Deborah Stratman

Biography

Deborah Stratman is a Chicago-based artist and filmmaker interested in landscapes and systems. Her films, rather than telling stories, pose a series of problems – and through their at times ambiguous nature, allow for a complicated reading of the questions being asked. Much of her work points to the relationships between physical environments and the very human struggles for power and control that are played out on the land. Most recently, they have questioned elemental historical narratives about faith, freedom, sonic subterfuge, expansionism and the paranormal. Stratman works in multiple mediums, including sculpture, photography, drawing and audio. She has exhibited internationally at venues including the Whitney Biennial, MoMA NY, the Pompidou, Hammer Museum, Witte de With, Walker Art Center, Yerba Buena Center, and has done site-specific projects with the Center for Land Use Interpretation, Temporary Services, Mercer Union (Toronto), Blaffer Gallery (Houston), Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (Yukon) and Ballroom Gallery (Marfa). Stratman’s films have been featured at numerous international festivals including Sundance, the Viennale, Full Frame, Ann Arbor, Oberhausen and Rot…

Directed

1. FF (2010) — Director
2. In Order Not to Be Here (2002) — Director
3. The Illinois Parables (2016) — Director
4. O'er the Land (2009) — Director
5. Hacked Circuit (2014) — Director
6. Optimism (2018) — Director
7. From Hetty to Nancy (1997) — Director
8. Kings of the Sky (2004) — Director
9. Musical Insects (2013) — Director
10. Ray's Birds (2010) — Director
11. Laika (2021) — Director
12. Deborah Stratman to Nancy Holt: For the Time Being (2021) — Director
13. Second Sighted (2014) — Director
14. The Magician's House (2007) — Director
15. These Blazeing Starrs! (2011) — Director
16. It Will Die Out in the Mind (2007) — Director
17. How Among the Frozen Words She Found Some Odd Ones (2005) — Director
18. The BLVD (1999) — Director
19. Last Things (2023) — Director
20. On the Various Nature of Things (1996) — Director
21. Xenoi (2016) — Director
22. Untied (2001) — Director
23. Energy Country (2004) — Director
24. Immortal, Suspended (2013) — Director
25. Shrimp Chicken Fish (2010) — Director
26. The Name is not the Thing named (2010) — Director
27. Vever (For Barbara) (2023) — Director
28. Kuyenda N'kubvina (Walking Is Dancing) (2010) — Director
29. Otherhood (2023) — Director
30. Village, Silenced (2012) — Director
31. Susurrati — Director
32. Hello Ladies — Director