Draft:Carolina Melis

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Carolina Melis
Born(born 1975)
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
CitizenshipItaly
Alma mater
Occupations
OrganizationCarolina Melis Studio
Websitecarolinamelis.com

Carolina Melis is an Italian-Danish illustrator, filmmaker, animator and art director based in Italy.[1][2][3] As art director and filmmaker, she is known for her short films and music videos for artists such as Vladislav Delay, Four Tet, Metronomy, Colleen, Essie Jain, Oh No Ono and Efterklang, and for T.V. commercials in advertising industry for BBC, MTV, Fendi, Drunk Elephant, Microsoft, Volkswagen, Prada and Sony.[4][5][6][7][8]As illustrator, Melis has designed covers for notable books including Gossip Girl novel series, American Royals, among many others. Melis also regularly contributes illustrations to the New York Times, Time Out, Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, Penguin Books and other publications.[2] Melis is founder of Carolina Melis Studio, an independent workshop specializing in digital art.[9]

Biography[edit]

Carolina Melis was born and raised in Cagliari,[2] Italy.[3][10][11] Her father is Sardinian and mother is Danish.[2] In 1990, at the age of fifteen, Melis left Sardinia to go to boarding school Skolerne i Oure - Sport & Performing Arts in Oure, Denmark for a year.[12] In 1993-1995, Melis attended the United World College of the Adriatic. Melis later moved to to the United Kingdom,[1] where she enrolled in the London Contemporary Dance School and Dartington College of Arts, where she received a B.A. degree in Theatre Arts in 1999.[13] Continuing her studies at the Central Saint Martins, Melis graduated with the Masters degree in Communication Design in 2004 with the main focus on animation and illustration.[3][10][13] Currently, Melis lives with her family in Sardinia, Italy, where she runs an art and design studio.

Career in art[edit]

Upon graduation, Melis shortly worked as a dancer and choreographer before moving into illustration and animation.[3] She changed her career venue and started as a director at Nexus Productions, an animation, film and interactive studio in London.[5][14] While at Nexus, Melis worked on multiple projects in the domain of digital art and video productions including music videos, short films, and commercials for clients ranging from Animal Planet and Prada to Barclays, MTV, the BBC, and Volkswagen, among others.[7][14] Her debut animation film As The Crow Flies that represented Nexus was produced in collaboration with Susanne Flender in 2005.[3][15] Another renown project was an animation video Threeworld, a re-brand for BBC 3, which run across TV, online and in print. The work won a Brand Identity award at Eurobest 2008.[3][16] [17] Her 60-second video for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) was commissioned by the Council of Europe and nominated for a BTA Craft Award.[4][18][19]

In 2010 she created and art directed the identity, set design and title sequence for the reality show the Arrangement, a floral design competition series produced by MTV. The same year Melis wrote and directed the film Le fiamme di Nule, an animated short about weaving in Sardinia, produced by the Institute of Ethnography (ISRE). The film led Melis to the creation of the Mio Karo textile brand dedicated to original craft from Sardinia—composed of blueprints designed by Melis and manufactured by local artisans. The first collection was exhibited at the Italian Cultural Institute in London in 2011.[2]

In 2013, Melis worked with the US production company Pixomondo and British advertising agency M&C Saatchi in Beijing, where she art-directed Think Blue for 4 months, a fully animated TV commercial for Volkswagen's campaign for the Chinese audience.[1][20][21][22][8]

Melis films have been shown at national and international venues and festivals including the National Film Theatre, Edinburgh International Film Festival and Onedotzero.[10][23][24] Among her notable clients are IKEA, MTV, Adidas,Barclays, Microsoft, LeSportSac, Max Mara, and magazines such as Vogue, Tank and Specialten, Discovery Channel and Channel 4.[2][5] Her work has been commissioned by clients such as IKEA, Elizabeth Arden, Adidas, Microsoft, LeSportSac, Erno Laszlo, Tommy Hilfiger, Clinique. and magazines such as Vogue, Elle, Grazia, Glamour.[8] In recent years, her artworks have been exhibited internationally in places such as Hong Kong at the Landmark, London's Victoria & Albert Museum, British Film Institute, Palace de Tokyo and Uppsala Konsert & Kongress.[6][25][11] Melis illustrated over 30 covers for books for young adults including the series Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar.

Melis social campaigns include Stay Home NYC Campaign during Covid19 lockdown,[26] Chi ama non taglia le ali (awareness of violence against women), animation for NSPCC, and the video in support of Save The Children Go Go Ninja Dinosaur.[27]

Notable work[edit]

Digital art[edit]

  • Efterklang – Polygyne (animation), 2007[28][29]
  • Le fiamme di Nule (animation short), 2010
  • Mio Karo (textile brand), 2011 - Present
  • March 8 - International Women's Day (animation), 2019[2]
  • Dove Cade L’Ombra, 2017[6][30]
  • Threeworld (animation video for BBC3), 2008
  • Think Blue (VW ad campaign), 2013
  • Loving is Not Owning/Chi ama non taglia le ali (social campaign animation), 2018
  • Save The Children Go Go Ninja Dinosaur
  • Stay Home NYC Campaign, 2020
  • Dynamo Shirt design, 2021-2022

Illustrations[edit]

  • American Royals
  • Gossip Girl
  • Witch Please
  • Remember Me

Recognition[edit]

  • Sardinia Woman of The Year (2019)/Premio donna sarda dell’anno 2019[31][4]
  • Winner of Best Animation al Festival ARFF for "Loving is Not Owning"[32]
  • Brand Identity award at Eurobest 2008

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Runchina, Giovanni (2014-05-15). "Da Cagliari a Londra fino alla Cina: le vite lavorative della designer Carolina Melis". Sardinia Post.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Tramonte, Andrea (2019-03-09). "La designer che dà un'anima ai tappeti. Carolina Melis, donna sarda dell'anno". Sardinia Post.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Film: As the Crow Flies". Animate Online.
  4. ^ a b c "Alla designer cagliaritana Carolina Melis il Premio donna sarda dell'anno 2019". Rivista Donna. 2019-03-09.
  5. ^ a b c Caria, Antonio (2019-03-08). "Alla Designer Cagliaritana Carolina Melis Il Premio Donna Sarda Dell'Anno 2019". Sardegna TV.
  6. ^ a b c "Carolina Melis. Dove cade l'ombra". Museo Nivola.
  7. ^ a b Carter, Dom (2023-07-20). "Kubikino: Carolina Melis's generative art uses code to create geometric portraits". Creative Boom. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  8. ^ a b c Costanzi, Paolo (2023-04-14). "Carolina's NFT - Coast Magazine". Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  9. ^ Massi, Graziella (2021-07-04). "Carolina Melis. Arte e fantasia legate all'Isola". Corrieresardo.
  10. ^ a b c "Carolina Melis Biography". Pamono.
  11. ^ a b "Carolina Melis". www.rockbadgeragency.com. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  12. ^ "About school". Skolerne i Oure - Sport & Performing Arts.
  13. ^ a b Liam, Winifred. "Carolina Melis Using Code to Create Geometric Portraits". Prazzle. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  14. ^ a b D'agostino, Damiano (2023-10-21). "Alice nella Città: animazione alla riscossa, anche su cortometraggio". The Hollywood Reporter Roma (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  15. ^ "As the Crow Flies". Animate Projects Archives.
  16. ^ "Threeworld - BBC3 Idents". Vimeo.
  17. ^ "BBC Three". Carloscarrasco1.
  18. ^ "Filmografia dal 2000: Carolina Melis". Cinema Italiano.
  19. ^ "Carolina Melis Creates A World Of Caring Hands For NSPCC". 4RFV.
  20. ^ "Animation Comes To Chinese Advertising With VW". CampaignBriefAsia.
  21. ^ "Animação apresenta Think Blue ao mercado chinês". Jornal Do Empreendedor.
  22. ^ "Carolina Melis". TalentiSardi.
  23. ^ Rainews, Redazione di (2023-10-14). "Tre film sardi alla mostra del cinema di Roma". RaiNews (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  24. ^ Tramonte, Andrea (2023-09-29). "L'albero millenario di Cuglieri, dall'incendio ai nuovi germogli: il corto animato di Carolina Melis lo celebra". sardiniapost (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  25. ^ "Cerimonia venerdì in Municipio a Cagliari con gli spot televisivi di Carolina Melis vincitrice del premio Donna sarda dell'anno". UniCaradio.
  26. ^ "Violenza in famiglia, un gesto per chiedere aiuto". L'Unione Sarda.
  27. ^ "Chi ama non taglia le ali", lo spot dell'Università di Cagliari contro la violenza sulle donne". Cagliari Casteddu.
  28. ^ "Efterklang – Polygyne. Director: Carolina Melis". The Guardian.
  29. ^ "Efterklang - Polygyne". Vimeo.
  30. ^ "Carolina Melis. Dove Cade L'Ombra". Arte.
  31. ^ "Alla designer cagliaritana Carolina Melis il Premio Donna Sarda dell'anno 2019". Cagliari.
  32. ^ ""Chi ama non taglia le ali" premiato a Parigi". Università degli Studi di Cagliari.

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