Heather Trawick C.V.

EDUCATION:

2015                        MFA in Film/Video, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

2004                       BFA, with Distinction (Film Production) Concordia University,

                                Montreal,  Canada

AWARDS/RESIDENCIES:

2022                      LaborBerlin – International Production residency, Berlin Germany

2016                       Special Jury Mention, Oberhausen International Film Festival

2014                       Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences Artist Production Fellowship

                               Fotokem Production Grant

2012                       British Columbia Film Commission Daryl Duke & William Vince Scholarship

2005                      Canada Council for the Arts Media Arts Research and Production Grant

2004                      Concordia Student Film Festival - Audience Favorite Award

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS/SCREENINGS:

2023                      Chicago Filmmakers Co-op, Celluloid Now! Chicago, USA

Lightfield Film Festival, San Francisco USA

2022                      Chicago Filmmakers Co-op, Celluloid Now! Chicago USA

2020 Oberhausen International Film Festival

2019 The Order of Nature Francois Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles

2016                       The National Gallery, Washington, DC in conjunction with; Los Angeles to                                              New York: Dwan Gallery, 1959–1971

                               Curtocircuíto International Film Festival, Spain

                               San Diego Underground Film Festival

                               Arsenal, Berlin, GER

                               Cellular Cinema, Minneapolis, MN

                               Haverhill Film Festival, Haverhill, MA

                               Gravitational Deflection of Light, Unseen Cinema, Durham, NC

                               Lima Independente – Festival Internacional de cine – Lima, Peru

                               Oberhausen International Film Festival, Oberhausen, GER

                               Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, Hawick Scotland

                               Crossroads Film Festival – San Francisco Cinemateque

                               Onion City Film Festival – Chicago IL

2015                       New York Film Festival – Projections – New York, NY

                               Frenkel Defects III – Denver, Co

                               Frenkel Defects III – Albuquerque, NM

                               Echo Park Film Center – Los Angeles, CA

                               Black Hole Cinema – Oakland, CA

                               Sight Unseen – Baltimore, MD

                               Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY

2014                       Images Festival – Toronto, Canada

                               Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema (BAFICI) Buenos                                       Aires, Argentina

2013                       Echo Park Film Center New Works Salon - Los Angeles, CA    

                               TIE: The International Experimental Conference, Colorado Springs, CO

2009                      The Avant Garde Remake Toronto, LIFT – Toronto, Canada

2006                      Chicago Underground Film Festival - Chicago, IL

                               All Tomorrows Parties Television - London, UK

                               Twisted Robot - Berlin, Germany,

                               Schikaneder - Vienna, Austria,

                               Barden’s Boudoir - London, England

                               New York Underground Film Festival - New York, NY

                               Chicago Underground Film Festival – Chicago, IL

                               Monkeytown – New York, NY

                               Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA

2005                      Videokill 3 – Vancouver, Canada

                               Brooklyn Underground Film Festival, New York, NY

2004                      ACID; Nouveau Drug Art, Vancouver, Canada

                              VideoKill, Video In, Vancouver, Canada

SOLO EXHIBITIONS/PREFORMANCES:

2015                       The National Registered Landmarks of Los Angeles

                               County/SALTFLATFAMILY – B&W Gallery, Valencia, CA

2005                      Live film projections for Black Mountains North American Tour

                               Black Mountain CD Release Show – Vancouver, Canada

2003                     July 4th, 2003 (New York) Venice Beach & Vincente Minelli’s Star (Los Angeles),                                           VAV Gallery, Montreal, Canada

PUBLICATIONS:

2005                      Druganaut music Video issue 11 of Specialten DVD magazine

2004                      Druganaut included as part of an enhanced CD for Black Mountain,                                                         Jagjaguawar Records 

MUSIC VIDEOS/ARTIST PORTRAITS:

2016                       Made in LA 2016: a, the, though, only – Artist Announcement – The Hammer                                         Museum, Los Angeles, CA  

                               Gala Porras-Kim – The Hammer Muesum, Los Angeles, CA

2015                       Njideka Akunyili Crosby – The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA  

2008                      Highway – Lightning Dust – Jagjaguwar Records – Director, Editor,                                                             Cinematographer

2006                      Swallow by The Wailin’ Jennys – True North Records - Director of                                                              Photography

2005                      Druganaut – Black Mountain – Jagjaguwar Records – Director, Editor,                                                       Cinematographer

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

2016- 2023. Film Consultant and AV exhibitions consultant, Sprüth Magers, Los Angeles

2016                       Film Consultant, Technical Consultant, Jacob Kassay, (Artist)

                               Documentation/Editing, Dyson & Womack, Los Angeles Public Art Biennale

2015 - 2016           Videography – The Hammer Museum

2015                       Film Specialist (Film Looper fabrication, consultant, installation and                                                       maintenance) João Maria Gusmão and Pedro Paiva One month without                                                     filming – REDCAT Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

                               Film Specialist (Film Looper fabrication, consultant, installation and                                                       maintenance) Johanna Breiding, Epitaph for Family – Human Resources, Los                                     Angeles, CA

2014                       Film Specialist (Film Looper fabrication, Consultant, Installation and                                                    maintenance) Paul Sietsema: Film and Works – Denver MOCA, Denver CO

2011                       Director of Photography - Irregular Time Signatures, Julia Feyrer (Artist)

                               Optical Printer/Film Loop Installer - Robert Kleyn Retrospective, Catriona                                               Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

                               Optical Printer/Film Loop Installer - Alex Morrison Solo Exhibition, Catriona                                           Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver Canada

2006                      2nd Assistant Director (2nd Unit) - Battlestar Galatica, NBC/Sci-Fi Channel 

2005                      Line Producer - Harvey Spannos – Bluebush Productions/Fuel TV

PROGRAMMING/CURATORIAL:

2016                       Beyond the Myth: Contemporary Films from Los Angeles, Vancouver, Canada

2004 - 2005          VideoKill 2 & 3 VIVO - Vancouver, Canada

2004                      ACID; Nouveau Drug Art, VIVO - Vancouver, Canada

FILM AND VIDEO WORKS:

2020. Isn’t it a Pity (16mm 8min)

2015                       Centre of the Cyclone (16mm, 18min)

                               SALTFLATFAMILY (Video, Looped Projection)

2014                       Jenny & John (16mm, 3min)

                               10 Watercolors Were Made From That Star (Video, 6min)

2013                       The Surface of Perfection (16mm, 5min)

                                The National Historic Landmarks of Los Angeles County (16mm - 2 Projector                                         Looped Installation)

2012                       Spirit Animal (16mm, 2min)

2008                      Highway ­(16mm/Digital – Music Video, 4min)    

2005                      Druganaut (16mm/Digital – Music Video 5min)

2004                      She Did Things The Hard Way (35mm/Digital, 4min) 

 

COLLECTIONS:

                                California Institute of the Arts (16mm film prints of Centre of the

                               Cyclone and The Surface of Perfection)

                               Oberhausen International Film Festival (Centre of the Cyclone)