PRESS MENTIONS / AWARDS TIMELINE (1999–2025)

2025: Ongoing Innovation and Recognition –

Indovina continues to push creative boundaries through House of Indovina—her platform for visual and philosophical experiments at the intersection of AI, storytelling, and the beautiful flaws of being human. With over two decades of award-winning work behind her, she remains a driving force in the evolution of design, art, and technology.

2025: Appointed to Art Directors Club (ADC) Advisory Committee –

Indovina is invited to join the Art Directors Club (ADC) Advisory Committee, recognizing her as a leading voice in the future of design, storytelling, and emerging creative technologies. Her role aims to help shape the direction of one of the industry’s most prestigious institutions.

2025: The One Club for Creativity – Executive AI Creative Summit Speaker –

Indovina is invited to speak at The One Club for Creativity’s AI Executive Creative Summit, where she presents her talk “ART IS DEAD. LONG LIVE THE ARTIST: Creative Leadership in the Age of Intelligent Tools.” Addressing an audience of global creative leaders, she explores the evolving role of the artist in an era defined by generative AI, automation, and the collapse of traditional creative hierarchies.

2024: ADC Awards Jury President (AI) –

Recognized as a pioneer at the intersection of AI and creativity, Indovina is appointed Jury President for the Artificial Intelligence category at the ADC 103rd Annual Awards. This prestigious role – along with her continued speaking engagements on AI (e.g. One Club’s Creative Summit) – cements her status as a forward-looking industry leader. Source

2024: Subject Matter Expert – AWS Generative AI Certification Program –

Indovina is invited to serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the inaugural Amazon Web Services Generative AI Certification Program. Contributing alongside leading voices in AI—including researchers, technologists, and futurists—she helps shape the curriculum designed to train and certify the next generation of creative professionals in generative AI. Her role reflects her standing as both a practitioner and thought leader in the evolving landscape of intelligent tools.

2023: AICP Award & Industry Honors –

Indovina is the director for the Coinbase short Run the Chain which wins the 2023 AICP Award for Best Character Design/Animation, placing her work alongside the year’s elite. The film is acquired by MoMA’s permanent collection and also earns a D&AD Shortlist for the same project.

2023: Creative Perspectives Talk – “Creativity and the Singularity” –

Indovina presents a video talk for The One Club for Creativity exploring the thrilling and unsettling future of art in an AI-driven world. Watch

2023: Co-Creation of Amuse Bouche with Partizan –

Indovina co-creates Amuse Bouche, a forward-looking initiative with Partizan aimed at exploring new technologies and storytelling practices in the age of intelligent tools. The project brings together artists and technologists to prototype ideas at the intersection of creativity, AI, and narrative experimentation.

2022: Coinbase “Degen Trilogy” Press –

Indovina directs The Degen Trilogy: Part 1 – Run the Chain, an animated short for Coinbase that blends NFTs and web3 storytelling. The project is covered in detail by Stash Magazine, which highlights her epic narrative vision.

2022: Tendril Talk – “The Great Rapid Prototyping Movement” –

Invited by the visionary artists at Tendril to speak in their acclaimed speaker series, Indovina delivered her talk “The Great Rapid Prototyping Movement.” She explored how technological shifts have enabled artists to iterate faster, experiment more deliberately, and push the boundaries of innovation through accelerated creative exploration.

2021: The Ellis School Alumna Feature –

Indovina is profiled by her high school alma mater, recounting her path from childhood creativity to acclaimed directing work on projects like Black Is King.

2020: Creation of Monstertown –

Indovina teams up with writer Nicholos Black and actor/writer Brando Eaton to develop Monstertown, an original IP blending horror, noir, and social commentary. Actor Michael Cudlitz enters talks for the lead role. Conceived as an interactive comic book website, the project features gritty, cinematic visuals that guide viewers through the narrative—an experimental and exploratory way to pitch original content to studios and stakeholders.

Visit: www.welcometomonstertown.com

2020: Skyworth Campaign – Shots Magazine –

As Design Director, Indovina creates dreamy visuals for Chinese tech brand Skyworth, featured in Shots Magazine.

