filmmaker/artist
juan carlos zaldívar
CURRICULUM VITAE
• BFA and MFA from New York University's Ticsh School of the Arts.
• Adjunct Faculty at New York University's Institute of Film, UG Studies from 2000- 2001
• Adjunct Faculty at the Art Institute, Miami international University 2009-present
RECENT AWARDS/ GRANTS – 2009-2010
• Optic Nerve film/video art competition finalist, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (MOCA- NOMI)
• Creative Capital Professional Artist Development Program, sponsored by the Warhol Foundation and State of Florida Department of State, Div. of Cultural Affairs
• State of Florida individual Artist Fellowship 2009, sponsored in part by:
• the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs,
• the Florida Council on Arts and Culture,
• and the National Endowment for the Arts.
• Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs 2008-2009 Artist Access Grant
• New Media Institute Fellowship from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting through the Black Filmmakers Consortia
• Film Production Development Grant Latino Public Broadcasting
• Performance grant from FunArte through Sleepless Miami Beach Arts Festival
• Film Production grant from Lucius and Eva Eastman Fund
• Film Production grant from The Flicker Point Fund at the Dade Community Foundation
MOST RECENT EXHIBITIONS
August 2010
• Optic Nerve film/video art competition, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (MOCA- NOMI)
June 2010
• Cinema Paradiso, Ft. Lauderdale
April 2010
• Space 4004- Miami, FL “Seriously Speaking” curated by Aldo Castillo
March 2010
• British Film Institute- London Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
February 2010
• St.Louis African and Caribbean Film Festival
• Barbados African and Caribbean Film Festival
November 2009
• Sleepless Night Arts festival, Miami Beach, FL (Colony Theater)
November 2009
• Geographical Imaginaries and Hispanic Film (conference), New Orleans, LA
September 2009
• Cinemental, Boston, MA
August 2009
• Optic Nerve XI, Museum of contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
August 2009
• Homo- A-Go-Go Cinema and Art Festival, San Francisco, CA
July 2009
•OutFest Film Festival, Los Angeles, California
May 2009
•Miami and Ft. Lauderdale Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Miami/Miami Beach/Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
March 2009
•Fusion GLBT Peole of Color Film Festival and Conference, Los Angeles, CA
July 2008
•Survival of the Fittest, Vide art walk on 36 street
Dot Fiftyone gallery, Wynwood Art District, Miami, Florida
May - July 2008
•Dot Fiftyone gallery, Wynwood Art District, Miami, Florida
November 2007
• MIX-NY 72 Green Street, Soho, NYC
November 2007
• Space 4004, Wynwood Art District, Miami, FL
January 2007
• Filtro Foto Gallery, Wynwood Art District, Miami, Florida
December 2006
•Gen Art’s featured artist; opening night event for Scope Art Fair, Miami, Florida
• Filtro Foto Gallery, Wynwood Art District, Miami, Florida
• La Comunidad, Wynwood Art District, Miami. Florida
RECENT COLLECTIONS (alphabetical)
Benjamin Eastman
Colgate W. Darden
Richard Kathlean
Merle and Danny Weiss
Ramona Boucher
Martin Casuso
Gabriel de la Portilla
Kimberly Green
Felipe Grimberg
Eddy Hernandez
Stephen Kent Jusick
Katheryn Millerick
Kendall Natvig
David Rhon
Michael Shamberg
Susan and David Chopper
Christine Taplin
Sophia Tsanos
Shaz Bennett
Paloma Villaverde
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
• 2010 NBC-Miami, April 21st,
• 2009 El Nuevo Herald, August 6th,
• 2009 City Linx / Metromix August 4,
• 2009 Miami Artzine Nov 28,
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•2009 Feast of Fool radio April 29,
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•2009 Latino Boy Magazine, May
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•2008 ArtLurker – Review
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•2007 Mining the home movie: excavations in histories and memories - book, University of California Press; edited by Karen L. Ishizuka and Patricia Zimmerman
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•2007 The Wire- Way OUT- review
• 2007 April, Biscayne Times Art review
• 2007 May, MAG – Miami Art Magazine- review
• 2007 May, Miami New Times - review
• 2006 Miami Artzine Artist Spotlight
• 2006 Miami New Times, featured as “The Ticket”
• 2006 WIRE Magazine “Must Do”
PANELS AND JURIES OF NOTE
• 2010 Optic Nerve video art competition, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (MOCA-NOMI)
• 2008 Austin Film production Grant
• 2008 Indo-American Film Festival, New York
• 2007 Fledgling fund Award at the Independent Film Market, New York
• 2005 Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami Beach, Florida (MOCA)
• 2004 Juror, Miami Int’l Film Festival
• 1998 Juror, Sundance film Festival
Additional Skills
FILM & VIDEO ART PROGRAMMING
2009-2010
Founder, coordinator & co-curator of “Cutting the Edge” a new section featuring video art at the Miami International Film Festival. Selected, coordinated and produced artwork screenings; designed and implemented promotion and rights acquisition as well as managed data resources and filmmaker hospitality staff
2007, 2009
Senior education coordinator, The Miami International Film Festival Coordinated and produced student screenings; designed and implemented outreach strategies for titles on the festival program
2007-2010
Founder, moderator www.ArtTribesNetwork.com
2002- 2006
Director/programmer for The Florida Room Documentary Film Festival, Miami Beach, FL www.TheFloridaRoom.org Selected, coordinated and produced film and artwork screenings and presentation; designed and implemented promotion and rights acquisition as well as managed data resources and filmmaker hospitality staff as well as special events and marketing partners.
Sound Design/Supervising
1996-2000 Supervised and sound designed the post-production of over 20 award-winning independent films such as the Academy Award nominated "On the Ropes", "Sense and Sensibility" (also nominated for a Golden reel Award by the Academy of MP Sound Editors). Have worked with renowned directors such as Ang Lee, Steve Buscemi, Tom Noonan, Nanette Burstein and Bart Frundlich, among others. Received an Emmy nomination for excellence in a craft: Sound for HBO's America Undercover. (Adt'l sound credits available upon request)
Other Related Skills
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•Cinematographer. Still photography. Producer. Writer. Director.
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•AVID, FInal Cut, Photoshop, Quark, Microsoft Word and Excel
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•HTML programming
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•Pro-Tools/Sound Design (separate resume available upon request)
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•Fluent Spanish, some French.
[Additional credits and references are also available upon request.]
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