Gallery performance featuring a performer in a loose white shirt with arms lifted overhead. Behind the performer, a large grayscale projected portrait fills the wall, while a series of framed painted portraits is displayed beneath it. The image combines live movement, visual art, and projection in an exhibition setting.

True Colors, multi-media installation/performance

Collaboration with painter, Linda Larsen, projection designer, Adam Larsen, and sound artist, Kima Moore. Premiered at Revolve Project Space, Asheville, NC, USA, November, 2025. Photo: courtesy of Revolve.

Contemporary performance in a gallery space with audience seating along the walls. Multiple performers move across a wooden floor, including one in the foreground with raised arms and others illuminated by blue projected light patterns. Musical instruments rest on tables in the foreground, while framed artwork and exhibition text line the walls.

Performance with Atsushi Takenouchi, Julie Becton Gillum, and Jenni Cockrell, in Frequency in Motion, an audiovisual performance at Black Mountain College Museum. Live sounds, field recordings, and objects by Chris H.Lynn and Hiroko Komiya.

Theatrical performance photograph taken from above, showing a performer lying flat on a dark floor with arms resting at the sides and legs extended. The performer wears a white, loose-fitting costume that stands out against the black background. Focused lighting highlights the contours of the body and fabric, emphasizing stillness, contrast, and the minimalist composition of the scene.

Live performance of Miranda Whall‘s project, When the Earth Speaks, A Dirty Ensemble premiered at Theatr y Werin, Aberystwyth Arts Centre 8th June 2024.

The Dirty Ensemble: Miranda Whall + Neil Luck + Mayah Kadish + Tim Beckham + Angela Wai- Nok Hui + Ashley John Long + Constance Humphries

When Earth Speaks: A Dirty Ensemble was supported by Live Art Development Agency, LADA as part of Live Art in Rural UK June 2023 – June 2024.

Photo by Ash Calvert.

Amy Daniel‘s film of Miranda Whall‘s project, When the Earth Speaks, A Dirty Ensemble has exhibited at Vane Contemporary Art, Newcastle Upon Tyne, ‘Celebrating the Life and Genius of Brian Catling’, Candid Arts Trust, London, and SOIL, Somerset House, London, 2025.

The Dirty Ensemble: Miranda Whall + Neil Luck + Mayah Kadish + Tim Beckham + Angela Wai- Nok Hui + Ashley John Long + Constance Humphries.

Contemporary outdoor performance on a beach featuring three costumed performers. In the foreground, two performers wear layered gray-and-white garments with fabric headpieces and hold their hands in expressive, choreographed positions while facing each other. A third performer appears out of focus near the shoreline in the background. The soft colors of the sand, sea, and overcast sky create a muted backdrop that emphasizes the movement and texture of the costumes.

Blue Wave, a site-specific dance project designed to connect participants to the bioregion. The project was commissioned by Co/Lab Sunderland, a creative engagement project for SeaScapes marine heritage project. Blue Wave was co-created with members of FODI Sunderland (Friends of the Drop-In for Asylum Seekers and Refugees) and members from Sangini in South Shields. The project culminated in a live performance at Roker Beach near Sunderland, UK,  2021. Photo by Colin Davison.

Stage performance featuring a performer seated low to the floor in an elaborate white costume made of layered, textured fabric. Illuminated by a soft overhead spotlight, the performer looks upward while posed against a dark curtain backdrop. The contrast between the bright costume and the surrounding darkness creates a dramatic, theatrical composition.

her-ha-ha-bits, live performance, 2020

Concept, performance and costume: Constance Humphries. Music: Russell Scobie & Constance Humphries. Preformed GAS Contemporary, North Shields, UK, 202

Wide-angle photograph of a contemporary performance art installation inside a spacious gallery. Several performers are positioned throughout the room, each engaged in a different action: one stands barefoot in a silver sequined dress balancing a rod, another kneels on a chair, a third faces the wall with raised hands, and another occupies the center of the space in a dynamic stance. Additional figures appear in the background, while audience reflections are visible in the glass wall along the left side. The open layout and varied poses create a sense of simultaneous narratives unfolding within the performance environment.

after the fire, live performance, 2020

Concept, performance and costumes: Constance Humphries, Juli Watson, Nicola Hunter, Sarah Riseborough, Deborah Nash and Richard James Hall
Music: Russell Scobie & Constance Humphries
Preformed GAS Contemporary, North Shields, UK, 2020.

