Education
2019
MFA (candidate), Film and Video Production, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (expected May 2022)
2019
BFA, Drawing/Printmaking, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
2019
BFA, Film Production, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Awards/Grants/Fellowships (Honors/Scholarships/Residencies, etc.)
2019
Honors in the Major, Studio Art BFA, Burnett Honors College, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
2018
J.R. Hopes Art Scholarship
2015
Arts Advocacy Award, Florida Cultural Alliance, Tallahassee, FL Nominated by University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Exhibition Record
2019 June
National Juried Exhibition, OPPOSITES, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA (Juried by Caitee Hoglund)
2019 April
Group Exhibition, NOVA, University of Central Florida BFA Exhibition, UCF Gallery, Orlando, FL (catalogue)
2019 February
Group Exhibition, Black History Art Showcase, Massimo Gallery, Orlando, FL
2019 January
Group Exhibition, Let Your Garde Down, Henao Contemporary Center, Orlando, FL (Co-curator with Sunspot Cinema Collective)
2018 June
Group Exhibition, Retrospective, Guava Tree Gallery, Orlando, FL
2017 February
Two-Person Exhibition, Black Spaces, White Faces, Guava Tree Gallery, Orlando, FL (with artist Christopher Santos, MFA)
Experimental Film and Installation Works
2020, Imagine(d) Color(ed), found footage, 20:15
2019, Work, 16mm, Super 8mm, in camera process with digital combine, 2:55
We Take Everything With Us, Sept 22-Oct 6, 2020, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (virtual)
Cellular Cinema: CAVE 4, Jan 31-Feb 2, 2020, Minneapolis, MN
NOVA, April 2 - April 25, 2019, Orlando, FL
Black History Art Showcase, Feb 15, 2019, Orlando, FL
Let Your Grade Down, Jan 17, 2019, 2018 cut, Orlando, FL
2019, Paper Bag Test, digital, 4:31
NightShift: Double Think, March 20, 2020, Sunspot Cinema Collective, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL (rescheduled) -- Double Think, March 7-14, 2021 (virtual)
Film North August 2020 Cinema Lounge, August 12, 2020, Minneapolis, MN (virtual)
Cellular Cinema: CAVE 4, Jan 31-Feb 2, 2020, Minneapolis, MN
2019, Beginning of the End, digital animated collage and found footage, 9:02, W.I.P.
Cellular Cinema: CAVE 4, Jan 31-Feb 2, 2020, Minneapolis, MN
2019, Difficult Donuts, digital, 5:55, W.I.P.
2019, Dance of Black Supermen, dye transfer, paint, and scratching on 16mm leader loop
2019, No More Heroes: An Anthology: Exhibition Cut, three channel expanded cinema installation, 10:00
Leap Fest, Feb 29, 2020, Iowa City, IA
2018, Snowglobe, digital, 1:18
2018, Postcard, digital
2018, Abbott, dye transfer on 16mm leader loop
NOVA, April 2 - April 25, 2019, Orlando, FL
Black History Art Showcase, Feb 15, 2019, Orlando, FL
2017, Spencer on 16, 16mm
2017, Self-portrait/Othered perception, installation, painting with 16mm loop
2017, Modern Minstrelsy, installation, painting with digital loop
Black History Art Showcase, Feb 15, 2019, Orlando, FL
2016, Marissa in Red and Blue, 16mm
2016, Texture, 16mm
2016, Begin Phase 2, 16mm hand scratched and painted loop
NOVA, April 2 - April 25, 2019, Orlando, FL
Let Your Grade Down, Jan 17, 2019, Orlando, FL
Film Production Experience
Writer/Director/Producer
2021, BLS: Black Liberation Space, experimental documentary short, digital/film
Paris Independent Film Festival, Official Selection, April 23, 2021, Paris, Fr
2020, Barrier, short, digital
2019, No More Heroes: An Anthology, short, digital
2018, Fitted Descriptions, short, digital
2017, Clear, short, digital
2017, Delusions of Grandeur, short, digital/tape/16mm
Production Design
2019, No More Heroes: An Anthology, short, digital
2018, Waking Up White, television pilot, digital
2018, Fitted Descriptions, short, digital
2018, Contingency Plan, television pilot, digital
2018, Pencil, short, film 16mm
2017, Off Beat, short, digital
2017, Clear, short, digital
2017, High Adventure, short, digital
2017, A Shallow Realization, short, digital
2017, Delusions of Grandeur, short, digital/dv/film 16mm
2016, Find An Escape, short, digital
2016, Nailed, feature, digital
Cinematographer/Director of Photography
2020, BLS: Black Liberation Space, experimental documentary, digital/film, Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera/Pailard Bolex H16 rex5
2020, Coming Home To Myself, experimental documentary, digital/film, Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera/Pailard Bolex H16 rex5
2020, I Need to Listen, screendance, digital, Black Magic Ursa Mini 4.6k/Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera
