I’m a performer, dancer, & maker
exploring
the intimacy of materiality,
the strangeness of fleeting encounters,
and the overlooked possibilities of aloneness.
Artistic Practice
I make things for love, loneliness, and solitude. Whether I’m giving shape to breath with a latex balloon; smearing tinted violet lips on the hands of strangers; repeatedly striking light at the feet of spectators for the scent of wax and sulfur; or using a flickering bulb to drift through a sea of handwritten letters…I aim to create series of actions or contemplative moments through performance that alter, enhance, and disrupt our waking life.
Curatorial Aspiration
I am driven by a curatorial desire to actualize alternative ways to be alone together. I focus on practices steeped in care and attention that culminate in documented performances made in the absence of a physically present audience, material objects, texts, and live occurrences; all of which leave traces that break down memory, time, and place.
based in Brooklyn, NY
@j.alex.mathews
MOTIVE BROOKLYN ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE (2023)
MA, INSTITUTE FOR CURATORIAL PRACTICE IN PERFORMANCE,
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY (2021)
MFA, PERFORMANCE AND PERFORMANCE STUDIES,
PRATT INSTITUTE (2020)