Leone Anne Reeves
3631 Pennsylvania Ave. Apt #1 Kansas City, MO. 64111
phone: 828-400-3655 email: leone.reeves@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2007 MFA, School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
2003 BFA, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Current
Producer / Assistant Director, KICK ME, Gary Huggins Independent Filmmaker, Kansas City, KS.
Adjunct Faculty, Ceramics, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO.
Part Time Faculty, Digital workshop, Foundations, The Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO.
Supporting Actress / Assistant Art Department, Mudjack’n, Christopher Good Independent Filmmaker, Kansas City, MO.
Art Director, Melika Bass Independent Filmmaker, Chicago, IL.
Costume Construction and Props Assistant, The Kansas City Costume Company, Kansas City, MO.
Wardrobe Assistant, Starlight Theater, Kansas City, MO.
Creative Director, Rah! Booty Independent Cheerleading Squad, Kansas City, MO .
Co-Director, Dream Girl Productions, Kansas City, MO.
Past
Board Member, Whoop Dee Doo LLC, Kansas City, MO.
Vice President, Creative Director, Whoop Dee Doo Productions, Kansas City, MO.
Part Time Faculty, Fiber Department,The Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO.
Part Time Faculty, First Year Contemporary Practices Department, The School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Part Time Faculty, Advanced Projects, Early College Program Summer Institute, The School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago,
Chicago, IL.
Part Time Faculty, Video, Early College Program, and Early College Program Summer Institute, The School Of The Art Institute
Of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Assistant Manager, Sullivan Fabrication Studio, The School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
REFERENCES
Melika Bass, Independent Filmmaker, Chicago, IL.
melikabass@gmail.com
Megan Mantia, Independent Producer, Kansas City, MO.
mmantia13@hotmail.com
Gary Huggins, Independent Filmmaker, Kansas City, MO.
ghuggins@gmail.com
Leone Anne Reeves phone: 828-400-3655 email: lreeves@kcai.edu
FILM
Upcoming
Supporting Actress, Assistant Art Department, Mudjack’n, Feature, produced by Megan Mantia, Written and Directed by
Christopher Good
2012
Producer / Assitant Director, KICK ME, Feature, written by Gary Huggins, and Betsy Gran, and Directed by Gary Huggins
2011
Costume assist, Holy Moly, Digital Short, produced by Megan Mantia, Written and Directed by Christopher Good
2010
Lead Art Director, Waking Things, 16mm to video Short Film, 2011, in post-production, Directed by Melika Bass
2009
Lead Art Director, Shoals, 16mm to video, color, Feature, Directed by Melika Bass
2008
Lead Art Director, Songs From The Shed, 16mm to video, Winner, Best Cinematography, 2010 Ann Arbor Film Festival,
Directed by Melika Bass
THEATER PRODUCTION
2011
Costume Designer/Construction, Quixotic, Kaufman Performing Art Center Opening Night performance, Kansas City, MO.
Assistant Costume Designer, Xanadu, Starlight, Kansas City, MO.
Lead Costume and Props Designer, The Wiz, Starlight On Site Production, Afrikan Centered Education Academy, Kansas
City, MO.
Textile Design/Construction, Heart Shaped Projection Screen, T2 Productions, St. Lukes Hospital, Kansas City, MO.
2011 The Kansas City Costume Company, Kansas City, MO.
Costume Repair, The King and I, Starlight, Kansas City, MO., Costume Designed by Vincent Scassellati,
Assistant to Costume Designers, The Little Mermaid, The Muny, St. Louis, MO, Costume Designed by Robert Flemming
Assistant to Costume Design/Construction, Bye Bye Birdie, The Muny, Costume designed by Robert Flemming
Assistant to Millinery Design/Construction, Kiss Me Kate, The Muny, Costumes Designed by Robert Flemming
Assistant to Costume Repair, Legally Blonde, The Muny, Costume Coordinator Peter J. Messineo,
2010 The Kansas City Costume Company, Kansas City, MO.
Assistant to the Costume Designers, The Producers, Starlight, Kansas City, MO., Costume Designed by Vincent Scassellati,
Assistant to Costume Construction, Beauty and the Beast, The Muny, St. Louis, MO, Costume Coordinator Peter J. Messineo,
Assistant to Costume Design/Construction, Cats, The Muny, Costume Coordinator Peter J. Messineo,
Assistant to Millinery Design/Construction, Showboat, The Muny, Costume Coordinator Peter J. Messineo,
Assistant to Costume Construction, Titanic, The Muny, Costume Coordinator Peter J. Messineo,
2007
Lead Art Director, Neptune’s Pollywogs: A Queer Rock Musical, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Written and
Directed by Leone Anne Reeves and Ryan D. Tacata
TELEVISION
2006-2010
Assistant Art Director/Costume Designer, Whoop Dee Doo, Faux Public Access Non-Profit Televsision Show, Directed by
Jaimie Warren and Matt Roche
Leone Anne Reeves phone: 828-400-3655 email: lreeves@kcai.edu
2007
Costume Design for House of T.I.N.A., Chic-A-Go-Go, Public Access Television Kids Dance Show, Chicago, IL. Produced by
Jake Austen and Jacqueline Stewart
MUSIC VIDEO
2012
Advisory Art Director, TBA, Sigur Ros, Directed by Melika Bass
2011
Video Performer, Listen to the Grrls, and Blonde With You, Bent – 2011, the SSION, PS1 MOMA, Directed by Cody Crithceloe.
2009
Costume Design/Construction for The Scarecrow, Billionaire, I Feel Cream - 2009, Peaches,
Directed by Cody Critcheloe.
2007
Writer/Director, Zombie Feminist Rap Video, Bed Bugs – 2007, Jade Lo and RIP VIP
SOLO ART EXHIBITIONS
2011
Glory Days: A Show by Documentuer Megan Mantia, The Writer’s Place, Kansas City, MO. (live performance)
2008
A Giant Game Of Hide And Go Seek, Looptopia, Millenium Park, Chicago, IL, curated by the city of Chicago (live performance)
2007
Neptune’s Pollywogs, SAIC Performance Space, Chicago, IL, curated by Ryan D. Tacata (live performance)
Black Or White: Ni’Ja and Leone play “Name That Thought”, LINKS HALL, Chicago, IL, (live performance)
2003
When I Grow Up: Rah-Booty!, The Cube Gallery, Kansas City, MO, curated by Mike Delana (live performance)
Stay Golden, The Kelvin Gallery, Kansas City, MO, curated by Andy Byers (installation)
MUSEUM INSTALLATIONS
2011
Textile Design / Construction, cushions for various museum installations, Jeff Owens Production, Kansas City, MO.
Melika Bass, Shoals, USB 12 x 12, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago IL.
2009
Whoop Dee Doo, Heartland, Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, curated by Charles Esche, Director of
the Van Abbemuseum, Kerstin Niemann, Research Curator at the Van Abbemuseum, and Stephanie Smith, Director of
Collections and Exhibitions and Curator of Contemporary Art at the Smart Museum of Art (group / live performance and
museum installation), catalog
SELECTED GROUP ART EXHIBITIONS
2011
Summer Goal Show, Storage Gallery, curated by Nathan Dixon, Philedalphia, PA. (collaboration with Megan Mantia)
Mmm What You Say, Rah! Booty, Kat Dison Benefit, The Firehouse, Kansas City, MO. (live performance)
Leone Anne Reeves phone: 828-400-3655 email: lreeves@kcai.edu
Anastasia America and Bald Eagle, Mother Trucker 2 fundraiser, Sidekicks, Kansas City, MO. (collaboration with Megan
Mantia, live performance)
Aerosol Margarine, 20 for 20 AIDS benefit, The Uptown Theater, Kansas City, MO. (collaboration with Matt Cygnet, live
performance)
Rah! Booty, Dirty Dorothy, Missie B’s, Kansas City, MO. (live performance)
2010
Bro! Booty, KCAI Drag Show, The Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO. (live performance)
This Time, In The Moment, The Carter Art Center, Penn Valley Community College, Kansas City, MO, curated by Heather
Lustfeldt And Megan Mantia (solo / live performance)
Whoop Dee Doo, Whoop Dee Doo Space, Kansas City, MO. (live performance)
Whoop Dee Doo, Community and Loneliness, The Paragraph, Urban Culture Project, Kansas City, MO, curated by Angela
