Biography

Victoria Kereszi is an artist, photographer, documentary filmmaker, curator, community media organizer, and educator. Victoria previously worked at Manhattan Neighborhood Network, a flagship community media operation, where she began as the Youth Programming Coordinator and eventually became the Director of Programming. In addition to her own video and photographic pursuits, she is the founder and curator of Eye Am: Women Behind the Lens, a women's memoir television series and traveling festival, which has a home at Anthology film archives. Victoria's arts and education work has taken her to Costa Rica and Cuba to work with youth to document their experiences of friendship and culture. In 2003, Victoria received her MA from NYU's Gallatin School with a concentration in Documentary Film and Gender Studies. She currently lives in Troy, New York where she recently received her MFA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Electronic Arts Department and making portrait films about elderly women who live their lives against the grain.