Maya Erdelyi [email protected] www.mayaerdelyi.com ! ! EDUCATION
2012 MFA , CalArts, Experimental Animation Program 2011 FAMU, Czech Republic. Summer program studying “The Czech Tradition in Animation” 2006 Ed. M., Harvard Graduate School of Education, Arts in Education Program 2001 BA, Hunter College, City University of New York, Fine Arts Major, Film Minor, cum laude ! 1997-99 BFA program, The Cooper Union, Fine Arts Major TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2021 Visting Artist Critique at MICA MFA Illustration Practice, Baltimore, MD (May 13, 2021) 2020 Visiting Artist Lecture at Emerson College, Boston, Animation (January 28, 2021) Visiting Artist Lecture at Princeton University, New Jersey, Animation (November 4, 2020) Visiting Artist Lecture at Stanford University, California, Animation (October 1, 2020) Visiting Artist Lecture at The University of Illinois, Chicago, Animation (April 13, 2020) 2019 Guest Reviewer at Massachusetts College of Art, Animation Department Visiting Artist and Lecture at Harvard University, Dept. of Art, Film, and Visual Studies Vistiting Artist Critique at Lesley University College of Art & Design, BFA Program 2014-present School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) at Tufts University, Boston, MA. Part-time Faculty (previously held the Full-time Visiting Artist position 2014–2016), Animation Area, Media Arts Department. Teaching responsibilities: SMFA-0106 Performing & Animated Objects (co-taught with Danielle Abrams) FLM 0138 01 Drawing for Animation FLMC 0039-01 Introduction to Digital and Experimental Animation FLM 1012 01 Stop-Motion Animation FLM 2072 01 Optical Digital Effects FLM 2006 01 Animation 2: The Completed Short FLM 1070 01 Animation 1: Techniques and Sound FLM 3038 01 Animation Integration FLM 3009 01 Advanced Animation Production Including: producing gallery shows, advising, independent studies, review boards, liaison ! with guest artists, creating and maintaining department Vimeo page, portfolio workshops. 2015-present Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt), Boston, MA. Visiting Faculty, Animation department & Studio Foundations Program Teaching responsibilities: SFDN-191-24 Time: Experimental Moving Image CDAN-401-03 Animation Portfolio course: reel development, web development, ! business and professional practices. 2017-2019 Lesley University College of Art & Design (LA+D), Boston Part-time Faculty, Animation and Motion Media Teaching responsibilities: IANIM-2600-01 Experimental Animation IANIM-3888-01 Advanced Stop-Motion IANIM-3888-03 (91518) Women, Gender and Animation ! IANIM-1250-03 Principles of Animation 1
2013 Brooklyn College, City University of New York, New York City Visiting Artist Workshop, Animation lecture and screening of works, including a ! drawn animation workshop. 2013 Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana Adjunct Professor of Art and Design, taught courses on Foundation ! Drawing, 2D design, and introductory animation. 2013 Davidson College: Davidson, North Carolina Visiting Artist Workshop. Animation lecture and screening of works; various ! workshops and individual studio visits. 2012 CalArts, California Institute for the Arts, Los Angeles Animation 101 Instructor for the Calarts college extension school course. Taught cut-paper animation, hand-drawn techniques, storyboarding, animation basics: ! walk cycles, tracebacks, cycles, along with After Effects and Dragon stop-motion software. California Institute for the Arts (CalArts) CAP program, Los Angeles: Teacher for the Documentary Animation class through Community Arts Partnership at the Ramon Cortines High School for the Arts in Downtown, Los Angeles. Taught cut-paper animation, hand-drawn techniques, story-boarding, early animation toys, and digital animation using ! After Effects and Dragon stop-motion software. 2011 California Institute for the Arts (CalArts), Los Angeles: Teaching Assistant to Professor Kirsten Winter for a “Direct Techniques” experimental film class. ! Taught rayograms, alternative direct film techniques, and basic After-Effects. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles: Stop-Motion Artist-in-Residence and Instructor at the Levi’s Film Workshop in conjunction with the “Art in the Streets” exhibit. Taught multi-plane, 3-D stop-motion, puppet and set design to a range of students from 5 to 90 years old. Collaborated on various projects including stop-motion with farm animals, creating title sequences with vegetables for artist Clare Crespo, ! and a lego music video for “Physical Forms.” 2006-2009 The Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York City: Lead Teaching Artist for the Beacon after-school program in East Williamsburg teaching kindergarten through third grade classes. This yearlong arts program explored early animation projects like thaumatropes and flip books; puppets, life-size painting projects, collage ! experiments, printmaking, sculpture and comic books. New York City. 2007-2009 The Brooklyn Museum, New York City: Studio Educator for art programs and First Saturdays. Taught an experimental narrative film class in collaboration with NYFA for teens inspired by the museum’s collection, a sculpture class for 9 year olds covering African/Asian and contemporary collections. Taught studio workshops in ! various mediums to multi-generational audiences. New York City. 2006 The Museum of Modern Art, New York City: Printmaking Lead Educator for “In the Making: Art in Multiple” a Competitive summer intensive printmaking course for High School students. Created and Implemented a dynamic curriculum that included in-depth studio work, along with visits to MoMA Artist studios, meetings with curators, trips to professional print shops and various cultural institutions in NYC.
