Charles Joy Livermore CV
Interdisciplinary Artist and Educator
Indianapolis, IN
Exhibitions and Performances
2023 Throupilize Your Life, a video screened at Storage Space Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
(in collaboration with C. Hancock)
2022 The Veneration of Astrid Ingerson, Storage Space Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Ikea Antics, a performance at Ikea and Costco, Fishers, IN (in collaboration with
Jacinda Russell)
The Pioneer Women Ride Again, a virtual performance at Lab Rat Graduation
Residency, Muncie, IN (in collaboration with Sibley Barlow)
2020 OK? (Stupid) Cupid, a virtual performance screened at Muncie Makes Lab,
Muncie, IN (in collaboration with C. Hancock)
Light Cult, a virtual performance on Instagram (in collaboration with Lee Lassiter
and Rachel Koszka)
2019 First Friday Open Studio, Harrison Center, Indianapolis, IN
Deconstruction Events, Harrison Center, Indianapolis, IN
Speed Swipe, an interactive performance at the David Owsley Museum of Art,
Muncie, IN (in collaboration with C. Hancock)
2018 Deconstruction III, a two person performance at PlySpace, Muncie, IN (in
collaboration with Linda Ryan)
Deconstruction, a solo show at Newman University, Wichita, KS
Deconstruction Event, Harrison Center, Indianapolis, IN
4 by 4 at 4, PlySpace, Muncie, IN (in collaboration with the
Muncie Symphony Orchestra)
2017 Deconstruction Event, l’Espace Saint Martin, Paris, France
Together, a two person photography exhibition at Genesis, Paris, France
(in collaboration with Hope Curran)
Sometimes 我说 un peu de français at Sign on / Sign off, a 24 hour artist
television live stream event at Merz Akademie, Stuttgart, Germany
Invisible, a group exhibition at 48 Rue de Lille, Paris, France
Deconstruction Event, Agape France conference, Vogüe, France
2016 I used google translate for this, an exhibition and performance at Muncie Makes
Lab Muncie, IN (in collaboration with Lee Lassiter)
Deconstruction Party, a participatory performance at Christ Community Church,
Carmel, Indiana
Sometimes 我说 un peu de français, a performance at Monkey Thunder VI,
Muncie, IN
2015 ghst_mdrn, a performance at The Gold Space Theater, Muncie, IN (in
collaboration with Ryan Pattison and Dan Martens)
Deconstruction Event, a participatory performance at
The Living Room, Muncie, IN
Deconstruction: Thread by Thread, Ball State University
Undergraduate Thesis Exhibition, The Atrium Gallery, Muncie, IN
2014 Rakes Progress, a group performance by Nick Tobier at Washington Park,
Muncie, IN
If We Are Dust, a screening at Eco Summit 2014, Ball State University,
Muncie, IN (in collaboration with Amanda Trinkley)
Pioneer Women, a group performance at Dill Street Bar, Muncie, IN
(in collaboration with Amanda Trinkley and Sibley Barlow)
Raw Pop, a group exhibition, Union City Arts Festival, Union City, IN
Silence?, Gallery Dust, an online group exhibition (in collaboration with
Amanda Trinkley)
If We Are Dust, a two person video installation, Harrison Center for the Arts,
Indianapolis, IN (in collaboration with Amanda Trinkley)
Transform Summer Residency Open Studio, International Arts Movement
Space, New York, NY
Introduction, a performance at McCullough Park, Muncie, IN
Social Interaction?, a virtual performance on Twitter, Muncie, IN
Elevator Cafe, a performance at Bracken Library, Muncie, IN
(in collaboration with Amanda Trinkley and Tyler Gater)
2013 Resonance: A Group Exhibition in Video and Sound, The Gold Space Theater,
Muncie, IN (in collaboration with Amanda Trinkley
Dress Code: Clothing as Communication, Muncie, IN (Documentation of a
performance, in collaboration with Maura Jasper and Amanda Trinkley)
Guerrilla Projections, First Thursday, Muncie, IN
Residencies, Workshops and Other Education
2022 Lab Rat Graduation, an alumni residency at Ball State University, Muncie, IN
2020 Language Invention Workshop, Abrons Art Center - Online
2019 Harrison Center, a residency in Indianapolis, IN
2018 PlySpace, a pilot residency in Muncie, IN
2017 Transform Creative, a residency in Paris, France
2014 Transform Creative Summer Residency, New York, NY
Mixed Media, The Art Student’s League, New York, NY
Creative Retreat, Elsewhere, Greensboro, NC
Education
2022 MA, Communication Studies, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
2015 BFA, Emphasis in Photography, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Teaching and Visiting Artist Opportunities
2025 Visiting Artist Lecture, Carmel High School, Carmel, IN
2024- 2025 Instructional Assistant, English, Carmel High School, Carmel, IN
2024 Long Term Substitute, Jewelry, Ben Davis High School, Indianapolis, IN
2023- 2024 Substitute Teacher, Catherine Cook School, Chicago, IL
2020-2022 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Public Speaking, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
2019 Visiting Artist Lecture on Deconstruction, Newman University, Wichita, Kansas
2018 Visiting Artist Lecture on Participatory Performance, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Conference Presentations, Publications, and Awards
2022 i burn the past in the present, to the future as the past through the present: an
exploration of queer and christian temporalities, UCLA Q-Grad Conference, Los
Angeles, CA
Top Debut Paper Award, i burn the past in the present, to the future as the past
through the present: an exploration of queer and christian temporalities, Central
States Communication Association Annual Conference, Madison WI