Chelsea Coon is an artist and writer. Through endurance and duration her works examine: beginnings and endings, phases, and the way in which the body on an elemental level is rooted to space. She has exhibited extensively across North America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania, notably in London, Tokyo and Sydney, among others. Coon is the author of No One Thing is the Root of All Anything: Phases and Performance of the Imminent (NOT A CULT, 2018) and is the Art Director of FUCK ALL Performance Art Festival. She received her BFA (2012, School of the Museum of Fine Arts), MFA (2014, Tufts University), and Certificate of Advanced Studies in Theatre, Performance and Contemporary Live Arts (2015, University of Applied Sciences and Arts’ Scuola Teatro Dimitri). Coon lives in Los Angeles and Boston.
Jane Wang is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and multimedia artist. She curates installation art, musical instrument construction, performance art, and video, among other domains. Wang is a member of the Mobius Artists…
Carissa Rodriguez’s exhibition The Maid is currently on view at the MIT List Visual Arts Center. The exhibition includes several video works and photographs. The Maid examines the complex interconnections…
Danielle Abrams’ (b. Queens, New York; lives and works in Boston) performances describe the multifaceted components inherent to a personal and radical interpretation of identity. She utilizes humor and narrative in her…
An exhibition of the work of New York-based artist Gordon Hall was on view at List Projects at the MIT’s List Visual Arts Center. Gordon’s practice incorporates Minimalist sculptural elements which…
Natasha Bowdoin’s installation Maneater takes over the entirety of MASS MoCA’s Hunter Hallway exhibition space. This meticulously layered work expands from floor to ceiling and spans the length of the…
Brooklyn-based artist Wangechi Mutu’s installation A Promise To Communicate, now on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, addresses complex issues regarding methodologies of communication, as well as the…
Geometry of Oppression, an exhibition of new work by multidisciplinary artist Sandra Erbacher, is on view at SPACE Gallery in Portland. Through corporate critique and critical reflection on bureaucracy, her…
The rippling surface of water in a small steel structure catches and reflects fragments of light and color, casting it onto the surrounding walls and ceiling. These reflections are the…
Realizing durational work such as ‘100 Ways to Consider Time’ is an immense undertaking. As a part of the audience, I was able to stay with Marilyn Arsem’s performance at…
Exploring time in a new way every day within 6-hour durations through the show 100 Ways to Consider Time at the Museum of Fine Arts, Marilyn Arsem challenges audience members to…
A collection of performance art photography spanning decades, the book ‘this moment: missives from another world’ provides a unique insight into the history of performance art in Boston, Massachusetts and…