Fire Emergencies

Kevin Jerome Everson has an MFA from Ohio University and a BFA from the University of Akron and is Professor of Art at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. His work encompasses painting, sculpture, photography, and film—including eleven features and over 200 short form works. Recent retrospectives and solo exhibitions include the Halle für Kunst, Graz, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Tate Modern, London, Centre Pompidou, Paris, and Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul. Everson is the recipient of several awards, grants, and numerous fellowships.

Filmography (selection, starting 2015)

2015 Production Material Handler · A Saturday Night in Mansfield Ohio 2; 2 min. · Grand Finale; 5 min. · Three Quarters; 5 min., Forum Expanded 2015 · Regal Unlimited; 3 min. · Smooth Surface; 3 min. · Three Items a Shelf; 4 min. · Park Lanes; 480 min. · It Seems to Hang On; 20 min. 2016 Oscar at 8903 Empire; 2 min. · 8903 Empire; 480 min. · Auditioning for Nathaniel; 14 min. · Lost Nothing; 4 min. · Threshold Spondee/Discrimination N66#1; 5 min. · Shadeena; 5 min. · Ears, Nose and Throat; 11 min. · We Demand; 4 min., Forum Expanded 2016 2017 Tonsler Park; 82 min. · Brown and Clear; 8 min. · Carrs Down South; 3 min. · R-15; 5 min. · Rams 23 Blue Bears 21; 8 min. 2018 Round Seven; 19 min. · Rhino; 23 min. · Polly One; 6 min. · Polly Two; 12 min. 2019 Traveling Shoes; 7 min., Forum Expanded 2019 · Music from the Edge of Allegheny Plateau; 7 min. · Condor; 8 min. 2020 Recovery; 10 min., Forum Expanded 2020 2021 Lago Gatún; 60 min. · East Technical High School (Rekord); 3 min. · The I and S of Lives; 6 min. · May June July; 8 min., Forum Expanded 2021 · May June July; 8 min. 2022 Weidle’s; 3 min. · Chelsea 5124; 3 min. · Fire Emergencies; 3 min., Forum Expanded 2022 · Fire Emergencies; 3 min. · Patent 1,571,148; 5 min. · Hazel; 24 min. 2023 West Lounge; 5 min. · Hough 66; 7 min. · If You Don’t Watch the Way You Move

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2023