CV
Education
MFA, Moving Image, University of Illinois at Chicago (2020), Chicago IL
BA, Labor Studies and Visual Studies, Hampshire College (2016), Amherst MA
Filmography
Arrival 1, Arrival 2 [2022, video, animation, colour, sound]
Tell Me about SunTea [2022, super 8, video, colour, sound]
Abandon!Abandon! [2021, video, colour, silent]
Even the Sun Practices Time [2021, archival video, video, colour and b/w, sound]
Avanti! [2020, 16mm, archival video, colour and b/w, sound]
I HATE NEW YEARS DAY! By Ej Nussbaum and Antonio Gramsci
Sons of Captain Grant
Some Single Human Beings
Chicago Pawners and Jewelers, 2405 W Madison St. Chicago, IL, 60612 [2020, video,
colour, sound]
130 [2018-2020 16mm, b/w, silent]
Action 32
Action 11
Action 50
Action 96
Action 20.5
Action 16
Action 17
Action 40
Action 2
Action 66
Action 27
At night I braid my hair. I’ll send you a picture when it’s past my shoulders. [2018, video,
colour, silent]
Today I tried not to think about you. I didn’t want to feel guilty anymore. [2018, video,
colour, silent]
That dress doesn’t fit me anymore. [2017, video, archival footage, colour, sound]
Phone Tag [2017, video, archival footage, colour, sound]
Gratitude [2017, archival footage, colour and b/w, sound]
Screenshot [2016, video, colour, sound]
Fulfillment [2016, archival footage, colour, sound]
Distributor
Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre
Screenings and Exhibitions
2022
Artscape Gibraltar Point, 2022 Winter Island Residency Group Show, Tell Me about Sun Tea,
Toronto Islands, Canada
The First International Independent Persian Experimental Short Film Festival, 130 (2019-2021),
Tehran, Iran
2021
Mundo em Foco, 1666 – Festival Internacional de Cinema 16mm, Avanti!, São Paulo, Brazil
Chicago Filmmakers, Onion City Experimental Film + Video Festival, Avanti!, Chicago, IL
Gallery 400, MFA Thesis Show, This World Should be More Wonderful, Chicago IL
Coop Gallery MicroCinema, 130, re-presenting 2020 microcinema film festival, Nashville TN
Roman Susan, 130, Streetlight, Chicago IL
2020
Harkat Studios, 130, 16mm Film Festival, Mumbai, India
Chicago Filmmakers, 130, Spirit of Chicago Virtual Showcase, Chicago IL
ULTRAcinema, Avanti!, Festival de Cine Experimental y de Found Footage, Tepic, Nayarit,
Mexico
Coop Gallery MicroCinema, 130, Nashville TN
The Great Space 130, Bring Your Own Art, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL
2019
Labor in a Single Shot Screening, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
2018
Thinking of Death to be Alive – Responses and Reflections Art Exhibit, Richard J. Daley Library,
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL
2017
Video! Video! Zine Festival, Gratitude, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL
Video! Video! Zine, Gratitude, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL
2016
Picture her story: a co-created [silent] multimedia exhibition, Hampshire College Red Barn,
Amherst MA
Residency
2022
Artscape Gibraltar Point 2022 Winter Island Residency, Toronto Islands, Toronto ON
Workshops and Guest Lectures
2022
Handmade Cinema Workshop for Srijitia Banerjee's Undergraduate Course “Bad
Objects, Squiggly Shapes,” Cinema Studies Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto ON
2019
“130 Ways of Breaking Up and Getting Over Ed,” Feminisms Lunch Lecture series, Women's
Leadership and Resource Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL
2016
“Are Fetishists Real? From Mercantile Discourse to Queer Subjectivity,” Five College
Undergraduate Anthropology Conference, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA
“Fantasies Hungry as Bodies,” Screenshot and Fulfillment, Critical Social Inquiry Division 3
Conference, Hampshire College, Amherst MA
Teaching Experience
2020 Undergraduate Instructor of Record, Introduction to Moving Image, Spring Semester,
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL
2020 Teaching Practicum with Deborah Stratman, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL
2019 Undergraduate Instructor of Record, Introduction to Moving Image, Fall Semester,
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL
2019 Teaching Practicum with Jesse Malmed, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL
2018-2020 Swim Instructor, Foss Swim School, Chicago IL
2018-2019 Audio Visual Technician, School of Art and Art History, University of Illinois at
Chicago, Chicago IL
2014 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Great Depression/Great Recession, Hampshire
College, Amherst MA
