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	Resume Paul Jeffrey Sharits a participant in the American Avante Garde Cinema of the 1960's and 1970's a professor of Media Studies and proponent of Structural Film an experimental filmmaker and artist Born: Denver, Colorado USA, February 7th, 1943 Education: University of Denver, BFA (painting) Indiana University, MFA (visual Design) Work, Exhibitions, and Film Installations: (incomplete list; please contact csharits@comcast.net with updates) Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, USA Arco Center of Visual Arts, Los Angeles Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Il. Arte France Développement (programmes de télévision) - Paris, France Barbican Centre - London, UK Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY, USA Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University, NY, USA Centre Pompidou, Paris, France Cinematheque Francaise- Paris, France Cinema Project-Portland, Oregon, USA Denver Art Museum - Denver, Colorado, USA Deutsche Kinemathek: Musuem für Film und Fernsehen - Berlin, Germany Emily Harvey Gallery, NYC Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia Greene Naftali Gallery - NYC, NY, USA Guggenheim - NYC, NY, USA Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center-Buffalo, NY, USA Harvard University Art Museums: FOGG Art Museum, Cambridge, MA, USA Hirshhorn Museum - Washington, D.C., USA La Cinémathèque Française - Paris, France Musée du Louvre - Paris, France Musée national d'Art moderne - Centre Georges POMPIDOU -Paris, France Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA)- Denver, Colorado, USA Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) - NYC, NY, Paris, France Museums of Strasbourg (Musees de la ville de Strasbourg)- France Office of Contemporary Art Norway- Oslo, Norway Smithsonian - Washington, D.C., USA Wallraf Richartz Museum, Cologne, Germany Whitney Museum of American Art-NYC, NY, USA ZKM: Museum für Neue Kunst - Karlsruhe, Germany Locational Film Installations(Shutter Interface): Artpark, Lewiston, NY, four projector "Shutter Interface" Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston,Tx, four projector "Shutter Interface" Greene Naftali Gallery, NYC, four projector "Shutter Interface" Hirshhorn, Washington, D.C., four projector "Shutter Interface" Whitney Museum, NYC, Two projector version of "Shutter Interface" Teaching: Maryland Art Institute, Balimore, MD, Film Instructor Antioch College, Yellolw Springs, Ohio, Assistent Professor of Film The University of Buffalo (SUNY), Buffalo, NY, Professor Media Studies Awards: National Endowment Art Grant for Film 1979 - 1982 Creative Project Grant 1983 DAAD Fellowship Berlin 1987 - 1989 Nominated for Solo Show of the Year, Gallery, Guggenheim Musuem 2009 Films (The Anthology Film Archives has the most extensive collection of restored and yet to be restored films) Rapture \| 1987 \| 20 min \| video Figment I: Fluxglam Voyage in Search of the Real Maciunas \| 1977-1986 \| 175 min \| video Brancusi's Sculpture Ensemble at Tirgu Jiu \| l977-84 \| 23 min \| 16mm \| for two screens Bad Burns \| l982 \| 5 min \| 16mm 3rd Degree \| l982 \| 24 min \| 16mm Episodic Generation \| l978 \| 30 min \| 16mm Declarative Mode \| l976-77 \| 40 min \| 16mm \| for one or two screens Tails \| l976 \| 3 min \| 16mm Epileptic Seizure Comparison \| 1976 \| 34 min \| 16mm \| color \| sound Dream Displacement \| 1976 \| 25 min \| 16mm \| for two screens \| color \| sound Analytical Studies IV: Blank Color Frames \| l975-76 \| 15 min \| 16mm Analytical Studies II: Un-Frame-Lines \| l97l-76 \| 30 min \| 16mm Analytical Studies I: The Film Frame \| l971-76 \| 25 min \| 16mm Shutter Interface \| 1975 \| 32 min 30 sec \| for two screens Apparent Motion \| l975 \| 30 min \| 16mm Analytical Studies III: Color Frame Passages \| 1973-4 \| 22 min \| 16mm \| color \| sound Color Sound Frames \| l974 \| 26 min 30 sec \| 16mm Synchronousoundtracks \| 1973-1974 \| 32 min 30 sec \| for two screens Axiomatic Granularity \| 1972-3 \| 20 min \| 16mm \| color \| sound Inferential Current \| 1971 \| 8 min \| 16mm S:TREAM:S:S:ECTION:S:ECTION:S:S:ECTIONED \| l968-7l \| 42 min \| 16mm \| color \| sound T, O, U, C, H, I, N, G, \| 1968 \| 36 min \| 16mm \| color \| sound \| with poet David Franks N.OT.H.I.N.G. \| 1968 \| 36 min \| 16mm Razor Blades \| l965-68 \| 25 min \| for two screens Piece Mandala/End War \| l966 \| 5 min \| 16mm Word Movie (Fluxfilm 29) \| aka Wrote Movie \| 1966 \| 4 min \| 16mm Sears Catalogue (Fluxfilm) \| 1966 \| 30 sec \| silent Dots 1 & 2 (Fluxfilm) \| 1966 \| 30 sec \| silent Wrist Trick (Fluxfilm) \| 1966 \| 30 sec \| silent Unrolling Event (Fluxfilm) \| 1966 \| 5 sec \| silent Ray Gun Virus \| 1966 \| l4 min \| 16mm Wintercourse \| l962 \| l2 min \| 16mm

Resume

Paul Jeffrey Sharits

a participant in the American Avante Garde Cinema of the 1960's and 1970's
a professor of Media Studies and proponent of Structural Film
an experimental filmmaker and artist

Born:
Denver, Colorado USA, February 7th, 1943

Education:
University of Denver, BFA (painting)
Indiana University, MFA (visual Design)

Work, Exhibitions, and Film Installations:
(incomplete list; please contact csharits@comcast.net with updates)

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, USA

Arco Center of Visual Arts, Los Angeles

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Il.

