Amanda Bonaiuto
B. 1990 Beverly, MA
Resides in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
2015-2018, Master of Fine Art, Experimental Animation, California Institute of the Arts.
2008- 2012, Bachelor of Fine Art, Fine Art, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Tufts University, Medford.
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES
GLAS Animation Grant, 2019
The Animation Guild Award for Best Student Film, OIAF, 2018
Princess Grace Foundation USA, Professional Development Grant, 2018
Princess Grace Foundation USA, Honorarium in Film, NYC, 2017
Jules Engel Award, MFA tuition scholarship from CalArts, 2017
Stockholm Experimental & Animation Film Festival , Best Animated Film, 2017
Venice Film Week, Best Animated Short Film, 2017
Primanima, Best Student Film, Budaörs, Hungary, 2016
Boston Short Film Festival, Best Animated Short Film, Boston, MA, 2016
Massachusetts Cultural Council, Finalist Grant in Film and Video, 2013
St. Botolph Grant Foundation, Emerging Artist Award, 2013
Gamli Skoli, Hrisey, Iceland, Artist Residency, 2013
SMFA Film Annual Screening, honorable Mention, MFA, Boston
Springborn Fellowship Recipient, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, 2010
President's Research Award, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, 2010
IMADA, college scholarship, Ipswich, MA, 2008
SELECT PRESS
It’s Nice That, Butterfly 3000 Video Premiere, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, 2021
OIAF, Poster Design, 2021
The New Yorker, Noble Planta, Documentary Short Feature, 2020
It’s Nice That, Toughest Man, Chocolate Moon, 2019 & 2020
NPR, ‘No Reason’ music video premiere and feature, 2018
‘Shut Up and Listen’, Artist Interview, 10th Issue, Bloomington, Indiana 2018
Ottawa International Animation Festival Award Winners, ‘Hedge’ feature, 2018
Girls in Film, ‘Annihilation Song’ feature, 2018
Good Moves, ‘Annihilation Song’ feature, 2018
Pick of the day, Cartoon Brew, Batfish Soup, Annihilation Song by Amid Amidi, 2017, 2018
Short video for Breakfast, Batfish Soup, Collator.al, by Giulia Pacciardi 03/17/17
Culture, Diario Registrad, Batfish Soup, from the Written Daily Newspaper 3/10/17
The Short of the Day, Bant. Mag, Batfish Soup, 3/13/17
OUR PICKS: Batfish Soup by Amanda Bonaiuto, Show Me The Animation, 3/16/17
Animation Feature, TV Booooooom, Batfish Soup, 3/17/17
Animation Magazine, Batfish Soup, by Mercedes Milligan 2017
PANELS + ARTIST TALKS
Professional Practice Talk, Parsons Illustration, April 2021
Moderator, Ottawa International Animation Festival, The Inside Scoop, Festival Programmers Tell All, March 2021
Professional Practice Talk, CalArts, Feb 2021
Artist Talk, CalArts, Drawn Techniques, Nov 2020
Artist Talk, DePaul, May 2020
Artist Talk, Harvard Carpenter Center, March 2020
Panelist, Career Building for Filmmakers, G-Technology Polytechnic & Slamdance, 2018
Visiting Artist Talk and Co-critique, Drawn Techniques, CalArts, 2018
Panelist/Presenter, The Animated Woman Symposium, CalArts, 2015
INSTALLATIONS, EXHIBITIONS
The Skin Has Eyes, Boston Center for the Arts, 2019
Green Leisure Show, group exhibition, Valencia, CA, 2016
Hair of the Dog, group exhibition, Valencia, CA 2015
Puppet Guise, Gallery 263, solo exhibition, Cambridge, Ma, 2013
Faces for Lover, Saeborg Gallery, Hrisey, solo exhibition Iceland, 2013
Collective Creatures Film Night, Blanc Gallery, group exhibition, Cambridge, MA, 2013
Medium Without Measure, Thesis Exhibition, SMFA, Boston, 2012
MFA Film Annual, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2012 Wonder Channel, Fourth Wall Projects, video installation, Boston, 2012
Imaginary Active, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, group exhibition, February 2011
SELECT RECENT FESTIVALS
Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa, Canada, September, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
Fest Anca, Slovakia, June 29-July 2, 2017
Melbourne International Animation Festival, Melbourne, AUS, June 18-25, 2017
Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Annecy, France, June 12-17, 2017
Chicago Underground Film Festival, May 31-June 4, 2017
Mammoth Lakes Film Festival, CA, May 24-28, 2017
International Motion Festival, Cyprus, May 11-14, 2017
Pictoplasma, Berlin, May 10-14, 2017
IndieLisboa - Lisbon International Independent Film Festival, Portugal, May 3-14, 2017
Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Germany, May 2-7, 2017
SENE Film, Music and Arts Festival, RI, April 24-28, 2017
Broke LA Festival, April 23-24, 2017
IMAGINE Film Festival, Amsterdam, April 12-22, 2017
Flatpack Film Festival, Birmingham, UK, April 4-9, 2017
Holland Animation Film Festival, Utrecht, the Netherlands, March 22-26, 2017
Ann Arbor Film Festival, MI, March 21-26, 2017
Tricky Women, Vienna, Austria, March 15-19, 2017
GLAS, Berkeley, CA, March 2-5, 2017
Washington DC Independent Film Festival, February 15-20, 2017
Skylab Gallery, Malt Adult Animation, Columbus, Ohio, January 29, 2017
Slamdance, Park City, Utah, January 20-26, 2017
South London Shorts, London, January 2, 2017
London International Animation Festival, UK, December 2-11, 2016
Grafixx, Antwerp, BE, November 24-26, 2016
Etiuda & Anima, Krakow, Poland, November 22-27, 2016
Animated Dreams, Tallinn, Estonia, November 16-20, 2016
ReAnimania, Yerevan, Armenia, October 28-November 3, 2016
PRIMANIMA, Budaörs, Hungary, October 19-22, 2016
Boston Short Film Festival, October 10-13, 2016
LINOLEUM International Festival of Animation, Kiev, Ukraine, Sept 28-Oct 1, 2016
Festival International du Film d'Animation de Paris, France, September 20-26, 2016
CalArts Experimental Animation Showcase, REDCAT, April 28, 2016