Nicole Peyrafitte

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Nicole Peyrafitte (born June 18, 1960) is a Pyrenean-born multi-disciplinary artist living in New York City. She considers herself a "Gascorican" (an American from Gascony).

Nicole Peyrafitte
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Born (1960-06-18) June 18, 1960 (age 61)
Bagnères-de-Luchon, French Pyrenees
OccupationPluridisciplinary Artist
LanguageFrench, English, Spanish, Occitan
NationalityFrench and American
GenrePoetry & Performance Arts / Culinary Arts / Visual Arts
SpousePierre Joris
ChildrenJoseph Mastantuono and Miles Joris-Peyrafitte
Website
<http://nicolepeyrafitte.com>

Early life and education[]

Nicole Peyrafitte was born in Luchon (French Pyrenees) into the 5th generation of a family of restaurateurs and received her early cooking training from her grandfather Joseph Peyrafitte, a renowned chef. Later she perfected her skills, interning at several award-winning restaurants in France. She moved to the United States in 1987, where she developed her career as a collagist, painter, action-painter, singer, poet and filmmaker. She lives in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn with her husband poet Pierre Joris, where she moved in 2007 after 15 years in Albany, New York. She has two sons: colorist & producer Joseph Mastantuono and award winning director Miles Joris-Peyrafitte

Career[]

Her work in visual art and action painting, research and poetry, film and video art, music and cooking draws upon her eclectic history and the experience of negotiating her identity across two continents and four languages (French, Occitan, Spanish, English).

Peyrafitte's work has been presented nationally and internationally. In New York, she has performed in venues such as The Poetry Project, Zinc Bar, Bowery Poetry Club, Borough of Manhattan Community College, The Vision Festival, Poets House, & upstate at Bard College & numerous locations in & around Albany.

National venues include San Francisco State University, University of California San Diego, Berkshire Community College, the Walker Art Institute, Boise State University & Naropa University as artist/teacher in residence.

Internationally, Birkbeck College, University of London, University of Edinburgh, Université de Bordeaux, Festival les Voix de la Méditerranée in Sète, Festival de San Luis Potosí and Festival International de las Lettras, Durango (both in Mexico) are some of the venues that have showcased her performances.[citation needed]

In 2019 she was part of the exhibition The 11 Women of Spirit, Part 1, March 2 - March 8, 2020 during the Armory Show.[1]

She and her collaborator and husband Pierre Joris show & perform at Gallerie Simoncini in Luxembourg: a first domopetic exhibition took place in 2017 & the next one will open June 4th 2021. [2]

Publications[]

  • Carnet 2 (RedfoxPress Ireland, 2018)[3]
  • Landsc0pes (Plaine Page, 2018)
  • The Book of U / Le livre des Cormorans, poems by Pierre Joris and drawings by Nicole Peyrafitte (Galerie Simoncini Editions, 2017)[4]
  • Bi-Valve (Stockport Flats, 2013 & Plaine Page, 2016)[5]
  • Liminal Line (Editions les Venterniers, 2016)[6]
  • Carnet (RedfoxPress Ireland, 2014)[7]

Translations[]

Occitan to English

  • Bernat Manciet, Ode to James Dean, Mindmade Books, 2014 [8]
  • Marcella Delpastre & Bernat Manciet selections for Jacket 2, 2014 [9]

French to English

  • Cesar Vallejo, La Mort, co-translated with Pierre Joris, Wesleyan University Press, 2015 [10]
  • Nicole Brossard, "Wildly", in Theory, A Sunday, Belladonna, 2013 [11]
  • Matoub Lounes, "Kenza" & Mustapha Benfodil, "I Conned Myself on a Levantine Day" in The University of California Book of North African Literature, edited by Pierre Joris & Habib Tengour, UCP, 2012 [12]

English to French

  • Pierre Joris, The Book of U / Le livre des Cormorans, Editions Galerie Simoncini, 2017[13]
  • Jerome Rothenberg/Ian Tyson: Delight/Délices et autre Gematria Ottezec Press, 1997[14]
  • George Quasha and Charles Stein, Gary Hill: HanD HearD/Liminal Objects, Station Hill Press of Barrytown, 1997[15]

Exhibitions[]

  • Peyrafitte/Joris Domopoetic Works, Galerie Simoncini, Luxembourg, 2017[16]
  • Orgaginal, solo art show & concert at Maison, Luchon, France, 2016[17]
  • “Sun of a Beach 2” group show curated by Denis Brun at OÙ & Galerie Paradis, Marseille, France, 2015[18]
  • Waltzing in Quicksand: Poets in Collage, curated by Bruce Weber at A Gathering of the Tribes, 2010[19]
  • Premiere of The Bi-Continental Chowder at Firlefanz Gallery, Albany, 2007[20]
  • The Mohawk–Hudson Regional Invitational at The Albany Center Gallery[citation needed]

Discography[]

