Curriculum Vitae
b. 1976 in Muncie, IN
lives and works in Muncie, IN
Education
MFA 2012 Art & Technology University of Florida
BFA 2001 Fine Art Photography Ball State University
Solo Film & Video Programs
2023 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program presented by Cinema Project, at Pacific Northwest College of Art, Willamette University, Portland OR
2023 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program presented by Shapeshifters Cinema at Mosswood Chapel, Oakland, CA
2023 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.
2022 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program and festival headliner, The Engauge Film Festival, Seattle, WA.
2022 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program, The Centro Cultural de España, Mexico City, Mexico.
2021 20th Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, Program 5: Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program, Milwaukee, WI.
2020 Leap Fest Vertical Cinema, Expanded Cinema by Kristin Reeves, University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA.
2019 Exposure Series: The Expanded Cinema of Kristin Reeves, Clemens Fine Arts Center, Paducah, KY.
2018 Cinema Expanded (curator Roger Beebe), Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
2017 Ear & Eye Clinic, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
2015 Antimatter [Media Art] Festival, Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria, BC, Canada
Solo Gallery Exhibitions
2017 Electronic Art Gallery, Colorado State University, CO
2015 Indiana University South Bend Ernestine School of the Arts Video Gallery, South Bend, IN
2015 Leeds Gallery, Earlham College, Richmond, IN
2014 Antena Gallery, Chicago, IL
Expanded Cinema Performance
What Is Nothing [After What Is Nothing] 2017-present, 9-projector 16mm film performance, 10:00, sound
2023 OPTRONICA1:16MMPOLYVISION with Kristin Reeves and Ivy Woods, two-person expanded cinema program, presented by Other Cinema at ATA, San Francisco, CA
2023 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program presented by Cinema Project, at Pacific Northwest College of Art, Willamette University, Portland OR
2023 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program presented by Shapeshifters Cinema at Mosswood Chapel, Oakland, CA
2023 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
2022 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program, The Centro Cultural de España, (Cultural Center of Spain in Mexico), Mexico City, Mexico.
2021 20th Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, Program 5: Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program, Milwaukee, WI.
2020 Leap Fest Vertical Cinema, Expanded Cinema by Kristin Reeves, University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA.
2019 Exposure Series: The Expanded Cinema of Kristin Reeves, Clemens Fine Arts Center, Paducah, KY
2020 Revolutions per Minute Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, UMass-Boston, Boston, MA
2019 Transient Visions: Festival of the Moving Image, internationally adjudicated, Johnson City, NY
2019 26th Chicago Underground Film Festival, invited by artistic director Bryan Wendorf, Chicago, IL
2019 FLEX ’19, internationally adjudicated, Tampa, FL
2018 Cinema Expanded Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2018 Winnipeg Underground Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, Winnipeg, Canada
2018 Experiments in Cinema, internationally adjudicated, Albuquerque, NM
2017 San Diego Underground Film Festival, invited, San Diego, CA
2017 Dallas Medianale, invited, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Je Ne Sais Plus [What Is This Feeling] 2012-present, 9-projector 16mm film performance, 10:00, sound
2023 OPTRONICA1:16MMPOLYVISION with Kristin Reeves and Ivy Woods, two-person expanded cinema program, presented by Other Cinema at ATA, San Francisco, CA
2023 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program presented by Cinema Project, at Pacific Northwest College of Art, Willamette University, Portland OR
2023 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program presented by Shapeshifters Cinema at Mosswood Chapel, Oakland, CA
2023 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.
2022 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program and festival headliner, The Engauge Film Festival, Seattle, WA.
2022 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program, The Centro Cultural de España, (Cultural Center of Spain in Mexico), Mexico City, Mexico.
2021 20th Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, Program 5: Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program, Milwaukee, WI.
2020 Leap Fest Vertical Cinema, Expanded Cinema by Kristin Reeves, University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA.
