Amy Gardiner

Amy Gardiner (born October 17, 1985) is an American animator and fine artist living in Holyoke, MA. She graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2008 with a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree. She is perhaps most notable as the creator of the short animation Space Beavers.

Amy grew up in the rural area of Nanticoke, NY and attended the Whitney Point Central School District, graduating in 2003. She began her interest in art as a child, and was motivated to pursue a career in art while in high school.

Filmography

• Monsters Anonymous(2008)^The Portfolio of Amy Gardiner, Monsters Anonymous, retrieved on 2009-06-14

• Space Beavers(2007)^The Portfolio of Amy Gardiner, Space Beavers, retrieved on 2009-06-14

• Starsmasher(2007)^The Portfolio of Amy Gardiner, Starsmasher, retrieved on 2009-06-14

• Speed Geezers (2006)
• Mortimer:Talking to Yourself(2006)
• Mortimer:The Story of an Old Man's Battle With Himself(2006)^The Portfolio of Amy Gardiner, Mortimer, retrieved on 2009-06-14

Exhibitions

• In 2008, at the Cleveland Institute of Art BFA exhibit in Cleveland, OH.^The Cleveland Institute of Art, T.I.M.E. digital arts department, retrieved on 2009-06-14

• In 2008, at the annual EMIT film festival at the Cleveland Cinematheque in Cleveland, OH.
• In 2008, at the Coffee House Gallery in the Cleveland Institute of Art in Cleveland, OH.
• In 2007, at the Cleveland Cinematheque in Cleveland, OH, at the EMIT film festival.
• In 2006, at the Coffee House Gallery in the Cleveland Institute of Art in Cleveland, OH.
• In 2006, in the Future Center of the Cleveland Institute of Art, in Cleveland, OH.
• In 2006, at the Cleveland Cinematheque for the EMIT film festival in Cleveland, OH.

Awards and reviews

In 2008 she received an honorable mention for her animated short Space Beavers. Shown at the EMIT film festival, it also received positive attention in the Cleveland Free TIMES.