LIZZI BOUGATSOS
Born 1974 in Queens, New York, Lives and works in New York

Education
1997 BFA Ceramic Sculpture and Performance, Minor Women’s Studies / Art History
West Virginia University College of Creative Arts

Commissions
2023 Photography, Chloë Sevigny for Fucking Awesome                                                   2014 Installation and Design, Chloë Sevigny for Opening Ceremony, Collection                           

2011 Sound Installation for Calvin Klein, Art Production Fund                                         2010 Print commissioned for the Guggenheim Museum Young Collectors Council in collaboration with Jonas Mekas                        

Grants
2022 FCA Emergency Grant                                                                                              2020 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant                                         

2004 Rema Hort Mann Foundation Visual Art Grant         

1999 Artist’s Space Performance Grant                                                                                     

Residencies
2020 Pioneer Works, NY                                                                                                   2018 Elaine De Kooning House, NY
2015 Frontispiece Inc., Coxsackie, NY                                                                              2014 MoCA, Tuscon, AZ                                                                  

2013 Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France                                                                         

Solo Exhibitions

2023 Idolize the Burn, An Ode to Performance, Tramps, NY                                             2021 Works in Progress, James Fuentes Gallery, NY                                     

2017 Boo-Hooray, Summer Rental, Montauk, NY
2015 Work Habits, James Fuentes Gallery, NY                                                                   2010 Slut Freak, James Fuentes Gallery, NY                                                                        2009 The Breeder, Athens, Greece                                                                                 

2007 Street Feather, James Fuentes Gallery, NY    

Two and Three Person Exhibitions

2014 BAKERMAN, with I.U.D, MoCA, Tuscon, AZ                                                         2014 Angelblood, with Rita Ackermann, Home Alone 2, New York, NY                           2013 I.U.D. Out of Bounds, Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France                                   2013 Greetings from Bitburg, with I.U.D, Entrepot-galerie du Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France                                                                                                                  

2012 I’m Not Pregnant, with Thornton Dial, James Fuentes Gallery, NY                                                                                         
2005 Failurisms with Kim Gordon, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York, NY                   2004 Indigestible Correctness, Curated by Rita Akerman and Lizzi Bougatsos, Participant Inc. & Kenny Schachter/Rove, New York, NY        

2004 The Face is an Empty Force, A Field of Death, Curated by Angelbood, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam                                                                                                 2003 Angelblood Tour Works ‘01-’03, Printed Matter Inc., New York, NY                          2000 Boug & Worth II, American Fine Arts, Co., New York, NY                                      2000 Boug & Worth Fuck All Our Art Heroes/Assholes, American Fine Arts, Co., New York, NY 

Group Exhibitions
2023 Calling, Curated by Kathrin Bentele, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Germany                                                                         2020 Dance, Dance, Dance, Curated by Tyson Reeder, Arts of Life Gallery, Chicago IL
2018 ADAM MCEWEN SELECTS: Exhibition and Sale to Benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Barbara Gladstone, NY
2018 Kathy Acker: Who Wants to be Human All the Time, curated by Bjarne Melgaard, Performance Space New York, East Village Series, NY
2017 O Superman to Girls, Tricky. I am Here, Where are you on Vocal Performance; Bergen Kunsthall Bergen
2017 Animal Farm curated by Sadie Laska; Brant Foundation, Greenwich, CT
2016 Berlin Biennale, curated by DIS, 9th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, Berlin Germany

Performances
2023 Robert Whitman’s American Moon, Re-staging by Pace Live, Pace Gallery, NY         2023 I.U.D. Performance with Sadie Laska, Performance Space, David Zwirner Gallery, NY               

2022 Silo City Performance with Dara Friedman, UB Arts Collaboratory, Buffalo NY        2021 Agnes Martin: Music for Healing, Lizzi Bougatsos and Brian DeGraw, Pace Live, Pace Gallery, NY                                                

2021 Gang Gang Dance, Issue Project Room, at the First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn Heights, NY
2019 The Kitchen SPRING GALA BENEFIT Honoring ANOHNI and Robert Gober
2018 Gang Gang Dance with The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane, BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda, The Ashram Experience, Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY
2018 Judson Dance Theater: The Work Is Never Done, Gang Gang Dance in collaboration with Deborah Hay, Museum of Modern Art, NY
2018 Kathy Acker, “In the Beginning There was a Young Girl, Organized by Tina Satter, I.U.D. Performance, Performance Space New York
2018 DREAM MACHINE, FORM Festival, ArcoSanti, AZ
2017 Perfect Stranger IUD performance; Perez Art Museum, Miami
2017 Performa 17 Biennial Opening Night Gala; Harlem, New York City
2017 O Superman to Girls, Tricky. I Am Here, Where Are You: On Vocal Performance; Bergen Kunsthall Bergen.
2017 Concert for Yoko Ono, Washington and the World; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.

2017 Performa Gala honoring Yoko Ono, Performa Biennial Opening Night, New York, NY 
2016 Atmosphere for Enjoyment: Harry Bertoia’s Environment of Sound, Lizzi Bougatsos performs ‘The Last Hope,’ Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY            

2015 MTV RE:DEFINE Benefit for the Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas, TX                2014 Performing John Cage​, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY                               2013 Kim Gordon, Jutta Koether, I.U.D​., Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, NY                   2012 Sunday Sessions Party with I.U.D.​, P.S. 1 Center for Contemporary Art, New York, NY              

2012 Performance for Wade Guyton Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY         

2012 Blasting Voice​, Suzanne Geiss Company, New York, NY

Bilbliography
2023 ‘Calling’ Exhibition Review, Annelie Pohlen, Kunstforum, No. 291

2023 What to See in NYC Galleries in March, The New York Times                                 2023 17 Must-See Exhibitions This Winter and Spring, From New York to the Ivory Coast, Vogue     

2023 Lizzi Bougatsos Plays with Fire, Frieze Magazine                                                         2023 Flaming Creatures, Artforum                                                                    

2023 Interview with Andre Walker, Marfa Journal #19                 

2023 Interview with Violet Handforth, Superstars Only                                                      2023 A Century of the New York “It” Girl, New York Magazine                                       

2022 Purple 30 Yrs, Purple Magazine                                                                                  2022 Film Screening and Panel Discussion with Dara Friedman and Lizzi Bougatsos, FotoFocus Biennial, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH                                        2021 Big Window, Stilettos and High Heels by Phoebe d’Heurle accompanied by unstuck video by Lizzi Bougatsos                                                             

2019 (Im)migration: Music of Displaced People, Critical Issues..University of Washington, Critical Issues Lecture: Lizzi Bougatsos
2019 Performa Reports//Saicobab and I.U.D.
2019 Are Artists’ Bands Still an ‘F You’ to the Art World, Vulture
2018 Lizzi Bougatsos on what it means to identify as an artist, The Creative Independent
2018 How Natasha Lyonne and Lizzi Bougatsos Became Best Friends, The New York Times
2018 Lizzi Bougatsos of Gang Gang Dance on Finally Being an Artist, -The Muse/Jezebel
2018 Lizzi Bougatsos on the Release of the New Gang Gang Dance Album, Ravelin
2018 Gang Gang Dance-Albums, Songs and News/ Pitchfork
2018 Gang Gang Dance announce Kazuashita, their first Album in seven years, Consequence of Sound
2017 The Summer of Yoko Ono Ends with Shrieks and Screams, Smithsonian.com
2017 TVD Live: Concert for Yoko Ono, Washington DC and the World at the Hirshhorn, The Vinyl District.com
2017 Music Monday: A Concert for Yoko Ono Reveals a Bright Young Artist, Lenny Letter
2017 The Washington Post, Concert for Yoko Ono
2016 True Art Hates Capitalism: Lizzi Bougatsos performs ‘The Last Hope, ‘ VICE
2016 A Hands on Experience with Harry Bertoia’s Sonic Sculptures, Hyperallergic
2016 Lizzi Bougatsos on Composing Music Inspired by Harry Bertoia Sculptures, Curbed.com
2015 10 Great Contemporary Art and Music Crossovers, Paste Magazine
2015 From John Lennon to Moby, 10 Musicians Who Have Crossed Over Into Visual Art, Artsy

2013 Party with I.U.D. hosted by Lizzi Bougatsos and Sadie Laska, MoMA

2013 Dalamangas, Rachel Cole, “Interview: Lizzi Bougatsos on Art’ s Coming Shift in Consciousness”, Zing

Magazine, December 2013

2013 Kim, Amanda, “Suitcase Meets: Lizzi Bougatsos”, Suitcase Magazine, Winter

2012 Uszerowicz, Monica, “Lizzi Bougatsos in Conversation,” Dossier, November 2012

“Lizzi Bougatsos,” Paper Magazine, November 2012

2010 Piccinini, Amalia, “Un’ Artista Italiana A New York,” Flash Art Online Italy, June

Ashman, Angela, “Spring Guide: Shopping with Gang Gang Dance’ s Lizzi Bougatsos,” Village Voice, March

Jackson, Nate, “Lizzi Bougatsos: Poking holes in the stuffy art world,” Flaunt, January

2008 Rose, Aaron, “I.U.D.,” ANP Quarterly, Winter

Colly, Joe, “Gang Gang Dance: Feral Art Rockers,” Xlr8r, November Dunn,Cheryl,“RandomActs,”P aper,October

Valloire, Delphine, “T he Art Gang of New York, Les Enfrants Terribles,” Jalouse, September Interview for WOW: A

New Perspective on Women and their World, Fall

“Gang Gang Dance at the Whitney Biennial,” interview with Tyler Coburn, artreview.com, March

Mayer, Aubrey, “Artist Residency: Brian DeGraw and Lizzi Bougatsos of Gang Gang Dance,” Papermag.com, March

Grayson, Kathy, "New York Art Girls," I-D Magazine, February

Rian, Jeff, "Lizzi Bougatsos," Purple, February

Davis, Ben, “Genre-Jumping at James Fuentes’s New Gallery,” Village Voice, February Moriam, Scott, "Parties:

Lizzi's Gang," V Magazine, Spring Preview

Maine, Stephen, "Report from the Lower East Side: Mapping New Territory," Art in America, February

2007 Cotter, Holland, "An Upbeat Moment for a Downtrodden Area," New York Times, December Abbott, Jeremy,

"Gang Gang Dance," I-D Magazine, November

"Featured Artist," Paper Magazine, November

"Short List - Downtown Galleries," The New Yorker, November

Sherwin, Skye, "Lizzi Bougatsos on Living in the Present," Art Review, October Honigman, Ana Finel, "Rare Bird,"

Style.com, October

Baron, Zach, "No Context," Village Voice, July

2006 “Bring the War Home,” Artforum.net

“Reena Spaulings Group show,” Artforum.net

2005 Higgs, Matthew, "Top Ten, April 2005”, ArtForum.net Featured artist, Me Magazine, Spring

2004 McColl, Katy, "It’s Tough being a muse these days," Jane, April “Greetings from Miami,” V Magazine, Spring

Walzak, Antek, “Out of Bounds, Angelblood,” Pacemaker No.4, March Kelsey,John,“Angelblood,”A rtforum,March

Hezard, Daphne "Confort Punk," Jalouse, March

Rivoire, Annick "C’est pas de l’art, c’est de la rage," Liberation, February Wolf, Mike. "For Folk’s Sake," Time Out New

York, February

Simpson, Bennett. "From Noise to Beuys," Artforum, February

2003 Richardson, Terry, "Grand National Styling," Purple, Winter

Asha Penzlein, Isabel, "You and me vs. the World," I-D Magazine, December

Knox, Rosalie, "New York Girls: Rita Ackermann & Lizzi Bougatsos,” Relax, November "Geeky Glamour-Chloe

Sevigny," Vogue, August

Alexia Sailer, "Bloss keine Ideologien," Suedkurier, 11 July

Spinelle, Claudia, "Gut is obszoen," Die Weltowche, 10 July

Bollen, C., "Under the Influence of the Underground,” V Magazine, July/August "Anti-Pure," (red.), Saiten, July/August

Nicol, Michelle, "Stadt im Trend," Bilanz, July

Kroner, Magdalena, "Anti-Pure," Kunstforum, June

"Alles ausser sauber," Ursula Badrutt Schoch, St. Galler Tagblatt, June

"Der auserwaehite Seele des Schweines," (sib), St. Galler Tagblatt, June

Steinberg, Claudia, “Wenn Gefallene Engel Bluten,” Kunstzeitung, May

Perra, Mostbacher, "Ordnung ins Chaos,"Lift, Stuttgart, March

Gatsas, Georg, "Martyrertum der Verzweiflung," Heute Eroffnung

Zahm, Olivier, "Une Muse Moderne,” Liberation

“Music,” Purple, Spring/Summer

“Angelblood,” Buzz, Volume. 40, March

Jetzer, Gianni, "Anti-Pure Catalog," Ursula Blickle Stifung

“Purple Stars,” Purple, printed in Japan,

2002 “Angelblood, Gang Gang Dance,” Ryuko Tsushin

Mullins, Marcella, “M y Venal Muse,” F luid Magazine

Giovianni, Stefano, "Beauty," The International 3

Giovianni, Stefano, "Williamsburg Sounds," Sportswear International Kelsey, John, "Portraits," Purple, Winter

Phillips, Richard, "Artforum -Top Ten List," Gang Gang Dance, Artforum

Moore, Thurston, & Byron Coley, "Bull Tongue: Exploring the Void of all known undergrounds,” Arthur, October

Richardson, Terry, "Eye-Spy New York," Dazed and Confused, July

"Rock Tribes," New York Magazine

Bollen, Christopher, "Culture Keeps a Model Brain Handy Made with it’s grain to put in place of your own," Time-Out

New York

Antitch, Alex & Marcello Krasilcic, "Destroy All Monsters," Liberation, Modete

2001 Pierson, Jack, Interview, September

2000 Aroch, Guy, "Meet a Daring Duo," Interview

Griffin, Tim, "Can you see the real me," Time-Out New York, August Pouncey, Edwin "In Brief: Outer Limits," Wire,

Issue 196, June Simpson, Bennett, "Actress," Artext, May

"Lizzi Bougatsos photographs Chloe Sevigny," Self-Service, Spring

1999 "Easy E, Frayed Jeans, Mohawk," Purple, Winter "Actress," Self-Service

Bernadette Corporation, "Actress," Made in U.S.A.

Art Club 2000, "Artforum Top Ten List," Artforum

McGraw, Gary, "Null New York," Music Magazine, Summer

"Besides on Changes, Soho is still very much Soho," New York Times Bag, Alex, "A Night Without Armour Series II,"

Purple, Summer Cosmic Wonder, “The Dress Attatchable a Wall”

Schachter, Kenny, "Russia," ZingMagazine

Publications

2014 HER PERFUME TEARS, Boo-Hooray with Exile Books, New York

2007 The Process V, Nieves Edition, Zurich

2004 The Process III, Nieves Edition, Zurich

2002 Simpson, Bennett, "Boug & Worth Take Manhattan," International Center for Contemporary Art Catalogue

Public Collections
Brant Foundation, Greenwich, CT
Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo, Norway
Dikeou Collection, Denver, CO
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Discography

I.U.D. Weird Ho, Gagosian Records

Gang Gang Dance, KAZUASHITA, 4AD Records, London UK

There Will Never Be Silence: Scoring John Cage’s 4’33”, MoMA/MoMA PS1 Records, NY Gang Gang Dance, EYE

CONTACT, 4AD Records, London UK

I.U.D., Wade Guyton, Kunsthalle Zurich, Crystal Hotel Records

I.U.D., The Proper Sex, Social Registry, New York

Gang Gang Dance, Saint Dymphna, Social Registry, New York

Gang Gang Dance, Oxygen Riddim Demo, Palm Springs Press, Young Turks, UK

Gang Gang Dance, First Communion, Social Registry, New York

Gang Gang Dance, Retina Riddim, DVD, Social Registry, New York

Gang Gang Dance, God's Money, Social Registry,New York

Gang Gang Dance, Hilleluh, Social Registry.New York

Gang Gang Dance, s/t. Fusetron Records, New York

Gang Gang Dance, Revival of the Shittest, Social Registry, New York

Angelblood, Labia Minora, Captain Trip Records and Printed Matter Inc., Japan, New York Angelblood, Mass for the

Daggers, Captain Trip Records, Japan

Angelblood, Trip Records, Japan

Angelblood,Mambo Mange, New York

Electrophilia, Steven Parrino, Jutta Koether and Lizzi Bougatsos

U-Sounds, Black Magic, Parallelism