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email: erakhilkina@gmail.com
cell: +1 (512) 850-0630
pronouns: they/them
You can inquire about ordering one of the prints displayed on this website in the Still section, commissioning a personal photoshoot, and getting film directing services for a narrative or a commercial project.
The artist is also open to any general questions.
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
2023 - University of Washington — Master of Fine Arts, School of Art + Art History + Design (Photo+Media)
2018 - New York University, Tisch School of Arts — Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film & TV Production
AWARDS & SELECTIONS
- 2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition Award (Ingham)
- de Cillia Teaching with Excellence Award nomination
- 2022-23 Gonzales Graduate Student Scholarship for Excellence in Photo/Media
Panelist with the paper Queer Extremities of the Body Politic at the 2nd International Trans Studies conference at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, September 2024
Filmmaking Awards & Selections:
2021 - New Flesh for the Old Ceremony short film
- Audience Award for Best Short Film at Reeling: Chicago Queer Film Festival
- Best Short Film Award Winner at LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival
- Best LGBTQ+ Filmmaker Award Winner at Sappho Film Festival
- Best Short Film at Sandbar International Film Awards
- Best Experimental Short at Atlanta Horror Film Festival
- Best LGBT Film Winner at Mabig Film Festival
Official Selection at Wicked Queer: Boston's LGBTQ Film Festival, NewFest, FilmFest Dresden, Festival Cinépride, Oregon Scream Week Horror Film Festival, Berlin Flash Film Festival, Arc Film Festival, Rio LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, Lesflicks Cinema at LFEST, HIVE: International Short Film Days, PrideFlix, Scottish Queer International Film Festival, Final Girls Berlin Film Festival, The Bush Films, Latest Visions, Las Vegas Queer Arts Film Festival, Shockfest Film Festival, Peephole Film Festival, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, New Renaissance Film Festival (Amsterdam), QueerX, The Palace International Film Festival, International Queer Film Festival Playa del Carmen, Brooklyn Women’s Film Festival, Trans Stellar Film Festival, Cuidad De Mexico Film Festival, Seattle Queer Film Festival, aGLIFF, Vancouver Queer Film Festival, qFLIX, FilmPride - Brighton & Hove, 180 Berlin FilmFest, LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival, Out on Film, SaFFlicks.
2020 - Polly short film
- Honorable mention at Santa Monica Film Festival
- Official Selection at Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival
2018 - And Woman Will Inherit the World short film
Official selection at Trinity Film Festival, Eve’s Ribs Film Festival, In-Short Film Festival
2018 - Sleepy short film
- Best Female Director Award Winner at Moscow Indie Film Festival
Selected Filmmaking Highlights:
2017-present Film Director, Producer & Sound Designer (New York, NY/Austin, TX/Seattle, WA)
Non-commercial clients include:
Museum of Modern Art (NYC), High Line (NYC), Brooklyn Museum, Tate Modern (London, UK), Tourmaline, Associated Press, Wu-Tang Clan, Pyer Moss, Ryan Murphy’s TV show Pose, National Council for Behavioral Health, Keanu Reeves, Olympia Dukakis, Indya Moore & Angelica Ross
Commercial clients include:
Coca Cola, Regal Cinemas, L’Oreal, Victoria’s Secret, Pukka, Amazon, Uber, LinkedIn, Express
My films' sound designs premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Outfest, and HollyShorts, were showcased on Times Square (New York, USA) billboards, and are featured on HBO Max.
SHOWS
2024 - Pretty Galleries Burn Pretty at Hometeam Gallery (Seattle, USA)
2024 - Locals Only Program at SIFF Film Center programmed by the Seattle Film Society (USA)
2024 - Can Love Bloom on the Battlefield? Queer Extremities of the Body Politic at Slip Gallery (Seattle, USA)
2024 - Quotidian Queer at North Seattle College (Seattle, USA)
2023 - Failure at The Vestibule (Seattle, USA)
2023 - Lover Boy at The Fishbowl (Seattle, USA)
2023 - Alter/Altar at The Cherry Pit (Seattle, USA)
2023 - Caretaker at the University of Washington Art Building (Seattle, USA)
2023 - MFA Graduate Show at The Henry Art Gallery (Seattle, USA)
2022 - Travelling Jake at Soil Gallery (Seattle, USA)
2022 - Fun Size/Party Size at The University of Washington Art Building (Seattle, USA)
2021 - Artists' Fair at RUARTS Foundation (Moscow, Russia)
2021 - SHAME at Artburst Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
2021 - Westhafen Artist Summer at Westhafen (Leipzig, Germany)
2021 - Distance at Lacuna Festivals 2021 (Lanzarote, Canary Islands)
2021 - Contrasts presented by LoosenArt at Millepiani (Rome, Italy)
2021 - Intĭm ~ us at Jardino (Milan, Italy)
2021 - Color Blind at Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut (Danbury, USA)
2021 - Persist, Persevere, Be at IncuArts Gallery (San Francisco, USA)
2021 - Genesis at Holy Art Gallery (London, UK)
2021 - SHE/HER Analogue at Blink Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
2018 - The Print Swap at ROOT Studios (New York, USA)
2018 - The Inner Space Between Us at Allouche Gallery (New York, USA)
ART JOBS
2024 - Translations Film Festival Panelist, Seattle, USA
2022-2023 - Instructor of Record in Photography at The University of Washington, Seattle, USA
2023 - Visiting artist for a student critique Interdisciplinary Arts Honors Program at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA
2023 & 2024 - Cinemaholics (Russian film publication) press correspondent at Seattle International Film Festival, USA
2023 - Juror for the Short Film Category at Reeling: Chicago Queer Film Festival
PUBLICATIONS
2021 - Deconstructing the Patriarchy photography collection for wendy.network zine
2021 - photography feature on artweblist
2018 - Parting Gifts music video for The American Buffalo on watchmeexplode