I am a multimedia performance artist based in San Francisco, performing under the stage name Pseuda. Using queer nightlife aesthetics, practical special effects, technology and drag performance structure as devices, I create emotionally charged images that build to sublime climax. My work is grounded in empathy with the characters I embody, using these antiheroes as avatars to explore identity, otherness and to create space for mutual catharsis with performer and audience.
contact: picklesolution@gmail.com
Residencies and Grants
CounterPulse Combustible Artist in Residence, San Francisco, CA. April 2020–April 2021.
California Arts Council Artist’s in Communities Grant. Awarded in partnership with SOMArts Cultural Center and Toxic Waste Face. May 2020.
Workshops and Talks
Head Bangers. Artist workshop. In partnership with Toxic Waste Face and McEvoy Arts. Oct 2022.
Patch Connect: Combustible Artists in Residence at CounterPulse. Artist Talk. In partnership with Gray Area and Counter Pulse. May 2020.
Radical Realness: Drag and Queer Revolution. Youth workshop. Done in partnership with SOMArts Cultural Center and Toxic Waste Face. May 2020.
Digital Witness: Performance in the Era of Online Only. Online Symposium. Done in partnership with SOMArts Cultural Center and Toxic Waste Face. May 2020.
Mobilizing Citizenship. Two day youth workshop. Done in partnership with Kunsthall Stavanger and Toxic Waste Face. Stavanger, Norway. October 2019.
Solo Performances and Exhibitions
Untitled. The Show. CounterPulse, San Francisco, CA. 14 October, 2023. Performance.
A Lip Sync Into the Void: 1. ¡Demasiado! A SOMArts Benefits Honoring René Yañez. SOMArts, San Francisco, CA. 14 April, 2018. Performance.
Love Eternal. Jess Curtis/Gravity Pop-up Performance Project. SOMA District, San Francisco, CA. 31 December, 2017. Performance.
Sciomancer. Autopoetic 04: Pseuda / vainhein / Skin. Pro Arts, Oakland, CA. 30 September, 2017. Performance.
Untitled. BUZZ: A Benefit for The Lab. Gray Area Arts, San Francisco, CA. 31 December, 2016. Performance.
Phantasmagoria. Yves Saint Croissant hosts The News: Futurism + The Avant-Garde. SOMArts, San Francisco, CA. 6 December, 2016. Performance.
Øyer. The Ventriloquist Summer School. 1857 Gallery, Oslo, Norway. August 2016. Video Installation.
My Wait is U. Club Soda: Hard French Benefit for SOMArts. SOMArts, San Francisco, CA. 23 April, 2016. Performance.
Sincerity Machine. 2015 Fall Creative Code Immersive Showcase. Gray Area Arts. San Francisco, CA. 9 December, 2015. Performance Installation.
Pussy Juice Redux. Gag Order Benefit. B4bel4b Gallery, Oakland, CA. 28 February, 2015. Performance.
Group Performances and Exhibitions
Rebirth. Little Boxes Theater, San Francisco, CA. 18 May, 2022. Group Performance collaboration.
E-GO. Online/Twitch. 1 April, 2021. Produced in partnership with CounterPulse and Princess. Virtual showcase of performance and technology.
Sharp Shadow. Kunsthall Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway. 17 October, 2019. Performance by Toxic Waste Face (Pseuda, Scam Likely and Jader).
Work MORE 8: Drag House. CounterPulse, San Francisco, CA. 24, 25 ,31 May, 1st June, 2019. Group Performance collaboration.
The Feed. Satellite Art Show. The Stud, Miami, FL. 6–9 December, 2018. Video installation and Performance by Toxic Waste Face (Pseuda, Scam Likely and Jader).
Steep in Here. B4bel4b Gallery Presents: Vital Hybrids Performance Showcase. Gray Area Arts, San Francisco, CA. 18 November 2017. Performance collaboration with Kim Ip.
MEGAMALL. Vivvy's Grand Opening - Toxic Waste Face Takeover. The Stud, San Francisco, CA. 14 July, 2017. Performance collaboration with vainhein and Jader.
Untitled. Hallokween Tour. DNA Lounge, San Francisco, CA. 30 October, 2016. Performance in collaboration with vainhein.
Steep in Hurr. Residency as part of RAW (resident artist workshop) in collaboration with Kim Ip. SAFEhouse Arts, San Francisco, CA. June 2016. Performance.
Untitled. SALTA Dance Collective: Pseudo, Anti and Total Dance. Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA. 25 March, 2016. Performance in collaboration with Tyler Holmes, vainhein and Jader.
Spurmbank. #HoldingOnToSF. Incline Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 26 June, 2015. Video in collaboration with vainhein and Jader.
Body H8. Milk Bar #37 (closing show). Milk Bar, Oakland, CA. 25 April. 2015. Performance collaboration with Kim Ip.
Tableau Vivant. The Lab, San Francisco, CA. 19 March, 2015. Group performance with Alicecunt, Bashir Naim, Dull Finn, Jader and Willard.
Press
48 Hills 22 September 2022
SF Chronicle Datebook 27 April 2021
SF Chronicle Datebook 14 April 2021
In Dance 5 April 2021
SF Chronicle Datebook 23 March 2021
KQED: Arts & Culture 22 February 2021
LVL3 21 May 2020
SFIST 8 May 2020
Financial Times 29 November 2018
KQED 18 October 2018
