BIO

Adrian Garcia Gomez is an interdisciplinary artist working in film/video, photography and illustration. His artwork, which is largely autobiographical and often performative, explores the intersections of race, immigration, gender, spirituality and sexuality. His short experimental films, photographs and drawings have exhibited around the world. He currently lives and works in Brooklyn.

EXHIBITIONS | SCREENINGS

2024 Like Magic Screening Series, MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts

2023 We Begin Again, McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, San Francisco, California
2023 Le western expérimental, La Cinémathèque de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
2023 Zinegoak 20 Aniversario - Animación LGTBIQ+ with Instituto Cervantes, various cities including Rio de Janeiro and Warsaw
2022-2023 Cosmic Rays Touring Festival, various venues

2022 Children of the Moon, Anthology Film Archives, New York, New York
2022 Queer City Cinema Film Festival, Regina, Canada
2022 Toronto Queer Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
2022 Seoul ALT Cinema Festival, Seoul, South Korea
2022 Otro Amor/Another Love by CinemaAttic, Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow and Old St. Pauls, Edinburgh, Scotland

2021 59th Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan. WINNER, George Manupelli Founder's Spirit Award
2021 SF Urban Film Festival, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California
2021 International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany
2021 Both Sides Now 6 - Viral Futures, Hong Kong
2021 CROSSROADS by the SF Cinematheque, Roxie Theater, San Francisco, California. Opening Night Program
2021 Filmfest Dresden International Short Film Festival, Dresden, Germany. Opening Night Ceremony
2021 Light Matter Film Festival, Alfred, New York
2021 Onion City Experimental Film + Video Festival, Chicago, Illinois
2021 Protest Program, VDB TV, Video Data Bank, Chicago, Illinois
2021 AAFF Presents, Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, Michigan
2021 Athens International Film + Video Festival, Athens, Ohio
2021 MUFF The Montreal Underground Film Festival, Montreal, Canada
2021 Festival Oodaaq, Rennes, France.
2021 Festival Histoires de Cinéma, Cinémathèque de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
2021 50th Anniversary Screenings, Collectif Jeune Cinéma, Saint-Ouen, France
2021 4e Weekend du Cinéma Latino-Américain du El Perro Que Ladra, Sélection Queer, Paris, France
2021 Les Jours de Lumière, VIDEOFORMES Program, Saint-Saturnin, France

2020 58th Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan
2020 Onion City Experimental Film + Video Festival, Chicago, Illinois
2020 VIDEOFORMES Festival International d'Arts Numériques, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2020 ICDOCS - The Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival, Iowa City, Iowa
2020 Rencontres Internationales Traverse Vidéo, Toulouse, France
2020 SQFF Seattle Queer Film Festival, Seattle, Washington
2020 57th Ann Arbor Film Festival Touring Program, LA Filmforum, Los Angeles, California
2020 Festival of (In)appropriation, York University, Toronto, Canada
2020 Festival of (In)appropriation, North West Film Forum, Seattle, Washington
2020 Festival of (In)appropriation, Metro Cinema, Edmonton, Canada

2019 57th Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan. WINNER, \aut\ FILM Award for Best LGBTQ Film
2019 Festival of (In)appropriation, LA Filmforum, Los Angeles, California
2019 FIVAC Festival Internacional de Videoarte de Camagüey, Camagüey, Cuba
2019 Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Opening Night Program
2019 HCAF Houston Cinema Arts Festival, Houston, Texas
2019 57th Ann Arbor Film Festival Touring Program, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
2019 VIDEOFORMES Festival International d'Arts Numériques, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2019 ZINEGOAK Festival de Cine y Artes Escénicas Gaylesbitrans, Bilbao, Spain
2019 Rencontres Internationales Traverse Vidéo, Toulouse, France
2019 Cosmic Rays Film Festival, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2019 XPOSED International Queer Film Festival, Berlin,Germany
2019 Festival Oodaaq, Rennes + Saint-Malo, France
2019 FLEX FEST The Florida Experimental Film/Video Festival, Tampa, Florida
2019 RPM Festival, Boston, Massachusetts
2019 Malmö International LGBTQ+ Short Film Festival, Malmö, Sweden
2019 QFest, Houston, Texas
2019 Loud & Proud Festival des cultures queer, Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, France
2019 Trazos que forman, Instituto Profesional Arcos, Viña del Mar, Chile
2019 Biannual AJAAS Conference, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
2019 Three Rivers Film Festival, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2019 OpenEyes Filmfest, Marburg, Germany
2019 Magmart International Videoart Festival, CAM Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Naples, Italy
2019 The Unseen Festival, Denver, Colorado. Closing Night Program
2019 FIVA Festival Internacional de Videoarte, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2019 Proceso de Error, Festival Internacional de Video Experimental, Valparaíso, Chile
2019 Film and Video Poety Symposium, Moscow, Russia

