Constance DeJong

b. 1944, Cleveland, OH Lives and works in New York, NY

EXHIBITIONS
2026 Solo Exhibition, Bureau, New York, NY (forthcoming)
2025 The Mirror Effect, curated by Lara Pan, Château de Montsoreau, Montsoreau, France
Fifteen-Year Anniversary Exhibition, Bureau, New York, NY
2024 Selected printed matter and videos, Solo Exhibition, Kunstverein München (Archive Room), Munich, Germany
2023 On a Continuous Present, Solo Exhibition, Chelsea Space, London, United Kingdom
Future Shock, Lisson Gallery, New York, NY
Uncertain Codes, organized by Julien Bismuth, Gary R. Libby University Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2022 Polymorphose, Bureau, New York, NY (Solo)
2021 Constance DeJong: A survey exhibition, Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY (Solo)
Until tomorrow: Ten Years of Bureau, Bureau, New York, NY
2018 Let me consider it from here, curated by Solveig Øvstebø, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL
Hours and Places, Wojciech Bąkowski, Erica Baum, Constance DeJong, Bureau, New York, NY
Stories: Constance DeJong & Philip-Lorca diCorcia, McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2017 I Can’t Tell You Because I Can’t Tell You, curated by Gabriela Vainsencher, 601 Artspace, New York, NY
CD SM KSS, Constance DeJong, Sarah McMenimen, Kate Spencer Stewart, Redling Fine Art, Los Angles, CA
LISTEN: IT’S A SOUND SHOW, curated by Molly Mac, Equinox Studios, Seattle, WA
Anne Turyn: Top Stories Archive & Selected Flashbulb Memories, 1978-1991, curated by Maika Pollack, SOUTHFIRST, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Back in Time with Time-Based Works: Artists’ Books at Franklin Furnace, 1976– 1980, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Listen, curated by Molly Mac and Emily Pothast, Blackbox 3.0, Equinox Studios, Seattle, WA
Next Wave Art Reading Room, curated by Rachel Valinsky; Wendy’s Subway in conjunction with Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, NY
Cold Open Verse, Poet Transmit in conjunction with Blonde Art Books, The Knockdown Center, Queens, NY
I Wasn’t Just Saying What You Wanted To Hear, curated by Molly Mac, Alice Gallery, Seattle, WA
Liberia Gallery, Bogota, Colombia
2015 Day Moon, curated by Jodie Vicenta Jacobson, Halsey Mckay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2013 Desire, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
1989 Collected and Performance Work, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT

PERFORMANCES
2024 Modern Love, Kunsthalle Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
It's Always Night, Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany
It's Always Night, Circulating Copies, Kunstverein für die Rheinland, Düsseldorf, Germany
2018 Candle Night Radios Insomnia, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL
for Adult Contemporary, Hauser & Wirth, New York, NY
for Montez Press Radio, Printed Matter's New York Art Book Fair, MoMA PS1, New York, NY
Cellar Series, Ugly Duckling Presse, Brooklyn, NY
Census-Takers of the Sky, Triple Canopy, New York, NY
Bureau, New York, NY
Relatives, Constance DeJong & Tony Oursler, The Kitchen, New York, NY
2017 Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY
Artists Space, New York, NY
601Artspace, New York, NY
Modern Love, The Kitchen, New York, NY
Les Bijoux Indiscrets, or, Paper Tigers, by Sophie Seita, LaMaMa Galleria, New York, NY
SOUTHFIRST, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Live broadcast with Constance DeJong, Sophia La Fraga, and Ian Hatcher, Cold Open Verse, Poet Transmit in conjunction with Blonde Art Books, The Knockdown Center, Queens, NY
Next Wave Art Reading Room, curated by Rachel Valinsky, Wendy’s Subway in conjunction with Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
Segue Foundation Reading Series, Zinc Bar, New York, NY
2013 Speakchamber, Bureau, New York, NY
2007 Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2004 Collaboration with Tony Oursler, Off-Off Center, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
2003 Robert Beck Theater, curated by Marie Losier, New York, NY
2002 The Nelson Atkins Art Museum, Kansas City, MO
2001 Scry Agency, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston and Aurora Picture Show, Houston, TX
1997 Pink, in collaboration with Stephen Vitiello, Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY; Hamburger Bahnhoff Museum, Berlin, Germany
Fantastic Prayers, in collaboration with Tony Oursler and Stephen Vitiello, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA; Film + Arc International Festival of Films, Graz, Austria Navigational performance, Cyber Cafe, Moderna Museum, Ljublijana, Slovenia Moore College Theater, Philadelphia, PA
1995 Fantastic Prayers, in collaboration with Tony Oursler and Stephen Vitiello, Galerija SOU – Kapellica, Ljublijana, Slovenia
1994 The Jacket, in conjunction with Empty Dress: Clothing as Surrogate in Recent Art, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
Articles of Faith, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
1991 New Langton Arts, San Franciso, CA
1990 HallsWalls, Buffalo, NY
Vanishing Acts, The Whitney Museum at Philip Morris, New York, NY
ARS Electronica Festival, Graz, Austria
Relatives, in collaboration with Tony Oursler, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
1989 Relatives, in collaboration with Tony Oursler, Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Fourth Video Bienale, Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Video Theater: Regional, in conjunction with the exhibition Collected and Performance Work, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Sensing the City, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
World Wide Video Festival, Den Haag, Netherlands
1988 ARS Electronica Festival, Graz, Austria
Relatives, in collaboration with Tony Oursler, The Kitchen, New York, NY; TheBinational, Kunstmuseum, Dusseldorf; Western Front, Vancouver, Canada
1983 Twice-Told Tales, Hallswalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY
1979 L.A. Stories, in collaboration with Philip Glass, The Kitchen, New York, NY
1977 Modern Love, The Kitchen, New York, NY; Beyond Baroque, Los Angeles, CA; 80 Langton Street; San Franciso, CA; 911 Seattle, Seattle, WA; Western Front, Vancouver, Canada; The Women’s Alliance, London, England; Centre Culturel Du Marais, Paris, France

