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Statement
By freeing ourselves from the constraints of physicality, we vividly bend and lurch into new structures. I continually experiment with methods of bodily detachment. The images themselves become proof of this vulnerable act, between skin and viscera, exhibitionist and voyeur, public and private. I am interested in relationships of contradiction and the beautiful monotony of inhabiting our bodies while simultaneously trying to escape them.

Bio
When I was a child, I would explore the woods behind my house. I ventured alone, following a small creek. One winter day, I deviated from my usual path. As I walked, I heard a man shout. A pack of barking dogs ran toward me. I immediately dropped to the snowy ground and pretended to be dead. I held my breath. The dogs surrounded me, sniffed and snorted. I had never felt that kind of fear before, the fear of being eaten alive.

New York City and Hudson Valley, New York
twofacedkitten@gmail.com
@twofacedkitten

Solo Exhibition
2017 – ACID MASS, Not For Them Gallery, Long Island City, Queens

Special Project (self funded)
2019 – FLETISH, Site-reactive, living installation featuring seven performers, collaboration with Olive Hui and Kseniya Ovchinnikova, NYC

Monograph
2022 – The Archive N°2 | Joanne Leah, curated by Akeem K. Duncan, published by Quiet Lunch

Museum Exhibitions
2021-2022 – NUDE, Curated by Johan Vikner, Director of Global Exhibitions, Fotografiska, Stockholm & NYC
2017-2018 – NSFW: Female Gaze, Curated by Marina Garcia-Vasquez, Editor-in-Chief, Creators at VICE Media and Lissa Rivera, Associate Curator, Museum of Sex, NYC

Art Fairs
2023 – Solo room, Arte Fiera, Dream Tigers, Curated by Laura Rositoni, Mulieris Magazine + The Room, Bologna, Italy
2018 – Solo booth, SCOPE Art Fair, NYC
2017 – Solo room, Governors Island Art Fair, NYC

Public Art Exhibitions
2018 – Art in Odd Places Festival: BODY, Westbeth Gallery & Public Exhibition, Curated by Katya Grokhovsky, West Village & Meatpacking, NYC
2016 – Save Art Space, Public Art Billboard Exhibition, Hell's Kitchen, NYC

Installation
2018 – sourMILK, Curated by Ben Quesnel and Christine Stiver, vacant house in Greenwich, CT

Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 – SELFISH, TOO, Curated by Akeem K. Duncan, Chashama, Lower East Side, NYC
2021 – NSFW, Curated by Dasha Matsuura, Spoke Art
2020 – NSFW, Curated by Dasha Matsuura, Spoke Art
2020 – Instagram’s Shadow, Curated by Jac Lahav, 42 Social Club, Lyme CT
2019 – A Body of Work, Wallplay, Curated by Ali Edelson, Lower East Side, NYC
2019 – SUFFER BETTER, 184 Project Space, Curated by Alexandra Hammond, Brooklyn
2019 – Femme, Juxtapoz Projects, Curated by Dasha Matsuura, Jersey City, NJ
2019 – Verve, Kim Foster Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2019 – Goldmine, Lucas Lucas, Curated by Stacie Lucas, Brooklyn
2018 – Transfiguration, Undercurrent Projects, Curated by Fatima Bocoum, NYC
2018 – On Adornment, Pen + Brush, Curated by Jenn Hampton, Chelsea, NYC
2018 – SHEDDING SKINS, Curated by Quinn Ceren Turan, Online Exhibition
2018 – In Bloom, The Quin, Curated by Lori Zimmer, Midtown, NYC
2018 – The Garden of Earthly Delights, Deanna Evans Projects, Curated by Karen Gilbert, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn
2018 – The Human Puppet, Curated by David Henry Nobody, Jr., International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (DE), Spring Performance Festival, Amsterdam (NL), Dortmunder U (DE), East China Normal University (CN), MU, Eindhoven (NL), Museum Hilversum (NL), Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam (NL), De School, Amsterdam (NL)
2018 – Then She Did, The Plaxall Gallery, Curated by Lori Zimmer and Melissa McCaig-Welles, Long Island City, Queens
2018 – F.P.O.V., Mott NYC, Curated by Carlos E. Kempff Seleme, Lower East Side, NYC
2018 – 18+, Recspec Gallery, Austin, TX
2017 – FCKVRYTHNG, Curated by Lori Zimmer, Online Exhibition
2017 – The Expanding Matrix, Amelie A. Wallace Gallery SUNY, Old Westbury, NY
2017 – Quantum Overdrive!, Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, NJ
2017 – Hotter Than July: Hands Off My Cuntry, Undercurrent Projects, East Village, NYC
2017 – Winter Group Show, Not For Them Gallery, Long Island City, Queens
2016 – The Persistent Nature of Urgency, Mayson Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2016 – Natural Selection, Mayson Gallery, Lower East Side, NYC
2015 – Color Value, Kim Foster Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2015 – Seeking Space, Arts in Bushwick, Brooklyn
2014 – Sequential Abstraction, Kim Foster Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2014 – L’Avventura, Kim Foster Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2014 – Understanding Media: The Extensions of Human Being, Bushwick, Brooklyn
2014 – Hotter Than July, Curated by Savannah Spirit, Lower East Side, NYC
2014 – Being and Time, Gowanus Loft, Brooklyn
2013 – Art From the Heart, Gowanus Loft, Brooklyn

