Biography
A Haitian-American filmmaker and artist, Shirley Bruno's films take their point of departure from neglected histories as well as from rumors, dreams, superstitious beliefs, memories both real and imagined.
Shirley's work has screened nationally and internationally at major festivals and contemporary art exhibitions. Her films Tezen and An Excavation of Us are included in the permanent collections of Centre National des Arts Plastiques France, Leal Rios Foundation Lisbon, and Vidéographe Montréal. Exhibitions and screenings of her work have presented at Locarno International Film Festival, Hammer Museum, MoMA, Montréal arts interculturels, La Galerie Municipale Vitry de Jean Collet, Villa Médici Rome, Palais de Tokyo, Maison Européenne de la Photographie among others. A recipient of the Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship (2019-21) and the Creative Capital Award (2021), other funding and prizes for her work include the Abrons Arts Center, Triangle-Astérides, Prix Ars Electronica, Jerome Fou...