2020: Concept Designer – Beyonce’s Black Is King

Indovina contributes concept design for Beyoncé’s visual film Black Is King (Disney+).

2020: Animation Director – Utopia (Amazon Prime)

She serves as Animation Director on the dark thriller series Utopia.

2019: Founding of House of Indovina –

After a decade at Psyop, Indovina launches House of Indovina, a studio exploring AI and narrative design. Her move garners attention across creative and tech industries.

2018: Industry Jury & Recognition –

Indovina begins judging top design and commercial awards including AICP and ADC Annual Awards.

2017: ADC Blog Feature – “The Imposter In You”

Written by Brett McKenzie, this candid feature profiles Indovina’s reflections on creative doubt, imposter syndrome, and the role of vulnerability in leadership. Published during her ADC Young Guns 11 recognition, the piece struck a chord across the creative industry, circulating widely as an honest look at the emotional cost of ambition.

2017: AutodeskFeature – “Character Animation + Motion Graphics: A Winning Combination”

Indovina is interviewed by Autodesk in a feature exploring her hybrid approach to storytelling—blending the emotional depth of character animation with the precision and flow of motion graphics. In the article, she breaks down her process, influences, and the challenges of merging these two disciplines at a high level. The piece highlights her role in pioneering a visual language that’s both illustrative and cinematic, and her belief that “emotion is the bridge between design and character.”

2017: The Art Director’s Club – “School of Craft: A Shot of Life to a Hungry Vein”

In this editorial course by The Art Director’s Club, Indovina reflects on the craft of merging personal vision with client needs—drawing from her experiences as an ADC Young Guns winner. The title, “A Shot of Life to a Hungry Vein,” comes from one of her most cherished commercial projects, encapsulating her belief that design should be emotionally resonant, not just functional. The piece highlights her ability to bring poetic depth to commercial storytelling, treating every frame as an opportunity to deliver something vital and alive.

2016: Computer Arts Profile – “Like Living in My Own Canvas” –

A feature on how her personal life and studio merge visually and creatively.

2016: ADC Blog Essay – “A View from the Jury”

In this reflective piece, Indovina opens up about her emotional experience judging motion design for the ADC 95th Annual Awards. Written by Brett McKenzie, the article highlights the intensity, empathy, and responsibility involved in evaluating the year’s best creative work.

2016: ADC Blog – “A View from the Jury” –

Indovina shares her reflections on judging the ADC 95th Annual Awards.

2016  “Wild Be in a Honey Hive”

In a vivid essay by Brett McKenzie, Indovina is described as “wild in the hive”—an instinctive, soul-first artist navigating an industry obsessed with order and polish. This piece captures the raw emotional current behind her work.

2015: D&AD Pencil – Airbnb “Wall and Chain” –

Is a part of the team which wins a D&AD Pencil and Webby for Wall and Chain, a touching animated short art directed by Indovina.

2015: Shots Magazine – British Gas “Warm & Working” –

Directs a charming spot featuring a penguin repairman; featured in Shots Magazine.

2015: Designcollector – Sherwin-Williams Campaign –

Indovina discusses fine art influences in the Emerald Paint Collection commercial.

2014: Emmys Magazine & Monki Magazine Features –

Profiles highlight Indovina’s imaginative animation and her process creating music videos with “just imagination and a computer.”

2013: Super Bowl XLVII – Beck’s Sapphire “Serenade” –

Co-directs this surreal CGI ad featuring a black goldfish during the Super Bowl.

2013: ADC Young Guns 11 –

Honored among the top 30 under 30 creatives worldwide.

2013: Motionographer – “10,000 Arrows to the Heart” –

Indovina is featured after several dynamic years working professionally in motion design. She pens an honest essay and interview chronicling her rise to Creative Director at Psyop. Read

2012: SFNY Conference – The Art of Failure –

Indovina co-presents a signature talk with filmmaker Lucia Grillo at the Style Frames NY conference, titled The Art of Failure. Opening with the line “Failure makes you ugly” (Marco Spier), the two guide a global audience through the deeper beauty of creative missteps. The talk features Psyop’s hauntingly poetic short Failure and unpacks how vulnerability, imperfection, and risk are essential to bold visual storytelling. The session becomes a standout hit of the conference, resonating deeply with artists facing the chaos of the unknown.

