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Author: Jake Yuzna Jake Yuzna

Jake Yuzna is a Minneapolis-based artist, scholar and educator. They have curated exhibitions and programs for the Museum of Arts and Design (NYC), MoMA PS1, Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Performa: the NYC Biennale of Performance Art, and are the author of The Fun: The Social Practice of Nightlife in NYC and NYC Makers. Their work has been presented at the Cannes Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival, and British Film Institute, among others. In addition, they have been awarded fellowships by the Guggenheim, Creative Capital, McKnight, and Jerome Foundations. Currently, they are a contributor to Artforum and the Content Producer at the Walker Art Center.

Person leans over to look through a table full of records, with a display reading "New Arrivals" in foreground.
1Photo: Matthew Jenkins. Courtesy Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
Design Performing Arts
3-6-2023

A Living Record of Twin Cities Punk: 30 Years of Extreme Noise

Jake Yuzna
Two people stand in front of gallery with red and yellow visible through windows, teal door and sign reading HAIR and NAILS.
1Ryan Fontaine and Kristin Van Loon, 2022. Courtesy HAIR + NAILS. Photo: Emma Beatrez.
Performing Arts Visual Art
12-9-2022

Do It Different: HAIR + NAILS’s Approach to an Artist-Run Gallery

Jake Yuzna
Two actors sit next to each other onstage, with set design including stalks of wheat and blue projection.
1Marisa Carr and Ajuawak Kapashesit performing in Almighty Voice and his Wife, 2018. Courtesy Turtle Theater Collective.
Performing Arts
9-1-2022

Turtle Theater Collective: Storytelling as Connection

Jake Yuzna
Performer holds microphone and faces beams of purple light.
1Performer at a Dark Energy event. Courtesy of Dark Energy. Photo: Caleb Timmerman.
Performing Arts
8-12-2022

Dark Energy: Collective Effort, Communal Release

Jake Yuzna
Performer with bleached blonde hair and white makeup kneels with head back in front of drum set, with purple and blue lighting above.
1Performer at a Dark Energy event. Courtesy of Dark Energy. Photo: Caleb Timmerman.
Design Literature Moving Image Performing Arts Visual Art
8-8-2022

No Approval Required: Twin Cities Alternative Art Spaces

Jake Yuzna
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