2018 Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
2018 L'Alternativa, Festival de Cinema Independent, Barcelona, Spain
2018 25 FPS Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
2018 Kino-integral: 25FPS v Ljubljani, Slovenian Cinematheque, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2018 Kassel Dokfest, Kassel, Germany
2018 Toronto Queer Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
2018 DOBRA Festival Internacional de Cinema Experimental, Cinemateca do Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
2018 MARFICI Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina
2018 KLEX Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film and Video Festival, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2018 Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, Jihlava, Czech Republic
2018 FIVA Festival Internacional de Videoarte, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2018 The Unseen Festival, Denver, Colorado
2018 Queer City Cinema Film Festival, Regina, Canada
2018 Antimatter [Media Art], Victoria, Canada
2018 Festival Images Contre Nature, Marseille, France
2018 EXPERIMENTAL SUPERSTARS, Novi Sad, Serbia
2018 CINETORO Festival Internacional de Experimentación, Toro, Colombia. Winner, Best LGBTQ+ Film
2018 Proceso de Error, Festival Internacional de Video Experimental, Valparaíso, Chile
2018 VIDEOMEDEJA International Video Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
2018 INTERMEDIACIONES Muestra de Videoarte y Video Experimental, Medellín, Colombia
2018 VIDEOFEST2K18 Bienal Internacional de Video y Cine Contemporaneo, Tijuana, Mexico
2018 Rio Festival de Gênero & Sexualidade, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2018 AMOR Festival Internacional de Cine LGBT+, Santiago + Valparaíso, Chile
2018 RECIFEST Festival de Cinema de Diversidade Sexual e de Gênero, Recife, Brazil
2018 Festival Oodaaq, Rennes + Saint-Malo, France
2018 Rencontres Internationales Traverse Vidéo, Toulouse, France
2018 ZINEGOAK, Festival de Cine y Artes Escénicas Gaylesbitrans, Bilbao, Spain. Official Selection, OFF ZINEGOAK
2018 Festival du Film Court d'Angoulême, Angoulême, France
2018 El Ventilador, Festival Internactional de Cine de Animación, Santa Fe, Argentina
2018 ENEAGRAMA Festival Internacional de Cine Experimental, Córdoba, Argentina
2018 SARNA Festival de artes experimentales, Antofagasta + Calama, Chile
2018 Film and Video Poetry Symposium, Los Angeles, California

2016- 2017 The Yud Video Project, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, California
2017 MARFICI Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina
2017 Antimatter [Media Art], Victoria, Canada
2017 Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, Habana, Cuba
2017 FIVA Festival Internacional de Videoarte, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2017 ARKIPEL Jakarta International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival, Jakarta, Indonesia. Official Selection, International Competition
2017 OpenEyes Filmfest, Marburg, Germany. Second Prize, Audience Award for Experimental Film
2017 Korea Queer Film Festival, Seoul, Korea. Winner, KQFF CHOICE Award
2017 SQIFF Scottish Queer International Film Festival, Glasgow, Scotland
2017 FLEXIFF 2002-2022 The First and The Last Experimental International Film Festival, Sydney, Australia. Winner, Special flEXiff Award
2017 LINOLEUM International Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival, Kiev, Ukraine. Official Selection, Experimental Animation and Video Art Program
2017 Asterisco Festival Internacional de Cine LGBTIQ, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2017 Festival Les Instants Vidéo, Marseille, France
2017 LesGaiCineMad, Festival Internacional de Cine Lésbico Gai Transexual de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
2017 Butter Elbow Animation Festival, Chicago, USA + Taipei, Taiwan
2017 CINETORO Festival Internacional de Experimentación, Toro, Colombia
2017 Festival Mutoscopio, México DF, México
2017 WISFF Wordless International Short Film Festival, Sydney Australia + Qazvin, Iran
2017 Blue Magpie Experimental Film Series, Hsinchu City, Taiwan
2017 RECIFEST Festival de Cinema de Diversidade Sexual e de Gênero, Recife, Brazil
2017 Moving_Image_Arts International Short Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
2017 AMOR Festival Internacional de Cine LGBT+, Santiago, Chile
2017 Rio Festival de Gênero & Sexualidade, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2017 CineAutopsia, Festival de Cine Experimental de Bogotá, Colombia
2017 Proceso de Error, Festival Internacional de Video Experimental, Valparaíso, Chile
2017 MUFF Montreal Underground Film Festival, Montreal, Canada
2017 Mix México: Festival de Diversidad Sexual en Cine y Video, México DF, México
2017 Golden Kuker International Animation Film Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria
2017 NoiseFloor Festival, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
2017 Stuttgarter Filmwinter Festival for Expanded Media, Stuttgarter, Germany
2017 Festival Silêncio, Lisboa, Portugal
2017 SINESTESIA, Barcelona, Spain

