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