Sonja
Schenk
Email: sonja@sonjaschenk.com
Born: Los Angeles, California; 1965
Nationality: American and Swiss
EXHIBITIONS
2006 Santa Monica Fine Arts Studio • Santa Monica, CA • Solo show .................. ...............SM Fine Arts Studios • Santa Monica, CA • annual exhibition
2005 SM Fine Arts Studios • Santa Monica, CA • annual exhibition.................. ...............Arthouse, “Erotica” • Echo Park, CA • group show
2004 SM Fine Arts Studios • Santa Monica, CA • annual exhibition.
MULTIMEDIA INSTALLATIONS aND PERFORMANCES
1992 USC Graduate Showcase • “Termino”• film screening • Los Angeles, CA
1989 AFI Festival “Brecht on Brecht” • video screening • Los Angeles, CA
1988 Artists’ Space “Mini-video: Four Installations” • New York, NY
...............New Langton Arts “Mini-video: Four Installations” • San Francisco, CA
Ono FRCgallery “TV Revolutions” • video installation • San Diego, CA
1987 UCSD “TV Revolutions” • video installation • annual student show • San Diego
...............Playskool • Performance art/live painting • San Diego, CA
...............Jigsaw • Performance art/live painting • San Diego, CA
FILM AND VIDEO DIRECTOR
“4am” (2003, 6min., video)
“The Secret World of Lionel Channing” (2003, 5 min. video)
“The Idea Exchange: 24 animated shorts” (2000, flash animation)
“Quokka Sports: Marathon des Sables” (1999, internet/multimedia)
“Cubic Zirconia” (1992, 12min. film)
“Pacified” (1991, 4min, film)
“Termino” (1990, 12min, film)
“Brecht on Brecht” (1987, 30min, video)
“Mini-video: Four Installations” (1987, 30min., video installation) with .DeeDee Halleck, ...........sponsored by Sony, Inc.
“TV Revolutions” (1987, video installation)
WRITER
Immersion (2004, feature-length screenplay)
The Chemist (2002, feature-length screenplay)
The Digital Filmmaking Handbook (2000-2005, 1st, 2nd and 3rd ed.)
The Desktop Nonlinear Editing Handbook (2002, 1st ed.)
The Space Inbetween (1998, with multimedia artist Marc Lafia)
Synth (1995,feature-length screenplay)
Fly Me (1994, feature-length screenplay)
Skin Trade (1993, feature-length screenplay)
MacWeek Magazine (1991-2002, contributing writer)
FILM AND VIDEO EDITOR
30 Days (2006) “Episode 1: Jail with Morgan Spurlock”, FX
The Bachelor (2003-2005), ABC
The Apprentice (2005) Mark Burnett Productions, NBC
Britney Baby, One More Time (2002) Feature film, 2002 Sundance Film Festival, 2002 .. .....Rotterdam Film Festival, 2002 San Francisco Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Tuesday Morning Coffee (2002) Feature film
A&E Biography (1994-2003)
Knights/Les Chevaliers (1998) 6-part documentary series, Canal+/BBC
The Late Show BBC (1993) One-hour documentary, BBC
The United States of Television (1992) 6-part doc. series, Channel 4
AWARDS AND HONORS
Chesterfield Fellowship, quarter-finalist (1994)
National Merit Scholar (1983)
University of California Merit Scholarship (1983)
National Charity League Scholarship (1983)
Rossmoor Women’s Club scholarship (1983)
PUBLICATIONS
NY Arts Magazine (Jan/Feb 2007)
COLLECTIONS
Adam & Tracy Rossman
Matthew & Deborah Irmas
Betzi Richardson
Jeff Becko
Poppy Das
Eva Wilson
Raphael LeBrun
Cynthia Wood
EDUCATION
USC, Los Angeles, MFA, Film production, 1992
UCSD, La Jolla, BA, Communications & Visual Arts, cum laude 1987
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, curatorial intern 1987
Université de Bordeaux, France; UC Education Abroad Program, 1986
LANGUAGES
English, French, Spanish; some German & Italian
