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Andrea Sisson
Lives and works in New York City / Los Angeles 2014 - 2021 / b. Cincinnati, Ohio (1987)
EDUCATION
Master of Social Work, 2025 (Honors)
Hunter College, Silberman School of Social Work
Master of Fine Art, 2022
Bard College, Milton Avery School of the Arts
BAS Design, 2010
University of Cincinnati, School of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning | Magna Cum Laude
2010 U.S. FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIP
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
2020 Southern California Counseling Center; CCC Peer Counseling Certificate
2017 MICA MFAST Studio-Arts MFA Program, Summer Session
AWARDS
2020 J. Paul Getty Trust and the California Community Foundation, Relief Fund Grant for L.A. County Visual Artists
2017 Leslie King Hammond Award, Maryland Institute College of Art
2013 Filmmaker Magazine “25 New Faces of Independent Film”
2010 U.S. FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIP, Design
2009 CFDA Honorable Mention, Student Portfolio
2005 Scholastic Gold Key, Painting
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS, RESIDENCIES, TEACHING, & OTHER OUTCOMES
2025:
FIT Suny NYC, Adjunct Faculty | August 2025 - Dec 2025 | 2nd-Year Production"
Mentoring Faculty, The Well + Artworks Cincinnati + River Roots | Cincinnati, Ohio, July 1 - August 3 | July teaching artist for 14-21 yr. olds for a public arts project reimagining the history of the Ohio River.
2024:
Triple Canopy, “Swallow Image” | New York City, Dec 10, 2024 | Performance with Fia Backström, alongside Goldin+Senneby and Carolyn Lazard. “Fia Backström and Andrea Sisson will stage a performance connecting the experience of psychosis to the distortion of reality by authoritarian regimes.”
Mentoring Teacher in Photography, The Well + Artworks Cincinnati + Foto Focus | Cincinnati, Ohio, July 8 - August 1 | Three-Week program mentor on photography projects for 14-21 yr. olds for Foto Focus photography exhibiiton, “Soma and Sona.”
2023:
Poetic Research Bureau, Reading Series | Los Angeles, Spring 2023 | “Artists Who Write” organized by Andrea Sisson & Ricky Zoker, and reading by Andrea Sisson
FIT Suny NYC, Adjunct Faculty | February 2023 - June 2023 | Introduction to Sound for Film
Montez Press Radio | New York City, February 2023 | Morning Set: Glass & Andrea Larry
2022:
Poetic Research Bureau, Reading Series | Los Angeles, April 2, 2022 | “Artists Who Write” organized by Andrea Sisson & Ricky Zoker, and reading by Andrea Sisson
The Kitchen, Performance | New York City, March 10-12, 2022 | Fia Backström, “The Last of US — that safe spot in the dot above the I in the word life” - Performer in Fia Backström’s two-person show, organized by Alison Burstein.
2020 Arts, Touch 40 Performance Series | Los Angeles, CA, March 11-13 | 40th Anniversary, Video collaboration for Geneva Skeen
Carnegie Mellon, Visiting Artist | Pittsburgh, PA February 2022 | “Documentary Practice” with Geneva Skeen Performance
Montez Press Radio | New York City, January 28 | Morning Set: Glass & Andrea Larry
2021:
Carnegie Mellon, Visiting Artist | October 2021 | “Intro to Film” with Geneva Skeen
Thesis Presentation and Screening | Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York July 30, 2021
"Close Alternative,* Bard College | MFA Thesis Exhibition, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York July - August, 2021
2020:
“Faux Real,” Wavepool | Cincinnati, Ohio, June - July 2020 | Group Show, Curated by Sidney Hilley; “My Love Is All I have to Give”
2019:
Interstate Projects, Sinkhole Projects | New York, New York, July 5 - 28, 2019 | Group show, Curated by Joe Speier
Art Academy of Cincinnati, Visiting Artist | Cincinnati, Ohio, April 14, 2019 | Sculpture: Installation, Keith Benjamin, visiting artist + lecturer
PAM Residencies, Artist-in-Residence | Los Angeles, CA, February 1 - March 3, 2019 | Critical Forum Discussion February 10 “Artists Who Work,” Performances March 2 & 3
Poetic Research Bureau, Reading | Los Angeles, CA, January 18, 2019 | Reading [with contents of the reading archived at the Los Angeles Contemporary Archive]
2018:
S1, Artist-in-Residence | Portland, OR, December 1-15, 2018 | Installation & Participatory Exhibition December 14, 2018
MEGA-GEIL, Bard College l Annadele-On-Hudson, NY, Fisher Studios - August 1, 2018 | MFA First Year MFA Show, Group Show
DrawItOut Workshop, Maryland Institute College of Art | Baltimore, Maryland, February 2017 | Workshop Creator + Leader, organized by Renee Van der Stelt
2017:
Sinkhole Projects | Baltimore, Maryland, November 15 | Group show, Curated by Joe Speier
High Desert Test Sites 2017, Swap Meet | Joshua Tree, CA October 21-22, 2017 | Swap Meet curated by Lydia glenn-Murray, High Desert Test Sites 2017 curated by Aram Moshayedi and Sohrab Mohebbi
Alternative Worksite Residency, Artist Resident | Roanoke, VA, Sep 30 - November 15, Open Studios December 15 | Pilot Resident, Founded by Linda Burnham and supported by the Robert Overby Estate
University of Cincinnati School of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning (DAAP), Guest Artist | Cincinnati, Ohio, January - February 2017 | Guest Artist for “Ethics In Design” course, fall semester
"If I Say So," Group Show | New York City - March 3rd, 2017 | Curated by Jo Rosenthal
2016:
U.S. In Progress Film Market Participant, Champs-Elysees Film Festival | Paris, France, June 2016 | Five-day Market Participant w/Project “Everything Beautiful Is Far Away”
Softies Zine, Publication | New York City - October 2016 | Published poems, "One-Liner"
Bizzare Bushwich, Olimpia Dior Performance | New York City - October 2016 | Participant in Olympia Dior Performance
2015:
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Guest Artist & Lecturer | Providence, Rhode Island, Lecture: November 17, 2015; Class Critique: December 8, 2015 | Visiting artist & lecturer for video & photography course, "ISSUES & IMAGES II" by instructor Sheida Soleimani
Expanded Cinema, Omni Hotel, Group Show, | Dallas, Texas, October 25, 2015 | Videos projected large-scale on the front of the Dallas Omni Hotel w/radio soundtrack | Curated by Justine Ludwig, Senior Curator, Dallas Contemporary
VAEFF Video Art & Experimental Film Festival, Screening, Tribeca Cinemas | New York City, November 12 - 14, 2015 | Group screening + symposium, "TV Time”
Sao Paulo Museum of Image and Sound, 1000 Forms of Fear Triptych, Group Show | Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 6-7, 2015 | Group exhibition created by Sia and Daniel Askill, including the film, "Do The Chandelier”
Souvenirs From Earth, SFE ART TV, Art-Video Broadcast | 2013 to present | Video loop at Palais de Tokyo, Paris & international broadcast on ARTE, CN, BBC in France & Germany | Pieces included - “Do the Chandelier”, “Blue Mountains”, “Anthemoessa”, “OFFF Cincinnati Titles”, “Puzzle Muteson - En Garde, ISYTP Trailer
"Unseen Films," Screening | Bushwick, New York, April 2015 | Screening of “I Send You This Place” programed by Bleue Liverpool
AC Hotel Miami Beach | June 10, 2015 | Panel conversation, panelist on travel, travel documentary, travelogues
2013:
VAEFF, Video Art & Experimental Film Festival, Tribeca Cinemas | New York City, February 9, 2013 | Closing night showcase of “I Send You This Place” + Symposium with panelist PS1 founder Alanna Heiss
ReRun Theatre, Week Theatrical Run | New York City, June 2013 | Week-long Theatrical + symposiums of “I Send You This Place”
Emery Theater, Group Show | Cincinnati, Ohio - November 2013 | Double-panel film installation, and screening + Symposium of “I Send You This Place”
2012:
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Film Premiere | Raleigh, NC, April 2012 | Official Selection, “I Send You This Place” + Symposium
Reykjavik International Film Festival, International Film Premiere | Reykjavik, Iceland, October 2012 | Official Selection, “I Send You This Place” + Symposium
OFFF Barcelona, Commissioned Film, Contemporary Arts Center | Cincinnati, Ohio, September 2012 | Film for conference + lecture during media & arts festival
TEDx “I Send You This Talk,” Lecture | Cincinnati, Ohio, Autumn 2012 | Presentation on topics of the film/experimental documentary, “I Send You This Place”
2011:
Gamli Skóli: Old School Arthouse, Artist Residency | Hrisey, Iceland - March 2011 | Residency
2010:
Fulbright Fellowship | Reykjavik, Iceland, September 2010 - September 2011 | 10-month Fulbright Fellowship
"44" Performance Series, Contemporary Arts Center, Performance | Cincinnati, Ohio, June 2010 | Performance & Discussion - “Wearable Instruments”
2009:
CFDA Design Honorable Mention, Student Portfolio
