KOURTNEY M. KELLER 3020 St. Claude Ave. New Orleans, LA 70117 #347.645.7090
[email protected]
EDUCATION: University of New Orleans 2007 – 2010 Received an MFA as a fellow, utilizing multimedia in a digital realm. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY 2001- 2003 BFA in Media Studies with a focus on Experimental Filmmaking and Animation. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 1994 - 1996 Concentration in: painting, printmaking, photography and sculpture.
PRODUCTIONS / EXHIBITIONS: PROSPECT 1.5Featured Artist in New Orleans Biennial, curated by Dan Cameron. DRIVEINEVITABLE documentation 16min single channel loop featured in NOCCA’s Kirshman Gallery. Exhibit entitled “A Moment of Your Time”. – 2010. BURY THE HATCHETCreated animated sequences to help illustrate this documentary film about Mardi Gras Indian culture in New Orleans, pre and post – Katrina. Directed by Aaron Walker. Terpsichore films.- 2010 NEW ORLEANS MAYOR MITCH LANDRIEU’S INAUGURAL GALADRIVEINEVITABLE 2 channel video installation, selected by Miranda Lash, Curator for Contemporary Exhibits, New Orleans Museum of Art – 2010. LUMENSECITY – Solo Thesis Show / UNO St. Claude Gallery – 2010
HEAT/HUMIDITY – Group Video Installation Show 2010 – Curated by Robin Wallis Atkinson AUTOMATA – Group Kinetic Show 2010 – Curated by Myrtle Von Damitz Barristers Gallery – Antiabecedarians: A Group Show of Telekinesis Proxenators in Franca Lingua - 2009 Projected video loops onto a feather and an oil lamp as part of a Group show of emerging artists at Barrister’s Gallery, St. Claude New Orleans. KK PROJECTS/LIFE IS ART FOUNDATIN – ELYSIUM SPACE - Prospect One 2008 An immersive sculptural and two channel video installation entitled “Getting to Know You”, presented in the Elysium Warehouse space as part of KK projects Biennial showcase. STITCH – Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA 2008 A life-size diorama entitled “Getting to Know You” exhibited as part of a group show involving non-conventional utilizations of sewing. SUPERNOVA I - GROUP ART SHOW CURATED BY Jeanette Ingberman, founding Director of EXIT ART - Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, 2007 Supernova showcased the first group of artists curated for NOVA Projects’ New Orleans Artist Registry. 5th Season Cinema – Run a donation based outdoor “walk / ride” in movie theater in my back yard. Screened double features every Tuesday Night all through the summer. TORTURED BY JOY- New Orleans, LA / New York, NY 2004 Post-Production Supervisor and Editor for this independently produced short film. Directed by Henry Griffin, narrated by John Lurie, with photography by Libby Nevignier, this film is featured on a compilation DVD in the Dec/Jan 2004/2005 issue of THE BELIEVER, a sister publication to McSweeney's Quarterly. LENNY BRUCE DOCUMENTARY, ACLU Freedom Concert AVERY FISHER HALL / LINCOLN CENTER NYC, 2004 After Effects editing of experimental still sequences and postproduction management.
STATICS 2003 A 12-minute thesis film, produced, directed, shot and scored by Kourtney Keller. In 2003, STATICS premiered at the BROOKLYN UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL, the NEXTFRAME festival (Temple University), and abroad, at the VIPER/BASEL festival in Basel, Switzerland and the BACKUP festival (Bauhaus School) in Weimar, Germany. BEYOND PARADISE II: FASHION FOR A NEW MILLENIUM 1999 Designed and performed a runway show entitled “Tailored from the Test Tube” at the Red Room, St. Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA. Group Show, Medium: Fabric/Plastic.
