Kevin Everson A Week in the Hole

Kevin Everson

Kevin Everson’s films are performative explorations into African American culture. Since 1995, he has created numerous movies, including Avenues, Second Shift, and Adult Material; often these are created in conjunction with visual art installations or paintings. Everson’s work has been screened at the Sundance Film Festival, the Athens International Film Festival, London’s International Centre of the Arts, and the South by Southwest Film Festival. He has won fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Ohio Arts Council. His visual art has been exhibited at the Whitney, the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, and throughout Europe.

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Awards & Accomplishments

  • 2012

    Award

    Everson wins the 2012 Alpert Award for Film/Video

  • 2012

    Whitney Biennial

    Everson is included in the 2012 Whitney Biennial

  • 2012

    Film Festival

    Everson screens work at the International Film Festival Rotterdam

  • 2011

    Exhibition

    Everson’s work is featured in More Than That: Films by Kevin Jerome Everson at the Whitney Museum of American Art

  • 2010

    Award

    Everson’s new film, Erie, receives Migrating Forms jury selection for Best Long Form Work

  • 2003

    Rotterdam Film Festival presentation

    A program of Everson’s short films are presented at the Rotterdam Film Festival

  • 2003

    Residency

    Everson receives MacDowell Colony Residency

  • 2005

    Premiere

    Spicebush premieres at the Sundance Film Festival

  • 2008

    Whitney Biennial

    Everson is featured in the Whitney Biennial

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