Draft:Georgica Pettus

Georgica Jane Pettus is an American artist, playwright, and producer. She received her BA from Barnard College of Columbia University in 2020, and her MFA from The Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University in 2022.

Early Life and Career
Pettus was born on the 30th of August 1997 in New York City. Her family moved to Los Angeles in 2000, where she began her singing and (brief) acting career.

Singing Credits


 * Closest Thing to Heaven, Tears for Fears, 2002
 * What Christmas Should Be, Hillary Duff, 2003
 * Hershey's Swing/Drive Commercial, 2006
 * Mayzie Grobe, The Sims 4 Official Soundtrack, 2014

Acting Credits


 * Sarah, Paranormal Activity 4, 2012

Work
In 2021, Pettus was selected by Highline Arts to participate in Unfinished Live, a conference and exhibition organized by Hans Ulrich Obrist and András Szántó at The Shed in New York, HeK in Basel, and PÎVO in São Paulo. She was commissioned to make the piece, (Zero, Zero), on the topic of the increasingly decentralized technological landscape post-2020.

Pettus began collaborating with video and performance artist Keren Cytter that same year, on the short film Bad Words. In 2023, Cytter and Pettus began working on The Wrong Movie, which premiered at the 2024 Berlinale Forum. Written and directed by Cytter, produced by Pettus, and shot by Alex Huggins, The Wrong Movie was called "one of the 2024 Berlinale's great unsung films" by Artforum. The film also received praise from Document Journal, among others. Cytter and Pettus' collaboration is ongoing.

In 2024, Pettus was awarded a grant from the Vanguard Charitable Foundation to produce her first theatrical work: 4,000 Dollars, which follows one woman as she spends all of her money in one day. The play is set to premiere at KAJE World on June 7, 2024.

Pettus' video works have been shown in the following galleries since 2019


 * Blade Study, New York, NY. Bacio Collective, Bern, CH. Nicole Klagsbrun, New York, NY. Parent Company Gallery, New York, NY. The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, New York, NY. Dunkunsthalle, New York, NY. New Art Dealers Alliance Flea, New York, NY. Estrella Gallery, New York, NY. DOCK11, Berlin, DE. Estrella Gallery, New York, NY. PIVÔ, São Paulo, BR. Jacqueline du Pré Music Hall, Oxford, UK. Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK. The Shed, New York, NY. House of Electronic Arts, Basel, CH. LOVE, New York, NY. HESSE FLATOW, New York, NY. New Art City, New York, NY. A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Spring Break Art Show, New York, NY. 8ball TV, New York, NY. Mery Gates Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. De:Formal Gallery, New York, NY.

Selected videos and documentation of performances:


 * Screenplay, 2023
 * Secure Digital Contact Dance, 2023
 * No Land To Hide, You Are In The Same Boat As Your Heart, 2022
 * Rainforest Dance, 2022
 * Proof by Contrapositive, 2021
 * (Zero, Zero), 2021
 * Mir-Cam Online, 2021
 * Love Only Outlet, 2021
 * Sekoi Fali, 2021
 * Seven Little Pigs, 2020
 * Real Corporate People, 2020
 * She's a lying ass hoe in the age of information, 2019