Study · San Francisco Art Institute
Graduate critique at SFAI
Alex studied with Orit in a graduate critique seminar during his time at the San Francisco Art Institute.
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Orit Ben-Shitrit
Visual artist · Filmmaker · Choreographer
Connection with Alex
Orit taught Alex in a graduate critique seminar at SFAI. As film department chair, she also invited him to teach a practical workshop on 4K film-editing workflow.
Work & recognition
Projects, programmes and milestones. Each entry explains its relationship and attribution.
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In commonStudy
In commonWorkshop instruction
2022 · Workshop instruction · San Francisco Art Institute
4K Film Editing Workflow
Orit invited Alex to teach a two-hour editing-workflow workshop for the SFAI film community.
Wider workCommission & residency
2014–2017 · Commission & residency · EMPAC · Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Ward of the Feral Horses
An EMPAC DANCE MOViES commission, developed through a 2014 production residency. Ben-Shitrit wrote and directed the film, with choreography by Kate Corby.
Wider workSolo exhibition
2023 · Solo exhibition · Orit Ben-Shitrit · artist exhibition history
Echoes in My Mouth
A solo presentation at The Opening Gallery in New York, listed in the artist’s exhibition history.
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About & links
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Bio
Biography
Orit Ben-Shitrit is a visual artist, filmmaker, choreographer and educator working across moving image, photography and performance. Her projects examine how power operates through bodies, institutions and economic or political systems. She chaired the film department at the San Francisco Art Institute from 2020 to 2022.
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Approach & practice
She uses movement and staged situations in films and installations to consider the pressures that political, religious and economic structures place on individuals.
Experience
Academic role · 2020–2022
Film department at SFAI
Served as chair of film at the San Francisco Art Institute.
Education
2010 · Artis · artist profile
MFA · Hunter College
Completed an MFA at Hunter College in New York in 2010.
Education
Artis
BFA & AAS · Fashion Institute of Technology
Undergraduate degrees documented in her Artis artist biography.
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Artist’s website
Films, installations, exhibitions and biography.
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Ward of the Feral Horses
Explore the film and its full production credits.
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Artis artist profile
Education and exhibition context.
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San Francisco Art Institute
Explore Alex’s graduate-study and teaching context.
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