Since 1978 Lili White has been exploring dreaming, origins of myth, primacy of memory, exercises in self and counter self-imagining; through her work with film, and fine arts. White’s work delves into topics that include “automatism,” in-camera editing, and Authentic Movement Technique.
Throughout her career she has maintained a dedication to work created by women; most recently in her Another eXperiment by Women Film Festival & Screening Series now on line.
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AWARDS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: 2020- 24
CAT MOTHER: a picture book for adults;illustrated self- published bookISBN: 979-8-218-07691-7
CAT MOTHER: feature film script & theatre script
THE PINK STONE: short screenplay
2022
Artist Talk with Barry Kostrinsky; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HTxFEXIK7M
Lecture/Presentation for self-published book, CAT MOTHER: a picture book with a magical story; NYPL Tompkins Square; curators: Alyona Glushchenkova & Will Hall
2021
City Artist Corps Grant; live reading of feature length narrative film script, CAT MOTHER.
Featured artist in Jeffrey Cypers Wright & Friends: A Blinkfest: Films from the Alterverse; Howl’s & Friends TV SHOW; NYC
A PHILADELPHIA STORY added to Austria’s ArtFem.TV collection; curator: Evelin Stermitz
2019
IMAGINING BACKWARDS: a public dialogue with artist and experimental filmmaker Lili White; The Film and Video Poetry Society; curator: Jesse Russel Brooks; NY
2017
Carter- Burden Studio Residency; NY NY
2012-15
Elected Board Member: Millennium Film Workshop; NY; Chairperson: Archive Committee; Archives sold to MoMA
2013
MEET THE MAKER: FOOL’S GOLD: CALIFORNIA ROADTRIP IN AN ELECTION YEAR; NYPublic Library Performing Arts Branch; curator: David Callahan
2012
NYSCA Finishing Funds: FOOL’S GOLD: CALIFORNIA ROADTRIP IN AN ELECTION YEAR
2011
everything BUT; WINNER: Best Film on sustainable agriculture; 3 FEST; South Bend IN
2007
RIVER to RIVER Movie Nite; Event MC & NY(SEE) excerpt presented; curator: Tal Yarden
2006
Chashama Studio Residency; through Chashama Visual Arts; NY, NY
DVD Project Manager; FOR LIFE AGAINST THE WAR, AGAIN…, ( TRT. 88minutes, 25 films that protest The War in Iraq) — production of a DVD that served as fundraiser for NY The Film-Makers Cooperative
2004
INVISIBLE ENERGY: ASIAN ART FORM INFLUENCES IN MY WORK Lecture-Presentation at the College Art Association Panel: RETROFITTING: Traditional East Asian Art in Contemporary Painting Chair Mernet Larsen; Seattle WA
2003
Cuts & Burns Sound Residency; through Momenta Art Gallery at Brooklyn’s Outpost; Brooklyn
2002
Print-Making Scholarship; Manhattan Graphics Center; NY, NY
2001
PS 122; one-year Studio Residency; NY, NY
2000
Valerie Lamb Smith Painting Residency; Philadelphia, PA
1995-6
The Field; The Independent Artist Challenge Program Grant; NY, NY
1995
THE DREAMING: A SLEEPOVER RESEARCH PROJECT; SHOFUSO: The Japanese House & Garden; Philadelphia, PA
1995-2001
Snug Harbor Studio Artist — reviewed and renewed annually
1994-5
Macxibition Judge; The New York MacUsers’ Group Annual Computer Art Exhibition
1990
Public Relations Chairperson & Steering Committee Member; 1990 Art At The Armory: 1990; Philadelphia PA
A four day long, artist-organized, artist-run show of 400 Philadelphia fine artists; Netted: $20,000;
Attendance: 20,000 people; Direct and execute identity development, furnish catalogue, television interviews and various other management under-takings.
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FOUNDER, DIRECTOR, CURATOR
2014 – ongoing
ANOTHER EXPERIMENT BY WOMEN FILM FESTIVAL/online;(http://AXWonline.com):
Streaming short films; acts as an archive of women’s work; filmmakers paid instantly upon purchase
— WEBSITE include on THE FEMINIST INSTITUTE site 2024.
