Ken Volok first gained recognition as a filmmaker, actor,
photographer, stage director, painter and writer California's Ventura-Santa Barbara coast. While attending the University of California Santa Barbara he created four TV spots for the legendary L.A. clothier Retail Slut, and assisted with the groundbreaking documentary, Zapatista, for Big Noise Films.
After graduating, Volok has been involved in a variety of art exhibitions throughout California and various stage and film-video projects.
Inspired by a friend, poet John Giorno, and a bloody surfing accident, Volok founded the influential, artist-centric HE@D Magazine, which gained national attention. During this time he completed two of his short films: Oxygen in 2004; and Genuine in 2005; as well as creating a variety of commercials. He also assisted theater icon Michael Kearns in his 20th Annviversary stage production of Jerker in 2006, which premiered at Highways performance space in Santa Monica.
In 2008 he directed two more short films, On Board?, Beauty, and began work on the experimental documentary on Santa Barbara entitled Land of Milk and Honey for the Sullivan-Goss Gallery. Land of Milk and Honey was completed in January 2009, and is released with an accompanying book of Volok's photography by the same name.
2010 has brought his festival short "Locals Only" and a variety of photographic exhibitions.
Volok's current projects include a feature length neo-realist suspense thriller,"Day of Wrath". He is also an avid surfer and skateboarder.

FILM & VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

Day of Wrath Feature Film
EyeZenKino (2011)
Director, DP, Editor, writer

Locals Only short film
EyeZenKino (2010)
Director, Editor, DP

“Land of Milk and Honey” short film
EyeZenKino (2009)
Director, Editor, DP

“Beauty” short film
UA Films (2008)
Director, Editor, DP

“On Board?” short film
Rag Tag Productions (2008)
Director, Editor, DP, Sound Design


Bongo Boy commercials
Bongo Johnny’s (2007-2008)
Director, Writer, Editor, Videography, Sound Design, Production
Series of TV and web promotional spots for Bongo Johnny’s, Palm Springs,CA
Featured in-house artist (photography)

hE@D Magazine Archive Series for Internet
EyeZenKino (2007 to present)
Director, Writer, Editor, Videography, Sound Design , Restoration, Production
Archive releases and associated video promotional materials featuring
Siouxsie and the Banshees, Julee Cruise, Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng,
Stan Brakhage, Anne Waldman, Stacy Peralta and more.


“Shop in Your Pajamas” commercial
Haley & Associates/First Honda (2006)
Director, Writer, Editor, Videography, Sound Design
*“Best Honda Dealer Spot 2007” - Honda Fansite


“Genuine” short film
EyeZenKino (2005)
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Cinematography, Sound Design

“Oxygen” short film
EyeZenKino (2004)
Director, Writer, Editor,
*“Most Entertaining Film” (work-in-progress) 1997 Reel Loud Film Festival



“Zapatista” documentary feature
Benjamin Eichert/Big Noise Films (1998)
Montage Consultant, Production Assistant, Videography, 1998


“Virginia’s Party” short film
UCSB Student Short (1998)
Director of Photography, Editor, Animation

“Clothes Worth Taking Off” commercials
EyeZenKino (1996)
Videography, Editing, Direction of four TV commercials for
LA punk boutique“Retail Slut,” 1996

Photo /Art exhibitions & Print

"Nautical Motion"
Group Show/Photography
Red Brick Gallery, Ventura June-July 2010

"Milk & Honey" Solo Photography Exhibit
Ventura County Rainbow Alliance July-Aug 2009
Black Star Trading Company Oct-Nov 2009
HempWise Winter 2010
Santa Barbara One Minute Film Festival, March 2010

"Land of Milk and Honey: Photography by Ken Volok"
Book (2009)
Photographer

“On Board”
Solo Photography Exhibition, June-Julyy 2008; Java Joe’s, Ventura, CA
“Land: An Exhibition of Photographs”
Solo Photography Exhibition, April-May 2008; Paddy’s, Ventura, CA
“Prescription for Change” electoral campaign
Photography for 2008 campaign of Dr. David Bearman, for Santa Barbara County Superviser
Bongo Johnny’s, Palm Springs
Featured in-house artist, 2007 -continuing photography exhibition and regional dealer
Talk Magazine
November 2007 Cover Photo
The Indignitaries
Ongoing photo/videography for music releases and online promotion (2007).
Honda Service Brochure
Photography (2007)
Haley & Associates
Direction, Editing, Videography, Photography, Writing, Sound Design & Editing,
Graphic Design for Television and Print Ads (2006-07)
Bad Ass Coffee, Ventura
Photography Exhibit, Group Show (2006-07)
Django’s,Ventura
Solo Photography Exhibit, (2006)
Gallery 113, Santa Barbara
Fotografi, Group Show 2005
“Specimen: Collected Works by Ken Volok”
DVD EyeZenKino, 2005
Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara
Paintings, Group Show, 2003
hE@D Magazine
October 2001 Cover Photograph
Photography, Writing, Illustration (2001-03)
Writing and Illustration (1996)
Included projects with Jack Johnson, Julee Cruise, Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Crumb-Kominsky
Family, John Giorno, Scott Starr, NegativLand, Nina Hagen, Teri Nunn, Kathy “Gidget” Kohner-
Zuckerman, George Delmerico, David Gerstein, Tom Lenk, Stacy Peralta, Forrest Ackerman, The
Damned, Jacob Eichert, Jesse Phelps, The Santa Barbara Surf Museum, The Santa Barbara
Chapter of the SurfRider Foundation, Louis Katz, Hugo Flesch, Big Noise Films, Super 8 Motion
Pictures, The Tibetan Photo Project.
Cinergy (Multi Media Art Events)
Santa Barbara (Aug/Dec 2000)
Virginia’s Party (Special Screening)
Painting Exhibition/ Themed Group Show
“Family Values”
Exhibition of Paintings, Zombie Joe’s Underground Theater,Northridge (1993)
1992 Multi-Media Graphic Art Solo Exhibition
Insomniac Cafe,Ventura
Espresso Roma,Santa Barbara
Foetus Acid
Drawings featured in several issues of this Los Angeles based Art Punk Zine (1988-89).

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