Arte France Développement (programmes de télévision) - Paris, France

Barbican Centre - London, UK

Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY, USA

Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University, NY, USA

Centre Pompidou, Paris, France

Cinematheque Francaise- Paris, France

Cinema Project-Portland, Oregon, USA

Denver Art Museum - Denver, Colorado, USA

Deutsche Kinemathek: Musuem für Film und Fernsehen - Berlin, Germany

Emily Harvey Gallery, NYC

Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia

Greene Naftali Gallery - NYC, NY, USA

Guggenheim - NYC, NY, USA

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center-Buffalo, NY, USA

Harvard University Art Museums: FOGG Art Museum, Cambridge, MA, USA

Hirshhorn Museum - Washington, D.C., USA

La Cinémathèque Française - Paris, France

Musée du Louvre - Paris, France

Musée national d'Art moderne - Centre Georges POMPIDOU -Paris, France

Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA)- Denver, Colorado, USA

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) - NYC, NY, Paris, France

Museums of Strasbourg (Musees de la ville de Strasbourg)- France

Office of Contemporary Art Norway- Oslo, Norway

Smithsonian - Washington, D.C., USA

Wallraf Richartz Museum, Cologne, Germany

Whitney Museum of American Art-NYC, NY, USA

ZKM: Museum für Neue Kunst - Karlsruhe, Germany

Locational Film Installations(Shutter Interface):

Artpark, Lewiston, NY, four projector "Shutter Interface"

Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston,Tx, four projector "Shutter Interface"

Greene Naftali Gallery, NYC, four projector "Shutter Interface"

Hirshhorn, Washington, D.C., four projector "Shutter Interface"

Whitney Museum, NYC, Two projector version of "Shutter Interface"

Teaching:

Maryland Art Institute, Balimore, MD, Film Instructor

Antioch College, Yellolw Springs, Ohio, Assistent Professor of Film

The University of Buffalo (SUNY), Buffalo, NY, Professor Media Studies

Awards:

National Endowment Art Grant for Film 1979 - 1982

Creative Project Grant 1983

DAAD Fellowship Berlin 1987 - 1989

Nominated for Solo Show of the Year, Gallery, Guggenheim Musuem 2009

Films
(The Anthology Film Archives has the most extensive collection of restored and yet to be restored films)

Rapture | 1987 | 20 min | video
Figment I: Fluxglam Voyage in Search of the Real Maciunas | 1977-1986 | 175 min | video
Brancusi's Sculpture Ensemble at Tirgu Jiu | l977-84 | 23 min | 16mm | for two screens
Bad Burns | l982 | 5 min | 16mm
3rd Degree | l982 | 24 min | 16mm
Episodic Generation | l978 | 30 min | 16mm
Declarative Mode | l976-77 | 40 min | 16mm | for one or two screens
Tails | l976 | 3 min | 16mm
Epileptic Seizure Comparison | 1976 | 34 min | 16mm | color | sound
Dream Displacement | 1976 | 25 min | 16mm | for two screens | color | sound
Analytical Studies IV: Blank Color Frames | l975-76 | 15 min | 16mm
Analytical Studies II: Un-Frame-Lines | l97l-76 | 30 min | 16mm
Analytical Studies I: The Film Frame | l971-76 | 25 min | 16mm
Shutter Interface | 1975 | 32 min 30 sec | for two screens
Apparent Motion | l975 | 30 min | 16mm
Analytical Studies III: Color Frame Passages | 1973-4 | 22 min | 16mm | color | sound
Color Sound Frames | l974 | 26 min 30 sec | 16mm
Synchronousoundtracks | 1973-1974 | 32 min 30 sec | for two screens
Axiomatic Granularity | 1972-3 | 20 min | 16mm | color | sound
Inferential Current | 1971 | 8 min | 16mm
S:TREAM:S:S:ECTION:S:ECTION:S:S:ECTIONED | l968-7l | 42 min | 16mm | color | sound
T, O, U, C, H, I, N, G, | 1968 | 36 min | 16mm | color | sound | with poet David Franks
N.OT.H.I.N.G. | 1968 | 36 min | 16mm
Razor Blades | l965-68 | 25 min | for two screens
Piece Mandala/End War | l966 | 5 min | 16mm
Word Movie (Fluxfilm 29) | aka Wrote Movie | 1966 | 4 min | 16mm
Sears Catalogue (Fluxfilm) | 1966 | 30 sec | silent
Dots 1 & 2 (Fluxfilm) | 1966 | 30 sec | silent
Wrist Trick (Fluxfilm) | 1966 | 30 sec | silent
Unrolling Event (Fluxfilm) | 1966 | 5 sec | silent
Ray Gun Virus | 1966 | l4 min | 16mm
Wintercourse | l962 | l2 min | 16mm