2019 Exposure Series: The Expanded Cinema of Kristin Reeves, Clemens Fine Arts Center, Paducah, KY
2018 Cinema Expanded Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2017 Solo program, invited, Ear & Eye Clinic, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
2015 Solo program, internationally adjudicated, Antimatter Media Art Festival, Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria, BC, Canada
2013 Outside the Screen, invited, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
2013 Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, Milwaukee, WI (Best Performance)
2013 Jurors screening, invited, Haverhill Experimental Film/Video Festival, Haverhill, MA
2013 Experimental Film Festival Portland, internationally adjudicated, Portland, OR
2012 Mono No Aware VI, internationally adjudicated, Brooklyn, NY
Filmography with Screening History
What Is Nothing (After What Is Nothing) Studio Version 2021, 9X16mm to HD video, HD video, Sound 00:10:08
2023 50th Athens International Film + Video Festival, internationally adjudicated, Athens, OH
2022 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program and festival headliner, The Engauge Film Festival, Seattle, WA.
2022 Dresdner Schmalfilmtage 5th INTERNATIONAL FOUND FOOTAGE COMPETITION, Dresden, Germany
2021 Harkat 16mm Film Festival, internationally adjudication, Mumbai, India
2021 Octopus Marquee Independent Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, online event
2021 Engauge Experimental Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, Seattle, WA
2021 Antimatter [Media Art], internationally adjudicated, Victoria, BC
Video Adaptation of Je Ne Sais Plus [What Is This Feeling] 2019, 16mm to HD video, 04:03, sound
2019 An Ordinary Day Film Festival, Gallery Studio 44, invited international, Stockholm, Sweden
CPS Closings & Delays, 2017, 16mm film to HD video & HD video, 06:38, sound
2023 OPTRONICA1:16MMPOLYVISION with Kristin Reeves and Ivy Woods, two-person expanded cinema program, presented by Other Cinema at ATA, San Francisco, CA
2023 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program presented by Cinema Project, at Pacific Northwest College of Art, Willamette University, Portland OR
2023 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program presented by Shapeshifters Cinema at Mosswood Chapel, Oakland, CA
2023 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.
2022 Block by Block: Short Films About Chicago, invited, Block Museum at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
2022 Midwestern Landscapes, invited regional, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Cinematic Arts Department, WI
2022 Melbourne Design Week URBAN SCREENING 2022, internationally adjudicated, Melbourne, AU
2022 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program and festival headliner, The Engauge Film Festival, Seattle, WA.
2022 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program, The Centro Cultural de España, (Cultural Center of Spain in Mexico), Mexico City, Mexico.
2021 20th Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, Program 5: Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program, Milwaukee, WI.
2021 Urban Screening, internationally curated by Robert Cameron & Vladimir Todorovic, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth, Australia
2020 Leap Fest Vertical Cinema, Expanded Cinema by Kristin Reeves, University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA.
2019 GAZE Animation Spectacular IV, internationally adjudicated, ATA, San Francisco, CA
2019 SCREEN2019: CLIMATES, internationally adjudicated, The Screen@SAB, UMass, Massachusetts
2019 Exposure Series: The Expanded Cinema of Kristin Reeves, Clemens Fine Arts Center, Paducah, KY
2018 Cinema Expanded Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2018 Onion City Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, Chicago, IL (Big Shoulders Award)
2018 Indie Grits, regionally adjudicated, Columbia, SC
2018 Annual Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, Minneapolis, MN
2018 Athens International Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, Athens, OH
2017 Farewell Transmission, 20th AnnualAntimatter [Media Art] Festival, Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria, internationally adjudicated, BC, Canada
2017 REDEMPTION, River’s Edge Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, Maiden Alley Cinema, Paducah, KY (Special Jury Prize)
2017 San Diego Underground Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, San Diego, CA
2017 24th Annual Chicago Underground Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, Chicago, IL
2017 Winnipeg Underground Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, Winnipeg, Canada
2017 19th Annual Moviate Underground Film Festival, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Music of Desire, 2017, 16mm film to HD video & HD video, 06:38, sound
2023 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program presented by Cinema Project, at Pacific Northwest College of Art, Willamette University, Portland OR
2023 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program presented by Shapeshifters Cinema at Mosswood Chapel, Oakland, CA
