Biography
James Autery is a filmaker and photographer based in New York. His current project is a study in stillness bound in a backdrop of motion with the use of video. His previous work had a focus in photojournalism and art photography. Autrey's subjects have included children with autism, train-hoppers, communities in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, a machinist in the Mojave Desert, and a Korean family living in Missouri. His work is focused on the universal inner strength of people, and in the still moments of fleeting life experiences that seem to branch out into their own unending existences.
Autery has had exhibitions with tANJA gRUNERT, The Hudson Eye, Second Ward Foundation, Film Makers Cooperative, Areté Venue and Gallery, Next to Nothing, Hudson Eye, Hudson Hall, Minneapolis Photo Center, and Center for Contemporary Arts Santa Fe. He has been an artist in residence with Second Ward Foundation for three years and was awarded the NYSCA Electronic Media/Film fund in partnership with Wave Farm’s Media Arts Assistance Fund program.
Solo Exhibition
2021 Agnosia, Tanja Grunert Gallery, Hudson, NY
2020 Remnant, Hudson Eye, Hudson, NY
2018 Reverberations, Areté Venue and Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Selected Work, Hudson Opera House, Hudson, NY
Two-Person Exhibition
2018 Carolee Schneeman and James Autery, Second Ward Winter Walk, Hudson, NY
Group Exhibition
2017 Film-Maker’s Coop Paddle8 Art Auction, Next to Nothing Gallery, NYC, NY
2014 With Gentle Wings and a Cohort of Confusion, Private Home, Hudson, NY
2012 The Human Condition: A Survey of Humanity, MPLS Photo Center Minneapolis, MN
2012 Arrhythmic Visions, Center for Contemporary Arts Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
Awards
2019 NYSCA Electronic Media/Film Fund in partnership with Wave Farm’s Media Arts Assistance Fund program
Residency
Second Ward Artist-in-Residence (2018 – Ongoing)
Filmography
Agnosia (2021)
Mantra (2018-21)
Festival Selections and Awards
Official Selection kalakari film fest (2022)
Semi-finalist International Moving Film Festival (2021)
Semi-finalist Dumbo Film Festival (2021)
Best Sound Rome Independent Prisma Awards (May 2021)
Finalist Best Experimental Film Rome Independent Prisma Awards (May 2021)
Commercial Work
TIME, Upstate Diary, Travel + Leisure, Entity Magazine