The-Artery
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- Founded
- 2012
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About The-Artery
The-Artery is an independent creative studio and visual effects production company founded in New York City in 2012 by artist, technologist and director Vico Sharabani. Its work spans feature films, episodic television, commercial advertising and experiential installations, bringing together creative development, production and post-production within a multidisciplinary practice.
Originally known as The Artery VFX, the company adopted The-Artery name in 2016 as its activities expanded into creative strategy, design, live-action direction and virtual and augmented reality. Its capabilities connect screen-based storytelling with interactive experiences, including applications, art installations and projects for cultural institutions and luxury retail environments.
Production and finishing
The studio offers visual effects compositing, CG animation, character and creature effects, photogrammetry, particle dynamics and destruction simulations. Editorial and finishing services include offline and online editing, digital intermediate color grading and motion graphics. Commercial direction and cross-platform campaign production extend its involvement beyond individual effects shots into broader creative assignments.
Its production work includes narrative projects for cinema and streaming alongside campaigns for consumer and luxury brands. Supported film credits include Smile, Ocean’s 8, Marriage Story, The Farewell, The Discovery and Life Itself. Television work includes Billions and Baz Luhrmann’s The Get Down, for which the studio produced more than 200 visual effects shots, including a full rooftop chase sequence.
Work across formats
Commercial projects include Mercedes-Benz’s Day for Night, Huawei’s AppGallery campaign and work for Pepsi. The studio’s experiential portfolio includes Cartier’s Fifth Avenue holiday window display, illustrating how its image-making and design capabilities extend into physical environments. Its broader practice also encompasses music videos, promotional content and interactive museum and retail installations.
Operating primarily from Manhattan, The-Artery combines its visual effects foundation with an expanded creative offering across film, television, advertising and immersive media. Its history reflects a progression from a VFX-focused business toward a studio working across production, finishing, design and experience development.
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Leadership
- Vico Sharabani is identified as Chief Creative Officer / Executive Creative Director. Before establishing the studio, he was a partner and lead artist at RhinoFX, later Gravity.
- Deborah Sullivan serves as Executive Producer and Managing Director, having joined in those roles in 2016.
Production environment
The studio's consolidated production pipeline uses Autodesk Flame, SideFX Houdini, Foundry Nuke and DaVinci Resolve. Reported tools also include Autodesk 3ds Max and Adobe After Effects and Photoshop.
The-Lab, unveiled in 2019, is a collaborative workspace incubator hosting visual artists, technologists, AR developers and independent commercial directors.
Recognition
- The-Artery received the VFX/Post-Production Creative Award at the 2017 West Coast Connections by Le Book event for its Future/VMA trailer.
- Sharabani was the first recipient of the Autodesk Flame Award; this was an individual honor.
Collaborations and milestones
In November 2012, the studio formed an artist-driven alliance with Harbor Picture Company to provide unified post-production pipelines while maintaining separate corporate operations.
In April 2017, Karin Levinson was appointed head of features and television content, leading business development and project procurement from Los Angeles. The report describes this as client representation rather than a separate physical VFX production facility.
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Where The-Artery is based
- New York, United States
New York offices
HeadquartersAbout this office
**New York Studio & Headquarters** Status: active Headquarters Address: 118 W 22nd Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10011, United States Phone: +1 212-941-6020 Current primary production facility in Chelsea, housing The-Lab collaborative workspace incubator. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: 30 Irving Place, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10003 Opened: 2012 Former Manhattan premises, subsequently replaced by the West 22nd Street facility.
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