Draft:Abraham Brody

Abraham Brody, known as EYIBRA (born 1992 New York, USA) is a Ukrainian-American multidisciplinary artist working with performance, sound, and visual art. He is best known for his works that combine performance with emerging technologies, endurance art, exploring themes of sexuality, homoeroticism, power dynamics, and identity.

Life
Brody was born in New York to a Ukrainian-American family. He studied in Vienna,Austria at the Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien and later at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, England. In his 20's he primarily worked with music and sound design, after branching out to performance and multimedia. His move to performance art and multimedia came about after his 2014 collaboration with artist Marina Abramovic, who served as an inspiration and mentor figure.

2014

 * The Violinist is Present with Marina Abramovic

2015

 * Station to Station Residency at the Barbican Centre London, England, premiere of Ancestors, durational performance


 * Alchemy, durational performance at parasol unit foundation for contemporary art London, England

2016

 * Transgressions, durational performance at Pace Gallery London, England

2017

 * 6 month-long residency and premiere of 4 new performance and multimedia works at National Sawdust New York, USA


 * Ancestors at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.

2018

 * Installation and performance at Reykjavik Arts Festival Reykjavik, Iceland


 * Crossings, album release at London Jazz Festival


 * Crossings, album release at National Sawdust


 * Installation and performance in Lviv, Ukraine and Brody, Ukraine

2020

 * Residency at Casa Wabi

2021

 * Awarded the Art & Technology Grant by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)

2022

 * Biguidiribela, installation and performance premiere Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)


 * Diomede, Teatro de la Ciudad Mexico City, Mexico


 * Multimedia exhibition, Galeria Municipal de Querétaro, México

2023

 * Biguidiribela at Festival Berdache Barcelona, Spain


 * Veles/Motherlines, durational performance at L.A. Dance Project


 * Marenxxa, video installation at Francois Ghebaly Gallery Los Angeles, USA


 * Motherlines, durational performance at Ex-Teresa Arte Actual Mexico City, Mexico


 * Veles/Motherlines at MMMAD/HyperHouse Madrid, Spain


 * Veles/Motherlines at Kampnagel Hamburg, Germany


 * Virdolor with Oldo Erréve at Fabra i Coats Barcelona, Spain

Notable Awards

 * Art and Technology grant from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)


 * MAP Fund Grant


 * BRICLab New York Grant