GALECSTASY - Live performance, composition, Video-installation & recording duo with Primary Mystical Experience
LEAFBLOWER - Solo synthesizer compostions and live performance
GANJISLAND - Original Experimental music with Lisa Cameron, physical releases on Sister Skull Rekkids
ANIMAL BALLET - dance film & Multimedia Peformance with original film and score by Galecstasy, live dancing, video synthesizer special effects & animation
CV SELECTIONS:
2024: Music Portraits A drawing show by rachid bouhamidi - opening ceremony - shamanic musical performances by galecstasy & Arrington de Dionyso -Los Angeles, CA
2023: SPRING/Break ARt Show Curator of exhibition by artist Greg Haberny -Los Angeles, CA
2022: 2220 Arts, live visuals for Marshall trammell, Tashi dorji, aaron turner, patrick shiroshi, kazue matsumoto using the HYpno video synthesizer - Los Angeles, CA
2022: High Desert Test sites & yucca valley material lab present a night of experimental improvised music featuring Galecstasy Trio with mike watt on bass - Joshua Tree, CA
2022: Leafblower live at The PS KAUFMAN Gallery for the record release of “drum art” a new record by Primary mystical Experience featuring my percussion - Los Angeles, CA
2022: orb servant on weird cry records the cassette release of an all drumming/percussion record featuring Lisa Cameron & Primary Mystical Experience - Ojai, ca
2022: CElebrity Basketball Tournament Live Visual Synthesizer projections & Lighting design with audio special effects, art direction - Los Angeles, Ca
2022: Performed & Recorded with Galecstasy &The galActic Love Orchestra featuring Aboubacar Sylla, Rob Magill & Logan Kane- Los Angeles, Topanga, Ojai, CA
2022: Marshall Trammell Artist Residency Co-Hosted world renowned Drummer & activist with Yucca Valley Material Lab - Yucca valley, CA
2022: Designed & Installed Orginal outdoor Light installation for private retreat center at the park entrance of Joshua Tree National Park, CA
2021: MARFA OPEN ART Festival, Artist in residence. Premier of Animal Ballet & Galecstasy live, Awarded artists of the year - Marfa, TX
2021: Body Harmony with Crystal Cat, led movement workshop exploring metaphysical concepts within coreography - brianhead, Ut
2021: La Matadora Gallery, group exhibition, East Village J Tree, Deity Paintings, Acrylic on watercolor paper - Joshua tree, Ca
2021: LEAFBLOWER, solo synthesizer compositions on neon green cassette released on Aural Canyon records - Austin, TX
2021: CALIFORNIA LITE, Group Show for arcade project curatorial/Artsy & Julie Rico - photographs of wild animals in the california desert illuminating impact of forest fires - New York, ny
2021: Binary Star, release of original synthesizer record by composition/performing duo galecstasy on aural canyon record label - Austin, TX
2021: NIGHT VISIONS, Original photos and videos including the night visionS video pack for purchase with the Hypno video synthesizer by Sleepy Circuits. video art using the hypno & original film footage
2020: Orginal dance Film and score for Barefoot Dance at the Taipei International Convention center, with live virtual performance - Taipei, taiwan
2020: La Matadora Gallery, group exhibition, Fools Gold - original watercolor paintings - Joshua tree, CA
2019: ART QUEEN GALLERY, Galecstasy live performance inside installation by greg haberny - joshua tree, CA
2o19: SURPRISE debut studio album by Galecstasy release on cassette on aural canyon record label - austin, TX
2019: MARFA OPEN Art Festival, GALECSTASY +the Astrology Ballet live performance/video/dance - Marfa TX
2019: CRYSTAL CAT - Premier of a new composition for THE ROOM OF RESONANCE sound installation & live event curated by lauren gurgiolo featuring jared marshall (drums), christopher cox (bass), and the Tosca Strings - Austin, TX
2019: MONTEZ PRESS RADIO, Live radio Broadcast with GALECSTASY at The Geffen
Contemporary at MOCA, Printed Matter L.A. Art Book Fair - Los Angeles, CA
2019: SYNTHPLEX, GALECSTASY guest performance at synthesizer festival - Burbank, CA
2019: 6 month GalecstasyMUSIC RESIDENCY, Grand Star Jazz Club in historic china town, new & experimental music + dance - Los Angeles, CA
2018: LA MATADORA GALLERY, Group Exhibition, DYS/function: Functional Art for our Dysfunctional World, The Deck of Embodiment on the Earthly Plane, tarot-style cards with original artwork based on years of shamanic study to inspire extraordinary living day by day - Joshua Tree, CA
2018: COLLECTION RERT GALLERY, Group Exhibition, Woman and Wood, Redwood & metal Sculpture - Austin, TX
