Performance artists

St. Petersburg-based artist Afrika was born Sergei Bugaev in 1966, in Novorossiysk, on the Black Sea, Russia. Bugaev moved to St. Petersburg in the early 1980s where he met and became friends with leaders in the art scene there, such as the painter Timur Novikov and musician Boris Grebenshchikov. Shortly thereafter he adopted the artistic moniker "Afrika" and began working as an artist himself. In 1987 he starred as Bananan, the lead character in the groundbreakingly avant garde film "ASSA" by Sergei Soloviov. ...more on Wikipedia about "Afrika (Sergei Bugaev)"

Alexander Brener (b. 1957) is a Russian performance artist. His performances of note include defecating in front of a painting by Vincent Van Gogh at the Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, having sex on city streets, vandalizing art work. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alexander Brener"

Ana Mendieta ( 18 November 1948 – 8 September 1985) was a Cuban-born American artist famous for her performance art and video works. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ana Mendieta"

Bas Jan Ader (born 1942 in Winschoten, the Netherlands, lost at sea in 1975 between Cape Cod, Massachusetts and England) was a Dutch conceptual artist, performance artist, photographer and filmmaker. Ader's work was presented as photographs and film of his performances. His work began to experience a surge in popularity in the late 1990s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bas Jan Ader"

Blue Man Group is a creative organization centered on a trio of mute performers that present themselves in blue paint, latex bald caps, and black clothing. Friends Chris Wink, Matt Goldman and Phil Stanton (collectively referred to as CMP) conceived the idea during the 1980s while in New York City. They began appearing on the streets in Blue Man regalia, entertaining passersby, staging unusual events such as "The Funeral For the 80s", and short bits in Tom Murrin's "The Alien Comic's" underground cabarets in "The CLUB" at La MaMa Experimental Theater Club. Meryl Vladimer, then Artistic Director of "The CLUB," liked what she saw in their work and commissioned Blue Man Group to create a full-length show. The resulting piece, "TUBES," took off after Vladimer persuaded The New York Times critic Stephen Holden to review it. Blue Man Group's popularity continued to snowball, eventually winning CMP an Obie Award and a "Lucille Lortel" Award, which led producers to take the show to off-Broadway. "TUBES" opened in 1991 at the Astor Place Theater. This critically acclaimed show, as well as frequent appearances on The Tonight Show, enabled CMP and Blue Man Group team to open similar productions and expand their concepts into other kinds of performances. ...more on Wikipedia about "Blue Man Group"

Bridget Irish, born March 17, 1966 is an American performance artist, lesbian feminist and Marxist. Mentioned in Le Tigre's hit Hot Topic. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bridget Irish"

Carolee Schneemann (b. 1939) is an American performance artist, known for her discourses on the body, sexuality and gender. Her work is primarily characterized by research into visual traditions, taboos, and the body of the individual in relationship to social bodies. Her works have been shown at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, the New York Museum of Modern Art, and the London National Film Theatre. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carolee Schneemann"

Cathy Sisler is an American artist, born in Wisconsin. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cathy Sisler"

Chris Burden (born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1946) is an American artist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chris Burden"

Costas Andreou is an independent musician and composer from Athens, Greece. He processes the sounds of fretted and fretless electric bass in real time. The multi-level soundscapes generated, are mixed with loops, electronics and field recordings. ...more on Wikipedia about "Costas Andreou"

damali ayo (b. February 26, 1972) is a conceptual and performance artist. She is known for her work on contemporary race relations. Her work spans the media of painting, web art, performance, sculpture, audio and video. She prefers her name in lower case. ...more on Wikipedia about "Damali ayo"

Danny Mc Carthy is a famous Cork artist, performance artist, sculptor, sound artist, sound sculptor; founder member of Soundworks and its successor, Intermedia. Founder member/director of the Triskel Arts Centre. ...more on Wikipedia about "Danny Mc Carthy"

(Darksoul) * Mirror of a Soul ( 2006) ...more on Wikipedia about "Darksoul"

Eleanor Antin (born 1935 in New York City, New York) is a performance artist, film-maker and installation artist. Sometimes compared to contemporaries such as Carolee Schneemann and Judy Chicago, Antin's work is largely concerned with issues of identity and the role of women in society. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eleanor Antin"

Ferenc Cakó is a Hungarian sand animation artist, notable for his fluidity and economy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ferenc Cakó"

Frank Chu ( 1955 - ) is one of San Francisco's best-known eccentrics. His protests against US Presidents, corporations, and the 12 Galaxies have been held in San Francisco and nearby locales since at least 1995. Chu has been compared to Joshua A. Norton, an earlier famous San Francisco eccentric. ...more on Wikipedia about "Frank Chu"

Friedensreich Hundertwasser ( December 15 1928 – February 19 2000) was an Austrian painter and architect. By the end of the 20th century, he was arguably the best-known living artist in Austria, though he was always controversial. ...more on Wikipedia about "Friedensreich Hundertwasser"

Guillermo Gómez-Peña (born 1955) is a Mexican-born, United States-based (since 1978) writer and performance artist, most of his works have to do with the interface between Mexican and U.S. culture. His works centers on the borders, physical and otherwise, between his two countries and between the mainstream U.S. and Latino cultures in general: the U.S.-Mexican border itself, cross-cultural identity, and the confrontation between cultures. ...more on Wikipedia about "Guillermo Gómez-Peña"

The gyrl grip is a performance art group established in 1998 by Llewyn Máire and Lisa Newman. It has had over 30 public showings in the past five years. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gyrl grip"

Helene Kvint (born December 27, 1972) is a renowned Danish performance artist and actress. Ms. Kvint lived and worked in Germany and the Czech Republic for many years and formed her own theatre group, Divadlo Antena, in 2001. She now lives in Copenhagen. ...more on Wikipedia about "Helene Kvint"

Herma Auguste Wittstock (born 1977 in Peine, Germany) is a performance artist. She lives in Berlin. ...more on Wikipedia about "Herma Auguste Wittstock"

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Hermann Nitsch (b. 1938) is an Austrian performance artist, associated with the Vienna Actionists. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hermann Nitsch"

Hooligan is a American shock performance artist of sorts who resides in Pennsylvania. He continually abuses his body with complete disregard for himself. Some say he's crazy, others say it's "self mutilation for self promotion". ...more on Wikipedia about "Hooligan (artist)"

Istvan Kantor (aka " Monty Cantsin", and "Amen!") (born 27 August, 1949 in Budapest) is a Hungarian born Canadian performance and video artist, industrial music and electropop singer, and founder of Neoism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Istvan Kantor"

Jack Goldstein ( September 27, 1945 – March 14, 2003) was born in Montreal, Canada, moved as a boy to Los Angeles, California and attended high school there in the 1960s. He received his training at Chouinard Art Institute and was a member of the inaugural class of California Institute of the Arts, where he worked in post-studio art under John Baldessari, receiving an MFA in 1972. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jack Goldstein"

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