SHARON CHESLOW, COTERIE EXCHANGE
and all other performances, exhibits, screenings, and installations
2006 to present is below. 1997-2005 is here.
2023
Reverberating Feminisms: Chronologies of Feminist Art Movements at CalArts exhibit, 10.1.23-12.31.23
CalArts Library, Valencia, CA
Includes Interrobang?! #5, which was published in 2008 with two CalArts grants (Ahmanson Project Grant and Intercultural Arts Project/Diversity Grant)
2022
Persistent Vision online exhibit, published 2022
University of Maryland Special Collections in Performing Arts
Created by John Davis, Ben Jackson, Natalie Salive, and Jessica Grimmer. Includes archival documentation on Chalk Circle, Bloody Mannequin Orchestra, and Suture, as well as on If This Goes On and Interrobang?! zines. Chalk Circle flyer to left was designed by bassist Tamera Lyndsay.
2021
DC Represented permanent exhibit, opened 9.25.21
Part of Up from the People: Protest and Change in DC, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Washington, DC
Curated by Michele Casto, includes Chalk Circle video filmed by Diana Quinn and David Wells
2020
Julia Holter's soundtrack for Eliza Hittman's film
Never Rarely Sometimes Always, released 2020
Sharon Cheslow - contributed electronics
2018
Banned in DC 30th anniversary celebration, 12.13.18
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC
see Banned in DC page for more details about the book
Sharon Cheslow Artist Talk, 2.10.18
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
"Patti Smith Arty-facts: Alchemical Roll Call (1970-72)", and her creative friendships with Harry Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe
for Curating Resistance: Punk as Archival Method
2016
Sharon Cheslow Visiting Artist Talk, 2.24.16
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Czech Surrealism (and collaborative work of Czech artists/writers/filmmakers/composers, including Eva Svankmajerová, Jan Svankmajer, Juraj Herz, Vera Chytilová, Zdenek Liska), based on piece for Bull Tongue Review #5
2014-15
Chalk Circle's "The Slap" in Washington, DC playlist created by Allison Wolfe for Alien She exhibit - curated by Astria Suparak & Ceci Moss
Museum of Contemporary Craft and Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR, 9.3.15-1.9.16
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA, 2.15.15-5.24.15
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, 10.24.14-1.25.15
Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA, 3.07.14-4.27.14
2013
Coterie Exchange These Are Just Words sound event, 12.1.13
Griffith Observatory End of the Universe Cafe, Los Angeles, CA
Chalk Circle's "The Slap" in Washington, DC playlist created by Allison Wolfe, 9.21.13-2.16.14
Alien She, Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA - curated by Astria Suparak & Ceci Moss
Interrobang?! Anthology on Music and Family book (ed. Sharon Cheslow), 6.30.13
Artists' Book Exhibit, Ooga Booga #2 at 356 S. Mission, Los Angeles, CA - curated by Wendy Yao (Los Angeles) and Alumnos47 (Mexico City)
Banned in DC book (ed. Cynthia Connolly, Leslie Clague, Sharon Cheslow, Lydia Ely), 2.23.13-4.7.13
Pump Me Up: DC Subculture in the 1980s, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC - curated by Roger Gastman
2011
Chalk Circle Reflection release, 3.29.11
Mississippi Records/Post Present Medium, cover and booklet designed by Sharon Cheslow
