Katrina del Mar

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name = Katrina del Mar


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Katrina del Mar is a critically acclaimed [http://www.katrinadelmar.com/press.html] 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 prestigious New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship in Video. Del Mar's portraits have been consistently 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. [ Aaron Krach, LGNY Film]

Solo Exhibitions

*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 "Recent Photographs" Deepdale Gallery, 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 "Womanizer" film series Deitch Projects, 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 122, New York, NY.
*1989 Untitled Program. State University of New York at Purchase.

Selected Awards and Fellowships

*New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship in Video 2004
*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

External links

* [http://www.katrinadelmar.com/ Artist's Website- Bio, Press, CV, etc.]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1205629/ IMDB page]

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