Tandis Shoushtary | Creative Development | Design | Animation
Tandis is a German-Iranian designer and animator working and based in New York City & Berlin. She makes short films, animated videos, and visual strategies.
Her animated short films have been screened at festivals internationally, most recently at Echo Park Film Center (2020), Artifact Film Festival (2019), Before We Were Banned (2018), and Al-Nahj International Film Festival (2018).
contact: tandis505@gmail.com
EDUCATION
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, NY (BFA)
Berlin Institute of Technology x Berlin University of The Arts (MA)
Academy of Integrated Humanities and New Media, CA
EXPERIENCE
Associate Motion Designer
The New York Times, NY
2021 - Present
Motion Design Consultant
Vox Media, NY
2019 - 2021
Junior Designer
Bellweather Agency, NY
2017 - 2019
Animation/Motion Design Consultant
Moin Motion, Germany
2015 - 2016
HONORS AND AWARDS
2020 Medici Award for Excellence in Art
2018 Benjamin Menschel Fellowship - Finalist
Barbara Hammer Experimental Filmmaking Grant - Finalist
2016 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award
National Scholastic NSPA Design of the Year Award
Cooper Union Innovator’s Merit Scholarship Award
2015 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards National Gold Medal, Drawing
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards National Gold Medal, Illustration
Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award,
EXHIBITIONS
Shahre Farang (2020)
Solo Show, 7 E 7th St Colonnade, NYC
Soleil Arachnide (2020)
Group Show, Echo Park Film Center, LA
Experimental Narratives (2019)
Group Show, 7 E 7th St, NYC
She Goes With Her: Menschel Fellowship (2019)
Group Show, 41 Cooper Gallery, NYC
Before We Were Banned (2018)
Group Show, East of West Gallery, Santa Fe
Art All Night (2018)
Group Show, Roebling Museum, NJ
Cooper Union EOYS (2018)
Group Show, The Cooper Union, NYC
Derapage (2018)
Group Show, Société des Arts Technologiques, MTL
Defense Mechanisms (2018)
Two-Person Show, The Cooper Union, NYC
Before we were Banned (2018)
Group Show, Art Helix Gallery, NYC
Spring Showcase (2016)
Juried Group Show, Academy of Art University, SF
FESTIVALS
2019 Artifact Film Festival
Official Selection
IndieCapitol Awards
Official Selection
Scout International Film Festival
Official Selection
2018 KQED Film School Shorts
Semi Finalist
Somerville International Film Festival
Official Selection
Yale Student Film Festival
Official Selection
Miami Independent Film Festival
Official Selection
Trenton International Film Festival
Official Selection
Feminist Border Arts Film Festival
Official Selection
Cinemì Cinemà International Short Film Festival
Official Selection
Al-Nahj International Film Festival
Official Selection
Como Independent Film Festival
Official Selection
AAB Film Festival
Winner, Best One Minute Short
DC Independent Film Festival
Official Selection
San Mauro International Film Festival
Official Selection
60 Second International Film Festival
Official Selection
2017 Miami Independent Film Festival
Winner, Monthly Best Mini Short Film
Toronto Alternative Film Festival
Finalist
London Thunderbolt Film Festival
Official Selection
ESMoA Video Art + Film Festival
Finalist
Barcelona Planet Film Festival
Official Selection