Joni Renee Whitworth is a poet and curator from rural Oregon. They have performed at The Moth, the Segerstrom Center for the Performing Arts, and the Museum of Contemporary Art alongside Marina Abramovic.
Whitworth served as the inaugural Artist in Residence at Portland Parks and Recreation, Poet in Residence for Oregon State University's Trillium Project, and 2020 Queer Hero for the Gay & Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest. Their work is sponsored by Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Oregon Cultural Trust, City of Beaverton, Mellon Foundation, Bodecker Foundation, Collins Foundation, Literary Arts, All Classical Portland Radio, Oregon Community Foundation, Prosper Portland, Portland Area Theatre Alliance, Jeremy Wilson Foundation, Portland Art Museum, and Multnomah County Cultural Coalition.
Their writing explores themes of nature, future, family, and the neurodivergent body, and has appeared in Lambda Literary, Tin House, Oregon Humanities, Proximity Magazine, Seventeen Magazine, Eclectica, Pivot, SWWIM, Smeuse, Superstition Review, xoJane, Inverted Syntax, Unearthed Literary Journal, Sinister Wisdom, Dime Show Review, and The Write Launch.
Whitworth served as the inaugural Artist in Residence at Portland Parks and Recreation, Poet in Residence for Oregon State University's Trillium Project, and 2020 Queer Hero for the Gay & Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest. Their work is sponsored by Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Oregon Cultural Trust, City of Beaverton, Mellon Foundation, Bodecker Foundation, Collins Foundation, Literary Arts, All Classical Portland Radio, Oregon Community Foundation, Prosper Portland, Portland Area Theatre Alliance, Jeremy Wilson Foundation, Portland Art Museum, and Multnomah County Cultural Coalition.
Their writing explores themes of nature, future, family, and the neurodivergent body, and has appeared in Lambda Literary, Tin House, Oregon Humanities, Proximity Magazine, Seventeen Magazine, Eclectica, Pivot, SWWIM, Smeuse, Superstition Review, xoJane, Inverted Syntax, Unearthed Literary Journal, Sinister Wisdom, Dime Show Review, and The Write Launch.
SELECTED PROJECTS
LILIES |
TOP TEN MEMORIES OF THE GREEN CHAIR |
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Self Defense |
Livin' in the Light |
The Divinity Exhibit |
CITRINE |
Highlights
- 2021, Featured filmmaker at Fertile Ground Festival
- 2020, Executive producer of Livin' in the Light, a short film
- Featured on BBC
- Official selection — Portland Film Festival
- Finalist — European Cinematography Awards
- Official selection — Canadian Cinematography Awards
- Honorable mention — Prague International Monthly Film Festival
- 2019, Featured playwright at Risk/Reward Festival, published in Tin House
- 2018, Released Top Ten Memories of the Green Chair, a visual elegy
- 2017, Published Your Full Real Name, a poetry chapbook
- 2016, Hosted Moon Prism Power Sailor Moon Art Show at The Galallery in San Francisco, California
- 2015, Facilitated a series of roundtable conversations on queer marriage
- 2014, Won The Moth Story Slam at the Secret Society in Portland, Oregon
- 2013, Writer for xoJane (now known as HelloGiggles)
- 2012, Choreographed Chautauqua with Stacy Dawson Stearns at the Segerstrom Performing Arts Center
- 2011, Performed a two-day durational performance art piece with Marina Abramovic at the Museum of Contemporary Art Annual Gala
- 2011, Released In the Valley of Secrets, an EP of original queer love songs
- 2010, Featured artist, Pacific Symphony of Orange County
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