2010 – 20
ANOTHER EXPERIMENT BY WOMEN FILM FESTIVAL
4 to 6 different screenings yearly. Mostly sponsored by NEW FILMMAKERS NY’s Women’s Night at Anthology Film Archives
2018
AXW at Borough of Manhattan Community Colleg (BMCC); NYC
2017
AXW at STRANGLOSCOPE; Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
SHORT SHORTS EXPERIMENTAL SCREENING; Greenpoint Film Festival; Brooklyn
2016
AXW at the DOBRA Experimental Film Festival; Rio de Janiero, BRAZIL
2012
AXW salutes M M Serra & THE NY FILM-MAKERS COOPERATIVE, NYC
2007
duel SP/Pl/ace; at Collective-Unconscious; NYC
1993
THE LIGHT FROM BEHIND (6 painters); NY LAW SCHOOL thru Art INITIATIVES; NY
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SELECTED ART GALLERY SHOWS & FILM SCREENINGS
2024
Realism vs. The Abstract; A NATIONAL JURIED ART SHOW; juror: Armando Jaramillo Garcia; Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition
DEMOCRACY: USE IT OR LOSE IT; Curator; Carolyn Radcliffe; Theatre for the New City; NY
2023 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN ARTISTS SALON; NYC
2021 PAFA FELLOWSHIP : METAMORPHOSIS; Philadelphia, PA
2022
Lecture/Presentation & PAINTINGS from CAT MOTHER;
NYPL Tompkins Square; curator: Alyona Glushchenkova & Will Hall
2021
Storefront Window at Maysles Cinema; curator: Annie Horner
2019
THE HOUSE of WATER: films based on the I CHING; The Garden at 6th & B; NY
IMAGINING BACKWARDS: a public dialogue with artist and experimental filmmaker Lili White; The Film and Video Poetry Society; curator: Jesse Russel Brooks; NY
2018
I CHING ALCHEMY ROOT SCULPTURES & VIDEO; le Petit Versailles Community Garden; NY
MARYLAND FEDERATION of ART; EYE OF THE BEHOLDER; Circle Gallery; MD; Curator: Professor Katie Deli Kaufman (Corcoran College of Art & Design) – Sculptures
NEW WORKS; Theatre for a NEW CITY; curator: Carolyn Ratcliffe, NY
CERES GALLERY: 13th INTERNATIONAL JURIED SHOW; (TARGET work); Curator: Sara Softness (Assistant Curator; Brooklyn Museum)
CONVERSATIONS with HARRIET: LOOKING BACK & MOVING FORWARD; (TARGET work); Gotham Arts Festival at the Walls-Ortiz Center; Curator: Anthony Artis; NY
2017
CARTER BURDEN STUDIO RESIDENCY & INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITION; Leonard Cavello ArtSpace
UPRISE: the ANGRY WOMEN SHOW; Curator: Indira Cesarine; UNTITLED SPACE; NY
Against TRUMPISM: The Art & Poetry of Resistance; curators: Patrick Gannon & Adrienne Amundsen; MUSEUM OF INTERNATIONAL PROPAGANDA; 1000 Fifth St. San Rafael, CA
CONVERSATION in AMERICA: UNDER THE GUN (targets);
An evening of readings and art regarding gun violence in America; Sponsor: Women in the Arts & Media Coalition; SVA THEATRE: NY; Curator: Holli Harms
2016
FEAR; Haven SBX; Curator: Barry Kostrinsky; Bronx NY
2015
I CHING GLYPHIC WRITING (gold leaf paintings on natural forms); le Petit Versailles Community Garden; NY NY
FOOL’S GOLD: CALIFORNIA ROADTRIP IN AN ELECTION YEAR; Millennium Film Workshop
2014
THE REAL ESTATE SHOW; ABC NO RIO: NY
2013
MEET THE MAKER: feature film: FOOL’S GOLD: CALIFORNIA ROADTRIP IN AN ELECTION YEAR; NYPublic Library Performing Arts Branch; curator: David Callahan
2010 & 2007
LILI WHITE; Millennium Film Workshop Personal Cinema Series; curator: Howard Guttenplan; NY
HOUSE OF THE GENTLE; Le Petit Versailles; curators: Jack Waters & Peter Cramer; NY
2007
STANDING UPRIGHT (painting with projection with dancer Gus Solomons Jr); Vision Festival; NY