MFA, Moving Image, University of Illinois at Chicago (2020), Chicago IL
BA, Labor Studies and Visual Studies, Hampshire College (2016), Amherst MA
Filmography
Arrival 1, Arrival 2 [2022, video, animation, colour, sound]
Tell Me about SunTea [2022, super 8, video, colour, sound]
Abandon!Abandon! [2021, video, colour, silent]
Even the Sun Practices Time [2021, archival video, video, colour and b/w, sound]
Avanti! [2020, 16mm, archival video, colour and b/w, sound]
I HATE NEW YEARS DAY! By Ej Nussbaum and Antonio Gramsci
Sons of Captain Grant
Some Single Human Beings
Chicago Pawners and Jewelers, 2405 W Madison St. Chicago, IL, 60612 [2020, video,
colour, sound]
130 [2018-2020 16mm, b/w, silent]
Action 32
Action 11
Action 50
Action 96
Action 20.5
Action 16
Action 17
Action 40
Action 2
Action 66
Action 27
At night I braid my hair. I’ll send you a picture when it’s past my shoulders. [2018, video,
colour, silent]
Today I tried not to think about you. I didn’t want to feel guilty anymore. [2018, video,
colour, silent]
That dress doesn’t fit me anymore. [2017, video, archival footage, colour, sound]
Phone Tag [2017, video, archival footage, colour, sound]
Gratitude [2017, archival footage, colour and b/w, sound]
Screenshot [2016, video, colour, sound]
Fulfillment [2016, archival footage, colour, sound]
Distributor
Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre
Screenings and Exhibitions
2022
Artscape Gibraltar Point, 2022 Winter Island Residency Group Show, Tell Me about Sun Tea,
Toronto Islands, Canada
The First International Independent Persian Experimental Short Film Festival, 130 (2019-2021),
Tehran, Iran
2021
Mundo em Foco, 1666 – Festival Internacional de Cinema 16mm, Avanti!, São Paulo, Brazil
Chicago Filmmakers, Onion City Experimental Film + Video Festival, Avanti!, Chicago, IL
Gallery 400, MFA Thesis Show, This World Should be More Wonderful, Chicago IL
Coop Gallery MicroCinema, 130, re-presenting 2020 microcinema film festival, Nashville TN
Roman Susan, 130, Streetlight, Chicago IL
2020
Harkat Studios, 130, 16mm Film Festival, Mumbai, India
Chicago Filmmakers, 130, Spirit of Chicago Virtual Showcase, Chicago IL
ULTRAcinema, Avanti!, Festival de Cine Experimental y de Found Footage, Tepic, Nayarit,
Mexico
Coop Gallery MicroCinema, 130, Nashville TN
The Great Space 130, Bring Your Own Art, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL
2019
Labor in a Single Shot Screening, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
2018
Thinking of Death to be Alive – Responses and Reflections Art Exhibit, Richard J. Daley Library,
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL
2017
Video! Video! Zine Festival, Gratitude, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL
Video! Video! Zine, Gratitude, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL
2016
Picture her story: a co-created [silent] multimedia exhibition, Hampshire College Red Barn,
Amherst MA
Residency
2022
Artscape Gibraltar Point 2022 Winter Island Residency, Toronto Islands, Toronto ON
Workshops and Guest Lectures
2022
Handmade Cinema Workshop for Srijitia Banerjee's Undergraduate Course “Bad
Objects, Squiggly Shapes,” Cinema Studies Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto ON
2019
“130 Ways of Breaking Up and Getting Over Ed,” Feminisms Lunch Lecture series, Women's
Leadership and Resource Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL
2016
“Are Fetishists Real? From Mercantile Discourse to Queer Subjectivity,” Five College
Undergraduate Anthropology Conference, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA
“Fantasies Hungry as Bodies,” Screenshot and Fulfillment, Critical Social Inquiry Division 3
Conference, Hampshire College, Amherst MA
Teaching Experience
2020 Undergraduate Instructor of Record, Introduction to Moving Image, Spring Semester,
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL
2020 Teaching Practicum with Deborah Stratman, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL
2019 Undergraduate Instructor of Record, Introduction to Moving Image, Fall Semester,
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL
2019 Teaching Practicum with Jesse Malmed, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL
2018-2020 Swim Instructor, Foss Swim School, Chicago IL
2018-2019 Audio Visual Technician, School of Art and Art History, University of Illinois at
Chicago, Chicago IL
2014 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Great Depression/Great Recession, Hampshire
College, Amherst MA