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)