2024 Science New Wave Fund Awardee
I received a SNW Development Grant for my new project Everything Must Go.
This film explores grief and loss through a variety of subjects and delves into what humans hold onto and what we cannot let go of.

Busan International Video Art Festival (BIVAF)
Space Heem + Gyeongnam Art Museum
Busan, South Korea
October, 2024

BIVAF Exhibition Text - Thematic Relay
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Sujeong Han, 2024

All photos by Hyeonjun Jung, courtesy of the Busan International Video Art Festival

Duluth Superior Film Festival
Duluth, MN
October 6, 2024

Chicago Underground Film Festival
Harper Theater
Chicago, IL
September 12 and 13, 2024

ngbk
Orangery of Care
September 2024 - Berlin Art Week
Berlin, Germany

Out of the Suitcase
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
Milwaukee, WI
August 5 - September 12, 2024

e flux - This Was Tomorrow
e-flux Screening Room
Brooklyn, NY
July 16, 2024

UK Green Film Festival
Depot, Lewes
June 22, 2024
Eden Court, Inverness
June 24, 2024
Phoenix, Leicester
June 24, 2024
Glasgow Film Theater, Glasgow
June 25, 2024
Rio Cinema, London
June 27, 2024
DCA, Dundee
June 27, 2024
Showroom Cinema, Sheffield
June 27, 2024
Storyhouse, Chester
June 29, 2024

Milwaukee Film Festival
Light Needs
Milwaukee, WI
April, 2024

Athens Film and Video Festival
Light Needs
Athens, OH
April 11, 2024

Wisconsin Film Festival
Light Needs
Madison, WI
April 6, 2024

No Studios: Filmmaker Showcase
I’m in Pittsburgh and It’s Raining
Milwaukee, WI
March 10, 2024

Frames of Reference
Two solo programs
University of Richmond
Richmond, VA
Feb. 27, 28, 2024

World of Knowledge Festival
Light Needs
St. Petersburg, Russia
November 16-20, 2023

Kassel Dokfest
Light Needs
Kassel, Germany
November 14-19, 2023

v01ces
The (Human) Voice in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Galerie Nord | Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin
November 11, 2023 - January 14, 2024

Imagine Science Films
Science New Wave Festival
New York, NY
October 20-17, 2023

Bergen International Film Festival
Light Needs
Bergen, Norway
October 18 - 26, 2023

Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival
Paradise Cinema
Toronto, Canada
October 12-24, 2023

Innsbrück Nature Film Festival
Light Needs
Innsbück, Tyrol, Austria
October 19-22, 2023

Seoul Animal Film Festival
Light Needs
Seoul, S. Korea
October 19-23, 2023

DokuBaku IDFF
Light Needs
Azerbaijan
September 26 - October 1, 2023

MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival
Light Needs
Skopje, North Macedonia
August 17 - 24, 2023

Savonlinna International Nature Film Festival
Light Needs
Savonlinna, Finland
August, 17-20 2023

Roskilde Culture Cinema
Light Needs
Roskilde, Denmark
August 19, 2023

BEAT Festival
Russian Premiere of Light Needs
June 13, 2023

e-flux Video & Film Staff Picks
June 1-30, 2023

CPH:DOX
World Premiere of Light Needs
Screening in the main competition program
March 15-26, 2023

Takeover
e-flux film and video
curated by Julian Ross
September 22 - December 15, 2022

IMPAKT Festival
The Animal Paradox
Utrecht, the Netherlands
Nov 3-4, 2022

Arroyo Seco Cine Club
Art in The Park
Los Angeles, CA
September, 2022

Bunjil Place
The Mother of All Data
curated by Anita Spooner
June - November 2022

The Nightingale Cinema
Farewell (for now) Festival
Chicago, IL
April 24, 2022

STILL LIFE
DeVos Art Museum
Northern Michigan University
Marquette, MI
January 21 - March 25, 2022

Rooftop Filmmakers Fund Grantee for Light Needs
Irving Harvey Color Correction Grant
Awarded 2021
New York, NY

Athens International Film + Video Festival
October 15-24, 2021
Athens, OH

First Look 20/21
Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater
Astoria, Queens, NY
July 31, 2021

Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival
Juror
Chicago, IL
June 9 - 13, 2021

Labocine - May issue “Wanderlust”
Imagine Science Films
May 4 - May 31, 2021

THIS IS SHORT Festival
Home Entertainment program in Festival Windows
Vienna, Austria
May 27 - June 1, 2021

The Walker Art Center
Minneapolis, MN
March 23 - April 5, 2021
Online program

True Fake: Troubling the Real in Artists’ Films
e-flux

February 23 - March 8, 2021

Antimatter
Victoria, BC Canada
October 14-24, 2020

Gus Fisher Gallery
The Medium is the Message
Television Now and Then 
Auckland, New Zealand 
1 August – 17 October

VIDEOEX
22. Edition
Experimentalfilm & Video Festival
Zurich Switzerland
11 - 20 September 2020

10 East Arts Video Drive-in
East 10th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana
Sept 11-17, 2020

That One Film Festival
live streaming event September 11 – 12, 2020 

Crossroads 2020
Livestream premiere: Thursday, August 27 7pm PST

Besides the Screen Conference
Federal University of Espírito Santo
Espírito Santo, Brazil
Aug. 1, 2020

I Hate the internet: Techno-Dystopian Malaise and Visions of Rebellion
San Francisco Cinematheque Video Channel
Presented in partnership with Video Data Bank and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Online through May 16, 2020

Late Capital TV
Flatland
Chicago, IL
Streaming May 14/15, 2020

Onion City: Experimental Film + Video Festival
March 12-15, 2020
Chicago, IL
Online version - June 20, 2020
Jury Prize

Museum of the Moving Image
First Look Festival
March 11-15, 2020
New York, NY
(suspended due to Covid-19)

Cosmic Rays
March 5-6, 2020
Chapel Hill, NC

Hyperlinks
Static Vision
Feb. 2020
Sydney, Australia

Weinberg/Newton Gallery
Return to the Everywhere
Jan. 24 - April 4, 2020
Chicago, IL

International Film Festival Rotterdam
Wait and See section
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Jan. 22-Feb. 1, 2020

Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art
Beyond borders. Processed Body - Expanded Brain
Gdansk, Poland
Jan. 16, 2020

Til Vægs
Jan. 10 - through March, 2020
Copenhagen, Denmark

Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
Competition screening
Winterthur, Switzerland
Nov. 6-11, 2019

Sight Unseen
Solo screening
Parkway Theater, Baltimore, MD
October 30, 2019

Museum of the Moving Image
To the Stars: Experimental Inspirations for Ad Astra
Astoria, NY
Oct. 12, 2019

EXiS Experimental Film and Video Festival
Juror screening
Seoul, Korea
July 22-Aug. 1, 2019

Syros International Film Festival
Syros, Greece
July 16-21, 2019

2019 Yebizo Festival of Art + Alternative Visions
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
Tokyo, Japan
Feb. 8-24, 2019

November Film Festival
Close-Up Film Centre
London, UK
Nov. 22-25, 2018

Tabakalera - International Centre for Contemporary Culture
Spectral Exchange
San Sebastian, Basque Autonomous Community, Spain
Nov. 16-17, 2018

Coe College - Film and Art Festival
Sinclair Galleries
Cedar Rapids, IA
Nov. 9-10, 2018

Ski Club >>> High Desert Test Site
Twenty-Nine Palms, CA
Oct. 27-28, 2018

Imagine Science Film Festival
Spectacle Theater
Oct. 12-19, 2018
New York, NY

25FPS
Juror Presentation
Zagreb, Croatia
Sept. 27-30, 2018

Interview
Luka Ostojić, "Interview with Jesse McLean”, Kulturepunkt, Sept. 30, 2018
(In Croatian, English translation available)

Nohl 15th Anniversary Screening
Working Things Out Program - curated by Ben Balcom
Charles Allis Art Museum
Milwaukee, WI
Sept. 13, 2018 - 6:30pm

SCREEN Projects - UB Art Galleries
Buffalo, NY
Aug. 1 - Sept. 5, 2018

Mothlight Cinema at Lightbox
Image Bearings: New Video Work by Women in the Midwest
Programmed by Sally Lawton
Detroit, MI
Aug. 10, 2018 - 8pm