2016 Alternative Film/Video Festival, Belgrade, Serbia. Official selection, Main Competition
2016 ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival, Munster, Germany
2016 Visions in the Nunnery, Bow Arts, London, UK
2016 Mac Underground Film Festival, Gebbes Medeiros Theater, Manaus, Brazil
2016 Manhattan Independent Film Festival, New York, New York. Winner, Best Experimental Film
2016 Rabbit Heart Poetry Film Festival, Worcester, MA. Curator's Choice, Best Sound/Music
2016 Roma Cinema Doc, Rome, Italy
2016 Strangloscope International Festival of Experimental Audio, Film/Video and Performance, Museum of Image and Sound, Florianópolis,  Brasil
2016 Queens Film Festival, Museum of the Moving Image, Queens, New York, Official Selection, Opening Night Program
2016 Albany FilmFest, Albany, California, Official Selection
2016 PoetryFilm Paradox, BFI Love Programme, MENGI, Reykjavik, Iceland
2016 PoetryFilm Paradox, BFI Love Programme, NES Skagastrond, Iceland

2015 Interference Festival, Gdansk, Poland. Grand Prix Winner, Found Footage
2015 O'Bhéal Poetry Film at IndieCork Festival, Cork, Ireland, Official Selection
2015 19th Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzwerland. Official Selection, International Competition
2015 From Mexico with Love, Aynalı Geçit Salonu, Istanbul, Turkey
2015 CYCLOP Videopoetry Festival, Kiev, Ukraine
2015 Alternative Film/Video Festival, Belgrade, Serbia. Official selection, Main Competition
2015 PoetryFilm Paradox, BFI Love Programme, London, UK
2015 International Video Poetry Festival, Athens, Greece

2014 Shaped in Mexico, Bargehouse, London, UK
2014 Shaped in Mexico, Distrito Catorce, Monterrey, Mexico

2013 La Rosa Mixtape, San Francisco, CA

2010 Short Film Series, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Mex-Parismental, Paris, France
2010 The London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, London, UK

2009 Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA
2009 MFA Screening, School of Visual Arts Theater, NY, NY

2007 Dean Street Projects, Brooklyn, NY

2005 K48 Benefit, Agnes B NY, NY
2005 Dia de los muertos, Casita del Pueblo, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Un Viajecito, Casita del Pueblo, Los Angeles, CA

2004 L Factor, Exit Art, NY, NY

2003 K48 Camp Cult at Scope NYC, NY, NY
2003 The Stray Show, Chicago, IL
2003 Now Playing, D'Amelio Terras, NY. NY
2003 Today's Man, John Connelly Presents, NY, NY
2003 Today's Man, Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2003 A New New York Scene, Agnès B. Galerie du Jour, Paris, France
2003 Kult 48 Klubhouse, Deitch Projects, Brooklyn, NY

2002 Teenage Rebel: The Bedroom Show, John Connelly Presents, NY, NY
2002 Mex-Parismental, Paris, France
2002 La Muestra de Cine Mexicano, Guadalajara, Mexico

EDUCATION

School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
MFA, Photography Video and Related Media, 2009

San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
B.A. Art History and Photography, 1996


GRANTS

2021 Jerome Foundation New York City Film, Video and Digital Production Grant