Beatrix*JAR: Dynamic Duo
entertainers / audio artists / media artists / toy designers
BIO
Beatrix*JAR are dynamic duo and couple: Bianca Pettis (Beatrix) and Jacob Aaron Roske (JAR).
Formerly from the Twin Cities and currently based in San Diego, Pettis and Roske grew up discouraged by the limitations of traditional music pedagogy. They formed Beatrix*JAR in 2004 over a shared attraction to non-traditional musical expression and unique musical instruments.
From 2004 - 2010 Beatrix*JAR actively toured spreading the good word of D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself) electronics and experimentation with over 240 conceptual sound art performances and hands-on Circuit Bending workshops. Their work has been featured at Art Museums, Night Clubs, Universities, Libraries, Hacker Spaces and Art Galleries all over the country including the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN), Wexner Center for the Arts (Columbus, Ohio), Andy Warhol Museum (Pittsburgh, PA), Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (San Diego, CA), the American Visionary Art Museum (Baltimore) and the High Art Museum (Atlanta, GA) to name a few.
The duo was also featured on MAKE TV (PBS) and on ABC's Nightline and are recipients of a 2010 Archibald Bush Fellowship in Media Arts.
Beatrix*JAR self-released three albums of note: "I Love You Talk Bird"(2005), "Golden Fuzz" (2007) and Art*Star (2010).
In 2010, after a series of tragic events including a car accident in October , the duo changed the focus of their creative fellowship. They decided to slow down and take a creative sabbatical from the world of sound. This resulted in the designing of fabric plush toys.
STATEMENT
We spent most of our youth stuck in the mind-set that music must sound a certain way, that musical instruments are THIS… and if you have never been trained to play music then you have no right to be a musician or even think about making music. Approaching music in outrageous ways and circuit bending gave us a new vocabulary to express our love of music and to create a world where musical expression is not limited to just those people with formal training. We believe that anything that makes sound can be a musical instrument.
Circuit-bending is a great metaphor for our whole process. It is the process of unlocking the true voice of an electronic toy. Here is a little Speak-and-Spell, a slave to uttering the ‘right’ things at the proper time…but once we start exploring its circuitry we allow it to express crazy, often emotional sounds that defy propriety and behave unpredictably. These new voices are the crux of our compositions.
EDUCATION
Bianca Janine Pettis
North Carolina School of the Arts Pre-Professional Acting Program (1990, HS Diploma)
Antioch College - Yellow Springs, Ohio (1996: Bachelor of Arts in Theatre, Minor Photography)
Jacob Aaron Roske
Sound Arts AA at Minneapolis Community and Technical College - Minneapolis (2003)
Video Arts AA at Minneapolis Community and Technical College - Minneapolis (2004)
GRANTS / AWARDS
Archibald Bush Fellowship in Media Arts, Minnesota (2010)
MN American Composers Forum Subito Grant: For support of a Beatrix*JAR Southern Tour in January 2009 that included the High Art Museum in Atlanta and the Telfair Art Museum in Savannah, GA. (2009)
MetLife Creative Connections: Meet the Composer Grant: Organizational support from the Erie Art Museum, Erie PA. Completed a weeklong residency @ the Erie Art Museum culminating in an opening performance for the Erie Art Museum Jazz and Blues Festival. (2008)
CURATORS
Minneapolis Bent Festival @ Intermedia Arts – Minneapolis, MN (2009)
The Bent Festival is an annual art and music festival celebrating DIY electronics, hardware hacking, and circuit bending. Each year we invite artists from across the country and around the globe to perform music with their home-made or circuit bent instruments, teach workshops to adults and children alike, create beautiful art installations and to generally come together, face to face, and showcase the state of the art in DIY electronics and circuit bending culture.
Special Category: Found Sound and Audio Appropriation (2008)
Spark Electronic Music and Arts Festival, University of Minnesota – Minneapolis, MN
A call and performance by artists who appropriate devices and sounds different from the intended use, this includes sound collage, found sounds, video games, circuit bending & D.I.Y. electronics.
