Born 1966 in Pennsylvania
Lives and works in New York City and Charlottesville VA
1998-2000 Masters Degree in Performance Studies, New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Thesis Advisor: Fred Moten
1991-1994 Studied and performed with the Hakutobo Butoh Dance Company, Tokyo
1985-1989 BFA, State University of New York at Purchase, Conservatory of Theater Arts & Dance with Academic Credits from Columbia University, School of Arts & Sciences; and Operatic Study at Carnegie-Mellon University, Music Division
2019 Droolie Andrews, Sadie Coles, London
Kinderkill: Hi! and Uppy, Sadie Coles, London
2017 Shit, Goddamn, Get Off Your Ass and Jam, Various Small Fires, Los Angeles
2015 The B-Side of Influence: Billy Squier and Butoh, REDCAT, Los Angeles
2015 Trailing Spouse, University of Virginia Ruffin Gallery, Charlottesville Virginia
2014 Tower of Silence (My hamster Freddie Mercury’s premature Sky Burial.)/Vulture vs. Unicorn, Public Fiction and The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
2013 N’as pas un gramme de charisme., The Kitchen, New York
2012 Mindaugas Talent Show!, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
2011 Lecture Without Content But With Choreography, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei
2010 untitled sculpture (LARGE-SCALE PERFECT THICK&DEEPLY GROOVED CORTICALLY FOLDED BRAIN LEASHED BY LONG CURVED SPINE TO IMMENSE&VOLUPTUOUS SPHERICAL HUMAN FEMALE ASS), Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei Biennial, Taipei
PERFORMANCE (career ender), Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture, ISTANPOLI Project, garajistanbul, Istanbul
2008 untitled sculpture (LARGE-SCALE FLEXIBLE&SEXY SELF-CANNIBALIZING NAKED VAMPIRE), BankART Studio NYK, Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama
Average Groucho: Engorged, Forde Espace d’art contemporain, Geneva
PERFORMANCE (career ender), Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
2007 PERFORMANCE (career ender), Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland & DiverseWorks, Houston
Rehearsed Reverse, DiverseWorks, Houston
2006 PERFORMANCE (career ender), The Kitchen, New York
Rehearsed Reverse, Monkeytown, New York
2005 Coat Check, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris
Pomerania, Postmasters Gallery, New York
2004 BETTERHUMAN, Z33 Museum, Hasselt, Belgium
Stable (Stupidity Project Part 10), DiverseWorks, Houston & Kaaistudios, Brussels
2003 Richard Wampler, Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin
vive la france, Postmasters Gallery, New York
Stable (Stupidity Project Part 10), P.S. 122, New York
Song&Dance(and a good movie), TENT/Witte de With & Schouwburg Theater, Rotterdam
2002 Strategies for Stagefright, Vooruit Arts Center, Gent, Belgium
denislavant, Menagerie de Verre, Paris
Song&Dance(and a good movie), Gulbenkian Foundation Center of Modern Art, Lisbon
Infiltration, Museumsquartier, Vienna
Ambulance, DiverseWorks, Houston
Richard Wampler, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
2001 Don’t Believe in Yourself, Richard Telles Gallery, Los Angeles
Present Absence, Kunsten Festival des Arts, Brussels
Bad Job/Cruel World: Stupidity 2001, Part II, US$700 Stunt with Wedgy, New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York
Exposé, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh
2000 Painting, the movie, Postmasters Gallery, New York
Richard Wampler, IMPAKT Festival, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Transpeciality, Kaaistudios, Brussels
1999 Bucket, the working title, P.S. 122, New York, Vroouit Theatre, Ghent, Belgium, Kaaistudios, Brussels & TripleX Festival, Amsterdam
1998 Bucket, the working title, The Arches, Glasgow, Scotland,National Review of Live Arts, Glasgow
Blanket, the surface of her, City of Women, Ljubljana Slovenia & Somner Szene, Salzburg
Poor Traits, Postmasters Gallery, New York
Knitease: Ms.LeFarge Gives Another Historical Performance, Apex Art, New York
1997 Muffle, Postmasters Gallery @ The International Gramercy Art Fair, New York
Blanket, the surface of her, P.S. 122, New York
