Frivolous Artist, Durham, NC 2018
ALL PERFORMANCES/PUBLIC EVENTS
2022 Art Walk as part of Tue Saxy, with collaborators Daniel Levin, Anna Maynard, Davida Reid, Saxapahaw, NC,
2021 Another Frivolous Artist, Attic 506, Chapel Hill, NC
2020 it’s not unusual, performance video, as part of Fäque Knews with Lump Projects, Raleigh, NC
2020 Delicate Hold, director/choreographer Jane Jerardi, online performance, Chicago, IL
2019 Leaving Impossible Things Unattended (LITU), co-creator Mike Dimpfl - Performance is Alive at Satellite Art Show, Miami, FL
2019 Frivolous Artist: Sculpture Garden, with co-creator Patience, Performance is Alive at Satellite Art Show, Brooklyn, NY
2019 LITU, co-creator Mike Dimpfl - HAPPENING (curated by Justin Tornow, Pierce Freelon, Saba Taj), CCB Plaza, Durham, NC
2019 LITU, co-creator Mike Dimpfl - SEEK Raleigh public art festival, Dorothea Dix Park, Raleigh, NC
2018 LITU, co-creator Mike Dimpfl - Semiotics of Cruising closing event, Lump Projects, Raleigh, NC
2018 Getting to Know You - Moogfest: Human & The Machine after party, Athens, GA
2018 LITU, co-creator Mike Dimpfl - Muse Masquerade Ball, 21c Museum Hotel, Durham, NC
2018 LITU, co-creator Mike Dimpfl - Carrboro Music Festival, Carrboro, NC
2018 LITU, co-creator Mike Dimpfl - SHOW! (curated by COMPANY), Durham Fruit & Produce Co., Durham, NC
2018 Frivolous Artist: More Metal, co-creator Patience & live sound designer Mike Geary - Moogfest at 21c Museum Hotel, Durham NC
2018 LITU, co-creator Mike Dimpfl - SwitchPoint, Saxapahaw, NC
2018 Frivolous Artist: a live performance installation, co-creator Patience - The Durham Fruit & Produce, Durham, NC
2017-18 Frivolous Artist (previews) - Empower Dance Studio, Durham, NC as part of Proxemic Media’s 3rd Friday Durham Dance Series; Lump Projects, Raleigh, NC as part of Specular Sounds II; Duke University Coffeehouse, Durham NC
2017 Drum Power with Charles Chase - durational performance - VAE gallery, Raleigh, NC as part of Under Pressure performance art series
2017 Reflex Arc with Crowmeat Bob - durational performance - VAE gallery, Raleigh, NC as part of Under Pressure performance art series
2017 Wanna Feel the Heat (durational performance) - Lump Projects, Raleigh, NC
2016 AndAlwaysWhy, The Torus Building, Durham, NC part of the Durham Independent Artists 2015-16 season
- Wild Actions officially formed 2016 --
2015 Body + Instrument performance series, with Crowmeat Bob, Carrack Modern Art, Chapel Hill, NC
2014 AndAlwaysWhy (excerpt) with Alex Chassanoff, Carrack Modern Art, Durham, NC as part of Southerners: Queer identified artists finding home & family in the South
2012 it was before i met you, co-direction with Jane Jerardi, Defibrilator, Chicago, IL
2011 Almost Positive with Tzveta Kassabova, Motorco, Durham, NC as part of Minus Sound Research 6
2010 Follow the Path, co-direction with Alexis Mastromichalis, ArtsCenter, Carrboro, NC, as part of Minus Sound Research 5
2009 Circuitry Dance Patrol with Rebecca Mills, Nightlight, Chapel Hill, NC
2008 Circuitry Dance Patrol improv collective, Sonic Circuits Festival, Washington, DC
2006-08 I Am Almost Positive, The Electric Possible, Washington, DC; New Live Arts series, Shepherdstown, WV; Together Gallery, Portland, OR
2006 happeningistime, Spare Room, Baltimore, MD
2006 Façade, The Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC -- a multimedia installation with live dance by Jane Jerardi and Ginger Wagg; live and installed sound by The Caution Curves; video and visuals with Michael Wichita; co-direction with Jane Jerardi
2005 IN SITE (Spill, Listen, and Crave), Transformer, Revolution Records, The Warehouse Next Door, Washington, DC -- interdisciplinary series with 20 artists in three venues, co-direction with Jane Jerardi
2004 it is loud when you listen, as part of floor plan by Jane Jerardi, Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC
2004 The Apartment Show, Washington DC -- interdisciplinary art salon with 10 visual artists, writers and performers
VIDEO (Ginger Wagg)
2020 it’s not unusual (director, performance), as part of Fäque Knews at Lump Projects, Raleigh, NC / presented as part of Connection (Dispatch Gallery) and TV Party (Lump) exhibitions
