BFA Graphic Design & MFA Digital Animation & Motion Arts
I am chantal kassarjian, a Lebanese-Armenian MOTION DESIGNER AND animator
I am Currently based in NYC
Email me for my CV!
AWARDS
Best Animated Short Film /// The Mosaic Film Festival /// USA, 2020
Best Animation /// Bridges International Film Festival /// Greece, 2020
Best Short Animated Film/// Beirut International Women Film Festival /// Lebanon, 2020
Best Message of “Family Values”/// Fresco International Film Festival /// Armenia, 2020
Best New York Filmmaker Award/// Imagine This Women’s Film Festival /// USA, 2020
Best Animation/// Culture & Diversity Film Festival /// USA, 2020
Special Prize /// KIN International Film Festival /// Armenia, 2020
Peabody Award /// as credited graphic artist for ABC News 20/20's "Say Her Name: Breonna Taylor"/// 2020
DuPont Columbia Award /// AS CREDITED GRAPHIC ARTIST for ABC News' "The Power of Water" Series /// 2024
FILM FESTIVAL JUDGE
Beirut international Women's Film Festival (BWFF)/// Short Documentary and Animation Jury /// Beirut, Lebanon /// 2021
Imagine This Women's International Film Festival (ITWFF)/// Short animations, narratives, documentaries, music videos, web series AND SCREENPLAYS /// New York CITY, USA /// 2021
ITWFF/// New York CITY, USA /// 2022
ITWFF/// New York CITY, USA /// 2023
EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS
“Ça Restera Entre nous” Exhibition/// Galerie Tanit /// Featuring Original artwork for “Twisted” comic strip /// Mar Mikhael, LebanoN /// Nov 2016
“Ouroboros: Digital Surplus” Exhibition/// Pratt Institute Digital Arts Gallery /// Showcasing Animated Film “W.C. The Waiting Club” /// Brooklyn, NY /// Dec 2017
“Pratt in Venice” Exhibition/// “Saint Pheobe” /// Brooklyn, NY /// Oct 2018
“Art is The Cure” Exhibition/// One Art Space Gallery /// Tribeca, NY /// Oct 2020
“The Neighborhood Curbside Canvas Project”/// PATIO Mural for “That Bar”/// Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY /// Nov 2020 – Jan 2021
“Free Form Binge" tv programming block/// BronxNet Television /// aired “Recipe In Exile” /// Mar 2021
“NFiniTe” Exhibition/// One Art Space Gallery /// “The Beach” NFT /// Tribeca, NY /// Apr – May 2022
“Liminality” 2022 AAA Exhibition/// Screening of "Plugged” /// Long Island City, NY /// JUN 2022
“Celebrating Fall in MoRA” Exhibition/// MoRA Museum /// New Jersey, USA /// Oct – Nov 2022
Arab World Institute (L’Institut du monde Arabe) /// Screening “Recipe in Exile” as part of a cultural program alongside “Perfumes of the Orient” exhibition /// Paris FrancE /// Nov 2023
“Recipe in Exile” Worldwide Screenings/// 20+ FILM FESTIVALS /// 2020 – 2024
PANELIST, GUEST SPEAKER & MENTOR
Imagine This Women's Film Festival (ITWFF)/// Filmmaker Q&A /// NY, USA /// Sep 2020
CDFF Culture and Diversity Film Festival /// Filmmaker Q&A /// USA /// Oct 2020
Pratt Institute Guest Speaker for DDA Students///“Transitioning to the Industry” /// Brooklyn, NY, USA /// Jan 2022
Pratt International Alumni Talk/// “Before, Life After Pratt” /// USA /// Feb 2022
AUB North American Alumni Reunion Animation Panel/// “The Magic behind Animation” /// Huntington, California, USA /// FeB 2022
San Diego WWWAUB Chapter /// Guest Speaker /// USA, Jun 2022
2022 AAA Liminality/// Video Artist Talk for FILM "Plugged” /// Long Island City, NY, USA /// Jun 2022
“Face to Face” Event /// Portfolio reviewS + mentoring session /// Pratt Institute /// Nov 2023
ITWFF Panel Moderator /// for “The Process of Casting: A Peek Behind the Curtain” /// SEPT 2024
Women in animation (wia) mentor /// mentorship circle of 10 mentees TITLED “Breaking Into the Animation Industry as a 2D Animator or Motion Designer”/// 2024 spring rounD
PUBLICATIONS
Bilingualism in Visual Communication by Diane Mikhael /// Two page spread for ‘Nachos’ bilingual logotype /// Jan 2017
Rusted Radishes – Beirut Literary and Art Journal – Issue 7/// Three page spread for “Twisted” graphic narrative /// Nov 2018
The Magazine of Contemporary Art/// Featured Artist + Published Artist Interview /// SEP 2020
Aztag DailY/// Film Review “Recipe in Exile” /// Sep 2020
Press Release/// Featuring “recipe in exile” in nine Armenian articles about the Fresco Film Festival’s 2020 winners (Slaq, New Media, Aravot, Iragir, New Info, Magnis, Armenpress, Verelq, Ardarutyun) /// 2020
Bored Panda/// “Let Us Retire The Legend Of The Lebanese Phoenix” /// Sep 2020
Art Hole Magazine – Issue 6/// Featuring “The Last Rhino” /// Nov 2020
ArtAscent Magazine – V46 “Animals”/// Featuring “The Last Rhino” /// Dec 2020
Time Out MAGAZINE/// Article Featuring “The Neighborhood Curbside Canvas Project” /// Dec 2020
Chitro Magazine – Issue 1 “Birth”(published by Dots Publications)/// Featuring “The Art of Manufacturing Ideas” /// Jan 2021
Epoch Press “Beginnings” Debut Issue/// “Recipe in exile” film stills /// Winter 2021
