CURRICULUM VITAE
C H R I S H E F N E R
christophermichaelhefner@gmail.com
SUMMARY:
• Extensive work in film and video, as well as in drawing, sculpture, book & paper arts, installation and performance.
• First feature film “The Pink Hotel” completed and touring throughout 2010.
• Second feature film “The Poisoner” now in production, slated for completion Winter 2012/13
• Solo exhibition at Finch Gallery, Chicago in June 2008
• Solo exhibition at Heaven Gallery, Chicago in December 2006.
• Screened and Exhibited Internationally
EDUCATION: Bachelor of Arts in Film/Video, May 2006
Columbia College Chicago, Chicago IL
SELECTED FILMS & SCREENINGS:
The Pink Hotel 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
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
Pravda (Entropy) Completed July 2008
• Art Xposium, West Chicago, IL July 2008
• pH Neutral Screening, Finch Gallery November 2008
Still Completed May 2008
• Pink Hotel Cabaret, Chicago IL August 2008
The Barn & The Girl in the Barn Completed March 2008
• Sound of Silent Film Festival, Chicago IL March 2008
Kino Pravda Completed January 2008
• Undergroundfilmmaker Festival, San Francisco, CA
Awarded Honorable Mention, Best Assignment January 2008
In the Realm of Normal Sized Things Completed October 2007
• Third Coast Audio Festival, Chicago, IL October 2007
Ipomoea Alba Completed September 2007
• Mini Dutch Mini Film Festival, Chicago IL June 2008
Fresnel or: The Knot & The Mermaid Completed July 2007
• Flotsam & Jetsam: Reconstruction Room, Chicago, IL July 2007
To Any Reader: On Correspondence Completed May 2007
• Movieside Film Festival, Chicago, IL June 2007
• And/Or Gallery, Dallas, TX Upcoming (September 2007)
Everything Shines Through Mechanical Eyes Completed January 2007
• Sound of Silent Film, Chicago, IL March 2007
• Crossing Barriers Festival, Tucson, AZ February 2007
Birdcatcher Completed November 2006
• Heaven Gallery Solo Exhibition, Chicago, IL December 2006
• Chicago Short Film Brigade, Chicago, IL April 2007
• Ice Capades Battle of the Cities Festival, Chicago, IL April 2007
• Flicker Film Festival, Chapel Hill, NC May 2007
• Flicker Film Festival, Spokane, WA October 2007
• Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival Lausanne, Switzerland October 2007
• Undergroundfilmmaker Festival, San Francisco, CA January 2008
•Best of Heaven European Tour: Paris, Berlin, Linz October 2008
A Small Corona for the Freakshow Completed February 2006
• Sound of Silent Film, Chicago, IL March 2007
• Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL August 2006
• Apple Cider Screening, Heaven Gallery Chicago, IL November 2006
Unusable Footage Completed February 2006
• Movieside Film Festival, Chicago, IL March 2006
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
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.
Museum of Contemporary Art Staff Exhibition November – December, 2008Prints, Drawings and Video Exhibited
EXPO Solo Exhibition, Finch Gallery, Chicago June 2008
Fictional Characters Lill St. Gallery, Chicago October 2007
Sculpture/Film Work Exhibited
Form/Emptiness And/Or Gallery, Dallas TX September 2007
Various Films & Print Works Exhibited
Action/Interaction Center for Book & Paper, Chicago July 2007
Artist Book “Untitled (Hermetic Portrait)” Exhibited
Birdcatcher Solo Exhibition, Heaven Gallery, Chicago December 2006
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, Ami Saraiya & The Outcome and the International Pancake Film Festival.