Ana Gabriela Teran is a Cuban-American art director, designer, and film director who explores alternative approaches to many creative languages. She obtained a bachelors degree in Film Production from the University of Florida with a focus in Art History and a master's degree in Fashion Styling and Visual Merchandising from Domus Academy in Milan.
During her time in Milan, she won numerous awards in art direction, design and film direction. Selected by Reebok for her sneaker and collection concept and design, she was awarded the first prize of the C-Park Design Marathon of 2018. Consequently, her sneaker design and concept, Mars Stomper, for Reebok was exhibited at Salone del Mobile 2019. In collaboration with Domus Academy, DIESEL and OTB Group selected her window display design and interactive retail experience to be displayed in the San Babila flagship store in Milan, for their up-cycled collection launch. For her short film Color, she won the Marie Claire Italia BodyTelling competition, against 150 students from 20 fashion and design universities in Italy. In the August 2019 issue, a story of her short film on the topic of female menstruation was published on a double-page spread.
After her master's degree, she worked as a copywriter and junior art director working within the creative team of April Studio, getting her hands-on projects with top luxury brands. At the same time, she worked as a project assistant for Domus Academy's Fashion Graduate Italia fashion show and as the creative director of the event's exhibition for the high-fashion designer Erkan Çoruh. This led her to become a lecturer on filmmaking and storytelling for the master program students in fashion design and visual brand design clusters. She closed the year of 2019 published as an editor in the January 2020 issue of Marie Claire Italia, for a second time, on an article exploring the inclusivity and sustainable efforts of major fashion houses.
Ana Gabriela continues to pursue works related to art direction, writing, film direction, and concept design.
Blackbird Film Festival
Writer & Director, Women in Film Color
New York 2021
Melbourne Film Festival
Writer & Director, Best Drama Color
Melbourne 2020
Marie Claire Italia BodyTelling 1st Prize
Writer & Director, Color
Milan 2019
DIESEL x OTB Window Display 1st Prize
Art direction & Design, Take the Trash Out
Milan 2019
Reebok & C-Park Design 1st Prize
Concept & Design, Mars Stomper
Milan 2018
University Scholar Award
Selection for multidisciplinary approach, documentary series, Meet: Street Style
Gainesville 2018
National College Emmy
38th Annual College Television Awards Newscast category, WUFT News
Gainesville 2016
Superbolt Agency
Designer
October 2021 - Ongoing
Farewell Brooklyn
Event & Experience Designer
August 2020 - October 2021
GANNI
Client Advisor, Stylist
March 2020 - August 2020
Marie Claire Italia
Guest Editor, Milan
May 2019 - January 2020
"Storytelling Through Filmmaking"
Filmmaking Lecturer at Domus Academy
Guest Lecturer, Milan
November 2019
"What is Freedom in Fashion?"
Erkan Çoruh & Fashion Graduate Italia
Project Assistant, Art Director,
Exhibition Designer, Milan
September 2019 - October 2019
Zegna, #WhatMakesaSales(Wo)Man
(APRIL Studio)
Junior Art Director (Copywriter), Milan
November 2019
Giuseppe Zanotti, Sneaker Look book, Showroom & Window Display Concept
(APRIL Studio)
Junior Art Director (VM), Milan
November 2019
Moncler, Value Pills 2020 Video Campaign
(APRIL Studio)
Junior Art Director, Milan
November 2019 - December 019
Tod's, FW19 Window Display
(APRIL Studio)
Junior Art Director (VM), Milan
September 2019 - November 2019
Prada, Chinese Qixi Fashion Film Campaign
(APRIL Studio)
Junior Art Director, Milan
June 2019 - August 2019
Duvetica, Logo Design, Animations & Rebranding
(APRIL Studio)
Junior Art Director, Milan
May 2019 -December 2019
Ducati, Brand Identity Campaign Concept
(In collaboration with Domus Academy)
Visual Brand Designer, Milan
April 2019 - June 2019
Salone del Mobile for Reebok Exhibition
(In collaboration with Domus Academy)
Sneaker & Apparel Concept Designer, Milan
April 2019
Reebok, 2030 Sneaker & Collection Concept
Sneaker & Apparel Concept Designer, Milan
November 2018 - April 2019
Diesel & OTB, Up-cycled Window Display
(In collaboration with Domus Academy)
Visual Merchandiser, Milan
January 2019 - March 2019
Biffi Boutiques, SS19 Campaign
(In collaboration with Domus Academy)
Fashion Stylist & Campaign Director, Milan
November - December 2018
Oltre Frontiera, The Future of Windows
(In collaboration with Domus Academy)
Visual Merchandiser, Milan
September - November 2018
Vera Bradley
Content Creator / PR representative, Boston
September 2016- January 2018
CollegeFashionista
Fashion Editor, Content Creator, New York
May 2015- January 2017
Jord Watches
Content Creator / Ambassador, Miami
January 2018- August 2018
Vera Bradley
Content Creator / Influencer, Boston
September 2016- January 2018
WhoWhatWear
Content Creator / Influencer, Miami
January 2017- March 2017
Steve Madden
Content Creator / Influencer, Miami
October 2016- January 2017
La Roche-Posay
Content Creator / Influencer, Miami
May 2016- May 2017
American Eagle Outfitters
Content Creator / Influencer, Miami
May 2015- November 2015