PERFORMANCE HISTORY
2011
New performance piece: B. Luxx & J. Starr @ REDCAT Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
Creative Sabbatical
Creative Sabbatical
2005 - 2010: Beatrix*JAR "Sound Art Duo" Active Years
W: Indicates Workshop
P: Indicates Performance
D: Indicates Demonstration
2010
California Tour
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in conjunction with the Tara Donovan Exhibit (WP)
UCLA Art Happening @ The Hammer Museum - Los Angeles (WP)
Echo Park Film Center - Los Angeles (WP)
Noisebridge - San Francisco (WP)
The Rest
Third Thursday Art Remix: Minneapolis Institute of the Arts (P)
Bush Fellowship Performance @ the Armitage Room - Minneapolis
Beatrix*JAR After Party @ Clubhouse Jager – Minneapolis (P)
McNally Smith Sound Crawl in conjunction with the St. Paul Art Crawl (P)
Science Museum of Minnesota @ the Learning Technologies Center - St. Paul(W)
Flashbelt Conference After Party @ Nomad Pub, Minneapolis (P)
Beatrix*JAR Art*Star Limited Audio Disc Release @ Clubhouse Jager - Minneapolis (P)
Café Maude - Minneapolis Electronic Circuit Bent Improv and DJ Set (P)
Sauce Minneapolis (P)
Whole Music Club with Lookbook – Minneapolis (P)
Clubhouse Jaeger - Minneapolis (P)
Aesthetic Apparatus 11 Year Anniversary Party In Store Performance - Minneapolis (P)
Kitty Cat Klub - Minneapolis (P)
2009
Walker Art Center - James Turrell’s Sky Pesher Installation (P)
Indianapolis Museum of Art - Beatrix*JAR @ The Toby - Indianapolis, IN (P)
Spark Electronic Music and Art Festival, University of MN - Minneapolis, MN (P)
Sound Design for Bedlam Theatre's Million Dollar Museum (Sound Design)
Bedlam Theatre - Million Dollar Museum Opening Party (P)
North Regional Library, Minneapolis (W)
Pierre Bottineau Library, Minneapolis (W)
Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries - Wright State University (W)
C-Space presented by the Robert & Elaine Stein Galleries @ Wright State University (P)
Columbia Museum of Art in conjunction with Cleve Gray Exhibit - Columbia, SC (WP)
St. Louis Park Library, St. Louis Park, MN (W)
Wayzata Library, Wayzata, MN (W)
Ingenuity Festival featured artists - Cleveland, OH (PDD)
Oxboro Library, Minneapolis, MN (W)
Station 4, St. Paul, MN - Opening for MUCCA PAZZA (P)
North Regional Library, Minneapolis, MN (W)
Walker Library - Minneapolis, MN (W)
Brookdale Library - Brooklyn Center, MN (W)
Hayden Heights Library - St. Paul, MN (W)
Dakota County Wescott Library - Eagan, MN (W)
Ridgedale Library - Minnetonka, MN (W)
Roosevelt Community Library - Minneapolis, MN (W)
Washburn Library - Minneapolis, MN (W)
East Lake Library - Minneapolis, MN (W)
Clubhouse Jager - Minneapolis, MN (P)
Franklin Art Works in conjunction with the Chris Baker Exhibit - Minneapolis (W)
NYE Show @ Sauce - Minneapolis (P)
FINELINE: The Arrest CD Release with Greycoats and Small Cities - Minneapolis, MN (P)
Sauce Minneapolis (P)
Whole Music Club with Lookbook – Minneapolis (P)
Clubhouse Jaeger - Minneapolis (P)
Aesthetic Apparatus 11 Year Anniversary Party In Store Performance - Minneapolis (P)
Kitty Cat Klub - Minneapolis (P)
2009
Walker Art Center - James Turrell’s Sky Pesher Installation (P)
Indianapolis Museum of Art - Beatrix*JAR @ The Toby - Indianapolis, IN (P)
Spark Electronic Music and Art Festival, University of MN - Minneapolis, MN (P)
Sound Design for Bedlam Theatre's Million Dollar Museum (Sound Design)
Bedlam Theatre - Million Dollar Museum Opening Party (P)
North Regional Library, Minneapolis (W)
Pierre Bottineau Library, Minneapolis (W)
Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries - Wright State University (W)
C-Space presented by the Robert & Elaine Stein Galleries @ Wright State University (P)
Columbia Museum of Art in conjunction with Cleve Gray Exhibit - Columbia, SC (WP)
St. Louis Park Library, St. Louis Park, MN (W)
Wayzata Library, Wayzata, MN (W)
Ingenuity Festival featured artists - Cleveland, OH (PDD)
Oxboro Library, Minneapolis, MN (W)
Station 4, St. Paul, MN - Opening for MUCCA PAZZA (P)
North Regional Library, Minneapolis, MN (W)
Walker Library - Minneapolis, MN (W)
Brookdale Library - Brooklyn Center, MN (W)
Hayden Heights Library - St. Paul, MN (W)
Dakota County Wescott Library - Eagan, MN (W)
Ridgedale Library - Minnetonka, MN (W)
Roosevelt Community Library - Minneapolis, MN (W)
Washburn Library - Minneapolis, MN (W)
East Lake Library - Minneapolis, MN (W)
Clubhouse Jager - Minneapolis, MN (P)
Franklin Art Works in conjunction with the Chris Baker Exhibit - Minneapolis (W)
NYE Show @ Sauce - Minneapolis (P)
FINELINE: The Arrest CD Release with Greycoats and Small Cities - Minneapolis, MN (P)
Midway Contemporary Art, MY TOKYO 5th Annual Benefit Art Auction - Minneapolis, MN (P)
Private Class - Sound Art @ University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (W)
Kitty Cat Klub - Minneapolis, MN (P)
Milwaukee College of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI (W)
Discovery World Science Center – Milwaukee, WI (P)
Kitty Cat Klub with Solid Gold, Minneapolis, MN (P)
The Cave @ Carleton College, Northfield, MN (WP)
St. Olaf College – Northfield, MN (WP)
Café Maude, Minneapolis (DJ + Show)
Kaleidoscope Charter School (Student Assembly)
Southern Tour funded in part by an American Composers Forum Subito Grant
High Art Museum - Atlanta, GA (WP)
Hunter Museum of American Art - Chattanooga, TN (W)
Eyedrum - Atlanta, GA, Wonderroot – Atlanta, GA (W)
New Music Collective @ University of South Carolina – Charleston, SC (WP)
Columbus State University: Art Department – Columbus, GA (WP)
Telfair Museum of Art|| PULSE: Art and Technology Festival – Savannah, GA (WP)
2008
Andy Warhol Museum - Pittsburgh, PA (WP)
Minneapolis Bent Festival - Minneapolis (P)
The ARTS at Mark's Garage - Honolulu (P)
Ong King - Honolulu (W)
Wexner Center for the Arts Residency - Columbus, Ohio
Wex Lab: Toy Tones for Educators(W), Gen Wex Presents Circuit Benders (W), Young Arts "Noisy Toys"(W), Wex Lab Performance (P)
Akron Art Museum - Third Thursdays Concert and Cocktails with Beatrix*JAR: Akron (P)
Special Everyday Art: Circuit Bending with Beatrix*JAR: Akron, Ohio (W)
FLUX:BASH Rochester Art Center Fundraiser After Party - Rochester, MN (P)
Erie Art Museum (W)
Erie Art Museum Blues and Jazz Festival (P)
Walker Art Center Culture Camp - Minneapolis (W/P)
Fine Line Music Cafe - A.M.P. - Art Music Party - Minneapolis (P)
Turf Club with Military Special, Ultra Chorus and DJ Real Talk Radio - St. Paul
Rice Street Library - St. Paul (W)
Dayton’s Bluff Library - St. Paul (W)
NYE Show & MC/VL Tour Kickoff Show - Big V's - St. Paul (P)
Bakken Museum of Electricity in Life - Minneapolis (D)
7th Street Entry with Jeans Team and the Shout Out Out Out Outs - Minneapolis (P)
Whole Music Club @ U of M with Baby Teeth and Ruby Isle - Minneapolis (P)
Big V’s with Pezzettino - St. Paul (P)
7th Street Entry with the Black Kids and Virgins - Minneapolis (P)
801 Lofts Pilot Art Group Opening - Minneapolis (P)
Merriam Park Library - St. Paul (W)
Pi Bar with Dance Band - Minneapolis (P)