PROJECTS
2016 On-screen performance in Tony Oursler: Imponderable, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2015 On-screen performance for Imponderable: The Archives of Tony Oursler, Parc des Ateliers, Arles France; LUMA Westbau, Zurich, Switzerland; Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
2014 Rachel Feinstein’s The Last Days of Folly, in collaboration with Tony Oursler, Madison Square Park Conservancy, New York, NY Performer for Tony Oursler / Vox Vernacular, South Court Auditorium, New York Public Library, New York, NY
2008 Nuit Blanche, in collaboration with Tony Oursler and Tony Conrad, Gare du Nord, Paris, France
2007 Text for SUPER VISION, with The Builders Association/dbox, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, ME
2006 Blue Invasion, in collaboration with Tony Oursler, Sydney Festival, Australia
Text for SUPER VISION, with The Builders Association/dbox; Perth International Arts Festival, Australia; New Zealand International Arts Festival, Wellington; Liverpool; European Capital of Culture, United Kingdom; Tramway, Glasgow, United Kingdom; ZeroOne, San Jose, CA; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA; Krannert Center, University of Champaign-Urbana, IL; MCA Chicago, IL, UC Davis, CA; RedCat, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Text for SUPER VISION, with The Builders Association/dbox; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis,MN; Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH; On the Boards, Seattle, WA; BAm Next Wave Festival 05, New York, NY: Montclair State University, NJ
2003 The Place, Le Plaiv district, Switzerland; produced by Walter A. Bechtler Foundation for Public Art, University of Art & Design, Zurich, Switzerland
2001 Digital H@ppy Hour, The Kitchen, New York, NY
2000 Speaking of the River, commissioned by Minetta Brook Hudson River, Madame Brett Park, Beacon NY, (permanent installation); commissioned by Public Art Trust, Thames River, Canary Wharf, London, commissioned by Public Art Trust (permanent installation)
Electra Chair, Spot, Walls that Speak, Writer’s Block, Pillow Talk, Edward Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, NY; Hunter College Gallery, New York, NY; Pandemonium Festival, London, England, edition produced by Cypher Editions, New York
1997 Rushmore Music Festival, New York, NY
1996 Fantastic Prayers, Constance DeJong, Tony Oursler, Stephan Vitiello, web project, Dia Center for the Arts and Prop Foundation, New York, NY; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1992 Duets for Animals & People, Woodland Park Zoological Gardens, Art in Public Places, Seattle, WA (permanent installation)
1991 Vanishing Act, spoken text with sound by Brenda Hutchinson, Tellus #25, Site-Less Sounds, (CD)
1989 Ally, Messages to the Public, Times Square, The Public Art Fund, New York, NY
1979 Libretto for Philip Glass: Satyagraha
1977 Radio Adaptaion of Modern Love, ZBS Studios

