CV
✿ EDUCATION:
University of north texas, Denton 2009-2010
Austin Community College, Austin 2011-2013
California College of the Arts, Oakland 2014-2017, BFA graduate
Focus on animation and experimental film.
Pixar@CCA: Summer Story Intensive, “New Voices in Animation” 2016
✿ SOCIALS:
2019-2021 INSTAGRAM: Content and media curator
2023-2025 RELOVE: Socials content creator and videographer
✿ SOLO EXHIBITIONS/RESIDENCIES:
2017 “The Allegory Of The Self_I Dreamed I Saw Myself By A Lake” senior solo
show at College avenue galleries, California College of the arts senior
show. Oakland
2019 “How To Train Your Demons” solo show at Classic cars west. March
1st-May 1st. Oakland, CA
2020 A four channel digital installation/residency for the month of July. Hosted
by De:formal Gallery, NY. Installations: 1,2,3,4. Further examples: 1,2,3
2021 “Wound” a digital solo art show hosted by New Art City and B4BEL4B. April
1st-June1st.
2023 “A Dream Cum True” (scroll down on site) Solo exhibit at Swim Gallery, SF.
March
2023 “Just to be Close to You” Solo Exhibit at Telematic Gallery, SF. April.
✿ GROUP EXHIBITIONS/CURATORIAL WORK:
2016 Y2K Gallery “amour dans le digital” ~oakland
2017 College Avenue Gallery “SERPENTARIUM_smells like desire” ~Invisible
Lines show for the Individualized program, CCA, Oakland
2017 “Vital Hybrids” group show curated by B4BEL4B, Oakland, CA
2017 Grey Area Theatre, video projections of my work. “Vital Hybrids”
Performances. San Francisco
2017 Casket & Co. Gallery screening of “The Cleanse”. “THE CLEANSE” art show
w/ft. illustrator Melek Zertal. Oakland
2018 AGGREGATE SPACE “You is_You is_You is_Adventures in Yourself” aka
“Love U”. Futility show, Oakland
2018 Qulture Collective “Britney_Lamb”, “Anatomy of Autonomy”
Show, Oakland
2018 Museum of African Diaspora. Multiple videos screened. “Digitalia: Art
and the Economy of Ideas show” curated by yesuniverse. San Francisco
2018 NAMING GALLERY. Screened “Happy Alice” collab w/Mark Sabb of
Feltzine. “Intentions Based On A Future Which Has Already Happened”
Oakland .
2019 New Image Art gallery, “END” Los Angeles March 23rd
2019 Verge center for the arts, “Zone”, Sacramento May 26th
2019 “Spread the Virus Vol.02” My artist slot/entry point was for the month of
September. This show was a yr long monthly curatorial project curated
by Martin Mayorga and Vanessa Murrell from DATEAGLE ART along with
invited guest curators Pita Arreola-Burns and Elliott Burns from off site
project, which culminated in an online exhibition of 12 artists. Online
Screening of “My Distant Lover, Nothing Compares to You”.
2020 “Primary Colors” group show at Swim Gallery curated by Buu. Installed
video piece Touch It Better.
2021 “AFK” (Away From Keyboard) 3D Gallery group show curated by Casey
Kauffmann. March 1stScreened my film “Do you Think You're Better Off
Alone?”. Coaxial Arts.
2021 CO-CURATED ”Night Mirror” a show at New Image Art Gallery, Hollywood.
2021 GINGA, a group art exhibition curated by yarrowslaps at the
Chandrangallery. Screened dance piece, “My Tears Ran Down your Throat.
