Jennifer Reeder

A Columbus native, Chicago-based filmmaker Jennifer Reeder is a frequent guest of the Wexner Center, with postproduction residencies in the Film/Video Studio and appearances coinciding with the presentation of her work, including the area premiere of her award-winning first feature, Signature Move, in April 2017.

The Artist Residency Award will support the creation of Reeder’s next feature, As With Knives and Skin. It follows the investigation of a young girl’s disappearance in the rural Midwest, led by an inexperienced local sheriff. Unusual coping techniques develop among the traumatized small-town residents with each new secret revealed. In the words of the artist, “This mystical teen noir presents coming of age as a lifelong process and examines the profound impact of grief.”