2010
Sharon Cheslow+Julia Holter, 6.14.10
Dublab Sprout Session (listen), Los Angeles, CA - "Mistress Saint" and "We Are The Charioteers"
2009
Coterie Exchange (Sharon Cheslow+Julia Holter), 9.15.09
Penny-Ante: Three publication launch, Stories, Los Angeles, CA - w/Tearist, Mick Farren & others
Sharon Cheslow+Steve Gregoropoulos+Ace Farren Ford+Casey Anderson, 9.12.09
MAPPING sound SASSAS 10th anniv. concert, Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA
The Art of Touring group photo exhibit, 8.6.09-8.29.09
Fontanelle Gallery, Portland, OR - w/Alissa Anderson, Hannah Mae Blair, Sharon Cheslow, Mia Clarke, Jem Cohen, Erika Spring Forster, Rebecca Gates, Emma Gaze, Megan Holmes, Andy Moor, Tara Jane O'Neil, Jean Smith
Sharon Cheslow+Julia Holter, 4.07.09
Sounding Out series, CalArts Main Gallery, Valencia, CA
SASSAS SoundShoppe, 3.13.09
Eagle Rock Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA - Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound (SASSAS) group improvisation led by Charlemagne Palestine
Sharon Cheslow (see video), 2.01.09
The Smell, Los Angeles, CA - w/Calvin Johnson, Devon Williams, Sam McPheeters
2008
Sharon Cheslow On This Day Dec. 14th sound collage, 12.15.08
Brenda Hutchinson's Daily Bell Project: December Sunwatch group event/streaming radio broadcast via free103point9
Robert Ashley's She Was a Visitor, 11.23.08
CalArts, Valencia, CA - performance with Michael Pisaro's Experimental Music Workshop
Antoine Beuger's Chants Divers, 11.14.08
REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA - performance with Michael Pisaro's Experimental Music Workshop for Festival of Contemporary Dutch Music
Interrobang?! Anthology on Music and Family (ed. Sharon Cheslow) publication launch party/event, 10.18.08
Ooga Booga, Los Angeles, CA - w/Sharon Cheslow+Steve Touchton, Ian MacKaye, DJ Gabie Strong, vegan snacks by Crops & Rawbers
Coterie Exchange (Sharon Cheslow+Alyssa Lee) Duct Tape Piece 2 video, 9.27.08
Kampnagel Theatre, Hamburg, Germany - in Chicks on Speed's Girl Monster event
2007
Sharon Cheslow Key Phrases, 12.22.07
Echo Curio, Los Angeles, CA - w/Metal Rouge, Albert Ortega, Sleepwalkers Local 242
Coterie Exchange (Sharon Cheslow+Alyssa Lee) Duct Tape Piece 2 video, 9.7.07-10.28.07
Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania - in Girl Monster installation curated by Chicks on Speed
Interpretation of George Brecht's Drip Piece, 9.21.07
"Drip Event", Pawnshop Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - group event curated by Natilee Harren
Coterie Exchange (Sharon Cheslow+James Schneider) sound/video performance, 8.11.07
Transformer Gallery, Washington, DC
Sharon Cheslow/Coterie Exchange Sonic Triptych III - NY sound performance/event, 8.10.07
The Arm Gallery, Brooklyn, NY - participants included: Chuck Bettis, MV Carbon, Sharon Cheslow, Brooke Gillespie, Barbara Gogan, Matterlink (James Schneider), Kevin Shea, Jenny Graf Sheppard, Ethan Swan
Sharon Cheslow, 7.15.07
Hemlock Tavern, San Francisco, CA - w/Ahleuchatistas
Sharon Cheslow+Liz Allbee+Weasel Walter, 7.13.07
21 Grand 1k tones 7th Anniv. Fest, Oakland, CA - w/ inn. aff. (orchext.), Rubber O Cement, Tarantism, Bran(...)Pos
Sharon Cheslow, 7.11.07
Valentine's, Portland, OR - w/Grouper, Concern
