JOHN DI STEFANO
EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS [including solo (*)]
2024
* Counter/trajectories, Drawing Projects UK, Trowbridge, UK
2021
Millennium Film Workshop Channel, Millennium Film, New York, USA
2020
This is Not a Love Song, Fernán Gómez, Madrid, Spain. Curator: Javier Panera
2019
Oodaaq - Festival d’images nomades et poétiques, Maison de la Poésie, Rennes, France
Festival Les Instants Vidéo [special program], .BOX Videoart project space, Milan, Italy
2018
Magic Bureaucracy, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden. Curator: Måns Wrange
Oberhausen Short Film Festival - CIRCUIT programme, Oberhausen, Germany. Curator: Mark Williams
Thick Cinema, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK. Curator: Mercedes Vicente (publication)
Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Hamburg , Germany. Curator: Mara Marxsen
Disco! An Interdisciplinary Conference, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
Thick Cinema, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand. Curator: Mercedes Vicente (publication)
2017
Thick Cinema. Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand. Curator: Mercedes Vicente (publication)
Thick Cinema. Adam Art Gallery / Embassy Theatre, Wellington, New Zealand. Curator: Mercedes Vicente (publication)
Thick Cinema. Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand. Curator: Mercedes Vicente (publication)
Dot Dot Dot. SCA Galleries, Sydney, Australia. Curator: Janelle Evans (publication)
2016
This is Not a Love Song. Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey. Curators: Javier Panera, İnan Suna & İpek Kıraç (publication)
Indeterminate States. William Wright Artists Projects, Sydney, Australia. Curator: Gary Sangster (publication)
Dumbsh*t videoart. Brenda May Gallery, Sydney, Australia. Curator: Stefan Popescu
Dallas VideoFest. Dallas, US
London Underground Film Festival, University of East London, London UK
Sydney Underground Film Festival, Sydney, Australia. Curator: Ryszard Dabek
VDB TV [online program], Video Data Bank, Chicago, USA
2015
* Bandiera Nera, SCA Galleries, Sydney, Australia. Curator: Nicholas Tsoutas (publication)
Tactical Imaginary, SCA Galleries, Sydney, Australia. Curator: Gary Sangster (publication)
* Lucis Puncta, Folonomo Gallery, Sydney, Australia. Curator: Jelle Van Der Berg
2014
The Sceptical Image. SCA Galleries, Sydney, Australia. Curator: Merilyn Fairskye and Nicholas Tsoutas (publication)
2013
This is Not a Love Song. Virreina – Centre de la Image (in conjunction with Screen Festival), Barcelona, Spain. Curator: Javier Panera (publication)
Låntrum (film series), Osramhuset, Copenhagen, Denmark. Curator: Pernille Lystlund Matzen
Strom Kunstfestival. Kunsthaus Rheniana. Cologne, Germany. Curator: Maria Wildeis
Please Be Quiet. BSR Gallery – British School at Rome. Rome, Italy (publication)
Spazi Aperti. Romanian Academy. Rome, Italy. Curator: Leontina Rotaru (publication)
Poetics & Politics of Documentary Film Conference, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland
Out of this World. William Wright Artists' Projects. Sydney, Australia. Curator: Gary Sangster
Intersensorial Threads. FCA Gallery - University of Wollongong. Australia. Curator: Penny Harris
2012
Dialogues in Contemporary Video Art. National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
Artworks & Artwords. Project Space – National Art School. Sydney, Australia. Curator: Joe Frost
Santorini Biennale of Art. Santorini, Greece. Curators: C Asimis, R Lowe, C Drake, G Lizardos
2011
Videonale – Festival of Contemporary Video Art. Kunstmuseum. Bonn, Germany (publication)
* The Return. Enjoy Public Art Gallery. Wellington, New Zealand (publication)
Video Review. BWA Contemporary Art Gallery. Katowice, Poland
Paper Trail. Robin Gibson Gallery. Sydney, Australia. Curator: Carl Lykert
Sightseeing. St. Paul Street Gallery. Auckland, New Zealand. (in partnership with Goethe Institute) Curator: H. Scott (publication)
Sightseeing, McNamara Gallery. Wanganui, New Zealand. (in partnership with Goethe Institute) Curator: H. Scott (publication)
I AM WHAT I PLAY (video program). Cell Block Theatre - NAS Gallery (in conjunction with Sydney Fringe Festival). Sydney, Australia
* The Screening Room. Cell Block Theatre - NAS Gallery / Performance Space (in conjunction with Art & About). Sydney, Australia
2010
Festival International du Documentaire de Marseille (FIDM) [official competition]. Marseille, France (publication)
* New Filmmakers. Anthology Film Archives. New York, USA
Human Rights Film Festival. Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzogovina (publication)
Documentary Edge Film Festival [official competition]. Auckland & Wellington, New Zealand (publication)
Double Take / Time Frame. Project Space - RMIT. Melbourne, Australia. Curator: Dr. Martin Patrick (publication)
Double Take / Time Frame. Engine Room. Wellington, NZ. Curator: Dr. M Patrick (publication)
* Ashes (Amsterdam) (part of FED TV public art project). Federation Square. Melbourne, Australia.
