CV

EDUCATION

BFA, Animation
Maryland Institute College of Art 21’
Completed degree with magna cum laude and leadership honors

Scholarships/Awards:
Trans Women Write Scholarship, The Highlights Foundation. 2023.
Nancy Lee Rhodes Roberts '39 Competitive Scholarship, MICA. 2020
Animation Department Recognition Award, MICA. 2019, 2020
Seymour Mandelbaum Merit Scholarship, MICA. 2019

MEDIA AGENCIES

Interface Media Group. Full-time. Motion Graphics Designer. March 2024 - Present
Early Light Media. Freelance. Motion Graphics Animator. NYC Votes Campaign. February 2024.
LAI Video. Full-time. Motion Graphics Animator & Video Editor. 2021 - 2024.

SELECTED CLIENT WORK

Animated Music Videos
MANOR HOLES HIGH RISE, c. Jan Julius. Director/Animator. Multimedia 2D animated music video. 2021.
SOFT FRIENDS, c. Jan Julius. Director/Animator. 2D animated music video. 2021.
All Is Lost, c. Wasted Shirt (Brian Chippendale and Ty Segall). Animator. Music video for rock duo Wasted Shirt. 2020.

Motion Graphics
Reunite with your Colleagues at ACC.23/WCC, c. American College of Cardiology. Animator/Editor. 2023.
Workforce Transformation, c. Docusign. Principle Animator/Editor. 2022.
Sekou Andrews Roundtable Intro, c. CEO Update. Animator/Editor. 2022.
Career Pathways, c. ELFA. Animator/Editor. 2022.

Video Editing
Principal Engineering Series - Don Bailey “Beetle”, c. Amazon. Editor. 2023.
Heart’s Delight Wine Tasting and Auction, c. American Heart Association. Editor. 2023.
Piney Acres, c. Farm Credit Council. Editor. 2022.
John Harwood: Fundamental Issues for the Next Decade of Politics. c. Leading Authorities, Inc. Editor. 2022.

FILM, INSTALLATION, AND INTERACTIVE ART EXPERIENCE

Independent Films + Projects
Portrait Home, Director/Animator. 2D digital animation. Installation/Short film. 2020.
The Little Nun In Eternal Spring, Director/Animator. 2D digital animation. Installation. 2019.
Moondance VR, Co-director & Co-creator with Rob Thompson/Modeler. Installation using VIVE headset. 2019.
Solvers, Director/Animator. Stop Motion armature puppet animation. Short film. 2018.
Accompany, Director/Animator. Paper cut-out Stop Motion animation. Short film. 2018.
Oh Sheet, Director/Animator. 2D Traditional hand-drawn animation. Short film. 2018.

Showcases
ASIFA East Queer Animation Show, Metropolitan Bar, NYC. MANOR HOLES HIGH RISE. 2022.
Sweaty Eyeballs: Behind the Screens Exhibition, Silber Gallery. All is Lost (w/ Adam Davies & Leili Tavallaei). 2022.
MICA Competitive Undergraduate Showcase, Fanny Fox Decker Gallery. The Little Nun In Eternal Spring. 2020.
De Colores: A Symbol of Latin American Empowerment, Middendorf Gallery. The Little Nun In Eternal Spring. 2020.

Screenings
Toronto Queer Film Festival, Official Selection, MANOR HOLES HIGH RISE. 2022.
Toronto Animation Film Festival (TAAFI), Official Selection, MANOR HOLES HIGH RISE. 2022.
Sweaty Eyeballs International Animation Festival, WINNER - Best of Baltimore Award, Baltimore Showcase, MANOR HOLES HIGH RISE. 2021.
Anima Córdoba International Animation Festival, Official Selection, MANOR HOLES HIGH RISE. 2021.
aGLIFF International Film Festival, Official Selection, MANOR HOLES HIGH RISE. 2021.
Sweaty Eyeballs International Animation Festival, Official Selection, Baltimore Showcase, SOFT FRIENDS. 2020.
MICA Animation Film Festival, Official Selection. Portrait Home. 2020.

Talks
Toronto Animation Film Festival (TAAFI), Q+A. 2022
aGLIFF International Film Festival, Animation Shorts Q+A. 2022

TEACHING

Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). Adjunct Professor, Animation Department. “AN 255 Digital Tools”. Fall Semester, 2023.
John Muir Outdoor School. Educational Assistant, K-8. Oct. 2016 - May 2017.
Southern Oregon Young Artists Institute. Student Counselor & Creative Writing Assistant. Summer 2016/2017.

PRESS

The Truth In This Art
Redefine Magazine
Week In Pop
Stereogum

CONTACT
Email / aceilinglesssky [at] gmail.com