christophermichaelhefner@gmail.com

SUMMARY:

• Extensive work in film and video, as well as in drawing, design & screen printing.

• First feature film “The Pink Hotel” completed April 2010.

• Second feature film “The Poisoner” completed January 2014.

• Screened and Exhibited Internationally

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Arts in Film/Video, May 2006

Columbia College Chicago, Chicago IL

SELECTED FILMS & SCREENINGS SINCE 2008

Promotional Video for Jessica Joslin’s exhibition “The Immortal Zoo”
Included on Hi-Fructose Magazine website October 2014
Music Video for EATERS “Far”
Exclusive Premiere with Interview Magazine February 2014
The Poisoner – Feature Film Completed January 2014
Preview Screening at Lincoln Hall, Chicago January 2014
Music Video for BENOIT PIOULARD “Reliquary”
Premiered on Quietus U.K. March 2013
Music Video for THE HANDSOME FAMILY “Woodpecker”
Premiered on NPR’s First Watch May 2013
Music Video for MUCCA PAZZA “Tube Sock Tango”
Premiered via Carrot Top Recordings Chicago October 2012
Music Video for ERIK K. SKODVIN “Matiné”
Premiered via Miasmah Recordings Berlin June 2011
Eva C – Video Installation June 2011
Exhibited at Defibrillator Gallery, Chicago
Music Video for DANIEL KNOX “Ghostsong”
Premiered via Webb Whale Music April 2010
The Pink Hotel – Feature Film Completed April 2010
Premiere at The Music Box Theatre April 2010
Little Theatre, Kalamazoo, MI May 2010
Well Slept Film Festival, Chicago, IL June 2010
Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, Chicago, IL July 2010
Freud’s Bathhouse and Diner, Winnipeg, Canada July 2010
Lincoln Hall, Chicago IL September, 2010
Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago IL May 2014
The Three Chambers of E.A. Poe Completed October 2009
Light & Shadow Salon, London, England November 2009
The Three Organizations of L.R. Levato Completed October 2009
Opposite States Exhibition, Chicago, IL October 2009
Exhibition at Firecat Gallery, Chicago, IL June 2011
Pravda (Entropy) Completed July 2008
Art Xposium, West Chicago, IL July 2008
pH Neutral Screening, Finch Gallery November 2008

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

VERGE Art NYC May 2014

Charcoal drawings exhibited

Intelligentsia Coffeebar on Randolph October 2013

Charcoal drawings & film loops exhibited.

• Made in the Midwest November 2013

Group exhibition of Midwestern poster artists at Galerie F, Chicago

The Vacancy August 2012

Four-artist exhibition with Tony Fitzpatrick, Duncan Robert Anderson

and Daniel Bruttig at LivingRoom Gallery, Chicago.

Charcoal drawings and video installation exhibited

Dystopia April 2012

Group exhibition at Las Manos Gallery, Chicago

Charcoal drawings, screen prints and film loops exhibited

BLOOD March 2012

Two-person exhibition with Andy Hefner at Saki Records, Chicago

Charcoal drawings and screen prints exhibited

Ragdale Exhibition October 2010

Group exhibition curated by Audrey Niffenegger.

Drawings and Site-Specific Installation

Sustenance 337 Singleton Blvd., Dallas, TX September 2010

“Cast-Offs” Charcoal Drawing Series Exhibited

Chris Hefner: An Evening of Short Films & New Loops September 2009

Swimming Pool Project Space, Chicago, IL

Program of several short films screened alongside five new gallery loops.

EXPO Solo Exhibition, Finch Gallery, Chicago June 2008

ADDITIONAL PROJECTS

Guest Collaborator with Guy Maddin’s “Hauntings” Short Film Series

Winnipeg, Canada July 2010

• Poster design and screen printing commissioned by Andrew Bird, Mucca Pazza, Daniel Knox, Detholz!, Tom Musick, Ami Saraiya & The Outcome and the International Pancake Film Festival.

CURRICULUM VITAE