PUBLICATIONS
2022 Reader. New York: Primary Information, 2022.
2019 DeJong, Constance and Andrew Lampert, eds. Tony Conrad: Writings. New York: Primary Information, 2019
2018 “On Loose Connection.” In Introducing Tony Conrad: A Retrospective. Buffalo: Albright-Knox Art Gallery; London: Koenig Books, 2018.
Nightwriters. New York: Triple Canopy, March 9, 2018.
2017 Modern Love. New York: Ugly Duckling Presse and Primary Information, 2017.
2013 Speakchamber. New York: Bureau, 2013.
2006 The Early Show: Video From 1969-79. New York: Hunter College Art Galleries, 2006.
1986 “Twice Told Tale.” In Five. New York: Top Stories #23-24, 1986.
1983 I.T.I.L.O.E. New York: Top Stories #15, 1983.
1981 “In Between the Dark and the Light (Television/Society/Art: A Symposium).” Artforum, Vol 19, No. 5, January 1981.
1980 DeJong, Constance, and Phillip Glass. Satyagraha: M.K. Gandhi in South Africa, 1893-1914; The Historical Material and Libretto Comprising. New York: Standard Editions, 1980.
1978 The Lucy Amarillo Stories. New York: Standard Editions, 1978.
1977 Modern Love. New York: Standard Press, 1977.
1976 The Complete Works of Constance DeJong, Vols 1-5, New York: The Vanishing Rotating Triangle (Vol 1); New York: Mirror Press (Vols 2-5), 1975-76.
“Science, Chapter 1” in Renegade #2, 65-86

CATALOGS
2019 Øvstebø, Solveig. ed. Let me consider it from here. Chicago: The Renaissance Society, 2019.
2010 Sagmeister, Rudolg. ed. Tony Oursler: Lock 2, 4, 6. Bregenz: Kunsthaus Bregenz, 2010.
2006 The Early Show: Video from 1969-1979. New York: Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, Hunter College, 2006.
2002 Kwon, Miwon. ed. Watershed: The Hudson Valley Art Project. New York: Minetta Brook, 2002.
2000 Speaking of the River: A New Audio Work by Constance De Jong for Benches Along the River. London: Public Art Development Trust, 2000.
1994 Medvedow, Jill. ed. The Eye of the Beholder. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1994.

