Morgan Bassichis

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Morgan Bassichis
Born1983
U.S.A
Websitewww.morganbassichis.com

Morgan Bassichis (born 1983) is an American comedic performer and writer, living and working in New York City.[1]

Early life[]

Bassichis was born in Newton, MA in 1983.[2] Bassichis actively participated in theater growing up. Their parents were progressive social workers.[3]

They inherited political zeal and musical taste from their mother.[4] After graduating from college, they worked for ten years as an anti-prison activist and educator in San Francisco.[5]

Artistic practice[]

Performances[]

Grants, residencies, & awards[]

  • Robert Rauschenberg Foundation - 2017 Resident[12]
  • Art Matters Foundation - 2015 Grantee[13]
  • Lower Manhattan Cultural Council - 2015 Process Space Artist[14]

Writing[]

References[]

  1. ^ "[WORLD PREMIERE] Morgan Bassichis and Ethan Philbrick: Klezmer for Beginners". Abrons Arts Center.
  2. ^ "Partial View: Whitney Biennial 2019". www.whitney.org. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ Brostoff, Marissa (2019-05-23). "Morgan Bassichis's Haunted American Songbook". The Nation. ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  4. ^ Brostoff, Marissa (2019-05-23). "Morgan Bassichis's Haunted American Songbook". The Nation. ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  5. ^ Brostoff, Marissa (2019-05-23). "Morgan Bassichis's Haunted American Songbook". The Nation. ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  6. ^ "Whitney Museum Announces 2019 Biennial Participants, But One Artist Withdraws". Hyperallergic. 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  7. ^ "The Kitchen: Morgan Bassichis: Damned If You Duet". thekitchen.org.
  8. ^ "Morgan Bassichis, Me But Also Everybody (Part IV) (2018)". Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden | Smithsonian.
  9. ^ "Morgan Bassichis: The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions The Musical, Pt. I". www.newmuseum.org.
  10. ^ "Morgan Bassichis and Senior Energy". PICA.
  11. ^ "MoMA PS1: Greater New York: Morgan Bassichis Me, But Also Everybody! (Part II) : Thursday, December 10, 2015". momaps1.org.
  12. ^ "Past Residents". Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. 15 October 2014.
  13. ^ "Morgan Bassichis". Art Matters Foundation.
  14. ^ Studio, Familiar (11 April 2019). "Morgan Bassichis". Movement Research.
  15. ^ Rodney, Seph (2020-10-09). "Documenting These Last Few Years In Order to Survive Them". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  16. ^ "Faggots, Dykes, and Fairies: Welcome to the world of "The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions"". Interview Magazine. 2019-06-28. Retrieved 2021-02-27.

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