SOLO EXHIBITION: DEVIL GIRL TAJE TROSS: NON GRATA BADASS [ESTONIA]
1st NYC exhibition of works by NG artist DEVIL GIRL aka Taje Tross: Artifacts, Sculptures and Limited-Edition Prints
Fri, November 8, 2013
7:00PM-9:00PM opening
Free
TAJE TROSS [ESTONIA] is a seminal memeber of the renowned international performance art group NON GRATA. She has been instrumental in their progress, and this show is the first in the United Sates to focus on her individual work as an artist
DEVIL GIRL TAJE TROSS
Taje Tross is an Estonian performance, installation and new media artist, educated at the alternative art institution at the Academia Non Grata in Estonia, The Academy of Fine Arts of Helsinki and Tallinn and Universität der Künste in Berlin.
She has been one of the main engines of the International Non Grata Performance Group since 1998.
As Devilgirl, this femme fatale has been seen on the over-continental underground sceen worldwide. She is wild and anonymous. MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Attached is the recent interview with Devil Girl Taje Tross by writer David LaGaccia - a must read!
Non Grata Group
EDUCATION and SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 - 2009 Academy of Fine Arts, MA, Helsinki, Finland
2000 - 2005 Academy of Fine Arts BA, Helsinki, Finland
2003 - 2004 Universität der Künste, Berlin, Germany
2000 - 2004 Estonian Art Academy (BA), Estonia
1998 - 2000 Academia Non Grata, Pärnu, Estonia
1996 - 1998 Sytevaka Art College, Pärnu, Estonia
SOLO SHOWS
1999 Baking Print,Museum Hall, Pärnu, Estonia
1999 River Exhibition, Pärnu, Estonia
2000 Water Exhibition, Jõgeva, Estonia
2000 Women exhibition, Pärnu New Art Museum, Estonia
2001 Still-life, Haapsalu City Gallery, Estonia
2002 Consternated Performance, Kilpkonna Gallery, Viljandi, Estonia
2003 Asylum, Kasarminkatu Gallery, Helsingi, Finland
2004 Performance Formula/Memorial Order, Pärnu, Estonia
2005 Intelligibel-Sensibel Helsinki, Finland
2006 La Clinica de lo Existente, Pärnu City Gallery, Estonia
2008 ABCEDARIUM Pärnu Artist House Gallery, Estonia
2009 ABCEDARIUM Ystad Art Museum, Sweden
2011 Eksperimental Instrumentarium, Pärnu Town Gallery, Estonia
(CO-) CURATED EXHIBITIONS AND FESTIVALS
2000 Women exhibition, Pärnu New Art Museum, Estonia
2003/04 Estonian Art Exhibition Series, Open Space, Berlin
2004 Alle Gegen Alles, Berlin, Germany
2005 Art Of the Invisibles, Ystad Art Museum, Sweden
2005/13 Pärnu Film and Video Festival, Estonia
2005/13 Printmaking In Festival, Estonia
2005/13 Diverse Universe Performance Festival, Europe
CREATIVE ACTIVITIES
2013
2013 Exhibition - "Extravaganza" Platform Gallery, Vaasa, Finland
2013 Open Landscapes, Gail Museum, South – Korea
2013 Countdown to Zero, Gallery 300, Beijing, China
2013 Guggenheim House, Kobe, Japan
2013 No Nukes, Ayabe City, Japan
2013 Urbanguild, Kyoto, Japan
2013 Yamauto Festival, Japan
2013 12 Perspectives, Imatra Art Museum, Finland
2013 Crossing holy Wars, Chomsky Club, Riga, Latvia
2013 Psychogeography Magic Mystery Tour, Alytus, Lithuania
2013 JNPAAS: Art Performance et action Sonore, Paris, France
2013 Junk DNA Sign 6, Bryssels, Belgium
2013 Thousand Cuts, Myfest, Berlin, Germany
2013 Stay away from Fluxus Mummy, Kaunas Art museum, Lithuania
2013 Sorbus Elixir, Sorbus gallery, Helsinki, finland
2013 Tikkutehdas, Tampere, Finland
2013 Right On Time, Pori, Finland
2013 Restart, Platform, Vaasa, Finland
2013 Jepperformance Festival, Jakobstad, Finland
2013 Kalavale, Rovaniemi, Finland
2013 Braindeer invasion, Utsijoki, Finland
2013 Nature versus Science, Klub Kanin, Trondheim, Norway