Sightseeing. Peninsula Art Gallery - University of Plymouth, UK (in partnership with Goethe Institute) Curator: H. Scott (publication)
Sightseeing. The New Dowse Museum, NZ. (in partnership with Goethe Institute) Curator: H. Scott (publication)
2009
* You Are Here. New Zealand Film Archive (in conjunction with Blow Festival) Wellington, New Zealand
Ashes (Amsterdam) (part of Projection on Lake public art project). Pasadena,, USA. Curator: David Bradshaw
On Ritual. Bartley + Co Gallery. Wellington, New Zealand
Channeling. London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival - Experimental Visions. British Film Institute. London, UK
Channeling. CineMental. Boston, USA. Curators: Ethan White & Latham Zearfoss
Channeling. Northwest Film Forum. Seattle, USA. Curators: Ethan White & Latham Zearfoss
Channeling. Artists Television Access. San Francisco, USA. Curators: Ethan White & Latham Zearfoss
Channeling. Basement Films. Albuquerque, USA. Curators: Ethan White & Latham Zearfoss
Channeling. Zeitgeist Films, New Orleans, USA. Curators: Ethan White & Latham Zearfoss
2008
Crossroads: Interfaces between Rock Music & Contemporary Art (in conjunction with International Festival of Photography) Domus Artium Museum. Salamanca, Spain. Curator: Javier Panera (publication)
Channeling. Alogon Gallery. Chicago, USA. Curators: Ethan White & Latham Zearfoss
Channeling. Roots+Culture. Chicago, USA. Curators: Ethan White & Latham Zearfoss
Channeling. ABC NO RIO. New York, USA. Curators: Ethan White & Latham Zearfoss
Channeling. Cable Car Cinema. Providence, USA. Curators: Ethan White & Latham Zearfoss
2006
LOOP Festival – ‘New Zealand Scapes’ program. Barcelona, Spain. Curator: Mercedes Vicente (publication)
Satellite (in conjunction with the Shanghai Biennale of Art). Creative Shanghai, China. Curators: C Joo Man, N Toshiyo, R Thomas, et al. (publication)
From Mini-FM to Hacktivists. Govett-Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand. Curator: Mercedes Vicente (publication)
2005
Moonstruck: Hong Kong Artist's Biennale. Art Space Club64. Hong Kong, China. Curator: Jeffrey du Vallier d'Aragon Aranita
* Texts & Subtexts [The Pasolini Project]. New Zealand Film Archives. Wellington New Zealand (publication)
2004
New Zealand Biennial of Contemporary Art: Break/Shift. Govett-Brewster Gallery. New Plymouth, NZ. Curators: Greg Burke & Simon Rees
Matchmaking (in conjunction with the Shanghai Biennale of Art). Eastlink Gallery. Shanghai, China. Curator: Karen Hung (publication)
2003
* Inter/section (part of Art Box public art project). Civic Square. Wellington, New Zealand. Curator: Katharine Allard (publication)
* Picturing Pasolini [The Pasolini Project]. Moving Image Centre. Auckland, New Zealand. Curator: Debrah Lawler (publication)
Fast Works (in conjunction with the New Zealand Fringe Festival) (E)-vision. Wellington, New Zealand. Curator: Tim Renner
2002
* Je Me Souviens [The Pasolini Project]. Galerie Articule. Montréal, Canada (publication)
Transmediale - International Media Arts Festival. Berlin, Germany. Curator: Suzanne Jaschko (publication)
* Je Me Souviens (I Remember) [The Pasolini Project] (in conjunction with Images International Film Festival) A Space. Toronto, Canada
Politics, Resistance & Musical Subculture. Barcelona Museum of Modern Art. Barcelona, Spain. Curator: Juan Guardiola
Festival de Imagem de Oeiras. Barcarena, Portugal
Athens International Film & Video Festival. Ohio University. Athens, USA
Voices in Transit Project. Central Station. Cape Town, South Africa / SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2001
Kassel Documentary Film & Video Festival. Kassel, Germany (publication)
Open Cities: HKG. Para/Site Art Space. Hong Kong, China. Curators: E. Ng, T. Cheng, J. Di Stefano, E. Pau (publication)
Open Cities: ORD. Betty Rymer Gallery. Chicago, USA. Curators: E. Ng, T. Cheng, J. Di Stefano, E. Pau (publication)