Contemporary performance in an indoor gallery or exhibition space with arched architectural ceilings. A performer wearing a dark garment layered with white rope and textile elements leans back dramatically with one arm extended. A second figure and music equipment are visible in the background. The composition highlights the contrast between the textured costume, the sweeping movement of the pose, and the symmetry of the surrounding architecture.

from the shadows, site-specific improvisation with sound, 30m, 2019

Concept, performance and costume: Constance Humphries. Music: Russell Scobie & Constance Humphries. Performed: New Butoh School – Miniatures Butoh Festival, Ruvo, Italy, 2019. Photo: Cinzia Cantatore 

Close-up stage performance photograph showing a performer in a light-colored costume with feathered embellishments. The performer arches deeply backward under focused theatrical lighting, with the dark background isolating the figure and highlighting the contours of the pose, costume textures, and dynamic movement.

Fremd Ist Dein Kleid

Premiere on Aug 16&17, 2019 at Schloss Bröllin.
Performers: Alberto A!, Constance Humphries, Elisa Zacco, Elvira Barmeri, Ioku Ero Nikaido, Jonathan Martineau, Lela Besom, Margarita Tseng, Roland Eichner
Soundscape: Phonoschrank/ Text: Rainer Maria Rilke
Concept & Choreography: Felix Ruckert
Production: eX…it! Festival 2019 Bröllin & Compagnie Felix Ruckert Berlin e.V.
Photo: schloss bröllin e.V. / Peter van Heesen

Minimalist stage performance featuring a seated performer viewed from behind. The performer wears a loose, light-colored costume secured with rope around the waist and torso. Dramatic overhead lighting illuminates the figure and reflects softly on the stage floor, while the surrounding space fades into darkness, emphasizing the body’s form and stillness.

The Beautiful Us, live performance, 50m, 2019

Concept, performance and costume: Constance Humphries. Music: Russell Scobie & Constance Humphries. Premiere: 13th Asheville Butoh Festival, Asheville, NC 2019.

Stage performance featuring a performer kneeling on a dark floor while wearing an ornate black gown with layered fabric and lace sleeves. A soft overhead spotlight illuminates the figure, whose arms are raised in a sculptural pose. The black backdrop and focused lighting create a dramatic contrast that emphasizes the costume's intricate textures and movement-inspired form.

The Daydreamers’ Ball for Strange and Broken Things, live performance with sound, 30m, 2018

Concept, performance and costume, music: Constance Humphries. Premiered: Asheville Butoh Collective‘s show, Dirt, Dreams and Death. The piece was also performed at Breeze Creatives‘ Project Space, Newcastle, UK in July, 2018.

A performer wearing a flowing dress made of layered strips of fabric poses under a spotlight on a dark stage, with one arm raised and the other holding part of the garment. The dramatic lighting highlights the textured costume against a black background.

The Weight of Detritus, live performance with sound, 30m, 2015-2018

Concept, performance and costume: Constance Humphries. Music: Zach Cooper.  Premiere: Am I Who I Am?, Revolve Project Space, Asheville, NC, USA, 2018. A work-in-progress version was performed at the 11th Asheville Butoh Festival, Asheville, NC, USA, in 2017 and as part of an installation curated and produced by Grayson Morris for the Asheville Fringe Arts Festival, in 2016.