2020 You Are Here to Be Around video series - Turning To Sky / Stars (piano) / Moon (guitar) / Cycles & Circles / Freedom, LARGE (choreography, performance), JPhono1, released by Potluck
2019 Jeanne (performance), Quetico, self-released
2018 Right To Me (concept, design,performance), Dove Legs, self released
2016 Mattress Power (performance, collaborator), Charles Chase, SPECTRE Arts, Durham NC
2016 Half Life (performance), Juan Huevos, self-released
2008 Façade, (co-director, performance), co-direction with JaneJerardi
photo: Soleil Konkel
ALL COLLABORATION/PERFORMANCE (Ginger Wagg)
2019-20 Meg Stein (collaboration/research/community discussions) , Free from Moral: An Impurity, ArtSpace, Raleigh, NC and Nasher Museum, Durham, NC
2019 Paideia (collaboration/performance), Who gets to belong?, The Scrap Exchange, Durham, NC
2015 Culture Mill (collaboration), Trust the Bus series, Saxapahaw, NC
2004-13 Jane Jerardi (collaboration), Washington, DC/Chicago, IL
2002-10 Sharon Mansur/mansurdance (performance/collaboration), Washington, DC
2007-08 Ca$h $lave Clique (performance), Washington, DC
2004-07 Daniel Burkholder/The PlayGround (performance), Washington, DC
2005-06 Shua Group (performance), New York, NY/Detroit, MI
2006-07 Olek (performance), New York, NY
photo: Jon Pfundstein
BANDS (Ginger Wagg)
2019-20 Bowles/Bowne/Wagg, Durham/Carrboro, NC - movement and sound band
2016-20 — Dove Legs, Chapel Hill, NC - rock band
2015-present — Reflex Arc, Carrboro/Raleigh, NC - movement and sound band
2012-14 — Boykiller, Carrboro, NC - rock band
2008-11 — Veelee, Carrboro, NC - rock band
DISCOGRAPHY (Ginger Wagg)
2013 Pet-Tich-Eye, No Hesitate (single), Triangle Creative Collaboration Project
2010 Veelee, The Future Sight, Grip Tapes
2008 Veelee, Three Sides EP, self-released
COMMUNITY PROJECTS
2020-21 — 102 Merritt Mill, an emerging art & community space, with co-organizer CJ Suitt & community partners
2019-21 — the DIG IN: a local artist salon, co-facilitator, Carrboro/Chapel Hill/Durham, NC
2016-17 — Articulating Value in the Arts, co-facilitator with Murielle Elizéon, Tommy Noonan & Chris Vitiello, hosted by Culture Mill, made possible by The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation
CONTRACT CONSULTING WORK (Ginger Wagg)
2019-20 Dramaturge and Consultant, Delicate Hold, director Jane Jerardi, Chicago, IL
2019 Site Specific Assistant, American Dance Festival, Hot Summer Pop Ups performance series, Durham/Raleigh NC
2019 NC Artist Collaborator/Consultant, Talking with Strangers, David Norsworthy residency at Culture Mill, Saxapahaw, NC
2018-19 General Consultant & Music Stage Curator, SEEK Raleigh, Dorothea Dix Park, Raleigh, NC
2018 Performance and Site-Specific Coordinator, Lobby Call: Strange Encounters, The Durham Hotel, Durham, NC
2015-20 Bar Manager, Nightlight Bar & Club (music/art venue), Chapel Hill, NC
ALL AWARDS/COMMISSIONS
2020 Artist Project Grant, Orange County Arts Commission for artist fees, supplies, and operating expenses at 102 Merritt Mill Rd emergent art & community space
2020 #CreativeQuarantine online exhibition, Block Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2019 Artist Project Grant, Orange County Arts Commission for the development of Another Frivolous Artist, co-creator Patience, Chapel Hill, NC
2019 Commission, LITU, co-creator Mike Dimpfl - SEEK Raleigh public art festival, Dorothea Dix Park, Raleigh, NC
2007 Commission, The National Building Museum, Washington DC, Big Draw Festival for Tracing Spaces with Jane Jerardi
2007 Small Projects Program Award, the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities for the development of I Am Almost Positive
2007 Young Emerging Artist Grant Award, the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities for the development of DVD-R release of Façade
2005 Young Emerging Artist Grant Award, the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities for the development of IN SITE (Spill, Listen, Crave)
EDUCATION (Ginger Wagg)
2007 Seattle Festival of Dance & Improvisation, Seattle, WA
2000-02 Wild Meadows Improvisation Intensive, Schellsburg, PA 2001 George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance