Spy Emerson

2023–Present

• Creator/Performer
  Candide 2: The Optimist and the Landlordholes
  Performance

2021–2022

• Creator/Performer
  “Hugs Farm”
  Stage and radio

2020

• Creator
  “Girl with Headdress”
  36 × 36 inch oil painting
  Commission for private collection

2019

• Creator/Performer
  “Mammaries for Humanity”
  Funbox Theater
• Creator/Master of Ceremonies
  “Hardcore Doggie Fashion Show”
  Funbox Theater, Sebastopol CA

2018

• Writer/Performer
  “Pagan Matchmaker”
  (24 shows over 6 months)
  Ivy Room, Albany CA
• Writer/Performer/Prop/Sets
  “Game Night” (6 shows)
  Speakeasy, Petaluma CA

2017

• Creator/Performer
  “12' Tall Man and Horse” Sculpture
  For the feature film Sorry to Bother You
  Universal Pictures
• Writer/Performer
  “BlueBalls the Clown”
  Oregon Eclipse Festival, Roadkill Saloon OR
• Exhibitor
  “Art With Teeth” group show
  The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles CA
• Exhibitor
  “The Art of Resistance”
  World of Wonder Gallery, Hollywood CA

2016

• Writer/Performer/Exhibitor
  “Earthworm Oracle”
  Splendid House, Valetta Malta
• Exhibitor
  “Krampus and Klowns”
  The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles CA
• Performer
  “ArtCar Fest”
  Art Murmur and NIMBY, Oakland CA
• Writer/Performer
  “ThinkTank Stage Show”
  Chimera, Sebastopol CA

2015

• Writer/Performer
  “Hal and Spy”
  Esalen Institute, Big Sur CA
• Writer/Performer
  “Sublime Stupidity”
  LitQuake at The Chapel, San Francisco CA
• Performer
  “Blacklist: Evolve/Revolve”
  Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart Tasmania
• Creator/Performer
  “Hops with Cops”
  Figment Festival, Geelong Australia


2014

• Creator/Performer
  The Hook-Up Truck
  A viral internet sensation around the world
• Writer/Performer (2007–2014)
  “The Ask Dr. Hal Show” stage and radio
  San Francisco CA


2013

• Exhibitor
  “Naughty or Nice” group show Copro
  Gallery, Santa Monica CA
• Writer/Director/Sets and Puppets
  Original stage plays “The Turkey Maiden,” “Theseus and the Minotaur”
  and “The Princess and the Pee Stain”
  Experimental Children’s Theater, Sebastopol CA

2012

• Exhibitor
  “Streetopia” group show
  Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco CA
• Writer/Director/Sets/Costumes/Performer
  Original stage play “Gutterbunny in Chinatown”
  Dark Room Theater, San Francisco CA

2011

• Exhibitor
  “Books from the Underground Public Library” solo show
  Jellyfish Gallery, San Francisco CA
• Curator/Exhibitor
  “Consumption” group show
  Accident and Artifact, San Francisco CA
• Exhibitor
  “St. Stupid’s Day” group show
  K Gallery, Alameda CA

2010

• Writer/Director/Sets/Costumes/Performer
  The original stage play “Happy Forever: Life and Death of an Italian Cat”
  Dark Room Theater, San Francisco CA
• Exhibitor
  “Making Something from Nothing” solo show
  Warehouse 416, Art Murmur, Oakland CA
• Performance
  “Impalement Arts” opening for Leon Redbone
  Great American Music Hall, San Francisco CA
• Curator/Exhibitor
  “Pankabestia: Punk Beasts of the Swimming Cities” group show
  Anonymous Gallery/Collective Hardware, NYC

2009

• Exhibitor/Performer
  “Swimming Cities Of Serenissima”
  unofficially at the VENICE BIENNALE
• Performer
  “The Lifesize Mousetrap”
  Fire Arts Festival, Oakland CA & Maker Faire, San Mateo CA (2007–2009)
• Exhibitor/Performer
  “Is What?” Dada peepshow booth
  Electric Works Gallery, San Francisco CA

2008

• Performer
  “Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea”
  sponsored by Dietch Project, NYC
• Exhibitor
  “Dystopic Horizons Realty”
  Maker Faire, San Mateo CA
• Exhibitor
  “Art Outside” group exhibit in the Enchanted Forest
  SXSW, Austin TX
• Performance
  Original stage play “Last Voyage of the Omega”
  Stagewerx Theater, San Francisco CA

2007

• Exhibitor
  “Learning to Love You More” Miranda July’s group exhibit
  MU, Eindhoven Netherlands
• Curator
  “Project: Artist Connect” group exhibition
  With Chicken John’s San Francisco Mayoral campaign
  Chez Poulet, San Francisco CA
• Performed
  “The Dingus Smashing Show”
  Coachella music and arts festival, Palm Springs CA

2006

• Performer/Exhibitor
  DEFORMES Performance Bienal
  Santiago Chile

2005

• Exhibitor
  “What a Relief” group show
  FusionArts Museum, NYC

2004

• Curator
  “Temporary Space” group show
  Dutch Boy Paint Factory, Oakland CA
• Exhibitor
  “Death to the Fascist Insects Who Prey on the Life of the People” group show
  Gallery 800, Brooklyn NY
• Exhibitor
  “Infusion” group show
  FusionArts Museum, NYC
• Exhibitor
  “New New Yorkers” group show
  IF MUSEUM, Poznań Poland
• Exhibitor
  “The Junk in my Trunk” & “One Man Army” group art exhibits
  Bedroom Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
• Performed
  “Me and my Triangle” stage show
  Alfred Theater, Prague Czech Republic

2003

• Performer
  “The Hamlet Machine”
  Czech National Theater, Prague Czech Republic
• Exhibitor
  “Arty Party” solo art show
  the LOVELITE, Berlin Germany
• Exhibitor
  “Oakland California Dreamin” group show
  Bedroom Gallery, Prague Czech Republic

2002

• Creator
  “Good Morning Sunshine” music video
  For QUASIMOTO (Stones Throw Records)
  Screened nationally and internationally
  Featured with an interview on the Sundance Channel’s “Sonic Cinema”
• Commissioned cloud and sky mural
  Museum of Natural History, San Mateo CA

2001

• Exhibitor
  “Backstage/Front stage” group show
  La Rasa/Badlands Gallery, San Francisco CA
• Exhibitor
  “San Francisco Drawings” curated by Chris Johanson
  New Image Gallery, Los Angeles CA
• Sets and props
  “Come on Feet” music video
  For QUASIMOTO (Stones Throw Records)
  Aired on the FOX network, SUNDANCE CHANNEL, and screened nationally and internationally

2000

• Exhibitor
  “Emotionally Annoyed” group show
  ESP Gallery, San Francisco CA
• Assistant to Sol Lewitt
  Sol Lewitt: A Retrospective
  San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco CA

• Redwood Empire Food Bank
  Sebastopol CA, 2020–2021
• Punks With Lunch
  Oakland CA, 2017–2018
• Unofficial Women and Children’s Center
  The Jungle Refugee Camp
  Calais France, 2016
• Vegetarian Cook in Camp Kitchen
  Dakota Access Pipeline Protest
  Standing Rock ND, 2016
• Sweetwater Goat Farm
  Big Sur CA, 2015
  (Spy milking a goat)

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Good Morning Sunshine and Goatworld, 2000

Are You Gonna Be Alright? Hyphen Tirade, 2001

Hip Hop Camp, 2002

Moving in Strange Directions, 2002

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