ANTHOLOGIES
2006 Stosuy, Brandon, Dennis Cooper and Eileen Myles. eds. Up is Up, But So is Down: New York's Downtown Literary Scene, 1974-1992. New York: NYU Press, 2006.
1987 Wallis, Brian. ed. Blasted Allegories: An Anthology of Writings by Contemporary Artists. New York: New Museum of Contemporary Art; Cambridge: MIT Press, 1987.
1985 Prince, Richard. ed. Wild History. New York: Tanam Press, 1985.
1983 Turyn, Anne. ed. Top Stories. New York: Primary Information, 1983.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2025 Evans, Rhys. “The Continuous Present: A Review of Constance DeJong’s It’s Always Night(2024) and Modern Love (1977).” MAY, March 2025.
2023 Corwin, William. “Wet Conceptualism.” The Brooklyn Rail, February 1, 2023.
Hawley, Anthony. “Constance DeJong.” Artforum, January 2023.
2020 Tome, Anna. “20 Best Art Books of 2020: Constance DeJong.” The Brooklyn Rail, December 26, 2020.
2018 DeJong, Constance, as told to Lauren O’Neill-Butler. “Interviews: Constance DeJong on the disembodied voice and introspection.”Artforum, December 26, 2018.
Barone, Joshua. “Two Ways of Looking at Philip Glass’s ‘Satyagraha’.” The New York Times, November 5, 2018.
Cappetta, John. “Hours and Places.” The Brooklyn Rail, May 1, 2018.
Saltz, Jerry. “Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read.” New York Magazine, April 29, 2018.
“Amelia Bande in Conversation with Constance DeJong.” Movement Research, April 24, 2018.
Dayal, Mira. “All In The Family.” Artforum.com, April 9 2018.
Valinsky, Rachel. “Constance DeJong and Tony Oursler on Relatives.” The Kitchen Blog, March 2018.
2017 Krasinski, Jennifer. “The Year in Art Was All in the Details.” The Village Voice, December 2017.
“Ephemeralism, Sequentiality, and Writing By Hand: Emma Clayton in Conversation with Constance DeJong.” Ugly Duckling Presse Blog, November 2017.
Piepenbring, Dan. “Staff Picks: Conduits, Cockroaches, Colored Paper.” The Paris Review, April 2017.
“Artists in Conversation: Constance DeJong by Jennifer Krasinski.” BOMB Magazine, April 3, 2017.
Staff, Harriet. “The History & Reissue of Constance DeJong’s Modern Love." Harriet Poetry Blog (blog), Poetry Foundation, March 30, 2017.
2013 O'Neill-Butler, Lauren. “Constance DeJong.” Artforum, September 2013.
Barliant, Claire. “Object of the Week: Constance DeJong's Buddha Statue.” whatsthiscatsstory.tumblr.com, May 2013.
2011 Oestereich, James R. “Operatic Pageantry With Gandhi, Dr. King and a Message of Paci sm: ‘Satayagraha,’ by Philip Glass, at Met Opera - Review.” The New York Times, November 6 2011.
2006 Swed, Mark. “The Unblinking Eye of Technology.” Los Angeles Times, December 8, 2006.
Cotter, Holland. “Art in Review: The Early Show — Video From 1969-1979." The New York Times, April 28, 2006.
2005 Teachout, Terry. “SUPER VISION.” Wall Street Journal, December 2005.
“Review: SuperVision.” NYTheater.com, November 2005.
“SUPER VISION.” The Columbus Dispatch, November 2005.
“Review: SUPER VISION.” The New York Times, November 2005.
“Review of SuperVision.” Minneapolis Journal News, October 2005.
2004 “Best of Beacon.” Beacon Dispatch, 2004.
2002 Govan, Michael. “Fantastic Prayers.” Rhizome.com, 2002.
McCormic, Carlo. “Constance Dejong in Watershed (Hudson River Art Projects.” Minetta Brook Publisher, 2002.
2000 Photo essay of opening for "Speaking of The River at Canary Wharf, Thames River, London." Frieze, 2000.
1998 Sandquist, Gertrud. “Review: Fantastic Prayers.” Paletten, 1998.
Thomas, Sarah. “Speaking of The River at Canary Wharf, Thames River, London” The Guardian, 1998.
Wollen, Peter. “Death (and Life) of the Author: Peter Wollen on Kathy Acker.” London Review of Books, Vol. 20, No. 3, February 1998.
1995 Atkins, Robert. “The Art World and I Go on Line.” Cover Image, Art in America, December 1995.
Colman, David. “The Art Screen Scene.” Artforum, September 1995.
McCormic, Carlo. “Hypertext: Constance DeJong.” Paper Magazine, May 1995.
Chester, Christopher. “Digital Art’s Just Key Strokes Away.” Associated Press, 1995.
Oakes, Baille. "Sculpting with the Environment: a Natural Dialogue." Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1995.
Review of Die Biennale, Kultre Magazin, 1995.
1990 Studenthuset, Gamla. “Hufvudstadsbladet Sunday Kultur section.” Helsinki Newspaper, February 1990.
"Virus." Photo essay, Magazine of Vehicule Art, 1990.
1989 Carr, Cynthia. “Constance DeJong and Tony Oursler, Relatives.” Artforum, May 1989.
Hackett, Regina. Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 1989.
James, Caryn. “Review: Joyride.” The New York Times, June 1989.
Pavlic, Jana. “Review: Constance DeJong.” Telex, Zagreb
Taylor, Robert. “Review: Joyride.” The Boston Globe, May 14, 1989.
1988 "Review: Relatives at the ICA, Boston." The Boston Globe, 1998.
"Interviewing Constance DeJong about Narrative Form." Reflex Magazine Seattle, October 1988.
1984 Gruben, Patricia and Kay Armitage, “Review: Story Telling.” The Canadian Journal of Avant-Garde and Political Cinema, 1984.
Rothstein, Edward. “Satayaraha.” The New York Times, December 1984.
1981 Cott, Jonathan. “Constance DeJong: Avant-Garde Librettist for Philip Glass Opera.” Other Stages, 1981.
Roddy, Joseph. “Satayagraha: M.K. Gandhi - in South Africa.” People Magazine, 1981.
1980 Kertess, Klaus. “Gandhi in Choral Perspective.” Artforum, December, 1980.
1976 “Featured Selection: Riverside Theater.” Time Out London, 1976.

COLLECTIONS

Art Metropole, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Buffalo AKG Art Museum Collection CGP, newmedia.art Franklin Furnace Archive The J. Paul Getty Museum The Museum of Modern Art, New York The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York National Gallery of Canada, Toronto New York City Public Library, Special Collections New York University, Fales Special Collection, Bobst Library Tate Museum University of North Carolina, Sloane Art Library Vassar College Art Library