Janice Perry

Nationality: USA

Education

MFA-IA (Interdisciplinary Art, Performance Studies) Goddard College, Vermont 2004
B.A. (English/American Literature) Drew University, New Jersey 1973

Performances/ Residencies/Lectures (partial list)

Institut fuer England-und Amerikastudien, J.W.Goethe Universität, Frankfurt, Germany (2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009); Hamburg LSF Film Festival (2009); Fleming Museum--University of Vermont (2009); University of Richmond, VA (2009); Amerika Haus Munich, and German-American Institutes of Tuebingen and Nuernberg (2009); BKA Berlin (2009); My Site in Space 5, London (2009); MIT (2008); German-American Institute Stuttgart (2008); University of Vermont (2003-2008); Institute for Cultural Inquiry, Berlin (2007); US Consulate, Munich (2003-2007); Royal Holloway University of London (2007); The Junction Theatre, Cambridge, England 2007); Middlebury College (2005-2007); Boston University (2006); US Consulate, Berlin (2005); The School for International Training, Amsterdam, Netherlands and Toulouse, France (1999- 2005); Julius Maximilians Universität, Wuerzburg, Germany (2002-2006, 2007); Boston Center for the Arts (2001); University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa (2000); University of Kansas, Lawrence (2000).

Recent Awards, Honors, Grants and Fellowships

• National Portrait Gallery/Smithsonian Institution. Being Derrida multi-media installation--semi-finalist: 2009 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition (2009).
• The Vermont Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. New Work (2009) (total of 9 New Work grants 1984-2009).
• The Vermont Community Foundation: 3 grants for creation and development of new work (1997, 2001, 2008)
• Fulbright Scholar 2004-2005. Julius Maximilians Universität, Wuerzburg,
  Germany. Performance Studies/Creative Writing.
• Fulbright Senior Specialist 2001 – 2006: 3 grants. Performance/American Studies, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Uni Wuerzburg.
• The Autumn Harp Foundation: Residency, New Brighton Township/UPE South Africa (2000)
• Rotary International (Middlebury, Vermont) Residency, South Africa (2000)
• Brisons Veor Artists Trust Cornwall, England: artist residency (2000)
  
  

Performance Practice (Stage)
(USA/European tours, 3-8 months per year)

• 2007-present: NOT JUST ANOTHER PRETTY FACE: multimedia retrospective
• 2007-present: Being Derrida
• 2000-present: HOLY SH*T! Stories from Heaven and Hell
• 1997-2000: OUT FROM UNDERGROUND
• 1995-1997: DEVIL WITH A BLUE DRESS
• 1993-1995: QUEEN LEAR
• 1990-1993: WORLD POWER SEX CONTROL
• 1988-1990: WHAT? A WOMAN!
• 1986-1988: IT'S NOT TV
• 1984-1986: JANICE PERRY aka GAL
• 1982-1984: HAVE YOU HEARD OF THIS?
  
  

Other public output

MySite in Space: In Our Homes. Curator.
2 video installations: justin typing and ewelina washing up. London, 2009.

National Portrait Gallery/Smithsonian Institution. Being Derrida multi-media installation.
Semi-finalist: Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2009.

Fleming Museum, University of Vermont. Presentation/Installation, “Being Derrida.” 2009.

Yamawaki Arts Center, Lasell College, Newton, Mass. “Authentic Work by Janice Perry,” “Certificate of Authenticity.” Multi-media installation. Group Show: “Currency.” 2009.

MIT Graduate Consortium. Presentation, “Who’s laughing? The Politics of Humor.” 2008.

Vermont Law School. Presentation,“Phenomenal Women.” 2008.

Yamawaki Arts Center, Lasell College, Newton, Mass. “LezPorn: Pleasure and Danger.” Multi-media installation. Group Show: “First.” 2008.

Institute for Cultural Inquiry. Berlin. “Mourning Derrida.” Multi-media performance/installation. 2007.

German-American Institutes (DAI) Tuebingen, Heidelberg, Stuttgart. “Mourning Derrida.” Multi-media performance/installation. 2007. Sponsored by the American Consulate, Munich.

Royal Holloway University of London. “Mourning Derrida/Being Derrida.”
Multi-media performance/lecture. 2007.

Northeast Arts Council/The Junction Theatre/International Workshop Festival, Cambridge, UK. Lead Artist/Curator, interdisciplinary performance, “Outside the Box” 2007.

Middlebury College, Middlebury Vermont. “Mourning Derrida/Being Derrida.”
Multi-media performance/lecture. 2007.

Yamawaki Arts Center, Lasell College, Newton, Mass. “Schedule. 1958-2007.” Multi-media installation. Group Show: “Women of Influence.” 2007.

Champlain College, Burlington, Vermont.. 4 multi-media installations.
“Schedule 1958-2007,” “Mourning Derrida/Being Derrida.”
“LezPorn:Pleasure and Danger.” “Sex! Gender! Race! Co-sponsored by the Vermont Arts Council/NEA. ” 2007.

Empire State College Women’s Studies Residency, Syracuse New York.
Keynote Speaker, “Identity.” 2007.

Boston University, Art History Association. “Outside the Box” Lecture/installation. 2006.

American Embassy in Berlin. Arts in America Conference. “Teaching performance.” Panel: “Arts in America.” Performance, “Holy Sh*t! Stories from Heaven and Hell.” Berlin, 2005.

