Since 1978 Lili White has been exploring origins of myth, primacy of memory, exercises in self and counter self-imagining, and dreaming; through her work with film, sound, and video and studio arts. White’s work delves into topics that include in-camera editing, “automatic action” editing, and Authentic Movement Technique.
She is a fixture in the history of avant-garde filmmaking, and throughout her career she has maintained a dedication to experimental work created by women filmmakers in her Another eXperiment by Women Film Festival & Screening Series.
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2023
FISURA Film Festival; Mexico City, MX (The Color of Wind)
2022
CAT MOTHER ILLUSTRATIONS with a magical story & Lecture/Presentation; NYPL Thompkins Square; curator: Alyona Glushchenkova
ISFF 18th International Short Film Fest; Detmold Germany (A PHILADELPHIA STORY)
FOTOGENIA FILM FESTIVAL; Mexico City, MX (#3 SPROUT)
Finalist (THE PINK STONE script) in GOLDEN SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL; Abruzzo IT
Finalist (THE PINK STONE script) Diamond Eye international communications and new cimematic visions, able to awaken the deepest emotions in the eyes of the beholder; Milano, ITALY
The Biennial Project; curator: Marjorie Kaye (The Color of Wind & sculpture photos); at Venice Biennial; Venice IT — https://www.the-biennial-project.com/contest_home.aspx
2021 — during the pandemic:
City Artist Corps Grant — a live reading with 20 actors of CAT MOTHER, a magic-realism, feature film; at THE GARDEN at 6th & B; EAST VILLAGE garden
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MOVING IMAGE — 1 PERSON SCREENINGS: performer, writer, producer, director, editor
2021 STREAMING CINEMA 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
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
Balloon Garden; Curator: Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, Ph.D.; Jersey City Museum; Jersey City NJ
2006
NY(see) (feature film); Premiere: 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
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GROUP SCREENINGS:
2022
A PHILADELPHIA STORY; 18th International Short Film Fest; Detmold, Germany
2020
NEW YEAR; NEW WORKS; NY Filmmakers COOP; NY
ROMA DOC; Rome IT
2019
ANALOGUE SUN, DIGITAL MOON; The Film and Video Poetry Society; curator: Jesse Russel Brooks; Los Angeles Center for Digital Art; CA
St. Francis College Women’s Film Festival: Brooklyn NY
KINO KLUB, Curator: Darko Duilo; Split Croatia
HYPERFLEXION; curator: Alison Wilson; South Africa
IMAGING HER DIASPORA; curator: Morrison Gong; SYNESTHESIA, Brooklyn NY
THE ATTACK OF THE SLIPPER ROOM MOVIE MONDAYS; curator Camille Habacker; N
MICROSCOPE GALLERY; Pictures for Jonas (Video & Portrait drawing)
2018
UNSEEN FESTIVAL; curator: Jacob D. Barreras; Denver CO
THE ATTACK OF THE SLIPPER ROOM MOVIE MONDAYS; curator Camille Habacker; NY
CÓDEC/Festival de Cine Experimental y Vídeo; curator Erik Tapia; MEXICO
CUBED LUMINOUS: Pensecola Museum of Art; curators: Joseph Herring, Andrew Mausert-Mooney, Kera MacKenzie; Florida
OLYMPIA X LANDSCAPE at Elsewhere; curators: Ali Rossi & Eliza Doyle; Brooklyn NY
THE ATTACK OF THE SLIPPER ROOM MOVIE MADNESS MONDAYS; curator: Camille Habacker; NY
2017
HAXAN Film Festival; Mosswood Chapel; Oakland CA
HOMEGROWN & WILD: IN PRAISE OF VEGETABLES, IN FILM AND SPOKEN WORD; Curator: Richard Ashrowan— 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
CARTER BURDEN STUDIO RESIDENCY & SHOW — Leonard Cavello Artspace; NY NY (Targets, Sculptures)
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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INSTALLATIONS with VIDEO
2018
CUBED LUMINOUS SHOW – Pensecola Museum of Art; curators: Joseph Herring, Andrew Mausert-Mooney,Kera McKenzie; FLORIDA
2014
THE SOLDIER’S DREAM (un-realized)
2010
GOT’CHA; Box TV with assemblage & video loop in installation room with paintings;
London Biennale NYC Satellite Event; curator: Dominic Cloutier; Christopher Henry Gallery; NY
WHOSE AFRAID OF ORNAMENT? SHOW; curator: Natasha Kurchanova; NutureArts, Brooklyn NY
WHAT CAN’T YOU SEE?; Box TV assemblage & video; thru London Biennale Cross Pollinations; Christopher Henry Gallery; NY
2009
TURQUOISE BEADS; projection on assemblage; Curator: Patricia Parker; Vision Fest; NY
2007
STANDING UPRIGHT; Vision Festival; NY
RIVER to RIVER Movie Nite; Event MC & NY(SEE) excerpt presented; curator: Tal Yarden
2006
5 ELEMENTS; EARTH, WATER, WOOD, FIRE
en INVIERNO; BALLOON GARDEN; Curator: Jersey City Museum: Rocio Aranda-Alvarado
2005
CLOUDGATE;; Art in Odd Places at the Howl Festival; Curator: Ed Woodham; at the Phatory; NYC
2004
WATER GODDESS (aka, HOMELESS)
