GISELA MULINDWA ANIMATOR & VISUAL ARTIST
about
Gisela Mulindwa is an experimental animator and visual artist based in South east London. She completed a BA Hons in Animation at Edinburgh College of art in 2021.
Her practice focuses on experimenting with mixed media, using stop motion animation she plays with collage, paint, clay and model making to visualise ideas.
Her work highlights the absurd within understanding identity in relation to societal expectation. She focuses on the use of dense textures to insist reality within the hyperreal and with vibrant imagery challenges people to analyse the relationship between the self and other.
PROFILE
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Based in London I am interested in using animation as an art form and an exciting way to explore film. I have used experimental animation as a way to explore various mediums and finding exciting ways to visualise storytelling. I enjoy finding unique solutions and different ways to best evoke emotions and feelings. I have developed technical skills but also collaborating and creating ideas with others.
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EDUCATION
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Aardman Academy
Stop Motion 1
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University of Edinburgh
BA Animation (Hons)
(September 2018- 2021)
First Class Honours
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Leeds Arts University
(September 2017-2018)
Art and Design Foundation Diploma,
Grade: Distinction
St Marylebone Sixth form
(September 2015 – 2017)
Art (B) History (B) Classics (B)
St Ursula’s Convent School Greenwich
(September 2010 – June 2015)
9 GCSE’S (6 A*-A)
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SKILLS
Illustration
Stop frame animation
Dragon frame
Premier Pro
Photoshop
After Effects
2D Animation
Editing
Prop making
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AWARDS
NOMINATED
UP AND COMING Tricky Women Animation festival Selection- Who Are You Wearing?
Animex Awards Festival selection- Who Are You Wearing?
CV
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WORK EXPERIENCE
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May 2021: Commonwealth Writers ADDA Online Magazine.
Commissioned Illustration for Speak Out! Issue 2
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2nd & 3rd May 2021: Peckham Fringe Show
-Theatre Peckham Resident Company's Anybody of Water
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December 2021- May 2021: Resident Company
Theatre Maker at Theatre Peckham
-Introduction to Stop-motion animation for ages 9-13
-Open play & Puppetry Workshop ages ranging 3-13
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November 2021- December 2021: Theatre Peckham ‘The Wonderful’ 2021 Christmas production.
-Animator
-Light tech during run
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July 2021: AKO Caine Prize for African Prize 2021- Animator and Co Editor.
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2018-2021: Animator/Director- Short films for BA Animation.
December 2019: Animator- Fresh air radio- motion graphic for the opening of the Fresh air radio YouTube Channel.
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December 2019: Animator- Paolozzi Edinburgh at Large, promotional short film for the Edinburgh at large website which celebrates the statues of Eduardo Paolozzi.
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December 2019: Animator- ‘Lussevaka’ Film by Jo Sutherland- worked on stop motion animated scenes – Selected for Little Wing Festival 2020 and Melies Short Films 2020.
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December 2017: Costume Design- Annual Christmas Pantomime ‘Jack and the Beanstalk.’