About
Bio
Andy Giovale is an interdisciplinary artist in training. He is currently attending the
School of the Art Institute of Chicago and will graduate in 2023. In the past , Andy
worked as a circus performer, performing and choreographing aerial acts with his
twin sister in a local circus (Circus Bacchus) until 2018. Andy now works in perform-
ance and writing, performing for events such as Home, a drive by performance piece
in Flagstaff, Arizona hosted by a local performance collective, The Interference Series.
When not performing, Andy experiments with art and technology, video, and projection
and hopes to incorporate these mediums into his work. Andy lives in Chicago, Illinois
where he attends school.
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Education:
2018-2023
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Bachelor of Fine Arts
Interdisciplinary artist developing skills in art and technology, performance, film, video, new
media, and creative writing.
Group Exhibitions:
December 2021
SAIC Olfactory Art Show
Aroma Workshop, Chicago, IL
March 2022
Muse and Movement
Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, IL
March 2022
The Long Red Line
Side Street Studios, Elgin, IL
March 2023
SAIC Undergraduate Exhibition, Chicago, IL
March 2023
Library Insert Group Exhibition
SAIC Flaxman Library, Chicago, IL
Performances:
December 9, 2022
Producer, choreographer, teacher
A Night of Perfumance
SAIC Modern Dance Club in collaboration with the SAIC ATS Olfactory Art CLass
October 23/24, 2020
Dancer, choreographer, performer
Interference Series
Performed in Home, a drive by performance event in Flagstaff, AZ hosted by the Interference Series,
a local performance collective. In the performance, the audience drove through neighborhoods to
view dance performances, music, and films created by 10 different artists.
2015-2019
Aerialist, choreographer, performer, instructor
Circus Bacchus
As a member of Circus Bacchus , I performed aerial dance for various events such as Flagstaff Pride Festival,
Hullaballoo, Cornucopia Festival, and Flagstaff Youth Festival. I also choreographed solo, duo and
group acts and performed in yearly shows such as the Bacchus Halloween Show, Bacchus Spring Show, A
Midsummer Night’s Circus, Bacchus Summer Show, among many others.
2016-2018
Dancer, choreographer, aerialist
Canyon Movement Company
With Canyon Movement Company, I performed and choreographed aerial acts with my sister, Katie Giovale,
for the annual Nutcracker Suite in Modern Bare Feet for two years, as well as learned modern and
contemporary ballet in the academy, Canyon Dance Academy, for a number of years.
Artist Statement
The piece begins: as a movement, a sound, an image or word that is more physical than thought, sound, or writing.
A story to be told through performance. What movements has my body been trained to do? I was a gymnast and then
a dancer. How does this both expand and limit my vocabulary? I was a woman and now I am neither and all genders.
I am and always will be a feminist. I am queer. I like to tell stories through creating immersive experiences for an a-
udience. My body of work uses performance, art and technology and writing to guide an audience through an emot-
ional storytelling experience.
In 2019, I created a piece titled Toxic
exploring water toxicity in Lake Michigan and the Chicago River. I projected video of water layered with various do-
cuments about legislation to contain water pollution and stop toxicity, specifically around Lake Michigan, just five
minutes from the place I was performing. I danced in front of the projection and used a plastic material to manipulate
the projection, and, at the end, drank water to ground the audience in our present moment. The audience commented
not on the toxicity of water, but the sense of overwhelm associated with issues of climate change, and the disconnect
felt between larger systems which perpetuate issues of pollution and water toxicity, juxtaposed to the way in which
we go about everyday life. I hope to continue this exploration of emotive response to certain intense issues. One artist
whose work I admire greatly is Cassils, who is a trans artist that makes work around violence against trans people, ge-
nder, and the body. In their work they are able to explore intense topics with courage and clarity. They ground the aud-
ience in a present, a political, social, or artistic moment. Their work with their body and use of storytelling in perform-
ance inspires me.
My body of work incorporates art and technology and performance to immerse an audience in a story. I hope to continue
working in the realm of immersive storytelling to investigate themes of climate change, anthropocene and collective em-
otional experiences. COVID, in all its grief and destruction, is a collective emotion, one that the US has not processed quite
yet. Is it too soon to even make art about it? Perhaps. Yet, I am feeling all those things such as loss and isolation. A future
project could very well be a COVID processing piece. Currently, I am working on a video piece titled Occupation, exploring
themes of gender and power in a workplace, and hope to continue depicting these themes as well.