2021 Non-Event TV, The 24 Hour Non-Event Fundraiser, invited, curated by Wenhua Shi, Boston, MA, virtual.
2020 7th Edition Cine Oculto, curated by Federico Goldemberg and Victoria Fulloni, invited international, live stream due to Covid-19, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2019 Lost and Found in Late Capitalism, Pleasure Dome, Toronto, Canada
2019 FLEX ’19, Tampa, FL
2019 Revolutions per Minute Film Festival, UMass-Boston, Boston, MA
2018 Cinema Expanded Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2018 56th Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, Ann Arbor, MI
2017 Class Order Family Tribe, 20th AnnualAntimatter [Media Art] Festival, Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria, internationally adjudicated, BC, Canada
2017 Transient Visions: Festival of the Moving Image, internationally adjudicated, Johnson City, NY
2017 San Diego Underground Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, San Diego, CA
2017 Revelation Perth International Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, Perth, Australia
2017 Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, Milwaukee, WI
2017 Athens International Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, Athens, OH
2017 AVIFF Cannes Art Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, Cannes, France
2017 Indie Grits Film Festival, nationally adjudicated, Columbia, SC
2017 Mediated: Signal Culture Artists in Residence, Davis Gallery, Hobart and William Smith College, Geneva, NY (curator Christine Chin)
2017 Solo program, invited, Ear & Eye Clinic, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
Body Contours, 2015, SD video, 06:00, color, sound
2023 OPTRONICA1:16MMPOLYVISION with Kristin Reeves and Ivy Woods, two-person expanded cinema program, presented by Other Cinema at ATA, San Francisco, CA
2023 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program presented by Cinema Project, at Pacific Northwest College of Art, Willamette University, Portland OR
2023 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program presented by Shapeshifters Cinema at Mosswood Chapel, Oakland, CA
2023 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.
2022 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program and festival headliner, The Engauge Film Festival, Seattle, WA.
2022 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program, The Centro Cultural de España, (Cultural Center of Spain in Mexico), Mexico City, Mexico.
2021 20th Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, Program 5: Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program, Milwaukee, WI.
2020 Interference Fest: Wxmen Making Noise 2020, international, invited, Austin, TX, online.
2020 NSFW (Animation For Adults), curated by C. Jacqueline Wood, regionally adjudicated, FotoFocus Films at THE LODGE, Dayton, KY
2020 Leap Fest Vertical Cinema, Expanded Cinema by Kristin Reeves, University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA.
2019 Kinesthesia, Deluge Deluge Contemporary Art, BC, Victoria, Canada
2018 Rage/Resist, presented by GAZE, Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco, CA
2018 Cinema Expanded Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2018 AXW PERSISTENCE, internationally curated by Lili White, BMCC/CUNY, New York, NY
2017 AXW Sightseeing, internationally curated by Lili White, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
2017 Dallas Medianale, internationally adjudicated, Dallas Contemporary Museum, Dallas, TX
2017 19th Annual Moviate Underground Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, Harrisburg, PA
2017 AVIFF Cannes Art Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, Cannes, France
2017 Mediated: Signal Culture Artists in Residence, Davis Gallery, Hobart and William Smith College, Geneva, NY (curator Christine Chin)
2017 Solo program, invited, Ear & Eye Clinic, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
2016 Thank Your Body for Its Strength and Power, Crossroads, internationally adjudicated, San Francisco, CA
2016 Crossroads 2016 traveling program: Thank Your Body for Its Strength and Power, Cellular Cinema, Minneapolis, MN
2016 Onion City Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, Chicago, IL
2016 23rd Annual Chicago Underground Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, Chicago, IL
2016 Revelation Perth International Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, Perth, Australia
