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Lyra Hill (b. 1987, USA)

lyra.lou [at] gmail [dot] com | www.lyrahill.com

Education

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2011

Solo Screenings/Performance/Exhibitions

2016 Conversations at the Edge, Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL

2015 Moon Moods, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL

2015 Multiple Persuasions: Films and Performance by Lyra Hill, Artists' Television Access, San Francisco, CA

2014 Special Affects: The Films of Lyra Hill, Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA

2012 CUFF Gallery, Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL

Screenings

2015 HAXAN Film Festival, Omni Commons, Oakland, CA (Uzi's Party)

2015 Chicago Underground Film Festival, Logan Theater, Chicago, IL (Uzi's Party)

2015 Double Exposure: Lyra Hill and Daviel Shy, Roots & Culture, Chicago, IL (House Fuck, The Mystic, Untitled (Times For), Uzi's Party Teaser Trailer)

2014 All Of Them Witches, Bell House, Brooklyn, NY (excerpts from Uzi's Party)

2014 The Blazeing Familiar: Recent Film & Video from Chicago, Pleasure Dome, Toronto, ON, Canada (The Mystic)

2013 Orbits, Chopin Theater, Chicago, IL (Uzi's Party Teaser Trailer)

2013 The Least Foreign Films: A Survey of Current Chicago Image Makers: Celluloid Shorts, Doc Films, Chicago, IL (The Mystic)

2013 URSCI Film Festival at Dominican University, River Forest, IL (The Mystic)

2012 Antimatter Film Festival, Victoria, BC, Canada (House Fuck)

2012 Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, Hawick, Scottish Borders (The Mystic)

2012 Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, Milwaukee, WI (House Fuck)

2012 EXTV Film Program, CANTV, Chicago, IL (Untitled (Times For))

2011 'Bride of Super 8', Chicago 8: Small Gauge Film Festival, Chicago, IL (Untitled (Times For))

2011 IASD Dream Art Exhibition - Earth Dreaming, Chicago, IL (For My Psychopomp)

2011 Selected Works, CANTV, Chicago, IL

2010 SAIC Undergraduate Film Festival, Chicago, IL (For My Psychopomp)

2010 Room Tone, Nightingale Theatre, Chicago, IL (House Fuck, For My Psychopomp)

Group Exhibitions

2015 Lumpen Comics Issue Release Show, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL

2014 DIY/XX, Ralph Arnold Fine Arts Annex, Chicago, IL

2014 In Print: Art Zines + Small Press, Work: Detroit, Detroit, MI

2013 AAIEEE! (with Trubble Club), John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

2013 Little Man Pee Pool Party: The Whiz Paddler's Lament, Antena, Chicago, IL

2013 Saturday Strip: Comics Day (with Trubble Club), the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

2013 Sex:Money:Race:Gender: the Ladydrawers of Chicago, Columbia College A+D Gallery, Chicago, IL

2013 Reading Room, Chicago Zine Fest, Chicago, IL

2013 Vital Signs and Moving Pictures, I Am Logan Square, Chicago, IL

2013 Lumpen Comics Issue Release Show, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL

2012 Afterimage (with Trubble Club), DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, IL

2011 CartoonInk!, SAIC Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL

2011 Object Relations, SAIC Flaxman Library, Chicago, IL

2010 IASD Dream Art Exhibition - Earth Dreaming, Wyndham-O'Hare Hotel, Chicago, IL

Published Work

2015 "Magic Chats Advertisement," Lumpen Magazine #126

2015 "Possession Scenes Issue #6: The Tenant," Self-published

2015 "Brain Frame Yearbook," Self-published

2014 "Possession Scenes Issue #5: Alucarda, la Hija de las Tineiblas," Self-published

2014 “Papa Neon,” Believed Behavior Season 2

2014 “Possession Scenes Issue #4: The Mask,” Self-published

2013 "Possession Scenes Issue #3: Possession," Self-published

2013 "Strained Piss," Corpus Corpus #5 Little Man Pee Party

2013 "Possession Scenes Issue #2: Twin Peaks Episode 14: Lonely Souls," Self-published

