Artist Bio Margie Schnibbe






About
Margie Schnibbe

Born in Yonkers, NY. Lives in Los Angeles, CA.
Sometimes credited as Vena Virago.

Education
1998 MFA Film/Video. California Institute of the Arts
1991 BFA Sculpture. Kansas City Art Institute

Select Exhibitions/Screenings/Festivals
2008
Figures. David Kordansky Gallery. Los Angeles; curated by William E. Jones

Honey Bunny: Circus Gallery. Los Angeles.
BUMP: Recent and Rarely Seen Explicit Videos from Southern California Artists. LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Editions). Los Angeles.

2007
Amsterdam Alternative Erotica Festival, Cinema OT31. Amsterdam The Netherlands; curated by Jennifer Lyon Bell

Artrotica. Silverlake Film Festival. Los Feliz 3. Los Angeles, CA.

LUST for LACE. LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Editions). Los Angeles, CA;curated by David Burns and Bruce Yonemoto.

Monkeytown Mash-up: Margie Schnibbe/Vena Virago: Monkeytown.
Brooklyn, NY; curated by Sam Zimmerman

Porn Film Festival Athens. Athens, Greece; curated by Jürgen Brüning and Maria Cyber

Porn Film Festival Berlin. Neue Kant Kino. Berlin, Germany; curated by Jürgen Brüning

Sex Workers Film Festival. Roxy Cinema. San Francisco, CA; curated by Carol Leigh (aka Scarlot Harlot)

Spackled Glory Hole. Empathy Design Center. Pasadena, CA; curated by Martin Durazo and Mike Dee.

SWVII. Arena Studios New York, NY; curated by Audacia Ray.
2006 ARTSLUT Videos:1975-2006. Monkeytown. Brooklyn, NY; curated by David Burns, Bruce Yonemoto and Sam Zimmerman

Monkeytown Mash-up: Margie Schnibbe/Vena Virago: Monkeytown.
Brooklyn, NY; curated by Sam Zimmerman

Melbourne Underground Film Festival. Melbourne Australia.
Porn Film Festival Berlin. Neue Kant Kino and Kino Arsenal. Berlin, Germany;curated by Jürgen Brüning.

2005
Antimatter Festival of Underground Film/Video. British Columbia,Victoria, Canada

Pornstar Pets. Echo Park Film Center. Los Angeles, CA
Selected Shorts. Echo Park Film Center. Los Angeles, CA; curated by Catherine Hollander

Sex Workers Film Festival. San Francisco, CA; curated by Carol Leigh (aka Scarlot Harlot)

Venus on Video. Aurora Picture Show. Houston, Texas; curated by Liz Belile of Gynomite

2004
Coney Island Film Festival. Brooklyn, NY
Contraband, Stowaway Lounge: Artist Made Karaoke Videos. SEA (Inter- Society fir the Electronic Arts) Silja Opera Helsinki-Stockholm-Mariehamn-Tallinn; curated by Soo Kim, Rachel Mayeri, Christina Ulke

Lausanne Underground Film Festival. Lausanne Switzerland

Explorations in the Paradox of Value. Forget It Jake. Los Angeles, CA; curated by Andrae Gonzalo

Journal of Aesthetics & Protest Benefit Exhibit. Machine Gallery. Los Angeles, CA

Lucania Film Festival. Matera, Italy

Curatorial Projects
2008
BUMP: Recent and Rarely Seen Explicit Videos from Southern California
Artists. LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Editions). Los Angeles