Joe Rinaldo Heffernan, Artist
Academic Achievements
Bachelor of Music Composition, Columbia College Chicago
Brevard Music Center Festival, Brevard North Carolina, composition and orchestration
Selected Performances
ICA Miami Art Basel, with Tongue in the Mind, 2023, guitar/vocals
Trauma Bar und Kino arts space, Berlin, with “Tongue in the Mind”, 2023
Primavera Sound Madrid and Barcelona, Spain, PAN records stage, with “Tongue in the Mind”, 2023
Drie Mullen, Netherlands, with “Tongue in the Mind”, 2023
Hairbone, with Raul De Nieves, Felix Art Fair, Roosevelt Hotel, Los Angeles, 2023
National Sawdust, Onasis Foundation, with Tongue In The Mind New York, 2023
Hairbone, with Raul De Nieves, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, 2022
Anonymous Club, The Shed, New York, with Ashland Mines aka Bobby Beethoven, 2022
Happy Fun Hideaway, Brooklyn, New York, solo performance, 2022
David Zwirner Gallery, NYC, with Raul De Nieves, 2022
Cafe Oto, with Juliana Huxtable, London, 2021 link
Frequent Defect, Beirut, Lebanon, with Juliana Huxtable, 2021
Cache Artist Studios, solo performance, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2021
Keith Herring award reception, piano/vocal performance, Performance space NYC, 2020
Spring Gala, Performance Space NYC, 2019, Piano/Vocal performance
Museum of Porto, Portugal, with Juliana Huxtable and Ahya Simone, 2018
The Armory, New York, with Juliana Huxtable and Ahya Simone, 2018
The Rubin Museum, New York, with Juliana Huxtable and Ahya Simone, 2018
Rewire with Juliana Huxtable and Ahya Simone, Den Hague, Netherlands, 2018
47 Canal, New York, 2017
Artists Space, New York, 2017
Julia Stochek 2016
Arika Episode 8: “Refuse Powers Grasp”, in Collaboration with Ahya Simone and Juliana Huxtable, Glasgow 2016 Link
“There Are Certain Facts That Cannot Be Disputed”, collaboration with Juliana Huxtable, Museum of Modern Art, NYC, 2015 Link Youtube
New Museum, New York, 2013
Performa after hours, New York, 2013
Releases
“Pretty Canary” with Juliana Huxtable and Tongue in the Mind, PAN records, 2023
“They Can’t See Your Life” EP on Hoss Records, 2017
“I Want To Play”, Hoss Records, 2020
Compositions
Chrome Fire Evolutions, for Piano Quintet performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble
Chamber Symphony, performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble
Emotional Counterpoint, for string trio
Toccata Pentatonic, for piano
Breath RhythMythm, electronics/vocals/breath
Mixes
Jealous Orgasm, Shock Value MIX (consisting mainly of original compositions and productions)
Residencies and Awards
Somerset House/Goethe Institute residency and grant and housing stipend, 2021
Performance Space New York residency, 2019
Jerome Foundation music composition grant, 2019
Hamburg City grant for film composition
Selected Composer, Composers Seminar with Augusta Reed Thomas, Chicago Symphony
Artist Talks
Guest Lecture with Juliana Huxtable and Jeanne Graff, HEAD – Genève, Haute école d'art et de design, in partnership with Maison Rousseau et Littérature et Joyfully Waiting, 2022
“In This Moisture Between Our Tears of Where We Are and Where We Want To Be”, artist talk and open movement seminar with Christina Udemezue, Performance Space NYC, 2022
Press