2013 "Possession Scenes Issue #1: The Exorcist," Self-published

2013 "Copulate," Self-published

2013 "The Cove," Paradise Lost

2013 "Banana Glove Game," Lumpen Magazine #119

2012 "Ladydrawers: Funny Because It's True" with Anne Elizabeth Moore, Truthout

2012 "Blue Moon" and "Why Don't We Do It In The Road," CAKE Anthology

2012 "Go Down," Chromazoid #1

2011 "Mr. Square at the Pit of Despair," The Land Line Issue 1

2011 "They Glistened," Red Lightbulbs Issue 4

2011 "Compiled: Comix by Lyra Hill 2008-2010," Self-published

2011 "Are You Lonesome Tonight?," Self-published

2011 "Dock Ellis," Self-published

2011 "Merry Christmas Bike Accident," Self-published

2010 "What is Dis Pear," Pop Serial #2

2008 "Eat A Dick," Self-published

Films

Uzi's Party, 2015, 30min, color, sound, 16mm

Untitled (Times For), with Ross Meckfessel, 2011, 3min, color, silent, Super 8mm

The Mystic, 2011, 8min, color, sound, 16mm

House Fuck, 2010, 6min, color, sound, 16mm

For My Psychopomp, 2009, 10min, B&W, sound, S8mm and 16mm on MiniDV

Live Performances

2015 Zine Not Dead, Pinky Swear, Chicago, IL (All Is My Doing)

2015 Moon Moods, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL (Moon Moods)

2015 SLEEPER: an Experimental Haunted Hause, Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, IL (as Llama Man)

2015 SOMNAPHORIA Release Show (with Columba Fasciata, HIDE, Matchess), Silent Funny, Chicago, IL (Moon Moods)

2015 Multiple Persuasions: Films and Performance by Lyra Hill, Artists' Television Access, San Francisco, CA (Somewhere, Go Down)

2015 CAKE Bake, No Nation, Chicago, IL (with Lillie West)

2015 With Lorene Bouboushian, Forced into Femininity, Cavenaw and Cavenis, Space Oddities, Chicago, IL (Moon Moods)

2015 Cinema by Other Means: New Words, Nightingale Theater, Chicago, IL (Danny David)

2015 Double Exposure: Lyra Hill and Daviel Shy, Roots & Culture Gallery, Chicago, IL (Breathe With Cube)

2015 With Scott McCloud, Chicago Humanities Festival, Art Institute of Chicago, IL (Gravity)

2014 Childhood Haunts, The Cinefamily, Los Angeles, CA (Go Down)

2014 Contest, Yards, Chicago, IL (as Blue Man in wrestling cage match)

2014 With Goat Mouth, Hogg, Creep Highway, Yards, Chicago, IL (Papa Neon)

2014 Brain Frame 19: Grand Finale, Thalia Hall, Chicago, IL (Cat Tongue)

2014 Brain Frame at the Printer's Ball, Printer's Ball, Spudnik Prees, Chicago, IL (with Lillie West)

2014 Brain Frame: Explained, Chicago Zine Fest, Columbia College, Chicago, IL (Banana Glove Game)

2013 Detroit Brain Frame, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI (Go Down)

2013 Brain Frame 13, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL (Dream Home)

2013 Brain Frame Lit, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL (They Glistened)

2013 Sex:Money:Race:Gender: The Ladydawers of Chicago, Columbia College A+D Gallery, Chicago, IL (Go Down)

2013 Brooklyn Brain Frame, Public Assembly, Brooklyn, NY (Go Down)

2013 CUFF After Party w/ Alma Negra, Low On High, Township, Chicago, IL (Banana Glove Game)

2013 Hysteria! Visualizing Female Anxiety, Templehead Gallery, Chicago, IL (Go Down)

2013 Brain Frame 11, Happy Dog Gallery, Chicago, IL (Banana Glove Game)

2012 Brain Frame 7, Happy Dog Gallery, Chicago, IL (Recent Days)

2012 With Xina Xurner, Night Terror, Gel Set, The Burlington, Chicago, IL (Go Down)

2012 CAKE Fundraiser, Mortville, Chicago, IL (Night City)

2012 Brain Frame 4, Happy Dog Gallery, Chicago, IL (Go Down)

2011 Land Line Brunch Benefit, Roxaboxen, Chicago, IL (Mr. Square at the PIt of Despair)

2011 Brain Frame 3, Happy Dog Gallery, Chicago, IL (They Glistened)

2011 With Justin Clifford Rhody, Kristy Lawless, Gel Set, Landscaping, The Bank, Chicago, IL (They Glistened)

2011 Brain Frame 2, Happy Dog Gallery, Chicago, IL (NIght City)

2011 Brain Frame 1, Happy Dog Gallery, Chicago, IL (Eat A Dick, Blue Moon, A Conversation with the Artist)

2011 Ear Eater 7, Private residence, Chicago, IL (They Glistened)

Curation/Event Organization

SLEEPER: an Experimental Haunted House, 2015, immersive participatory experience at Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, IL. Concept, co-curator, co-producer, and performer.

Brain Frame, 2011-2014, performative comics reading series. Founder, organizer, and emcee.

Brooklyn Brain Frame 2, 2014, performative comics reading in association with the Brooklyn Zine Fest at Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY. Organizer and emcee.

CAKE Frame 2, 2014, fundraiser and comics reading for CAKE. Organizer, auctioneer, and emcee.

Brain Frame Lit 2, 2014, performative comics reading by daylight at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Organizer and emcee.

Brain Frame: Explained, 2014, lecture and comics reading at the Chicago Zine Fest. Organizer, speaker, performer, and emcee.

Detroit Brain Frame, 2013, performative comics reading at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Organizer, performer, and emcee.

Brain Frame Lit, 2013, performative comics reading by daylight at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Organizer, performer, and emcee.

Brooklyn Brain Frame, 2013, performative comics reading in association with the Brooklyn Zine Fest at Public Assembly, Brooklyn, NY. Organizer, performer, and emcee.

Cake Frame, 2013, fundraiser and comics reading for CAKE. Co-organizer, auctioneer, and emcee.

Brain Trubble, 2012, comics reading with Trubble Club and opening night party for CAKE. Co-organizer, performer, and emcee.

Films by Chris Langdon, 2012, film screening at the University of Chicago Film Studies Center. Co-organizer.

Chromazoid Release Party, 2012, fundraiser and book release for Chromazoid #1. Co-organizer and emcee.

The Experimental Film Society, 2010-2011, 16mm film screening and workshop series. Co-curator and organizer.

Collaborative Film Work

Neighborhood Food Drive, feature film directed by Jerzy Rose. Starring role as "Madeline Brunhaur"

Woodland Stories, in progress, short film/animation directed by Kate Raney. Supporting roll as “Diedre the Deer”

The Beast Within, in progress, short film directed by Ross Meckfessel. Director of Photography, Assistant Director, Art Director.

Crimes Against Humanity, 2013, feature film directed by Jerzy Rose. Starring role as "Brownie Fromm"

Some Girls Never Learn, 2011, feature film directed by Jerzy Rose. Set design, miniatures, and supporting role as "Jessica"

The Thing, 2011, short film directed by Rhys Ernst. Assistant camera.

Colon, MI, 2010, short film directed by Andrew Kim. Assistant camera and support.

Talking/Teaching/Judging

2015-present, Host and Producer of Magic Chats, a weekly interview show on Lumpen Radio, airing in Chicago, IL

2014-present, co-Lead Artist of the Teen Creative Agency, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL

2014-present, Artist Guide, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL

2016 Juror, Chicago Alternative Comics Expo, Center on Halsted, Chicago, IL

2015 Teacher, Teen Earth Magic, Nevada City, CA

2015 Visiting Artist, Latin High School (Instructor: James Joyce), Chicago, IL

2015 Visiting Artist, Schurz High School (Instructor: Addie Price), Chicago, IL

2015 Juror, Chicago Alternative Comics Expo, Center on Halsted, Chicago, IL

2014 Guest, All Of Them Witches, Bell House, Brooklyn, NY, variety show hosted by Bonnie & Maude

2014 Panelist, More than Capes and Tights, (Moderator: Elliott Serrano), Printer’s Row Lit Fest, Chicago, IL

2014 Moderator, Sequential Story Yelling, (Panelists: Sean Christensen, Sara Drake, Otto Splotch), Chicago Alternative Comics Expo, Center on Halsted, Chicago, IL

