Justin Bond

Mx Justin Vivian Bond is a writer, singer, painter, performance artist, and activist. Mx Bond is the author of TANGO; My Childhood, Backwards and in High Heels, a novella-length memoir published by The Feminist Press and Susie Says... a collaboration with Gina Garan (Powerhouse Books, 2012). V's debut CD DENDRPOPHILE was self-released by WhimsyMusic in 2011. Also in 2011 Justin Vivian's art exhibition The Fall of the House of Whimsy was presented at Participant Inc. in New York City. Mx Bond was nominated for a Tony Award for Kiki and Herb Alive On Broadway in 2007. Other notable endeavors include originating the role of Herculine Barbin in Kate Bornstein's groundbreaking play Hidden: A Gender, touring with the performance troupe The Big Art Group and appearing in John Cameron Mitchell's film Shortbus. Mx Bond is a recipient of The Ethyl Eichelberger Award, The Peter Reed Foundation Grant, and The Foundation for Contemporary Art's Grants to Artists Award for Performance Art/Theater, an Obie and a Bessie. Please visit www.justinbond.com to download and enjoy v's music and blog, Justin Vivian Bond is Living! "Mx'd Messages" The 2017 Live Ideas Festival running March 11-19th at New York Live Arts is being curated by Justin Vivian Bond.