MEDIA ARTS CURRICULUM VITAE

ALEESA COHENE www.aleesacohene.com, mail@aleesacohene.com


SELECTED VIDEOS AND INSTALLATIONS

2006 Supposed To, 7 minutes, video and installation
2006 Ready to Cope, 7 minutes, video and installation
2003 All Right, 7 minutes, video
2002 Alter, 20 minutes looped, installation
2001 Absolutely, 10 minutes, video
2001 Abscess, 10 minutes, video


SELECTED SCREENINGS AND EXHIBITIONS

FESTIVAL SCREENINGS:
Conscious in Coma, NomadTV, Istanbul, Turkey (November 2006 – continued)
Kassel Documentary Film Festival, Germany (November 2006)
Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden (November 2006)
Toronto International Film Festival, ON (September 2006)
Impakt Festival, Utrecht, the Netherlands (August 2006 and November 2002)
Summer Light City, Helsinki, Finland (July 2006)
Video Mundi, Chicago, IL (May 2004)
Inside Out Festival, Toronto, ON (May 2004 and May 2001)
Impakt Highlights Programme, various locations (May 2004)
Images Festival, Toronto, ON (April 2004)
Toronto New Works, Pleasure Dome, Toronto, ON (March 2004 and March 2002)
Rotterdam International Film Festival, the Netherlands (January 2002)
Herland Film Festival, Calgary, AB (May 2002)
Mix New York, N.Y. (November 2001)
Blowing the Trumpets to the Tulips, Kingston, ON (October 2001)
Tranztech Festival, Toronto, ON (October 2001)
Mix Brasil, Buenos Aires, Brazil (June 2001)

GALLERY EXHIBITIONS:
Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK, (November 2006)
SOX36 Gallery, Berlin, Germany (October 2002)
Ashkenaz Art Festival, Toronto ON, (August 2002)

 

SELECTED GRANTS, AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

GRANTS:

2000 Ontario Arts Council, First Projects: Film and Video Grant
2002 Toronto Arts Council, Grants to Media Artists
2002 Canada Council for the Arts, Film and Video Production Grant
2004 Ontario Arts Council, Film and Video Production Grant
2006 Ontario Arts Council, Media Arts Production Grant

AWARDS:
2001 Best Overall Editor, International Academy of Design and Technology, Toronto, ON
2001 Best Visual Storyteller, International Academy of Design and Technology, Toronto, ON
2004 one of three prizes, most remarkable productions, Impakt Festival 2004, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2004 Best Emerging Artist, Steamwhistle Award, Images Festival 2004, Toronto, ON

RESIDENCIES:
2007 Banff Centre for the Arts, Imaginary Places thematic residency

 

RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT

2002-present In House Editor, Charles Street Video, Toronto ON
2006 Instructor, Toronto District School Board Media Arts Professional Development, ON
2006 Co-director, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen film festival trailer, Germany
2006 Editor, Sketch Working Arts documentary, Toronto, ON
2005 Editor, Instructor, Youth Documentary Training Project, City of Toronto, ON
2003-2006 Catalyst Teacher, Avondale Alternative School, Video Art (grades 10,11,12) Toronto, ON
2004-2006 Editor, The Blood Red Heart of Johanna Darke, by Gunilla Josephson, Toronto, ON
2005 Editor, Why Always Instead of Just Sometimes, by Deirdre Logue, Toronto, ON
2004 Editor, Victims of Victims, documentary by Ron Kelly, Toronto, ON
2003 Editor, And So Departed (again), installation by Judy Radul, Toronto, ON
2002 Editor, Empathy with the Victor, installation by Judy Radul, Toronto, ON
2002-present Workshop Facilitator, Technical Instruction, various video projects, Toronto, ON
2000-2002 Assistant Editor, Researcher, Intern, Barna Alper Productions, Toronto, ON


EDUCATION AND TRAINING

2001-2001 Digital Video Editing program, International Academy of Design, Toronto, ON
1999-2001 Non-degree program, Integrated Media, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, ON
1994-1998 B.A., Specialized Honours, Philosophy and Religion, York University, North York, ON


DISTRIBUTION

2000-present VTape, Toronto, ON.


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