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Kerstin Schaars

FILM

“Brown Cow”

–semi-finalist, Paris International Short Festival January 2024

"Dinner Bell"

-semi-finalist, Berlin Short Awards March 2024

“Kyrie”

-semi-finalist, Rome International Short Festival April 2024

–semi-finalist, Paris International Short Festival January 2024

–semi-finalist, Chicago Filmmaker Awards November 2023

“Milk Teeth”

–semi-finalist, Chicago Filmmaker Awards November 2023

SHOWS

“Milk Teeth”

Chania International Photography Festival 3-9 August 2023

Chania, Crete (film stills)

“The Dinner Bell”

A Shared Table: On Food, Conviviality and Cultures LoosenArt Gallery Show 17-27 April 2023

 Rome, Italy (short film)

SCULPTURE

“Grace and the Gold Collector”  Kerstin Schaars and Emily Ridings 22 April - 6 May 2022

 Albertine Code Gallery, Chicago (sculpture)

“The Lotus Eaters” Carmen Bernett and Kerstin Schaars 19 - 31 October 2019

Albertine Code Gallery, Chicago (sculpture)

ALBERTINE CODE SALON

Friday Suppers. July 2022 - Informal gatherings over one-pot meals.

“Pasta and Process” Series: Liz Flores, Painter [Canceled due to COVID]

“Pasta and Process” Series: Jacob Adams, Composer and Pianist 29 February 2020

EDUCATION

2009: PhD. Comparative Literature, University of Wisconsin, Madison

2006: M.A. Comparative Literature, University of Wisconsin, Madison

2000: B.A. Comparative Literature and French, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor