The New School

Amanda Bonaiuto

Assistant Professor of Illustration

Email
bonaiuta@newschool.edu

Office Location
Parsons Faculty Hotseat

Profile

Amanda Bonaiuto (b. 1990) is an animation director and artist. She uses animation to experiment with choreographic movement, relational ruptures, and the ever present tension between bodies and environment. Her work examines experiences of turmoil in mundane spaces; the bedroom, the funeral home, the emotional dance created through chains of physical association. She is fascinated by the porousness of lived experience. Her films consider how our environments exert influence as we reciprocally construct our own worlds.

Her films have screened at film festivals and institutions globally, including Slamdance Film Festival, Annecy International Animation Festival, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, among others. Her work has been recognized by press outlets such as It’s Nice That, The New Yorker, Vimeo, and NPR. She holds an MFA in Experimental Animation from the California Institute of the Arts, and a BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She is an assistant professor of Illustration at Parsons School of Design in NYC. She offers workshops, mentorship, and animation publications through a collaborative project called Magician Studio.

Website: amandabonaiuto.com/

Personal email: a.t.bonaiuto@gmail.com

[SELECT FESTIVAL SCREENINGS]

Ottawa International Animation Festival

Slamdance

Pictoplasma

Ann Arbor Film Festival

Annecy International Animated Film Festival

New Chitose International Animation Festival

London International Animation Festival

Fest Anca

Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film