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Greg Bordowitz

Associate Professor, Film, Video, and New Media at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Studied: New York University; Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, NY; School of Visual Arts, NY. Concurrent position: Faculty, Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.

Exhibitions/ Screenings: The Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago; New York Jewish Film Festival; PBS broadcast; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Sundance Film Festival; Whitney Biennial, NY. Awards: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship; Jerome Foundation Grant; Art Matters Grant; New York State Council for the Arts Distribution Grant; Banff Centre for the Arts Residency; Rockefeller Intercultural Film/Video Arts Fellowship.

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Greg Bordowitz is Associate Professor of Film, Video, and New Media at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; he studied at New York University, the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program (NY), and the School of Visual Arts (NY), and holds a concurrent faculty position at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. His exhibitions and screenings include The Gene Siskel Film Center (Chicago), the New York Jewish Film Festival, PBS broadcast, the Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago), the Sundance Film Festival, and the Whitney Biennial (NY); his awards include a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, Jerome Foundation Grant, Art Matters Grant, New York State Council for the Arts Distribution Grant, Banff Centre for the Arts Residency, and Rockefeller Intercultural Film/Video Arts Fellowship.

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