Jim Strong is an artist, musician, and curator based in the Philadelphia Area. He works in fields as varied as painting, musical instrument invention, performance, collaborating with landscape design, dance and theater companies and the curation of publications, exhibitions, festivals, and event programming.
He operates the experimental music/publishing imprint, Cor Ardens (Flaming Hearts) + A regular series called Mutual Irradiationwhich pairs experimental performance in conversation with Quaker silence, participatory learning and Deep Listening practices. He is a founding member of Impermanent Society of Philadelphia, an organization of dancers, musicians and educators promoting the art form of free improvisation and he is a current member of Vox Populi Gallery in Philadelphia, PA where he co-chairs the Black box theater space and 4th wall video series.
Recent Press:
*Kitchen Games: Jim Strong’s “Flight of Fancy” and Painting as Recording in Title Magazine
“Rubber burns on a pyre of wet oak. Breath bleeds into the more discreet sounds of the body. Jim Strong has made a name for himself privileging the collaborative and intuitive serendipity of performance.” – Vitrine
"Nothing here is two dimensional, every piece invites you to climb in behind and next to it. No edge is straight, there is no time for borders. Everything must fuse together. Every piece extends into one another through sound, orientation and commonalities." - Shoutflower
"...In the works in this show I saw bugs, leaves, bugs turning into leaves and people, wheels, spirits, butterflies, machines, and heads. Thoughts about Franz Kafka, the industrial revolution, pollution, heaven, and death floated around my head. I’m not sure what they mean, but after a week from seeing the show, the work continuously has me thinking, and once I think I know, I don’t know." - Drew Kohler, Artist/ Writer
For Inquires/ Bookings/ Correspondence email Jmm.Strong@gmail.com