Bio
Curt Confer is a visual artist who uses his body to translate language into slow sequences of movement, inviting visitors into a shared space to reflect on themes of loss, memory, and interconnectivity. Using texts from queer theory, philosophy, social history, and poetry to inform his scripts, Curt interprets linguistic selections through the frame of his body, moving quietly or whispering within live tableaus made of light, sound, and found materials. His work also includes drawings and videos that further his exploration of how embodied knowledge is held onto and exchanged.
Curt graduated from Hamilton College in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Art and Theater and earned a Master of Fine Arts from New York University in 2007. Since then he has exhibited at several institutions and galleries including Columbia University, The School of Visual Arts, Carrie Able Gallery, and Site:Brooklyn among others. As an educator, Curt’s research into the history of performance art and experimental theater has informed his curriculums which integrate performance with the visual arts. After completing a Master of Arts in Teaching degree at the School of Visual Arts in 2016, he served as an Adjunct Professor in the same program and currently teaches in the BFA Fine Arts Program at Parsons, The New School. Curt was a recipient of the Dietrich Inchworm Grant through Hamilton College in 2018 and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
contact: curtconfer@gmail.com
