Katrina del Mar
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Katrina del Mar is a photographer and filmmaker based in New York City. Her films have been screened at numerous festivals and del Mar has received several awards and fellowships, including the New York Foundation for the Arts
(NYFA) Fellowship in Video. Del Mar's portraits have been noted for their intensity of character and have been used by music labels (Sony, Polygram, V2), books, and other mediums. As a filmmaker her credits include (as Producer/Director) Surf Gang, Gang Girls 2000, Non Dairy Creamer and Nothin' Pretty. She is currently in production of a feature documentary project entitled American Toughie, and has invited comparisons to American avant-garde filmmaker Kenneth Anger
. Recent work has included music videos that have been accepted to MTV/ Logo Networks: "Bringin Me Down" (2009) and "Brooklyn Girls" (2009) for groups GSX and Hooray for Goodbye respectively. Del Mar's next highly anticipated film endeavor entitled “Hell on Wheels, Gang Girls Forever” is currently in production with a projected completion in September 2009 and is, as usual, seen from the unique eyes of Katrina del Mar.
New York Foundation for the Arts
The New York Foundation for the Arts was created in conjunction the in 1971. The organization gives grants to individual artists and writers and developing arts organizations with a mission to '.'-NYFA's Programs:...
(NYFA) Fellowship in Video. Del Mar's portraits have been noted for their intensity of character and have been used by music labels (Sony, Polygram, V2), books, and other mediums. As a filmmaker her credits include (as Producer/Director) Surf Gang, Gang Girls 2000, Non Dairy Creamer and Nothin' Pretty. She is currently in production of a feature documentary project entitled American Toughie, and has invited comparisons to American avant-garde filmmaker Kenneth Anger
Kenneth Anger
Kenneth Anger is an American underground experimental filmmaker, occasional actor and author...
. Recent work has included music videos that have been accepted to MTV/ Logo Networks: "Bringin Me Down" (2009) and "Brooklyn Girls" (2009) for groups GSX and Hooray for Goodbye respectively. Del Mar's next highly anticipated film endeavor entitled “Hell on Wheels, Gang Girls Forever” is currently in production with a projected completion in September 2009 and is, as usual, seen from the unique eyes of Katrina del Mar.
Solo exhibitions
- 2010 "Gangs of New York" Wrong Weather Gallery Porto, Portugal
- 2010 "Girl Gang Trilogy" Anthology Film Archives, New York NY
- 2009 "Katrina del Mar Retrospective" Red Rattler, Sydney Australia
- 2009 "Movie Mayhem" Cherry Bomb Comics, Auckland, NZ
- 2009 "Movie Mayhem" Gene Frankel Theatre, New York, NY
- 2007 "Movie Mayhem" Pioneer Theater, New York, NY
- 2003 "Ruff Trade" Miami Light Project, Miami, FL.
- 2001 "American Toughie" Intermedia Arts , Minneapolis, MN.
- 2000 "American Toughie and Gang Girls 2000" Photo /Film Installation. Spa, New York NY.
- 1999 "American Toughie" Photo and Film Installation. Clit Club, New York, NY.
- 1999 "American Toughie" Photo and Film Installation. Lust for Life, New York, NY.
- 1998 "Pseudo Kin" P.S. 122, New York, NY.
- 1998 "Chicks Trash and Rock & Roll" Photo Installation. Squeezebox, New York, NY.
- 1997 "Sweating Gasoline and Looking for a Match" Photo Installation, Clit Club, New York, NY.
Group exhibitions
- 2007 “If Everyone Had an Ocean/Nouvelles Vagues” film series, CAPC Museum, Bordeaux, France.
- 2007 "Womanizer" film series Deitch ProjectsDeitch ProjectsDeitch Projects was a contemporary art gallery in New York City founded by Jeffrey Deitch.-History:Since opening with a performance by Vanessa Beecroft in February 1996, the gallery has presented nearly one hundred and eighteen solo exhibitions and projects, ten thematic exhibitions, and a few...
, New York, NY. - 2006 "The Process IV" BINZ 39, Zurich, Switzerland.
- 2004 "Mermaids" Barthelemy Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- 2003 "Gen Art Miami" PT Studios, Soho Lounge & Oxygen, Miami, FL.
- 2002 "A Star is Born - Kembra Pfahler" American Fine Arts Co. New York, NY
- 2001 "Stimulata" University of Cardiff, Wales.
- 1999 "Illusion Delusion Denial" 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY.
- 1998 "Night of 100 Girls" Untitled warehouse space, New York, NY.
- 1996 "Tattoo" Studio Museum of Staten Island, New York, NY.
- 1996 "Picture This" CB's 313 Gallery, New York, NY.
- 1994 Untitled Group Show. Underground, West Palm Beach, FL.
- 1991 "Censorship in the Arts" University of Wisconsin, Madison.
- 1989 "Avantgarde-Arama" Performance Space 122Performance Space 122Performance Space 122, generally known as P.S. 122, is a not-for-profit arts organization and one of the longest standing venues dedicated to contemporary performance art in New York City. Founded in 1979 in the abandoned Public School 122 building at 150 First Avenue at East 9th Street in the East...
, New York, NY. - 1989 Untitled Program. State University of New York at Purchase.
Selected Awards and Fellowships
- Top Ten Video of Click List MTV/Logo Networks broadcast to 26 million viewers worldwide: “I Got What I Came For” music video for GSX 2008
- Winner, Best Experimental Film, Planet Out Short Movie Awards 2006
- Change Inc./ The Rauschenberg Grant 2006
- Concordia Foundation Grant 2006
- Elephant Rock Foundation Grant 2005
- New York Foundation for the ArtsNew York Foundation for the ArtsThe New York Foundation for the Arts was created in conjunction the in 1971. The organization gives grants to individual artists and writers and developing arts organizations with a mission to '.'-NYFA's Programs:...
(NYFA) Fellowship in Video 2004