2020, Barrier, short, digital, Black Magic Ursa Mini 4.6k
2019, Goodbye Belle, short, film 16mm, Pailard Bolex H16 rex5
2019, No More Heroes: An Anthology, short, digital/film, Black Magic Ursa Mini 4.6k/Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera/Pailard Bolex H16 rex5
2019, Culdesac, short, dv, DVX100A
2018, All at Sea, short, digital, Black Magic Ursa Mini 4.6k
2018, Fitted Descriptions, short, digital, Black Magic Ursa Mini 4.6k/Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera
2018, Flood, short, digital, Canon t3i/Canon EOSM/Canon 60D
2018, If We Had Met, short, digital, Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera
2017, Captain Courageous, short, digital, Black Magic Ursa Mini 4.6k
2017, For Mara, short, digital, Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera
2017, Delusions of Grandeur, short, film 16mm, Pailard Bolex H16 rex5
Storyboard/Concept Artist
2019, Egghead and Twinkie, short, concept artist
2018, Contingency Plan, television pilot, concept artist
2017, Slasher, short, storyboard artist
2016, Skin Deep, short, storyboard artist
2016, Find An Escape, short, storyboard artist
2016, Demon of Darkness, short, storyboard artist
Art Department
2017, Off Beat, short, set design/construction
2017, Where’d You Go, short, prop maker
2017, High Adventure, short, prop maker
2016, The Lightkeeper, short, PA
Editor
2020, BLS: Black Liberation Space, experimental documentary, Adobe CC
2020, Barrier, short, Adobe CC/Davinci Resolve
2019, Why Iowa, UofI Theatre Arts, recruitment promo, Adobe CC/Davinci Resolve
2019, No More Heroes: An Anthology, short, Adobe CC/Davinci Resolve
2018, Fitted Descriptions, short, Adobe CC/Davinci Resolve
2017, Clear, short, Adobe CC/Davinci Resolve
2017, Delusions of Grandeur, short, Adobe CC/Davinci Resolve
Camera Operator
2019, The Death of Jackie Strawberry, Black Magic Ursa Mini 4.6k
1st AC
2019, The Death of Jackie Strawberry, Black Magic Ursa Mini 4.6k
2nd AC
2016, Abandoned, short, digital, Black Magic Ursa Mini 4.6k
Key Grip
2018, Love’s Roundabout, short
2017, Yuth, short
Grip
2019, In Memory of Us, short
2017, Replica, short
Commercial Work
2020, Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway Wineries, Breweries, and Distilleries, Prairie Rivers of Iowa
2019, Why Iowa, University of Iowa Theatre Arts
Bibliography
Arielle Feldman, “J.R. Hopes Scholarship paints picture of hope for art students”, UCF College of Arts and Humanities, http://www.cah.ucf.edu/news/hopes-scholarship/
Publication
“Of Martyrs and Minstrels”, 2019, Honors in the Major Undergraduate Thesis, University of Central Florida
Professional Work Experience
2019 - present
Teaching Assistant, Modes of Film and Video Production, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2020
Visiting Artist Lecture, Instructor Valerie Starks, Telluride Association (Virtual)
2020
Visiting Artist Lecture, Instructor Hannah Bonner, Coe College, Iowa (Virtual)
2019
OPS Employee, Film Equipment Room, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
2018 – 2019
Residence Hall Apartment Patrol, Department of Housing and Residence Life, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
2017– 2018
Work Study Employee, Film Equipment Room, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (Supervised by Senior Broadcast Technologist / Operations Manager Jonathan Arthur Bowen)
2014–17
Resident Assistant, Department of Housing and Residence Life, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
2013–16
Student Ambassador, School of Visual Arts and Design, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
2003–2017
Lead Caricature Artist, Kaman’s Art Shoppes Inc., Paramount’s Carowinds, Fort Mill, SC; Paramount’s Kings Dominion, Richmond, VA; SeaWorld, Orlando, FL
Professional and Community Organizations
2020-2021
Bijou Film Board of University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, Executive Director
2020-2021
Graduate Student Liaison, Cinematic Arts: Film and Video Production, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2019 - present
Vertical Cinema @ University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2018 - 2019
Sunspot Cinema Collective @ UCF, Orlando, FL, Assistant Director
2013 - present
International Society of Caricature Artists, Kansas City, MO
2019
MFA (candidate), Film and Video Production, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (expected May 2022)
2019
BFA, Drawing/Printmaking, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
2019
BFA, Film Production, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Awards/Grants/Fellowships (Honors/Scholarships/Residencies, etc.)
2019
Honors in the Major, Studio Art BFA, Burnett Honors College, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
2018
J.R. Hopes Art Scholarship
2015
Arts Advocacy Award, Florida Cultural Alliance, Tallahassee, FL Nominated by University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Exhibition Record
2019 June
National Juried Exhibition, OPPOSITES, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA (Juried by Caitee Hoglund)
2019 April
Group Exhibition, NOVA, University of Central Florida BFA Exhibition, UCF Gallery, Orlando, FL (catalogue)
2019 February
Group Exhibition, Black History Art Showcase, Massimo Gallery, Orlando, FL
2019 January
Group Exhibition, Let Your Garde Down, Henao Contemporary Center, Orlando, FL (Co-curator with Sunspot Cinema Collective)
2018 June
Group Exhibition, Retrospective, Guava Tree Gallery, Orlando, FL
2017 February
Two-Person Exhibition, Black Spaces, White Faces, Guava Tree Gallery, Orlando, FL (with artist Christopher Santos, MFA)
Experimental Film and Installation Works
2020, Imagine(d) Color(ed), found footage, 20:15
2019, Work, 16mm, Super 8mm, in camera process with digital combine, 2:55
We Take Everything With Us, Sept 22-Oct 6, 2020, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (virtual)
Cellular Cinema: CAVE 4, Jan 31-Feb 2, 2020, Minneapolis, MN
NOVA, April 2 - April 25, 2019, Orlando, FL
Black History Art Showcase, Feb 15, 2019, Orlando, FL
Let Your Grade Down, Jan 17, 2019, 2018 cut, Orlando, FL
2019, Paper Bag Test, digital, 4:31
NightShift: Double Think, March 20, 2020, Sunspot Cinema Collective, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL (rescheduled) -- Double Think, March 7-14, 2021 (virtual)
Film North August 2020 Cinema Lounge, August 12, 2020, Minneapolis, MN (virtual)
Cellular Cinema: CAVE 4, Jan 31-Feb 2, 2020, Minneapolis, MN
2019, Beginning of the End, digital animated collage and found footage, 9:02, W.I.P.
Cellular Cinema: CAVE 4, Jan 31-Feb 2, 2020, Minneapolis, MN
2019, Difficult Donuts, digital, 5:55, W.I.P.
2019, Dance of Black Supermen, dye transfer, paint, and scratching on 16mm leader loop
2019, No More Heroes: An Anthology: Exhibition Cut, three channel expanded cinema installation, 10:00
Leap Fest, Feb 29, 2020, Iowa City, IA
2018, Snowglobe, digital, 1:18
2018, Postcard, digital
2018, Abbott, dye transfer on 16mm leader loop
NOVA, April 2 - April 25, 2019, Orlando, FL
Black History Art Showcase, Feb 15, 2019, Orlando, FL
2017, Spencer on 16, 16mm
2017, Self-portrait/Othered perception, installation, painting with 16mm loop
2017, Modern Minstrelsy, installation, painting with digital loop
Black History Art Showcase, Feb 15, 2019, Orlando, FL
2016, Marissa in Red and Blue, 16mm
2016, Texture, 16mm
2016, Begin Phase 2, 16mm hand scratched and painted loop
NOVA, April 2 - April 25, 2019, Orlando, FL
Let Your Grade Down, Jan 17, 2019, Orlando, FL
Film Production Experience
Writer/Director/Producer
2021, BLS: Black Liberation Space, experimental documentary short, digital/film
Paris Independent Film Festival, Official Selection, April 23, 2021, Paris, Fr
2020, Barrier, short, digital
2019, No More Heroes: An Anthology, short, digital
2018, Fitted Descriptions, short, digital
2017, Clear, short, digital
2017, Delusions of Grandeur, short, digital/tape/16mm
Production Design
2019, No More Heroes: An Anthology, short, digital
2018, Waking Up White, television pilot, digital
2018, Fitted Descriptions, short, digital
2018, Contingency Plan, television pilot, digital
2018, Pencil, short, film 16mm
2017, Off Beat, short, digital
2017, Clear, short, digital
2017, High Adventure, short, digital
2017, A Shallow Realization, short, digital
2017, Delusions of Grandeur, short, digital/dv/film 16mm
2016, Find An Escape, short, digital
2016, Nailed, feature, digital
Cinematographer/Director of Photography
2020, BLS: Black Liberation Space, experimental documentary, digital/film, Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera/Pailard Bolex H16 rex5
2020, Coming Home To Myself, experimental documentary, digital/film, Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera/Pailard Bolex H16 rex5
2020, I Need to Listen, screendance, digital, Black Magic Ursa Mini 4.6k/Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera
2020, Barrier, short, digital, Black Magic Ursa Mini 4.6k
2019, Goodbye Belle, short, film 16mm, Pailard Bolex H16 rex5
2019, No More Heroes: An Anthology, short, digital/film, Black Magic Ursa Mini 4.6k/Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera/Pailard Bolex H16 rex5
2019, Culdesac, short, dv, DVX100A
2018, All at Sea, short, digital, Black Magic Ursa Mini 4.6k
2018, Fitted Descriptions, short, digital, Black Magic Ursa Mini 4.6k/Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera
2018, Flood, short, digital, Canon t3i/Canon EOSM/Canon 60D
2018, If We Had Met, short, digital, Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera
2017, Captain Courageous, short, digital, Black Magic Ursa Mini 4.6k
2017, For Mara, short, digital, Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera
2017, Delusions of Grandeur, short, film 16mm, Pailard Bolex H16 rex5
Storyboard/Concept Artist
2019, Egghead and Twinkie, short, concept artist
2018, Contingency Plan, television pilot, concept artist
2017, Slasher, short, storyboard artist
2016, Skin Deep, short, storyboard artist
2016, Find An Escape, short, storyboard artist
2016, Demon of Darkness, short, storyboard artist
Art Department
2017, Off Beat, short, set design/construction
2017, Where’d You Go, short, prop maker
2017, High Adventure, short, prop maker
2016, The Lightkeeper, short, PA
Editor
2020, BLS: Black Liberation Space, experimental documentary, Adobe CC
2020, Barrier, short, Adobe CC/Davinci Resolve
2019, Why Iowa, UofI Theatre Arts, recruitment promo, Adobe CC/Davinci Resolve
2019, No More Heroes: An Anthology, short, Adobe CC/Davinci Resolve
2018, Fitted Descriptions, short, Adobe CC/Davinci Resolve
2017, Clear, short, Adobe CC/Davinci Resolve
2017, Delusions of Grandeur, short, Adobe CC/Davinci Resolve
Camera Operator
2019, The Death of Jackie Strawberry, Black Magic Ursa Mini 4.6k
1st AC
2019, The Death of Jackie Strawberry, Black Magic Ursa Mini 4.6k
2nd AC
2016, Abandoned, short, digital, Black Magic Ursa Mini 4.6k
Key Grip
2018, Love’s Roundabout, short
2017, Yuth, short
Grip
2019, In Memory of Us, short
2017, Replica, short
Commercial Work
2020, Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway Wineries, Breweries, and Distilleries, Prairie Rivers of Iowa
2019, Why Iowa, University of Iowa Theatre Arts
Bibliography
Arielle Feldman, “J.R. Hopes Scholarship paints picture of hope for art students”, UCF College of Arts and Humanities, http://www.cah.ucf.edu/news/hopes-scholarship/
Publication
“Of Martyrs and Minstrels”, 2019, Honors in the Major Undergraduate Thesis, University of Central Florida
Professional Work Experience
2019 - present
Teaching Assistant, Modes of Film and Video Production, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2020
Visiting Artist Lecture, Instructor Valerie Starks, Telluride Association (Virtual)
2020
Visiting Artist Lecture, Instructor Hannah Bonner, Coe College, Iowa (Virtual)
2019
OPS Employee, Film Equipment Room, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
2018 – 2019
Residence Hall Apartment Patrol, Department of Housing and Residence Life, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
2017– 2018
Work Study Employee, Film Equipment Room, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (Supervised by Senior Broadcast Technologist / Operations Manager Jonathan Arthur Bowen)
2014–17
Resident Assistant, Department of Housing and Residence Life, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
2013–16
Student Ambassador, School of Visual Arts and Design, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
2003–2017
Lead Caricature Artist, Kaman’s Art Shoppes Inc., Paramount’s Carowinds, Fort Mill, SC; Paramount’s Kings Dominion, Richmond, VA; SeaWorld, Orlando, FL
Professional and Community Organizations
2020-2021
Bijou Film Board of University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, Executive Director
2020-2021
Graduate Student Liaison, Cinematic Arts: Film and Video Production, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2019 - present
Vertical Cinema @ University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2018 - 2019
Sunspot Cinema Collective @ UCF, Orlando, FL, Assistant Director
2013 - present
International Society of Caricature Artists, Kansas City, MO