ARTIST BIO:
CR4CKROCK (they / them) is a Dominican filmmaker and installation artist currently pursuing an MFA in Moving Image at Columbia University. Their work integrates BDSM aesthetics and kink practices to explore themes of violence and queerness. CR4CKROCK aims to deconstruct the gallery space, challenging its traditional colonial associations, and reimagines it as a site that is intrinsically linked to the underground and Black cultural expressions - asserting that the underground is Black.
A self-identified Club Kid, their practice bridges underground venues and institutional contexts, lying where identity politics, immersive installations, and ephemeral events intermingle and intersect across gallery walls and hidden backrooms.
Their notable works include Object Permanence (2025), featured and premiering in London as a part of Trans Video Buffet, and My Body Is An Object, The Camera Is A Gun (2025), showcased at the Museum of Mix in Brooklyn. These pieces have been exhibited in various venues, including the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival and Ann Arbor Black Film Festival.
Contact them at CR4CKROCKART@GMAIL.COM.
EDUCATION:
CV:
MFA IN MOVING IMAGE
Columbia University
New York, NY
Class of 2026
AFRICANA STUDIES / FILM
Bennington College
Bennington, VT
Class of 2023
Teaching Assistant
Advanced Moving Image - Columbia University School of the Arts New York, NY
02/2025 - 05/2025
Miriam Parker Studio
Studio Assistant / Personal Cinematographer/DP - New York, NY
06/2023 - 09/2023 02/2024 - 06/2024
Usdan Gallery Videographer
Usdan Gallery / Bennington College - Bennington, VT
11/2022 - 09/2023
Filmmakers’ Cooperative Intern
New American Cinema Group / Film-Makers’ Cooperative - New York, NY
06/2022 - 08/2022
Programming Intern
Brain Arts Organization - Boston, MA
12/2019 - 02/2020
PRESS:
FEATURED WORKS
OBJECT PERMANENCE:
(2025)
Exhibitions:
Trans Video Buffet
London, UK
March 30, 2025
Columbia University First Year MFA Show
New York, NY
March 30 - April 13, 2025
Philadelphia Independent Film Festival
Philadelphia, PA
May 7, 2025
Ann Arbor Black Film Festival
Ann Arbor, MI
June 7, 2025
Clown International Film Festival - Finalist
Paris, France
June 7, 2025
Golden Swan Zurich Film Festival
Zurich, Switzerland
August 21, 2025
MY BODY IS AN OBJECT,
THE CAMERA IS A GUN:
(2025)
Urinals, Bathroom Stall Partitions, BB Gun, Camera,
2-Channel Video Projection, Sound
Exhibitions:
Museum of MIX
MIX Film Festival
Brooklyn, NY
May 31, 2025