2023 Elixir group show at Tlaloc gallery LA, curated by Gabriella Ruiz
2024 Sugar Water Collective Runway presentation, Eternal Now
✿ Events:
2018 FILF 2: Live fashion and music event, Featured Projections,
starline social club, 3/3/18
2018 Feltzine NY SuperHD: 3D arts and music event, featured artist,
Superchief Gallery, NY. 4/12/18
2018 FeelsVI (ft Kelis, Princess Nokia, Yves Tumor, Mykki
Blanco, ect) Visual Artist~ @Craneway Pavillion, Richmond CA~6/16/18
2019 HitSF Artist talk, March 5th
2019 Classic cars west, “How To Train Your Demons”, April 6th, Oakland
closing party event ft oakland musicians
2019 2727 California Street, “Dream Bodies Festival”, screened videos
2019 Point Giallo Film Screenings, curator Rachel Sharpe, Glasgow
Scotland
2019 Failed film fest, Los Angeles
2020 Feels “Eternal Now” a psychedelic variety show. Examples: 1,2
2021 Boiler Room set visuals for Directions Radio Artists. Examples:
1,2. Created 120 minutes of set visuals.
2021 De:Formal/Agora Artist talk
2021 Smart Bomb EP4, screening of films: “Nothing Compares to You” and
collaborative dance video “5th Heart Chamber”, shot and edited by me
performed by Laur Geiger
2021 “Noindex” Twitch livestream. Medialab and Canal180 NFT video stream
collab. I screened my short film “Dream Lamb Part. 1”
2022 Smart Bomb, screening of short film “Hello?...” at ICA, SF and Gray Area
Space, SF.
2022 i8i Collaborative video screened at Gray Area Space
2022 Stage visuals for Toro Y Moi at the Greek Theatre in LA. Shot, edited, fx for
an hour plus performance.
2023 Cult classic x printed matter party visuals at the Ace hotel
2023 Smartbomb film screening at the exploratorium
2024 Legion of Honor Live film scoring/music set with Smartbomb
2025 SF MOMA Smartbomb Screening
2025 Premier of “Living Inheritance” at the Roxie Theatre, SF. Shot by me,
directed by Laur Geiger and myself. Sound scored by Sepehr Mashiaof.
2025 Letter Z (musician) music video premier at Eternal Now, Oakland featuring
a special performance by ambient genius Laraaji.
✿ Music Videos/Fashion Films/Collabs:
2017 Saturn Rising, “2night” director, videographer, and video editor
2018 Spellling, “hard to please”. director, videographer and video editor
2018 SHYGIRL, music set, video editor
2018 Hanan Sharifa, “Nothing Compares to You” Fashion film for
Hanan Sharifa. director, videographer, and video editor
2018 DAEMON “SIRENXS”. director, videographer, and video
editor.
2019 Saturn Risin9~ “Platinum”~ co-director, video editor
2019 Orrin, “Fear” music video edited by moi
2020 TORO Y MOI “Soul Trash” 30 minute album visual
Directed, shot, styled, creative directed and edited
2020 “Melt” Kelly Lee Owens, 3 visuals. Edited, fx (1,2)
2020 “Bianca” Tommie Pheonix. Shot, directed, edited
2020. Mowalola, unofficially released photo edits
2021 Les Sins and Acemo “Cant Take it Anymore”. Edited,fx
2021 Xyla, Leaving Records “Cold”. Directed, shot and edited
2021 “Sharifa” Fashion film ft Hanan Sharifa, Laur Geiger and Melek Zertal
2021 Company Studios Hat release with Joshuvela. Directed, shot, edited
and graphics. Styling by Laur Geiger.
2021 Mia Carucci, Cyber Sadism. Directed, shot and edited
2022 Vanessa the Finessa, Talk tha Talk. Edited by me
2023 Elijah Kessler, Zeiss. Company Records. Editing and creative direction
2023 Credit Electric long form music video for album Six* :) Shot, edited and
directed.
2025 Letter Z, “Dowry/Farmiga” I co-directed and edited the “farmiga” section of
the film
✿Magazine write ups/INTERVIEWS:
De:Formal Gallery, July Artist Residency
Cult Classic Magazine video release to their site 2022
COEVAL Magazine Featured Artist
Broke ass stuart “How to train Your Demons”
Generaiderz Magazine Feature 2022
Cultnation 2023
Practice Magazine artist feature 2023
Discipline & Anarchy: Laneya Billingsley aka Billie0cean 2024