PERFORMANCE/INSTALLATION
Beams too Vast to Hold The limbo of transition, ancestral trauma, finding ways through and out.
2021 TAG Performs, TAG Gallery, Differential Ontology, Wonzimer, Los Angeles, CA
Sacred Wounds Show where Asian traditions are transformed to subvert stereotypes, transmute expectations & enchant with
ritual, performance art, and burlesque.
2021 HotPot, Initiation, Future Conjure
2020 Warrior, Dragoness, Erotic Ritual
Dear Mothers A visual letter to my birth mother in film and dance form together.
2019 REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA
Intentions Performance/installation a sandbox built from past relics facilitating a space for
creating intentions.
2021 (Adapted Intentions version), Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
2019 Navel, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles CA, Torrance, CA
Shades of Shame Stories from a birth mother/first mother and adopted daughter who lost
mothers. Written and Performed by Jerri Allyn and Kayla Tange.
2019 Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA
Defining Boundaries Explores protecting sacred interiority through performance ritual utilizing sound
to build physical, emotional, and personal boundaries via collective
voices.
2018 Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
Boundaries An immersive, interactive, and multi-disciplinary performance appropriating
stories from the 2016 piece while adding music and dance elements.
2017 Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA
Boundaries Interactive performance during the Downtown Los Angeles art walk benefit
for One Billion Rising for sex trafficking victims. Participants were asked, “Tell
me a way in which your boundaries were crossed?”
2016 Los Angeles Theater Center, Los Angeles, CA
Confession Room Installation and interactive performance of confessions collected through
Confession Box and A Bare Witness performances between February
2015-September 2016.
2016 Coagula Curatorial, Los Angeles, CA
Confession Box Interactive performance piece which puts participant's anonymous
confessions on display as a catalyst for conversation and connection.
2016 GAB Studio, Space Mountain, Miami, FL
2016 Zero Down, 1019 West Art Studios, Inglewood, CA
2015 Burgundy Room Gallery, Rabbitat, Los Angeles, CA
I Bare Witness Performance presented in a neutral space that serves as an interactive
confessional.
2016 A Golden Fool, pop-up zine release party performed with zine contributors Ron
Athey, Sheree Rose, Luka Fisher, Tristine Roman, and Rich Ferguson
SPECIAL Dancer/cast member of other artists projects or single/group performances.
2021 Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s Dictee: A Marathon Reading (Reader), Organized by
GYOPO, Meldman Family Cinematic Arts Park, University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Performer, Los Angeles Nomadic Division Halloween benefit show, live stream.
2020 Performer, Full Pink Moon: Opera Povera in Quarantine, an international
durational live stream performance of visionary composer Pauline Oliveros’s
open-form Lunar Opera, presented by Opera Povera.
2020 Dancer, Jack and Benny for Los Angeles Philharmonic event Musik!
Fantasie! Revolution!, Black Rabbit Rose, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Performer, Film, Lezzies’ Mime Menage, Trulee Hall, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Dancer, Geneva Jacuzzi, Teragram Ballroom, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Dancer, Geneva Jacuzzi for Friday Flights, The Getty, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Performer, Turn Right, Elliot Reed for Dirty Looks: On Location, Jewel’s Catch
One, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Performer, “Dandy Anchor” and “Burlesque Dancer”, Taylor Mac: A 24 Decade
History of Popular Music, CAP UCLA and Pomegranate Arts, Ace Theater, Los
Angeles, CA
2018 Performer, “Typist”, Ron Athey’s Gifts of the Spirit in collaboration with Sean
Griffin, Co-Produced by The Broad and VOLUME, Cathedral of Saint Vibiana,
Los Angeles, CA
2017 Performer, “Nun,” Sheree Rose and Martin O’Brien’s The Ascension featuring
Ron Athey, Grace Marie, Peter Kalisch, Madeline Jones, Jason Vass Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
2017 Performance/Installation, This is not a performance. This is real life. for LA is
Trying to Kill Me Bloody Gums Collective show, Leimin Space, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Performance Resurrection with Sheree Rose and Luka Fisher for MRK
residency at Honey Trap, Los Angeles, CA
2016 “Burlesque Dancer”, Taylor Mac, UCLA Royce Hall, Los Angeles, CA
VIDEO
2020 The Sacred Wounds, a film by Kayla Tange and Tallon McKee with original
music by Roger Kim. Presented at LA Mise-En-Scene online film festival 2020.
2020 Man Eater, a film by Kayla Tange and Caroline Yoo. Presented during LA
Mise-En-Scene online film festival 2020.
2020 Permanence is Only a Word, is a film by Kayla Tange and Luka Fisher Chuck
Hohng provided the translation and additional vocals. Presented at The
Feminist Border Arts Festival 2020, Pandemic Pop-up 2020, Seer Gallery online
show Breathe/Breath 2020, Acogedor (Home) 2020, LA Mise-En-Scene online
film festival 2020.
2017-2020 Dear Mother, a visual letter to my birth mother directed by Matthew
Kaundart, Luka Fisher and Kayla Tange presented at STUDIO, REDCAT, Los
Angeles, CA 2019, Boston Asian American Film Festival, Boston, MA 2018,
Asian Pacific Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA 2018, Digital Death Film Fest,
Superchief, Los Angeles 2018, SF DOCFEST, San Francisco, CA 2018,
KAFFNY (Korean American Film Festival New York), Brooklyn, New York 2017.
2017 Overload // Babel, video collaboration with Linzi Juliano, Chris Gibson, Peter
Kalisch, and Chad Wyszynski presented at the Directors Guild of America for
Outfest. New Fest, New York, NY 2017. Presented at Performance Studies
International, Melbourne, Australia, 2016.