2018: BLANTON MUSEUM OF ART, Live Performance/Installation by GALECSTASY for SOUNDSPACE musical series - Austin TX
2018: NO IDEA FESTIVAL, Performed Live Improvised Music (vocals/organ with effects) with Greg Saunier(Deerhoof) & Rozie Jordan - Austin TX
2018: ReCoreographing Ourselves with Debora Hay Part 3, Dance/movement Training with renowned choreographer Deborah Hay - Austin TX
2018: Helplessness Makes Patients Hard To Please, Composed/Performed Live Musical Score on synthesizer with vocal text recitation for Valerie McCann’s dancE premier at Pieter Performance Space - Los Angeles, CA
2017: City of Austin Cultural Arts Division - Grant Recipient - Austin TX
2017: TINY FUEGO, COLLECTION RERT GALLERY, Solo Art Exhibition, watercolor paintings, illustrations & ceramics - Austin, TX
2017: PIETER PERFORMANCE SPACE, GoingInLikEPigsplaylikeDogsattheAltar, A Dance peformance of a ritual village scene. Composed live sound & performed with Valerie McCann & Devika Vasanthi Wickremesinghe - Los Angeles, CA
2017: BODY AS VOICE: Restorative Movement Psychotherapy with Survivors of torture & Trauma. Completed a workshop addressing techniques through body awareness & dance. taught by Amber Gray, Advisor to the United Nations on emergency response implementation in war/natural disaster zones - Austin, TX
2017: ReCoreographing Ourselves with Debora Hay part 1, Dance Training for 10 dancers with renowned choreographer Deborah Hay - Austin, TX
2017: NO IDEA FESTIVAL, Original Costumes & Choreography performed with Robin Williams (dancer) & international musicians Ramón del Buey, Lê Quan Ninh, Fernando Vigeuras - Austin, TX
2016: BLANTON MUSEUM OF ART, SOUNDSPACE: INSIDE/OUT, Live Organ/Vocals with visual cues by dancers from House of Enzo, designed by Zac Traeger, performed with Thor Harris & Justin Scheibel - Austin, TX
2016: AN OPERATIC TRIBUTE TO KLAUS NOMI, Strange Bird Showcase: selected to Compose and perform original music insipired by the life of Klaus Nomi - Austin, TX
2016: TRANSCENDENT POWER OF DRUMMING, Studied percussion & trance inducing rhythms (African & Haitian) with master drummer, Steve Leicach, Omega Institute - Rhinebeck, NY
2015: The REAL WORLD LAS VEGAS, Painted 3 large murals and curated artwork for MTV show - Las Vegas, NV
2015: MAGGOTS 2 RICHE$, NEW MUSIC ART & SOUND SUMMIT (nMASS), Co-Created a movement/sound performance inspired by the album maggot Brain with Daphane Park & Derrick Barnicoat including original costumes,choreography and my Original instrument the 5 foot giant balloon rattle - Austin, TX
2015: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, MUSEUM OF HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT, Creation of original artwork on hand cut polycarbonate records with original recorded music in collaboration with Adam smith (Lathe cutting studio). Residency culminated in performance event “PAIN BALLS”, a guided musical journey & featuring artwork created during the residency - Austin, TX
2015: Christine Sun Kim, SOUND + VISION, Original composition for deaf artist, Sun Kim. Composed & recorded music that was lowered in register and played through large sub woofer speakers so that deaf audience members could experience the vibrations & sounds - Austin, TX
2011-2016: Toured USA/Canada with NORMAL LOVE, DARK TIPS & MESIKO (Original music ensembles). Multiple festivals including Eclectic Electric in Ontario, Canada & Montreal International jazz festival. Received New Music America Grant with Normal Love - New York, NY
2012: Motherlodge Festival, Performed interpretation of Ophelia in world premier of a retelling of Hamlet with music by The Slow Charleston and singer Bonnie “Prince” Billy - Louisville, KY
2011: NEW MUSEUM FESTIVAL OF IDEAS FOR A NEW CITY, NEW YORK TEA CEREMONY by Artist Daphane Park, Created sound installation & live performance with Derrick Barnicoat - New York, NY
2010: SUPERCONDUCTOR, by Daphane Park at HONEYSPACE GALLERY (Manhattan), Created the sound design and movement for Park’s “orgone intensifying environment” in numerous incarnations of the installation - Austin, TX/New Orleans, LA/New York, NY
2010: FIREFALL - “R”, DANCE THEATRE WORKSHOP, Directed by John Jesurun, an ensemble multimedia performance - New York, NY
2007: HARRY PARTCH’S DELUSION OF THE FURY, JAPAN SOCIETY, Principal dancer/singer as Old Goat Woman, Directed by John Jesurun - New York, NY
2005: HARRY PARTCH’S OEDIPUS, vocalist & dancer for NEWBAND/Peak Performances production, directed by Dean Drummond & Ridge Theatre Company - Montclair, NJ
GRADUATE of THE COLLEGE of SANTA FE (became New Mexico School of Art and Design before permanently closing)
