George McConnell is a theatre director, curator, and performer who has extensively directed national, international, local, juried, and academic performances. Recent venues which have hosted his performances include Texas A&M University, INVERSE National Performance Art Festival in Arkansas, Center for Performance Research and Panoply Performance Lab in Brooklyn as well as the International Fringe Festivals in Tampa and Denver, which granted him a Venue Tech Award and the #Fr

La Niña De La Casa , or The Girl in the House  when translated to English, is a performance by Fina Ferrara which begins with a prelude to another performance titled Heartwork broadcasted to the audience. Heartwork  entails Fina seated on the grass in a white gown stitching red thread through animal hearts in the mists of an ominous forest to spell the word ‘trust’. The theme of certainty in others becomes followed by Fina Ferrara being broadcasted to the audience live on a s

Calayah Huang is a digital performance artist who has exhibited at the prestigious Tate Modern in London. Other exhibitions include CICA Museum in Gimpo, South Korea, PH21 in Barcelona, and RaidenNST in Shanghai. She previously worked as a curator at Not A Gallery, a space in London and is a graduate of the Royal College of Art, which is consistently ranked as the top art school in the world. Calayah’s work has been described as “a formative, exploratory phase, navigating the

Mason Weiss is a performance-based fiber installation artist who has exhibited in the United States, Germany, and Mexico. Notable exhibitions include Maryland Art Place in Baltimore, Torrance Art Museum in Los Angeles, GlogauAIR, Berlin, Germany, Dama Gallery in Ventura, California, and Bonita Museum and Cultural Center in San Diego, California. Mason’s awards include scholarships from the Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Austria and California College of

Performance and performance-based art is meant to be enjoyed and appreciated in the moment. When a performance is over however, the piece can still be savored in the form of video and photography. This sense of mindfulness brings us to one of the most celebrated performance artists of our time: Fina Ferrara. Ms. Ferrara’s performance work is usually conceptual-based rather than conveying a narrative. Concepts such as overcoming and purging personal suffering, emotional releas

Riccardo Matlakas is a performance artist who has exhibited and performed around the world across Europe, the United States, Asia as well...

Jaina Cipriano is a filmmaker, photographer, writer, set designer, and actor whose work has been published over 200 times in notable...

artwork by Jaina Cipriano When we discuss notions of conceptual art, some may say all art can be described as conceptual, however, how...