Bryan Markovitz

Poetic:

But Bryan Markovitz will say he is dissolving situations into matter and matter into situations. This is feeling. And he is tracing and assembling. Not fixed to a time but unfolding many times. Not fixed to a perspective but all perspectives are possible. So call it art. Or say communication. But breathing always. And so he operates in a hermetic fashion. And there is translation and movement. Ohio becomes Texas becomes Oregon becomes Illinois becomes New York. And he organizes groups to enact pasts and futures in presents. Something like theater. So he won awards from theater critics. And there is desuetude. And there is reviving. Back and forth. And there is the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. And Trinity University. Credentials. And many have made worlds with him. People and institutions and objects. And this is a social success. And he is thankful.

Prosaic:

Bryan Markovitz works with artists, designers and institutions to create theatre, performance and public experiences. His work is focused on discovering ways to extend performance practice across a variety of disciplines and situations in public and political space. In 1997, Markovitz co-founded Liminal Performance Group in Portland, Oregon. His work with Liminal received three Portland Drama Critics Awards for directing and design.

Markovitz holds an MFA in studio art and performance from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a BA in theatre directing and acting from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Through Liminal and individually, he has received support for his projects from several foundations and public sources including the Flintridge Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust, Paul G. Allen Foundation, the City of Chicago, the Watermill Center, and the Regional Arts and Culture Council of Multnomah County.