BIOGRAPHY
Graciela Cassel was born in Argentina and currently lives in New York. She earned an MA in Studio Art from New York University and received an MFA from School of Visual Arts. Cassel recently presented her installations at Museo del Barrio, Sothebys and BRAC. Her videos received international awards and were screened in more than forty international festivals. Rivers received the NYC Queens Arts Fund in 2016. She recently received another Award Grant NYC form Queens Arts Fund in 2020. Citylife II was selected in twenty festivals. In 2019 Citytlife II recently received: Best Experimental Picture and Best Sound design awards.
EXHIBITION HISTORY
2018 Exhibition History Projects:
2018 Evening Red 2018. Curated by Melinda Wang, Museum Ship Lilac, New York
2018 May Contain Moving Parts, Museo del Barrio, New York
2018 Rivers, Buffalo, Niagara Film Festival, USA
2018 Rivers,
2018 Directors Circle Festival Shorts, USA
2018 Rivers, Best Experimental Short Film, American Filmatic Awards, Sept.2018, USA 2018 Rivers. Special Mention. One Reeler Short Film Competition, California
2018 Rivers, Award Winner, Amsterdam International Film Festival
2018 Rivers, The IndieFEST Film Awards, Award Winner, La Jolla.
2018 Rivers, Cannes Latitude Film Festival & Script Contest
2018 Oceans, International Independent Film Awards. Bronze Award Winner,
2019 Exhibition History Projects:
2019 Weather the Weather, Hall of Science, curated by SciArt Initiative, New York
2019 Evening Red 2019. Curated by Melinda Wang, Museum Ship Lilac, New York
2019 Blindfolded. White Cube Gallery, New York Selected Group Shows
2019. Inversions: Contemporary Art Inspired by the
Architecture of Louis Kahn, curated by Melinda
Wang
2019. Syncope, Bronx BRAC,Center for the Arts,
curated by Kathie Halfin
2019 Through the Window, Bienal Sur, curated by
Jorge Zuzulich, Argentina
2019 Soft Riots, curated by The Hive, New York
2019 Dreaming Clouds, LATEA , curated by Finn Leon
& Angelica Maria Pulido
2019 Where Do We Come From? Where Are We Going? curated by Finn Leong and Carley Nolan at
Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York
2019 Oneiric Receiver, Julia Santoli’s, Trevor Saint in “Siren Sore” at Issue Room, New York. Honors and Awards
2019 Rivers, New Vision International Film Festival, Amsterdam
2019 Rivers, Sydney short Film Festival
2019 Rivers, The Joy House, Australia
2019 Rivers, Closeup. Edinburg Docufest
2019 Citylife 2. Best Visual Effects, London
2019 Citylife 2. Best Artistic Film Award Madrid, Spain
2019 Citylife 2. Selected World Wide Festival, LA.
2019 Citylife 2. Selected World Cinema Milan Festival
2019 Citylife 2. Selected for Euro Film Festival Geneva
2019 Citylife 2- Selected Austria International Film Festival
2019 Citylife 2- Venice-Mosut-Filmfest, Italy
2019 Citylife 2- World Film Fair, USA
2019 Citylife 2- Kyiv Film Festival, Ukraine
2019 Citylife 2- Amsterdam World International Film Festival, Nederland 2019 Citylife 2- Malta Film Festival
2019 Citylife 2- Austria International Film Festival
2019 Citylife 2- Eurovision Palermo Festival, Italy
2019 Citylife 2- Rome Film Awards, Italy
2019 In the Sky, Voce Spettacolo Film Festival, Italy
2019 In the Sky-Dublin Film Festival, England
2019 In the Sky- Venice Mosut Festival, Italy
2019 In the Sky- Rome Film Awards, Italy
2019 In the Sky-Amsterdam World Film Festival, Nederland’s
2019 Light Dreams Inside Out. BRAC, Bronx Center for the Arts, NY
2019 Light Dreams Inside Out. IndieFEST Film. Award of Recognition. California
2019 Light Dreams Inside Out. Amsterdam World Film Festival, Nederland’s
2019 Light Dreams Inside Out. Annual CPH Film Festival, Copenhagen
2019 Light Dreams Inside Out. Euro Film Festival, Geneva
2019 Light Dreams Inside Out, The Joy House, Australia
CONTACTS
Email: gcgracielacassel[@]gmail.com