Bio
Juliette Yu-Ming Lizeray is an artist, writer and anthropologist based in Singapore and New York. She worked in the humanitarian and development fields before turning to the arts when she moved to Brazil. She studied filmmaking and visual arts in Rio de Janeiro and has received several international awards for her experimental and video-dance films. Her work has been featured in festivals including États Généraux du Film Documentaire (Lussas, France), Experiments in Cinema (USA), the NYC Anthology Film Archives’ New Filmmakers Series, Festival Cinema Esquema Novo (Brazil), and Women in Film and TV Showcase Awards (USA). Her large scale immersive installations have been exhibited in several contemporary art shows and galleries in Brazil, New York and Singapore.
Education
Contemporary Artistic Practices scholarship programme at Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, 2013-2014
Direction and Editing courses at the Darcy Ribeiro Cinema School, Rio de Janeiro, 2012-2014
Master's of Science in Anthropology and Development from the London School of Economics, 2008
Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology from Tufts University, Boston, 2005
Study Abroad and anthropological fieldwork at the University of Havana, Cuba, 2004
Direction and Editing courses at the Darcy Ribeiro Cinema School, Rio de Janeiro, 2012-2014
Master's of Science in Anthropology and Development from the London School of Economics, 2008
Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology from Tufts University, Boston, 2005
Study Abroad and anthropological fieldwork at the University of Havana, Cuba, 2004
Filmography
Taiping, 07/09/1975 (2015, Color/BW, in production)
Coefficient of Weirdness (2015, Color, in production)
BALTICA (2015, 30min, Color, Full HD, in post-production)
Windfall (2015, 8min, Color, Full HD, in post-production)
Syv (2015, 14min, Color, Full HD)
The Prayer (2015, 5min, Color, Full HD)
Carps (2015, 4min, Color, Full HD)
être chat (2014, 20min, Color, Full HD)
Brincante Com Fogo (2014, 14min, Color/BW)
Rito de Passagem (2014, 11min, Color, Full HD)
Casa Sem Janela (2015, 5min, Color, Full HD)
Entranhar (2012, 4min, Color, Full HD)
Os Bamba (2014, 15min, Color, Full HD)
Casas Marcadas (2012, 10min, Color, Full HD)
Coefficient of Weirdness (2015, Color, in production)
BALTICA (2015, 30min, Color, Full HD, in post-production)
Windfall (2015, 8min, Color, Full HD, in post-production)
Syv (2015, 14min, Color, Full HD)
The Prayer (2015, 5min, Color, Full HD)
Carps (2015, 4min, Color, Full HD)
être chat (2014, 20min, Color, Full HD)
Brincante Com Fogo (2014, 14min, Color/BW)
Rito de Passagem (2014, 11min, Color, Full HD)
Casa Sem Janela (2015, 5min, Color, Full HD)
Entranhar (2012, 4min, Color, Full HD)
Os Bamba (2014, 15min, Color, Full HD)
Casas Marcadas (2012, 10min, Color, Full HD)
Awards
WINNER at the 2014 Videomovimiento International Videodance Competition (Colombia) for "Rito de Passagem".
BEST DIRECTION for “Rito de Passagem” at the 2014 Caeté International Film Festival (Brazil)
BEST SHORT FILM for "Os Bamba” at the 2014 Macaé International Film Festival (Brazil).
BEST DOCUMENTARY for "Casas Marcadas” at the 2013 Festival Visões Periféricas (Brazil)
HONORARY MENTION AWARD for "Casas Marcadas" at the 12° International Recine Festival (Brazil)
Sound Mixing Award for “Rito de Passagem” at the AudioVisual Technical Centre of Rio de Janeiro, 2014
BEST DIRECTION for “Rito de Passagem” at the 2014 Caeté International Film Festival (Brazil)
BEST SHORT FILM for "Os Bamba” at the 2014 Macaé International Film Festival (Brazil).
BEST DOCUMENTARY for "Casas Marcadas” at the 2013 Festival Visões Periféricas (Brazil)
HONORARY MENTION AWARD for "Casas Marcadas" at the 12° International Recine Festival (Brazil)
Sound Mixing Award for “Rito de Passagem” at the AudioVisual Technical Centre of Rio de Janeiro, 2014
Nominations
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
BEST PERFORMANCE
BEST SOUND
for "Rito de Passagem" at the 6th Singapore Short Film Awards
WOMEN IN FILM AND TELEVISION SHOWCASE AWARD for "Rito de Passagem"
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM for "Rito de Passagem" at the 2015 Film Miami Fest.
