ABOUT

Hi, I’m Giulia — a multidisciplinary artist, animator, director, and illustrator.
I work across client commissions and personal films, and I teach, podcast, and experiment along the way.

My background spans Italy’s National Film School, the European development lab Animation Sans Frontières, and HSLU Lucerne — and I’ve been freelancing full-time since 2016.

I love blending handmade charm with digital tools, and lately, I’m exploring creative coding to expand how stories can move and interact.

I host the podcast Under the Onion Skin, teach on Skillshare, and thrive on collaborations that are thoughtful, socially engaged, and sometimes a little weird.

Let’s make something good together.

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RELEVANT LINKS

INTERVIEWS and FEATURES
Creative Howl 2.0 / Creative Howl / The Collective Mag / Ballpitmag / GARDE magazine / Animateka / Page Online / PICAME / ToonBoom / ComòMag / Hoppipolla / LOOP / The Dots / Claire Makes Things /

AWARDS, grants, and ARTISTIC RESIDENCIES

• Open Workshop artistic residency - Viborg, DK, 2019
• The multi-award-winning short animated film "MERLOT" won many prizes and has been screened in festivals worldwide.
Among those:
- Emile European Animation Award - Best Student Film (2017)
- 1st prize Hamburg Animation Award (2016)
- Best Short Movie at Int. Children's Film Festival Montreal (2018)
- Special Prize of the Jury - KROK (2016)
- Special Prize at PRINANIMA (2016)
- Best Graduation Film CINANIMA (2016)

Check the complete Merlot's prizes list >here<

ILLUSTRATION AWARDS AND OTHER EXHIBITIONS

• 2025 Books & Bubbles, Picture Books Exhibition, Bologna, IT
• 2024 Re-MIX AR exhibition at the Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, CH
• 2024 part of Bolo-Klub mentorship program
• 2023 Kinetic LAD, Lugano Animation Days, CH
• 21.03-17.04.2022 Ci vuole un fiore / Es braucht eine Blume: Collective exhibition, CH
• 2020 "Animated Women" AR Animated Portraits Exhibition at Fantoche Festival, Baden, CH
• 2019 "JUST HUMANS" at Egyptian Museum of Turin for Graphic Days, Turin, IT
• 17/07/2019- 06/01/2020 #Facceemozioni National Cinema Museum - Mole Antonelliana, Torino
• 2019 Cotonfioc festival "Crepe" exhibition, IT
• 2018 LIBERA MENTE winner "Libertà di Stampa" contest - PrintClub Torino, IT
• 2018 selection "Let's Dance" Illustration contest - Le Vanvere, IT
• 2014 personal exhibition at Amantes, Torino, IT
• 2013 winner Dusty Jazz contest, IT

PERSONAL FILMS
• Crohnacles (2014) 10''
• MERLOT (2016) 5'40''
• Marea (2022) 4'30''
• The Onion (in progress)
• Tales From the Woods - animated series (in progress)

MORE FACTS ABOUT ME
• I created the animation podcast Under the Onion Skin
• Took part in ASF - Animation Sans Frontières 2016-2017 - European Development Lab
• Languages Geek--> speak Italian, English, French, German; learning Russian and Spanish
Bachelor's degree in translation and mediation
• I would love to get involved in: animated short and long films, series, interactive project, initiatives connected to environment and sustainability, music, and dance.
• for a detailed CV check my LinkedIn profile or email me :)

• Member of Swissanimation
• Member of Punanimation
• Member of WomenWhoDraw
• Contributor at Adobe Stock Premium
• part of die Blaue Ampel Coworking
• Member at CitylikeYou
• Member of Great Women Animators
• Member of BoloKlub 2024-25

for inquiries and collaboration:
martinelli.giuli [@]gmail.com

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE LOVELY PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT MY WORK in many different ways
- Open Workshop residency, Viborg
- My Active Supporters on PATRONS: Salman Ansari, Giulia Barbero, Donato Sansone, Brett Jubinville, Jamie Red, Philipp Dahinden, Rafael Sommerhalder, Heta Jäälinoja, Audrey Sysaykeo, Harrison Brain, Iulia Voitova, Yuliya Dzyuba, Cadence Baugh, Nora Heeb, Arlene Flores, Julia Überbacher

All the work on this website is property of Giulia Martinelli and, in the case of commissioned work, the usage is regulated with clients through contracts.
You are therefore kindly asked to contact her before using any of the images. Thank you.

if you are in Zurich, you can find me at Strapazin Atelier.

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