Bianca Pettis

Alumni – 2013

Bianca Pettis

www.biancajaninepettis.com
www.beatrixjar.com

Minneapolis/San Diego

BA Theatre, Antioch College (1996)

Bianca Pettis works in sound, performance, and sculpture, writing and illustration. Her work explores lost & found sounds, audience participation and play. She is one half of the sound art duo Beatrix*JAR, which for over eight years has spread the good word of DIY Music across the country with hands-on Circuit Bending Workshops, and live conceptual sound art performances. They hold a Bush Artist Fellowship from 2010, and are currently collaborating with the Teen Council at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston on an album creation project called “Let’s Make Some Sounds”. Their work has been featured at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Hammer Art Museum in LA, the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, the Wexner Arts Center in Columbus Ohio and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.