2013 Pillars of the Eearth, Stiftelsen 3,14, Bergen, Norway
2013 Hausmania Festival, Oslo, Norway
2013 Find it, Copenhagen, Denmark
2013 Detour, Detroit gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2013 Human Pie, kakenhallen gallery, Aland
2013 The World without END, Huuto gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2013
2012
2012 Fountain Art Fair, Miami, Florida, USA
2012 12h NG Performances/Exhibition, Fitness Centre for Arts & Tactics, New, York, USA
2012 “Wind of Change” Live performance, Beaumont, Texas, USA
2012 Printmaking Exhibition, Art Studios, Beaumont, Texas, USA
2012 “Dia de Corpus” Exhibition & Live Performance, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
2012 Printmaking Exhibition, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, Texas, USA
2012 “Body Politics & Dreamer Concepts”, Dreamer concept, Norman, Oklahoma, USA
2012 “Storm Generation Series1 - 5” performances, Grace Exhibition Space, New York, USA
2012 KEAF “WHEEL” Performance Festival, Seoul, South - Korea
2012 Estomania, Leena Kuumola Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2012 Porin Lyhytaaltoasema, Väinölä, Pori, Finland
2012 Platform, Vaasa, Finland
2012 Stiftelsen 3,14, Bergen, Norway
2012 L´MONO BILBAO, Spain
2012 Heliogabal, Barcelona, Spain
2012 Object Direct, Marseille, France
2012 Terre Blanque, Toulouse, France
2012 Kunst & Complex, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2012 Extrapool, Nijmegen, Netherlands
2012 Artspace Flipside, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2012 Dimanche Rouge, Paris, France
2012 ESCAPE – Heaven Drive, Performance Festival,Theater Kapelle, Berlin, Germany
2012 BlueScreen - Reihe für Performance Kunst, KUB gallery, Leipzig, Germany
2012 Anymous Performance Festival, Praque, Czech Respublic
2012 Divo Institute, Kolin, Czech Republic
2012 PSICHODEKOLONIZACIJA, Alytus, Lithuania
2012 Ongoing Conflicts, Jonava Culture Centre, Lithuania
2012 Storm Generation 2, Commune Art,Vilnius, Lithuania
2012 Storm Generation 1, Chomsky Art Space, Riga, Latvia
2012 Zero Tolerance, Tartu Artist House, Estonia
2012 KESHER V Performance event,Manhattan, New York, USA
2012 Force Majeure Motor City, Tangent Gallery,Detroit, USA
2012 DIVERSE NEW YORK Performance Festival, Dino Eli Gallery, New York, USA
2012 DEFIBRILLATOR performance art gallery, Chicago, USA
2012 Lone Star Performance Explosion Festival, Houston, Texas, USA
2012 Grace Exhibition Space, Brooklyn,New York, USA
2012EXIT Art Festival, Manhattan, New York, USA
2011
2011 Beyond The Pressure Performance Festival, Yangon , Myanmar
2011 Beyond The Pressure, Mandalay, Myanmar
2011Tupada Action and Media Art (TAMA), Manila, Philippines
2011 “Family Friendly” Cosmic Club, Placerville, California, USA
2011 American River Festival, California, USA
2011 2nd Saturday of Sacramento, California, USA
2011 University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA
2011 Threads, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
2011 Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada, USA2011 1st TRANSMUTED Performance Art Festival, Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City
2011 Platform Night of Arts, Vaasa, Finland
2011 72 h Non Stop Performance,MIMEfestival, Chuncheon,South-Korea
2011 Hawerkamp Festival, Münster, Germany
2011 DU Stoke Newington International Airport, London, England
2011 Performance Tou Scene, Stavanger, Norway
2011 Performance 3,14 gallery, Bergen, Norway
2011 Perf11, 3H+K, Pori, Finland
2011 Burst Diverse Universe, Copenhagen Place, London, England
2011 Hunger Festival, Markethalle, Berlin, Germany