2016 Athens International Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, Athens, OH
2016 Haverhill Experimental Film/Video Festival, internationally adjudicated, Haverhill, MA
2016 Experiments in Cinema 11.4, internationally adjudicated, Albuquerque, NM
2016 Winnipeg Underground Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, Winnipeg, Canada
2016 Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, Milwaukee, WI
2016 35th Annual Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, Minneapolis, MN
2016 San Diego Underground Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, San Diego, CA
2016 Indie Grits, regionally adjudicated, Columbia, SC (Helen Hill Memorial Award)
2015 Solo program, internationally adjudicated, Antimatter [Media Art] Festival, Deluge Contemporary Art, BC, Victoria, Canada
2015 Solo, Indiana University South Bend Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts video gallery, South Bend, IN
Threadbare 2014, 16mm, 5:14, color, optical sound
2023 OPTRONICA1:16MMPOLYVISION with Kristin Reeves and Ivy Woods, two-person expanded cinema program, presented by Other Cinema at ATA, San Francisco, CA
2023 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program presented by Cinema Project, at Pacific Northwest College of Art, Willamette University, Portland OR
2023 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program presented by Shapeshifters Cinema at Mosswood Chapel, Oakland, CA
2023 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.
2022 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program and festival headliner, The Engauge Film Festival, Seattle, WA.
2022 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program, The Centro Cultural de España, (Cultural Center of Spain in Mexico), Mexico City, Mexico.
2021 20th Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, Program 5: Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program, Milwaukee, WI.
2020 Leap Fest Vertical Cinema, Expanded Cinema by Kristin Reeves, University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA.
2019 Exposure Series: The Expanded Cinema of Kristin Reeves, Clemens Fine Arts Center, Paducah, KY
2018 Cinema Expanded Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2017 Solo program, invited, Ear & Eye Clinic, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
2016 Ovular Films, Experiments in Cinema 11.4 special presentation, Albuquerque, NM (curators Caryn Cline, Linda Fenstermaker & Taylor Dunne)
2015 Solo program, internationally adjudicated, Antimatter [Media Art] Festival, Deluge Contemporary Art, BC, Victoria, Canada
2015 River’s Edge Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, Maiden Alley Cinema, Paducah, KY
2015 Orienting, internationally adjudicated, AXW Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
2015 Dallas Medianale, internationally adjudicated, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2014 London Analogue Festival, internationally adjudicated, London, United Kingdom
2014 Experimental Film Festival Portland, internationally adjudicated, Portland, OR
2014 $100 Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, Calgary, Canada
2013 Jurors screening, invited, Haverhill Experimental Film/Video Festival, Haverhill, MA
2013 GAZE, internationally adjudicated, ATA, San Francisco, CA
The White Coat Phenomenon 2012, SD video, 3:00, sound
2023 OPTRONICA1:16MMPOLYVISION with Kristin Reeves and Ivy Woods, two-person expanded cinema program, presented by Other Cinema at ATA, San Francisco, CA
2023 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program presented by Cinema Project, at Pacific Northwest College of Art, Willamette University, Portland OR
2023 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program presented by Shapeshifters Cinema at Mosswood Chapel, Oakland, CA
2023 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.
2022 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program and festival headliner, The Engauge Film Festival, Seattle, WA.
2022 Bodies for Power and Strength media performance by Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program, The Centro Cultural de España, (Cultural Center of Spain in Mexico), Mexico City, Mexico.
2021 20th Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, Program 5: Kristin Reeves, invited solo/feature-length program, Milwaukee, WI.
2020 Leap Fest Vertical Cinema, Expanded Cinema by Kristin Reeves, University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA.
