EDUCATION
M.F.A in Film, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles – 2015
Post Baccalaureate in Photography, PNCA, Portland, OR – 2010
B.A. in Anthropology, University of California at Santa Cruz – 2003
SELECTED SCREENINGS
beside the water, 1999-2004 (2018)
IDFA, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Holland – November 2019 (International Premier)
Edinburgh International Film Festival, Scotland – June 2019 (UK Premier)
Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MI – March 2019
OUTFEST, Los Angeles, CA – July 2018 (US Premier)
ICDOCS Festival, Iowa City, IA – April 2019
Xposed International Queer Film Festival, Berlin, Germany – May 2019
Athens International Film Festival, Athens, OH – March 2019
ANTIMATTER, Victoria, Canada – March 2018
Winnipeg Underground Film Festival, Canada – May 2018
Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY - November 2018
University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA – May 2019
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR – March 2019
Cineworks, Vancouver, Canada – March 2019
MIX Copenhagen, Denmark – November 2019
Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Australia – March 2019
Lesbian Ranch House, Olympia, WA – March 2019
Scottish Queer Film Festival, Glasgow, Scottland – December 2019
Altes Finanzamt, Berlin, Germany – November 2019
Cinema of the Dam’d, Amsterdam, Holland – November 2019
a visit (2015)
Frameline, San Franciso, CA – June 2016
Mardi Gras Film Festival, Sydney, Australia – February 2017
Antimatter, Victoria, Canada – March 2016
Pink Screens Film Festival, Brussels – March 2016
TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival, INFRARED, Seattle, WA – October 2016
PROUD! Denmark -
Scottish Queer International Film Festival – November 2016
ATA, Artist Television Access, San Francisco, CA – August 2016
Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA – June 2016
Transmission Retreat, Sonoma County, CA – September 2016
Vilnius LGBT Festival, Lithuania – August 2016
Redcat, CalArts Film Directing Showcase, Los Angeles, CA – May 2015 (Premier)
a year in review (2013)
OUTFEST, Los Angeles, CA – July, 2013
Transient, West Hollywood, CA – April 2014
Athens International Film Festival, Athens, OH – March 2013
San Francisco Transgender Film Festival – November 2013
Things We Both Know (not our real names) – with Roy Pérez (2012)
SF Cinematheque, INFRARED, San Francisco, CA – October 2018
Northside Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY – July 2012
Echo Park Film Center, The Queerer They Come, Los Angeles, CA – September 2012
CUNY Graduate Center, Harry Hay Conference, Radially Gay, New York, NY – September 2013
Trans-Ocular, Philadelphia, PA – September 2013
Yes, You Are Okay – with Lacy Davis (2010)
Mix 24 Experimental Film Festival, New York, NY – October 2011
and what remains (2010)
Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, INFRARED, Seattle, WA – October 2010
San Francisco Shorts Film Festival – September 2010
Athens International Film Festival, Athens, OH – March 2010
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
“Uncle George,” Put a Egg On It – Summer 2016
“Becoming Finn,” MashUp Americans - 2016
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
Representations of Leaving | Queer Deaths and heavens
Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY -December 2019
LA Filmforum, Los Angeles, CA – June 2019
Desires and Resistances | Unearthing Trans Legacies
OUTFEST, Los Angeles, CA – July 2018 (Premiere)
Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY - November 2018
University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA – May 2019
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR – March 2019
Cineworks, Vancouver, Canada – March 2019
MIX Copenhagen, Denmark – November 2019
Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Australia – March 2019
Lesbian Ranch House, Olympia, WA – March 2019
Scottish Queer Film Festival, Glasgow, Scotland – December 2019
Altes Finanzamt, Berlin, Germany – November 2019
Cinema of the Dam’d, Amsterdam, Holland – November 2019
Counterpulse, San Francisco, CA – October 2019
Notions of a Buddy Film
ATA, Artist Television Access, San Francisco, CA – August 2016
Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA – June 2016
Transmission Retreat, Sonoma County, CA – September 2016
Sissies – A Queer Artist Lecture Series
Valentines, Portland, OR – September 2009 to August 2010
GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Oberhausen Film Festival Fellow - 2016
Flaherty Fellow - 2014
Academy of Arts and Sciences Grant - 2013
PNCA Photography Department Graduation Award - 2011
PNCA Photography Department Award - 2010
Pride Foundation Grant Recipient - 2010, 2009
PNCA Honors Grant - 2010, 2009, 2008
Equity Foundation Grant Recipient - 2009
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
The Proof Series, The Q Center, Portland, OR – June 2012
A Transference of Innocence, Higgins Gallery, Portland, OR – May 2010
The Outsiders Series, Tuff Luck, Portland, OR – Novemeber 2009
Longings, C.O.G. Gallery, Portland, OR – March 2008
SELECTED EXIBITIONS
PNCA Photography Award Recipients, Corner Gallery, PNCA, Portland, OR – April 2010
Juried BFA Student Show, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR – May 2010
Juried PNCA Videofest, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR – May 2010
Fontanelle Gallery, Queer Gaze, Portland, OR – November 2009