Lopez (group / video)
Universe Women, Arrival/Departure, La Esquina, Urban Culture Project, Kansas City Art Institute 125th Anniversary, Kansas
City, MO, curated by Jonah Criswell and Maria Buszek (collaboration with Julianna Beckert / live performance Installation),
catalog
RIP VIP, Punk Bunny and Black Barbie, The Record Bar, Kansas City, MO. (live performance)
RIP VIP, Leslie and the Ly’s, The Record Bar, Kansas City, MO, booked by Dave Gilbertson, (live performance)
2009
Let’s Paint TV! With John Kilduff, The Paragraph, Urban Culture Projects, Kansas City, MO, curated by Kate Hackman and
Jaimie Warren (group / live performance)
Mythmakers, The Paragraph, Urban Culture Projects, Kansas City, MO, curated by Megan Mantia (group / live performance
installation), catalog
RIP VIP, The SSION, The Record Bar, Kansas City MO, booked by Cody Critcheloe, (live performance)
Whoop Dee Spooktacular! The Czar Bar, Kansas City, MO, curated by William Smith (Halloween party / live performance
installation)
Whoop Dee Doo, Malmo Festivalen, Malmo, Sweden, under the auspices of LOYAL gallery (solo / live performance), catalog
Whoop Dee Doo, Kristallen, Malmo, Sweden, curated by Amy Guinta and LOYAL gallery (solo / video)
Whoop Dee Doo In The Cave, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE, curated by Hesse McGraw (solo / live
performance)
RIP VIP, Kansas City Fashion Week, Hosted by Johnny Makeup, Whoop Dee Doo, Hunx and His Punx, Tilly and the Wall,
The SSION, Fashion Witch, and Baby Gaga, Kansas City MO, (group / video)
Whoop Dee Doo, St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Kansas City, MO. (group / live performance)
2008
Whoop Dee Doo, Deitch Projects, New York, NY, curated by Kathy Grayson (solo / live performance)
Whoop Dee Doo, La Esquina, Urban Culture Project, Kansas City, MO, curated by Kate Hackman (three month project, solo
/live performance)
Whoop Dee Doo, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE, curated by Hesse McGraw (solo / live performance)
Why + Wherefore, This One Goes Up to 11, www.whyandwherefore.com, New York, NY, curated by Summer Guthery, Hanne
Mugaas, Lumi Tan, and Nicholas Weist (group / web)
Mail Order Monsters, A.M.P. Gallery, Athens Greece, curated by Kathy Grayson, (collaboration with The SSION / live
performance)
Ultimate Infinity, GOFFO, NEXT Art Fair, Chicago, IL, curated by Imperfect Articles and Kavi Gupta (collaboration with Julianna
Beckert / live performance installation)
Ultimate Infinity, Art Chicago VIP Party, G2, Chicago, IL, curated by Lisa Wainwright (collaboration with Julianna Beckert / live
performance installation)
2007
Halloween, Month Long Series Hosted by: Elegant Mr. Gallery, Chicago, IL, curated by Leone Reeves (group / live
performance)
Whoop Dee Doo, Getsumin Gallery, Osaka, Japan, curated by Naoko Wowsugi (solo / installation)
Neptune’s Pollywog’s, MFA / BFA Performance Thesis Presentations, LINKS HALL, Chicago, IL, curated by Ni’Ja Whitson
(group / live performance)
Whoop Dee Doo: Beating Dead Horses, Boots Contemporary Gallery, St. Louis, MO, curated by Jon Peck, and Juan William
Chavez (group / video)
Leone Anne Reeves phone: 828-400-3655 email: lreeves@kcai.edu
2006
Whoop Dee Doo, Greenlease Gallery, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO, curated by Anne Pearce (solo / live
performance and)
Whoop Dee Doo, Kansas City Loves You, Rocket Projects, Miami, FL, curated by Nick Cindric and Jon Peck,
(solo / installation), catalog
Convergence 2, Elegant Mr. Gallery, Chicago, IL, curated by Leone Reeves, (solo / live performance)
All Tomorrows Parties, Lazer Happy Gallery, Chicago, IL, curated by Andreas Laracuantes (House of T.I.N.A. collaboration /
live performance)
PUBLICATIONS
2011
Nick Malewski, The Kansas City Star, Art Review, Photography exhibit ‘Glory Days’ revels in playful fantasy, Kansas City, MO.
