Katrina del Mar

Katrina del Mar
Occupation Film director, Photographer

Katrina del Mar is a photographer and filmmaker based in New York City. Her films have been screened at numerous festivals and del Mar has received several awards and fellowships, including the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship in Video.

Del Mar grew up in Wisconsin and New Jersey.[1] Her portraits have been noted for their intensity of character and have been used by music labels (Sony, Polygram, V2), books, and other mediums. As a filmmaker her credits include (as producer/director) Surf Gang, Gang Girls 2000, Non Dairy Creamer and Nothin' Pretty.[2] She produced a feature documentary project entitled American Toughie, and has invited comparisons to American avant-garde filmmaker Kenneth Anger.[3] Recent work has included music videos that have been accepted to MTV/ Logo Networks: "Bringin Me Down" (2009) and "Brooklyn Girls" (2009) for groups GSX and Hooray for Goodbye respectively. Del Mar's film endeavor entitled Hell on Wheels, Gang Girls Forever was completed in 2009.[4] Del Mar also creates zines.[5]

She has been described as "the lesbian Russ Meyer."[6] Her aesthetic is informed by riot grrrl and 1980s punk.[7]

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Selected Awards and Fellowships

Notes

  1. Miner, Phillip M. (October 31, 2013). "Katrina del Mar, Artist, Talks About Joan Jett, the Fear of Strong Women, and Starting a Revolution (NSFW Slideshow)". Huffington Post.
  2. McCormick, Carlo (February 5, 2013). "Katrina del Mar: Girls Girls Girls". Photograph.
  3. Aaron Krach, LGNY Film
  4. Dowling, Dar (September 2006). "The Eyes of Katrina del Mar". LOTL.
  5. Hutt, John (March 13, 2014). "KATRINA DEL MAR "SUMMER SANG IN ME" at Strange Loop Gallery". Musee.
  6. Davis, Peter (July 1, 2010). "Katrina del Mar on Her Gorgeous Girl Gangs". Papermag.
  7. Malamet, Annie (March 22, 2014). "Katrina Del Mar’s "Summer Sang In Me" Blends Romanticism and Toughness". Posture.
  8. "Archive cinéma 2007-08 / Nouvelles Vagues - monoquini" (in French). Monoquini. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
  9. "Sarah Greenwood". NewNowNext Music. January 18, 2009. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
  10. "On "I Got What I Came For"". Logoonline.com. January 20, 2009. Retrieved 2014-07-20.

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