KEIDA MASCARO
Born in Utica, NY 1973
Resides in Los Angeles
KeidaMascaro@gmail.com
323-314-9183
EDUCATION
2010 Master of Fine Arts in Photography, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
2007 Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, State U. Of New York – Purchase College,
Purchase, NY.
FILM CATALOG
2023 THE RETURN OF JIMMY SHIN, Production by Shindig, LLC, Projected Release
date: 2023. Feature Film.
2023 SOUL TO SQUEEZE, Production by Weikart Rivas, LLC, Projected Release date: 2023. Feature Film.
2020 EVIL TAKES ROOT: THE CURSE OF THE BATIBAT, Production by Vengeance Is
Mine, LLC, Release date: 2020. Feature Film. Distribution: Amazon Video
2020 OUR DYSLEXIC CHILDREN, Production by Our Dyslexic Children, LLC,
Release date: 2020. Documentary Film. Won Best ‘Long Form Short Film’ at
the Toronto Documentary Film Festival 2022.
FILM PRODUCER | CREATIVE PRODUCER
2021-2023 WEIKART RIVAS, LLC (DBA – Soul To Squeeze) Los Angeles, CA. Dramatic
Feature Film (Post-Production)
2018-2023 NEW AMERICANS, LLC (DBA – New Americans - The Film) Columbus, OH
& Los Angeles, CA. Dramatic Feature Film (Pre-Production)
2016-2020 OUR DYSLEXIC CHILDREN, LLC (DBA – Our Dyslexic Children)
Columbus, OH. Documentary Film.
2016-2017 VENGEANCE IS MINE, LLC (DBA – Evil Takes Root: The Curse Of The
Batibat) Columbus, OH. Feature Film.
PHOTOGRAPHER | VIDEOGRAPHER
2021-2022 HANSON (BAND) - RGB RECORDING SESSION Jim Scott Studio & David
Garza Studio. Los Angeles, CA. BTS photography & video.
MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTOR | PRODUCER
2022 FOLKSINGER (David Garza) Los Angeles, CA. Producer & Director
SING ME A SWEET DREAM (David Garza) Los Angeles, CA. Producer &
Director
2021 LOVE YOU FROM AFAR (Talk 2 Strangers) Los Angeles, CA. Producer
ROSA (David Garza) Los Angeles, CA. Producer
2019 DON'T LET GET YOU DOWN (Wajatta - Reggie Watts/John Tejada) Los
Angeles, CA. Producer, Camera B.
2016 WHISPER (Playing To Vapors) Columbus, Ohio. Producer & Director
TAKE ME (Jordan Kirk & The Smoking Section) Columbus, Ohio. Producer &
Director
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER | DIRECTOR
2015-2023 GET ON THE BUS, LLC (DBA – The Armchair Report) Columbus, OH &
Los Angeles, CA. YouTube Talk Show + Variety Show.
CREATIVE DIRECTOR | PRODUCER | DIRECTOR
2012-2023 KEIDA MASCARO, LLC (DBA – Keida Mascaro Productions and Keida
Mascaro Creative) Columbus, OH & Los Angeles, CA. Television, Radio,
Print & Web Commercial content, media buying, casting.
COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR | PRODUCER | EDITOR
2013-2016 VIMBY, LBC - Walmart Campaign. Van Nuys, CA. Television, Radio, &
Internet Content, Ohio, Kentucky & Minnesota. Directed & Produced 24
Walmart Television, print & radio commercials.
COMMERCIAL CASTING PRODUCER
2012-2016 VIMBY, LBC-Walmart Campaign. Van Nuys, CA. “Real person” casting,
Columbus, OH and Dayton, OH Regions. Cast over 50 commercials.
UNIVERSITY TEACHING
2013 Adjunct Professor, Photography. Department of Art, The Ohio State
University, Columbus, OH.
2010-2012 Guest Lecturer, Photography. Department of Art, The Ohio State University,
Columbus, OH.
2008-2010 Instructor of Record, Photography. Department of Art, The Ohio State
University, Columbus, OH.
2012 Faculty Advisor, OSU Student Photography Club. Ohio Union, The Ohio
State University, Columbus, OH.
PRIVATE CHEF (Selected Client List)
2000-2008 Rod Stewart, Rachel Hunter, Sharon & Kelly Stone, Patricia Arquette,
Thomas Jane, Jerry Bruckheimer, Paul Thomas Anderson, Quentin
Tarantino & Lawrence Bender, Thomas Jane, Laurence Mark
CREATIVE ASSISTANTSHIPS
2009-2010 Ann Hamilton & Michael Mercil
2006-2008 Richard Edson
2003-2008 Arthur Tress
2004,1996 John Epperson (Lypsinka)
HONORS
2008 Certificate of Recognition, ODADAS - The State Of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Creative In Residence– Think Like An Artist Thursdays, Columbus Museum Of Art,
Columbus, OH. Video.
2016 The Armchair Report– Premiere, Gateway Film Center, Columbus, OH. Video.
2015 The Armchair Report– Connector Series, Columbus Museum Of Art, Columbus,
OH. Video.
2013 BreakTransit- featuring performances by the TransitArt Breakdance Crew Port
Columbus International Airport, Columbus, OH. Video.
2012 NEREID, Collaboration with Louise Eberle, Michael Lachowyn, Kiki Williams, &
Daniel Holt. FeverHead, Columbus, OH. Video.