2015 Triangularity -You live a good lie, Poetry film with Guillaume Wolf, The Well
during Los Angeles Fashion Week, Los Angeles, CA. Erotic Poetry Festival,
Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA, 2018.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 The Korea Project 2021: Agora, Han Diaspora Group, CULTUREHUB.org
2021 Diaspora Arirang I advised by So Hyun Chang, Shatto Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Diaspora Arirang II curated by Wonshil Choi, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Chosun Family for Six Linear Feet, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at
the USC Libraries Los Angeles, CA
2021 Sanctuary of the Aftermath, Curated by Jason Jenn and Vojislav RadovanovIic,
Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
2021 New Global Matriarchy, Curated by Maya Mackrandilal, online
2020 Acogedor/Home, Curated by Nicole Rademacher, online
2020 Breathe/Breath, Association of Hysteric Curators and Seer Gallery, online
2020 Senior show Unfrayed, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2018 LA is Trying to Kill Me, Superchief Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
RESIDENCIES
2020 BLKSHP Master Storytelling Workshop with Ed Catmull
2018 Saas-Fee Summer Institute of Art Art and Politics in the Age of Cognitive
Capitalism, hosted by Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
TALK/PANEL/WORKSHOP
2021 Re-enacting Han: Scarlett Kim, Kwonyin, Kayla Tange, & Caroline Yoo, Witch
Institute Symposium, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
2021 Artist Talk, Disrupt, Fowler Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Panelist discussing Lizzie Borden’s Working Girls, UCLA film and television
library, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Celebrating HanZine (Jinseok Choi, Scarlett Kim, Kwonyin, Saewon Oh,
Yuneun Rhi, Jeong Stransky, Kayla Tange, Caroline Yoo) moderated by
Stephanie Kang organized by Pranay Reddy, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
2019-2021 University of California Los Angeles, Bachelor of Art, major Art, Gender Studies
minor, Los Angeles, CA
AWARDS/GRANTS
2021 Frank-Ratcye Fund for Art, The Frontier Grant for HWA RECORDS, The
Frank-Ratchye Studio for Creative Inquiry
2021 ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries for Chosun Family
as part of Six Linear Feet, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Emma B. Keller Fine Arts Scholarship award selected by the School of the Arts
and Architecture Dean’s Office via nomination by the Department of Art faculty,
University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Undergraduate project award via the Department of Art, University of California
Los Angeles, CA
WORKS PUBLISHED
2020 Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles. pages 45, 74,
122, https://culturela.orgDCA-2020-Asian-Pacific-American-HM-Guide,
2019 Jungmok Yi, Kayla Tange. Are We a Joke: Burlesque Vol. 1. Philadelphia:
Jungmok yi, Kayla Tange, 2019. Print.
2018 Juliano, Linzi, and Kayla Tange. “Syllabi for the Future: A Playlist – GPS.” GPS,
Global Performance Studies, 2018.
gps.psi-web.org/issue-1-2/syllabi-future-playlist-4/
2011 Cox, Susan Soon-Keum. More Voices: a Collection of Works from Asian
Adoptees. Yeong & Yeong Book Co., 2011. Pages 89, 218.
PRESS
Brown, Nikki. “Savor the Flavors of HOT POT – a Tasty Digital Event Centering
Asian Queer Performers | Salty.” Salty | Never Sweet., 27 May 2021.
Salty Magazine - Sacred Wounds
the editors. “Food, Karaoke, and Family: How These API Visionaries Are
Honoring AAPI Heritage Month.” Cosmopolitan, 20 May 2021,
www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a36382408/aapi-heritage-month.
Song, Sandra. “Livestream This: Queer Asian Artists Heal Ancestral Trauma in
Erotic ‘Sacred Wounds’ Show.” PAPER, 10 Apr. 2021,
www.papermag.com/livestream-this-sacred-wounds-2652378988.html.
Lecaro, Lina. “Cyber Clown Girls Host All-Asian Online Show to Combat AAPI Hate.” LA Weekly, 20 Mar. 2021,
“Meet Kayla Tange: Performance Artist – Producer.” SHOUTOUT LA, 5 Jan. 2021, Shoutout LA - Kayla Tange/.
How out-of-work strippers made their show virtual and are 'taking the power back'. (2020, October 05). Retrieved November 16, 2020, from
How this stripper collective pulled off a virtual show
Robinson, Leanna. “Acts of Selfhood: Female Performance Artists.”
Artillery Magazine, Artillery Magazine, 6 Mar. 2019,
Acts of Selfhood: Female Performance Artists
Derrick, Lisa. "Performance Artist Kayla Tange Breaks Boundaries of Asian
Culture Wide Open." 22 May 2019. Web. 01 Apr. 2021.
LA WEEKLY-Kayla Tange breaks boundaries
Jagota, V. (2018, March 20). 'Dear Mother' Is an Adopted Artist's Love Letter to
Her Biological Family. Retrieved July 30, 2018, from
'Dear Mother' Is an Adopted Artist's Love Letter to Her Biological Family
Derrick, L. (2017, July 25). Kayla Tange Challenges "Boundaries" at Highways
Performance Space. Huffington Post. Retrieved from
Kayla Tange Challenges "Boundaries" at Highways Performance Space
Tange, K. (2017, March 29). Coco Ono is About to Blow Your Mind. Interview
by R. Bergman. Retrieved from Nasty Galaxy interview - Coco Ono
Abramoff, L. (2016). Kayla Tange Secrets. Glamour Girl, (4), 29-34.