Minneapolis College of Art and Design - Minneapolis (W)
Plains Art Museum: Listening Integrated Visual Experience (L.I.V.E.) Fargo, ND (WP)
Kitty Cat Klub with Athletes in Slacks (P)
Clubhouse Jager End of Summer Bash (P)
Drinking with Ian Season Special "Celebrity" Guests on Season Premiere @ First Avenue Mainroom - Minneapolis (D)
Sun Ray Library - Saint Paul (W)
St. Paul Central Library - St. Paul (W)
7th Street Entry with Nomo and Solid Gold - Minneapolis (P)
Jitters: Collage Party and DJ Set - Minneapolis (P)
Bedlam Theatre: Riot Act Reading Series - Minneapolis (P)
Rondo Library: Community Technology Fair - St. Paul (D)
Unconvention: A Response to the Republican National Convention - Minneapolis (P)
Convergence - Bloomington (W)
Blacklist Vintage - Minneapolis (P)
Kitty Cat Klub - Minneapolis (P)
Erie Art Museum (W/P)
Arlington Hills Library - Minneapolis (W)
Clubhouse Jager - Minneapolis (P)
Rondo Library - Saint Paul (W)
Turf Club - Saint Paul (P)
Lee's Liquor Lounge - Minneapolis, MN (P)
Kitty Cat Klub - Minneapolis, MN (P)
University of Houston Red Block Bash - Houston (WP)
801 Washington Lofts Gallery Opening - Minneapolis (P)
Franklin Library - Minneapolis (W)
March 2008 “Teen Technology Month Residency at Minneapolis & St. Paul Public Libraries
Augsburg Park Library, Richfield, MN (W)
St. Louis Park Library - St. Louis Park, MN (W)
Dakota County Library – Wescott, Eagan, MN (W)
Brookdale Library, Brooklyn Center, MN (W)
Sun Ray Library, St. Paul, MN (W)
Minnetonka Library - Minnetonka, MN (W)
Southdale Library - Edina, MN (W)
Golden Valley Library - Golden Valley, MN (W)
Urban Ventures – Minneapolis, MN (W)
Westonka Library - Mound, MN (W)
Saint Anthony Library - Saint Anthony, MN (W)
The Rest
University of Minnesota Women in Technology Phase One (W)
Strange Attractors Festival - Metro State, St. Paul, MN (WP)
Ghost in the Water CD Release Show – Kitty Cat Klub, Minneapolis (P)
Kenyon College – Gambier, Ohio (P)
Mardi Gras Party Uptown Bar, Minneapolis (P)
Circuit Bending Workshop for Couples - CAL Lofts, Minneapolis (W)
First Amendment Arts – Gallery Opening, Minneapolis (P)
Spark Festival of Electronic Music & Art Opening Night Performance @ University of Minnesota - Minneapolis (P)
University of Minnesota: Audio Technology and Electronics Club (W)
Spark Festival of Electronic Music & Art Closing Night Party (P)
Clubhouse Jager, Minneapolis (P), 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (P)
Kitty Cat Klub, Minneapolis (P)
2007
Wexner Art Center - Columbus (W)
American Visionary Art Museum - Baltimore (WP)
Milwaukee College of Art and Design - Milwaukee (W)
Madison Pop Fest @ the University of Wisconsin - Madison (WP)
Walker Art Center - Minneapolis (P)
Walker Art Center: Festival of Appropriation - Minneapolis (WP)
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (WP)
Santa Monica Museum of Art - Santa Monica (WP)
Denver Art Museum - Denver (WP)
Erie Art Museum - Erie PA (WP: Residency)
Netural Zone - Ann Arbor (W)
Spark Electronic Art and Music Festival @ University of Minnesota - Minneapolis (W)
Ann Arbor Art Center - Ann Arbor Michigan (P)
Art Auction Benefit for Leonardo’s Basement - Minneapolis (P)
Minnesota Fringe Festival Closing Party @ First Avenue Mainroom - Minneapolis (P)
CONvergence Science Fiction Festival - Bloomington, MN (P)
Twin Cities Zine Fest - Minneapolis (P)
Rake Magazine 10,000 Arts Crawl @ Ligne Roset, Minneapolis (P)
Doomtree Blowout - First Avenue Mainroom, Minneapolis (P)
Intermedia Arts - Minneapolis (P)
Stasiu’s - Minneapolis (P)
