Heidi Stokes

Born: Dover

Lives: London

Education

MA Fine Art. Central St Martins 2001

Contact: heidistokes2001@yahoo.co.uk

Short biography: Heidi Stokes, who completed an MA in Fine Art at Central St Martins in 2001, has been involved in various artistic projects. One of her notable works, 'Swim to work,' was a finalist for the BOC emerging artist awards in 2005. Heidi has screened her work nationally and internationally, including at prestigious institutions such as the ICA, Barbican, and Watershed in Bristol. She has also been selected for several film festivals recognized by Bafta. In 2017, her film 'For Ray' was shortlisted for the Animation NOW finalists and was showcased on the Pompidou Centre website as part of the "MON ŒIL" series.

2024

The Alpine Fellowship Visual Arts Prize 2024: shortlisted from 50 entries out of 1,800 applicants from around the worldhttps://alpinefellowship.com/visual-art-prize

2023

Pick of the week ON LABOCINE : “Unhindered AI” https://www.labocine.com/films/unhindered-ai

Labocine is a singular, ever-evolving, hybrid streaming platform that showcases science in cinema in all its flavours, challenging stereotypes in scientific representation and celebrating diversity in form and content.

Kings College London : Screening “ Unhindered AI” Wednesday 11th October Date: Wednesday, 11/10/2023 Time: 18:00-19.30 followed by a reception Address: King's College London, Strand Campus, London, WC2R 2LS Room: Level 6, Anatomy Lecture Theatre K6.29, King's Building Hosted by the Department of Digital Humanities.

Fourth Wall Folkestone: A Retrospective. /Exhibition Opening Hours: Fri 08 Sep 7-9pm, Sat 09 – Mon 11 Sep 12-4pm

Folkestone Fringe and FAIL Institute (Fine Arts Institute Leipzig) Sunday 29 July between 4pm and 8pm Urban Room Folkestone

‘Unhindered AI ’ A collaboration between Heidi Stokes ( Artist/ Animator) Dr Mercedes Bunz ( Author and Professor of Digital Culture and Society ) Fourthwall folkestone Exhibition/Talks 27th October - 30th ( With special thanks to Kings College London in collaboration with Creative AI lab )

Animation Nights New York 2023 June Program “STANDING OUT” (Program #83 | Season 8 | In Competition Films) on Sunday, June 25, 2023).

2022

Cardiff Animation Nights / Thu, 7th December 2022, 19:30 – 22:30 GMT /The Underdog Guildhall Place Cardiff CF10 1EB

Animation Marathon 7th Animation Marathon (online), from 28 - 30 of November 2022

''Weekly Planner" accepted to be part of the European Film for the 8th edition of REX Animation Festival, program. 5th of November 2022 at 2pm screening /Zita cinema Stockholm Sweden

17th Athens Animfest. will take place online* , 17th of March and will end on Sunday, 20th of March, 2022.

Weekly Planner selected by MONSTRA | Lisbon Animation Festival 2022 was selected to be featured in a special panorama screening of the best animation produced around the World /https://monstrafestival.com/en/films/best-of/ 16th and 27th of March 2022.

Weekly Planner selected by 19th IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival ( Academy Award®/Oscar® qualifying festival selected for best experimental ) 31st of May until the 7th of June, 2022. - Palace of Culture in Pernik, Bulgaria.in Palace of Culture - Pernik (Pernik, Bulgaria).