25 Artists / 25 Years. Ellen Art Gallery. Concordia University, Montréal, Canada. Curator: Karen Antaki, et. al. (publication)
1999
Art and Queery. Gallery 2. Chicago, USA. Curators: C. Sandoval, K. Dennis, M. Patten (publication)
A Book Is Not A Book Is Not A Book. Rymer Gallery. Chicago, USA. Curators: D. Boehme, S. Alatalo, A. Cravitz (publication)
1998
Troubling Customs - Boston. The School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, USA. Curators: C. MacDowall, S. McCorkle, E. Rand
Troubling Customs- Toronto. Ontario College of Art, Toronto. Canada. Curators: C. MacDowall, S. McCorkle, E.Rand
Textuality. Gallery 2. Chicago, USA. Curators: Mathew Goulish & Trevor Martin
Gender Trash & Other Cookies. Randolph Street Gallery. Chicago, USA. Curators: M. DeLellis & K. O'Shea
Artists of the MidWest. Northern Michigan University Art Museum. Marquette, USA. Curator: Wayne Francis
1997
* Center for Communications Resources. Chicago, USA, Organized by Dean Abanilla
1996
On Love, Sex & Politics. Randolph Street Gallery. Chicago, USA. Curator: Darryl Moore
Day Without Art. Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, USA. Curator: Guillermo Hernandez
Day Without Art. Hammer Museum. Los Angeles, USA. Curator: Guillermo Hernandez
Day Without Art. Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). Los Angeles, USA. Curator: Guillermo Hernandez
1995
Corporeal Economics. Mercer Union. Toronto, Canada. Curator: Andrew Paterson (publication)
Living Room Festival. KQED (PBS affiliate - San Francisco) - Selected by New Langton Arts, San Francisco, USA
Of Colour Festival. Calgary, Canada
Faculty Exhibition. California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, USA
1994
Into the Lapse. Royal Academy of Art. Copenhagen, Denmark. Curators: Jean Rasenberger & Brian Butler (publication)
Into the Lapse. Palais des Beaux-Arts - Societé des Expositions. Brussels, Belgium. Curators: Jean Rasenberger & Brian Butler
Hong Kong International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. Hong Kong Art Center, Hong Kong, China (publication)
Budapest Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. Budapest, Hungary
Ottawa Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. Ottawa, Canada
Facility. El Camino Art Gallery. Torrance, USA. Curators: Chris Mounger & Suzanne Meirs
Community Responses. University of California Fine Art Gallery. Irvine, USA. Organized by Mara Lonner
New Work. University of California Fine Art Gallery. Irvine, USA. Curator: Catherine Lord
1993
Transcendaids. Watts Towers Art Center. Los Angeles, USA. Curator: Guillermo Hernandez
Into the Lapse. Karsten Schubert Gallery. London, UK. Curators: Jean Rasenberger & Brian Butler
Into the Lapse. Friesenwall 120. Cologne, Germany. Curators: Jean Rasenberger & Brian Butler
Into the Lapse. Dogenhaus. Leipzig, Germany. Curators: Jean Rasenberger & Brian Butler
Into the Lapse. Bruno Brunnet Fine Arts. Berlin, Germany. Curators: Jean Rasenberger & Brian Butler
Atlanta International Film Festival. Atlanta, GA, USA (publication)
London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, British Film Institute. London, UK (publication)
Festival Internazionale di Film con Tematiche Omosessuali. Turin, Italy (publication)
Tokyo Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. Tokyo, Japan
Stockholm International Film Festival. Stockholm, Sweden (publication)
1992
* Tell Me Why. New Langton Arts. San Francisco, USA (publication)
* Désirs – Idées. Language Plus. Alma, Québec, Canada
Into the Lapse. FAR BAZZAR. Los Angeles, USA. Curators: Jean Rasenberger & Brian Butler
European Media Art Festival (EMAF). Osnabruck, Germany (publication)
Day Without Art. Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). Los Angeles, USA. Curator: Carole Ann Klonarides
San Francisco International Film Festival. San Francisco, USA (publication)
