Derek DelGaudio
Derek DelGaudio | |
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| Born | Huntington Beach, CA, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Performance artist, writer, magician |
| Years active | 2010-present |
Derek DelGaudio is a multidisciplinary artist, primarily known as a writer, performer and magician. In the 2017 New York Times Magazine profile of DelGaudio, journalist Jonah Weiner, wrote:
DelGaudio devises performances that combine sleight-of-hand with more theoretical preoccupations drawn from performance art, conceptual art and what’s known as relational aesthetics: a tributary of the first two in which spectators become indispensable, unpredictable participants in creating an artwork’s meaning.[1]
He created the theater show, In & Of Itself, directed by Frank Oz. He co-founded, along with artist Glenn Kaino, the performance-art collective, A.BANDIT. A.BANDIT has staged interventions at Art L.A. Contemporary in Santa Monica, The Ball of Artists, Art Basel Miami, LA><ART, and at The Kitchen in New York.[2] Together, DelGaudio and Kaino also created The Mistake Room,[3] a platform for situation-specific projects, as well as The [Space] Between, a "conceptual magic shop".[4] They have also co-authored a book under the A.BANDIT name, A Secret Has Two Faces, containing interviews and stories from their careers in performance art and magic, as well as, contributions from Marina Abramović, Ricky Jay, David Blaine, and John Baldessari.[5]
In 2014, DelGaudio was selected to be the Artist in Residence for Walt Disney Imagineering. He has also consulted for television and cinema projects including, The Academy Awards, The Carbonaro Effect and The Prestige (film).[6] DelGaudio also wrote and co-starred (with Helder Guimaraes) in the show Nothing to Hide, directed by Neil Patrick Harris, which opened off-Broadway at the Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre at the Pershing Square Signature Center in New York City on October 23, 2013.[7]
Awards & honors
- The Academy of Magical Arts Close-up Magician of the Year 2011.[8][9]
- The Academy of Magical Arts Close-up Magician of the Year 2012.[10][11]
- The Academy of Magical Arts Magician of the Year 2016.[12][13]
- The Allan Slaight Award for "Sharing Wonder," 2017.[14]
- Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Magiques Award for Creative & Artistic Vision, 2018.[15]
- Grolla d'oro Award, Italy, 2019 [16]
- In 2011, the Conjuring Arts Research Center appointed DelGaudio their Director of Contemporary Conjuring.[17]
References
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/magazine/derek-delgaudio-the-magician-who-wants-to-break-magic.html
- ^ http://www.culturebot.org/2011/10/11399/a-bandit-at-the-kitchen-october-5-6/
- ^ http://laxart.org/events/view/abandit-glenn-kainoderek-delgaudio-the-mistake-room/#images
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
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- ^ New York Times Review
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- ^ https://www.magicana.com/news/blog/and-award-goes-0
- ^ https://fism.org/championship-contests/fism-winners/fism-winners-2012-2018/
- ^ https://www.mentelocale.it/torino/articoli/79183-masters-of-magic-world-convention-venaria-torino-4-giorni-pura-magia.htm
- ^ http://conjuringarts.org/about/staff/