Gallery installation featuring a barefoot performer wearing a white slip dress and a sculptural paper headpiece. The performer stands among a row of metal chairs, some holding fabric or costume pieces, while a series of framed portrait images is displayed along the wall above. Warm directional lighting casts dramatic shadows across the room, emphasizing the relationship between the live performance, the surrounding objects, and the artwork on display.

Entanglements, live performance, multi-media installation/performance

Collaboration with painter, Linda Larsen, production designer, Adam Larsen, and sound artist, Kimathi Moore. Premiered at Revolve Project Space, Asheville, NC, USA, 2017.

Black-and-white video still featuring a performer seated barefoot on a concrete surface in front of a corrugated metal garage door. Layers of translucent tulle form a dramatic dress and veil that surround the body. With both arms held in a sculptural pose, the performer creates a dynamic contrast between the soft textures of the costume and the stark, industrial setting.

And Then There Was All That Time… (still), video with sound 15m2s, 2012-2016

Concept, performance, costume, sound, video, editing: Constance Humphries. Videography assistance: Rosa Eaton. Screening History: Beyond Knowing, an exhibit by curator, David Sheldon, AAAC Exhibition Space, May 10 – June 21, 2019. Am I Who I Am?, Revolve Project Space, Asheville, NC, USA, February 10, 2018.

Photograph of a handcrafted artist book presentation arranged on a gray background. The display includes a white booklet with the title “I AM WHO I AM” printed in minimalist lettering, several translucent textured sheets extending from the booklet, and a dark portfolio-style cover with a small rectangular photographic image embedded near the top. The neutral lighting and clean composition emphasize the materials, textures, and design of the printed work.

Am I Who I Am?  album, 2018

REVOLVE + MAP presents the first release in their REVOLVE SOUND series with the collected sound works for dance by Constance Humphries. Made in conjunction with artist Karen Hardy, Am I Who I Am? brings live-coded + analogue sound, image, design, and letterpress together for a unique, handcrafted object. 

Black-and-white outdoor image featuring a performer standing on a weathered metal staircase next to a structure covered in climbing ivy. Wearing a dark sleeveless dress, the performer holds both arms in stylized positions that emphasize movement and physical expression. The background includes grass, a pathway, and trees, creating a contrast between the natural setting and the sculptural pose.

I Freak Faster (still), video with sound 29m49s, 2015-2017

Concept, performance, costume, and video editing: Constance Humphries. Music: Chonyid 5 Part 2 performed by HokanoCurwenFreeth. Videography: Andre Daughterty. A live version of the piece was performed at Fall Out Pop Up, Asheville, NC, USA, 2016. Screening History: GAS Contemporary, North Shields, UK, 2020. Am I Who I Am?, Revolve Project Space, Asheville, NC, USA, February 10, 2018. Asheville Fringe Festival, Asheville, NC, USA, 2017.

Stage performance featuring a crouching performer in a light-colored costume covered with projected blue and purple patterns. Three decorative parasols stand behind the performer, while matching geometric projections fill the backdrop and translucent hanging fabrics. The layered lighting, projections, and stage elements create a visually rich, immersive theatrical scene.

Koromo-dako, live performance, 26m, 2017

Choreography, video, costumes and set: Sara Baird
Performance/Collaboration: Sara Baird, Jenni Cockrell, Julie Becton Gillum and Constance Humphries 
Music: 26 minutes by Divine Circles with Meghan West and David Lynch
Projection design: Geo Lynx/Photo: Sandee Johnson
Premiered as part of the 11th Asheville Butoh Festival, BeBe Theater, Asheville, NC, USA, 2017.

Video still featuring a performer with closely cropped hair wearing a black sleeveless dress. The performer balances between white rectangular pedestal blocks, with one foot raised on a higher platform and arms extended in a sculptural pose. Soft directional lighting creates gentle shadows on the pale wall behind, highlighting the body's lines and the geometric arrangement of the platforms in a minimalist setting.