Balloon Garden; curator: Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, Ph.D.; Jersey City Museum; Jersey City NJ
2006
NY(see) (feature film); Two Boots/Pioneer Theatre; NY NY
2004
Lili White: Digital Pioneer; Curator: Zhu Denis; Doulun Museum of Modern Art; Shanghai, China & Beijing 25; Beijing China
2003
DEPARTURE (reversible paintings & assemblage with video); Chi:An Art Space; Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY
2002
LILI WHITE: RECENT WORK; The Art Lab Gallery; Staten Island,
GROUND ZERO; Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI
2000
11th NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION; Viridian Gallery; Juror: Charlotte Kotik
CONTEMPORARY VISIONS; University of Bridgeport CN; Juror: Ursula von Rydingsvard
INTERNATIONAL JURIED SHOW; NJ Center for Arts; Juror: Dan Cameron
1999
NATIONAL SMALL WORKS; Schoharie County Arts; Cobleskill, NY; Juror: Frances Barth
COOPERSTOWN ANNUAL NATIONAL; Juror: Jenny Snider; Cooperstown, NY
PLEIADES 17TH ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION; NY NY; Juror: Donald Kuspit
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INSTALLATION with projection & assemblage
2018
CUBED LUMINOUS SHOW – Pensecola Museum of Art; curators: Joseph Herring, Andrew Mausert-Mooney,Kera McKenzie; FLORIDA
2014
THE SOLDIER’S DREAM (un-realized); 3-D multi media
2010
WHAT CAN’T YOU SEE?; Video with Assemblage; London Biennale NYC Satellite Event; curator: Dominic Cloutier; Christopher Henry Gallery; NY
WHOSE AFRAID OF ORNAMENT? SHOW; Paintings & Video with Assemblage; curator: Natasha Kurchanova; NutureArts, Brooklyn NY
2009
TURQUOISE BEADS; Projection on Assemblage; curator: Patricia Parker; Vision Fest; NY
2006
AMERICAN DIASPORA: TRANSFORMATIONS IN AN AGE OF UNCERTAINTY; Curator: Keungauuk K.Sexton; Victory Hall; Jersey City NJ
2005
CLOUDGATE; Art in Odd Places at the Howl Festival; curator: Ed Woodham; at the Phatory; NYC
2004
HOMLESS WATER GODDESS
PRECIPITATIONS; thru London Biennale Cross Pollinations; curator: Adam Nankervis; NY
2001
TRAVELING with NEPTUNE; THE PAST IS HERE Show; NEWHOUSE GALLERY; SI NY
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SELECTED GROUP SCREENINGS – short films
2023
Fisura Film Festival; Mexico City
2022
ISFF 18th International Short Film Fest; Detmold Germany (A PHILADELPHIA STORY)
FOTOGENIA FILM FESTIVAL; Mexico City, MX (#3 SPROUT)
2021
NEW YEAR; NEW WORKS; NY Filmmakers COOP; NY
2020
ROMA DOC; Rome IT
twitch.tv/media_monsters (streaming on internet);
curator: Nicole Elaine Baker Peterson; OR
2019
ANALOGUE SUN, DIGITAL MOON; The Film and Video Poetry Society; curator: Jesse Russel Brooks; Los Angeles Center for Digital Art; CA
KINO KLUB, Curator: Darko Duilo; Split Croatia
IMAGING HER DIASPORA; curator: Morrison Gong; SYNESTHESIA, Brooklyn NY
MICROSCOPE GALLERY; Pictures for Jonas (Video with Pastel Painting)
ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE: WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL: Brooklyn NY
HYPERFLEXION; curator: Alison Wilson; South Africa
THE ATTACK OF THE SLIPPER ROOM MOVIE MONDAYS; curator Camille Habacker; NY
PERCEPTIONS; Loosen Art; Rome Italy
OLYMPIA X LANDSCAPE at ELSEWHERE; curators: Ali Rossi & Eliza Doyle; Brooklyn NY
2018
UNSEEN FESTIVAL; curator: Jacob D. Barreras; Denver CO
CÓDEC/Festival de Cine Experimental y Vídeo; curator Erik Tapia; MEXICO
