ABOUT

Sasha Marie Speer uses a variety of materials and processes to investigate, break apart and reconfigure how we connect to ourselves and each other. Through her provoking and powerful studio sessions in photography, video and audio she harnesses the soul of her subjects and creates experiences from them in her work. She interweaves pain and hope into visual forms and experiences to capture and challenge our current state as human beings and seeks possibility of real connection in a world of constant distraction and separation.

 

Her art and art experiences have raised more than $100,000 to support Los Angeles area non-profits.

 

EDUCATION 

DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY 

Eastern Washington University 2008 

 

BACHELOR OF ARTS, SPANISH Cum laude

Western Washington University 2003 

 

FILMS

2022 UNBORN (coming 2022)

2016 WALKING TALL

2015 HAIR 

2014 ADDICTED

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VIDEO ARTWORK

2020 FLOWER MEDITATIONS

2018 FREEDOM PORTRAITS

2018 ONE

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EXHIBITIONS

Solo exhibitions:

2020

• moments, Mar 21 2019, YEM Gallery, Venice – CA – postponed due to COVID-19

• bE, May – June, 2020, (online exhibition due to Covid-19)

• HOME: Lullabies and stories from around the world, September – October 2020, (online exhibition due to Covid-19)

2019

• HeART Culture, Feb 2019, Awa Oasia, Arts District, Los Angeles

• Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce, Women’s Outstanding Leadership Award, Fairmont Hotel, Santa Monica, CA (Sasha designed the space with photography and video and led an interactive art performance piece with the audience of 500 men and women)

• HÜMAN: Rebirth, May 2019, Awa Oasia, Arts District, Los Angeles

2018

• Women of Courage: I am You, June 2018, Neutra Museum & Gallery, Silver Lake, Los Angeles 

• Women of Courage: The Wheel, August 2018, COMUNITYmade, Arts District, Los Angeles 

 

 

Group exhibitions:

2022

• Experimental Rome, May 2022, Soho House, Rome, Italy

• Venice Experimental Video and Performing Art Festival, May 2022, Palazzo Bembo, Venice, Italy

2020

• Art In the Time of Corona, March 2020, DAB Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (online exhibition due to COVID-19)

• human, Stay Gallery, May 2020, Downey, CA, US (online exhibition due to COVID-19)

2018

• POWER, vol. 1, Mar 2018, Creative Director for artist Amy Smith, Gabba Gallery, Silver Lake, Los Angeles (designed show and photographed subjects for art pieces in show)

• Neutra Contemporary Group Show, Dec 2018, Neutra Museum & Gallery, Silver Lake, Los Angeles

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AWARDS

• 2022 Best Female Centre Story Short: Texas Arthouse Festival; USA; Writer, Director, Producer; Unborn

• 2022 Award Winner; Paris Women Festival; Paris, France; Writer, Director, Producer; Unborn

• 2022 Award Winner; Houston Underwater Film Festival; Houston, Texas; Writer, Director, Producer; Unborn

• 2021 Best Film: Experimental Dance & Music Film Festival; Toronto, Canada; Writer, Director, Producer; Unborn

• 2021 Best Women Empowerment Short, Paris International Shorts Festival; Writer, Director, Producer; Unborn

• 2018 International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Nathalyn

• 2014, 2015 Best Documentary, Independent Filmmakers Showcase, Beverly Hills, CA; Producer, Addicted the Universal Language of Music; Producer and Co-director, Hair. 

 

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LIFE EXPERIENCE 

Travel

Sasha has lived and traveled all over the world including, Spain, Argentina, Peru, Brazil, Holland, Turkey, and completed a solo backpacking trip through Central America; she stays with local families when she can to learn more about them as humans, their language and their culture. She is fluent in English and Spanish. 

 

Sports and Adventure 

Nature is Sasha's happy place, especially when she is pushing her body. Over the years, she has participated in or competed in a number of sports including swimming, springboard diving, mountain climbing, running, cycling, and snowboarding.

 

She established and participated in the Swim, Paddle, Kayak For Mental Health in October 2020 to honor the passing of her friend's son as well as provide support to the many families affected by mental illness through awareness and fundraising. The annual event raises money and awareness to support mental health for at risk youth through the South Bay Children's Health Center in Redondo Beach, CA.