BJÖRN HURRI – ART DIRECTOR AND VETERAN CONCEPT ARTIST
Fulltime employer: Opus Artz ltd.
Freelance: Yes
Björn Hurri is an acclaimed concept artist and art director with a distinguished career spanning over 150 titles for all major publishers. His portfolio includes renowned projects such as Dungeons & Dragons, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Alien: Isolation, God of War (2018), God of War Ragnarök, Dishonored, League of Legends, Ghost of Tsushima, Sea of Thieves, Battlefield, Mafia, and Fortnite, among others.
Residing in Latvia with his family, Björn is a sought-after speaker, frequently invited to deliver lectures at international events. His passion for community engagement is evident in his active participation in numerous initiatives. He has shared his expertise through lectures and demonstrations at 20 workshops and events across multiple countries, inspiring thousands of attendees.
Since 2008, Björn has served as an art director at Opus Artz, professionally mentoring artists. Additionally, he taught a highly regarded character design course at CG Master Academy for four years, further solidifying his reputation as an educator. Beyond his professional commitments, Björn fosters a vibrant creative community by hosting daily warm-up sessions on his Discord server, where he imparts his artistic approach. He also leads the widely celebrated Unreal Björnament, a popular art challenge that engages artists worldwide.
Contact: contact@bjornhurri.com
Projects:
Alienation Alien Isolation Applibot, Inc Army of Two: Devil’s Cartel Assassins Creed (movie) Battlefield 3 Battlefield: Hardline Battlefield Mobile Battlefield 6: Redsec Bioshock 2 Bioshock Infinite Blooddust Civilization 6 Control Resonant Crackdown 3 Creativerse Crucible C&C: Generals 2 Days Gone Dead Island Epidemic | Dead Island 3 Deadspace 2 Deadspace 3 Destiny 2 Dragonfly Dreamlords Dr.Who: The gunpowder plot Diablo Ressurected Diablo Immortal Diablo 4 Directive 8020 Dishonoured Dungeons and dragons Dungeons and dragons Hidden Path Edge of Twillight Eldramoor VR Escape Dead Island Evverain Exoborne FC 25 | Fifa 22 Fifa 23 Fifa 24 Fortnite Ghost of Tsushima GI Joe Battleground God of war 2018 God of War Ragnarok Guild Wars 2 Heroverse Hitman Hitman 2 Horizon: Zero Dawn Horizon: Forbidden West Infamous 2 Journey to Foundation Just Cause 3 King of Meat Kingdom of the planets of the apes Lawbreakers |
League of Legends Legacy of Kain: Dead Sun Lords of the fallen Love Death and Robot Season 3 Luckys tale Mafia 3 Magic: The Gathering Throne of Eldraine Magic: The Gathering Zendikar Rising Marvel’s Avengers Metahuman Microsoft Avatars 2.0 NCsoft’s Dungeon Runner New World Nike/Kinect training No Law Overkill’s The Walking Dead Pioneers of Pagonia Radical Heights Raid: Shadow Legends Runescape Classic | Runescape RYSE: Son of Rome Sacred 3 Sea of Thieves Spellcraft Split Fiction Storyland Studios Project hf Throne and Liberty Total War: Shogun 2 Total War: Napoleon Total War: Empire Total War: Empire Warpath Campaign Skyforge MMO Smolville Sniper Ghost Warrior 2 Spec Ops: The Line The Ascent The Crew The Division The Surge | The Surge 2 TERA TES Legends The Other Brothers Trackmania 2: Stadium & Valley Tribes 2 Viking: Battle for Asgard Village Attacks Watcher of Realms Wild beyond Wizards of the coast Wonderwoman Xcom 2 Zack Snider’s Rebel Moon |
Publications:
Fundamentals of Game Design by Ernest Adams and Andrew Rollings,
ImagineFX
Geek art
3Dtotal Magazine
Advanced Photoshop Magazine
Erotic Fantasy art by ILEX publishing
Shadow Run: 20th anniversary edition
Gorilla Artfare vol1
Hardcover
Hardcover 2
Huffington Post
CNET
Numerous online interviews and tv features