2011 Interakcje Festival, Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland
2011 Disordre Urbain, Paris, France
2011 Sequences Festival, Seyðisfjörður – Reykjavik, Iceland
2011 Experimental Instrumentarium, Pärnu City Gallery, Estonia
2010
2010 “Defibrillator” Performance art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2010 2nd International Performance Festival of John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California, USA
2010 “Night Market” San Francisco, California, USA
2010 BOOK Thug Nation, New York, Williamsburg, USA
2010 Exhibition “Kiss My Prints” Beaumont, Texas, USA
2010 Solo Project House, Newark, New Jersey, USA
2010 ART STUDIO INC. Beaumont, Texas, USA
2010 “Gulf Print Storm” Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, USA
2010 Beaumont Art League, Texas, USA
2010 Notsouh Club, Houston, Texas, USA
2010 Fountain Art Fair, Miami, Florida, USA
2010 Invisible Cottage, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
2010 LOS ANGELES "Ne Travaillez Jamais!", Los Angeles, California, USA
2010 Survival Kit Festival, Riga, Latvia
2010 “Halles Delacroix” Preavis De Desordre Urbain, Marseille, France
2010 Théâtre of Bernardines, Marseille, France
2010 Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseille, France
2010 Preavis De Desordre Urbain, Marseille, France
2010 Grace Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2010 ACG Gallery In Williamsburg, New York, USA
2010 Chuncheon Mime Festival, South-Korea
2010 Hasla Performance Festival, South-Korea
2010 Pusan Performance Festival, South-Korea
2010 Beach Hayama City Kanagawa, Japan
2010 Kawasaki Performance Festival, Japan
2010 Shizuoka, Japan
2010 Gang Jin International Residency Program New Hamel 's Castaway Diary, South -Korea
2010 KEAF Performance Festival “Making a City of Art - Docking", Seoul, Korea
2010 Beauty of the Car Accident, Tartu Artist House, Tartu, Estonia
2010 Perf01 Performance Festival, Gallery 3H+K, Pori, Estonia
2010 Skånes Konstförening, Scene For Live And Crossover Art, Malmö, SWEDEN
2010 Festival Désordre urbain Paris - Urban Disorder, Confluences, Paris, France
2010 L’associació de Performers, Artistes i Poetes Associats, Barcelona, Spain
2010 “L’Estruch”, Live Arts Center in Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
2010 Centre d'Art de Terre Blanque, Toulose, France
2010 “Archivo del Arte”, TempoRares Paradies and Fein Raus, Cologne, Germany
2010 International Open Space Festival of Free Arts, Aqua Carre, Berlin, Germany
"A City with no Subground is a dead place - No Culture without Subculture!"
2010 Mai MYFEST "WORLD STAGE" in Bullenwinkel, Berlin-Kreuzberg, Germany
2010 Diverse Universe Performance Festival, ALYTUS, Lithuania
2010 Diverse Universe Performance Festival, Club "Piens", Riga, Latvia
2010 Diverse Universe Performance Festival, Pärnu Art Hall, Estonia
2010 Writers Union – Diverse Universe Performance Poets, Tallinn, Estonia
2010 KOPAS – Korean Art Spirit, Pärnu Art Hall, Estonia
2010 Printmaking In Festival, Pärnu, Tartu
2009
2009 Pärnu Filmi- ja Videofestival, Port Artur 2, Pärnu, Estonia
2009 „Cartesian Theatre“ performance, Kultuurikatel, Tallinn, Estonia
2009 „Psycomagic“performance, Theaterkapelle, Berlin, Germany
2009 “Zero Sum Game” performance, MyFest, Berlin, Germany
2009 Kaskakondensator, performance, Basel, Switzerland
2009 Terré Blanque, performance, Toulouse, France
2009 Mix'art, performance, Toulouse, France
2009 Le Filet, performance, Marseille, France
2009 AdriAntic, performance, Barcelona, Spain
2009 A la Papa Multimedia, performance, Barcelona, Spain
