Donna Cameron
| Donna Cameron | |
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 Donna Cameron McDowell.jpg Cameron as a MacDowell Fellow in 2000 | |
| Born | April 7, 1951 Mishawaka, Indiana U.S. |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🏫 Education | School of the Art Institute of Chicago (BFA), New York University (MPS, MA) |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | new media art, video art, installation art |
| Notable work | fauve (1990)
NYC/Joshua Tree (1991) Projector (2005) |
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Donna Cameron (born April 7, 1951) is an American multimedia artist, film director, producer, writer and inventor. She is best known for the invention of cinematic paper-emulsion film, for which she was issued a U.S. patent in 2001.[1] Her multimedia films, photography and videos have been represented in exhibition The Museum of Modern Art, NY.[2][3]
Early life and education[edit]
Cameron was born in Mishawaka, IN, to Millie and Dr. Donald P. Cameron, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and U.S. Lab Science Advisor to the Space Station Program at Boeing Aerospace in Huntsville, Alabama.[4]
Cameron began her BFA studies at the Rhode Island School of Design and later transferred to SAIC to complete her BFA with a major in film, graduating in 1980.[5][6][non-primary source needed] Cameron continued her education studying multiple artistic disciplines: including intaglio and black and white photography, as well as at the atelier of Fernand Herbo, where she studied painting.[7]
In 2009, Cameron earned an MPS in inter-telecommunications at the Tisch School of the Arts, and in 2019 she earned an MA in Cinema Studies from the College of Arts and Sciences at New York University.[5][non-primary source needed]
Professional career[edit]
After developing paper fiber film emulsion technology in the late 1970s, Cameron began utilizing the technology in her films, multimedia and photography art.[citation needed]
In 2001, the United States Patent Office awarded Cameron a patent for her invention of "Cinematic Paper Emulsion" (CPE).[1] After being featured in public exhibition, the technology was written about in the Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas and in the Reading Eagle by Tony Lucia.[8][9] In 2007, Cameron's works were compiled into a self-titled monograph published by Spuytenduyvil Press.[10][6]
Early work (1970–1992)[edit]
In 1988, Cameron premiered her film "NEWSW" at the Museum of Modern Art.[11] Her films would become featured again at the museum's Cineprobe Series, starting in 1991.[12]
In the 20 years to follow, Cameron's works were featured in galleries across New York, including premieres and exhibitions at MoMA PS1, The Whitney Museum,[13] and The Clocktower Gallery.[14] Cameron's works in this era were distributed in the United States and France by Canyon Cinema, The Film-makers' Cooperative and Light Cone Film Distributors.[15][16]
Cameron wrote for the Miami Herald in the late 1970s, and subsequently wrote, produced and directed several documentary films, including "Confidential, Do Not Duplicate", a documentary about the unsolved murder of her youngest sister.[17][18] The film was released in 1991 and premiered at "What's Happening", a documentary program hosted at MoMA in 1992.[19][20]
Current work (1993-)[edit]
From 1987-1993, Cameron produced and directed "Shirley Clarke in Our Time", an experimental film about the life of filmmaker Shirley Clarke. The film premiered at MoMA in 1993[21] and additional screenings of Cameron's films were featured in a MoMA Cineprobe program in 1996.[22]
In 2000, "Shirley Clarke in Our Time" was screened at "MoMA 2000: Making Choices", in a Department of Film program entitled "Home Movies and More".[23]
In 2005, Cameron created "The Orensanz Portfolio", an ongoing portrait of artist Angel Orensanz at work. Two years later at the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007, Cameron's CPE films and documentaries were featured at La Galleria Ca' Rezzonico.
In 1993, Cameron began teaching at NYU's Tisch School for the Arts. During her tenure, Cameron has developed original coursework for the school, including "Politics of Portraiture", a course she has taught since 1997.
