Derek DelGaudio
Derek DelGaudio is an American performance artist, writer, and magician.
His public work includes 184 Seconds a conceptual magic performance, #derekshowlive, a magic show performed solely on Twitter and Nothing To Hide, a theatrical magic show, directed by Neil Patrick Harris. Nothing To Hide debuted at The Geffen Theater in Los Angeles in 2012 and opened at The Signature Theater in New York City in 2013.[1][2][3]
In 2010, Derek co-founded, along with artist Glenn Kaino, A.BANDIT, an experimental performance-art collective.[4] 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.[5] Together, Derek and Glenn also created The Mistake Room, a platform for situation-specific projects, as well as, The [Space] Between, a “conceptual magic shop.”[6]
In 2011, the Conjuring Arts Research Center appointed Derek their Director of Contemporary Conjuring.[7]
The Academy of Magical Arts named Derek Close-up Magician of the Year in 2011 and again in 2012.[8][9]
In 2014, Derek was selected as a visiting "artist in residence" for Walt Disney Imagineering.
References
- ↑ http://www.laweekly.com/2012-11-29/news/helder-guimaraes-derek-delgaudio-magic-geffen/
- ↑ http://laxart.org/events/view/derek-delgaudio-derekshowlive/#images
- ↑ http://geffenplayhouse.com/more_info.php?show_id=179
- ↑ http://laxart.org/events/view/abandit-glenn-kainoderek-delgaudio-the-mistake-room/#images
- ↑ http://www.timeout.com/newyork/things-to-do/a-bandit-experiments-from-the-space-between-featuring-glenn-kaino-and-derek-delgaudio
- ↑ http://laxart.org/events/view/abandit-glenn-kainoderek-delgaudio-the-mistake-room/#images
- ↑ http://conjuringarts.org/about/staff/
- ↑ http://www.magiccastle.com/hall_of_fame/
- ↑ http://www.magiccastle.com/hall_of_fame/