2019 Exposure Series: The Expanded Cinema of Kristin Reeves, Clemens Fine Arts Center, Paducah, KY
2018 Cinema Expanded Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2017 Solo program, invited, Ear & Eye Clinic, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
2016 Her Battleground, UNEXPOSED Microcinema, Raleigh, NC (curator Brendan & Jeremy Smyth)
2015 No LA, invited, Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA (curator Roger Beebe)
2015 No New York, invited, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (curator Roger Beebe)
2015 Solo program, internationally adjudicated, Antimatter Media Art Festival, Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria, BC, Canada
2015 River’s Edge Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, Maiden Alley Cinema, Paducah, KY
2014 5th Cairo Video Festival, internationally adjudicated, Medrar for Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt
2014 Insta Media Festival, nationally adjudicated, University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN
2014 VCU film festival, nationally adjudicated, Richmond, VA
2014 Moving Image Reel #1, ACRE Lab, Mana Contemporary Art Center, Chicago, IL
2013 26th European Media Arts Festival, internationally adjudicated, Osnabruck, Germany (Best of the Festival program) (catalog)
2013 Panorama, Impakt Festival, internationally adjudicated, Utrecht, Netherlands
2013 Florida Experimental Film/Video Festival, internationally adjudicated, Gainesville, FL (2nd Place Short Video)
2013 Now What #2, internationally adjudicated, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Transient Visions: Festival of the Moving Image, internationally adjudicated, Johnson City, NY
2013 Dallas VideoFest, internationally adjudicated, Dallas, TX
2013 London Analogue Festival, internationally adjudicated, London, United Kingdom
2013 Revelation Perth, internationally adjudicated, Perth, Australia
2013 Jurors screening, invited, Haverhill Experimental Film/Video Festival, invited, Haverhill, MA
2013 Athens International Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, Athens, OH
2013 Indie Grits, regionally adjudicated, Columbia, SC
2013 Squeaky Wheel Peepshow 2013: Hot Mess, nationally adjudicated, Buffalo, NY
2013 Best of FLEX, invited, C. Emerson Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
2013 Strange Beauty, internationally adjudicated, Durham, NC
2012 The Chicago Underground Film Festival, internationally adjudicated, Chicago, IL
Group Gallery Exhibitions
2023 OPTRONICA1:16MMPOLYVISION with Kristin Reeves and Ivy Woods, two-person expanded cinema program, presented by Other Cinema at ATA, San Francisco, CA
2022 One Foot In the Grave, The Union Hall, invited, internationally adjudicated, Denver, CO
2021 On Media. Signals and Connections, LoosenArtMillepiani,internationally adjudicated, Rome, Italy
2021 2021 International Juried Exhibition online gallery, curators Darren Ching and Debra Klomp Ching Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA, 45 images selected from 2200 international submissions.
2021 “The Magic Silver Show: Elena Diane Curris Juried Photomedia Exhibition 2021”, internationally
adjudicated, juror, Sherri Nienass Littlefield, Murray State University, KY
2021 Simulacrum, Sulfur Studios, nationally adjudicated, Savanah, GA (four pigment prints)
2021 THE ARTIST INTERVENES, PRAXIS Gallery, internationally adjudicated, St Paul, MN (curator Aline Smithson)
2019 Models of Mutiny, QUAID Gallery, invited, (Curator Warren Cockerham) Tampa, FL
2019 Magic Silver, internationally adjudicated, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray, KY(Juror Bradly Dever Treadaway) (Best of Show)
2017 Art Through The Lens, International Juried Exhibition, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY (2nd Place)
2017 Mediated: Signal Culture Artists in Residence, Davis Gallery, Hobart and William Smith College, Geneva, NY (curator Christine Chin)
2015 Abstract, internationally adjudicated, Filter Gallery,Chicago, IL (Juror Debra Klomp Ching)
2015 Chronograph, internationally adjudicated, Dark Room Gallery,Essex Junction, VT (catalog) (Honorable Mention) (Juror Johan Hallberg-Campbell)
2014 Visual Narratives, internationally adjudicated, Center For Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO (Juror Scott B. Davis) (catalog)
2014Visual Narratives, slide show viewing, Medium Festival of Photography, San Diego, CA
2014 51st Annual Juried Competition, nationally adjudicated, Masur Museum of Art,
Monroe, LA (JurorKelly Shindler, Associate Curator, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis)
2014 Water, Elemental and Fundamental, internationally adjudicated, Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT (catalog)
2013 The Photographic Self, internationally adjudicated, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 Lost and Found, nationally adjudicated, Dark Room Gallery,Essex Junction, VT (catalog)
Selected Media Performance Collaborations in Theater, Music, Dance
Regarding collaborations, I solely direct, produce, and integrate all the video/film works into the event.