University of Minnesota Sound Art Class - Minneapolis (W)
Beatrix*JAR CD Release Party @ Kitty Cat Klub - Minneapolis (P)
7th Street Entry with The Octopus Project - Minneapolis (P)
Station 4 - St. Paul (P)
Lees Liquor Lounge - Minneapolis (P)
Lo Fi Festival - Iowa City (P)
First Avenue Main Room - Minneapolis (P)
Drinking with Ian Episode Beatrix*JAR Musical Guest Stars - Minneapolis (P)
Westonka Library, Mound MN (W)
7th Street Entry Bat for Lashes openers - Minneapolis (P)
Café Montmarte - Madison (PW)
Stone Arch Festival - Minneapolis (P)
Club Underground - Minneapolis (P)
Clubhouse Jager - Minneapolis (P)
Kitty Cat Klub - Minneapolis (P)
Clubhouse Jager - Minneapolis (P)
Minnesota Museum of American Art - St. Paul (P)
Minneapolis College of Art and Design - Minneapolis (W)
Bent Festival - Minneapolis (WP)
Science Museum of Minnesota - St. Paul (P)
Kitty Cat Klub - Minneapolis (P)
Parish Hall - Cleveland (WP)
Skull Lab - Cincinatti Ohio (P)
Altered Asthetics - Minneapolis (W)
Nomad Pub - Minneapolis (P)
Leonardo’s Basement - Minneapolis (W)
Kitty Cat Klub - Minneapolis (P)
Hotcakes Gallery - Milwaukee (W)
Ronny’s - Chicago (P)
Contemporary Art Institute - Detroit (P)
Columbus College of Art & Design - Columbus Ohio (W)
Café Burbon Street, Columbus Ohio (P)
Bryant Lake Bowl, Minneapolis (P)
2006
First Tour
Hotcakes Gallery - Milwaukee (WP)
Super Happy Funland - Houston (WP)
High Mayhem - Santa Fe (WP)
Trunk Space - Phoenix (WP)
Il Corral - Los Angeles (P)
The Mighty - San Francisco (P)
Zeum - San Francisco (W)
The Rest
Bent Festival - NYC (P)
Washington Studios - Duluth (W)
Kitty Cat Klub - Minneapolis (P)
Art of This Gallery - Minneapolis (P)
Arcadia - Minneapolis (P)
7th Street Entry - Minneapolis (P)
Whole Music Club - Minneapolis (P)
Minnesota Museum of American Art - St. Paul (P)
331 Club - Minneapolis (P)
Road Runner Records - Minneapolis (P)
Terminal Bar - Minneapolis (P)
Varisty Theatre - Minneapolis (P)
Art of This Gallery - Minneapolis (P)
Fine Line Music Café - Minneapolis (P)
Bryant Lake Bowl - Minneapolis (P)
Dinkytowner - Minneapolis (P)
Station 4 - Minneapolis (P)
Club Underground - Minneapolis (P)
2005
Patrick's Cabaret - Minneapolis (P)
Hexagon Bar - Minneapolis (P)
Minneapolis Community and Technical College - Minneapolis (D)
Minneapolis College of Art and Design (W)
Kitty Cat Klub - Minneapolis, MN (P)
Milwaukee College of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI (W)
Discovery World Science Center – Milwaukee, WI (P)
Kitty Cat Klub with Solid Gold, Minneapolis, MN (P)
The Cave @ Carleton College, Northfield, MN (WP)
St. Olaf College – Northfield, MN (WP)
Café Maude, Minneapolis (DJ + Show)
Kaleidoscope Charter School (Student Assembly)
Southern Tour funded in part by an American Composers Forum Subito Grant
High Art Museum - Atlanta, GA (WP)
Hunter Museum of American Art - Chattanooga, TN (W)
Eyedrum - Atlanta, GA, Wonderroot – Atlanta, GA (W)
New Music Collective @ University of South Carolina – Charleston, SC (WP)
Columbus State University: Art Department – Columbus, GA (WP)
Telfair Museum of Art|| PULSE: Art and Technology Festival – Savannah, GA (WP)
2008
Andy Warhol Museum - Pittsburgh, PA (WP)
Minneapolis Bent Festival - Minneapolis (P)
The ARTS at Mark's Garage - Honolulu (P)
Ong King - Honolulu (W)
Wexner Center for the Arts Residency - Columbus, Ohio
Wex Lab: Toy Tones for Educators(W), Gen Wex Presents Circuit Benders (W), Young Arts "Noisy Toys"(W), Wex Lab Performance (P)
Akron Art Museum - Third Thursdays Concert and Cocktails with Beatrix*JAR: Akron (P)
