dinner Studios for Lighthaus Inc
2022 - Slimeball!, Art Director & Co-Creator, TV Dinner Studios for Meta Reality Labs
2022 - Cosmonious High, Contract Artist, TV Dinner Studios for Owlchemy Labs
2022 - Color Space, Art Director, TV Dinner Studios for Lighthaus Inc
2019 - Playground, Technical Artist, Google
2018 - A Show of Kindness, Title Designer, Google
2017 - Tilt Brush, Art Director, Google
2016 - Dead Bug Creek, Creator, California Rex
2016 - Blair Witch VR, Artist, Part IV + Lionsgate Studios
2016 - Zootopia: Dancing with Gazelle, Artist, Part IV + Disney Studios
2015 - Alice: Wonder Mirror AR, 2D/3D Artist, Part IV + Disney Studios
2013 -Codarica, Freelance Artist, Disney Accelerator

2026 - Found:RE Contemporary, Tiny exhibition, Phoenix AZ
2026 - City of Peoria, Utility Box Wrap Art, Peoria AZ
2025 - Greater Phoenix Economic Council, Color Cloth & Culture exhibition, Phoenix AZ
2025 -Giant Robot Gallery, Post-it Show exhibition, Los Angeles CA
2021 - Giant Robot Gallery, Post-it Show exhibition, Los Angeles CA
2019 - Giant Robot Gallery, Post-it Show exhibition, Los Angeles CA
2018 - SIGGRAPH Vancouver, VR Village exhibition of A Show of Kindness, Vancouver Canada
2018 - California Academy of Sciences, Public exhibition of Tilt Brush, San Francisco CA
2018 - Giant Robot Gallery, Post-it Show exhibition, Los Angeles CA
2017 - Royal Academy of Arts, Contributor, AR experience for Jonathan Yeo, London UK
2016 - Disney California Adventure Park, Alice: Wonder Mirror AR installation, Anaheim CA
2015 - D23 Expo, Alice: Wonder Mirror AR installation, Anaheim CA
2015 - SIGGRAPH Los Angeles, VR Village exhibition of Dead Bug Creek, Los Angeles CA
2014 - 101 Coffee Shop, Little Guys & Gals two-person exhibition, Los Angeles CA
2011 - Homage Coffee House, Solo exhibition of recent paintings, Glendale AZ
2010 - Two Hippies Beach House, Custom table painting for Restaurant, Phoenix AZ

2024 - GDC 2024, Solo presentation, Art Directing Starship Home, San Francisco CA
2020 - Spark Animation Festival, Animation in XR Talk, Virtual
2018 - GDC 2018, Solo presentation, Art Directing Tilt Brush, San Francisco CA
2018 - Cartoon Network, Solo workshop, Creating Realtime Art in VR, Burbank CA
2017 - Virtual Reality Los Angeles Convention, Invited live painting artist, Los Angeles CA
2016 - The Illustration Conference, Invited speaker, Austin TX
2016 - Paramount Pictures, New Media consultant, Los Angeles CA
2016 - NFFTY, Invited speaker, Seattle WA
2016 - ArtCenter, Part-time faculty, Interaction Design Department, Pasadena CA
2015 - University of Southern California, Hackathon lead, Los Angeles CA
2015 - American Institute of Graphic Arts, Design Debates participant, Los Angeles CA
2014 - ArtCenter, Invited speaker for 870 Building opening dedication, Pasadena CA

2025 - Voyage Phoenix, Hidden Gems Interview
2024 - Voices of VR, Interview with Mark Schramm for Starship Home
2023 - Voyage LA, Shoutout Interview
2019 - Taschen Books, Web Design: The Evolution of the Digital World 1990-Today, Alice:
Wonder Mirror AR
2016 - Toronto International Film Festival, The Review: Issue 40 with Paisley Smith
2016 - Computer Arts Magazine, Writeup discussing my talk at the Illustration Conference
2015 - Engadget, Author, Dead Bug Creek