2022 Hamlet en el Cuadro Rojo, Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico, invited, Mexico City, Mexico (in collaboration with Veronica Santoyo and Karry Lee Chipman)
2022 Hamlet en el Cuadro Rojo, El RuleComunidad de Saberes,invited, Mexico City, Mexico (in collaboration with Veronica Santoyo and Karry Lee Chipman)
2022 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, invited, Ball State University Theater, Muncie, IN (in collaboration with Ball State Theater Department faculty and students)
2015 Stations Lost, invited, presented by David Winton Bell Gallery, Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Brown University, Providence, RI (in collaboration with Ann Filmer, Tony Fitzpatrick, Stan Klein, John Rice)
2014 The Midnight City, invited, Steppenwolf Theater, Chicago, IL (in collaboration with Ann Filmer,Tony Fitzpatrick, Stan Klein, John Rice)
2012 Nickel History, invited, Steppenwolf Theater, Chicago, IL (in collaboration with Ann Filmer,Tony Fitzpatrick, Stan Klein, John Rice)
2011 Stations Lost, invited, Steppenwolf Theater, Chicago, IL (in collaboration with Ann Filmer,Tony Fitzpatrick, Stan Klein, John Rice)
2011 Stations Lost, invited, Pierogi Boiler Room, Brooklyn NY (in collaboration with Ann Filmer,Tony Fitzpatrick, Stan Klein, John Rice)
2010 This Train, invited, Steppenwolf Theater, Chicago, IL (in collaboration with Ann Filmer,Tony Fitzpatrick, Stan Klein, John Rice)
2010 This Train, invited, Steppenwolf Theater, Chicago, IL (in collaboration with Ann Filmer, Tony Fitzpatrick, Stan Klein, John Rice)
2010 Imagined Landscape, invited, Prop Theater, Chicago, IL (in collaboration with Barry Bennett)
2009 Ghost Cycles, invited, Ruth Page Center, Chicago, IL (in collaboration with Barry Bennett)
2008 The Scarlet Ibis, invited, 16th Street Theater, Berwyn, IL (in collaboration with Ann Filmer)
2005 Patty Red Pants, theater-based video series, Blackbird Productions, Chopin Theater, Chicago, IL
Selected Bibliography
- “International Juried Exhibition”, Jurors Darren Ching and Debra Klomp Ching, Center for Photographic Art CPA, 2021, Exhibition catalogue, image pg 67, back cover
- “Art by Kristin Reeves”. Lover’s Eye Press, Issue 1, Aug. 31, 2021. Web https://www.loverseyepress.com/blog/categories/issue-1. Four images “Body Feelings,” “Geometry for Beginners”, “Lines (What Is This Nothing)”, “That’s not nothing”.
- “Savannah art galleries: Space between subjective perception, objective reality.” Savannah Morning News. Aug. 29. 2001. Web https://www.savannahnow.com/story/lifestyle/2021/08/29/where-to-see-art-galleries-savannah-georgia-to-do-galleries-museums/5591926001/ . Image “Body Feelings”.
- “TECH AS ART Supporting Artists Who Use Technology as a Creative Medium. National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Ford Foundation and the Knight Foundation”. 120 pp. June 2021. 83.
- Caleb Hammond. “San Diego Underground Film Festival 2017: Experimental Yet Accessible Work Populates This Quirky SoCal Fest”. Movie Maker Magazine 125. no. 24 (Fall2017/2018): 104
- Zac Thomposn. “With The Midnight City, Tony Fitzpatrick bids Chicago farewell.” Chicago Reader. Sept. 17. 2014.