Special Everyday Art: Circuit Bending with Beatrix*JAR: Akron, Ohio (W)
FLUX:BASH Rochester Art Center Fundraiser After Party - Rochester, MN (P)
Erie Art Museum (W)
Erie Art Museum Blues and Jazz Festival (P)
Walker Art Center Culture Camp - Minneapolis (W/P)
Fine Line Music Cafe - A.M.P. - Art Music Party - Minneapolis (P)
Turf Club with Military Special, Ultra Chorus and DJ Real Talk Radio - St. Paul
Rice Street Library - St. Paul (W)
Dayton’s Bluff Library - St. Paul (W)
NYE Show & MC/VL Tour Kickoff Show - Big V's - St. Paul (P)
Bakken Museum of Electricity in Life - Minneapolis (D)
7th Street Entry with Jeans Team and the Shout Out Out Out Outs - Minneapolis (P)
Whole Music Club @ U of M with Baby Teeth and Ruby Isle - Minneapolis (P)
Big V’s with Pezzettino - St. Paul (P)
7th Street Entry with the Black Kids and Virgins - Minneapolis (P)
801 Lofts Pilot Art Group Opening - Minneapolis (P)
Merriam Park Library - St. Paul (W)
Pi Bar with Dance Band - Minneapolis (P)
Minneapolis College of Art and Design - Minneapolis (W)
Plains Art Museum: Listening Integrated Visual Experience (L.I.V.E.) Fargo, ND (WP)
Kitty Cat Klub with Athletes in Slacks (P)
Clubhouse Jager End of Summer Bash (P)
Drinking with Ian Season Special "Celebrity" Guests on Season Premiere @ First Avenue Mainroom - Minneapolis (D)
Sun Ray Library - Saint Paul (W)
St. Paul Central Library - St. Paul (W)
7th Street Entry with Nomo and Solid Gold - Minneapolis (P)
Jitters: Collage Party and DJ Set - Minneapolis (P)
Bedlam Theatre: Riot Act Reading Series - Minneapolis (P)
Rondo Library: Community Technology Fair - St. Paul (D)
Unconvention: A Response to the Republican National Convention - Minneapolis (P)
Convergence - Bloomington (W)
Blacklist Vintage - Minneapolis (P)
Kitty Cat Klub - Minneapolis (P)
Erie Art Museum (W/P)
Arlington Hills Library - Minneapolis (W)
Clubhouse Jager - Minneapolis (P)
Rondo Library - Saint Paul (W)
Turf Club - Saint Paul (P)
Lee's Liquor Lounge - Minneapolis, MN (P)
Kitty Cat Klub - Minneapolis, MN (P)
University of Houston Red Block Bash - Houston (WP)
801 Washington Lofts Gallery Opening - Minneapolis (P)
Franklin Library - Minneapolis (W)
March 2008 “Teen Technology Month Residency at Minneapolis & St. Paul Public Libraries
Augsburg Park Library, Richfield, MN (W)
St. Louis Park Library - St. Louis Park, MN (W)
Dakota County Library – Wescott, Eagan, MN (W)
Brookdale Library, Brooklyn Center, MN (W)
Sun Ray Library, St. Paul, MN (W)
Minnetonka Library - Minnetonka, MN (W)
Southdale Library - Edina, MN (W)
Golden Valley Library - Golden Valley, MN (W)
Urban Ventures – Minneapolis, MN (W)
Westonka Library - Mound, MN (W)
Saint Anthony Library - Saint Anthony, MN (W)
The Rest
University of Minnesota Women in Technology Phase One (W)
Strange Attractors Festival - Metro State, St. Paul, MN (WP)
Ghost in the Water CD Release Show – Kitty Cat Klub, Minneapolis (P)
Kenyon College – Gambier, Ohio (P)
Mardi Gras Party Uptown Bar, Minneapolis (P)
Circuit Bending Workshop for Couples - CAL Lofts, Minneapolis (W)
First Amendment Arts – Gallery Opening, Minneapolis (P)
Spark Festival of Electronic Music & Art Opening Night Performance @ University of Minnesota - Minneapolis (P)
University of Minnesota: Audio Technology and Electronics Club (W)
Spark Festival of Electronic Music & Art Closing Night Party (P)
Clubhouse Jager, Minneapolis (P), 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (P)
Kitty Cat Klub, Minneapolis (P)
2007