BEST PERFORMANCE
BEST SOUND
for "Rito de Passagem" at the 6th Singapore Short Film Awards
WOMEN IN FILM AND TELEVISION SHOWCASE AWARD for "Rito de Passagem"
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM for "Rito de Passagem" at the 2015 Film Miami Fest.
Screenings (over 50 film festivals in 30 countries)
Anthology Film Archives - New York City, 2016
Experimental Film Society - Dublin, Ireland, 2016
Cine MAMM Ciudad del Río - Colombia, 2016
28e Festival Instants Vidéo Numériques et poétiques - France, 2015
Bogotá Experimental Film Festival | CineAutopsia - Colombia, 2015
CineJoia. Rio de Janeiro - Brazil, 2015
Cine Cabeça #4. Rio de Janeiro - Brazil, 2015
9 São Carlos Videodance Festival - Brazil, 2015
Festival Ibrida pluri | Espace Notre-Dame - Canada, 2015
Mex-Parismental Film Festival - France, 2015
Pirámide Selva (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Nov 2015
Curta o Curta (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Nov 2015
Festival Imagem Movimento (Amapá, Brazil), Oct 2015
Miami Film Fest (USA), July 2015
Mediawave Festival (Hungary), May 2015
IVAHM (Spain), April 2015
Stockholm ScreenDance Festival (Sweden), April 2015
Experiments in Cinema (Albuquerque, USA), Apr 2015
Women in Film and Television Showcase Award (worldwide), Mar 2015
Multiverse Film Festival (NYC, USA), Mar 2015
Singapore Short Films Awards (Singapore), Mar 2015
Mostra do Filme Livre (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Mar 2015
Women’s Film Festival (Dhaka, Bangladesh), Mar 2015
II Bienal da UNE (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Feb 2015
II Bienal de Pequenos Formatos (São Paulo, Brazil), Jan 2015
États Généraux du Film Documentaire (Lussas, France), 2014
Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival (Brazil), 2014
IX International Butoh Festival Thailand (Bangkok, Thailand) Dec 2014
Short Cutz Express Viseu (Lisbon, Portugal), Dec 2014
Jump The Cut (Singapore), Dec 2014
Festival Cinema Esquema Novo (Porto Alegre, Brazil), Nov 2014
Breaking 8 International Videodance Festival (Cagliari, Italy), Nov 2014
5th Siligari Short Film and Documentary Contest (Siligari, India), Nov 2014
X Festival Recine (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Nov 2014
Cinemaissi (Helsinki, Finland), Oct 2014
Festival Brésil en Mouvement (Paris, France), Oct 2014
International Film Festival of Macaé (Macaé, Brazil), Oct 2014
Danxica Int'l Contemporary Dance Festival (Cancún, Mexico), Oct 2014
I Mostra Internacional de Dança Imagens em Movimento a Céu Aberto (Ribeirão Preto, Brazil), Oct 2014
Festival Internacional Imagen en Movimiento (Bogotá, Colombia), Oct 2014
Cuerpo Digital V Festival Internacional de Videodanza (Cochabamba, Bolívia), Oct 2014
XIX Festival Encuentro con la Muerte, (Mexico City), Oct 2014
Meta House Short Film Screening, (Phnom Penh, Cambodia), Sept 2014
Festival Oeste en Movimiento (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Sept 2014
Proyecto Corporalidad Expandido (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Sept 2014
Jamboree International Festival at Icat Gallery (Ventiane, Laos), Sept 2014
Rio International Film Festival, RioScreenings, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Sept 2014
Cherry's Film Festival (Merosina, Serbia), Sept 2014
FotoAtiva 30 Year Exhibition, 2014 (Bélem, Brazil), Aug 2014
Mostra Video Poema de Londrina (Londrina, Brazil), Aug 2014
VIII Festival Visões Periféricas, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), July 2014
VIII São Carlos International Video Dance Festival (São Carlos, Brazil), July 2014
VII Festival Visões Periféricas, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), June 2013
NuHub São Paulo International Exhibition 2013 (São Paulo, Brazil) Oct 2013
