CAMMISA BUERHAUS
b. New Kingston, NY, USA
Working in Berlin, DE and NYC, USA
About

Cammisa Buerhaus is a theatre artist, writer, and visual artist. For the past 10 years Buerhaus has worked between artistic disciplines, developing a hybrid practice across harsh noise, performance, and visual art. Buerhaus writes and directs confessional-performative psychodramas written in her signature hallucinatory prose.

Exhibition
2026Program 23, Stooj, Berlin, DE screening situation
2025Program 23, Pech, Vienna, AT screening situation
         Program 23, Emily Harvey Foundation, NYC, USA screening situation
         Headshots, Osmos, NYC, USA solo
         Hackers & Painters, CHB, Berlin, DE group
2024Mala, The Salon by NADA and The Community, Paris, FR group
2021Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Super Mala, Lisbon, PT solo
2016Private Lives, 'ΥΛΗ[matter]HYLE, Athens, GR solo
Performance
2025BOOKWOMAN, kammer, Hamburg, DE
        Nights Like This V1, Juliet, Berlin, DE
        The Maze, Hackers & Painters, CHB-2, Berlin, DE
2024The Well-Dressed Wound, Anorak, Berlin, DE
2023The Well-Dressed Wound, KGB, NYC, NY, USA
        Veteratrix, Les Urbaines. Lausanne, Switzerland.
2017NYCDBOS, BarBar. NYC, NY, USA
2016West Coast Civilization Shuffle Tour w/ Tamio Shiraishi
Performed at:
Human Resources. Los Angeles, CA
OR Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Satsop Nuclear Power Plant. Satsop, WA.
2015DaiKyoFuroShiki Released Signal Gallery. NYC, USA
        DaiKyoFuroShiki, Celtic Gasthaus, NYC, USA
2014DaiKyoFuroShiki Japanese Tour w/ Tamio Shiraishi
Performed at:
High Frequency Flutter, SuperDeluxe. Tokyo, Japan
Tamio Shiraishi and Cammisa Buerhaus, EarthdomTokyo, Japan
SurplusValueResolvingFactory, Last Waltz. Tokyo, Japan
201310 Years Alive on the Infinite Plain, . Brooklyn, NY, USA
        Expo 1: Colony, MoMA PS1, NYC, NY, USA
        Final Notice 3, Cage, NYC, NY, USA
        Bunkerweltanschauung (Bunker Ideology), MoMA PS1. NYC, NY, USA
2012The Stone. Curated by Ron Anderson/Will Connell Jr. NYC, NY, USA
         Voices and Echoes; Gozo Yoshimasu, Tamio Shiraishi, Cammisa Buerhaus Trio Issue Project Room NYC, NY, USA
Works
2025BOOKWOMAN writing in development
        Nights Like This dramatic monologue
2024After Discipline Feature Film
Screened at:
Yale University, CT, USA
KAJE, NYC, NY, USA
2023Who Are the Dora, Doris? short film
Screened at:
Project Space Festival, Anorak, Berlin, DE, 2023
Stuttgart International Film Festival, Stuttgart DE, 2023
2020Optimistic Voices Play postponed due to Covid-19
2019Isis Virus Composition for Actors and 6 Person Choir
Performed at:
Rua Das Gavoitas 6, Lisbon, PT, 2020
Fondation Perdu, Amsterdam NL, 2019
Montez Press, NYC, USA, 2019
        Wild Flesh Presents: Various Artists LP
2018The Maze Play
Performed at:
CHB-2, Berlin, DE, 2025
Mala, Lisbon, PT, 2022
Air 351, Lisbon, PT, 2021
Spirit Shop, Lisbon, PT, 2019
2017Monica Lewinsky Live at the Theater of Dionysus Play
Performed/Screened at:
Rohre West, Berlin, DE, 2024
Ludlow 38, NYC, USA, 2017
Celine Gallery, Glasgow, UK, 2018
Metro Pictures, NYC, USA, 2018
2016Performance by Appointment Play Moitey, NYC, NY, USA
2015Private Lives Play & Film
Performed/Screened at:
Hyle, Athens, Greece, 2017
The Kitchen, NYC, USA, 2015
Anthology Film Archive, NYC, USA, 2014
Cooper Union Rose Auditorium, NYC,USA, 2014
2014Full Disclosure Play
        Switchers Play
        DaiKyoFuroShiki. Yuu LP
        DaiKyoFuroShiki, Live in Japan Cassette
        DaiKyoFuroShiki, Year Zero Cassette
        DaiKyoFuroShiki, DaiKyoFuroShiki Cassette
2013Eliza and Parry, Eliza and Parry Cassette
        Eliza and Parry, May Day Cassette
Professional CV
2026Lead, Untitled Film, Rachel Ashton, Berlin, DE feature
2025Lead, Another Film About Love, Rachel Ashton, Berlin, DE short
        Voice Over, Untitled Project, Santé Loisirs, Berlin, DE performance
        Lead Performer, In The Morning, Erika Landstrom, Cashmere Radio, Berlin, DE radio play
        Archivist, Helane Levine-Keating, NYC, NY, USA ongoing
        Editor, The Feather, Alexandra Metcalf, The Perimeter Editions, London UK book
2024Lead Performer, Scratching Trees at Lothringer 13, Munich DE. Christiane Huber performance
2023Dramaturg & Producer, Lemniscatic Elliptic, Callies, Berlin, DE. Colin Self performance
2022Lead, PEAK HEAVEN LOVE FOREVER, Director Jordan Strafer short film
        Lead, The African Desperate. Director Martine Syms feature
2021Voice Over, Superdream at Drei, Cologne DE. Cedric Eisenring exhibition
2020Scriptwriter, Odds Are Good, Good are Odd. Director Leigh Ledare Delayed Covid-19
        Performer, Untitled. Director Nic Gaugnini. NYC, NY, USA performance Delayed Covid-19
        Supporting Actress, The Sandbox Has No Limits. Director Alex Zandi. Film
        Lead, Untitled Project. Director Ken Okiishi, Filmongoing
2018Supporting Actress, Sick! Director Vanessa Place and Jamison Webster. NYC, NY, USA Play
        Lead, Shakespeare the Sadist. Dir Mike Pollard. Emily Harvey Foundation. NYC, NY, USA Play
        Lead, Some Things In Common Perhaps, Director titre provisoire Short
Screened at:
21, Zürich
Kunstverein Hamburger Bahnhof, Hamburg
EFA Project Space, NYC, NY, USA
2017Lead, Corporate Rokoko and the End of the Civic Project. Stephan Dillemuth. Directed by John Kelsey & Jim Fletcher. Ludlow 38. NYC, NY, USA Play
2016Lead, The Evening. Director Richard Maxwell & The NYC Players. Play
Performed at:
Onassis Cultural Center, Athens
Nanterre-Amandiers, Nanterre
Theatre Garonne, Toulouse
La Filature, Mulhouse
KunstenFestival Des Arts, Brussels
Arena Del Sol, Bologna
Culturegest, Lisbon
        Lead, Motherland. Director Cecilia Corrigan. Issue Project Room. NYC, NY, USA Play
        Lead, Motherland. Director Cecilia Corrigan. Bomb Magazine. Video
2015Lead Actress, The Evening. Director Richard Maxwell & The NYC Players. Play
Performed at:
On The Boards, Seattle, WA.
The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MI.
