CURRICULUM VITAE
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.