VIII Festival Recine (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Nov 2012
Goldsmith International Ethnographic Film Festival (London, UK), Mar 2010
Experimental Film Society - Dublin, Ireland, 2016
Cine MAMM Ciudad del Río - Colombia, 2016
28e Festival Instants Vidéo Numériques et poétiques - France, 2015
Bogotá Experimental Film Festival | CineAutopsia - Colombia, 2015
CineJoia. Rio de Janeiro - Brazil, 2015
Cine Cabeça #4. Rio de Janeiro - Brazil, 2015
9 São Carlos Videodance Festival - Brazil, 2015
Festival Ibrida pluri | Espace Notre-Dame - Canada, 2015
Mex-Parismental Film Festival - France, 2015
Pirámide Selva (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Nov 2015
Curta o Curta (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Nov 2015
Festival Imagem Movimento (Amapá, Brazil), Oct 2015
Miami Film Fest (USA), July 2015
Mediawave Festival (Hungary), May 2015
IVAHM (Spain), April 2015
Stockholm ScreenDance Festival (Sweden), April 2015
Experiments in Cinema (Albuquerque, USA), Apr 2015
Women in Film and Television Showcase Award (worldwide), Mar 2015
Multiverse Film Festival (NYC, USA), Mar 2015
Singapore Short Films Awards (Singapore), Mar 2015
Mostra do Filme Livre (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Mar 2015
Women’s Film Festival (Dhaka, Bangladesh), Mar 2015
II Bienal da UNE (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Feb 2015
II Bienal de Pequenos Formatos (São Paulo, Brazil), Jan 2015
États Généraux du Film Documentaire (Lussas, France), 2014
Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival (Brazil), 2014
IX International Butoh Festival Thailand (Bangkok, Thailand) Dec 2014
Short Cutz Express Viseu (Lisbon, Portugal), Dec 2014
Jump The Cut (Singapore), Dec 2014
Festival Cinema Esquema Novo (Porto Alegre, Brazil), Nov 2014
Breaking 8 International Videodance Festival (Cagliari, Italy), Nov 2014
5th Siligari Short Film and Documentary Contest (Siligari, India), Nov 2014
X Festival Recine (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Nov 2014
Cinemaissi (Helsinki, Finland), Oct 2014
Festival Brésil en Mouvement (Paris, France), Oct 2014
International Film Festival of Macaé (Macaé, Brazil), Oct 2014
Danxica Int'l Contemporary Dance Festival (Cancún, Mexico), Oct 2014
I Mostra Internacional de Dança Imagens em Movimento a Céu Aberto (Ribeirão Preto, Brazil), Oct 2014
Festival Internacional Imagen en Movimiento (Bogotá, Colombia), Oct 2014
Cuerpo Digital V Festival Internacional de Videodanza (Cochabamba, Bolívia), Oct 2014
XIX Festival Encuentro con la Muerte, (Mexico City), Oct 2014
Meta House Short Film Screening, (Phnom Penh, Cambodia), Sept 2014
Festival Oeste en Movimiento (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Sept 2014
Proyecto Corporalidad Expandido (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Sept 2014
Jamboree International Festival at Icat Gallery (Ventiane, Laos), Sept 2014
Rio International Film Festival, RioScreenings, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Sept 2014
Cherry's Film Festival (Merosina, Serbia), Sept 2014
FotoAtiva 30 Year Exhibition, 2014 (Bélem, Brazil), Aug 2014
Mostra Video Poema de Londrina (Londrina, Brazil), Aug 2014
VIII Festival Visões Periféricas, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), July 2014
VIII São Carlos International Video Dance Festival (São Carlos, Brazil), July 2014
VII Festival Visões Periféricas, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), June 2013
NuHub São Paulo International Exhibition 2013 (São Paulo, Brazil) Oct 2013
VIII Festival Recine (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Nov 2012
Goldsmith International Ethnographic Film Festival (London, UK), Mar 2010
Exhibitions
03/2019 Drawings, Student show, Arts Students League, New York City, USA.