2021

Visiting festival VIS - Vienna Shorts Film Festival showing “The art of reducing noice’ as part of / FeKKSTIVAL: 10:15 THURSDAY 19/8 / Annual cinema of the Slovenian Cinematheque

'Best of CAF2020' at Chapter Arts Centre Cinema in Cardiff screening of 'The Art of Reducing Noise' in shorts program Mind / Sunday 25th July 2021 at 4pm https://www.chapter.org/whats-on/film/cardiff-animation-afternoons-mind-advised-12a/8182

Pointless is officially selected for the third edition of the Demetera International Short Film Festival 2021 in the Animated Short category! 10/03/2021-17/03/2021

‘Pointless’. will be launched on weVe tv on the 2nd April/ please check out their youtube channel, great to be showcased alongside some inspiring films. http://youtube.com/wevetv and website: https://linktr.ee/wevetv

2020

British film / shortfilm and new talent 2020 archive ‘ The art of reducing noise’ travel grant https://ucarecdn.com/59631434-4898-4942-bb9e-6ae4663110f8/

‘Pointless’ is screening online as part of the peculiar-eyed online special selection, part of IPFF's film programme. It will be available on the platform Cinenso.com on the 17th, 18th and 19th of November.

‘The art of reducing noise’ screened in Competition CARDIFF ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2O2O ONLINE ( SHORTS 1: MIND) Available October 24, 2020 12:00 AM BST https://watch.eventive.org/caf2020/play/5f69e716a2de7f0094a35f16

Online exhibition during covid 19 VIRAL kylemarksprojects showing ‘At a distance’ @kylemarksprojects

Picture Palace Works on paper by over 100 artists TRANSITION TWO ( Pointless Poster ) (8 March - 5 April 2020 Preview: Friday 7 March 6.30-8.30pm‘) https://www.transitiongallery.co.uk/htmlpages/future.htm

Pointless’ 15th Athens ANIMFEST - Official selection Athens Animafest 2020 ( Short 8) Sunday 22/03/2020 12:00 - 14:00 /Cine Drasi, Vrilissia /Total Duration: 01:56:11. ( 19th to the 22nd of March 2020 ) available online in Greece only 6-8TH November 2020 https://athensanimfest.eu/2020/en/news/5/

Selected “For Ray” as part of episode 167 for the THE CENTRE POMPIDOU’S WEB SERIES “MON ŒIL”, available for three months.www.centrepompidou.fr/cpv/theme/mon-oeil also available to watch m.youtube.com/watch?v=eQYg2l-ErNk

2019

‘The art of reducing noise’ screened as part of the official selection for International Film festival of Wales/ Cineworld / Cardiff 30th November 2019

‘The art of reducing noise’ screened as part of the official selection for ANIMATION MARATHON
/Athens, /Greece 21st-24th November 2019

‘The art of reducing noise’ screened in Competition ANIMEST - Bucharest International Animation Film Festival Oscar-qualifying film festival in Romania 4 – 13 October 2019 (Competition 8 screened 11/10/19 8:30 Cinematica Eforie 12/10/19 15;00 cinema Elvire Popesco ) https://www.animest.ro/the-art-of-reducing-noise.aspx

‘The art of reducing noise’ screened in Competition /UK premiere/Underwire film festival BAFTA recognised/Lonely Two-Legged Creatures programme /Barbican Cinema / Sat 14 Sep 4pm / http://www.underwirefestival.com/events/lonely-twolegged-creatures

‘The art of reducing noise’ screened in Competition in MIAF 2019. (The Melbourne International Animation Festival (MIAF) will run from 13-21 July 2019 in The Treasury Cinema) https://www.acmi.net.au/events/international-program-3-2019/

‘The art of reducing noise’ screened as part of the official selection for the international competition section "Animation Avantgarde" at the academy award qualifying film festival VIS Vienna Shorts 2019 ( Saturday June 1st 6pm at the Stadkino im Kunstlerhaus) https://www.viennashorts.com/programm/wettbewerb/animation-avantgarde/

Critical Popcorn review : We’re always on the lookout for interesting, original work and today we wanted to share a wonderful trailer for the even-more impressive short animation film For Ray from artist, animator, writer and director Heidi Stokes. https://criticalpopcorn.com/2019/03/08/watch-the-trailer-for-heidi-stokes-excellent-short-indie-animation-for-ray/

‘The art of reducing noise’ screened as part of the official selection for Athens Animafest Saturday 16/03/2019 20:00 - 22:00 Oikia Theotokopoulou, City of Athens / Total Duration: 01:47:21 . https://athensanimfest.eu/2019/en/competition/15/ .