2009 “Seedless Brain” performance, Ystad Konstmuseum, Sweden
2009 Meeled ja Meeletus Art Hall, performance, Pärnu, Estonia
2008
2008 Non Grata Explosion, exhibition, Leo Kesting Gallery, Manhattan, NY
2008 Burning Man Festival, performances, Nevada, USA
2008 KEAF Experimental Arts Festival, Seoul, South-Korea
2008 Horse Cow Art Space, performances, Sacramento California, USA
2008 BITCHIN SPACE, performances, Sacramento California, USA
2008 NATSOULAS CENTER FOR THE ARTS, performances, Davis CA, USA
2008 Research of Reality, Graafika IN Festival, Pärnu City Gallery
2008 Alternative Mardi Gras Festival, New Orleans, Louisiana
2008 “On the Road” exhibition Pärnu Art Hall, Estonia
2008 Performance Lecture Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2008 Prints Gone Wild Contemporary Museum of St.Louis, Missouri, USA
2008 Jonathan Shorr Gallery, Soho, New York, USA
2008 Hyde Park Fine Arts, Tampa, Florida, USA
2008 Undercurrent Arts, Miami, Florida, USA
2008 “Art of the Invisibles” Pärnu Art Hall, Estonia
2008 Live Action PIFAS Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
2008 Fountain Art Fair, GES, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2008 Performance Explosion, Diverse Universe IV Festival, Estonia
2007 - 1997
2007 “In G + PNP 2007” Pärnu, Estonia
2007 “BIG PERFORMANCE” Concert Hall, Pärnu Estonia
2007 “Encuentro 2007 – Danza y Performance” Buenos Aires, Argentina
2007 “Uus laine” Non Grata Kunstikonteiner, Tallinn, Estonia
2007 The Present Tense Performance Event Boston Massachusetts
2007 “Sanitary Climax Slicer” Brick house, Sacramento California
2007 Nongrata Performance Event Horse Cow Art Space, Sacramento, CA
2007 Burning Man Festival, Black Rock City Nevada Desert, Nevada
2007 Gallery Hop Live Performances Louisville, Kentucky
2007 Nongrata Performance Event Adorno Studios, Louisville, Kentucky
2007 Edge Zones Contemporary Art Centre, Miami Florida
2007 The Butcher Shoppe: Slaughterhouse Performance Event, Boston, MA
2007 Nongrata Performance Event West Nyle At Brooklyn, New York
2007 Festival of Free Arts, Fasslagerhalle Berlin, Germany
2007 Armastusest, Leivast ja Vintpüssist, Pärnu Art Hall, Estonia
2007 KOPAS Festival of Experimental Arts, Seoul, South - Korea
2006 Graafika In Festival Pärnu Estonia
2006 America, America, America! Performance Festival Sacramento, USA
2006 ARS Focus on the Human Factor Kiasma, Finland
2006 Technobia Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
2006 Diverse Universe II, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
2006 Inkubaator, Pärnu Mudbath, Estonia
2006 Backlash of Diverse Universe Open Space Berlin, Germany
2006 Art of the Invisibles Grace Exhibition Space New York, USA
2006 VIVA! Art Festival Montreal, Quebec
2006 SEXE Festival Montreal, Quebec
2006 La Biennale d'art performatif de Rouyn Noranda” Canada
2006 “Agora” Festival, Mc Carren Pool, Williamsburg, New York, USA
2006 “Art of The Invisibles” Grace Exhibition Space, New York, USA
2006 “HEP”Crane Arts Center 1400 N American Street,Philadelphia, USA
2006 “Final Construction” 72 Hours Non-Stop Action, GES, New York, USA
2006 “Pärnu International Film & Video Festival” Mud Bath, Pärnu, Estonia
2006 “Pain in the Class” Videoclub Protoplay, Brighton, England
2005 Art of The Invisibles Ystad Art Museum, Sweden
2005 Pax 5 Passio Rauha, Finland
2005 Diverse Universe I Performance Festival, Estonia-Finland
2005 Der Freie Wille Treptow, Berlin-ARENA, Germania
2005 Die Kunst der Unsichtbaren Schillerpalais, Neukölln-Berlin
2005 Kunst Nacht der Performance Kunsthalle Berlin Pankow, Germania
2005 24h Living Action Schillerpalais, Neukölln-Berlin, Germania