2011 Interiors, Urban Art Space, Columbus, OH. Film screening. Video.
2008 Goodbye Porkpie Hat (2004–2008), Fresh Air Gallery, Columbus, OH. Video,
Gelatin Silver Print & Large Xerox Print.
2007 Objectification, Elements Of Art Gallery, Columbus, OH. Video.
2006 Objectification, BOCA (Bar of Contemporary Art), San Francisco, CA. Video.
Objectification, ADM (Atelier Deluxe Musique) Project Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Video.
2005 The Back Yard Series,The Bourgeois Pig, Los Angeles, CA. Gelatin Silver Print.
2004 The Back Room Series,The Bourgeois Pig, Los Angeles, CA. Gelatin Silver Print.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Startup Storytellers – The Leap, Columbus Museum Of Art, Columbus, OH. Video,
Speaker.
2017 Six In The City Live – With Larry Smith, Shadowbox, Columbus, OH. Presenter.
2016 Six In The City Wexner – With Larry Smith, The Wexner Center For The Arts,
Columbus, OH. Presenter, Video.
2012 Velocity Shifting – Bona Fide Hoopla, Columbus Dance Theatre, Columbus, OH.
Video Collaboration with Melanie Gallo. Video Dance. Video.
2011 Yelp In Toyland – The Open Heart Creatures, BOMA, Columbus, OH. Dancer.
2011 (INSTALL) Art Exhibition at Go West Festival, vacant building in Franklinton,
Columbus, OH. “Interiors” screening. Video.
2010 Me and You and Everyone We Know, 2010 OSU Master of Fine Arts Exhibition,
Urban Art Space, Columbus, OH. 3 Video Sculptures.
2009 Art Squatters, Group exhibit in vacant downtown buildings, Columbus, OH. Video
Sculpture.
2008 1st Year Fall Exhibition, Hopkins Gallery, Columbus, OH. Video & Gelatin Silver
Print.
2007 Downtown Art Festival, Collaboration with Richard Edson, Downtown, Los Angeles,
CA. Video.
2006 Juxtaposition,Counterpoint Fine Books, Los Angeles, CA. Gelatin Silver Print
Seen, Collaboration with Richard Edson ADM Project Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Video.
PROMOTER/CURATOR
2023 THE LOST POETS OF APOCOLYPTO A night of comedy and magic. LA, CA
2022 THE LOST POETS OF APOCOLYPTO A night of comedy and magic. LA, CA
2012 MINOU! A Night of Dinner Theatre- featuring performances by: Jordan Kirk, Adrian Jusandis, CoCo Loupe, David Smith and other rotating local artists.
Columbus, Ohio. Curator, Chef, and Producer.
2011 3 Hour Jibber Jabber; A Critical Art Survey- Film, Video, Music, Writing, and
2010 Performance (3 hour in-house, non-accredited art survey, 16 students, 10 wks)
Lecturer.
2008 Superstar. A Night of Warhol Superstars featuring: Taylor Mead, John Giorno, Holly
Woodlawn & Penny Arcade. The Chop Chop Gallery, Columbus, Ohio. Producer.
2006 Beer & Loathing. An evening of Lowbrow Art featuring: Georganne Deen, Buddy
Hickerson, Dave Goldin, Joe Rocco & Alie Ward. ADM (Atelier Deluxe Musique)
Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Curator and Promoter.
2000 Love Club. Traveling promotion of local LA musical acts: The Pinks, The Mashed
Notes, 1976, Arlo, Ghetto Blaster and others. Mr. T’s Bowl, Los Angeles, CA.
Lead guitarist of The Pinks and Promoter of Love Club. 50+ shows.
PUBLISHED ARTICLES AND PHOTOGRAPHS
2021 ‘Who’s Afraid Of Michael Kearns?’ F-Stop Books, April 7, 2021 Michael Kearns,
writer. Credit: Cover photo, Book design.
‘A Conversation With Actor Richard Edson On Hollywood And America’
Metropolitan Magazine, July, 2021 Adam Kluger, writer. Credit: Photography
2018 Film ‘New Americans’ to focus on Columbus, immigrants. The Columbus Dispatch,
December 9, 2018 Danae King, writer.
From Congo To Columbus. The Ohio Star, December, 2018 Anna Marie Bolton,
writer.
Columbus Museum Of Art Hosts Film Production Workshop. Columbus Monthly,
March 21, 2018. Suzanne Goldsmith, writer.
Perspective:Father Knows Best. Columbus Monthly, February 21, 2018. Johnny
Petric, writer.
2017 M - Movie Industry (614) Magazine. April 1, 2017. J.R. McMillan, writer.
Nudes; The World’s Top Photographers. RotoVision Press, Switzerland 2005.
Anthony LaSala, editor
2009 inForum. 08/09 Year In Review. The Ohio State University Department of Dance
2008 Bill Mayr. “Project With A Purpose” - The Columbus Dispatch, Weekender. (June
26, 2008): 26.
2007 Arthur Tress - Behind The Image. Paci Arte, Italy, 2007. Giampaolo Paci.
Tracy Zollinger Turner. “Words of Encouragement” - Alive!(April 5, 2007): 34.
2006 Woman’s Health Magazine - Issue September 2006. Rodale Inc., Emmaus, PA.
Evie McKenna, photo editor.
Tyler Hubby. “Los Angeles/New York Reviews” -Artillery Magazine. (November
2006): 35.
2005 Nudes; The World’s Top Photographers. RotoVision Press, Switzerland 2005.
Anthony LaSala, editor.