About

Lizzi Bougatsos (b.1974, Queens) is an internationally recognized experimental musician, lyricist and visual artist who lives and works in Brooklyn. Her work has been exhibited at institutions such as The Sao Paulo Biennale, Hauser & Wirth, American Fine Arts Co., TRAMPS, The Breeder - Greece, Museo d’arts Contemporanea di Roma, Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst - Oslo, Norway, White Columns, Performance Space NY, The Whitney Museum of American Art. Selected performances include “Concert for Yoko Ono, Washington and the World, “ at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and “I am here, Where are you: On Vocal Performance” at the Bergen Kunsthall and in 2014, an adaptation of John Cage’s 4’33 in conjunction with “John Cage: There Will Never Be Silence,” at the Museum of Modern Art. Bougatsos collaborated with artists such as Lonnie Holley, Kim Gordon, Rita Ackermann, Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda’s Ashram singers at Knockdown Center and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Bougatsos and her band Gang Gang Dance, spanning two decades now, led the 8/8/08 BOADRUM, a collaboration with the legendary band BOREDOMS where she sang with 88 drummers. Bougatsos is also the second half of punk noise outfit I.U.D. with Sadie Laska.

photo: Ari Marcopolous