Cyan Meeks

Cyan Meeks is an American video artist and filmmaker based in Kansas City. She is currently Assistant Professor at Kansas City Art Institute in the Digital Filmmaking Department.[1]

Work

Meeks describes taking a "transdisciplinary approach to her collaborative practice, blending installation, performance, filmmaking, sonic design, curation and media study." Her work has been shown at the Sundance Film Festival,[2] New Directors/New Films Festival at MoMA, Deuxieme Manifestation International Video et Art Electronique and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.[3][4]

She received first place awards from the American Film Institute and the New York Film Festival and received a grant from the National Park Service. Her commercial work within the music industry has received accolades by New York Times, NME and Spin Magazine.[5][6]

In 1994, she created the album artwork for Chris Connelly's Album, Shipwreck.[7]

In 2005 she founded Mercy Seat Gallery on 16th Street in Kansas City. She curated 50 solo and group art exhibitions over the course of 5 years with live music events in the Mercy Seat Alley. Artists shown include David Ford, Luke Rocha, SIKE, GEAR, Molly Murphy and Renée Cinderhouse. Musical guests performing at the space included Hearts of Darkness, Rich Boys, Siddhartha, The Good Foot, Rex Hobart and the Misery Boys, The Haunted Creepies, and Joe Good. The gallery closed in 2009.[8][9][10]

Since 2012 Meeks has performed over 70 times as Cinemaphonic, a visual and aural performance group, with Stephen Cruz. The group is described as a "sonic voyage through the screen of the mind."[11]

She received her BFA degree in new media from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1995, studied for her MFA degree at the California Institute of the Arts in 1997. She completed her MFA degree in media studies at the State University of New York in 2003.

Her films and video are shown internationally. She currently lives and works in Kansas City, Missouri.

Selected works

  • "Feed My Brain", Radkey, Co-Director (2014), Music Video.
  • "The Good with the Bad", Samsaya, Co-Director (2014), Music Video, Forthcoming.
  • "Collide", Brede Baldwin, Assistant Director (2014), Music Video.
  • "Cinemaphonic - 144", Live Video/Aural Performance (2014), Video: Cyan Meeks, Audio: Stephen Cruz
  • "Cinemaphonic - 125", Live Video/Aural Performance (2014), Video: Cyan Meeks, Audio: Stephen Cruz
  • "Romance Dawn", Radkey, Co-Director (2013), Music Video.
  • "Cinemaphonic - 1244", Live Video/Aural Performance (2013), Video: Cyan Meeks, Audio: Stephen Cruz
  • "Cinemaphonic - 1207", Live Video/Aural Performance (2013), Video: Cyan Meeks, Audio: Stephen Cruz
  • "Cinemaphonic - 112", Live Video/Aural Performance (2012), Video: Cyan Meeks, Audio: Stephen Cruz
  • "Queens Rocket", JFA, Co-Director (2012), Designer Promo.
  • "Driftwood", Director (2010), Experimental Documentary.
  • "Sylvia", The Antlers, Editor/Visual Effects (2010), Music Video.
  • "The Lizard Song", Via Audio, Editor/Visual Treatment (2010), Music Video.
  • "Douglas Sumner: The Impact of Desegregation on a Community", Director (2010), Documentary.
  • "Sylvia", The Antlers, Editor/Visual Effects (2010), Music Video.
  • "The Lizard Song", Via Audio, Editor/Visual Treatment (2010), Music Video.
  • "Aqua Pasma", Director (2005-2010), Ambient Documentary Loop.
  • "Stay the Same Never Change", Audio, Talent and Director's Assistant (2009), Experimental Narrative.[12]
  • "We Were Right All ALong", The Gadjits, Director (2003), Documentary/Music Performance.
  • "Planetarium", Phoenix Video Light Show (1997), Live Ambient Video Performance/Installation.
  • "With Words Nearly Signed", Directory (1995), Experimental Video.

References

  1. ↑ "ARTNotes for April 4". ARTNotes. 2011-04-04. Archived from the original on 2015-12-24. Retrieved 2014-12-01.
  2. ↑ "Stay the Same Never Change". Sundance.org. 2011-04-04. Retrieved 2014-12-01.
  3. ↑ "Digital Filmmaking". KCAI Website. 2014-12-01. Archived from the original on 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2014-12-01.
  4. ↑ "Electromediascope Fall 2010: Wave Energies FeedBack: 30 Years of Electronic Media at Kansas City Art Institute". Nelson-Atkins Website. 2014-10-08. Retrieved 2014-12-01.
  5. ↑ McGovern, Kyle (2013-09-26). "Radkey Leap Into Comic Book for Stunning 'Romance Dawn' Video". Spin Magazine. Retrieved 2014-12-01.
  6. ↑ Buchanan, Jason (2014-12-01). "Stay the Same Never Change (2008) Review". New York Times. Retrieved 2014-12-01.
  7. ↑ "Chris Connelly – Shipwreck". Shipwreck. 1994. Retrieved 2014-12-01.
  8. ↑ Harper, Jason (2008-11-05). "Dispatch from Election Night: David Ford's "I Love This Country" Exhibit at Mercy Seat". Pitch Weekly. Retrieved 2014-12-01.
  9. ↑ "Mercy Seat Gallery". Cyan Meeks Personal Website. 2014-12-01. Retrieved 2014-12-01.
  10. ↑ "Past Events". Mercy Seat Gallery. 2014-12-01. Retrieved 2014-12-01.
  11. ↑ "Cinemaphonic". Cyan Meeks Personal Website. 2014-12-01. Retrieved 2014-12-01.
  12. ↑ "Stay the Same Never Change". Sundance.org. 2011-04-04. Retrieved 2014-12-01.
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