current/upcoming

2024
April 20-Nov24 - The Altersea Opera : text contributions and performance for Lap See Lam/Tze Yeung Ho/Kholod Hawash : Nordic Pavilion, Venice Biennale
Sep 3-Oct11 - My Story Gallery, High Art/Sister, Seoul
Sep 17-21 - NP, MUMA, Melbourne
Oct 4 - 33, Simultan Festival, Romania
Oct 12 - 33, UH Festival, Budapest
Oct 22 - A Night with Ivan Cheng, Cues.cx, Stockholm
Oct 23 - Courtplay, Kunsthalle Basel
Nov 6 - 33, Ars Cameralis Festival, Katowice
Nov 13 - HGB Radio, Leipzig
Dec 12 - Confidences/Production launch, San Serriffe

by year

2024

Confidences/Production (MUMA, After 8 Books, 2024)
Confidences/Oracle (OCT0, 2024) June 15 - San Serriffe, Amsterdam; June 16 - Rile, Brussels; June 21 - After 8 Books, Paris; July 18 - Berlin; Aug 24 - Bar Flippy's, Melbourne
Courtplay (JRP Editions, 2024)
Wild Tanks: Halogen Daylight Springtime : UKS, Oslo / Mind Eater Festival
Alias [Turbo Moniker] : Hartwig Art Foundation, Amsterdam
Altersea Opera : Text contribution and performance for Lap-See Lam : Nordic Pavilion, Venice Biennale
True Fear : 5G Bing
Under Amour : ACMI, Melbourne

2023

Clarities : Lafayette Anticipations, Paris / Festival d'Automne
Ambientals / The Craft : OCT0, Marseille
Oil Rig Elision [tempesta d'amore] - Against Sun and Dust, Villa Imperiale, Pesaro
Feudal Flaw : Frascati 1, Amsterdam
Pride and Prejudice : gta exhibitions, Zurich
Mood Apparent : Frac des Pays de la Loire, Nantes
The Divine Comedy : Zweigstelle Galerie Gisela Capitain, Palazzo Degas, Naples
Semicolons : screening program : EDB Projects, Amsterdam

2022

Confidences / Majority : published by After 8 Books, Paris
Milieu : Édouard Montassut, Paris
Licence Free Chorus Line : Peter Weiss Haus, Rostock
Passagiato's: Stealing Valour : Zirka, Munich
Bloopers/Vertigo/Litigation : Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne
Wedding Day [standard stare] : Centrale Fies, Dro
Reception [standard stare] : Maxxi Museum, Rome
Renovation [virginities 2] : CNAC Magasin, Grenoble
Suns Hollow : Perdu, Amsterdam
Roman Candles : Triangle-Asterides, Marseille
Kerosene Knock on Radio Slinky : Voiture14, Marseille
Gemini Forever [beeny exegesis] : Disclaimer Journal/Liquid Architecture, Melbourne
Base Note : Cudelice Brazelton IV, Ivan Cheng, Will Sheridan Jr., Ghislaine Leung, Sung Tieu, curated by K.O. Nnamdie : Anonymous Gallery, NY
Fiction or Fictions : Ivan Cheng, Victoria Colmegna, Rochelle Goldberg, Emma Schwartz, Wang Xiaoqu : Christian Anderson, Copenhagen
Just because it's fake doesn't mean I don't feel it : Martin Brandt, Ivan Cheng, Max Glader, David Grønlykke, Anton Halla, Joke Robaard, Heraldo Szeezmann & Johannes Zacharias : Hameau.biz, Stockholm
Baitball 2 : Victoria Campbell, Psychoegyptian, Ivan Cheng, curated by Alyssa Davis Gallery : Palazzo San Giuseppe⁣, Polignano a Mare
Milieu screening : public programme, curated by Yaby : Vleeshal, Middelburg
Ghost 2565 anthology : Bangkok, Thailand
Death over Lilac Alley : text/audio collaboration with Ceel Mogami de Haas, for inauguration exhibition curated by Roxane Bovet : Head, Geneva
Salad of Honour [standard stare] : As We Leave The Window Open, Basel
Bethy Trio : FRZNTE, Anna Papathanasiou, Ivan Cheng, Scott Bolman, Lars Paschke, Thorsten Hoppe, Tilman Hecker : Glasshouse, Berlin
Frieze : The Shed, NY

