Bio
Diana Heise is a multidisciplinary research-based artist, writer and social practitioner.
I am a recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship in the Creative and Performing Arts, a Performance Art Fund Grant from the Franklin Furnace Inc. as well as a Presidential Fellowship at the American University in Cairo.
My work has been exhibited in galleries and festivals internationally, including the Brooklyn Museum, Governor's Island, the Film Anthology Archives, Arte Laguna Prize at the Venice Arsannale, Oriel Myrddin Gallery in Wales, Cantor Art Center at Stanford University, and the Institut Français de Maurice, among others.
My films have screened at the New York Underground Film Festival, Ethnografilm Paris Film Festival, High Falls Film Festival, Big Muddy Film Festival, the Visible Verse Festival and Black Maria Film Festival, among others. I have participated in residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, the Visual Art Center of New Jersey, Open Wabi, ArteSumapaz and the Wassaic Project.
I have spoken about my work at venues such as the Parsons School of Art and Design, Stanford University and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. My scholarly writing has been published in Ephemeral Coast from Vernon Press, Connecting Continents: Archaeology and History in the Indian Ocean from Ohio University Press and Global and Local Art Histories from Cambridge Scholar’s Press, among others.
After my Fulbright fellowship, I have served as a Fulbright alumni ambassador, represented the organization at national conferences including College Art Association and African Studies Conference and served on the jury for the Filmmaking student Fulbright grant. I hold a MFA in Photography, Video and Related Media from the School of Visual Arts in New York, NY and a BA in Art History from Vassar College.
I am Full Professor and Chair of Photography and Filmmaking at the Kansas City Art Institute. I live and work in Kansas City, MO and North Hero, VT.
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