Marcelese Cooper
coopermarcelese@gmail.com
B. 1997 Lakenheath, ENG
Assistant Teaching Professor of Digital Media Production
Gannon School of Communication and the Arts
Gannon University
Education
2022 MFA Studio Art, concentration in Photography and Digital Media, University of Houston, Houston, TX
2019 BA Film Production, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
2019 BA Digital Storytelling, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Group Exhibitions and Screenings
2024 Berlin Indie Film Festival, Berlin Indie Film Festival, Berlin, GER
2024 Third Culture Film Festival New Zealand, TCFF NZ, Tauranga, NZ
2024 Northeast Pennsylvania Film Festival, NEPAFF, Waverly, PA
2024 Film Diary NYC 3.0: The Coldest Winter, Film Diary NYC, New York, NY
2024 Spokane International Film Festival, SpIFF, Spokane, WA
2024 London Experimental, London Experimental, London, ENG
2023 FIBERS + WIRES, FEED Media Art Center, Erie, PA
2023 Subculture Film Festival, Subculture Film Festival, West Palm Beach, FL
2023 REELPoetry 2024, REELPoetry Film Festival, Houston, TX
2022 Cinema Crawl Second Ward, Cinema Crawl, Houston, TX
2022 Film Diary NYC 2.0, Film Diary NYC, New York, NY
2022 Dionysus Film Festival, REC ROOM ARTS, Houston, TX
2022 Night Light, Aurora Picture Show x Buffalo Bayou Partnership, Houston, TX
2022 SURVIVAL MOVEMENTS, Aurora Picture Show, Houston, TX
2022 Location: Houston, REELPoetry Film Festival, Houston, TX
2022 VLM Video Art Social, Hyperreal Film Club, Austin TX
2021 8 Hands: Music of Lowell Liebermann, Moores School of Music, Houston TX
2021 Backyard Film Fest, Backyard Film Fest, Houston TX
2021 VASTLAB 2021, VASTLAB Experimental Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Hold Us Tight, Fresh Eye Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2021 The Space in Between Open Call, Space in Between Gallery, Houston, TX
2021 Left Field V.2, A Community Arts Bandwagon, Twin Cities, MN
2021 Emerge: Journal of The Arts Admin & Policy, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2021 Extremely Shorts Film Fest, Aurora Picture Show, Houston, TX
2021 Burnt Video Art & Experimental Film Fest, Burnt Video Art & Experimental Film Fest, Montreal, Quebec
2021 Reflect/Project, Mid America Arts Alliance, Kansas City, MO
2019 RAW: Houston Presents STELLAR, RAW Natural Born Artists, Houston, TX
2017 Local Filmmaker Shorts Showcase 2017, Ragtag Cinema, Columbia, MO
Grants and Awards
2022 Interchange Artist Grant
2018 Campus Movie Fest 2018 Jury Award
2017 Campus Movie Fest 2017 Jury Award
Community Projects
2023 - Present STORY DRIVE, Independent Project, Erie, PA
2022 STORY DRIVE, Independent Project, Houston, TX
2018 Death and Dying, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Interviews and Publications
2023 Marcelese Cooper: STORY DRIVE @FEEDart, FEED Media Art Center ONLINE
2023 FLOOR LORE VOL. I, Marcelese Cooper, ONLINE
2022 Houston Artists Create Site-Specific Video Work for Buffalo Bayou East Trails, Glasstire, ONLINE
2022 the space in between, w/ Marcelese Cooper, the space in between gallery, ONLINE
2020 Marcelese Cooper: The Ultimate Chase, QUALL-ified: The Movement for the Dreamers, ONLINE
2020 Meet Marcelese Cooper: Visual Artist & Educator, Shoutout HTX, ONLINE
2020 The Moments Proceeding an Ending, Marcelese Cooper, ONLINE