Erica Schreiner

Erica Schreiner
Born1983 (age 42–43)
Oregon, US
EducationThe Art Institute of Portland
OccupationsFilmmaker, video artist, performance artist
Websitehttps://ericaschreiner.com/

Erica Schreiner is an American experimental filmmaker, video artist, and performance artist.[1]

Biography

Schreiner was born in 1983[2] in Oregon. She earned a BS in graphic design from the Art Institute of Portland,[1] and she was subsequently awarded a full scholarship to The School of Visual Arts Lens and Screen Arts Residency Program.[3] She studied under Marina Abramović in 2012 for the MoMA PS1 program Summer School 2012,[1][4][5] which also included Steve Paxton and Genesis Breyer P-Orridge.[4] She cites among her influences Maya Deren, Andy Warhol, Cindy Sherman, surrealism, Riot Grrrl, and Czech New Wave.[6]

Career

Schreiner's first short Paper Dress appeared in late 2005,[7] with Schreiner portraying the character of Skye.[8] This soon led to a series The Skye Project in collaboration with director Christopher Tenzis.[8] The films premiered on MySpace, and a total of 23 shorts were completed by 2008, augmented with a website that included blog entries that invited audience feedback and live performances.[9]

Following The Skye Project, Schreiner continued to make short films, including the five-part Disorders Series in 2011 in which she personifies specific mental illnesses.[10][11] Her 2023 short Love Is Power was acquired by MoMA in 2025[12] and screened along with her short film Birth (2022)[13] as part of the series Queer And Uncensored,[12][14] the film portion which she guest curated along with filmmaker MM Serra.[15][16][17][18][19]

Her debut feature-length film Satori was released in 2015,[20][21][22] with her second feature The Special People, which featured a performance from Matthew Silver, following in 2021.[23][24]

Her films have been screened at The Museum of Modern Art,[12][14][15] MoMA PS1,[4] the Hugh Lane Gallery,[25] the Bill Hodges Gallery,[26][27][28] and Nick Knight’s SHOWstudio,[20][29][30] among others.

She has also directed music videos for Toby Goodshank,[31][32] Portland duo Soft Metals,[33][34][35] Vyy,[36] Zac Pennington of Parenthetical Girls’ project Popular Music,[37] The Grasping Straws,[38] and others.

Schreiner will begin shooting an upcoming feature in August 2026 called The Art Commune,[39] co-directed with Brewce Longo.[40][41][42][43]

Schreiner is on the Programming Committee for the Millennium Film Workshop[44][45] and currently sits on the Board Of Advisors for the The Film-Makers' Cooperative.[46]

Artistry

"Schreiner’s work looks and feels like no one else’s; you always know when you are watching an Erica Schreiner video, and in this sense she is the definition of a true auteur." - Matt McKinzie, The Film-Makers' Cooperative[47]

SHOWstudio calls Schreiner "a Millenial Maya Deren" and describes her feature Satori as "mus[ing] on the commodification of art, the need for financial survival and the value of personal belongings."[48] Of her work, Schreiner says she "invent[s] worlds that are ethereal, sensual and ritualistic" while "urg[ing] the viewer to consider alternate realities from the current cultural paradigm and to locate peace within a technologically inundated and capitalistic/patriarchal culture."[6] She films on VHS as her primary medium.[6] Schreiner cites among her influences Maya Deren, Andy Warhol, Cindy Sherman, surrealism, Riot Grrrl, and Czech New Wave.[6]

Solo exhibitions

2011

  • Dessert & Disorders | The Disorders Series (2011), Bill Hodges Gallery, Manhattan, New York[26]

2015

  • MOONSEED, Eckhaus Gallery, Kutztown, PA

2023

  • Erica Schreiner: Feminine Transgressions, Bill Hodges Gallery, Manhattan, New York[49][28]

2024

  • God is Woman, New Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
  • Sensory Archive, Xposed on the Highline, Manhattan High Line, Manhattan, New York[50]

2025

2026

  • Of Living Deliciously, Lola Gallery, Los Angeles, CA[51]

Selected group exhibitions

2008

2010

  • Un-Interrupted, exhibition with Sol Kjøk, Bill Hodges Gallery, Manhattan, New York[27]
  • ArcheTime Film Festival, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Manhattan, New York

2012

2020

  • ULTRAcinema Film Festival, Mexico City, Mexico
  • Essex DocFest, Essex, England, United Kingdom, Official Selection: Quarantine Films
  • Berlin Underground Film Festival, Berlin, Germany, Nomination: Best Performance Art Film
  • Bump’n’Grind Film Festival, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Award: Best Performance in an Art Film

2021

  • The Film and Video Poetry Society, Pasadena, CA, Official Selection: The 2021 Film and Video Poetry Symposium [52]
  • G Independent Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia

2022

  • Experimental Film & Video, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea

2023

  • International Experimental Film and Video Festival, Bideodromo, Bilbao, Spain
  • I’ll Be Your Mirror, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, Ireland[25]

2025

  • Queer + Uncensored, Museum of Modern Art, Manhattan, New York[15][16][17][18][19]
  • Bogota Experimental Film Festival, CineAutopsia, Bogotá, Colombia
  • Hungarian Experimental Film Festival, Kaleideszkop Haz, Esztergom, Hungary
  • EMAMI Art Experimental Film Festival, Kolkata, India, Official Selection: International

