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Fred Schmidt-Arenales

Fred Schmidt-Arenales

Fred Schmidt-Arenales is an artist, filmmaker, and organizer. His work engages identity and ideology, and to what extent these categories intersect and are distinct. He has presented performances and experimental video and audio works internationally, at venues including Künstlerhaus Halle für Kunst und Medien, Graz; Links Hall and Ballroom Projects, Chicago; The Darling Foundry, Montreal; Pieter Performance Space and NAVEL, Los Angeles; LightBox and The Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; The Brick Theatre, Abrons Arts Center, and Dixon Place, New York; and Kunsthalle, Vienna. He has also organized workshops, conferences, and classes on collaborative strategies and group dynamics at various arts organizations and schools including the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago; and Abrons Arts Center, New York. Fred is a recipient of a 2020 grant from the Graham Foundation for an upcoming film project, Committee of Six, exploring the history of urban renewal in Chicago.