Ja'Tovia Gary
Ja'Tovia M. Gary (born 1984 in Dallas, Texas) is an American artist and filmmaker living and working in Brooklyn, New York
Exhibitions
Gary's work has screened at festivals including Frameline LGBTQ Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival, New Orleans Film Festival, Toronto Inside Out Festival, Gdansk Animation Festival, BlackStar Film Festival, Tampere Film Festival, and Ann Arbor Film Festival. She has exhibited at cultural institutions worldwide including the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the Museum of Modern Art (NYC), the Brooklyn Museum, ICA Boston, MoMA PS1, among others. In 2017 Gary was named one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Filmmaking from Filmmaker Magazine.[1]
In 2008 Gary appeared in Grand Theft Auto IV as Cherise Glover, the random character.[citation needed]
Permanent collections
Gary's work is part of The Whitney Museum of American Art's permanent collection.[2]
Filmography
Documentaries
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Sound Rite | Writer, director |
| 2013 | Cakes Da Killa: No Homo | Writer, director |
| 2015 | An Ecstatic Experience | Writer, director |
| 2017 | The Evidence of Things Not Seen[3] | Writer, director |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Ann Arbor Film Festival | Audience Awards | Cakes Da Killa: NO HOMO | Won | [4] |
References
- ^ "Ja'Tovia Gary, 25 New Faces of Independent Film 2017 | Filmmaker Magazine". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
- ^ http://collection.whitney.org/artist/17572/Ja'ToviaGary
- ^ "The Evidence of Things Not Seen". Tribeca Film Institute.
- ^ "52nd AAFF Audience Award Winners". Ann Arbor Film Festival. July 10, 2014.