Emily Roysdon (1977) is a New York and Stockholm based artist and writer. Her working method is interdisciplinary and recent projects take the form of performance, photographic installations, print making, text, video, curating and collaborating. Roysdon recently developed the concept "ecstatic resistance" to talk about the impossible and imaginary in politics. The concept debuted with simultaneous shows at Grand Arts in Kansas City, and X Initiative in New York.
Roysdon completed the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program in 2001 and an Interdisciplinary MFA at UCLA in 2006. For six months in 2008 she was a resident at the International Artists Studio Program in Sweden (IASPIS). She is editor and co-founder of the queer feminist journal and artist collective, LTTR. She is a recipient of a 2008 Art Matters grant and the 2009 Franklin Furnace grant, and a contributing member with the band MEN. Roysdon's work has been shown at the 2010 Whitney Biennial, Greater NY at PS1, Bucharest Biennial 4, Participant, Inc. (NY); Generali Foundation (Vienna); New Museum (NY); and Power Plant (Toronto). Her videos have been screened widely, most recently at the Berlinale; and the Images Festival (Toronto). Her writings have been published in numerous books and magazines, including the Journal of Aesthetics and Protest, Zehar, C Magazine, and Women & Performance: a Journal of Feminist Theory. She is participating in Manifesta 8 and has upcoming solo shows at Konsthall C in Stockholm and a Matrix commission from the Berkeley Art Museum in December 2010.
roysdon@gmail.com