2026

Filmography

Films

Year Title Notes
2015 Satori
2021 The Special People
TBA The Art Commune In production; co-director Brewce Longo

Short films

Year Title Notes
2005 Paper Dress The Skye Project
2006 Chocolate Bunny The Skye Project
2006 Sick The Skye Project
2006 Genetically Altered The Skye Project
2006 Song The Skye Project
2006 Home The Skye Project
2006 New Friend The Skye Project
2006 Cake The Skye Project
2006 Birthday The Skye Project
2007 The Light Game
2007 Stencil
2007 Strawberry Milk
2007 Math The Skye Project
2007 House Sitting The Skye Project
2007 Performance The Skye Project
2007 Gift The Skye Project
2008 Paper Cup
2008 Ohio
2008 Sauce
2008 Lover
2008 Thistle
2008 'Tis The Season The Skye Project, director Chris Tenzis
2008 Red Rover The Skye Project
2008 Vegging Out The Skye Project
2008 Alice The Skye Project
2008 Families The Skye Project
2008 Call The Skye Project
2008 Light-Up Shoes The Skye Project
2008 President The Skye Project
2009 Ballerina
2009 Sunbeam
2009 Your Poverty
2009 Sleepy Girl
2010 Wonder
2010 Pulp
2010 Anne
2010 Dance
2011 Erase The Disorders Series
2011 Evidence The Disorders Series
2011 Smolder The Disorders Series
2011 Nectar The Disorders Series
2011 Echo The Disorders Series
2012 Debris
2012 Mirror, Mirror, Mirror
2012 Metamorphisis
2013 Suspension
2013 Dear God,
2013 Fractured: Parts 1 - 7 SHOWstudio
2013 Jam SHOWstudio
2013 The Tale of the Bravest Warrior SHOWstudio
2014 Dirty Pictures
2014 30
2015 Let
2015 Arrows
2015 Untitled
2015 MOONSEED
2016 Learning
2016 One Awareness
2016 The Special People
2016 Artist Video Portrait Series 44 videos of 1 min. in length each
2016 Alchemy
2016 Unopened Opened
2016 Yoke
2017 The Plastic Sea
2017 All The King's Horses
2017 Bleed
2017 Sometime
2017 Wish
2018 Soft
2018 God Never Gives You More Than You Can Handle
2018 Arrangement in Blue and Gold No.1
2018 Secret
2018 Contaminate
2019 Come
2020 BYE DAD
2020 Tomorrow
2020 Recess
2020 Q/U/A/R/I/N/T/I/N/E
2022 Blue Transcendence
2022 Birth
2023 Archipelago
2023 Love Is Power
2023 The Empress The Tarot Project
2023 The High Priestess The Tarot Project
2023 The Magician The Tarot Project
2023 The Fool The Tarot Project
2024 Photosynthesis
2024 Held
2024 Art for Heartbreak
2024 Goodbye: A Ritual
2024 Hold
2025 Smoke
2026 Providence
2026 The Escape

Music videos

Year Artist Title
2008 Prussia "Painting Over You and Me"
2011 Soft Metals "Psychic Driving"
2011 JF Robitaille "When We Say Goodbye"
2013 Soft Metals "On A Cloud"
2014 Soft Metals "No Turning Back"
2017 Vyy "Ardorous Gyre"
2017 Feirro Ex Machina "Annealing the Unprecious Ore"
2018 The Johns "Blood Run Free"
2020 The Grasping Straws "Help"
2020 The Johns "Wistful: Parts 1+2"
2021 Toby Goodshank "Tara"
2021 Popular Music "Somewhere"
2023 Lloyd Daylight "Stargate"
2025 Toby Goodshank "Chariot Year"
2025 Preston Spurlock "The Pain Is Universal"

References

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  5. 1 2 4^RxR#2#GuC$ (2012-10-09), Marina Abramovic & Erica Schreiner, retrieved 2026-08-06{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  8. 1 2 "The Skye Project IMDB Page".
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  10. ↑ "The Disorders Series". IMDB.
  11. ↑ "Dessert & Disorders | 2 June - 2 July 2011 - Installation Views". Bill Hodges Gallery. Retrieved 2026-08-12.
  12. 1 2 3 "Queer and Uncensored: Art(core) | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  13. ↑ "Birth - Erica Schreiner - The Film-Makers' Cooperative". film-makerscoop.com. 2022. Retrieved 2026-08-06.
  14. 1 2 "Queer and Uncensored: Bodyscapes". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
  15. 1 2 3 "Queer and Uncensored | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2026-07-24.
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  32. ↑ AnalogCinema (2021-04-23). Tara by Toby Goodshank | OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO. Retrieved 2026-08-10 – via YouTube.
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  34. ↑ PinkSkye1983 (2011-12-08). Soft Metals - Psychic Driving. Retrieved 2026-08-10 – via YouTube.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  36. ↑ Alexandra Fierra (2017-12-04). Vyy - Death of Imagery (Segment). Retrieved 2026-08-10 – via YouTube.
  37. ↑ Popular Music (2021-02-14). Popular Music Plays Somewhere. Retrieved 2026-08-10 – via YouTube.
  38. ↑ AnalogCinema (2020-12-21). Help by The Grasping Straws (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) by Erica Schreiner. Retrieved 2026-08-10 – via YouTube.
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