Rachel Mayeri
Racheli Mayeri (born 1969 in Berkeley, California) is an American contemporary artist.{{cite web|last1=Hart|first1=Hugh|title=When Making Apes Into Movie Stars, It’s All in the Eyes|url=https://www.wired.com/2011/08/primate-cinema/|website=Wired Magazine|accessdate=20 June 2016}}
Life
Mayeri was born in 1969 in Berkeley, California.{{cite web|title=Rachel Mayeri Born 1969 - Berkeley, CA|url=http://www.vdb.org/artists/rachel-mayeri|website=Chicago Video Data Bank|accessdate=20 June 2016}} Mayeri received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California, San Diego.{{cite web|title=Alumna Rachel Mayeri: 'Primate Cinema and The Nonhuman Demographic'|url=http://visarts.ucsd.edu/events/alumna-rachel-mayeri-primate-cinema-and-nonhuman-demographic|website=University of California San Diego|accessdate=20 June 2016}} She lives in Los Angeles{{cite web|title=Rachel Mayeri|url=http://www.aspectmag.org/people/rachel-mayeri|website=Aspect: The Chronicle of New Media Art|accessdate=20 June 2016}} where she is a full professor of Media Studies at Harvey Mudd College.{{cite web|title=Mayeri Promoted to Full Professor|url=https://www.hmc.edu/about-hmc/2015/10/05/mayeri-promoted-to-full-professor/|website=Harvey Mudd College|accessdate=20 June 2016}}{{cite web|title=Great Ape Cinema: Guided tour with expert Rachel Mayeri|url=https://www.hkw.de/en/programm/projekte/veranstaltung/p_116275.php|website=Haus der Kulturen der Welt|accessdate=20 June 2016}}
Work
Mayeri is known for her artworks involving chimpanzees.{{cite book|title=Enabling: The Work of Minimaforms|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h2tIAQAAIAAJ|year=2010|publisher=Architectural Association|isbn=978-1-902902-86-9}} Her 2011 work Primate Cinema: Apes as Family, billed as "the first film made for chimps",{{cite web|last1=Hooper|first1=Rowan|title=Apes as Family: the first film made for chimps|url=https://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2011/09/apes-as-family-a-film-made-for-chimps.html|website=New Scientist|accessdate=20 June 2016}} was made in collaboration with the Edinburgh Zoo. {{cite web|last1=Masters|first1=Tim|title=Rise of the Apes movie holds up mirror to humanity|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-14480098|website=BBC|accessdate=20 June 2016}}{{cite web|last1=DeBatty|first1=Regine|title=Primate Cinema: Apes as Family at The Arts Catalyst|url=http://we-make-money-not-art.com/primate_cinema_apes_as_family/|website=We Make Money Not Art|accessdate=20 June 2016}}{{cite web|last1=Ford|first1=Roy|title=Edinburgh exhibitions: Rachel Mayeri: Primate Cinema – Apes as Family|url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/art/edinburgh-exhibitions-rachel-mayeri-primate-cinema-apes-as-family-1-2454648|website=The Scotsman|accessdate=20 June 2016}} The piece was selected for screening at the Berlinale film festival and the 2013 Sundance film festival.{{cite web|title=2013 Sundance Film Festival Announces Short Film Program|url=https://www.sundance.org/blogs/news/2013-sundance-film-festival-announces-short-film-program|website=Sundance Film Festival|publisher=Sundance Institute|accessdate=20 June 2016}}
Awards
Mayeri received an honourable mention at the 2011 Prix Ars Electronica.{{cite web|title=Rachel Mayeri|url=http://creative-capital.org/grantees/view/194/project:157|website=Creative Capital|accessdate=20 June 2016}}