1996 Hydrobeastaphilia/Kohi/Mamanucleosis, Pilot Arts, New York
Vertical Smile, Postmasters Gallery, New York
Geisha Secretia, Panda’s Glands: A Pheromonal Pursuit, P.S. 122, New York
Cult Of Claude, HERE, New York
1995 The Adventures of HER (Part 1 of 4) Landing #01.19.30.12.15.19.95 TAN CHILLY–Solid Lifeform, HERE, New York
Four Records One Dog, Judson Church, New York
The 17th State, produced by Rebo Co. (Japanese/British Co-Production) for High Definition Television
Siamese Tease, One Dream Theater, New York
1-900-10-27 (LuvMe), The Knitting Factory, New York
She is high. True or False?, P.S. 122, New York
Cake Fur, HERE, New York
1994 Shaft, SlimFit Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
Felt Bell or Little Reverse Nurse, HERE, NYC
MAMA, P.S. 122/Mabou Mines, New York
1993 She’s Not Bad, She’s Just Genetically Mean, SOHO, New York
Dozen, Chalmers Church Art Space, Tasmania, Australia
Gala’s Gall Bladder, Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne Arts Festival, Melbourne
2019 My Head is a Haunted House, curates by Charlie Fox, Sadie Coles, 2019
2017 Hurts to Laugh, curated by Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Various Small Fires, Los Angeles
2015 Hotel Theory, curated by Sohrab Mohebbi and Ruth Estevez, REDCAT, Los Angeles
2014 Made in LA, curated by Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
2009 Danse Macabre II Peepshow, curated by Allen Weiss, In Transit - International Festival of Performing Arts, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
2008 Time Crevasse, curated by Daniel Birnbaum, Hu Fang, Akiko Miyake, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Beatrix Ruf, Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama
2007 What we do is sercret, curated by Amy O’Neill, Blancpain Art Contemporain, Geneva
Evacuation, curated by Herman Asselsberg and Edwin Carels, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp
BloodBath&Beyond, collaborative installation with Christian Holstad and Ryan Schaefer, Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo
PLASTIC, curated by John Tremblay, Cabinet des Estampes Musee d’art et d’histoire, Geneva
Melvins, curated by Bob Nickas, The Mandrake, Los Angeles
2006 Domino, Air de Paris Gallery, Paris
2005 designed and constructed paintings for Love is Everything, a dance piece by Sarah Michelson, Lyon Opera Ballet, Lyon
designed and constructed paintings for daylight, a dance piece by Sarah Michelson, P.S. 122, New York
designed and constructed paintings for daylight for Minneapolis, a dance piece by Sarah Michelson, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
2003 Melvins, curated by Bob Nikas, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Fashion: The Greatest Show On Earth, curated by Ginger Gregg Duggan, Bellevue Art Museum, Seattle
Snare for the Eyes, curated by Alice Smits, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam
Static, curated by Edwin Carels, TENT/Witte de With, Rotterdam
2002 Digital Sublime, curated by Wonil Rhee, media_city seoul 2002, Seoul International Media Art Biennale, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
New Attitudes in Sculpture, curated by Ken Fried, Gallery@Green Street, Boston
2001 Panic, curated by Dan Cooney, Julie Saul Gallery, New York
Statuts, curated by Boris Charmatz, Menagerie de Verre, Paris
2000 Critic as Grist, curated by Michael Portnoy, White Box, New York
human/nature, curated by Jane Harris, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York
1999 Story, curated by Elyse Goldberg, AC Project Room, New York
Minty, curated by Bruce Hainley, Richard Telles Gallery, Los Angeles
1998 Bathroom, curated by Wayne Koestenbaum, Thomas Healy Gallery, New York
1997 Threesome (with Anissa Mack and Aaron Rose), Postmasters Gallery, New York
1996 Permanent Brain Damage, written and directed by Richard Foreman, Ontological Hysteric Theater, New York
CULT OF CLAUDE Instructional Ritual Video, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York
1995 NEOPAN 8mm, Fourth World A.W.O.W. Gallery, New York