Kaj-anne Pepper AKA Pepper Pepper
Pepper Pepper, a dynamic multidisciplinary artist, deftly navigates the realms of performance, photography, video, drag, installation, theatre, and dance, reshaping narratives and blurring creative boundaries. Their artistic exploration revolves around themes of vulnerability, artifice, technology, and identity, where tragic experiences are transformed into magical spectacles and trauma becomes the raw material for compelling dramas.
With an impressive portfolio, Pepper has showcased their work at RISK/REWARD, The Headwater’s Theatre, PICA’s T:BA festival, Performance Works Northwest, and internationally at OFF! Biennale Budapest. Their artistic versatility extends across mediums, including 2D, 3D, and installation pieces exhibited at Linfield College and The Budapest Art Fair, Oregon Contemporary underscoring Pepper's diverse artistic expressions.
Pepper's creative journey has been enriched through residencies at prestigious institutions like Macdowell, Monson Arts Center, Playa Summer Lake, Caldera Arts, Space Gallery Maine, Signal Fire, New Expressive Works Residency, CON/VERGE at PonderosaTanz Germany, and PICA's Creative Exchange Lab. These spaces have served as fertile grounds for the evolution and deepening of Pepper's artistic vision.
Their magnetic presence in the drag scene has spanned continents, gracing stages at The Portland Drag Theatre Festival, Queer Horror, The Austin International Drag Festival, Off Beat Bar Budapest, Club Mother SF, OUTstages Victoria Canada, and numerous fundraisers and charities across the Pacific Northwest and West Coast. Pepper's legacy includes the over 20 years of nightlilfe and cabaret production alongside a professional performing and visual studio practice. Pepper is a longtime collaborator with Anthony Hudson/Carla Rossi and tours their hit “psychedelic assisted-satire” GLOOP internationally.
The ongoing project, Pink Moment explores the spirit and idea of PINK as queer energy and the manifestation of magic in this world. With many permutations Pink Moment hybridizes performance, photography, video and installation into an ever growing body of work that celebrates PINK - often accompanied by a beautiful pink dress gifted to Pepper by artist C. Davida Ingram.
Recognized as an Oregon Visual Arts Commission Fellow in 2020, Pepper Pepper's artistic trajectory embodies innovation, resilience, and an unwavering commitment to pushing artistic boundaries. Through their diverse explorations, Pepper invites audiences into a world where vulnerability is celebrated, artifice becomes a canvas, and expression is cherished.
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