PARALLAX
Institut für Alles Mögliche - ZENTRALE
Curated by Curt Miller
Berlin, Germany
July 19, 2018

FRONT International
Microlights curated program "The End of Things"
Cleveland Institute of Art
Cleveland, OH
July 14 - Sept. 30, 2018

EXiS 2018
EX-Now Program
Seoul, Korea
July 12, 2018

Chicago Underground Film Festival
Chicago, IL
June 6-10, 2018

Riverwest FemFest Film and Video Showcase 2018
Hosted by RW FemFest and Microlights
The Open
Milwaukee, WI
May 29, 2018 - Two programs beginning at 7PM

When It Rains, It Pours - solo exhibition
The Green Gallery
Milwaukee, WI
April 18-May 12, 2018

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival
Minneapolis, MN
April 12-28, 2018

Athens International Film and Video Festival
Athens, OH
April 9-15, 2018

When It Rains, It Pours - solo exhibition
Silver Eye Center for Photography
Pittsburgh, PA
March 2018

Onion City Film And Video Festival
Chicago, IL
March 8-11, 2018

Cosmic Rays Festival
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Varsity Theater
March 1, 2018

Labocine
February Issue "Machine Minds & Digital Neurons"

The Uncanny
Organized by Short Circuit: Experimental Shorts
The Nightingale Room, Grand Central
29-30, Surrey Street
Brighton, United Kingdom
Monday, Feb. 5, 2018

Cave Festival - Solo Program
Presented by  Cellular Cinema
Bryant Lake Bowl & Theater, Minneapolis, MN
Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018 - 9:00pm

CC30 - Sonic Cinema
Presented by  Cellular Cinema
Bryant Lake Bowl & Theater, Minneapolis, MN
Dec. 3, 2017 - 7:00pm

Flicker & Wow: Delphi Falls - shorts program
The Public Cinema, Knoxville, TN
Presented by Big Ears, curated by Darren Hughes
Dec. 6, 2017 - The Pilot Light, 7:00pm

Union Cinema - Peck School of the Arts - UW-Milwaukee - Solo Program
Wherever You Go, There We Are: Videos by Jesse McLean
Nov. 14, 2017 - 7:00pm, Q&A to follow screening

MUBI - review of Projections NYFF
Almudena Escobar López
Oct. 30, 2017

Imagine Science Film Festival
Cobble Hill Cinema, Brooklyn, NY
See a Dog, Hear a Dog, Transhuman Diaries program
Oct. 18, 2017

Festival international du film de la Roche-sur-Yon, Novelles Vagues Competition, France
See a Dog, Hear a Dog
Oct. 16-22, 2017

New York Film Festival, Projections, New York, NY
Program 1: Speculative Spaces
Wherever You Go, There We Are
 Oct. 6-9, 2017

Artist Now! - Guest Lecture Series
Peck School of the Arts - UW-Milwaukee
Oct. 4, 2017

Vdrome 
See a Dog, Hear a Dog, Introduced by Arnaud Gerspacher
Sept. 1-14, 2017

Open City Documentary Festival - London, UK
By Hyper Media, For Hyper Media - curated by LOST FUTURES
Wherever You Go, There We Are
September 9, 2017

25 FPS - Zagreb, Croatia
See a Dog, Hear a Dog
Sept. 28-Oct. 1, 2017

VDB TV: Decades
Sandwiched Between Apocalypse and Drama - curated by Aily Nash
The Burning Blue
July-October 2, 2017

Meidän Festivaali - Järvenpää, Finland
See a Dog, Hear a Dog
July 2017

Santarcangelo Festival - Milan, Italy
MIND BODY DIALOGUE - curated by Nocturnal Reflections
Lose Yourself + See a Dog, Hear a Dog
July 2017

Video Video Zine!
Guest curation - June 2017

Jury Award - Chicago Underground Film Festival
See a Dog, Hear a Dog
June 2017

Edward Cella Art + Architecture - Los Angeles, CA
Twenty/20 Film Series
Wherever You Go, There You Are
July 2017

Haggerty Museum of Art - Milwaukee, WI
Mary L. Nohl Individual Artist Fellowship Exhibition
June 8 - September 17, 2017