- Art Writing & Poetry
- Academic Experience
- Peter Pan Era 2021-25
- Hippie Seinfeld Era 2022-23
- Soap Opera Era 2017-20
- Danielle Steel Era 2018-19
- Early Performance Art 2014-17
- Gone University
About
pattygonebiz @ gmail
Love Life (Mount Analogue, 2019)
- an essay poem about romance novels
The Impersonators (Factory Hollow Press, 2017)
- a poetry chapbook about copies who don’t copy right
And a lot of art criticism. Here’s some of it:
- Art Papers, on the São Paulo Biennial
- Art Papers, on MPA at Night Gallery
- Art Papers, Drag Tech... at Honor Fraser Gallery
- The Believer, on Dynasty Handbag
- The Believer, on Cate Giordano
- Hyperallergic, on Jacolby Satterwhite
- Hyperallergic, on peter campus
- The Believer, on Rebecca Shapass
- The Believer, on Ashley Chambers
- The Believer, interview with Laurie Sheck
- Hyperallergic, on Dyke Division of the 2-headed Calf
- Hyperallergic, on Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble
And poetry. Here’s some of that:
- Joyland, Small Town Big City
- Prelude, Celebrity: An Elegy
- Blunderbuss, the Mini-Europe series
- jubilat, Mini-Europe
Research Interests: Queer & Trans Theory, Performance Studies, Affect, Aesthetics, Art History
Coordinator of UCLA’s 2024 Queer Grad Conference
Coordinator of UCLA’s 2025 Performance Studies Conference
Conference Panelist: ASAP (Arts Criticism) ‘23, ‘24, ASTR (Performance) ‘22, ‘24, MLA (Literature) ‘24.
13 years of college teaching experience at UCLA, Cal State-Northridge, Hunter College, Hofstra University, Smith College, Western New England University, & UMass-Amherst.
Guest lecturerer at NYU, The New School, Pratt, Rutgers, and University of Michigan.
MFA ‘15 from University of Massachusetts MFA for Poets and Writers
Academic articles forthcominggg...
A Peter Pan adaptation about Peter Pan adaptations shot in Omaha, Nebraska with all local performers and crew. Its twelve chapters consider the cultural residue of J.M. Barrie’s play from various angles, especially in relation to transness and aging.
Cast: Patty Gone, Caitlin Little, Hannah Munz, Erica Benson, Tang Lawless, Clara Coughlin-Smith, & more.
Cinematography: Siru Wen, Tamara Rosenblum, Patty Gone.
Music: Omar Zubiar
Screenings: Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE) (LA,’25), 2220 Arts & Archives (LA,’24)
A movie about Seinfeld, psychedelics, and cake-sitting that may also make you cry. A few psychedelic therapists I know recommend this film to their patients.
Cast: Patty Gone, Will Darling, Gigi Goñi, Chris Lott
Music: Jon Ruseski, Wall of Ears, Illuminating Hearts, Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste
Screenings: Porn Film Festival Berlin (Germany,‘22), Dale Zine (Miami,’22), Lauren Powell Projects (LA,‘22), Human Resources (LA,’23), LA LGBT Center Trans Pride (LA,’23)
A soap opera set in a kitsch parallel world. A melodrama in a fish tank starring my own childhood toys. ‘Sans Soleil’ meets ‘All My Children.’ Most people love Season 2 the most if you can’t stay for the whole saga.
Season 1, 19min, 2017.
Season 2, 33min, 2018.
Season 3, 28min, 2020.
Cast: Stella Corso, Ish Klein, Ashley Chambers, Jess Barbagallo, Trystin Bailey, Emily Davis, Emily Reilly, Cecilia Gentili, Vick Quezada, Emily Hunerwadel, Sarah Lanzilotta.
Music: Jon Ruseski, Wall of Ears.
Recipient of a 2018 Northamton Open Media Grant
Screenings: The Poetry Project Annual Marathon (NY,’21), Cadence Vid Poetry Fest (Seattle,’19), The Baumann (NY,’19), Mount Analogue Gallery (Seattle,’19), Spaceus (Boston,‘18), APE Gallery (Northampton, ‘17,’18)
A love letter to Danielle Steel & my grandmother; a multimedia plunge into longing, class struggle, transfemme confusion, and romance novels.
Happy Endings workshop (with collaborator Claire Donato): Smack Mellon (NY,’19), 601 Artspace (NY,’19)
Solo Performances: 4Heads Portal (NY,’19), Itinerant Performance Fest (NY,’18), Juniper Literary Fest (Amherst,’18)
Getting obsessed with found text and found objects, I started making performance art about pop phenomena.
Fast Five: a playful reimagining of the Fast&Furious franchise without cars, a budget, or any bro-on-bro violence.
TODAY: a reenactment of NBC’s morning show using verbatim transcripts to point to the loss and paranoia behind banality.
#TheFlagWeLove: Using no actual American flags, only consumer flag merchandise, the show traces how everyday objects aestheticize control.
Fast Five, group performance, 2014-15
Shows: Dixon Place (NY,’15), Northampton Arts Trust (Northampton,’14)
Cast: Ish Klein, Wilson Yerxa, Stella Corso, John Sieracki, Jonathan Volk, Casey Shanahan, Sara Beth McAlpine, Greg Purcell, Andy McAlpine, David Feinstein, Rachel Hinkel
TODAY, group performance, 2015-16
Shows: AS220 (Providence,’16), Dixon Place (NY,’16), APE Gallery (Northampton,’16), Made in the Berkshires Fest (’15)
Cast: Stella Corso, LA Warman, Jonathan Volk, Andy McAlpine, John Sieracki
#TheFlagWeLove, solo performance, 2016-17
Shows: Queens Museum (NY,’17), Union Gallery (Amherst,’17), Denmark Arts Center (’17), APE Gallery (Northampton,’16), Glass Box Gallery (Seattle,’16)
Recipient of a 2017 Mass MoCA Assets for Artists Grant
In 2021 and 2022, I taught multiple classes on taste, aesthetics, & art criticism via Zoom. Called ‘Art Slosh,’ the meetings created an online arts appreciation club across age, geography, and education level, providing a tour of art from the high to the low, from the trashy to the inscrutable, from MoMA to OnlyFans.