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Awards[edit]
Cameron is the recipient of three MacDowell Colony Fellowships (1998, 1999, 2000)[24] and two Jerome Foundation Fellowships (1980, 1991) for her portfolio in Film, Video and Photography. She was named the 1998-1999 Elodie Osborne Film/Video fellow[6] and was awarded a Jurors' Choice Award (1991), as well as a Jurors' Citation Award (1994 and 1996) at the Black Maria Film Festival.[25]
Journalism and writings[edit]
Cameron has been a published web writer, art reviewer, interviewer, newsletter, brochure and flyer designer, print journalist and photographer, including work for Manhattan Arts,[26][27] The Museum of Modern Art Department of Film, and the Miami Herald Newspaper.[17][28]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 [1] Method for making cinematic paper emulsion film
- ↑ "Donna Cameron | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
- ↑ MoMA. "donna cameron". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved September 1, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Deaths". The New York Times. August 27, 1995. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Donna Cameron". New York University. 2018. Retrieved September 2, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Donna Cameron". www.spuytenduyvil.net. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
- ↑ "Dona Cameron peintre de talent". Presse-Ocean. 38-14: 3. July 23, 1985.
- ↑ Thomas, Kevin (November 11, 1991). "Cameron's Experimental Imagery". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Lucia, Tony (2001). "Berks Filmmakers will get a glimpse of a groundbreaker". Reading Eagle.
- ↑ Furniss, Maureen (2008). The Animation Bible: A Guide to Everything from Flipbooks to Flash. London: Laurence King Publishers. pp. 160–161. ISBN 9781856695503. Search this book on
- ↑ "CINEPROBE CONTINUES AT MoMA WITH DONNA CAMERON FEBRUARY 8 AND PHILIP HARTMAN MARCH 1" (PDF). Museum of Modern Art: Press Releases. January 1988.
- ↑ "TWENTY-THIRD SEASON OF CINEPROBE CONTINUES" (PDF). Museum of Modern Art: Press Releases. January 1991.
- ↑ "The Color of Ritual, the Color of Thought: Women Avant-Garde Filmmakers in America, 1930-2000" (PDF). United States Library of Congress. 2000.
- ↑ "Film (Spring 1987): New Works by Women". Museum of Modern Art. June 1987. Retrieved September 2, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Canyon Cinema: Filmmaker". 2011. Retrieved September 2, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Light Cone - Donna CAMERON". Lightcone.org. 1994. Retrieved September 2, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 17.0 17.1 ""donna cameron" from 1970-1979". Miami Herald. 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Sister's documentary details cold case of sailor found dead". Live 5 News WCSC. February 1, 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- ↑ "WHAT'S HAPPENING? FALL/WINTER SERIES BEGINS OCTOBER 8TH 1992" (PDF). Museum of Modern Art: Archives. October 1992. Retrieved September 2, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ ""What's Happening"". Museum of Modern Art: Archives. 1992.
- ↑ "NEW RELEASES FROM THE CIRCULATING FILM AND VIDEO LIBRARY" (PDF). Museum of Modern Art: Archives. April 1996. Retrieved September 2, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Multiple Media, Single Vision: An Evening with Donna Cameron". Museum of Modern Art: Archives. March 4th, 1996. January 1996.
- ↑ "MoMA 2000, Millennium Show". Museum of Modern Art: Archives. May–June 2000.
- ↑ "The MacDowell Colony Announces New Support for Filmmakers - News". MacDowell. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
- ↑ "Black Maria 1991 Directors Choice Award Program". Black Maria Film Festival. 1991.
- ↑ https://www.manhattanarts.com
- ↑ Cameron, Donna (Spring 1998). "Interview with Bill Viola" (PDF). Manhattan Arts International Magazine. 15, ed. 1: 24–26.
- ↑ Cameron, Donna (1998). Big As Life: An American History of 8mm Films. New York: Museum of Modern Art. pp. 51–76. Search this book on
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