The Kitchen, NYC, NY, USA
The Andy Warhol Museum. Pittsburg, PA
        Actress, The Roast of Felix Bernstein. Dir Felix Bernstein. Artists Space. NYC, NY, USA Play
        Artist Assistant. The Damned. Stephan Dillemuth. Reena Spaulings. NYC, NY, USA Exhibition
Publications and Writing
2026 Madness is Sending Letters to You. Literal Madness Book
2018Camicissima Buerhaussss. Publisher Growth and Culture Book
        Death Lolz. Publisher Geothe Instutit Book
2017Paz and Jo Whitehouse Veal/Setting the table Sky Red. Publisher Ben Schumacher and Jeff Joyal LP
2016 Limpe Fuchs with Cammisa Buerhaus, Brooklyn Rail interview
Curation
2024Four Films by Three American Filmmakers, Rohre West, Berlin, DE screening
        Artist's Scores, Scenarios and Diagrams, with Piper Marshall. Gstaad, CH visual art
2023If You Please 2, Anorak. Berlin, DE screening
        If You Please 1, Studio Discoteca Flaming Star. Berlin, DE screening
2019Various Artists, Wild Flesh Productions, NYC, NY, USA. LP
2018Falling Star, Kayla Guthrie, Wild Flesh Productions, NYC, NY, USA. EP
2017Yuu, DaiKyoFuroShiki, NYC, NY, USA. LP
2014Rich Kitchen, Kitchen Steve, Geo Wyeth, Wild Flesh Productions, NYC, NY, USA. C-20
        Live in Japan, DaiKyoFuroShiki, Wild Flesh Productions, NYC, NY, USA. C-20
        Herstory Already, 2Pretty, Colin Self, Wild Flesh Productions, NYC, NY, USA. C-20
        Serpentinit, Limpe Fuchs, Wild Flesh Productions, NYC, NY, USA. C-20
        Vines, Haribo, Raul DeNieves, Wild Flesh Productions, NYC, NY, USA. C-20
Residencies
2025Arts and Rec, Stamford, NY, USA
2023Akademie Schloss Solitude. Stuttgart, DE
2022AIR351. Cascais, PT
2019Spirit Shop. Lisbon, PT
2017Ludlow 38. Monica Lewinsky at Death Lolz. NYC, NY, USA
2016Pioneer Works. NYC, NY, USA
2014MoMA PS1, Expo 1: Colony. With Georgia Sagri and David Graeber. NYC, NY, USA
        Cage, Sound Art & Organizer. NYC, NY, USA
Education
MFA, Music/Sound, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College
BA, Media Studies, Eugene Lang at the New School
Press
Various Artists: Wild Flesh Productions, Tiny Mix Tapes, 2019.
From The Margins: Wild Flesh Productions Spins Sounds From 'Various Artists', Artnews, 2019.
Dynamic Duo, The New Yorker, 2015.
Review: In Richard Maxwell's 'The Evening,' Going Gentle Into the Night, or Not, The New York Times, 2015.
Richard Maxwell Takes You to Hell and Back in The Evening, Village Voice, 2015.
Bar Exam: Richard Maxwell's The Evening, Hyperallergic, 2015.
Death Becomes Her, Artforum, 2015.
The Space Between: A Profile of Cammisa Buerhaus, Hyperallergic, 2016.
Wir Sind Gar Nicht Hier, Texte Zur Kunst, 2015. in print
Soundcheck, The Wire: Adventures in Modern Music, 2015 in print
200 Words, Pitchfork, 2015.
Top 10, Artforum, 2014.
