Bryony Kimmings

Bryony Kimmings
Born (1981-03-30) 30 March 1981 (age 43)
NationalityBritish
Alma materBrunel University
Known forPerformance art

Bryony Kimmings (born 30 March 1981) is a British live artist based in London and Cambridgeshire. She is an associate artist of the Soho Theatre,[1] and, in 2016, was commissioned to write The Pacifist's Guide to the War on Cancer for Complicite Associates.[2]

She creates multi-platform art works to provoke change.[3] Her work centres mostly around "social experiments",[4] which in the past have included the artist retracing an STI to its source,[5] spending seven days in a controlled environment in a constant state of intoxication[6] and becoming a pop star invented by a nine-year-old.[7]

She has performed at the Soho Theatre, London,[8] Kimmings' work has toured across the world including: The Southbank Centre, London,[9] BAC Grandhall,[10] Antifest (Finland),[11] Culturgest (Portugal),[12] Fusebox Festival (Texas),[13] Melbourne International Comedy Festival (Australia),[14] and Lisinski Operahouse (Croatia).[15]

  1. ^ "Bryony Kimmings". Soho Theatre Company Ltd. Archived from the original on 18 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  2. ^ "A Pacifist's Guide to the War on Cancer". Complicite. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  3. ^ Demos, Chrisanthi (18 June 2015). "Bryony Kimmings, performance artist, Fake It 'Til You Make It". The Weekend Edition. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  4. ^ Venkataramanan, Madhumita (June 2014). "Bryony Kimmings explores link between drinking with creativity". Neuroscience. Wired. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Arts Interview Bryony Kimmings". Street Press Australia Pty Ltd. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  6. ^ Gardner, Lyn (20 August 2011). "7 Day Drunk – review". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  7. ^ Love, Catherine (7 August 2013). "Lack of female role models? Make one up: Bryony Kimmings' homemade hero". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  8. ^ "Soho Theatre". Soho Theatre. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Southbank Centre |". Southbank Centre. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  10. ^ "HOME - Battersea Arts Centre". www.bac.org.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  11. ^ "ANTIFEST 2019". Trix Antwerp. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  12. ^ "Homepage". www.culturgest.pt. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Fusebox". fusebox-festival. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  14. ^ "Melbourne International Comedy Festival". Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  15. ^ "Bryony Kimmings". Bryony Kimmings. Retrieved 18 June 2016.