San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (Frameline). San Francisco, USA
Wexner Center for the Arts. Columbus, USA, Programmer: William Horrigan
VideoFest - Berlin Film Festival. Berlin, Germany (publication)
Images International Film & Video Festival. Toronto, Canada (publication)
Into The Lapse. 1301. Santa Monica, USA. Curators: Jean Rasenberger & Brian Butler
Queer Bodies. Evergreen State College. Olympia, USA. Curators: H. Lentz & K. Cummings (publication)
Video Tension. University of Arizona. Tucson, USA. Curator: Marylin Kiang
1991
* Powers of Desire. The Art Library - University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
* I Never Can Say Goodbye (part of the LACE - Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions public art project). Los Angeles, USA
Tell Me Why / The Epistemology of Disco. Wight Art Gallery - UCLA. Los Angeles, USA (publication)
Day Without Art. Art/LA. Los Angeles, USA. Curator: Renée Edgington
No More Heroes. SF Camerawork / Cinematheque. San Francisco, USA. Curator: Barbara DeGenevieve (publication)
American Film Institute Video Festival. American Film Institute. Los Angeles, USA (publication)
Chicago International Film Festival. Chicago, USA (publication)
DCTV Video Festival. Downtown Community Center. New York, USA
Act Of Video (Cable-television broadcast). City University of New York. New York, USA
Articulating Disparities. San José State University Gallery. San José, USA. Curator: Barbara DeGenevieve
Amsterdam Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. Amsterdam, Netherlands (publication)
Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival. Chicago, USA
Member. Resolution Gallery. Los Angeles, USA. Juror: John Gordon
Image et Nation. Goethe Institute. Montréal, Canada. Programmer: Allan Klusachek (publication)
Who's caring? LACPS Los Angeles Center for Contemporary Photography. Los Angeles, USA. Curator: Joe Smoke
New World Order. Highways. Santa Monica, USA. Curators: General Idea
LA Freewaves Festival. Los Angeles, USA
Hamburg Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. Hamburg, Germany
The New Festival. New York, USA (publication)
Los Angeles International Gay & Lesbian Film & Video Festival. Los Angeles USA (publication)
Apprentissages. Maison de la Culture - Frontenac. Montréal, Canada. Curators: Allan Klusachek & Guy Frechette
1990
* Désirs / Idées. Galerie Vu. Québec City, Canada
Positive Action. The Clocktower. New York, USA
Imperfect Moments. California Institute of the Arts. Valencia, USA. Curators: Michael Baker & Paul Kane
Cross Ties. Eye Gallery. Halifax, Canada. Curators: Scott Marsden & Jim Riley (publication)
Cross Ties. Definitely Superior. Thunder Bay, Canada. Curators: Scott Marsden & Jim Riley (publication)
Cross Ties. A Space. Toronto, Canada. Curators: Scott Marsden & Jim Riley (publication)
Out of Control. ARC Gallery. Chicago, USA. Curator: Jo Peer
1989
* Désirs / Idées. Galerie Articule. Montréal, Canada
Cross Ties. Niagra Artists' Center. Niagra,, Canada. Curators: Scott Marsden & Jim Riley (publication)
Le Photomaton (in conjunction with Mois de la Photo). Galerie Articule. Montréal, Canada
LACPS Exhibition. Lindhurst Gallery. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
1988
* Désirs / Idées. Canadian Cultural Centre. Rome, Italy (publication)
* Studio. Studio E. Rome, Italy
* Studio. GO Gallery. Los Angeles, USA
Visions Beyond Censorship. Idée Gallery. Toronto, Canada
Art at Work. Liberté Factory. Brossard, Canada. Curators: Robert Milliken & Deborah Margo
Latent Image. Gallery 44. Toronto, Canada
Eros, c'est la vie. Galerie d'art Edouard-Montpetit. Longueuil, Canada
1987
International Artists' Books. Galerie Caroline Corre. Paris, France
International Artists' Books. Center for Book-Art. New York, NY, USA.
1986
International Artists' Books. Galerie Aubes. Montréal, Canada (publication)
INTERFACE: 3 - Artist Power. Montréal, Canada (publication)