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Jenna Caravello is a Los Angeles-based artist and assistant professor in Design Media Arts at UCLA, working with VR, motion capture, animation, and video game platforms. Her single-channel and interactive works explore computer culture, video game logic, cartoon language, and the role of narrative in personal and digital memory.

AWARDS
Outstanding Achievement in Motion Graphics or Animation, Feels Good Man | Cinema Eye Honors | 2021

Instructional Improvement Grant | University of California, Los Angeles 2020

Stephen Hillenburg Animation Grant | Princess Grace Foundation USA | 2018

Jules Engel Award | CalArts | 2018

Helen Hill Award | Chicago Underground Film Festival | 2019

Best Departures Short | Indie Memphis Film Festival | 2018

Best Student Film | Calcutta International Cult Film Festival | June 2018

SELECTED SHOWS + SCREENINGS

group screening Animated Shorts Block / Slamdance Film Festival 2019

solo show AMBER ROW: Demo / C113 Gallery, Valencia 2019

group screening Slamdance Cinema Club / ArcLight Cinema Hollywood 2019
group screening Shorts Programme: Animation / Raindance Film Festival 2019
group screening Animation / Buenos Aires Film Festival 2019

group screening Stockholm Independent Film Festival 2019

group screening Night Seven / Drunken Film Fest, Oakland 2019

group screening Mecal Pro Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival 2019

group screening Chicago Underground Film Festival / Logan Theater 2019

group screening Silk Road International Film Festival 2019

group screening Animation Block / PUFF, Hong Kong 2019

solo showcase Butter Elbow / The National Taiwan Arts Education Center, Taiwan 2018

group show Motion Capture Spotlight / CALARTS Digital Art Expo 2018

group screening CALARTS Film/Video Showcase / REDCAT 2018

group screening GIRAF International Festival of Independent Animation 2018

group screening Indie Memphis Film Festival 2018
group screening Square Lake Film & Music Festival 2018

group screening Queen Palm International Film Festival 2018

group screening International Shorts / Calcutta International Cult Film Festival 2018

group screening San Diego Underground Film Festival 2018

group show Current Underwater Weather / Roxaboxen Gallery, Chicago 2016

group screening BilBolBul International Comics Festival 2015
group screening Animation Screening & Panel / Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE) 2015

group screening Chicago International Music and Movies Festival 2015

group screening Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation, Rijeka 2015

group screening Chicago Underground Film Festival / Gene Siskel Film Center 2012

group screening Melbourne International Animation Festival (MIAF) 2012

group screening International Program #3 / Australian International Animation Festival (AIAF) 2012
group show Body Places / BigFForever, Chicago 2012

group show PROXIMITY Is There Too Much / Nightingale Theater, Chicago 2011

group show On the Other Hand / The Southside Hub of Production, Chicago 2011

SELECTED WEB PREMIERS

12.05.19 Directors Notes

01.27.19 We Are Moving Stories

05.18.18 NPR

04.03.18 Gorilla vs Bear