February 23rd, illus
Blog Feature: Chicagoartmagazine.com, Art or Entertainment?: Leone Reeves, Lee Heinemann and “Whoop Dee Doo”,
January 19th, illus.
Kevin Wilson, chicagourbanartsociety.tumblr.com, Young Artists, Leone Reeves and Lee Heinemann, Young Artists Profile,
Issue #4, January 1st , illus
2010
Jacob Gaboury, Rhizome.org/editorial, Interview with Jaimie Warren of Whoop Dee Doo, New Museum Blog, August 25th, illus
Blog Feature: Shopgoldenage.com/blog, Whoop Dee Doo’s New Space, Golden Age Bookstore, Chicago, IL, July 14th, illus
Sweetandsound.co.uk Magazine, Best Of Vimeo Week 7, Sweet and Sound, Stoke Newington, London, May, illus
2009
Alex Schubert, The Kansas City Star, Fine Arts Review, Missing, But Not Missed: Paragraph Gallery brings works by friends
together for fun and exploration, Kansas City, MO, December 24th, illus
Robert J. Bingaman, kcfreepress.com, Art Minutes, Mythmakers at Paragraph Gallery: 14 Artists make the most of their
identity crises, Kansas City, MO, December 9, illus
Jennifer Burklow, Chicago Sun-Times, Families encouraged to “Whoop It Up” at Show, Chicago, IL, October 2, illus
Olof Westerberg, Sydsvenskan, TV stjärnor för en kväll (TV stars for one night), Malmo, Sweden, August 22, cover + illus
Jonas Asp, Skånska Dagbladet, Galet färgglad humorshow för barn i alla åldrar (Crazy colorful comedy show for kids of all
ages), Malmo, Sweden, August 20, illus
Ulf Claren, Sydsvenskan, Upptåget går som på räls (Pranks that go like a Train Right on Track), Malmo, Sweden, August 15,
cover + illus Tara Moshizi, Det här får du inte missa i helgen (Don’t miss this weekend), Malmo, Sweden, August 14, illus
Blog Feature: Readymade Magazine, New York, NY, August, illus
Blog Feature: Beautiful Decay Magazine, New York, NY, July, illus
Martime Sims, Shopgoldenage.com/blog, Leone Anne Reeves, The Incredible Linking Woman, Golden Age Bookstore,
Chicago, IL, April, illus
Lavinia Schimmelpenninck, prestigium-STUDIO.com, New Kids, Interview, Paris, France, March, illus
Monica Watrous, Kids in the Hall: Kansas City Artists create a Trippy Variety Show, Ink Magazine, Kansas City, MO, January
14, cover + illus
2008
Michael Wilson, Artforum.com, Scene & Herd, Secret Santos, New York, NY, December
Art + Internet + Performance = Beginning Of The 90’s, Beatrize Albuquerque, Uma Pruducao, Galeria 3+1 Arte
Contemporanea, Villa Nova De Famalicao, Portugal
2007
Whoop Dee Doo – Beating Dead Horses, Jaimie Warren and Jon Peck, Boot Print Volume 1, Issue 1, 2007
Alice Thorson, Miami gets a big Whoop Dee Doo, Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO, June 21, illus
2006
Carlos Suarez De Jesus, Bad to the Bone: This Plains Posse Shoots Straight from the Hip, Miami New Times, Miami, FL, June,
illus
It Doesn’t Have to Involve Food: When Performance art is good it can be transcendent, Liz Armstrong, The Reader, Chicago,
IL, 2006, illus
From Womyn to Grrrls: Fostering understanding between feminist generations, Maria Elena Buszek, Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the College Art Association, Seattle, Washington, 2006
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