15/01/2016 Sem título [pássaro morto e musgo], "ADIV Volume 7", Ateliê da Imagem, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
12/12/2015 Meta Tourism Project [Ipanema] video-installation, "SOBRECIDADE", Casa Kolor, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
09-11/2015 Os Lotófagos video-installation, "Quarta feira de Cinzas", Parque Lage School of Visual Arts, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
07/2015 Meta Tourism Project [Geylang, Lorong 8] video-installation, "Reprodutibilidades Técnicas", Parque Lage School of Visual Arts, RJ, Brazil.
07/2015 Em Singapura não tem corrupção, "Reprodutibilidades Técnicas", Parque Lage School of Visual Arts, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
11/2014 Rito de Passagem video-installation at Galeria Lunara, Porto Alegre, Brazil (curated by Cine Esquema Novo).
08/2014 Rito de Passagem, DeCurators gallery (Brasília, Brazil), Aug 2014.
05/2013 Group exhibition, Artistry Gallery, Singapore.
03/2013 Solo exhibition, Cups ‘n Canvas Gallery, Singapore.
02/2013 Group exhibition (paintings and installation), "Out of Sight", Telok Ayer Performing Arts Centre, Singapore.
12/2012 Group exhibition, Noise Singapore.
06/2012 Group exhibition, Fill Your Walls, online gallery.
15/01/2016 Sem título [pássaro morto e musgo], "ADIV Volume 7", Ateliê da Imagem, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
12/12/2015 Meta Tourism Project [Ipanema] video-installation, "SOBRECIDADE", Casa Kolor, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
09-11/2015 Os Lotófagos video-installation, "Quarta feira de Cinzas", Parque Lage School of Visual Arts, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
07/2015 Meta Tourism Project [Geylang, Lorong 8] video-installation, "Reprodutibilidades Técnicas", Parque Lage School of Visual Arts, RJ, Brazil.
07/2015 Em Singapura não tem corrupção, "Reprodutibilidades Técnicas", Parque Lage School of Visual Arts, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
11/2014 Rito de Passagem video-installation at Galeria Lunara, Porto Alegre, Brazil (curated by Cine Esquema Novo).
08/2014 Rito de Passagem, DeCurators gallery (Brasília, Brazil), Aug 2014.
05/2013 Group exhibition, Artistry Gallery, Singapore.
03/2013 Solo exhibition, Cups ‘n Canvas Gallery, Singapore.
02/2013 Group exhibition (paintings and installation), "Out of Sight", Telok Ayer Performing Arts Centre, Singapore.
12/2012 Group exhibition, Noise Singapore.
06/2012 Group exhibition, Fill Your Walls, online gallery.
Collections (paintings)
Private Collections, Paris, France
Private Collection, Sydney, Australia
Private Collections, Singapore
Private Collections, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Niterói and Natal, Brazil
Private Collection, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Private Collections, New York and Illinois, USA
Private Collection, Sydney, Australia
Private Collections, Singapore
Private Collections, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Niterói and Natal, Brazil
Private Collection, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Private Collections, New York and Illinois, USA
Performance
“The cave scene” Butoh-inspired performance for the short film "Gramatyka" directed by Paloma Rocha, October 2014
“A Linha Tênue” (The Thin Line) - Live improvised Butoh performance, for the curated event “Performar a Loucura” (Performing Madness), at the Nise da Silveira Municipal Psychiatric Hospital, October 2013
Anti-militarization physical theater/Butoh performance at Praça Saens Peña, Rio de Janeiro, July 2013
“Entrelinhas” (Between the Lines) contemporary dance and live painting performance, September 2012
“A Linha Tênue” (The Thin Line) - Live improvised Butoh performance, for the curated event “Performar a Loucura” (Performing Madness), at the Nise da Silveira Municipal Psychiatric Hospital, October 2013
Anti-militarization physical theater/Butoh performance at Praça Saens Peña, Rio de Janeiro, July 2013
“Entrelinhas” (Between the Lines) contemporary dance and live painting performance, September 2012
Short courses
Poetic Cinema with filmmaker Joel Pizzini at Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Aug-Nov 2015
Film Curation, Objectifs Centre for Photography and Filmmaking, Singapore Feb-Mar 2015
Anthropology and Cinema, under professor Gemma Orobitg at the Museu Nacional, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Aug-Dec 2014
Film Curation, Objectifs Centre for Photography and Filmmaking, Singapore Feb-Mar 2015
Anthropology and Cinema, under professor Gemma Orobitg at the Museu Nacional, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Aug-Dec 2014