REY PARLÁ
Biography
Born, Miami, FL.
Florida International University, B.A. Eng. Lit.
F.I.U. Certificate in Film Studies
Sporadic Germination (c. 1994), Rey’s first abstract film screened at The Miami International Film
Festival along works by Stan Brakhage (U.S.) and Jose Antonio Sistiaga (Spain) in a program entitled: The
Avant - Garde Returns, curated by the former Harvard Film Archives’ Director, Bruce Posner.
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Group Exhibitions:
2013
Wider than a postcard. A group show curated by Sven Davis. Breeze
Block Gallery, Portland, OR.
2012
Parlá Frères: U.T.O.P.I.A. Rey Parlá & José Parlá. colette: Paris, France.
2011
Paris Photo. Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, NYC
Sights Unseen. Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, NYC
2010
It Ain’t Fair. OHWOW Gallery. Miami, FL.
The New Grand Tour: Group Exhibition. Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, NYC.
2009
No Longer Empty. The Invisible Dog. Curated by Manon Slome. Brooklyn, NY.
2008
The New Grand Tour, 798 District Diesel basketball stadium. Beijing, China.
Moving Images. Sioux City Art Center, IA. T.S. Martin Atrium. Curated by Michael Betancourt.
2007
The New Grand Tour, DNA Diesel Space. Hong Kong.
Frost Art Museum. Florida International University. Juried competition of selected works by
Fredric Snitzer Gallery. “Scratch | Graphs.”
Visual Music from Iota, a DVD anthology of contemporary art from The Iota Center.
2005
Pictography. The Marlin Hotel, Miami Beach, FL. Featuring the work of Chris Mendoza, Stefan
Ruiz, Romon Yang, José Parlá and Rey Parlá.
2004
Death & Taxes. The Dorsch Gallery. Miami, FL. Curated by Michael Betancourt.
Agent Intellect vs. Kokoff, a performance and screening presented at the Miami Beach
Cinematheque as | PROBE | Informative Art Project, also known as 'Erasing Memory' Curated by
Carol Jazzar and covered by John Anderson of The Miami New Times.
2003
Bazzar: Cuchifritos Art Gallery. L.E.S., supported by The Puffin Foundation, NYSCA, LMCC.
Cristian Mendoza, Romon Yang, Lee Quinones, Pablo Power, Ryan McGinness, Rey Parlá, David
Ellis, Jest, Clayton Patterson, and Cer.
Field Trip: Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, NYC.
2002
Chance by Choice, The Annex Space. Miami Beach, FL. Art Basel.
Extensions of the Spectacle. Albion Hotel. Miami Beach, FL.
Boomerang. Lee Quinones, José Parlá, and Rostarr. Electric Dance video-feedback screening
by Rey Parlá. Agnes B., Soho. NYC.
1998
The Modern Primitive Gallery: InkHeads & Friends. Atlanta, GA.
1997
The No Show. Frederic Snitzer Gallery. Coral Gables, FL.
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Screenings:
2002
IV Festival Internacional de Arte Sonoro: Habitat Sonico, the ExTeresa Arte Actual National
Conservatory of Music | MUCA-ROMA, Mexico.
2000
Independent Feature Project Film Festival & Market.
1999
An Experimental Introduction to a Segmented Reality. Modern Primitive Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
Sporadic Germination: Ink Heads’ Group Exhibition. 113 Ludlow St. Space, NYC.
1998
Milano International Film Festival. Milan, Italy.
1997
The Anti Film Festival, Colony Theater. Miami Beach, FL. *Honorable mention.
The Educational Channel, Tampa, FL. Independent’s Weekend showcase.
1996
Independent Feature Project Film Festival & Market.
Load Your Own Film Festival. The Alliance for Media Arts, Miami Beach, FL.
1995
Central Florida Film & Video Festival.
Louis Wolfson II Media History Center Festival, Colony Theater. Miami Beach, FL.
South Florida Art Center – Black Box Event. Film/Video: A Topographical Cinema. Ground Level
Alternative Space.
1994
12 Annual Miami Film Festival: The Avant - Garde Returns.
1993
The Anti Film Festival, Colony Theater. Miami Beach, FL.
93-98
Alliance Cinema screenings. Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL. *Honorable mention.
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Filmography:
2010
The New Grand Tour documentary. Writer & Co-Director. Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, NYC.
2007
The Painted Paradise: A Visual Poem. Private screenings.
2004
Erasing Memory, (video art loop of stock footage, silent).
2003
Pushing a Button, (video art with soundtrack), collaboration with Vanessa Gocksch.
1998
Diablo, (16mm narrative film, color). Co-Writer, Producer and Co-Director.
1997
The Spectacle, (35mm silent film), presented under the titled, Rumba Abstracta at the Anti Film
Festival and the Cuban Alternative Film Festival as *Special musical presentation.
1996
Electric Dance, (video-feedback, silent).
1995
The Revolution of Super 8 Universe: A Self-Portrait, (Super 8 silent film).
1994
Sporadic Germination, (Super 8 film with soundtrack).
1993
An Experimental Introduction to a Segmented Reality, (Super 8 documentation of aerosol
artists and brother, silent).
Ink Heads, (video documentation, photography loops, soundtracks) screened at various venues
1993 – 2008.
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Conferences & Seminars:
Robert McKee's Story Seminar
Speaker: INSPIRE @ SCAD 2011
Film Florida Conference
Independent Feature Project New York
Scholarship recipient – IFP Involve New York
ASJA Writers Conference & Workshops
Action Cut: Directing for Film & Television with Guy Magar
Kodak: Independent Emerging Filmmakers’ Program with Michael Wiese
Activities:
Curator/Director & Founder of The Miami Underground Film & Video Festival 1999-2001 at Power
Studios. Miami Design District, FL.
Dental Floss Theater: Improvisation with Stuart Solomon. Coral Gables, FL.
Valencia Community College Character Company
New Florida Play Workshop with Playwright Bobbie Bell
Miami Dade Community College Prometeo Theater Group
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