2014 Guest, Bonnie & Maude Episode #21: The Craft, film podcast

2014 Juror, Chicago Alternative Comics Expo, Center on Halsted, Chicago, IL

2014 Guest, Twin Freaks Episode #6: Films of “Possession,” film podcast

2013 Juror, URSCI Film Festival at Dominican University, River Forest, IL

2013 Panelist, Wonder Women: The Untold Story of American Superheroines, post screening (Moderator: Alison Cuddy), Community Cinema, Cultural Center, Chicago, IL

2013 Panelist, Wonder Women: The Untold Story of American Superheroines, post screening, Chicago Filmmakers, Columbia College, Chicago, IL

2013 Guest, Bonnie & Maude Episode #10: Cabaret, film podcast

2013 Juror, Chicago Alternative Comics Expo, Center on Halsted, Chicago, IL

2012 Visiting Artist, Cinema & Art course at DePaul University (Instructor: Andy Roche), Chicago, IL

2012 Visiting Artist, Brickton Art Center (Instructor: William Bacarella), Park Ridge, IL

2012 Panelist, Comics In Chicago: The Past Ten Years, (Moderator: Edie Fake), Chicago Alternative Comics Expo, Columbia College, Chicago, IL

2012 Juror, Chicago Alternative Comics Expo, Columbia University, Chicago, IL

Honors/Awards/Grants

2015 Top 5 Queer/Trans Dance Performances, Newcity (for Moon Moods)

2014 Chicago Screen Gem, Newcity Film 50

2014 Special Guest, Chicago Zine Fest

2013 "The Performer," Chicago Reader People Issue

2011 SAIC Student Leadership Award

2011 SAIC Fred J. Forster Fellowship Award

2010 IASD Dream Art Exhibition, First Prize

Residencies

Not yet!

Press/Bibliography

2014 “Cakes, Brains, and Comic Books” CAKE Frame 2 review, South Side Weekly, by Sarah Claypoole [http://southsideweekly.com/cakes-brains-and-comic-books/]

2014 "Meanwhile… Lyra Hill" comic strip interview, Bad At Sports, by Sara Drake and Lyra Hill [http://badatsports.com/2014/meanwhile-lyra-hill/]

2013 "People Issue: The Performer" interview, Chicago Reader, by Peter Margasak [http://people2013.chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/lyra-hill/]

2013 "Detroit Brain Frame debuts at MOCAD" recap, Knight Arts Foundation [http://www.knightarts.org/community/detroit/detroit-brain-frame-debuts-at-mocad]

2013 "The never-duplicated weirdness of Brain Frame" feature, Chicago Tribune, by Christopher Borrelli [http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-ent-brain-frame-20130918,0,5169406.column]

2013 "This is Your Brain on Comics" interview, Frontier Psychiatrist, by Andrew Hertzberg [http://frontpsych.com/this-is-your-brain-on-comics-an-interview-with-lyra-hill/]

2013 "Culture Vulture" Brain Frame feature, Chicago Reader, by Alexandra Ensign [http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/culture-gilkeson-gay-ensign-brainframe-yingling-skimmilk/Content?oid=10572220]

2013 "Insane in the frame" Brooklyn Brain Frame preview, The Brooklyn Paper, by Colin Mixson [http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/36/16/24_brainframe_2013_04_12_bk.html]

2013 Interview, Lumpen #119, by Joe Tallarico [http://www.lumpen.com/%3A/lumpen119.html]

2012 Brain Frame critical review, Chicago Artist Writers, by William Bacarella [http://chicagoartistwriters.blogspot.com/2012/10/brain-frame-performative-comix-reading.html]

2012 Interview and Brain Frame 5 review, Make Space, by Kelly Parsell [http://make-space.net/2012/06/04/review-lyra-hills-brain-frame-and-sara-drakes-the-romance-of-the-tiger-lady/]

Professional Affiliations

Trubble Club, comics art collective. 2011-present.