- Alex Huntsberger. “Review: The Midnight City/Firecat Projects at the Steppenwolf.” Newcity. Web. Sept. 15, 2014.
- Kerry Reid. “REVIEW: ‘The Midnight City’ in the Steppenwolf Garage ★★★½.”Chicago Tribune. Sept. 14, 2014.
- Hedy Weiss. “Midnight City” flies on wings of Chicago’s artful clowns.” Sun-Times. Sept. 12. 2014.
- Megan Powell. “Midnight City.” Time Out Chicago. Web. Sept. 12. 2014.
- Carrie McGath. “What Is This Feeling: New Work By Kristin Reeves At Antena.” Chicagoist. Web. July 8, 2014.
- Tomi Obaro. “Five Fun Things To Do In Chicago This Week.” Chicago Magazine. Web. June 25, 2014.
- Erin Trahan. “Haverhill Doubles Down On First-Ever Experimental Film Festival.” NPR Boston WBUR. Web. June 3, 2013
- 26th European Media Art Festival. Exhibition Catalog. Festival 24 April – 28 April 2013. 58 Osnabruck, Germany. 58.
- Mysterious Visions: Dreams, Fantasies and Mirages. Exhibition Catalog. 23 April – 18 May 2014. Photo Place Web Gallery, Middlebury, VT. 71
- Oliver Sava. “Nickel History: The Nation of Heat at Steppenwolf Garage.” Time Out Chicago. July 26, 2012.
- Elysabeth Alfano. “Fitzpatrick’s Nickel History: A Rich Collage of Ghosts and Stories.” The Huffington Post. Web. July 24, 2012.
- Hedy Weiss. “Nickel History’ points to vital role fathers have in their sons’ lives.” Sun-Times. July 23, 2012.
- Chris Jones. “Art, music and wisdom, learned a nickel at a time.” Chicago Tribune. July 20, 2012.
- Alison Cuddy. “Forecast: A bold weekend’s ahead. Throw caution to the wind!” WBEZ. Web. July 20, 2012.
- Hedy Weiss. “Tony Fitzpatrick’s ‘Nickel History’ centers on dads.” Sun-Times. July 12, 2012.
- BWW News Desk, “Firecat Projects and 16th Street Theater Present NICKEL HISTORY at The Steppenwolf Garage, Charlie Finch. “Pilgrim’s Progress.” Artnet Magazine. Web. Oct. 21, 2011.
Authored Publications
- “Direct Laser Animation or How to Make Films by Melting Them,” in Signal Culture Cookbook, ed. Tammy McGovern. Owego: Signal Culture. 29 – 40. 2014. eBook PDF.