2005 Non Grata Film Nacht Open Space, Kreutzberg-Mitte, Berlin, Germania
2005 Woman & Monster SoToDo Performance Congress Munster, Germania
2005 Non Grata – Art of the Invisibles videoscreening, Valmiera, Latvia
2005 Insurgence Brighton, England
2005 Be Queer Performance Festival on board of Stubnitz, Dunkirque, France
2005 Primera Bienal Internacional de Performance Santiago, Chile
2004 Performance Labor, Slovenia
2004 PAX 4 Paratiisi Imatra, Finland
2004 Welcome Cold Performance Festival, Seoul, South – Korea
2004 Gwang- ju Biennale South – Korea
2003 336 H Ghettomaraton Gallery elf 68, Köln, Germany
2003 Non Grata Exhibition/presentation LADEN Gallery, München, Germany
2003 The Clash of Tsivilizations Pärnu City Gallery, Estonia
2003 Contemprorary Art Exhibition Modern Art Museum, Pärnu, Estonia
2003 „9th“ Performance Gongress Gallery SoToDo, Berlin, Germany
2003 Europe in the City of Jurgis Kaunas National Museum, Lithuania
2002 Doctors 173 performance Helsingi, Finland
2002 Paraati Videopresentation Sörnäinen metrostation, Finland
2002 Ghettomaraton around Iceland, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland
2002 Research Centre of Reality Helsingi, Finland
2002 Gasthof Frankfurt, Germany
2002 High Calibre Performance Festival Berlin, Germany
2002 “240 h” Experimental performances Paris Project Room, France
2001 Time and Space visits Leena Kuumola Gallery, Helsingi, Finland
2001 LOOP!performance Kiasma, Finland
2001 Exit Performance Festival Helsingi, Finland
2001 Breaking the wall Performance Muu Gallery, Helsingi, Finland
2001 Gott und Huhn Performance Haapsalu City Gallery, Estonia
2001 Flammable exhibition Pedvale, Latvia
2001 Twelve II Twelve Performance Festival Tampere, Finland
2001 Postsovkohz City & Postsovkohz person Mooste, Estonia
2000 Phenomenon Kosken gallery, Imatra, Finland
2000 Women exhibition Modern Art Museum, Pärnu, Estonia
2000 Estonian Printmaking 2000 Tallinn Art House, Estonia
2000 Laboratorium Performance Festival Vilnius, Lithuania
2000 37 h Experimental Space Turku, Finland
1999 Cocons Performance Riga Foreign Art Museum, Latvia
1999 Le syndrom of Millenium Paide, Estonia
1999 Dionysia Festival Tartu, Estonia
1999 Extereza Performance Festival Mexiko, South America
1999-2005 Art Non Grata Pärnu, Estonia
1998 48 h experimental action Kasarminkatu Gallery, Helsingi, Finland
1998-2008 Pärnu Film and Video Festival Pärnu, Estonia, Pedvale, Latvia
1998-2000 Big Alternation Pärnu, Estonia
1997-2009 Graafika In Festival Pärnu, Estonia
1997-2000 Time, Space, Movement Festival Paide, Estonia
1997 Suprematism Festival Pärnu, Estonia
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GRACE:
Grace, n. - simple elegance or refinement of movement
Grace Period - an extended period granted as a special favor
The Three Graces (Greek Mythology) - charm, grace, and beauty
Opened in 2006, Grace Exhibition Space is devoted exclusively to Performance Art. We offer an opportunity to experience visceral and challenging works by the current generation of international performance artists whether emerging, mid-career or established. Our events are presented on the floor, not on a stage, dissolving the boundary between artist and viewer. This is how performance art is meant to be experienced and our mission is the glorification of performance art.
Grace Exhibition Space presents over 30 curated live performance art exhibitions each year, showcasing new work by more than 400 performance artists from across the United States and the world since 2006.
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