Emmy Smith-Stewart | Jeffrey Azevedo
Photo credit: Courtesy of the artists.
Emmy Smith-Stewart | Jeffrey Azevedo are a Seattle based trans artist duo who have been creating contemporary performance for the past fifteen years. They are currently developing THE UNICORN CROSSES THE STREAM. They have shared excerpts from this series at Velocity’s Firelight, ArtParty Residency, and the University of Puget Sound.
In collaboration with the SALVAGE RITUALS creative team, they co-created SALVAGE RITUALS–Ch 6, REPATTERNING at Base: Experimental Arts + Space 2022, SALVAGE EXCHANGE (2021) a virtual gathering space for skill shares, workshops and conversations, and SALVAGE RITUALS–Ch 1-3 at On the Boards (2020). This work was developed through residencies at On the Boards, Seattle University, and Portland Institute for Contemporary Art’s Creative Exchange Lab.
Their previous work AWAITING OBLIVION toured to the 2018 Time Based Art festival and originally premiered in the 2017 season at On the Boards. A companion piece, THE PERPETUAL INSURRECTION OF CLAUDE CAHUN, premiered at the Henry Art Gallery. Selections of AWAITING OBLIVION have been presented at: On The Boards NW New Works festival (SEA), Risk/Reward Festival (PDX), Velocity Dance Center (SEA) and Fresh Oysters Performance Research (MSP).
From 2011-2013 Emmy and Jeffrey co-created THE ETERNAL GLOW PROJECT—a three part performance/installation which premiered work at The Seattle Center Next50 Festival 2012 (The Eternal Glow of Electric Hearts), On the Boards NW New Works Festival 2013 (Ω<1), and Lofi Arts Festival 2013 (Less than red, more than violet).
Emmy and Jeffrey have received grant awards from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, The Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, The Seattle Foundation, and the National Performance Network, and participated in the On The Boards 18/19 Artists-in-Residence Program.