- “An Interview With Kristin Reeves.” Stigmart Video Focus 8th Edition. France: Stigmart ArtPress. 46 – 53. Aug. 2014. http://issuu.com/stigmart10press/docs/stigmart_videofocus_-_2014
Residencies
2015 Experimental Media Arts Residency, Signal Culture, Owego, NY
2019 Visual Studies Workshop Resident, Rochester, NY
2013 ACRE Residency, Steuben, WI
Selected Awards
2023 Honorable Mention, Modern Analog: Historical Processes in the Digital World, Dallas Center for Photography, juror Lisa Elmaleh, Body Feelings
2019 FLEX ’19 Kodak Stock Jury Award, Tampa, FL, jurors Nazli Dinçel, Almudena Escobar López,Dana Plays, What Is Nothing (After What Is Nothing)
2019 Best of Show, Magic Silver, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray, KY, juror Bradly Dever Treadaway, [What Is This Feeling] #3-11
2018 Excellence in Creative & Scholarly Activity Award, The College of Humanities & Fine Arts, Murray State University, Murray KY
2018 Big Shoulders Award for Chicago made work, Onion City Film Festival, Chicago IL, jurors Carl Bogner, Hannah Piper Burns, Amina Ross, CPS Closings & Delays
2017 Outstanding Research Award: College of Humanities and Fine Arts, Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Murray State University, Murray, KY
2017 Special Jury Prize, Rivers Edge International Film Festival, Paducah, KY, jurors Andy Brodie, Anna Kipervaser, Todd Tue, CPS Closings & Delays
2017 2nd Place, Art Through The Lens, International Juried Exhibition, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY, juror Eliot Dudik, Quadrants: The Heart Expert, Cadere [To Fall] I, Cadere [To Fall] II, The Heart
2016 Helen Hill Memorial Award, Indie Grits Film Festival, Columbia, SC, Body Contours
2013 Best Performance, Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, Milwaukee, WI, jurors Fern Silva, Chris James Thompson, Genevieve Yue, Je Ne Sais Plus [What Is This Feeling]
2013 2ndplace, short experimental video, Florida Experimental Film/Video Festival, jurors Steve Polta San Francisco Cinematheque and Rachel Rakes Brooklyn Rail, The White Coat Phenomenon
Presentations
- 16mm Film Tic Tac Toe: Performance, Collaboration, Play, expanded cinema performance workshop presented by Shapeshifters Cinema and hosted by Mosswood Chapel, Oakland, CA, invited, March 12, 2023
- 16mm Film Tic Tac Toe: Performance, Collaboration, Play, expanded cinema performance workshop, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, invited, March 8, 2023
- Reanimating Media Cadavers [What Is This Feeling]: Media Artworks by Kristin Reeves, artist lecture, invited, March 7, 2023
- 16mm Film Tic Tac Toe: Performance, Collaboration, Play, expanded cinema performance workshop, Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, WA, invited, March 5, 2023
- Bodies for Power and Strength a two-day media performance workshop at The Centre of Digital Culture, Mexico City, Mexico, invited, Oct. 1-2, 2022
- Care and Repair a 3 hour workshop on the 3580 SSL 16mm film projector, co-sponsored by the North West Film Forum, and Echo Park Film Center, virtual and internationally attended, invited, Sept 17, 2022
- Body and/as Performance with Kristin Reeves a session within the four-day workshop event: “The Screening is the Event: Cinema as Performance” curated/lead by Roger Beebe, invited international participants, Union Docs Center for Documentary Arts, Brooklyn, NY; invited. Oct. 16, 2021
- “Engaging the Local Community through Art Events & Programming”; Indiana Homecoming annual region art conference, panel presentation: Natalie Philips, Kristin Reeves, Erin Williams, virtual. Oct 14, 2021
- Guest artist, presentation and Q&A with students/faculty, Hand-made Filmmaking Course, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, Aug 12,2021 (virtual); invited.
- Guest artist presentation and Q&A with students/faculty, Personal Narrative Filmmaking Course, Emerson, Boston, MA, March 30, 2021 (virtual); invited.
- “Art Film” Artist Presentation DOMA Final Friday, David Owsley Museum of Art, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, Sept. 27, 2019
- “Baby’s On Fire (And Any Idiot Should Know That)” Visual Studies Workshop, Artist In Residence Presentation, Rochester NY, July 19, 2019
- “Baby’s On Fire (And Any Idiot Should Know That)” New York State Summer School of the Arts Visiting Artist Lecture, Alfred State, Alfred, NY, July 13, 2019
- “Reanimating Media Cadavers [What Is This Feeling],” Image Maker Presentation, Society for Photographic Education Midwest Regional Conference, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, Oct. 17, 2014
Teaching Employment
2019-present Assistant Professor, School of Art, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
2015-2019 Assistant Professor, College of Humanities and Fine Arts, Murray State University, Murray, KY (Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor Approved Summer 2019, Murray State University)
2012-2015 Assistant Professor (contract), School of Art, Ball State University, Muncie, IN