ARTIST / FILMMAKER
Nicole Mackinlay Hahn is an artist and filmmaker based in New York. Her examination of courage and audacity in female extreme sports led her to directing her first feature documentary HARDIHOOD in 2001, and producing and shooting the ESPN X Games (1999-2001). She created a Clif Bar commercial for the Tour De France (2002), and collaborations on multiple films with Clif Bar & Co. quickly followed, as did partnerships on philanthropic video collaborations with Product(RED), Breast Cancer Fund, The Global Fund, and the ONE Campaign. Nicole has worked extensively in Africa, shooting in twelve countries for an interactive installation project concerning workers in the garment industry. The resulting MIRROR/AFRICA installation was featured in Barney’s New York, the New Museum, and the London College of Fashion (2008-2011).
Her continued interest in the lives of workers led to THE WELCOME TABLE PROJECT (2013), commissioned by Louverture Films and Dillywood, Inc., Nicole is directing a series of short film portraits which maps the labor chain of workers in the food industry, and which was recently featured at the Tribeca Film Festival/Interactive. Nicole’s cinematography has attracted major feature doc interest and she is now currently shooting THE SHADOW WORLD, about the international arms trade, by award-winning director and artist Johan Grimonprez. She is also providing additional cinematography for the feature documentary THE MESSAGE by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein. Nicole received her BFA from the School of Art and Design at Alfred University concentrating in Print Media, Video Arts, and is the recipient of the Vinal Haven Press and Kala Fellowships. Her artwork has been exhibited internationally, recently at the UK’s Center For Contemporary Art and The Natural World, with prints available at the Lazarides Gallery in London.
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Nicole began her film career by borrowing her little brother’s pixel vision camera in the eighth grade to film friends during school. Her artistic interests have always been centered in bringing the voice and humanity of her subjects into sharper focus. Her naturalistic approach across diverse communities around the world have established her as a premiere director of film / HD content for the art, design, and entertainment fields.
PAST CLIENTS INCLUDE: Bono & Ali Hewson, Christy Turlington, Donna Karan, Louverture Films, Dillywood Inc., Clif Bar & Co., ESPN, Edun Apparel, Barneys New York, Loomstate, Rogan, Sephora, Nude Skincare, Product(RED), ONE Campaign, Christie’s, Breast Cancer Fund, Mother Jones Magazine.
PRESENTATIONS:
1.16.2013
Visiting lecturer at the School of Visual Arts / Digital Arts Seminar
2.22.2012
Visiting lecturer at the School of Visual Arts / Digital Arts Seminar
12.4.2008 – 12.6.2008
Presenter at the 10th Annual New York Fashion Conference / Green: Sustainability, Significance, and Style, Art Initiatives
10.27.2008 – 10.31.2008
Presenter at the Center for Sustainable Fashion annual summit, London College of Fashion
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
12.18.2010 – 1.9.2011
New Museum of Contemporary Art – NY,
New York ‘The Last Newspaper Show’ contribution and installation with New City Reader
7.31.2010 – 11.21.2010
Center For Contemporary Art and The Natural World,
Haldon Forest Park – Exeter UK ‘Fashion Footprints’ Group Exhibition
5.14.2009 – 6.10.2009
Lazarides Rathbone Place, London ‘Grow Up’ Show,
Exhibited two works, experimental film ‘Role-Play’ and ‘I Love Lesotho’ print
11.6.2008 – 12.10.2008
Expanding Animation Group Exhibition,
at The Pascal Gallery located in the Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts at Ramapo College
10.27.2008 – 10.31.2008
Exhibitor and Participant at the Center for Sustainable Fashion annual summit, London College of Fashion
2.8.2005 – 2.11.2005
Earth Pledge, Verdopolis, Multimedia Installation in New York
PUBLIC SCREENING VENUES / FESTIVALS:
Lazarides Gallery, London
London College of Fashion
Barneys New York
Bay Area Video Coalition, San Francisco, California
ATA, San Francisco, California
San Francisco International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Bicycle Film Festival, London / New York
‘Bike-In Film Festival’ Play Circle Theater UW-Madison
Anthology Film Archives, New York
Bear Tooth Theatre, Alaska
Foreign Cinema, San Francisco
Abbey Theatre, Durango, CO
Sea Otter Classic, Monterey Bay Aquarium
Cold Cuts, Berkeley, California
Berkeley High School, Berkeley, California