PUBLICATIONS / REVIEWS / PRESS: ART IN AMERICA DRIVEINEVITABLE project featured in January 2011 issue of Art in America. Editorial by Marcia E. Vetrocq entitled, “Homepage New Orleans Prospects” - 1/4/2011. http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-opinion/editorshomepage/2011-01-04/homepage-new-orleans-prospects/ Waiting for Godot in New Orleans: A Field Guide by PAUL CHAN A book that documents and explores Paul Chan’s WAITING FOR GODOT project in post-Katrina New Orleans. Keller has 3 photos published in the book documenting the sister film, THE FULLNESS OF TIME By Colleen Smith. http://www.artandeducation.net/announcement/ http://www.cauleensmith.com/CAULEEN_SMITH/THE_FULLNESS_OF_TIME.ht ml http://www.creativetime.org/programs/archive/2007/chan/film.html NEW ORLEANS GAMBIT WEEKLY Featured artist in “Project Bias and Kourtney Keller’s LUMENSCITY”, art review by D. Eric Bookhardt. - 2010 http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/project-bias-and-kourtneykellers-lumensecity/Content?oid=1278551
MEENA MAGAZINE – A BILINGUAL JOURNAL OF ARTS & LETTERS 2005 Film stills from STATICS are featured in this one-of-a-kind Arabic/English journal from the port towns of New Orleans, LA and Alexandria, Egypt. NYTIMES MAGAZINE March 27, 2005 The Industry: “Tender is the Night” by, Matt Lee and Ted Lee—an article about bartending featuring veteran bartender of 12 years, Kourtney Keller. ST. PETERSBURG TIMES: PUTTING EMOTION ‘IN MOTION” Newspaper review of STATICS, by Lennie Bennet, May 6, 2004. MESACHABE: Journal of Sur(regional) Press 1999 Featured artist in summer / 1999 issue. GAMBIT WEEKLY New Orleans, LA 1999 Featured work in Jonathan Ferrara Gallery’s “No Dead Artists” review. N.O.A.R New Orleans, LA 1999 Featured work in Jonathan Ferrara Gallery’s “No Dead Artists” review.
AWARDS: STATICS 2003 Received Temple University’s NEXTFRAME Film Festival’s Editing Prize 2003. KODAK STUDENT FILMMAKER AWARD 2002 Received the runner-up prize for Eastman Kodak’s Student Filmmaker Program, which included a week long, sponsored trip to “Hollywood”, CA to visit sets, meet directors and cinematographers. Received a $2,000.00 prize for funding independent student projects.
ART RELATED EMPLOYMENT: FREELANCE 2-D/4-D GRAPHIC WORK 2003 – PRESENT *Utilizing analog elements with Photoshop, Illustrator, Final Cut Pro, and After Effects. -CD/Flyer design for New Orleans Musicians such as: The Tin Men, The Washboard Chaz Trio, The Iguanas, 007, and The Palmetto Bug Stompers. -Promotional design, ie: advertising graphics (print, web, t-shirt, etc.) for CHAZFEST, an annual Bywater Music Festival produced by Keller and her husband, Alex McMurray. NOLA 2006-present. -Freelance camera work (photography & video), ie: D.P.’d on Mr. Quintron and Miss Pussycat’s web video “Face Down in the Gutter.” 2011. COUNTRY DAY CREATIVE ARTS 2007-PRESENT Video and Animation Instructor for children’s summer art camp, ages 713. Class work focuses on intensive pre & post video production, student controlled film and animation projects. Analog and digital special effects are highlighted. NOVAC 2006 Part Time Assistant Teacher. Position includes instructing students in video and animation as part of an after school program sponsored by NOVAC. JUSTADDWATER - New York, NY 2003-2005 Free-lance post-production work for this commercial editing house included title graphics, motion graphics, and extensive use of After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Avid, Photoshop, and Illustrator. WERKAROUND – New York, NY - 2004 Free-lance post-production work for this motion graphics company included extensive use of After Effects and Photoshop. CABIN CREEK FILMS - New York, NY 2003-2004 Internship at Barbara Kopple’s documentary company included logging dailies and archiving footage. NEW ORLEANS CONSERVATION GUILD 1998-1999 Repaired, re-carved, re-molded, and re-gilded antique wood frames. Constructed ‘All-Period’ Reproduction/Original Frames.
