Melanie Mandl Bio
Melanie Mandl works in a variety of medias, including painting, sculpture and video installation. Her paintings are typically three-dimensional. The viewer is encouraged to see them from different angles, so that the imagery is revealed to them as they move past. Using stop motion animation, she has created site specific video installations in a similar format.
An accomplished filmmaker, Melanie has made film shorts like Silent Moon and her music-inspired project, Run, an animated narrative about loneliness, and anxiety. Run would go on to receive an honorable mention at the USA Film Festival in Dallas, the White Sands Film Festival, and would win the award for Best Music Video at the LA Film Festival.
Melanie's work is dark and quirky, often exhibiting a wry sense of humor. There is a subtle, whimsical tone that underpins her pieces creating a feeling of wonder and loneliness. These emotions are seen in the palette she chooses and her sculptor's sense of texture. Her cinematography is deliberate and methodical. Stop-motion animation and puppeteering contribute to Melanie's general storytelling aesthetic; her work has the quality of fairytales that collide with technology.
Selected Group and Solo Exhibitions
Generate
Keystone Art Space, Los Angeles 2014
Gifted
Keystone Art Space, Los Angeles 2014
Above the Sea, Below the Sky, solo exhibition
Wallspace LA, Los Angeles 2014
Group Exhibition
James Grey Gallery
Santa Monica 2013
Second
Keystone Art Space, Los Angeles 2013
Grand Opening
Keystone Art Space 2013
12x12x12
Keystone Art Space 2013
The Tree solo exhibition
Freight & Cargo, San Jose 2013
Open/Closed
Keystone Art Space, Los Angeles 2012
Echo Park Artwalk
Keystone Art Space, Los Angeles 2012
Depth Perception
Keystone Art Space, Los Angeles 2012
First
Keystone Art Space, Los Angeles 2012
Art Unites 5
Historic Lankershim Arts Center, North Hollywood 2011
Urban nothingness
Jefchak Wyrich, Beverly Hills 2011
Film Festivals
International Festival of Animated Objects
AFI
USA Festival Dallas
Cinequest San Jose
White Sands
Los Angeles Film Festival
Sarasota Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
Animated dreams
Newport International Film Festival
Rockland Shorts, The Farnsworth Art Museum
Clint Mansell Concert in Ghent, Belgium
Awards and Honors
Shots Magazine: "Directors to Watch" 2008
Winner, Audience Award for "RUN," Los Angeles Film Festival 2008
Honorable Mention for "RUN," White Sands Film Festival
Honorable Mention for "RUN," USA Festival Dallas
Selected Bibliography
Film Independent 2012
SHORT FIX: AIR’S RUN Animated by Melanie Mandl
San Jose State University 2013
Lecture: "From Tiny Town to Tinsel Town"
Voyage LA - Meet Melanie Mandl of Keystone Art Space