Public Collection
2018 – Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley MA

Curatorial
2017 – Guest Curator for Save Art Space, Your Community Public Art Exhibition, Detroit
2017 – Guest Curator for Not For Print Magazine, Issue 02: Resist
2016 – Phreeek Magnet, Co-Curated with Savannah Spirit, Undercurrent Projects, East Village, NYC

Artist Talks and Panel Discussions
2020 – Off Limits? Art, social media and censorship, York Festival of Ideas, Moderated by Michael White (Chair), University of York, England
2018 – The Censorship of Art on Social Media: A Panel Discussion, Moderated by Brian Boucher, FIT, NYC
2018 – Then She Did, Moderated by Sarah Potter, The Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, Queens
2018 – NSFW: Female Gaze Long Table Event, Museum of Sex, NYC
2017 – Sexual Self: Censorship and Social Media, Moderated by Alexandra Marzella, VICE, Brooklyn

Print Publications
2022 – THE OPÉRA Magazine, 10th Anniversary Issue - Limited Edition 1111
2022 – La Fotografía Magazine - Cuerpo N12
2021 – NUDE - The Naked Body in Contemporary Photography, Published by Fotografiska Stockholm
2021 – NSFW by Dasha Matsuura, Published by Paragon Books
2021 – Slanted Magazine, Issue #38 Colours
2020 – Archer Magazine, The Growing Up Issue
2020 – THE OPÉRA Magazine Vol. IX
2019 – Mad Gleam Press, POSTstranger
2019 – Mulieris Magazine 00
2019 – ODDA Magazine, Issue 16
2018 – Blink Magazine, Issue 52
2018 – Les Inrocks, Summer SEX Issue
2018 – Le Petit Voyeur 6
2017 – Libertine Magazin, Issue 6: Digital
2017 – Munich Opera Festival: MAX JOSEPH Magazine, Issue 4
2017 – Mad Gleam Press, POSTporn
2017 – Not For Print Magazine, Issue 01: Censorship
2016 – THE OPÉRA Magazine Vol. V
2013 – Gypsé Eyes

Digital Media
nytimes.com
quietlunch.com
observer.com
marieclaire.com
playboy.com
ravelinmagazine.com
gothamist.com
posturemag.com
creators.vice.com
whitehotmagazine.com
artsy.net
lamonomagazine.com
artnet.com
fractionmagazine.com
dazeddigital.com
venisonmagazine.com