2012: Gold AICP Award – Fage “Plain” (Co-Directed with Eben Mears) –

Indovina co-directs the poetic, minimalist ad Plain for Fage Yogurt, alongside the late, brilliant Eben Mears at Psyop. The film wins Gold at the AICP Awards, earning a place in the MoMA permanent collection. The campaign is celebrated for its striking restraint and meditative pacing—an homage to the power of simplicity in an industry often dominated by excess.

2012: Gold Clio & AICP MoMA Honor – FedEx “Enchanted Forest” –

Is a part of the team winning top honors and is archived in MoMA for her concept design work and art direction 

2011: Motionographer & Adweek – Fage “Plain” Campaign –

Profiles cover her directorial work on a poetic ad featuring narration by Willem Dafoe.

2010: Motion Conference Keynote – Designing with Meaning –

Indovina delivers a keynote titled Designing with Meaning: The Psyop Approach to Illustrating the Story at the Motion Conference. In the talk, she unpacks Psyop’s collaborative creative process—from dreaming to doing, and the controlled chaos that fuels their illustrative, emotionally resonant storytelling. The session offered a rare behind-the-scenes look at the visual development philosophy that helped define an era of motion design.

2009: Director & Designer – Psyop –

Indovina joins renowned creative studio Psyop as a Director and Designer, marking the start of a prolific decade helming high-profile, visually ambitious campaigns. At Psyop, she directs award-winning work across animation, design, and live action—crafting surreal worlds for brands like FedEx, Beck’s Sapphire, British Gas, and Airbnb. Her signature aesthetic—blending painterly detail with narrative depth—earns her recognition at the Clios, D&AD, and AICP and cements her reputation as one of the studio’s most visionary voices.

2008: One Club Award – Justin Timberlake’s “LoveStoned” –

Wins a One Show award as a team of designers on the visually iconic “blue section.”

2007–2012: Author & Curator – Motionographer –

Indovina was part of the original global editorial team at Motionographer.com, the influential industry site founded by Justin Cone. As a contributing writer and curator, she regularly spotlighted groundbreaking work in animation, motion design, and storytelling—helping shape the dialogue around visual culture during a formative era for the medium.

2007: Relocated to NYC to Creative lead Blind’s NYC Studio –

Indovina is relocated to New York to lead Blind’s East Coast expansion.

2009: Emmy Award – Blind –

Indovina’s original character designs and hand-painted visual language were featured in a music video that earned Blind an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Art Direction. Her distinctive aesthetic defined the look and feel of the characters, marking an early milestone in her career as a visual auteur.

2006: Festival Sweep – Fish Heads Fugue (RISD) –

Wins Best Stop Motion at Animex UK, Best Undergraduate Animation at Ottawa, and screens worldwide.

2005: David Rosenberg Memorial Scholarship –

Receives RISD’s top film honor for compassion, creativity, and vision as a junior in the Film/Animation/Video department in honor of David Rosenberg 94 FAV,

2005: Fish Heads Fugue – Festival Launch –

Wins Best Animation at the Hollywood DV Festival and becomes a finalist in Stash’s Global Student Awards.

1999–2001: Carnegie Mellon Pre-College Merit Scholar –

Awarded merit scholarships for three consecutive summers, Indovina attended Carnegie Mellon University’s Pre-College Art Program, where she studied advanced drawing, figure study, and experimental design, laying the foundation for her future as a visual storyteller.

1999: Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts –

At age 16, recognized for early creative excellence in sculpture and puppetry.

1994–2001: Scholastic Gold Medalist & Top Portfolio Honors –

From childhood through high school, Indovina earned dozens of regional and national Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, consistently recognized for her expressive visual storytelling in sculpture, drawing, and printmaking. 

In her senior year, she was awarded the highest portfolio honor in Western Pennsylvania, distinguishing her as one of the region’s most promising young artists.

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