Constance DeJong

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

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

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

SELECTED 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

SELECTED 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

2019 Tony Conrad Writings, Edited by Constance DeJong and Andrew Lampert, Primary Information,New York
2018 “On Loose Connection”, In Introducing Tony Conrad: A Retrospective, Koenig Books Nightwriters, Triple Canopy, New York
2017 Modern Love, Ugly Duckling Presse and Primary Information, New York
2013 Speakchamber, Bureau, New York
2006 The Early Show: Video From 1969-79, Hunter College Art Galleries, New York
1986 “Twice Told Tale,” in Five, Top Stories #23-24, New York
1983 Constance DeJong, I.T.I.L.O.E., Top Stories #15, Txt Books
1981 “In Between the Dark and the Light (Television/Society/Art: A Symposium)” in, Artforum Vol 19
1980 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, Standard Editions, New York
1976 Modern Love, Standard Press (1976-77) The Complete Works of Constance DeJong, Vols 1 -5, TVRT, New York (1975-76) “Science, Chapter 1” in Renegade #2, 65-86

CATALOGUES

2019 Let me consider it from here, edited by Solveig Øvstebø, The Renaissance Society, Chicago
2010 Tony Oursler: Lock 2, 4, 6, edited by Rudolg Sagmeister, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz
2006 The Early Show: Video from 1969-1979, Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, March 16-May 6, 2006 curated by Constance De Jong, Hunter College, New York
2002 Watershed: The Hudson Valley Art Project, edited by Miwon Kwon, Minetta Brook, New York
2000 Speaking of the River: A New Audio Work by Constance De Jong for Benches Along the River, Public Art Development Trust, London
1994 The Eye of the Beholder, edited by Jill Medvedow, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

ANTHOLOGIES

2006 Up is Up, But So is Down: Downtown Literary Scene, NYU Press
1987 Blasted Allegories, New Museum/MIT
1985 Wild History, Tanam Press
1983 Top Top Stories, City Lights

SELECTED PRESS

2023 William Corwin, 'Wet Conceptualism,' The Brooklyn Rail, February 1
2022 Anthony Hawley, ‘Constance DeJong,’ Artforum, January, p. 132 - 133
2020 Anna Tome, ‘20 Best Art Books of 2020: Constance DeJong,’ The Brooklyn Rail, December 26
2018 Constance DeJong as told to Lauren O’Neill-Butler, 'Interviews,' Artforum, December 26
Joshua Barone, ‘Two Ways of Looking at Philip Glass’s ‘Satyagraha’,’ The New York Times, November 5
John Cappetta, ‘Hours and Places,’ The Brooklyn Rail, May 1
Jerry Saltz, ‘Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read,’ New York Magazine, April 29
Amelia Bande in Conversation with Constance DeJong, Movement Research, April 24
Mira Dayal, ‘All In The Family,’ Artforum.com, April 9
Rachel Valinsky, 'Constance DeJong and Tony Oursler on Relatives,' The Kitchen Blog, March
2017 Jennifer Krasinski, ‘The Year in Art Was All in the Details,’ Village Voice, December
‘Ephemeralism, Sequentiality, and Writing By Hand: Emma Clayton in Conversation with Constance DeJong,’ Ugly Duckling Presse Blog, November
Dan Piepenbring, ‘Staff Picks: Conduits, Cockroaches, Colored Paper,’ The Paris Review, April
‘The History & Reissue of Constance DeJong’s Modern Love,’ Harriet Poetry Blog, Poetry Foundation, March 30
‘Artists in Conversation: Constance DeJong by Jennifer Krasinski,’ BOMB Magazine, Daily Postings, April 3
2013 Lauren O'Neill-Butler, 'Constance DeJong,' Artforum, September Claire Barliant, 'Object of the Week: Constance DeJong's Buddha Statue,' whatsthiscatsstory.tumblr.com, May
2011 James R. Oestereich, ‘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
2006 Mark Swed, ‘The Unblinking Eye of Technology,’ Los Angeles Times, December 8
Holland Cotter, ‘Art in Review; The Early Show — Video From 1969-1979,’ The New York Times, April 28
2005 ‘Review: SUPER VISION,’ at BAM, The New York Times, November
Terry Teachout, ‘SUPER VISION,’* Wall Street Journal*, December
‘Review: SuperVision,’ at BAM, NYTheater.com, November
‘SUPER VISION,’ The Columbus Dispatch, November
‘Review of SuperVision,’ Minneapolis Journal News, October
2004 ‘Best of Beacon,’ Beacon Dispatch
2002 Carlo McCormic, ‘Constance Dejong in Watershed (Hudson River Art Projects’ Minetta Brook Publisher
Michael Govan, ‘Fantastic Prayers,’Rhizome.com
2000 Photo essay of opening for ‘Speaking of The River at Canary Wharf, Thames River, London,’ Frieze
1998 Sarah Thomas, ‘Speaking of The River at Canary Wharf, Thames River, London,’ The Guardian
Peter Wollen, ‘Death (and Life) of the Author: Peter Wollen on Kathy Acker,’ London Review of Books, Vol. 20, No. 3, February
Gertrud Sandquist, ‘Review: Fantastic Prayers,’ Paletten, Stockholm
1995 David Colman, ‘The Art Screen Scene,’ Artforum, September
Robert Atkins, ‘The Art World and I Go on Line,’ Cover Image, Art in America, December
Carlo McCormic, ‘Hypertext: Constance DeJong,’ Paper Magazine, May
Christopher Chester, ‘Digital Art’s Just Key Strokes Away,’ Associated Press
Review of Die Biennale, Kultre Magazin, Graz
‘Sculpting with the Environment,’ Baille Oakes, Van Nostrand Reinhold
1990 Gamla Studenthuset, ‘Hufvudstadsbladet Sunday Kultur section,’ Helsinki Newspaper, February
‘Virus,’ Photo essay, Magazine of Vehicule Art, Montreal
1989 Caryn James, ‘Review: Joyride,’ The New York Times, June
Cynthia Carr, Constance DeJong and Tony Oursler, Relatives,' Artforum, May
Robert Taylor, ‘Review: Joyride,’ The Boston Globe, May 14
Jana Pavlic, ‘Review: Constance DeJong,’ Telex, Zagreb
Regina Hackett, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May
1988 ‘Review: Relatives at the ICA, Boston,’ The Boston Globe
‘Interviewing Constance DeJong about Narrative Form,’ Reflex Magazine Seattle, October
1984 Patricia Gruben, Kay Armitage, ‘Review: Story Telling,’ The Canadian Journal of Avant-Garde and Political Cinema
Edward Rothstein, ‘Satayaraha,’ The New York Times, December
1981 Jonathan Cott, ‘Constance DeJong: Avant-Garde Librettist for Philip Glass Opera,’ Other Stages
Joseph Roddy, ‘Satayagraha: M.K. Gandhi - in South Africa,’ People Magazine
1980 Klaus Kertess, 'Gandhi in Choral Perspective,' Artforum, December
1976 ‘Featured Selection: Riverside Theater, Time Out London

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

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