Cheryl Dunn
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Cheryl Dunn is a filmmaker and photographer based in New York City. Her work is influenced by alternative urban and youth culture, documenting skaters, the homeless, musicians, graffiti, artists and their processes. Dunn graduated with a degree in Art History from Rutgers University, traveled throughout Europe and lived in Milan
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After traveling Europe in her twenties, she returned to New York to pursue photography…shooting for magazines such as Spin, Vogue, Elle, Harpers Bazaar and Dazed and Confused. In the mid-1990s, Dunn began to focus much more on filmmaking. Her first film Sped (1997), was created as a series of vignettes on young artists from the skateboarding world. Her second film, Backworlds for Words (1999), documents a skateboard ballet by artist and professional skateboarder Mark Gonzales
, viewed at the Stadtisches Museum in Monchengladbach
, Germany.
In 2000, Dunn's photographs were exhibited in the Widely Unknown show at Deitch Projects
. Dunn took part in work for a traveling museum show that became a book and a documentary film, titled "Beautiful Losers"
. Her film contribution to this show was called Come Mute, about a young New Jersey
girl who seeks to bring creativity to her working class life. In 2005, her film Bicycle Gangs of NY was shown at the Tribeca Film Festival
.
Her film "Creative Life Store", documents a group of artists (some of whom appear in Beautiful Losers) as they negotiate a cash-injected media frenzy in Tokyo. Dunn was awarded a residency at the Wexner Center in Columbus, Ohio in 2002.
Her recent production for the Seaport Museum of New York, called “Everybody Street“ is a film about photographers who have used New York City streets as a major subject in their work. The film includes legends in the field including Bruce Davidson, Joel Meyerwitz, Bruce Gilden, Maryellen Mark, Jamel Shabazz, Ricky Powell, Martha Cooper, Rebecca Lepkoff, Luc Sante, & Jeff Mermelstein.
Seaport Museum of New York, NY. Sept. 14 2010- October 2010
"Creative Life Store"
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. San Francisco, CA. Included in package for the book, "Some Kind of Vocation", 2007
"Bicycle Gangs of NY"
Garden State Film Festival, cell phones and train stations throughout the Republic of China, and Taiwan. March 2006
Tribeca Film Festival New York, NY. 2005
Darklight Film Festival, Dublin, Ireland. 2005
Raindance Film Festival London, England. 2005
Palm Springs Short Film Festival, Palm Springs, CA. 2005
Bicycle Film Festival, San Francisco, CA 2005
"Come Mute" - 10 min. "Beautiful Losers"
Res Screenings. Los Angeles, CA. 2005
Athens International Dance Film Festival 2004
Los Angeles Short Film Festival 2004
"Peace Consideration Community"
Mirror ball Endinberg International Film Fest & Pre-feature presentations throughout the UK 1999
Warchild Benefit for the Yugoslavian refugee Program. 1999
"Backworlds for Words"
Edinburg International Film Fest, Scotland 8-1999
Dance on Screen Film Fest, London 11-1999
Cut and Paste Film Festival. Iowa City, IA, 2000
"Adventure Divas"
Havanna International Film Fest 12-1999
"Sped"
Moving Pictures. Dagkrant - 26th International Film Festival Rotterdam 1997
Raygun screening Los Angeles, CA 2-18-1997
Edinburgh International Film Fest Scotland 8-1999, 8-2001
"Pro Abortion" by Susan Cienciolo (shot and directed segment)
Rotterdam International Film Festival 2-1997
Edinburgh Film Festival 9-1996
Bicycle Gangs of New York - DAP (Distributed Art Publishers) 2005
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
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After traveling Europe in her twenties, she returned to New York to pursue photography…shooting for magazines such as Spin, Vogue, Elle, Harpers Bazaar and Dazed and Confused. In the mid-1990s, Dunn began to focus much more on filmmaking. Her first film Sped (1997), was created as a series of vignettes on young artists from the skateboarding world. Her second film, Backworlds for Words (1999), documents a skateboard ballet by artist and professional skateboarder Mark Gonzales
Mark Gonzales
Mark Gonzales , also known as "Gonz" and "The Gonz," is an American professional skateboarder and artist. He is known in the skateboarding world as a pioneer of modern street skateboarding, currently skateboarding's most popular form....
, viewed at the Stadtisches Museum in Monchengladbach
Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach , formerly known as Münchengladbach, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine half way between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border....
, Germany.
In 2000, Dunn's photographs were exhibited in the Widely Unknown show at Deitch Projects
Deitch Projects
Deitch Projects was a contemporary art gallery in New York City founded by Jeffrey Deitch.-History:Since opening with a performance by Vanessa Beecroft in February 1996, the gallery has presented nearly one hundred and eighteen solo exhibitions and projects, ten thematic exhibitions, and a few...
. Dunn took part in work for a traveling museum show that became a book and a documentary film, titled "Beautiful Losers"
Beautiful Losers (film)
Beautiful Losers is a 2008 documentary feature film by director Aaron Rose and co-directed by Joshua Leonard. It was produced by Sidetrack Films in association with BlackLake Productions, and stars several artists including Harmony Korine, writer of independent cult films Kids and Gummo.It...
. Her film contribution to this show was called Come Mute, about a young New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
girl who seeks to bring creativity to her working class life. In 2005, her film Bicycle Gangs of NY was shown at the Tribeca Film Festival
Tribeca Film Festival
The Tribeca Film Festival is a film festival founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro and Craig Hatkoff in a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the consequent loss of vitality in the TriBeCa neighborhood in Lower Manhattan.The mission of the festival...
.
Her film "Creative Life Store", documents a group of artists (some of whom appear in Beautiful Losers) as they negotiate a cash-injected media frenzy in Tokyo. Dunn was awarded a residency at the Wexner Center in Columbus, Ohio in 2002.
Her recent production for the Seaport Museum of New York, called “Everybody Street“ is a film about photographers who have used New York City streets as a major subject in their work. The film includes legends in the field including Bruce Davidson, Joel Meyerwitz, Bruce Gilden, Maryellen Mark, Jamel Shabazz, Ricky Powell, Martha Cooper, Rebecca Lepkoff, Luc Sante, & Jeff Mermelstein.
Filmography
"Everybody Street"Seaport Museum of New York, NY. Sept. 14 2010- October 2010
"Creative Life Store"
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. San Francisco, CA. Included in package for the book, "Some Kind of Vocation", 2007
"Bicycle Gangs of NY"
Garden State Film Festival, cell phones and train stations throughout the Republic of China, and Taiwan. March 2006
Tribeca Film Festival New York, NY. 2005
Darklight Film Festival, Dublin, Ireland. 2005
Raindance Film Festival London, England. 2005
Palm Springs Short Film Festival, Palm Springs, CA. 2005
Bicycle Film Festival, San Francisco, CA 2005
"Come Mute" - 10 min. "Beautiful Losers"
Res Screenings. Los Angeles, CA. 2005
Athens International Dance Film Festival 2004
Los Angeles Short Film Festival 2004
"Peace Consideration Community"
Mirror ball Endinberg International Film Fest & Pre-feature presentations throughout the UK 1999
Warchild Benefit for the Yugoslavian refugee Program. 1999
"Backworlds for Words"
Edinburg International Film Fest, Scotland 8-1999
Dance on Screen Film Fest, London 11-1999
Cut and Paste Film Festival. Iowa City, IA, 2000
"Adventure Divas"
Havanna International Film Fest 12-1999
"Sped"
Moving Pictures. Dagkrant - 26th International Film Festival Rotterdam 1997
Raygun screening Los Angeles, CA 2-18-1997
Edinburgh International Film Fest Scotland 8-1999, 8-2001
"Pro Abortion" by Susan Cienciolo (shot and directed segment)
Rotterdam International Film Festival 2-1997
Edinburgh Film Festival 9-1996
Books
Some Kinda Vocation - Picturebox, Iconoclast Editions. Brooklyn, NY. 2007Bicycle Gangs of New York - DAP (Distributed Art Publishers) 2005