ABOUT Tess Howsam
Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist, Tess Howsam curates and directs ekphrastic shows that blend theater, installation art, and performance. Howsam seeks to subvert theatrical expectations while building cross-disciplinary collaborations rooted in story and collaboration, viewing art as a dialogue to address contemporary sociological, political, and environmental issues.
Howsam is the Founding Artistic Director of the Exquisite Corpse Company (2012-present).
Her installation Corseted Community is a part of an international exhibit Puentes - No Muros/ Bridges - Not Walls, (El Centro de las Artes de Querétaro (CEART) Querétaro, Mexico, March 2018/ Casa de Europa Mexico, San Miguel, Mexico, October 2018).
She has worked as performer/director in a variety of New York venues including Arts@Renaissance, The Barrow Group Theater, Brooklyn Lyceum, Bushwick Starr, Dixon Place, Galapagos Art Space, Governors Island, HERE Art Space, Jimmy's no.43, Signature Theatre, Soho Playhouse, and The Living Theater.
Howsam has participated as an Artist in Residence at a number of institutions in NYC and abroad.
MFA-Interdisciplinary Arts: Goddard College, Washington
BA - Theater: Bard College, New York
Directing (Selected)
Water, Water, Everywhere...
By Leah Barker, Blake Bishton, Emily Krause, Elinor T. Vanderburg 2019 Governors Island Artist Residency
The Chechens 2018 RAW Space Residency at The Parlour
By Phillip Christian Smith
A Ribbon About A Bomb 2017 Governors Island Artist Residency
By Karina Billini, Blake Bishton, Phillip Christian Smith,
Georgina Escobar, Emily Krause, Elizagrace Madrone,
Alexandra Paola, Alexis Roblan, Carmen Rivera, Alisa Zhulina
The Soup Play 2017 Dixon Place, New York
By Alexis Roblan
The Enchanted Realm of Rene Magritte 2016 Governors Island Artist Residency
By T. Adamson, Blake Bishton, Simon de Carvalho,
Eric Marlin, Matthew Minnicino, Ran Xia, Emily Zemba,
Laura Zlatos
Unitiled #3
By Matthew Minnicino, Laura Zlatos 2016 Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Colorado
Secession 2015 2015 The Pearl, New Orleans
By Leah Barker, Blake Bishton, Simon de Carvalho,
Jessica Nelson, Matthew Minnicino, Alexis Roblan,
Laura Zlatos
Secession 2015 2015 Governors Island Artist Residency
By Leah Barker, Blake Bishton, Simon de Carvalho,
Jessica Nelson, Matthew Minnicino, Alexis Roblan,
Laura Zlatos
WareART: SubTerra 2014 Galapagos Art Space, New York
Fashion Dance Show
ODD.A.SEE 2013 Arts @Renaissance, New York
By Blake Bishton, Laura Rose Zlatos,
Lavinia Roberts, Matthew Minnicino, and Tess Howsam
Artistic Administration / Leadership
Exquisite Corpse Company: Founding Artistic Director 2012 - Present
Education / Training
Goddard College, Port Townsend SE -- MFA, Interdisciplinary Arts 2019
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson NY -- BA, Theater 2010
British American Drama Academy - London Preacting program 2008