PRECIPITAIONS; 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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STUDIO ART – 1 PERSON SHOWS
2018
I CHING ALCHEMY ROOT SCULPTURES & VIDEO; curator: Nicholas Vargelis; le Petit Versailles Community Garden, NY NY
2015
I CHING ALCHEMICAL GLYPHS (gold leafed onto natural forms) ; le Petit Versailles Community Garden; NY NY
2003
DEPARTURE; Chi:An Art Space; Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY
2002
RECENT WORK; The Art Lab Gallery; Staten Island, NY
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STUDIO ART – GROUP SHOWS
2021
METAMORPHASIS; a PA ACADEMY of Fine Arts Fellowship show; Philadelphia PA
2019
UNSEEN WORK SHOW; Theater for the New City; curator: Carolyn Radcliffe; NY
MARYLAND FEDERATION of ART’s EYE OF THE BEHOLDER; Professor Katie Deli Kaufman (Corcoran College of Art & Design; Circle Gallery; Annapolis, MD
COVELLO@PS109: MAKING ART WORK; curator: Olivia Beens; el Barrio Artspace PS109; NY
2018
CUBED LUMINOUS SHOW – Pensecola Museum of Art; curators: Joseph Herring, Andrew Mausert-Mooney; Kera MacKenzie; FLORIDA
CERES GALLERY: 13th National Juried Exhibition ; curated by Sara Softness, Assistant Curator: The Brooklyn Museum
ENDLESS EDITIONS BIENNIAL: OPTIMISM; curator: Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo; EFA Project Space; NY
CERES GALLERY: 13th National Juried Exhibition ; curated by Sara Softness, Assistant Curator: The Brooklyn Museum
CONVERSATIONS with HARRIET: LOOKING BACK AND MOVING FORWARD;
Walls-Ortiz Gallery & Center— Gotham Arts Festival; curators: Anthony Artis, Adrienne Croskey, Maria Liu Wong, Sarah Gerth van den Berg; NY
NEW WORKS SHOW; Theater for the New City; curator: Carolyn Radcliffe; NY
2017
AGAINST TRUMPISM: THE ART & POETRY OF RESISTANCE; Museum of International Propaganda curators: Patrick Gannon & Adrienne Amundsen; San Rafael CA
UPRISE: THE ANGRY WOMEN ART SHOW: The Untitled Space; curator: Indira Cesarine; NY
VIDEO about: http://www.themarysue.com/uprise-angry-women/
ARTICLE: http://untitled-magazine.com/uprise-angry-women-exhibit-at-the- untitled-space-signals-the-new-art-resistance/
CONVERSATION in AMERICA: UNDER THE GUN; Curator: Holli Harms; NY
an evening of readings and art regarding gun violence in America; Sponsor: Women in the Arts & Media Coalition;
http://svatheatre.com/events/conversations-in-america-under-the-gun/
2016
FEAR; Haven SBX; Curator: Barry Kostrinsky; Bronx NY
I AM HERE & DREAMSCAPES; Bronx Breeze; Curator: Anna Pasztor; Bronx NY
2010
WHOSE AFRAID OF ORNAMENT; NutureArt; Curator: Natasha Kurchanova; Brooklyn
2006
AMERICAN DIASPORA: TRANSFORMATIONS IN AN AGE OF UNCERTAINTY; Curator: Keungauuk K.Sexton; Victory Hall; Jersey City NJ
ART OF THE WORD; Haven Arts, Bronx NY; Curator: Barry Kostrinsky
2002
GROUND ZERO; Detroit Museum- MONA, Detroit, MI
2000
11th NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION; Viridian Gallery; Juror: Charlotte Kotik
CONTEMPORARY VISIONS; Uni 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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AWARDS & PUBLIC SERVICE
2022
Finalist (THE PINK STONE short script) in GOLDEN SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL; Abruzzo ITALY
Finalist (THE PINK STONE short script) in Milano, ITALY
A PHILADELPHIA STORY; 18th International Short Film Fest; Detmold Germany
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
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; NY
A PHILADELPHIA STORY in Austria’s ArtFem.TV collection; curator:Evelin Stermit
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 — Cavello Artspace Show; 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
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
College Art Association Panel: RETROFITTING: Traditional East Asian Art in Contemporary Painting; Lecture-Presentation: INVISIBLE ENERGY: ASIAN ART INFLUENCES IN MY WORK; 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
DREAMING A SLEEPOVER RESEARCH PROJECT; The Japanese House; 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; streaming short films; acts as an archive of women’s work; filmmakers paid instantly upon purchase
2010 – ongoing
ANOTHER EXPERIMENT BY WOMEN FILM FESTIVAL (http://AXWonline.com):
4 to 6 different screenings yearly. Mostly sponsored by NEW FILMMAKERS NY’s Women’s Night at Anthology Film Archives
CURATOR
2018
AXW at BMCC; NYC
2017
SHORT SHORTS EXPERIMENTAL SCREENING; Greenpoint Film Festival; Brooklyn NY
AXW at STRANGLOSCOPE; Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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; Collective-Unconscious;; NYC
1993
THE LIGHT FROM BEHIND (painting); NY LAW SCHOOL thru Art INITIATIVES ; NY
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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