CASSANDRA HARNER
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performer | event producer | filmmaker | illustrator | designer
Indiana University, Bachelor of Fine Arts, & Bachelor of Arts, 2015​
SOLO/CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2022 "The Peek-a-Booth" Maelstrom Collaborative Arts, Cleveland, OH
"Elsewhere" Film Release, Maelstrom Collaborative Arts, Cleveland, OH
2019 Hairy Queers, solo show, Silo Art Studio, Canton OH
Hairy Queers, solo show, Rubber City Prints, Akron OH
2014 IAM Film Festival, co-producer, Bloomington IN
INVITATIONALS
2023 Pride at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, OH
"The Peek-a-Booth," Ingenuity Bal, Cleveland, OH
"All Access" Heights Arts, Cleveland Heights, OH
2022 GlamGore “Night of 1000 Gagas,” Grog Shop, Cleveland OH
The Fuse Factory: Frequency Fridays, performance, Columbus, OH
2021 Queens of the 9, Alex Theater, Cleveland, OH
2020 “When do we whisper, when do we shout?” SPACES, Cleveland OH
2019 Boobstock, headlining performance, Hudson, OH
CSU Annual Drag Showcase, performance, Cleveland OH
2018 Miss Ohio All Star Princess Pageant, 2nd Alternate, Youngstown OH
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 “The New Now” Artist Archives, 3 videos, Cleveland OH
“Contrast Contoured” photo series, Cleveland OH
2021 Focus on the Artists, Tremont Art Walk, Cleveland, OH
Converge, Artist Archives of Western Reserve, LGBT Center, Cleveland, OH
2020 Winter Soiree, PLEXUS, Cleveland OH
Winter Showcase, Cleveland Eclectic Dance, Cleveland OH
The Art Hunt, Sweet ‘Art, London UK
2019 End of Days, installation & performance, SPACES, Cleveland OH
Inferno, installation & performance, Maelstrom Collaborative Arts, Cleveland OH
Saturnalia, performance, Maelstrom Collaborative Arts, Cleveland OH
Short Form, Maelstrom Collaborative Arts, Cleveland, OH
Group Show, Project3 Gallery Akron, online gallery
Conundrum Co-Op, Maelstrom Collaborative Arts, Cleveland OH
Let Envy Out, Side Quest, Lakewood, OH
Ohio Burlesque Festival, Cleveland, OH
Sex, Love, & Other Stuff, Weird Women Co. Zone
Group Show, The Root Cafe, Lakewood, OH
Tremont Arts Festival, Cleveland OH
Canton Art Prize, 3rd Space Gallery, Canton OH
Have a H’Art Fundraiser, Sweet 'Art, London, UK
Group Show, Jupiter Studios, Alliance, OH
Hairy Queers, Bechdel Film Festival, Akron OH
Group Show, Makeshift Art Gallery, Canton OH
“The Art Of Queer” group show, online gallery
2018 Ohio Gay Pride Femme 2019 Pageant, 2nd Alternate, Columbus OH
"Color High" Studio 2091, Akron OH
"LGBTQ+ Juried Exhibition" Akron Soul Train, at Hive Mind, Akron OH
Group Show, Loop, Cleveland, OH
2017 Miss Ohio All Star Pageant, Akron OH
Positive Reinforcements, Maelstrom Collaborative Arts, Cleveland OH
Portland Unknown Film Festival, Portland OR
2016 Aggregate, Ground Floor Gallery + Studios, Nashville TN
Hello To All This: Working Girls Collective Series, CCIC, Indianapolis IN
Nasty Woman Exhibition, Knockdown Center, NYC
Nasty Women Nashville, Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville TN
2015 BFA Thesis Exhibition, Grunwald Gallery, Bloomington IN
2014 Non-Graduating BFA Exhibition, Grunwald Gallery, Bloomington IN
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FESTIVALS
2023 "The Peek-a-Booth" Ingenuity Festival, Cleveland, OH
Ohio Burlesque Festival, Cleveland, OH
Good Vibes Fest, Cleveland, OH
"The Peek-a-Booth" Borderlight Fringe Festival, Cleveland, OH
Featured Artist, Austin International Drag Festival, Austin, TX
2022 “The Peek-a-Booth” Ingenuity Festival, Cleveland OH
“Wonderlanding” Borderlight Fringe Festival, Cleveland OH
“DayGlo In Drag”, DayGlo Festival, Waterloo Arts, Cleveland OH
2021 Four Futures, Maelstrom Collaborative Arts, Cleveland OH
Intersect, Sweet ‘Art, London UK
I’m Just Playing, Pandemonium, Cleveland Public Theater, Cleveland, OH
I’m Just Playing, Black Mass, Five O’ Clock Lounge, Lakewood, OH
I’m Just Playing, Activate, Maelstrom Collaborative Arts, Cleveland, OH
Borderlight Fringe Festival “Black Mass,” Curated, Online
2020 The Wandering, Maelstrom Collaborative Arts, Cleveland OH
Online Showcase, Fierce Queer Performing Arts Festival
2019 Ingenuity Festival, performance, Cleveland OH
Austin International Drag Festival, performance, Austin TX
2018 Peg and Deb Show, SPACES, Cleveland OH
2016 Corn Federation, Iris Film Festival
2015 Corn Federation, NSAL Student Career Award 1st Place
Corn Federation, Waldron Center Gallery, Bloomington IN
Indie Gathering Film Festival, 2nd Place Rock Music Video, Cleveland OH
Zed Film Festival Best High Concept Music Video, Burbank CA
Zed Film Festival, Best Song, Burbank CA
Taste My Lightning, ACRS Film Festival
Taste My Lightning, Free Film Festival Online
2014 Corn Federation, Middlecoast Festival, Bloomington IN
Corn Federation, IAM Film Festival, Bloomington IN
Taste My Lightning, IAM Film Festival, Bloomington IN
Pick Up, IAM Film Festival, Bloomington IN
Creatures Not Monsters, IAM Film Festival, Bloomington IN
Creatures Not Monsters, Campus Movie Festival, Bloomington IN
2014 Crying Party, HSSaLPaCaHSS Solo Show, Fuller Projects Gallery, Bloomington IN
Internet, Identity, Cats, HSSaLPaCaHSS Solo Show, Fuller Projects Gallery, Bloomington IN
Neorascality: Disruptions of the Public Sphere, Fuller Projects Gallery, Bloomington, IN
2013 Corn Federation, Student Cinema Showcase, Bloomington IN
Pick Up, Student Cinema Showcase, Bloomington IN
Timeline (Clocks), HSSaLPaCaHSS Solo Show, Fuller Projects Gallery, Bloomington IN
AWARDS
2022 Urgent Art Fund, SPACES, Cleveland OH
2020 Master of Amazement, Ohio Burlypicks
2018 Miss Ohio All Star Princess Pageant, 2nd Alternate, Youngstown OH
Ohio Gay Pride Femme 2019 Pageant, 2nd Alternate, Columbus OH
2015 Indie Gathering Film Festival 2nd Place Rock Music Video, Cleveland OH
Zed Film Festival “Best High Concept Music Video” Burbank CA
Zed Film Festival “Best Song” Burbank CA
2013 “My Favorite Korean…” Video Essay, Korean Consulate Video Contest Winner
PUBLISHED WORKS
2021 CONVERGE, Artist Archives of the Western Reserve, Catalog
2020 Puzzle Factory, Outsiders Anthology
2019 Hairy Queers, Hairy Femme Mother Zine
Armpit Hair, Like A Girl, Issue 5
Armpit Hair, SOIL Arts & Literature
Blood, Vagabond Anthology “Kindred” Issue
2018 Armpit Hair, Broadside Press
Your Local Kitchen Idiot, Devil Strip Magazine (monthly), Akron OH
Your Local Kitchen Idiot, Call Out Comics
Your Local Kitchen Idiot, Vagabond Anthology “Pizza Party” Issue
2017 Genius Next Door, Vagabond Anthology "Afloat" Issue
Your Local Kitchen Idiot, Vagabond Anthology “Assorted Flavors” Issue
2016 Reconciling the Queer South, Estuaries Zine Issue 1
INTERVIEWS & PRESS
2022 Dimi Deux Podcast Interview
“Quick Change: Drag Through the Pandemic” Out Front Online
2021 Drag Life, Strange City Digest, pg 15. Spring 2021
2020 Bursting the Beauty Bubble, Panel Speaker, KIN & CrowdDNA
"Christmas is Canceled" with Princess Jafar, interview, podcast & video
Circle of Nerds, Podcast & Video, interview
Putting the Gal in Galentines Day, The Observer
The Issue with Iconic, interview, The Observer
Queer Comic Artist, interview, Paper Phoenix Ink
Circle of Nerds, interview, podcast & video
2019 The Drag Scene, interview, Destination Cleveland
48 Hour City Guide, interview, Destination Cleveland
The Best Part, commercial, Destination Cleveland
Cleveland Youth Culture Mobile Mission, interview, Crowd DNA
2018 Bitchface, podcast interview
Impact of SESTA/FOSTA on Sex Workers, interview, Women on the Line Podcast
Women Comic Creators, interview, OnPoint Miami Podcast
2017 Bitchface, podcast interview
The Artist Known As Kay-T Critiques, live television interview, KB Time
RESIDENCIES
2022 Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro NC
2021 "I'm Just Playing" for “Activate” at Maelstrom Collaborative Arts
2020 School of Making Thinking: Performing Knowledge, Pittsburgh PA (Canceled due to COVID)
2019 Purpled Palm Press Outsiders Retreat, Ohio
2017 - 2019 Vintage Frame Affair, Canton, OH
2018 - 2019 Rubber City Prints, Akron, OH
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TEACHING & WORKSHOPS
2022 Drawing Portraits, Genghis Con, Cleveland OH
Part Time Faculty of Visual Arts, The Beck Center, Lakewood, OH
The Fuse Factory: Frequency Fridays, drag workshop, Columbus, OH
2021 Drag History Program, Westlake Porter Library, OH
Drag History with Dusty Bucket, PLEXUS, Cleveland, OH
Making Your Life as an Artist, Battle of the Teal, Cleveland, OH
2020 Drag 101, Cleveland Exotic Dance, Cleveland, OH
Camming Like a Pro, Cleveland Exotic Dance, Cleveland, OH
Chalk Pastel Portraits, Shaker Arts Council, Cleveland, OH
Drag Queen Figure Drawing, Cleveland Museum of Art
2019 CMYK Workshop, Rubber City Prints, Akron OH
2018 Video as Art, Continuing Education at Cleveland Institute of Art
2014 - 2015 Social Media Marketing & Personal Branding with Center for Excellence for Women in Technology, Indiana University, Bloomington IN