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 + HONORS
2022–23 Society of Hellman Fellows Award | The Society of Hellman Fellows | 2022
Artist in Residence | DSI 2022 St. Andrews Residency | 2022
Faculty Development Award | University of California, Los Angeles | 2022
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 Multiple Repeating Programs / Design in Motion Festival (DEMO), Netherlands 2022
group screening Mirror Image / Comfort Station, Chicago 2022
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
05.25.16 Stereogum
11.25.15 Vice
05.06.15 AdHoc
12.01.14 Magnet Magazine
11.18.13 The Fader
08.21.13 Impose TV (Impose Magazine)
04.29.13 AdHoc
EDUCATION
CalArts | Experimental Animation MFA
School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Film Video New Media + Animation BFA