AWARDS/GRANTS/RESIDENCIES 2020 City of Boston Artist Fellowship Award Puffin Foundation Grant recipient Yaddo Residency, Saratoga Springs, NY. 2018 WGBH Launchpad Animation Residency, Boston, MA. Marblehouse Project Art Residency; Dorset, VT. 2017 The Brother Thomas Artist Fellowship and Grant Recipient, Boston, MA. Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship, Film. Boston Center for the Arts Residency and Grant Recipient. C-Scape Dune Shack Residency Recipient, Cape Cod, MA. 2016 “Artist of the Day” on Cartoon Brew. January 5 2015 Artist residency at the Byrdcliffe Art Colony for the summer session 2013 Grant recipient of Fandor Fix Initiative to fund new content for Fandor.com 2012 Winner of the Barbara Aronofsky Latham award at the 51st Ann Arbor Film Festival American-Scandinavian Foundation Grant and Fellow Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Grant recipient Winner of the 2012 Los Angeles Animation Festival for “Best Music Video” Grammy nomination for BEST LONG FORM MUSIC VIDEO (as part of the film “Nine types of Light”) 2011 Winner of The James River Film Festival, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Interdisciplinary Grant Recipient, CalArts Nick Carrey Diversity Grant Recipient, CalArts 2010 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Grant recipient Winner of the "Museum's Choice Award" at the Museum of Art and Design, NYC Interdisciplinary Grant recipient from CalArts for Phosphena Installation 2009 Nick Carrey Diversity Grant recipient, CalArts 2008 Chashama Foundation, NYC yearlong studio residency Chashama North residency Pine Plains, NY, August Pollack Krasner Fellowship residency at Byrdcliffe Arts Colony. Woodstock NY BRIC Rotunda Gallery Video residency Vermont Studio Center residency 2007 Swing Space residency through the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council ! JUDGING
2019 Film Festival Judge for the 2019 Los Angeles Animation Festival 2018 Film judge for the 2018 Massachusetts Cultural Council grant Film judge for selecting finalists for the Marble House Project residency ! FILM FESTIVALS,SCREENINGS & EXHIBITS 2021 Solo Exhibit, Boston City Hall, Mayor’s Gallery ! Longstreet Gallery, Group Show, July 3-18, Eastham, Cape Cod 2019 Every Woman Biennial, 220 Bowery, NYC, May 19-May 29. Mills Gallery, Boston. “The Skin Has Eyes: Animated Visions,” February 23-April 28. Framingham State University Gallery. Group show. February 19-April 1
2018 MoMA, New York City. World Premiere of “Black Memorabilia”directed by Chico Colvard with animation by Maya Erdelyi & Daniel Rowe. As part of the Doc Fortnight 2018 MoMA’s International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media, February 19.
