TRAY TSUI

b. Hong Kong (fka: Natalie Tsui)

Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts in Cinema, San Francisco State University, CA                   

Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies & English, University of California, Berkeley, CA

SELECTED SCREENINGS, EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES

2024 An Egg in a Dream in a Landscape - Group Exhibition, The Rubelle & Norman Schafler Gallery, Brooklyn NY

2023 It Came from Beneath the Bay: Found Footage Films 1986-2019, Association of Moving Image Archivists, Tulsa, OK

2023 Artists Formerly Known as Prints - Group Exhibition, Flux Island, Governor’s Island, NY

2021 Solo Exhibition - Natalie Tsui: I’m Sorry, I Love You, Come Here, Flux Factory, NY

2020 OUTFEST Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA

2020 Frameline 44, San Francisco, CA

2020 CAAMFest FORWARD, San Francisco, CA

2020 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA

2020 CROSSROADS, online, San Francisco, CA

2020 ICDOCS 17: Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival, online, Iowa, IA

2020 How Do We Know What We Need You To Know, Bureau of General Services, The Center, New York, NY

2019               Queer Porto - International Film Festival, Lisboa, PT

2019               Let Us Be Gay, Underdonk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2018               YS800, Go! Gallery, Oakland, CA

2018               Solo Screening, Shapeshifters Cinema presents Natalie Tsui, Temescal Art Center, Oakland, CA

2017               Synthethesia, Victoria Theater, San Francisco, CA

2017               2017 Juried Presentation of New Work, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA

2017               Häxan Film Festival, Mosswood Chapel, Oakland, CA

2017               CROSSROADS, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA

2017               GLITCH Film Festival, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, UK

2017               Kuirfest, Pera Museum, Istanbul, TR

2016 - 17  YUD Video Project, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA

2016               Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest, Hackney Showroom, London, UK

2016               Qfilms Long Beach LGBTQ Film Festival, Art Theatre of Long Beach, CA

2016               Frameline, San Francisco, CA

2016               Dobra - International Experimental Film Festival, Museu De Arte Moderna, Rio de Janiero, BR

2014               Häxan Film Festival, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA

2012               National Queer Arts Festival, Joe Goode Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2012               San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF), CA

TEACHING

2024 COLAB Fellowship Director, Pratt Institute, NY

2021 - 23 Visiting Faculty, Pratt Institute, NY

2015 - 17  Lecturer, Cinema Department, San Francisco State University, CA

2015               Visiting Faculty, Film Department, San Francisco Art Institute, CA

GRANTS & AWARDS

2013               Princess Grace Film Honoraria, Princess Grace Foundation-USA

2012               Leo Diner Memorial Scholarship, San Francisco State University, CA

2011               John Gutmann Award for Best Experimental Film, SFSU, CA      

2010               Fotokem Student Filmmaker Grant, Fotokem Film & Video, Burbank, CA

FELLOWSHIPS

2018 - 19 Queer Art Mentorship Fellow, New York, NY

2018               New York Film Festival Artist Academy Fellowship, New York, NY

2018               Flaherty Seminar Fellow, New York, NY

RESIDENCIES

2021 Flux Factory Resident, Long Island City, NY

2014 - 15 Filmmaker-in-Residence, DocFilm Institute, San Francisco State University, CA

TEXTS

“Reflecting on the Moon (ANTITEXT Series)”, Canyon Cinemazine #5: “Loose Ends”, Canyon Cinema, 2017

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

2021 Chiron in Leo - Role: Director, Video, Live Action, 20 min

2020 - 21 You, Me, Or Perhaps Someone Else, Video, Hybrid, Installation, 13 min-7hr (looped)

2019               MATERIAL, Video, Found Footage, Expanded Cinema Performance, 10 min

2019               International Face, Video, Documentary, Found Footage, 8 min

2018 Chosen Fam Pilot - Roles: Director, Co-Producer, Co-Writer, Video, Live Action, Webseries, 20 min

2018               images of rapture, Video, Found Footage, Expanded Cinema Performance, 12min

2018               Entropy Loop #2, 16mm Found Footage, Expanded Cinema Performance, 8min

2018               don’t like being around queers (ANTITEXT Series), 16mm Found Footage, 4min

2017               Entropy Loop #1, 16mm Found Footage, Expanded Cinema Performance, 15min

2017               Your New Job (ANTITEXT Series), 16mm Found Footage, 1min

2017               Reflecting on the Moon (ANTITEXT Series), 16mm Found Footage, 1min

2016              Pulling a Grey Rearview Rapture (in collaboration with Brianna Nelson), Video, Found Footage, 3min

2015              Persistence of Memory, Video, Narrative, Experimental, Live Action, 15min      

2014              Virgo (Horoscope Series), Video, Found Footage, 4min

2014              Gemini (Horoscope Series), Video, Found Footage, 4min

2012              Doll, Video, Animation, 2min

2011               Casual Encounter, 16mm & Video Expanded Cinema Performance, 6min

2011               Yield, 16mm, Narrative, Experimental, Live Action, 5min

OTHER PROJECTS

2017 - 18    OUTWORDS: The National Interview Archive of LGBTQ Experience; Role: DP; Documentary, Online Archive; in production

2014 - 18    Art Is… (SFMOMA Shorts); Roles: Co-producer, Editor; Documentary; varies

                     Artists Cribs (SFMOMA Shorts); Roles: Co-producer, Editor; Documentary; varies

                     Artists <3 (SFMOMA Shorts); Roles: Co-producer, Editor; Documentary; varies

2013             (In)voluntary Departure; Role: DP; Documentary; 76min

2011              Bei Yao Wan; Roles: DP, Editor; Documentary; 10min