About
Deborah Stratman
Overview
Deborah Stratman is a Chicago-based artist and filmmaker interested in landscapes and systems. Her films, rather than telling stories, pose a series of problems – and through their at times ambiguous nature, allow for a complicated reading of the questions being asked. Much of her work points to the relationships between physical environments and the very human struggles for power and control that are played out on the land. Most recently, they have questioned elemental historical narratives about faith, freedom, sonic subterfuge, expansionism and the paranormal. Stratman works in multiple mediums, including sculpture, photography, drawing and audio. She has exhibited internationally at venues including the Whitney Biennial, MoMA NY, the Pompidou, Hammer Museum, Witte de With, Walker Art Center, Yerba Buena Center, and has done site-specific projects with the Center for Land Use Interpretation, Temporary Services, Mercer Union (Toronto), Blaffer Gallery (Houston), Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (Yukon) and Ballroom Gallery (Marfa). Stratman’s films have been featured at numerous international festivals including Sundance, the Viennale, Full Frame, Ann Arbor, Oberhausen and Rotterdam. She is the recipient of Fulbright and Guggenheim fellowships, a Creative Capital award, and she currently teaches at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Known for
Directing |
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2023 | Vever (For Barbara) | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2023 | Otherhood | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2023 | Last Things | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2021 | Laika | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2021 | Deborah Stratman to Nancy Holt: For the Time Being | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2018 | Optimism | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2016 | Xenoi | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2016 | The Illinois Parables | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2014 | Second Sighted | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2014 | Hacked Circuit | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2013 | Immortal, Suspended | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2013 | Musical Insects | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2012 | Village, Silenced | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2011 | These Blazeing Starrs! | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2010 | The Name is not the Thing named | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2010 | FF | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2010 | Shrimp Chicken Fish | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2010 | Ray's Birds | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2010 | Kuyenda N'kubvina (Walking Is Dancing) | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2009 | O'er the Land | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2007 | The Magician's House | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2007 | It Will Die Out in the Mind | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2005 | How Among the Frozen Words She Found Some Odd Ones | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2004 | Kings of the Sky | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2002 | In Order Not to Be Here | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2001 | Untied | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1999 | The BLVD | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1997 | From Hetty to Nancy | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1996 | On the Various Nature of Things | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
Susurrati | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
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Energy Country | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
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Writing |
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2023 | Last Things | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2018 | Optimism | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
2016 | The Illinois Parables | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
2014 | Hacked Circuit | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
2010 | Ray's Birds | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
2009 | O'er the Land | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
1999 | The BLVD | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
Production |
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2023 | Vever (For Barbara) | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
2023 | Last Things | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
2016 | The Illinois Parables | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
2010 | Ray's Birds | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
Sound |
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2023 | Vever (For Barbara) | Sound | Sound | 59 Average |
2023 | Otherhood | Sound | Sound Designer | N/A N/A |
2021 | Deborah Stratman to Nancy Holt: For the Time Being | Sound | Music | N/A N/A |
2018 | Optimism | Sound | Sound Designer | 59 Average |
2018 | Optimism | Sound | Sound Recordist | 59 Average |
2016 | The Illinois Parables | Sound | Sound Designer | 59 Average |
2014 | Hacked Circuit | Sound | Sound Designer | 59 Average |
2013 | Immortal, Suspended | Sound | Sound Designer | N/A N/A |
2010 | The Name is not the Thing named | Sound | Sound Designer | N/A N/A |
2010 | Shrimp Chicken Fish | Sound | Sound Designer | N/A N/A |
2010 | Ray's Birds | Sound | Sound Editor | 59 Average |
2002 | In Order Not to Be Here | Sound | Sound Designer | 59 Average |
Camera |
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2023 | Otherhood | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
2023 | Last Things | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
2018 | Optimism | Camera | Camera Operator | 59 Average |
2018 | Optimism | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
2013 | Immortal, Suspended | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
2010 | The Name is not the Thing named | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
2010 | Shrimp Chicken Fish | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
2010 | Ray's Birds | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
2004 | Los Angeles Plays Itself | Camera | Director of Photography | 60 Fair |
2002 | In Order Not to Be Here | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
Crew |
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2021 | Deborah Stratman to Nancy Holt: For the Time Being | Crew | Cinematography | N/A N/A |
2016 | The Illinois Parables | Crew | Cinematography | 59 Average |
1999 | The BLVD | Crew | Cinematography | 59 Average |
Editing |
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2023 | Vever (For Barbara) | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2023 | Otherhood | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2023 | Last Things | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2021 | Deborah Stratman to Nancy Holt: For the Time Being | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2018 | Optimism | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2016 | The Illinois Parables | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2014 | Second Sighted | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2013 | Immortal, Suspended | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2010 | The Name is not the Thing named | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2010 | Shrimp Chicken Fish | Editing | Editor | N/A N/A |
2010 | Ray's Birds | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
2002 | In Order Not to Be Here | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |
1999 | The BLVD | Editing | Editor | 59 Average |