2017 Mills Gallery, Boston. Solo projection exhibit and artist talk, December 1. “Hanemun” animated short directed by Maya Erdelyi & Daniel Rowe: Official Selection: Locomocion / Experimental Animation Festival, Mexico City Official Selection: Melbourne International Animation Festival, Competition: Abstract Animation Official Selection: London International Animation Festival, Competition: Abstract Animation Official Selection: Palm Springs International Animation Festival, Abstract Animation Official Selection: Animation Block Party, Experimental animation showcase Official Selection: The Vermont Animated Film Festival Guest Artist: Animation Screening and live musical score performance at the Music + Animation Salon. Somerville, MA. March 18. Guest Artist: Animation Screening and live musical score performance at The Lost Marbles Salon. Cambridge, MA. March 9. Visiting Artist: Senior Thesis Seminar in the VES department at Harvard University. Feb. 8. Visting Artist: Mixed Media Animation class at University of Pennsylvania. Feb. 1. Sundance Film Festival: Private screening of “Black Memorabilia” feature documentary by Chico Colvard (animated segments), Park City, Utah. January 19. Official Selection: Le Femme Underground Animation Festival, USA.
2016 Group show at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Featured speaker at ANIMATIC Boston. December 7. Official Selection: New Zealand International Animation Festival, Australia. Official Selection: Melbourne International Animation Festival, Australia. ! Official Selection: New Year New Works screening at The Filmmakers Cooperative, NYC. 2015 Group show: Animated works at the SMFA, Boston. 2014 Group show: Whitney Houston Biennial, Brooklyn, NYC. Official Selection: New Filmmakers program at Anthology Film Archives, February, NYC. Official Selection: Shanghai University, Animation Showcase, Shanghai, China. 2013 Group show and screening: “Some Misunderstandings” Greenfield Castle Gallery. Manchester, England. Solo show and screening: The Foundation Gallery. New Orleans, Louisiana. Official Selection: Calarts Experimental Animation Showcase, RedCAT Los Angeles. Official Selection and Award winner: Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 9th International Tehran Animation Festival, featured artist “Outstanding Women Animators.” Tehran, Iran. 2012 Official Selection: 2012 New Orleans Film Festival, world premiere of “Pareidolia” October. Southeastern Louisiana University, group show and artist talk. October, Louisiana. Havana Bienalle, screenings on Cuban rooftops. Group show at The Museo de Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2011 Official Selection and Award Winner: The James River Film Festival at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Official Selection: The Cinetoro Festival de Experimentacion in Toro (Valle de Cauca) Colombia. Official Selection: The Istanbul Animation Festival at the Pera Museum, Istanbul. Official Selection: The London International Animation Festival Official Selection: The Melbourne International Animation Festival Official Selection: The Bicycle Film Festival at The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Guest Artist film screening and lecturer: The Riverside Community College, Los Angeles. Film Screening at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Collaborative screening: 2011 New Works at RedCat, Los Angeles Collaborative project: “Landscape #4” at The Prague Quadrennial 2011 2010 “The Big Screen Project” NYC. Group show at Arch Collective gallery, NYC. Film Screening, Bijou Theatre, CalArts, Los Angeles. “Phosphena” Solo gallery exhibit at C113 gallery, CalArts, Los Angeles, May. Official Selection and Winner: The Museum of Arts and Design “International Cut-Paper Film Festival” Backhaus gallery, various film screenings, Val Verde, Los Angeles. 2009 Official Selection: Anilogue International Animation Festival, Vienna and Budapest. Official Selection: The “Frame by Frame: Animated at Harvard” festival, Harvard Film Archives. VOLTA art fair, Art Basel, T.A.B.S. performance and installation. Switzerland. April. HP Garcia Gallery, “The Black Madonna” group show with 40 Artists, Chelsea, NYC. May. Official Selection: The 2009 “NYC Music Video Film Festival.” 45 minute live Multi-projector film screening, Monkeytown, Brooklyn NYC. 2008 Jacob Burns Film Center, Pleasantville NY. “Video show” BRIC Rotunda gallery, Brooklyn, New York. September. 2007 Official Selection: The“Animation Show Film Festival.” ! ANIMATION WORK EXPERIENCE 2016-present Various projects via Goose & Hummingbird Studios (documentary projects & animation installation projects) ! 2016-17 Black Memorabilia: animation sequences for the feature documentary by Chico Colvard. ! Animator, Graphic Designer, Motion Graphics. ! 2016 Huffington Post: animation and title sequences for “Huffpost Eats.” Director and Animator. 2016 Harvard Business Publishing: Two info-graphic videos for their online platform. ! Director and Animator. 2016 Children’s Documentary Network (CDN), various on-going animation projects. Animation Director and Producer.
2014 VICE and INTEL: Commissioned 3 min. info-graphic video for on Conflict Minerals in the Congo. ! Director and Animator. ! 2013 Freed Pictures: Commissioned music video for “Africa Calling.”Animation Director. ! 2012 TED talk illustration and animation for Engineer Nina Tandon. Animation Director and Illustrator. Toyota Commercial for “Scion: Papershapers” paper toy cars. Animation Director and Production Designer.
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“Superchicas” Animation Director for the street-art style stop-motion animated segments of this ! independent live-action feature. 2011 TV on the Radio & INTERSCOPE records: Commissioned music video for “New Cannonball Blues.” Director, Producer and Animator. Coordinated a production team of 8 people. Created ! puppets, animation, storyboard and concepts, with cut-paper stop-motion and After Effects. Isaiah Seret: Animator for opening title sequence and various vignettes for director Isaiah ! Seret’s short film “The Breath Project,” using cut-paper stop-motion and hand-drawn animation. Aaron Rose: Animator for opening and end title sequence for director Aaron Rose’s short film ! “Wild Goodness,” using cut-paper stop-motion. Screened throughout Los Angeles. 2010 Jamie Caliri: Animation Assistant for Dragonframe company and animator/director Jamie Caliri. ! Pre-production and general assistance in the studio: sets, puppets and logistics, Ojai, CA. Michel Gondry: Set and props designer for special effects shots for “The Living Sisters” music video directed by Michel Gondry. Worked with Production Designer Bradley Thordarson and ! Partizan. Los Angeles. Summer. Duck Animation Studios: Animation assistant to Andrew Austin for Disney Health animation series featuring Timon and Pumbaa (of The Lion King). Worked on 2D animations and After ! Effects. Los Angeles. Summer. AUTOMATA: Artist assistant to experimental animator/puppeteer Janie Geiser and Susan ! Simpson of AUTOMATA, LA. 2009-2011. 2007-2009 Martha Colburn: Animation assistant to experimental animator Martha Colburn. ! Painting, scenery, assembly of puppets and filming during shoots. New York City. ! FILMOGRAPHY ! COMMISSIONED WORK: 2016-present Various projects through Goose & Hummingbird Studios 2016-17 Animator/Designer: “Black Memorabilia” feature documentary by Chico Colvard. 2016 Director and Animator: Huffington Post “Huffpost Eats” Opening title sequence and graphics. Director and Animator: Harvard Business Publishing, two info-graphic videos: “The Explainer: Level 5 Leadership” and “The Explainer: What is a Business Model?” 2013-15 Director and Animator: Various projects for Children’s Documentary Network (CDN); opening title sequences and graphics for “Girl’s Cool,” “Mondo Mom,” “AKA,” “CDN”logo. 2014 Animator: Official music video for “Africa Calling” by Holy Forest. 2012 Animation Director: SCION Toyota commercial, including set-design. Animator: “SAMO” short for MOCA TV, directed by Aaron Rose. 2011 Animator: Opening title and end title sequence for “Wild Goodness” directed by Aaron Rose. Animator: Opening title and animation for “The Breath Project” directed by Isaiah Seret. Director and Animator: Official music video for “New Cannonball Blues” by TV on the Radio Grammy nomination for BEST LONG FORM MUSIC VIDEO (as part of “Nine types of Light”) Winner for “Best Music Video” at the Los Angeles Animation Festival 2012. 2010 Director and Animator: Official music video for “Silver Hall” by No Surrender. 2009 Director and Animator: Official music Video for “Winterspring” by The Ampersands. 2008 Director and Animator: Official music video for “Le Puit” by Thierry Stremler. Director and Animator: Official music video for “Godda Get It” by No Surrender Director and Animator: TV show opening sequence for BCAT's "Caught in the Act: Art in ! Brooklyn.” DIRECTOR/ANIMATOR: 2020 “The Fun Show” animation anthology show for kids, work-in-progress. Creator/Director/Producer/Showrunner 2016-2020 “ANYUKA” documentary animation, work-in-progress. Recipient of a Fandor Fix initiative grant. 2016 “Hanemun” experimental short, work-in-progress. Microscope camera stop-motion created in Japan. 2012 “Pareidolia” hybrid animation, cut-paper stop-motion and hand-drawn techniques. 7 min. Winner of the Barbara Aronofsky award, Ann Arbor Film Festival. 2010 “Phosphena” cut-paper animation using After-Effects and paint on glass. 4 min. Award winner at The James River Film Festival, Virginia. 2009 “Architextured” hand-drawn animation exploring a woman transforming. 1min. 2009 “Ourobouros”multi-media animation using pixilation with live performers. 3 min. 2008 “Dear” multi-media animation using various experimental techniques. 3 min. 2006 “Plume” cut-paper animation exploring the cycles of birth, death and love. 2 min. Award winner at the Museum of Art and Design’s cut-paper film festival. 2002 “Transit” documentary about an illegal fashion performance on the subways of Paris. 5 min. 2001 “Uterus Rising” a 16mm, black and white, surrealist love story. 7 min.
