Before Narcissister called herself Narcissister, she was a professional modern dancer. Her most formative training took place at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center. Among her professional highlights was being selected to perform with the Ailey company in Memoria, one of Ailey’s seminal pieces, touring Europe as a dancer in a German rock-opera, and performing in industrial work for Mercedes Benz.

In addition to her performance work, Narcissister has worked in many other creative media including contemporary quilting, collage, sculpture, printmaking, and photography. She has participated in multiple studio residencies including The Whitney Museum Independent Study Program and the Art in General Eastern European Residency Program, and her work has been included in group shows and media publications. Narcissister has also worked extensively as a commercial artist, designing window displays and working as a stylist and art director for an impressive roster of clients.

The Narcissister performance project integrates her prior experience as a professional dancer with her current visual and commercial art practices. In response to her wildly original shows, Narcissister has been receiving much recognition as an outstanding artist and performer through the written word, invitations, and awards.

Her art film “The Self-Gratifier” won an award for “Best Use of a Sex Toy” at The 2008 Good Vibrations Erotic Film Festival. In April 2009 she was awarded a Backstage Magazine “Bistro Award” for Outstanding Vaudeville/Burlesque Performance, a category created especially to honor Narcissister’s performance work.

In addition being a featured performer at The Box NYC, Narcissister has presented work at The New Museum, Deitch Projects, Joe’s Pub, Santos Party House, in the Weimar New York and Tingle Tangle shows, and has starred in and curated performance shows at Santos Party House and The Zipper Factory.

Narcissister is also developing an international following. In Spring 2009 she was invited to present her first evening length solo show as part of the Music Biennale in Zagreb, Croatia. In the Fall 2009 she will present work at Chicks on Speed’s “Girl Monster” festival in Hamburg, Germany, at “Warehouse 09” a live art festival in Copenhagen, Denmark, and at Torture Garden in London, England.