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Kerstin Schaars

FILM
“Brown Cow”
–semi-finalist, Paris International Short Festival January 2024
"Dinner Bell"
-semi-finalist, Berlin Short Awards March 2024
“Kyrie”
-semi-finalist, Rome International Short Festival April 2024
–semi-finalist, Paris International Short Festival January 2024
–semi-finalist, Chicago Filmmaker Awards November 2023
“Milk Teeth”
–semi-finalist, Chicago Filmmaker Awards November 2023


SHOWS
“Milk Teeth”
Chania International Photography Festival 3-9 August 2023
Chania, Crete (film stills)


“The Dinner Bell”
A Shared Table: On Food, Conviviality and Cultures LoosenArt Gallery Show 17-27 April 2023
 Rome, Italy (short film)


SCULPTURE
“Grace and the Gold Collector”  Kerstin Schaars and Emily Ridings                          22 April - 6 May 2022 Albertine Code Gallery, Chicago (sculpture)

“The Lotus Eaters” Carmen Bernett and Kerstin Schaars                                         19 - 31 October 2019 Albertine Code Gallery, Chicago (sculpture)


ALBERTINE CODE SALON
Friday Suppers. July 2022 - Informal gatherings over one-pot meals.
“Pasta and Process” Series: Liz Flores, Painter [Canceled due to COVID]
“Pasta and Process” Series: Jacob Adams, Composer and Pianist 29 February 2020


EDUCATION
2009: PhD. Comparative Literature, University of Wisconsin, Madison
2006: M.A. Comparative Literature, University of Wisconsin, Madison
2000: B.A. Comparative Literature and French, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor