OK Pedersen
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Education
2022 MFA Studio Arts - Photography, Concordia University, Montréal QC
2015 BA Art, Media & Design, DePaul University, Chicago IL

Exhibitions/Screenings
2025 Orchard Station Road, solo show, Centre Clark, MOMENTA Biennial of contemporary Art, Montréal
2025 Bella Sutra, screening with live musical ensemble score –– RIDM, Montréal
2025 Recollections, dv_vd Screening series, Dazibao, Montréal –– (Three Parables)
2025 Ribalta Experimental Film Festival, Screening, Modena, Italy –– (La salle d’attente)
2025 Festival Filministes, Screening, Montréal –– (La salle d’attente)
2025 Barline / CounterFilmFestival, Screening, Tennis Bar, Berlin Germany –– (Cloud Gate 2)
2024 Rough Cut Competition –– Forum RIDM, Montréal –– (Land of the Living Skies)
2024 Otherwise Film Festival, Screening, University of California, San Diego –– (La salle d’attente)
2024 Futur antérieur. Missing What Will Be Missed, group show, Dazibao
2024 La seule entrée, Projet Tabloïde, Public Art - Mont-Royal, Montréal
2023 Au soleil excessif, Maison de la Culture Janine-Suto, Artist-Curator, Montréal
2023 Art Volt Collection Launch, Le Livart, group show, Montreal –– (Paper Monuments)
2022 Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM), Premiere screening –– (Cloud Gate 2)
2022 Session 31, Dazibao Contemporary Art Center, Montreal –– (Paper Monuments–A Slide Film)
2022 From Cloud to Cloud, Screening series, La Lumiére, Montreal –– (Correspondances No. 1-11)
2022 Avant que tout ne disparaisse, Maison de la Culture Janine-Sutto, Montréal –– (Group C exhibition)
2022 Graduating Students Exhibition, FOFA Gallery, Montreal –– (Three Parables)
2022 Paper Monuments, Galerie POPOP, Montreal QC –– Thesis exhibition
2021 This Should Have Been Done A Long Time Ago, MCJS, Montreal –– (Group C exhibit + screening)
2021 Connexion/Ancrage, Vaste et Vague Centre d'artistes, Gaspésie –– (Three Parables)
2020 Goodnight Goodnight Outdoor Cinema, Parc de Carrière, Montreal –– (Three Parables)
2018 The Fourth Annual Festival of Poets Theater, Sector 2337, Chicago IL –– Co-producer
2018 Fleur de Sel Performance Series, Grace Exhibition Space, New York NY –– (Gemini)
2018 Fleur de Sel Performance Series, Bunker Projects, Pittsburg PA –– (Gemini)
2017 Mary Scruggs Works by Women Festival, Second City Theater, Chicago IL –– (Summer Blessings)
2016 Peeling Back The Layers Performance Festival, Side Project Theater, Chicago IL –– (What Is and Is Not)
2016 Wait Wait Performance Festival, Public House Theater, Chicago IL –– (What Is and Is Not)
2016 U27, Group Exhibition, Soho House Chicago, Chicago IL –– (Labor Day)
2016 Annual Juried Showcase, University Club of Chicago Gallery, Chicago IL –– (Labor Day)
2015 Labor Day, solo exhibition, Young Camelot, Chicago IL ––(Labor Day)

Residencies
2025 Vidéographe, Technical Support Residency –– (Orchard Station Road)
2023 Vidéographe, Montreal QC - Mentorship program with Guillaume Vallée –– (Orchard Station Road)
2018 100 West Corsicana, Corsicana TX - Artist-in-residence –– (What Humble Place As This)
2016 Archive of Midwestern Culture, Colon MI - Artist-in-residence –– (Magic Capital of the World)
2016 Fulton Market 5x5, Chicago IL - Artist-in-residence –– (Good Advice I Found Online)

Awards
2025 Public Presentation Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec –– (Orchard Station Road)
2022 Jeune tête d'affiche prize, Dazibao Contemporary Art Center –– (Paper Monuments)
2022 Fine Arts Research Travel Award, Faculty of Fine Arts, Concordia University
2020 Rosalie Wynn & George Randolph Hearst Graduate Scholarship, Hearst Foundation
2019 Lazare Family Graduate Award in Photography, Concordia University
2019 International Tuition Award of Excellence, Concordia University
2018 Residency Grant, Navarro County TX Council for the Arts
2017 AJ Zelina Emerging Young Photographer Award, Luminous Endowment
2014 Summer Undergraduate Research Grant, DePaul University –– (Labor Day)
2012 Community Service Scholarship Award, Taiwanese American Citizens League
2012 The President’s Volunteer Service Award (Gold), Americorps

Teaching/Lectures
2025 Image Making, Training Workshop, Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Montreal QC
2025 The Un-Essay, Guest Lecture, English Department, Champlain College, Saint-Lambert QC
2025 Reflections on Artistic Research, Conference Panelist, Post Image Lab, Concordia University
2021 Photo 210: Foundations in Photographic Vision, Instructor, Concordia University
2021 Photo 400: Advanced Photography II, Teaching Assistant, Concordia University
2020 Photo 400: Advanced Photography I, Teaching Assistant, Concordia University
2020 Photo 300: Photographic Theory and Vision II, Teaching Assistant, Concordia University
2020 I Want To Talk About Love, Guest Lecture, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles CA
2019 Documentary Media, Instructor, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago IL
2019 Beginning Digital Photography, Instructor, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago IL
2019 Photographic Printmaking, Instructor, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago IL
2018 Documentary Media, Instructor, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago IL
2018 Not for the Hog, Lecture, Discourse Lecture Series, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago IL
2018 Image Making Through Scanning Workshop Instructor, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago IL
2018 The Mix That Shall Not Be Named, Lecture, 100W Open Studios, Corsicana TX
2018 Writing the Self Workshop Instructor, Navarro County High School, Corsicana TX
2018 After-school Writing Program, Volunteer, 826Chicago Writing Center, Chicago IL

Juries
2025 Festival du nouveau cinéma (FNC) - Prix des Nouveaux Alchimistes
2025 Main Film - Film Factory Prize
2024 Vidéographe - Mentorship Residency Selection

Professional Experience/Associations
Present - Main Film Active Member
Present - AQTIS-514 Active Member
Present - Vidéographe Associate Member
2022-2025 Département artistique, Various Productions, Montreal QC
2021 Instructor, Faculty of Fine Arts, Photography Department, Concordia University, Montreal QC
2019-2021 Teaching Assistant, Photography Department, Concordia University, Montreal QC
2018-2019 Digital Arts Instructor, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago IL
2014-2024 Photographer, Pitchfork, NYC - Chicago - Paris
2014 Gallery Associate Japanese Gallery London, London UK
2013 Photography Lab Technician, Faculty of Fine Arts, DePaul University, Chicago IL
2012 Studio Assistant, Billy Rood, Chicago IL

In print
2024, Three Diptychs from Paper Monuments, Riddle Fence, no. 51
2022 “Paper Monuments,” tba Journal of Art, Media, and Visual Culture, vol. 4, Western University Press
2019 “Wandering Shadows - On Conflict Photography,” The Fullest Magazine, issue 9
2019 “I Have Seen the Key,” Grosse Fugue II , Les Éditions Grosse Fugue, issue 2
2019 “A Study in Sustainability,” Glamour Girl, vol. 6 by Glamour Girl Press
2018 “The Garden of Being,” Glamour Girl, vol. 5, Glamour Girl Press
2018 What Humble Place As This, Newsprint monograph, Luminous Endowment
2017 “Aesthetics of Efficiency,” Under the Influence Magazine, issue 18

Press
“Mind the gaps,” by Jackson Mount. TANK Magazine (UK) Issue 105, December 2025. Print.
“Chercher l’image (ou pas) à la biennale MOMENTA,” by Jérôme Delgado. Le Devoir, 6 Sept. 2025. Print.