Mary Billyou
Glendale Upholstery 2022
Black & white inkjet print on Hahnemuhle paper
22” x 15”
(unframed)
Mary Billyou (born Hartford, CT) is a lens-based artist whose work examines the archive, affect, and landscape. Her films have been screened internationally at venues including: Ambulante, Antimatter, Art in General, CROSSROADS Film Festival, Film Mutations, Images Festival, The New Museum, Spectacle Theater, Sundance, and White Box Gallery. Billyou’s work has been noted in publications including Artforum, Artnet, Octopus Journal, and The New York Times. She is the recipient of awards from The New York State Council for the Arts, The Jerome Foundation and The Black Maria Film Festival. Her films are held at The Getty Institute, Video Data Bank, and The Film Coop. In addition to cinema screenings, Billyou’s work has been installed at Art in General, Rotunda Gallery, and A.I.R. Gallery. Billyou received her MFA in Film, Video, and New Media from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and attended The Whitney Independent Study Program in 2004.
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