Shanna
Maurizi

Shanna Maurizi works in experimental photography, sculpture, expanded cinema and film, often at the crossroads of mediums and the intersection of art and science. Her film Sunken Treasure won the Art and Science Award at the 56th Ann Arbor Film Festival, her short film Late Night with Carl Sagan premiered at NewFilmmakers NYC, and she was nominated for Best Emerging Director for her first feature at Visionfest (NYC) in 2011. Her artwork in the gallery context has been shown most recently at LaMaMa Gallery (NYC), and she has been awarded grants and residencies with the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka, the Foundation for Contemporary Art, and the Warhol Foundation among others. As a curator she co-founded several artist run spaces in Oakland CA and in NYC, and she currently co-leads Mothlight Workshops, a 16mm workshop program in Detroit.