B. 1998 New York, NY
Currently resides in Valencia, CA
EDUCATION
2021 - 2024 Master of Fine Arts, Experimental Animation, California Institute of the Arts
2016 - 2020 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Film/Animation/Video, Rhode Island School of Design
SELECT FESTIVALS
SWIM!
2023
San Diego Underground Film Festival, San Diego, California
BITBANG, Buenos Aires, Argentina
New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Hokkaido, Japan
Vermont Animated Film Festival, Newbury, Vermont
ASIFA-Hollywood's Animated Short Film of the Month (August), virtual
Primanima World Festival of First Animations, Budaörs, Hungary
LINOLEUM Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine
Turku Animated Film Festival, Turku, Finland
FAB Festival of Animation Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Festival du Film d'Animation de Savigny, Savigny, Switzerland
Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Baden, Switzerland
Kuandu International Animation Festival, Taipei, Taiwan
Silver Lake Shorts, Los Angeles, California
Fest Anca, Žilina, Slovakia
Anifilm International Festival of Animation, Liberec, Czech Republic
Dog Husband
2022
Kansas City Underground Film Festival, Kansas City, Missouri
Festival du Film d'Animation de Savigny, Savigny, Switzerland
Peripheries Experimental Film & Video Festival, Boston, Massachusetts
Mobile Animation Film Festival - MAFF, Mobile, Alabama
2021
Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
INSTALLATIONS & EXHIBITIONS
2023
Clay Slay, group exhibition, CalArts, Valencia, California
Paper Fetish, group exhibition, CalArts, Valencia, California
CalArts Experimental Animation Showcase, REDCAT, Los Angeles, California
Malt adult #26, group screening, Public Works Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Animation Karaoke, ground screening, CalArts, Valencia, California
2021
That's a tattoo, group exhibition, CalArts, Valencia, California
Mon Œil episode 247, Centre Pompidou virtual programming
2019
Soft Screen Cinema Vol.2, group screening, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
AWARDS & GRANTS
2023
Special Jury Award for Student Film, New Chitose Airport International Animation Fest
International Graduation Shorts Special Mention, BITBANG
Student Union Grant, CalArts
Jules Engel Award, scholarship, CalArts
2021
Lillian Disney Award, scholarship, CalArts
SELECT PRESS
Jon Doyle. “Daneshevskaya – Big Bird.” Various Small Flames, August 30, 2023.
David Renshaw. “Daneshevskaya’s ‘Big Bird’ offers up a rare sighting.” The Fader ,
August 29, 2023.
Rachel Brodsky. “Daneshevskaya – ‘Big Bird.’” Stereogum, August 29, 2023.
“Life & Work with Isabel Santos.” Interview by VoyageLA, July 24, 2023.