Cuyler Ballenger (b. 1985 Novato, California) lives and works between Barcelona, ES and La Jolla, CA. His films are typically specific family stories which speak to broader cultural and socio-economic issues; his practice moves between documentary and narrative filmmaking.
Recent solo and group exhibitions include Books of Jacob, I am sending you love from the future, and Resonant Images (2024, 2025) in La Jolla, CA; Regulated Garbage (2022) in Los Angeles, CA; Trash Mountain, Inheritance, and Heavy Metal (2021, 2022) in Houston, TX.
He has a BA in Rhetoric from UC Berkeley and an MFA in Visual Art from UC San Diego.