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Jody Lafond
Born1956 (age 68–69)
NationalityAmerican
Known forVideo Art, Documentary

Jody Lafond is an American video artist and documentary filmmaker. From 1990-91 she was the producer of Artwaves, a weekly public-access cable television program in Buffalo, NY.[1]

Early Career

During the winter of 1979, Lafond and her friend Susan Clements attended a performance by the art duo the Kipper Kids. This was her first exposure to performance art.[2]

Lafond received a BA in History from the University at Buffalo in 1986, where a film course started an interest in video and filmmaking. Subsequently, she completed an MAH in Media Studies & Theater from the university.[3]

Exhibitions and Screenings

In 1983, Lafond had a screening of her early work at Hallwalls as part of New Buffalo Video. The program included work by Toni Billoni, Armin Heurich, Debbie Jordan, Brian Springer and Julie Zando.[4] Her videos and documentaries have screened at Art in General, NY Video Festival, the Images Film Festival among others[5]. She is the recipient of a 2001 NYSCA Media Grant and NYFA Video Fellowships in 1988 and 1992.[5] In 1994 Hallwalls conducted a mid-career retrospective of her video work.[6]


References

  1. ^ Ehmke, Ronald; Licata, Elizabeth (1996). Consider the Alternatives: 20 Years of Contemporary Art at Hallwalls. Buffalo, N.Y.: Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center. p. 139. ISBN 0936739207.
  2. ^ Ehmke, Ronald; Licata, Elizabeth (1996). Consider the Alternatives: 20 Years of Contemporary Art at Hallwalls. Buffalo, N.Y.: Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center. p. 12. ISBN 0936739207.
  3. ^ "Jody Lafond > Artists > Burchfield Penney Art Center". www.burchfieldpenney.org. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  4. ^ Ehmke, Ronald; Licata, Elizabeth (1996). Consider the Alternatives: 20 Years of Contemporary Art at Hallwalls. Buffalo, N.Y.: Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center. p. 257. ISBN 0936739207.
  5. ^ a b "Jody Lafond". www.experimentaltvcenter.org. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  6. ^ Ehmke, Ronald; Licata, Elizabeth (1996). Consider the Alternatives: 20 Years of Contemporary Art at Hallwalls. Buffalo, N.Y.: Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center. p. 268. ISBN 0936739207.