ABOUT UUF

BOLD, NAIVISTIC AND SILLY BY NATURE

UUF is Kadi Väli — an emerging animation director and illustrator from Estonia

i make ideas move, toss in words if they fit, design with an honest hand and help get things made. i follow through

WORK

2023 Tallinn City Theatre, “Metazoa”, set design
2022- ... (maternity leave) Tallinn City Theatre, communications and marketing manager
2022 Debut poetry collection "merelt pohli", author-illustrator
2022 Author animation "HIDDEN LIFE", director-animator
2021 Tallinn City Theatre, "Vabalt peetavate kanade munad", set design
2021 Author animation "NO SHORTCUTS", director-animator
2020 Huvikool Collegium Eruditions, animation teacher
2020 PÖFF Animated Shorts, program curator
2019 - .... Art Uuf OÜ, designer-artist
2018 - 2020 Fe-gallery, gallery assistant
2016 SA Õpilasmalev, EÕM50 concert-meeting artist
2015 - 2016 University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy, event design and marketing

HIGHER EDUCATION

2019 - 2022 animation at Estonian Academy of Arts (cum laude)
2013 - 2017 culture management at Viljandi Culture Academy

SOFTWARE

illustrator, photoshop, after effects, premiere, TVpaint, dragonframe