2021

Absolution / Toilet Signs : Lament.tv / Kammermeier Privat, Berlin
Flight Mode / Corgi's Entreé : Les Urbaines, Lausanne
Chain 5 : No No Fest, Maison Populaire, Montreuil
Gemini Redux [beeny's prayer] : with Kristoffer Zeiner : Arti et Amiticae, Amsterdam
PARATAXIS – sidling under eaves, spread the copycat not the origin, preen for chokehold; the bloodsucker’s coming, so-so global morass, three-pack of microwaveable lava cakes, the obscene and overt as markers of repression, in-store celebrity hands you a scrunchie, actually horrific ways of describing the body, little mice and blossoming [bouillon cubes in the supermarket aisle, the deluded exuding of sexual energy for the purpose of making out with...] : exhibition : OoO, Vienna
CONFIDENCES / BASELINE : vampire novel, guided by the ephemerality of performance : published by TLTRPreß
g-string diorama : a new play and audio as contribution to Shoock! L'Estasi di Sinto Jacqueline e Mara, by mrzb, with Anna Bolina, Good&Bad, Junkie Foxx, Rada Koželj, Kelman Duran, Rin, Gigo8931, Moody Monday, Trans Mom : Lungo Stura Lazio, Torino
no rave: wagon wheel metatheatre : print 'performance' with Özgür Kar, Spencer Lai, Mire Lee, Magdalena Mitterhofer, Dominic Rich, Yashi : Zurich Moves
can i go out already? : Ivan Cheng, Baby Reni, Lily van der Stokker, Nora Turato : Tilde, Amsterdam
this dialogue which happened to be present in all other dialogues : Alli Melanson, Ivan Cheng, Libby Rothfeld, sgp, and Vijay Masharani, curated by Jonas Albro, Liza Lacroix, and Sigourney Schultz : Alyssa Davis Gallery, NYC
sub/dominium : Alireza Abbasy, Darren Bader, Andrew Blackley, Val Breeder, Stanley Brouwn, Ivan Cheng, Niloufar Emamifar, Hamishi Farah, Matt Hilvers, Jason Hirata, Flint Jamison, Nancy Lupo, Reba Maybury, Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo), curated by SoiL Thornton : Chateau Shatto, LA
the many faced god.dess : curated by Thomas Conchou, with Nils Alix-Tabeling, Sabrina Röthlisberger Belkacem, Bye Bye Binary, Ivan Cheng, Claude Eigan, Cédric Esturillo, Brandon Gercara, Tarek Lakhrissi, Elodie Petit, Queer Ancestor Project, Victoria Sin, Julie Villard and Simon Brossard : Maison Populaire, Montreuil
i wanna be together : Wiebe Bouwsema, Ivan Cheng, Clémence Lollia Hilaire, Mire Lee, Tim Mathijsen, Charlott Weise, texts by Jorik Amit Galama, Nadia de Vries, Alvin Li, Rita (Yeonsook Lee), Dorian Sari, Simon(e) van Saarloos : May 26 - June 27, Atelier WG, Amsterdam
the zany : Bully Fae Collins, Miriam Laura Leonardi, Bryan Morello, Sue Tompkins, Alice Visentin et al. With a text written by Marta Federici, a photo print by John S. Barrington from the collection of Raimundo Biffi and events with Héctor Babenco, Ivan Cheng, Hope Dickson Leach, Jahān Khājavi : Lateral Roma
– Mother Culture, LA [Jan 15, ex-curses] [Mar 11, virginities]
gas gospel : Plus X : June 12, Cashmere Radio, Berlin
yours, villa ramparts : Plus X publishing
bw libretto : June 25, Montez Press Radio
burnt, radiant, scrolling organised by Isabel Eatherly Legate and Dance Lawyer, with Alexa West, Lesionada Bendición x Candela Capitán, laSADCUM x Mentah, Ivan Cheng, Nile Harris, Jared Madere & Harry Hughes, Young Boy Dancing Group, Julia Zac, Veronica Bruce, Maria Hilde & Vilde Tuv, Elliot Reed, _martymcfly_the_3rd, DJ Mtn Dew Drop Fairy and An Only Child
hé bien ! la guerre : Hecker, Bertelsmeier, Davasse, Santos : NWT, Volksbühne, Berlin

2020

virginities : OCCII, Amsterdam
changing room 3 [OUIJA DM] : digital streaming commission (solo) : Volksbühne Roter Salon, Berlin
Corpse Halo : radio play in 2 parts : Ja Ja Ja Nee Nee Nee x STRP, Eindhoven
ferrara deux : murder mystery novel in illustrated draft
virtue and the city : Maison Descartes, Amsterdam
carriers : a work on paper for Mire Lee's solo show : Art Sonje, Seoul
necrotic modesty : Form IV
renaissance : Montez Press Writers Grant Shortlist
Rochambeau : digital streaming commission (collaborative) : Volksbühne Roter Salon, Berlin

