FILM AND VIDEO

2016                Sky Stories,  Nonfiction, in production

                        Historias de Nené,  Feature fiction, in development, with production group La Mirada, Spain

2014                The Dance Circle,  DV, color, sound, 12 min.

2012                Eyes Upside Down,  HD video, color, silent, multiple site-specific outdoor projections

2011                The Ordinal Directions,   MULTICHANNEL HDV, color, sound, 65 min.

2006                The Aerodynamics of the Hovering Hummingbird,  DV, sound, Video Loop
2004                On Calloway Street,   DV, color, sound, 90 min.

1998                Chishimo: A Lunda Story,   DV color, sound, 26.40 min.
                        The Birmingham Museum of Art, producer    

1997                4, 5, 6,   Script

1996                Mal de Ojo,   16mm, color, sound, 20 min.

1991                El Lado Verde,   Beta Sp, color, sound, 26:40 min.

1987                Plena,   Hand-Drawn Animation, 16MM color, sound, 1 min.

                        Cha Cha Cha,   16MM, color, sound, 10 min.

 

SELECTED EXHBITIONS

2014                Museo de las Américas, San Juan, Puerto Rico  
2012                Amherst College, multiple site-specific outdoor projections, Amherst, MA
                        Jerome Liebling Center for Film, Photography and Video, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
                        Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2011                Amherst College Faculty Exhibition, Amherst, MA
                        Eli Marsh Gallery, Amherst College
2008                Anthology Film Archives, NY  
2006                Millennium Film Workshop, New York, NY
2005                Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY  
1999                American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
                        Minneapolis Public Television, Minneapolis, MN
                        Indianapolis Museum of Art,  Indianapolis, IN
1998                Alabama Public Television, Birmingham, AL
                        Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
1988                Chicago Latino Film Festival,  Chicago, IL
                        Experimental Film Coalition, Chicago, IL
                        Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL
1987                Ann Arbor Film Festival, Award; Ann Arbor, MI
                        San Francisco Art Institute Film Festival, Award; San Francisco, CA
                        Athens International Film Festival, Athens, OH
1982-83           Photojournalist, Published in El Reportero and Claridad; San Juan, PR

 

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2016                Pratt Institute Faculty Development Fund Grant
2011                Amherst Art Series Fund Grant
2002                Independent Television Service (ITVS) Research and Development Project Grant
2001                Jerome Foundation Grant

2000                Culture and Education Commission, Puerto Rico House of Representatives Grant
1998                New York State Council on the Arts Individual Artists Program Grant
1992                The Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company Grant
                        Institute of Puerto Rican Culture Professional Advancement Fellowship
1989                Puerto Rican National Cultural Development Program Grant
1988                National Endowment for the Arts / American Film Institute Regional Fellowship
1987-88           Ford Foundation Scholarship



LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS

2016                Brown University, Visiting Critic, Visual Arts Department; Crits

2012                Hampshire College, Lecture, The Ordinal Directions

2011                Amherst College, Lecture, The Ordinal Directions

2005                Queens Museum of Art, Lecture, On Calloway Street

2009                Columbia University, Guest Lecturer, Senior Seminar in Filmmaking