OLYMPIA X LANDSCAPE at Elsewhere; curators: Ali Rossi & Eliza Doyle; Brooklyn NY
2017
HAXAN Film Festival; Mosswood Chapel; Oakland CA
HOMEGROWN & WILD: IN PRAISE OF VEGETABLES, IN FILM AND SPOKEN WORD; Curator: Richard Ashrowan from ALCHEMY FILM; Hawick, Scotland
SONOROUS VISION OF WISDOM; collaboration with composer Dalia Raudonikyte With; HARVESTWORKS; NY
WOMEN WHO GIVE… LIGHT.. TO THE SHADOW; Crater-Lab; curator: Rrose Present; Barcelona, Spain
2016
re/night/live/mare/; ACRE TV; Concept by Joseph Herring; Programmed by Joseph Herring, Kera MacKenzie, Andrew Mausert-Mooney; Chicago IL
KROWSWORKERSWORK; Krowswork Gallery; Oakland; CA
A SCREENING of DANCE FILMS; curator: Fred Hatt & Janet Aisawa; NYC
F IS FOR FRAMED; curators: Georgia Hall & Millie Kapp; SPECTACLE Theatre; Brooklyn NY
2015
ROMA CINEMA DOC; Rome IT
2014
HAXAN Film Festival; Lobot Gallery; Oakland CA
Minneapolis Underground Film Festival; Minneapolis; Minnesota
2012
Portland Underground Film Festival; curator: Bob Moricz; Portland, OR
Aurora Picture Show; curator: Mary Magsamen; Houston TX
DEMOCROSCOPE; curator: Perry Bard; Joyce Yahouda Gallery; Montreal, Canada
2011
Big 3 FEST; winner of best film for agricultural sustainability; South Bend, Indiana
MisALT Screening Series: Glitch vs Scratch; curator: Tessa Siddle; ATA; San Francisco, CA
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (*REVIEWS) (**interviews)
2025 Lili White’s LA FIRE PASTELS; Village Star-Revue* June 2025; Lee Klein
2024 PERMASTATES; Publishers: Jesse Russel Brooks & Avital Oehler; limited edition:100; ISBN: 978-8-8463-2144-2
PLOT #4; Allied Productions & le Petit Versailles; page featuring artwork
2023 PLOT #3; Allied Productions & le Petit Versailles
2022 PLOT #2; Allied Productions & le Petit Versailles; page featuring artwork
2015 Joel Shlemowitz: A Camera, a 40-Mule Team, and Dancing Zombies: Lili White’s Trip Through
California Deserts; Issue 99 BOOG CITY; June 2015; NY
2014** William J. Simmons: By Women, For Women: An Interview with Lili White; BIG, RED & SHINY!; January 22, 20142011 Greenpoint News Press- Review of OFF THE GRID show
2006 David Finkelstein; WESTERN; Hi-Beam & Filmthreat websites
2004 ** Zhu Denis, “Lili White; NY Digital Pioneer” ARTS Magazine; June
2002 Holland Cotter, “Where Witty Meets Gritty”; NY Times, November 15, 2002
2000 included in the Appendix of DREAMS 1900-2000: Artistic & Psychological Perspectives; authors: Lynn Gamwell, Ernest Hartmann, Donald Kuspit; Publisher: SUNY & Cornell University
1998 Robert Bunkin, “In Situ 97”; Council on Arts & Humanities for Staten Island Newletter, Jan Issue,
1997 Michael Fressola, “In Situ 97: Made on the Premises”; Staten Island Advance; Oct 17, 1997
1996 “Creative Dreams Inspire Artist” Taos Times, August 1, 1996
1991 *Andrew Mangravite, “Nemeth’s Color Blast; White’s Magical Acts”; Welcomat, Feb 27, 1991
1981
Photo of TARGET PIECES representing PHILADELPHIA UNDERGROUND (aka THE SUBWAY SHOW); Philadelphia Daily News, Sep 28, 1981
Photo of TARGET PIECES representing PHILADELPHIA UNDERGROUND (aka THE SUBWAY SHOW): Philadelphia Inquirer, Sep 28, 1981
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EDUCATION
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; Graduate of Four Year Painting Program; Philadelphia, PA
University Of Pennsylvania; Bachelor of Fine Arts; Philadelphia, PA