Adebukola Bodunrin is a film, video, and installation artist who explores language, culture, and media. In her collage animations, she manipulates film using unorthodox manual and digital techniques in order to produce unexpected cinematic experiences.
Her work has been featured on television series Transparent and Lost LA, which won her an LA Area Emmy award for segment direction. Her work The Golden Chain (a collaboration with Ezra Claytan Daniels, award-winning graphic novelist) is featured in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Her work has been screened at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Images Festival, Anthology Film Archives, the British Film Institute, Redcat Theater, Museum of Contemporary Arts Chicago, Festival Animator, and the Black Cinema House.
Bodunrin completed her Master of Fine Arts at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She lives and works in Chicago.
Image: Adebukola Bodunrin, ...UNTIL ONE DAY..., October 4th 2013, videostill of stop-motion animation, detail featuring pencil sketches on paper, 15sec.
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