2018

‘FEEDBACK’ screened at the Natural History Museum in Bergen, (September 28th 2018 ) The theme is "Upbringing," showing how science and sci-fi short films that touch upon how children are brought up with technology. Viten film festival in Norway curated a film screening in partnership with Researchers' Night, an event throughout Europe that celebrates research and science. https://www.uib.no/universitetsmuseet/120087/forsk-fest

‘ For Ray’ Screened at ‘Short-film night’ Peckhamplex Cinema ‘Series of short films followed by Q & A with directors. ‘Borders and Territories’ (15) MONDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER 2018 : http://www.peckhamplex.london/film/short-film-night-autumn

‘ For Ray’ screened as part of the FMX film festival Stuttgart/ Germany ‘Thursday, 26th April 09:00 - 09:30 represented as part of ‘Encounters’

‘For Ray’ screened as part of the 10th edition of SHORT WAVES FESTIVAL at the Muza Cinema
Wednesday 21.03 h. 17.00 ( FOCUS: IN OR OUT/ REPRESENTING BRITISH ANIMATION )

Britain – the land of diversity, conflict and contradictions! Presented here is a short animation programme from the Encounters Festival in Bristol in the South West of England. Whilst the UK along with the rest of the world wrestles with an unprecedented painful period of flux and dangerous political posturing, the short films in this programme demonstrate the consistent diversity of creative talent and the story-telling ability of many emerging and established British animators.

http://www.kinomuza.pl/repertuar/film/1648

2017

‘For Ray’ screened as part of the official selection for Locomocion / Experimental Animation Festival
Mexico26th -29th October 2017 The Official screening will be held during the activities of the festival in its 4th edition “Transmutations”, in Centro Cultural Casa Talavera, Centro Historic CDMX. On 26,27, 28 October 2017 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. http://www.locomocionfest.com/

‘For Ray’ screened as part of the official selection for ANIMATION MARATHON
/Athens, /Greece9th -12th November

‘For Ray’ screened as part of the official selection for CUTOUT Fest 9th -12th November 2017 Mexico

Presenting the BEST animated films from this year's Melbourne International Animation Festival (MIAF) Sat. 8 October 2017
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Shepparton, VIC 3630
Australia http://greatershepparton.com.au/whats-happening/events/event-details/!/464/event/best-of-miaf-shepparton

‘For Ray’ screened as part of the official selection for Animatou International animation film festival /Geneva/ Switzerland ( INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION DOC'ANIM - PROG.2 )
8th October 8 pm - 9.30 pm http://animatou.com/event/competition-internationale-docanim-prog-2/

‘For Ray’ screened as part of the official selection for the BAFTA recognised 'Encounters' film festival in Cinema 1 25th September 2017 ( 12 miday ) Watershed / Bristol/ UK http://encounters-festival.org.uk/events/animation-1-packing-punch/

‘For Ray’ screened in Sydney film festival /Sydney Australia / 6-17th June 2017 ( Mon 12 Jun 3:45 PMEvent Cinemas George St 8) ( SFF's annual showcase of the best independent animation from across the world brings all the charm, beauty and challenges of this most imaginative form of art to the big screen.) http://www.sff.org.au/2017-film-guide/animation/

‘For Ray’ screened as part of the official selection for “Animation Now! – The New Zealand International Animation Festival” https://www.nziff.co.nz/2017/auckland/animation-now-international-showcase/ 'Animation NOW! are selected by Malcolm Turner, animation programmer at NZIFF since 1998 and currently director of the Melbourne International Animation Film Festival. This year he’s curated the best and brightest of the thousands he has seen into five very different programmes' 'For Ray 'got shortlisted for The finalists from Animation NOW 2017 ! www.nziff.co.nz/2017/auckland/animation-now-the-finalists

‘For Ray’ screened as part of the official selection for The British animation festival 2017. screening at the Empire cinema in Leicester Square / Screening 1 Saturday, July 8th | 2:30pm http://www.thefilmfestivalguild.com/baff2017

‘For Ray’ screened as part of the official selection for East end Film Festival 2017. to screen in Competition /Name of Programme: DECISIONS, DECISIONS / Date and time of screening: Saturday, 17 June - 6.15p Venue: RICH MIX CINEMA 35-47 Bethnal Green Rd, London E1 6LA http://www.eastendfilmfestival.com/programme-archive/decisions-decisions/

"Feedback" to be part of May 2017 Issue "DIGITAL WORLDS". This next issue explores real-world technologies and their imaginary counterparts in a curated program of short films ranging from animation, documentary, fiction and raw data. the first dedicated science film platform Labocine.com, which takes the form of a monthly video magazine and complements our annual festival, now celebrating its 10th anniversary.

‘For Ray’ screened as part of the official selection for Melbourne International Animation Festival 2017. to screen in Competition International Program 1 - 5:15pm Monday June 19th, 2017 ( Australian Centre for the Moving Image Federation Square, Melbourne ) https://www.acmi.net.au/events/international-program-1/

‘For Ray’ screened as part of the official selection Animation programme at the Athens Digital Arts Festival 2017 https://tinyurl.com/ybpu57a7 that will take place between 18 - 21 May at 23 Mitropoleos str, at the historic centre of Athens 4th floor Greece / Athens http://2017.adaf.gr/events/for-ray/

' FEEDBACK' screened as part of the official selection 12th Athens Animfest ( EXPERIMENTAL 1) Sunday 19/03/2017 18:15 - 20:00 VENUE Cinema Trianon: http://www.trianon.gr/v1/component/k2/item/383-12-athens-animfest.html

2016

' FEEDBACK' screened as part of the official selection Animation Marathon 2016 ROMANTSO (3-5, Anaxagoras str., Omonia)
28, 29 November 30 and 1 December 2016 18:00 - 18:50 ( Romantso, former printing plant of the once famous “Romantso” magazine, is situated in the historical centre of Athens )

' FEEDBACK' screened as part of the official selection for The The 9th Annual Imagine Science Film Festival /Wednesday, October 19, 2016 | 10:00 PM / Spectacle Theater /124 S 3rd St | New York, NY 11249

' FEEDBACK' screened as part of the official selection for The Smalls Film Festival 2016 (2nd September until 7th September 2016 at Hackney House, 25 – 27 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3LT.)

MarKings, illustration and performance festival at UAL Friday 8th & Saturday 9th July 2016 ' FEEDBACK' Central Saint Martins, Reception area ; Friday 7 – 7.45pm and 8.30 – 9.15pm Saturday 1 – 1.45pm and 3 – 3.45pm : Lethaby Gallery, Friday 6-10pm and Saturday 12-5pm

'FEEDBACK screened as part of the official selection for Melbourne International Animation Festival 2016. to screen in Competition (in the Installation Animation section) 19 – 26 June ( Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Federation Square, Melbourne )

‘FEEDBACK’ screened as part of the official selection for the Animation programme at the Athens Digital Arts Festival 2016 that will take place between 19 - 22 May. Greece / Athens

' FEEDBACK' screened as part of for The 1st International Women's Animation film festival in Vienna titled "Tricky women' for the Category ‘Work Affairs ' that has since been recognised as one of the leading animation festivals to apply for in the world (March 5th 15:45 Metro Cinema Culture House, Vienna Geneva,.

' FEEDBACK' screened as part of the BAFTA recognised Official selection London Short film festival ( LSFF ) New Shorts: Experiments - Leftfield & Lucious 10th January 2016 4pm at the ICA ( INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS ,LONDON )

2015

Selected 'Discontinued' for Locomoción festival de animación 5/6/7 November 2015 Mexico city, Official Selection in the category Professional, creative trigger Ludotechnic. in Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco. Ricardo Flores Magón #1, Cuauhtémoc, Tlatelolco, 06995, Ciudad de México, D.F. If

5/11/15 15:00 / 20 hrs / 6/11/15 10:00 / 14:00 hrs

Selected 'Feedback' for Locomoción festival de animación 5/6/7 November 2015 Mexico city, Official Selection in the category Professional, creative trigger Ludotechnic. in Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco. Ricardo Flores Magón #1, Cuauhtémoc, Tlatelolco, 06995, Ciudad de México, D.F. If

5/11/15 15:00 / 20 hrs / 6/11/15 10:00 / 14:00 hrs

Selected " Discontinued' for the XV Festival internacional de cortometrajes Cine a la calle Calle 52 54-75 Alianza Francesa de Barranquilla, -, Barranquilla, -, Colombia held from 8 to May 16, 2015 in the city of Barranquilla.

2014

Selected Screening and talk at the Cinema museum " London Take a break' 11/11/14 6-10pm celebrating women film makers.

Selected for DIY Cultures Rich Mix cinema Bethnal Green London 25th May 12-7pm viewing 'Take a break' Venue 2 and downstairs

Selected for Fabric Utopia Festival July 14 to August 3. Festival Miden screenings are scheduled July 26, 28 & August 2, 2014 in Andros Island Greece

Selected for The 1st International Women's Animation film festival in Vienna titled "Tricky women (Category ‘Fair Play’ Sun, 16.03. 17:30 English Cinema Haydn ‘ Take a Break”)

2013

Videoholica International Video Art Festival 2013, Varna, Bulgaria. (August 1 until August 6, 2013)

Selected for Mumia 2013 experimental animation festival Brazil

ARES International Film and Media Festival, Siracusa/Italy

11-14 July 2013 ( CologneOFF2013)

2012

VAFA – Video Art for All International Video Art Open Call Festival 2012 Beijing China ( Heidi Stokes, "Park a person" and "A picture of Tomorrows world")

A special presentation of Festival Miden in Athens will be curated by Olga Daniylopoulou (art critic, Director of Jannis & Zoe Spyropoulos Foundation, Athens) at the new exhibition space of La Soirée de Votanique (Kastorias 37/ Votanikos, Athens) from December 1st, 2012, till January 8th, 2013. ( Every Wednesday------> 2084 | curated by Gioula Papadopoulou & Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos | duration: 70min (loop)

Cologne OFF *2012 video art in a global context

24-26 February 2012 Cologne OFF 2011 India/Sattal

2-16 March 2012 Cologne OFF 2011 Philippines/Manila

7/7/2012 Selected for Festival Miden ("A Picture of Tomorrows World’) Greece/ Kalamata

The ‘Animacall, the animation project 2011’ 5-7 July 2012was presented in the Archaeological Museum of Messenia as a parallel event of the Festival Miden.

2011

Rich mix cinema ( Bethnal green , London ) screening 21st October in collaboration with the cabinet of living cinema. ( Live film score played whilst a " A picture of Tomorrows world' was screened.)

Selected for Cologne OFF VII International video art film festival

31 Aug -3 Sept 2011 Cologne OFF VII Beirut (Oasis in an urban ditch)

Shams – the sunflower Beirut/Lebanon

1-5 Sept 2011- Cologne OFF 2011 Budapest

Busho – Budapest International Video art Festival (Oasis in an urban ditch”)

8-10 Sept 2011 – Cologne OFF 2011 Budapest

Selected for Anima call project 2011, Contemporary Art Centre of Thessaloniki, Greece, March 30 and it will be on until May 1st, “ Road Weepers”

“Candid projector room” retrospective for 2010 ‘ One person street” 7.30 pm on Thursday, 13th January 2011

“Life’s just networking”, film screening London (The Duchess) 01/11/11 ‘ Brick it up”

A film event set up by organizers in the process of establishing a feature film called

"Life just is"

2010

Selected for Angel moving image festival (London) 1st and 3rd of October

Selected for strawberry short film festival at (strawberry shorts film marquee) Fordham Fest on the 6th, 7th, and 8th August (“One person Street”)

Selected for the short film festival “Fantosfreak” Parc del Turonet , Spain 17th July

(“One person Street”)

“Odders Mini Picture show’ in collaboration with future everything festival 17th May (“Brick it up’)

Candid projection room ‘brick it up” May 20 screening 2010 (“Brick it up’)

Brighton short film event in association with Achromat gallery ‘Brick it up’ May 20th 2010 (“Brick it up’)

Film screening Brick it up” in the ‘ smallest cinema in the world” London / Brixton

March 2-6th

Architectural model pieces as part of ‘Unrealized projects’ Corner house, Manchester 23rd July-14th September

2009

Art below zero, London (film screening and film still exhibit) (December)

‘One person Street’ selected for distribution and

Representation (Recreate productions)

Guest projects, film still exhibit ( yinka shonibare’s space, London ) (December)

Life just is film”, film screening London (The Duchess) 01/10/09

A film event set up by organizers in the process of establishing a feature film called

"Life just is"

Selected for arts claims impulse residency, Berlin

2008

Scene in the making concrete and grass, October

videophile open submission, October

'Real Life' Portman gallery, March

'THE CUT NEWSPAPER' LCF December issue

2007

‘Driven’ Field gate gallery, London, June

2006

Unrealized projects

Volume 1 & 2 G & A Gallery in Surrey Hills

“Turn to the Left”, 291 Gallery, London.

IDEA De-corator Catalogue Project, London. (Catalogue Text by Sally O’Reilly)

Art and Architecture competition (shortlist nomination for exhibition)- Norwich art centre

Barnet college Artist in residence AA2A artists access to art colleges

2004

“Careful What You Wish For”, Soup Projects, Sevenseven, London.

‘Drawing Project”, Konti Gallery, Athens, Greece.

“Unrealised Projects”, Web Show. Million Miles Per Hour, London.

“Archimedes”, Great Portland Street, London.

“Sneeze”, Arch Gallery, London.

2003

“Reduced”, Century Gallery, London.

“Splendid”, Marshall Street Space, London.

“Souvenir”, Transition Gallery, London.

2002

“Nth Art”, Ols & Co. Gallery, London.

“Artytechture”, Transition Gallery, London

Lifejustisfilm open submission 2009

Selected for the ‘Smallest cinema in the world’ 2010

Grants/Awards/Finalist

Received travel funds through the British council to attend screening at ‘Vienna shorts film festival’ http://film.britishcouncil.org/on-going-projects/shorts

'For Ray 'got shortlisted for The finalists from Animation NOW 2017 www.nziff.co.nz/2017/auckland/animation-now-the-finalistsAwarded AHRB 2001

Awarded artist residency Berlin 2009

Selected for 'Practitioner in residence London college of fashion' October 2013 - 2016

Finalist for the BOC emerging artist award 2005

Norwich art centre selected for “art and architecture” competition 2005

Awarded AA2A artist residency (Artists Access to Art Colleges) 2005

Awarded artist residency Berlin 2009

Publications

Catalogues

IDEA De-corator Catalogue Project, London. (Catalogue Text by Sally O’Reilly)

'Sneeze' (Arch Gallery) Catalogue

Arty-tecture summer 2003 (Transition Gallery)

THE CUT NEWSPAPER' LCF December issue

Unrealised projects volume 1-4 ( publication at Tate modern and book stores)

Animacall 2011 publication ( Thessaloniki, Greece)