The Usefulness Of Persistent Distance, (still) video, 10m, 2017

Concept, performance, video: Constance Humphries. Costume: Denise Carbonell/Music: Derek Dominy. An earlier version was commissioned for and screened at Synthesis, MoogFest Public Art Celebration, Asheville, NC, USA, 2012.

Video still image featuring a performer in a black hooded garment holding a bouquet of red and white flowers against a light background. Red theatrical makeup accents the area beneath the eyes. Large semi-transparent text overlays the image, reading “another MOMENT of silence,” with “MOMENT” emphasized in uppercase letters. The composition combines portrait photography, typography, and symbolic floral imagery.

Another Moment of Silence: We Are Them (still), video, 8m42s, 2013-2017

Concept, performance, costume, video: Constance Humphries. Poem: James Humphries. Screening History: Am I Who I Am?, Revolve Project Space, Asheville, NC, USA, February 10, 2018. Context, Pretext, Subtext: Words in Art, Art in Words, Weizenblatt Gallery,Mars Hill University, Mars Hill, NC, USA, 2017. Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center’s {Re}HAPPENING 2013 Festival, Black Mountain, NC, USA, 2013.

Artistic portrait featuring a performer holding several dark roses in one hand and wearing a dress-like costume constructed from printed paper sheets connected with metal fasteners. The paper garment prominently displays the text “another MOMENT of silence” along with additional printed text panels. Set against a plain neutral background, the image combines performance art, typography, and costume design in a stylized composition.

Another Moment of Silence: They Are Us, live performance no sound, 10m, 2013-2017

Concept, performance, costume, photo: Constance Humphries. Poem: James Humphries. Performed as part of Context, Pretext, Subtext: Words in Art, Art in Words, Weizenblatt Gallery,Mars Hill University, Mars Hill, NC, USA, 2017. An earlier version of this piece was shown at Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center’s {Re}HAPPENING 2013 Festival, Black Mountain, NC, USA, 2013.

Stage performance featuring a barefoot performer wearing a light-colored dress adorned with textured fabric appliqués and a decorative headpiece. Standing alone against a dark background, the performer extends both arms outward in a choreographed pose. Warm theatrical lighting illuminates the figure and creates a prominent shadow on the stage floor, emphasizing the costume's details and the shape of the movement.

Solo Party Dress, live performance with music, approx. 30m, 2013-2016

Concept, performance: Constance Humphries Costume: Nava Lubelski Music: Stephen Barnard Premiered on April 9, 2016 at the 10th Asheville Butoh Festival. Performed on April 23rd, 2016 at the Center for Craft Creativity and Design and on April 29th on Walnut St. as part of Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center’s Interlude festival, Asheville, North Carolina.

High-contrast composite video still featuring numerous overlapping exposures of a performer dressed in a light-colored bodysuit. The repeated figures appear in varying positions across the frame, creating a visual effect that emphasizes movement, gesture, and physical expression. Set against a solid black background, the layered composition highlights the performer’s shifting posture, hands, and body lines, producing a dramatic sense of motion and theatrical energy.

Hole (still), video with sound, 5m26s, 2014-2015

Concept, performance, costume, video, sound: Constance Humphries
Screening History: Appalachia Now!, An Interdisciplinary Survey of Contemporary Art in Southern Appalachia, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC, 2019.  Am I Who I Am?, Revolve Project Space, Asheville, NC, USA, February 10, 2018. Experimental Studios Group Exhibition, Abject Gallery, Newcastle, England, 2016.

Performer in a dark, layered gown moves across a metal rooftop walkway, framed by industrial structures and an urban skyline beneath dramatic cloud-filled skies. Wind lifts the performer’s hair, adding motion to the scene.

Need (still) video, 10m, 2015-2026

Concept, performance, costume, video, sound, editing: Constance Humphries. Performed/screened at Experimental Studios Group Exhibition, Abject Gallery, Newcastle, England, January/February, 2016.

Contemporary performance featuring a kneeling performer dressed in an intricate costume of green tulle, layered fabric pieces, and decorative appliqués. The performer extends both arms outward against a dark corrugated metal backdrop, while low, dramatic lighting emphasizes the textures and movement of the costume.

Can I Be You?, site-specific live performance, 15m, 2015 and installation documenting a collaborative exchange with Simon Farid. The installation included photographic documentation of two covert performances informed by this exchange, one performed by each of us; ’Can I Be You?’ and ’Bye ya’

CIBU performance, costume: Constance Humphries. Photography: Michael O’Kane. Performed in Newcastle, England on July 16, 2015.
Documentation and photos of the collaboration were presented at Experimental Studios Group Exhibition, Abject Gallery, Newcastle, England, January/February, 2016.

High-key image of a performer with closely cropped hair facing the camera against a white background. Subtle theatrical makeup emphasizes the eyes and facial contours, creating a stark, minimalist composition.

I’m Gonna Tell…But You Don’t Have To Listen (still), video, no sound, 2014

Concept, performance, video, editing: Constance Humphries
Screening History: Am I Who I Am?, Revolve Project Space, Asheville, NC, USA, February 10, 2018. Neo (-portraiture), The Island, Gallery Space, Bristol, England, 2015.

Stage performance featuring a performer dressed in layered, lightweight fabric with a translucent veil draped over the head. Bathed in warm red-orange lighting, the performer stands against a black background with arms stretched wide in a symmetrical pose. The strong color contrast and focused lighting draw attention to the flowing costume and expressive form of the performance.

Help, live performance, 2015

Concept, performance, costume, sound: Constance Humphries. Performed on May 1, 2015 at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle, England. Photo by Anna Miller

Contemporary image featuring a person dressed in a structured black coat with an oversized black head covering adorned with decorative pins and reed-like elements. A white veil conceals the face, creating a strong contrast against the dark clothing. The hands are positioned in expressive, stylized gestures, and the simple light-gray background emphasizes the costume’s dramatic shapes, textures, and asymmetrical design.

See Them (still), video 10m, 2014

Concept, perfomance, costume, sound, video, editing: Constance Humphries. Videography assistance: Andy Hokano, Alexander Roberts. Screened at Breaking the Law/Burning Down the House, Home For Waifs And Strays, Birmingham, England and at Revolve Project Space, Asheville, NC, USA.

Black-and-white stage photograph featuring a performer covered in cascading white fabric that drapes over the head and body. Positioned against a dark, minimalist backdrop, the performer extends one arm toward the open space while the other hand rests near the torso. The contrast between the illuminated costume and the surrounding darkness creates a striking, sculptural image focused on gesture, movement, and texture.

The Burden of Forgotten Horrors (still), durational performance with sound 13m55s, 2014-2016

Concept, performance, costume, video, editing: Constance Humphries. Music: Chonyid 5 Part 1 performed by HokanoCurwenFreeth. A version of this piece was performed at the Star and Shadow, Newcastle, England, 2014.

Artistic composite video still featuring a performer in a layered, textured costume displayed in two separate poses. Set against a dark background of dense foliage, the performer’s crouched stance and outstretched arms emphasize movement and physical expression. The subdued color palette and dramatic contrast draw attention to the costume’s intricate details and the flowing lines of the body.

Shifted, (still) video, 9.32m, 2013

Concept, performance, costume, video and editing: Constance Humphries. Performed and recorded in Durham, England. Screened at Experimental Studios Group Exhibition, Abject Gallery, Newcastle, England, January/February 2016.

High-contrast black-and-white image of a performer in a sheer, draped costume posed low to the ground. Arms and hands are arranged in geometric positions around the body, while one foot extends forward. The dark background isolates the figure, highlighting the textures of the fabric and the expressive lines of the pose.

Molt, (still) video, 10m, 2013

Concept, performance, costume, video: Constance Humphries. Music: Chonyid. Screened as part of DEL+REW, Goldsmiths College, London, UK

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