Sharon Cheslow+Steve Kim Broken Mirrors on the Tundra sound performance, 7.07.07
opening of Time Writers from the Mirror Horizon group exhibit, David Patton Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - curated by Gabie Strong
Sharon Cheslow/Coterie Exchange Sonic Triptych III - LA sound performance/event, 6.09.07
Telic Arts Exchange, Los Angeles, CA - participants included: Eva Aguila, Ori Barel, Sharon Cheslow, Aaron Drake, John Hastings, David Kendall, Steve Kim, Grace Lee, Brian Miller, Anna Oxygen, Michael Parker, Sara Roberts, Bita Sharif
Coterie Exchange (Sharon Cheslow+Alyssa Lee) Duct Tape Piece 2 video, 2.2.07-5.4.07
Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Vitoria Gasteiz, Spain - in Chicks on Speed's Girl Monster installation for Switch on the Power! Noise and Policies on Music group event/exhibit
Sharon Cheslow Words To Keep Going 2-channel sound collage and screening of September Son video, 5.01.07
Sounding Out, CalArts Main Gallery, Valencia, CA - curated by Aaron Drake
Sharon Cheslow+Steve Kim, 3.25.07
The Smell, Los Angeles, CA - w/ Acre, Marissa Magic!, David Kendall, Sam Meister
2006
Guitar Quorum (David Kendall+Jesse Kudler+Sharon Cheslow), 12.17.06
Turn the Screws Festival, Il Corral, Los Angeles, CA - w/ Wanda Gala+Bob Bellerue, Jeremy Drake, Adam Overton, Liam Mooney, Haircut Mountain Transit, Treasure Mammal +more
Sharon Cheslow Right Now Be My Molasses 2-channel sound collage, 11.17.06
60 x 60 Pacific Rim, CalArts, Valencia, CA
Sharon Cheslow Right Now Be My Molasses 2-channel sound collage, 11.02.06
60 x 60 Pacific Rim, Mills College, Oakland, CA
Sharon Cheslow/Coterie Exchange Sonic Triptych II sound performance/event, 10.06.06
Illuminated Corridor group event, 21 Grand, Oakland, CA - participants included: Erika Anderson, Jorge Boehringer, Maryclare Brzytwa, Ezra Buchla, Michael Carreira, George Chen, Sharon Cheslow, Sue Costible, Paul Costuros, Kristy Geschwandtner, Steve Kim, Alyssa Lee, Sam Meister, Steve Touchton, Weasel Walter
acks (Steve Kim+Sharon Cheslow+Sam Meister) sound performance, 9.08.06
Chung King Common opening, Telic Arts Exchange, Los Angeles, CA - w/Dawn Kasper, Norman Klein, Tara Kozuback, Tom Leeser, Fallen Fruit, Andy Kopra, Sara Roberts, Kelly Sears, Emily Lacy, Guthrie Lonergan, Albert Ortega
Coterie Exchange (Sharon Cheslow+Elisa Ambrogio), 7.15.06
21 Grand, Oakland, CA - w/Hawnay Troof, Mirror/Dash (Thurston Moore+Kim Gordon), Quintron and Miss Pussycat, Harry Merry, Dinky Bits, Always
Sharon Cheslow September Son and Dream/Construct videos, 6.18.06 and 6.04.06
Kill Rock Stars Video Screenings, Kult 41, Bonn, Germany
Sharon Cheslow Right Now Be My Molasses 2-channel sound collage, 6.06.06
60 x 60 Pacific Rim (sixty one-minute compositions), Island Music Guild Hall, Bainbridge Island, WA
Sharon Cheslow, 5.07.06
Tarantula Hill benefit, Il Corral, Los Angeles, CA - w/Joseph Hammer, Bob Bellerue+David Kendall, Albert Ortega, Robedoor, Toxic Loincloth and more
Coterie Exchange (Sharon Cheslow+XK aka Zeek Sheck), 4.14.06
Il Corral, Los Angeles, CA - w/Bran(...)Pos, Feed the Dragon (Albert Ortega+Bob Bellerue), Impregnable, Gowns
Coterie Exchange (Sharon Cheslow+Weasel Walter), 1.04.06
The Smell, Los Angeles, CA - w/XBXRX, Silver Daggers, Hello Astronaut Goodby Television, Abe Vigoda
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