Jeanne Liotta (born 1960) is an American

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who is primarily known for her

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. She is also currently a professor of film studies at the

University of Colorado Boulder The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 1876, five months before Colorado became a state, it is the flagship university of the University of Colorado syst ...

and the

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.CV"
Retrieved 21 April 2014. She lives between New York City and Colorado.

Early life

Jeanne Liotta was born in 1960 in Brooklyn, New York. As an undergraduate, she studied theatre at

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...

."Jeanne Liotta"
Retrieved 21 April 2014. During her time at NYU Liotta was involved with several collaborative artist groups, including Gargoyle Mechanique,

The Living Theatre The Living Theatre is an American theatre company founded in 1947 and based in New York City. It is the oldest experimental theatre group in the United States. For most of its history it was led by its founders, actress Judith Malina and painter/po ...

, and the Alchemical Theatre Company.

Career

From 1985 to 1995 Liotta collaborated with the artist

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on films, performances and other artworks."Jeanne Liotta - Film Studies"
Retrieved 21 April 2014. During that time they also collaborated with the band

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, making visuals and films for their performances. In 1993 Liotta founded the Firefly Cinema, an outdoor cinema that showed experimental films for free during the summers at the 6th and B Garden, Loisaida NYC."Other Projects"
Retrieved 21 April 2014. The Firefly Cinema stopped operating in 2010. Liotta has worked as a solo artist since 1996. Since 2004 Liotta has been a Film-Video faculty member at the

. Since 2008 she has also been an assistant professor in the Film Studies Program at the

. Liotta has also been conducting ongoing research on the

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Film Collection at the

Anthology Film Archives Anthology Film Archives is an international center for the preservation, study, and exhibition of film and video, with a particular focus on independent, experimental, and avant-garde cinema.Smith, Sara
"Citizen Science: The enlightenment of Jeanne Liotta"
''The Austin Chronicle'', Retrieved 21 April 2014. She has said: "Each person has the responsibility or opportunity as a human being to discover what their world is made of and what they think about it - to observe and take notes and reflect upon - that's our jobs as human beings somehow, that's what I feel like I'm doing when I make things. It's just my thinking."

Films

Film festivals

The artist's films have been shown at several film exhibitions, including: * ''

New York Film Festival The New York Film Festival (NYFF) is a film festival held every fall in New York City, presented by Film at Lincoln Center (FLC). Founded in 1963 by Richard Roud and Amos Vogel with the support of Lincoln Center president William Schuman, it is ...

'' (2003) * ''

International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental fi ...

'' (2008)

Select exhibitions

* ''Whitney Biennial'' (2006) * ''Sharjah Biennial 11'' (2013)

Recognition

In 2008 Liotta won the Tiger Award at the

for her film ''Observando el cielo''.

Public collections

Liotta's works can be found in a number of public institutions, including: *

Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ...

The Film-Makers' Cooperative The Film-Makers' Cooperative a.k.a. legal name The New American Cinema Group, Inc. is an artist-run, non-profit organization incorporated in July 1961 in New York City by Jonas Mekas, Shirley Clarke, Stan Brakhage, Lionel Rogosin, Gregory Markopoul ...

Results , The Filmmakers Cooperative
The Film-Makers Cooperative, Retrieved 11 March 2017.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Liotta, Jeanne American women experimental filmmakers Tisch School of the Arts alumni University of Colorado Boulder faculty American contemporary artists Living people American women artists 1960 births