Wexner Art Center - Columbus (W)
American Visionary Art Museum - Baltimore (WP)
Milwaukee College of Art and Design - Milwaukee (W)
Madison Pop Fest @ the University of Wisconsin - Madison (WP)
Walker Art Center - Minneapolis (P)
Walker Art Center: Festival of Appropriation - Minneapolis (WP)
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (WP)
Santa Monica Museum of Art - Santa Monica (WP)
Denver Art Museum - Denver (WP)
Erie Art Museum - Erie PA (WP: Residency)
Netural Zone - Ann Arbor (W)
Spark Electronic Art and Music Festival @ University of Minnesota - Minneapolis (W)
Ann Arbor Art Center - Ann Arbor Michigan (P)
Art Auction Benefit for Leonardo’s Basement - Minneapolis (P)
Minnesota Fringe Festival Closing Party @ First Avenue Mainroom - Minneapolis (P)
CONvergence Science Fiction Festival - Bloomington, MN (P)
Twin Cities Zine Fest - Minneapolis (P)
Rake Magazine 10,000 Arts Crawl @ Ligne Roset, Minneapolis (P)
Doomtree Blowout - First Avenue Mainroom, Minneapolis (P)
Intermedia Arts - Minneapolis (P)
Stasiu’s - Minneapolis (P)
University of Minnesota Sound Art Class - Minneapolis (W)
Beatrix*JAR CD Release Party @ Kitty Cat Klub - Minneapolis (P)
7th Street Entry with The Octopus Project - Minneapolis (P)
Station 4 - St. Paul (P)
Lees Liquor Lounge - Minneapolis (P)
Lo Fi Festival - Iowa City (P)
First Avenue Main Room - Minneapolis (P)
Drinking with Ian Episode Beatrix*JAR Musical Guest Stars - Minneapolis (P)
Westonka Library, Mound MN (W)
7th Street Entry Bat for Lashes openers - Minneapolis (P)
Café Montmarte - Madison (PW)
Stone Arch Festival - Minneapolis (P)
Club Underground - Minneapolis (P)
Clubhouse Jager - Minneapolis (P)
Kitty Cat Klub - Minneapolis (P)
Clubhouse Jager - Minneapolis (P)
Minnesota Museum of American Art - St. Paul (P)
Minneapolis College of Art and Design - Minneapolis (W)
Bent Festival - Minneapolis (WP)
Science Museum of Minnesota - St. Paul (P)
Kitty Cat Klub - Minneapolis (P)
Parish Hall - Cleveland (WP)
Skull Lab - Cincinatti Ohio (P)
Altered Asthetics - Minneapolis (W)
Nomad Pub - Minneapolis (P)
Leonardo’s Basement - Minneapolis (W)
Kitty Cat Klub - Minneapolis (P)
Hotcakes Gallery - Milwaukee (W)
Ronny’s - Chicago (P)
Contemporary Art Institute - Detroit (P)
Columbus College of Art & Design - Columbus Ohio (W)
Café Burbon Street, Columbus Ohio (P)
Bryant Lake Bowl, Minneapolis (P)
2006
First Tour
Hotcakes Gallery - Milwaukee (WP)
Super Happy Funland - Houston (WP)
High Mayhem - Santa Fe (WP)
Trunk Space - Phoenix (WP)
Il Corral - Los Angeles (P)
The Mighty - San Francisco (P)
Zeum - San Francisco (W)
The Rest
Bent Festival - NYC (P)
Washington Studios - Duluth (W)
Kitty Cat Klub - Minneapolis (P)
Art of This Gallery - Minneapolis (P)
Arcadia - Minneapolis (P)
7th Street Entry - Minneapolis (P)
Whole Music Club - Minneapolis (P)
Minnesota Museum of American Art - St. Paul (P)
331 Club - Minneapolis (P)
Road Runner Records - Minneapolis (P)
Terminal Bar - Minneapolis (P)
Varisty Theatre - Minneapolis (P)
Art of This Gallery - Minneapolis (P)
Fine Line Music Café - Minneapolis (P)
Bryant Lake Bowl - Minneapolis (P)
Dinkytowner - Minneapolis (P)
Station 4 - Minneapolis (P)
Club Underground - Minneapolis (P)
2005
Patrick's Cabaret - Minneapolis (P)
Hexagon Bar - Minneapolis (P)
Minneapolis Community and Technical College - Minneapolis (D)
Minneapolis College of Art and Design (W)
2004
The JAR Years
The JAR Years
Theater De La Jeune Lune (P)
Rogue Buddha Gallery (P)
Fine Line Cafe (P)
7th Street Entry (P)
Kitty Cat Klub - Minneapolis (P)