Gabby Sumney | Media Artist

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Speaking Engagements
Guest Artist: Materiality in Experimental Media: Analog & Digital, Lesley University, Fall 2021
Panel: Connectivity and Community Beyond the Classroom,  UFVA, Summer 2021
Workshop: Accessibility Programming Through Inclusivity,  UFVA, Summer 2021 
Artist Talk: Expanded Cinema During COVID-19, Warren Wilson College, Spring 2021
Panel: Academic Pathways, Visions Film Festival & Conference, UNCW, Spring 2021
Panel: Film + Media Education: The Student Perspective, EDIT Media, Spring 2021
Guest Artist: Personal Identity Work & Cinefeminsims Across Modes, UNCW, Spring 2021
Workshop: Direct Animation as Monument, Lunder Arts Center, Spring 2021
Panel: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Film Studies and Production, UNCW, Spring 2021
Workshop: Direct Animation Artist Talk, Warren Wilson College, Fall 2020
Workshop: Building Effective Professional Development Workshop for Students, UFVA, Summer 2020
Lecture: Race and Trauma in the Work of Camille Billops, Emerson College, Fall 2018
Lecture: Producing for Experimental Media, MassArt, Fall 2017
Panel: Visions Film Festival & Conference, UNCW, Spring 2017
Lecture: A Brief Survey of Indian Cinema, Emerson College, Spring 2016
Lecture: Getting the Most of Your MFA Experience, Emerson College, Fall 2015
Panel: Intermediate Production Pitch Contest, Emerson College, Fall 2015
Artist Talk: Direct Animation Program, Emerson College, Fall 2015, Spring 2016
Lecture: Artistic Appropriation & Culture Jamming, Emerson College, Fall 2015
Lecture: Brief Intro to British Cultural Studies, Emerson College, Spring 2015 & 2016
Lecture: Artistic Appropriation as Critique, Emerson College, Fall 2014
Lecture: Todd Haynes’ Portrayal of Women, Emerson College, Fall 2013
Lecture: Trans Love & Representation, Emerson College, Fall 2013
Demonstration: Loading and Shooting the 16mm Bolex, UNCW, Summer 2011
Demonstration: Artistic Appropriation in Sound Design, UNCW, Summer 2011
Demonstration: Rayograms and Photograms, UNCW, Summer 2011
Curatorial/Programming Work
Programmer, Queer Fear Film Festival, Online, 2021
Programmer, Centre Film Festival, State College, PA, 2021
Screener, Cucalorus Film Festival, Wilmington, NC, 2021
Curatorial Assistant, some assembly required, Gallery Exhibition, Boston, MA, 2021
Juror, New England Cellphone Film Festival, Boston, MA, 2020
Screener, Volunteer Coordinator, and Tour Assistant, Ann Arbor Film Festival, 2011-2013
Staff, Juror, and Programmer, Visions Film Festival & Conference, 2011
Exhibition Record
Rainbow Dragon, 2021
UFVA 2022
, Freedonia, NY, 2022

SPLICE Film Fest
, Brooklyn, NY, 2022

Mannheim Arts and Film Festival
, Mannheim, Germany, 2022
        Honorable Mention: Experimental Film
Esto Es Para Esto
, Monterrey, México, 2022

West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival,
Morgantown, WV, 2022

Blackbird Film Festival
, Cortland, NY, 2022

    Nominated: Best Micro-Heart

Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival,
Hawick, Scotland, 2022

Moinho Cine Fest
, Porto, Portugal, 2022

Central Florida Film Festival
, Mount Dora, FL, 2022

    Nominated: George Perez Animated Project

Green Mountain International Film Festival
, Burlington, VT, 2022

    Winner: Best Experimental Short, Third Quarter

Denver Underground Film Festival
, Denver Colorado, 2021

    Winner: 1st Place Best Visual Experimental Short

Los Angeles Animation Festival
, Los Angeles, California, 2021

        
Finalist: Official Selection

Hummingbird International Film Festival
, Kolkata, India, 2021

Toronto Women Film Festival, Toronto, Canada (Online), 2021

Hallucinea Film Festival, Paris, France (Online), 2021

Watching the Leaves Age As I Do the Same, 2021
Film As Monument
, Lunder Arts Center, Cambridge, MA, 2021

WHERE ARE YOU NOW?,
Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA, 2021
Trans Experimental, Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA, 2021
​International Festival on Experimental Photography - Cameraless Month, Online, 2020
Never Ending Sleepover, Hand Painted Still, 2019
Moore-Cohen, Hand Painted Series, 2018
QFJ, Hand Painted Series, 2018
Congratulations, Hand Painted Series, 2018

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Sorrow Halved, 2019
Fracto Film Encounter, Berlin, German, 2020
Split Videoart Festival, Croatia, 2020
University Film and Video Association Conference, Online, 2020

The House These Words Built, 2018
Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, Hawick, Scotland, 2020
Indie Grits, Columbia, SC, 2020
Cucalorus, Wilmington, NC, 2019
CC48: EDIT Media, Minneapolis, MN, 2019
Poetry As Light & Shadow, Northampton, MA, 2019

Turquoise, 2016
Boston Short Film Festival, Somerville, MA, 2018
Emerson After Dark, Boston, MA, 2018

Rituals, 2016
Huret & Spector Gallery, Boston, MA, 2016

Better Late, 2015
Poetry As Light & Shadow, Northampton, MA, 2019
Student Experimental Film Festival, Binghamton, NY, 2015

Body of Work, 2011
Alumni Film Screening, Wilmington, NC, 2012
Visions Film Festival & Conference, Wilmington, NC, 2012
Praxis Film Festival, Goldsboro, NC, 2012