COLLECTIONS Paracme, Fandor, Emily Fine Art, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts Library, MassArt Animation Library, Sarah Lawrence College Library, Filmmakers Cooperative.
SELECT PRESS Lesley University News, January 20, 2020 ! https://lesley.edu/news/animator-creates-moving-film-of-holocaust-survivors-story The Boston Art Review, April 19, 2019 ! http://bostonartreview.com/reviews/boston-center-arts-mills-gallery-maya-erdelyi-animation/ The Boston Globe, April 10, 2019 ! https://www2.bostonglobe.com/arts/2019/04/10/animation-with-human-charm/zL8rIiRMK6fd5qApDUuouN/story.html?event=event12 The Boston Hassle, April 3, 2019 ! https://bostonhassle.com/went-there-the-skin-has-eyes-the-bca/ Chris McDonnell, Cartoon Brew "Artist of the day: Maya Erdelyi” feature: ! http://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-of-the-day/maya-erdelyi-120696.html January 5, 2016 Fandor Keyframe, “TRAGEDY, TRIUMPH, CONNECTION: MAYA ERDELYI”: https://www.fandor.com/keyframe/tragedy-triumph-creativity-connection-maya-erdelyi-perez ! April 1, 2015 Adam Shartoff, Fandor podcast interview for film wax radio: “Ep 257: Ana Lily Amirpour & Sheila Vand / Jason Ritter / Maya Erdelyi": ! http://filmwaxradio.com/podcast/episode-257/ November 22, 2014 Jordan Edwards "Art on Camera" interview series: ! vimeo.com/116624773 August, 2014 Steve Pantazis, Contemporary Art and Writing Journal: “Review: Some Misunderstanding (on Mondegreens and Pareidolias), Castlefield Gallery, Manchester”: http://www.corridor8.co.uk/online/review-some-misunderstanding-on-mondegreens-and-pareidolias- ! castlefield-gallery-manchester/ August 12, 2013 Kyle Fitzpatrick, “The Traveller: An Interview With Maya Erdelyi” LA Im Yours: www.laimyours.com/39876/the-traveller-a? March 25, 2013
SKILLS Experimental animator and director: cut-paper and other types of experimental stop-motion, pixilation, optical and practical effects, pre-cinema optical toys, paint on glass, sand animation, direct film techniques; hand-drawn animation; storyboarding/story development; digital film editing; rotoscoping; sound production; puppeteer; silk-screen and monoprint; book and zine making; photography, curation, installation, animation and art history.
SOFTWARE: Dragonframe Adobe After Effects Premiere Photoshop TV Paint Flash InDesign ! Illustrator LANGUAGE ! Raised Bilingual: Spanish/English. AFFILIATIONS ! Boston Independent Animators, Film Fatales Boston, ASIFA international, Filmmakers Coop NYC, CAA. ! !SITE: www.mayaerdelyi.com EMAIL: [email protected] PHONE: 575-640-1592