Siobhan Davies Studios/International Workshop Festival, Creator-in-Residence. London, 2006.Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont. Keynote. “Mourning Derrida”. 2006.

Suite 10. Group Show: “Multiples.” Digital Installation with Hannie van Herk (Amsterdam) “Live.” Concord, N.H. USA. 2005.

Bavarian American Academy Conference: “Religious Cultures: Communities of Belief.” Presentation: “Holy Sh*t! Stories from Heaven and Hell” Munich, Germany. 2004.

Committing Voice Conference. Presentation “Adventures in Performance: Urban narrative in Frankfurt and Berlin” Plainfield, Vermont. USA. 2004.

Suite 10. Concord, N.H. USA. “2004” (glass, metal, beeswax, photographic paper). 2004. Group Show: “Five Photos.”

Contemporary Drama in English Conference:“Global Challenges and Regional Responses: Holy Sh*t! Stories from Heaven and Hell.” “Integrating the Arts into the American Studies Classroom.” Wuerzburg, Germany. 2002.

2008: Audio performance. London. (Reykjavik). Jonathan Young, Director.

2003: Video performance, Frankfurt, (Maerchentante, AMA) Philip Bussman, Director.

2003: Ensemble Actor: Lost Nation Theater, Montpelier, Vermont. (Martha Dobie, The Children’s Hour). Ian Tresselt, Director.

1992: Collaboration, Middlebury, Vermont (SexPlay) with Dana Yeaton

Video/Radio/Television

2009: San Francisco Frameline 33 LGBTQ Film Festival, “LezPorn: Pleasure and Danger.” Video.

2009: Hamburg Lesbisch-Schwule Filmtage. “Quick and Dirty: short short queer film workshop.”

2009: Frankfurt “Let’s Whore Film Festival” (pending Spring 2010) “LezPorn: Pleasure and Danger.” Video.

2007: Hamburg Lesbisch-Schwule Filmtage. “LezPorn: Pleasure and Danger.” Video.

2007: BBC Radio World Service “Does this offend you?” (Heart and Soul). Siobhan Tighe, Producer.

2006: BBC Radio 3 “Verbing” (The Verb). Asaya Ladhi, Producer.

2005: VT-PBS (For Real) Associate Producer/Director. Vanguard Productions, Paul MacGowan Executive Producer.

2001: Hamburg 1 Television

1999: WDR Television, Cologne, Germany. (Missfits)
PBS, USA. (After Stonewall. (Documentary film, contributor).

1998: WDR Television, Cologne, Germany (Front Frauen Revue).

1997: BBC2 Radio, London. (Late Night with Janice Perry) Maria Esposito, producer. Write and perform.

1995: BBC2 Television, London (OUT “Book at Bedtime”). Write, direct and perform.

1994: 2 in 20 (Television Series, Film) Laurel Chiten, Director. Write and perform. Channel Four Television, London (OUT ON TUESDAY “Greetings from Vermont”)
Write and perform, Mandy Merck and Clare Beavan, directors.
VT-PBS (Crossroads). Write and perform, Enzo DiMaio, director.

1993: VT-PBS (Crossroads). Write and perform, Enzo DiMaio, director.

1992: National Public Radio. (“WORLD POWER SEX CONTROL”) Write and perform.

Editing

Style editor: Stories: Elizabeth Stoddard. Opfermann, Susanne and Roth, Yvonne, ed. Northeastern University Press. 2003.

English Editor: Denise Ziegler: Ich Verlagere/ I Shift; Ich REkonstruiere/ I Reconstruct; Ich Registriere/ I Register. Kunstmuseum Olten, Switzerland, 2003.

Publications/contributions to edited books

Crème de la Femme. “On Censorship”. Anne Dalin, ed. Random House.
New York, 1995. p.26.

Revolutionary Laughter: The World of Women Comics. “Janice (“Gal”) Perry”. Roz Warren, editor. Crossing Press, 1995. pp. 179- 185.

The Best Contemporary Women's Humor. “Censored Erotica”. Roz Warren, editor. The Crossing Press, 1994. p. 4.

In Stitches. “Censored Erotica”. Gloria Kaufmann, editor. Indiana University Press. p..103. 1994.


Curriculum Vitae—courses taught

All of the following courses incorporate the integration of practice and theory and include use of traditional and new media.

2006 - 2009
Adjunct Instructor, Affiliation with Women’s and Gender Studies, Department of Art and Art History, Department of Theater
University of Vermont
Cross-listed courses: Departments of Art, Theater, Women’s & Gender Studies, Community Development and Applied Economics, Speech
Performance Art: Beyond the Box
Identity through Performance (online)
Gender, Race Class in Media
Performing Identity (online)
Equity TV: writing social justice (creating a web series)

2004-2005
Fulbright Senior Scholar/ Visiting Fulbright Professor
IEAS (Institute of English and American Studies),
University of Wuerzburg, Germany:
Outside the Box: Reading and Writing Autobiographically based Performance
Creative non-fiction: Performance Studies

2001-2004
Fulbright Senior Specialist/ Visiting Fulbright Professor
J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany. IEAS, Performance Studies
University of Wuerzburg, Germany. IEAS, Performance Studies
Larger than Life: Autobiographically based Performance

1997, 2003, 2005, 2006
Adjunct Lecturer/Visiting Faculty Middlebury College
Theater, Women’s and Gender Studies
Identity Performance: Outside the Box
Larger than Life: Autobiographically- based Performance