  • Bi-Valve (Plaine Page, 2015)[21]
  • Whisk! Don't Churn! with Michael Bisio (Ta'wil Productions, 2009)[22]
  • Sax Soup Poetry & Voice w/ Pierre Joris & Joe Giardullo (Sanctuary for Independent Media Productions, 2007)[23]
  • The Bi-Continental Chowder (Ta'wil Productions, 2006)[24]

Films & videos[]

  • Paul Celan by Pierre Joris: A Reading [25]
  • Robert Kelly: A Celebration [26]
  • Things Fall Where They Lie (2018)[27] [28]
  • Pierre Joris Flash Interviews #1 to #6[29] & Colchique (2016-2017)[30]
  • Basil King: Mirage, co-directed with Miles Joris-Peyrafitte on painter, poet & Black Mountain student Basil King (2012).[31]
  • You Lie[32] & Anhalter Bahnhof [33] for “Celan/Joris 50 years of translation” (2012)

Quotes[]

Concerning her work, poet/performer Anne Waldman has written: "Nicole Peyrafitte is a brilliant and most original performer. Her vocalizations, her songs, her gestures are provocative: both stunningly beautiful and powerfully unnerving at times. She is the chthonic goddess come to tempt you, scare you, transform you. She is in the poetic lineage of Greek tragedy, Café Voltaire antics, of dada and surrealist play but with a post-modern, hip sensibility. I am transfixed when she's on stage."[34]

Greg Hayme: "Yes, Peyrafitte's masterful multimedia performance of "The Bi-Continental Chowder" is a feast for the senses"

Awards and honors[]

  • Best Performance Art Venue: Times Union · Best of 2006 · The top choices in the capital region Nicole Peyrafitte's Experimental Cabaret at Tess’ Lark Tavern.[35]
  • Best Performance Artist: Times Union · Best of 2005 · The top choices in the capital region.[36]

References[]

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ [2]
  3. ^ Carnet 2, RedfoxPress Ireland, 2018
  4. ^ The Book of U / Le livre des Cormorans, poems by Pierre Joris and drawings by Nicole Peyrafitte, Galerie Simoncini
  5. ^ Bi-Valve, Plaine Page, 2015
  6. ^ Liminal Line, Editions les Venterniers
  7. ^ Carnet, RedfoxPress Ireland
  8. ^ Mindmade Books Catalog
  9. ^ Two Occitan poets, Bernat Manciet & Marcela Delpastre, from an Assemblage in Progress, translated with commentaries by Pierre Joris & Nicole Peyrafitte, Jacket 2
  10. ^ Selected Writings of César Vallejo, Wesleyan University Press
  11. ^ Theory, A Sunday, Belladonna
  12. ^ The Book of North African Literature: Pierre Joris on Poetry and Miscegenation by Orlando Read for Africa is a Country, 12/05/2013
  13. ^ The Book of U / Le livre des Cormorans, Pierre Joris and Nicole Peyrafitte, Galerie Simoncini
  14. ^ Jerome Rothenberg, Bibliography
  15. ^ George Quasha and Charles Stein, Gary Hill: HanD HearD/Liminal Objects, Station Hill Press of Barrytown
  16. ^ Peyrafitte/Joris: Domopoetic Works, Simoncini Gallery, Luxembourg on Pierre Joris' website
  17. ^ Press article Une Artiste et Deux Continents in La Dépêche, 06/16/2016
  18. ^ More info on Denis Brun's website
  19. ^ Waltzing in Quicksand: Poets in Collage, A Gathering of the Tribes, 2010
  20. ^ An act with taste by Greg Haymes in Times Union, 02/15/2007
  21. ^ Bi-Valve, Plaine Page, 2015
  22. ^ Whisk! Don’t Churn! Nicole Peyrafitte and Michael Bisio, Ta'wil Productions, Discogs
  23. ^ Sax Soup Poetry & Voice, The Sanctuary for Independent Media
  24. ^ The Bi-Continental Chowder, Ta'wil Productions, cdbaby
  25. ^ [3]
  26. ^ [4]
  27. ^ Things Fall Where They Lie (2018), IMDb page
  28. ^ [5]
  29. ^ Pierre Joris Flash Interviews #1 to #6 by Nicole Peyrafitte
  30. ^ Pierre Joris' translation of Paul Celan poem: Erinnerung an Frankreich/Remembrance of France, concept/video/editing & singing by Nicole Peyrafitte
  31. ^ Basil King: Mirage (2012), IMDb page
  32. ^ You Lie by Paul Celan, translated and read by Pierre Joris, filming, editing and sound by Nicole Peyrafitte
  33. ^ Poems by Paul Celan, translated and read by Pierre Joris, filming, editing and sound by Nicole Peyrafitte
  34. ^ "New York State Writers Institute". Retrieved May 19, 2012.
  35. ^ Times Union review available on Nicole Peyrafitte' official website
  36. ^ Times Union review available on Nicole Peyrafitte' official website

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