PHIL HASTINGS
filmmaker, artist, educator

Phil Hastings is an artist and filmmaker whose work has been exhibited internationally. He is a 2012 NYFA Film/Video Fellow and was an invited artist in the 18th Biennale of Sydney where his film Steadfast was screened at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. His personal films include animation, experimental and narrative modes of working. Most of his film and video work has some connection to the sciences. His video documentation of the sexual cannibalism and reproduction practices of praying mantis has been licensed for  shows on National Geographic television and the Canadian Broadcast Company and images from his praying mantis work can be seen in New Scientist magazine. He is a former director of the Big Muddy Film Festival and received his MFA in cinema from Southern Illinois University and his BFA from Columbus College of Art and Design. He currently is an Associate Professor, teaching Film & Video Arts in the Department of Visual Arts and New Media at SUNY Fredonia.