2019

barometer : 2 side tone poem for glassed courtyard and staircase void : Nacionalinė dailės galerija, Vilnius
gemini exit [beeny's retirement] : situation with objects by Kristoffer Zeiner : Oude Kerk, Amsterdam
cast [eros tunes] : collaboration with Gianmaria Andreetta : Spazio Murat, Bari
cuff without duck / smog ou soleil : collaboration with Gianmaria Andreetta : Espace 3353, Geneva
chain 1 [standard stare] : work-in-progress at the invitation of Pina, Vienna : Belvedere 21, Vienna
clarities bridges : bridges for Cammisa Buerhaus and Geo Wyeth : Perdu, Amsterdam
FW: FW: Christiaan's Bullet : rubbing reading : Perdu, Amsterdam
caller c : performance in a club : Garage Noord, Amsterdam
caller d : performance in a club : Beursschouwburg, Brussels


2018

biscuit betrayal : camera performance with Hyun Lee and Eugene Choi : Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney
haunted house (video work) sunset blister performance with Ivey Wawn :Intermezzo's ~ M HKA, Antwerp
standard stare first development : Druskininkų Jaunimo Centras, Druskininkai
christine’s bullet : Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem
changing room 2 / neck, copernican coining - amsterdam funny how forever, feels now : Juliette Jongma, Amsterdam
caller a / caller b performance for T 2018 je t'aime Temra Pavlovic finnissage : Kantine, Brussels


2017

archive performance phantom cigarette with Performance Art Archive/The Black Kit, curated by Jari Ortwig : Q18/Quartier am Hafen, Köln
BAD WEATHER with Arturas Bumšteinas (premiere) Cricoteka / Unsound Festival, Krakow
copernican coining with Antoinette Barbouttis, Rainbow Chan, Eugene Choi, Hyun Lee, Shota Matsumura, Axel Powrie, Marcus Whale : Broadwaters, Sydney
alliteration trail - amsterdam with Sophia Dinkel, Sophie Serber : Butcher's Tears, Amsterdam
estonia -warm ups- festival orientations : SMC/CAC, Vilnius
laughing dislocating 'thesis', and transcriptions with Steven Michel, Lucinda Childs, Setsuko Klossowska de Rola, Jenny Jaskey, Zach Phillips, Mary Ellen Carroll, Felix Bernstein, Cammisa Buerhaus, Gabe Rubin :
in medias res audio format periodical, distributed by lighter.


2016

dogged, a dawning : with hat by SHHDFA : De Appel, Amsterdam
private browsing the ahistoric vacuum text performance with Ezra Fieremans : EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam
garderobe kunstmuseum bonn : text presentation, with work by Thomas Straub, Jessica Twitchell, Maarten van Roy, Theatre Bonn Fundus : Kunstmuseum Bonn
back-drop performance : let it keep secrets Studio Michael Gibbs, Amsterdam
MIDNIGHT with Tilman Hecker / Arno Kraehahn / Lynsey Peisinger : Radialsystem V, Berlin premiere. Nationaltheater Mannheim with Orchester M18, Haus der Berliner Festspiele
candide laughing transcribed conversations with Mihnea Mircan, Chris Kraus, Huw Lemmey, Jesse Darling, Nina Wakeford, Tom Clark : Critical Studies, Sandberg


2015

finality’s an ashtray with Rainbow Chan, Eugene Choi, Hyun Lee, Shota Matsumura, Marcus Whale : Golden Age, Sydney
flat dogs - pragmatism on ice with Kayije Kagame as Ivan Cheng : Watermill Center, NY
dancing with the tzars performance with Shota Matsumura, Brooke Stamp, for Michael Snape : The Commercial offsite, Sydney
possession rimming with Kanae Tanikawa as Judge Judy : Turner Gallery, Tokyo


2014

bette de brest – beuys beuys beuys triptych, with Ivey Wawn as Ivan Cheng : restaging restaging ~ Alaska Projects, Sydney
think twice with Eugene Choi as Ivan Cheng : Giant Dwarf, Sydney
even! ‘remount’ of 100 person score with Kokomi Blake, Sarah Kriegler, Brennan Olver, Matali Riley, Elise Smith, Charlie Thompson, Xuan Valmorbida, Ada Williams Kriegler, Henry Williams Kriegler : Federation Square, Melbourne
centaur classic independent curatorial project as performance, with Rainbow Chan, Eugene Choi, Hyun Lee, Shota Matsumura, Marcus Whale : Redfern Oval Community Room, Sydney


2013

silence performance publication project, with Austin Buckett, Jenn Dees, Sebastian Goldspink, Aron Jürisson, Lucy Parakhina, Zachary Schoenhut : Heffron Hall, Sydney
epoche-lacan-orbits: kelly, gander, floyer : performance score for 100 performers, as curatorial resistance to interpretation for James Brown, Austin Buckett, Lachlan Hughes, Marcus Whale : Carriageworks, Sydney