2026
[Exhibition]Program 23, Stooj, Berlin, DE screening situation
[Professional CV]Lead, Untitled Film, Rachel Ashton, Berlin, DE feature
[Publications]Madness is Sending Letters to You. Literal Madness Book
2025
[Exhibition]Program 23, Pech, Vienna, AT screening situation
[Exhibition]Program 23, Emily Harvey Foundation, NYC, USA screening situation
[Exhibition]Headshots, Osmos, NYC, USA solo
[Exhibition]Hackers & Painters, CHB, Berlin, DE group
[Performance]BOOKWOMAN, kammer, Hamburg, DE
[Performance]Nights Like This V1, Juliet, Berlin, DE
[Performance]The Maze, Hackers & Painters, CHB-2, Berlin, DE
[Works]BOOKWOMAN writing in development
[Works]Nights Like This dramatic monologue
[Professional CV]Lead, Another Film About Love, Rachel Ashton, Berlin, DE short
[Professional CV]Voice Over, Untitled Project, Santé Loisirs, Berlin, DE performance
[Professional CV]Lead Performer, In The Morning, Erika Landstrom, Cashmere Radio, Berlin, DE radio play
[Professional CV]Archivist, Helane Levine-Keating, NYC, NY, USA ongoing
[Professional CV]Editor, The Feather, Alexandra Metcalf, The Perimeter Editions, London UK book
[Residencies]Arts and Rec, Stamford, NY, USA
2024
[Exhibition]Mala, The Salon by NADA and The Community, Paris, FR group
[Performance]The Well-Dressed Wound, Anorak, Berlin, DE
[Works]After Discipline Feature Film
[Professional CV]Lead Performer, Scratching Trees at Lothringer 13, Munich DE. Christiane Huber performance
[Curation]Four Films by Three American Filmmakers, Rohre West, Berlin, DE screening
[Curation]Artist's Scores, Scenarios and Diagrams, with Piper Marshall. Gstaad, CH visual art
2023
[Performance]The Well-Dressed Wound, KGB, NYC, NY, USA
[Performance]Veteratrix, Les Urbaines. Lausanne, Switzerland.
[Works]Who Are the Dora, Doris? short film
[Professional CV]Dramaturg & Producer, Lemniscatic Elliptic, Callies, Berlin, DE. Colin Self performance
[Curation]If You Please 2, Anorak. Berlin, DE screening
[Curation]If You Please 1, Studio Discoteca Flaming Star. Berlin, DE screening
[Residencies]Akademie Schloss Solitude. Stuttgart, DE
2022
[Professional CV]Lead, PEAK HEAVEN LOVE FOREVER, Director Jordan Strafer short film
[Professional CV]Lead, The African Desperate. Director Martine Syms feature
[Residencies]AIR351. Cascais, PT
2021
[Exhibition]Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Super Mala, Lisbon, PT solo
[Professional CV]Voice Over, Superdream at Drei, Cologne DE. Cedric Eisenring exhibition
2020
[Works]Optimistic Voices Play postponed due to Covid-19
[Professional CV]Scriptwriter, Odds Are Good, Good are Odd. Director Leigh Ledare Delayed Covid-19
[Professional CV]Performer, Untitled. Director Nic Gaugnini. NYC, NY, USA performance Delayed Covid-19
[Professional CV]Supporting Actress, The Sandbox Has No Limits. Director Alex Zandi. Film
[Professional CV]Lead, Untitled Project. Director Ken Okiishi, Filmongoing
2019
[Works]Isis Virus Composition for Actors and 6 Person Choir
[Works]Wild Flesh Presents: Various Artists LP
[Curation]Various Artists, Wild Flesh Productions, NYC, NY, USA. LP
[Residencies]Spirit Shop. Lisbon, PT
2018
[Works]The Maze Play
[Professional CV]Supporting Actress, Sick! Director Vanessa Place and Jamison Webster. NYC, NY, USA Play
[Professional CV]Lead, Shakespeare the Sadist. Dir Mike Pollard. Emily Harvey Foundation. NYC, NY, USA Play
[Professional CV]Lead, Some Things In Common Perhaps, Director titre provisoire Short
[Publications]Camicissima Buerhaussss. Publisher Growth and Culture Book
[Publications]Death Lolz. Publisher Geothe Instutit Book
[Curation]Falling Star, Kayla Guthrie, Wild Flesh Productions, NYC, NY, USA. EP
2017
[Performance]NYCDBOS, BarBar. NYC, NY, USA
[Works]Monica Lewinsky Live at the Theater of Dionysus Play
[Professional CV]Lead, Corporate Rokoko and the End of the Civic Project. Stephan Dillemuth. Directed by John Kelsey & Jim Fletcher. Ludlow 38. NYC, NY, USA Play
[Publications]Paz and Jo Whitehouse Veal/Setting the table Sky Red. Publisher Ben Schumacher and Jeff Joyal LP
[Curation]Yuu, DaiKyoFuroShiki, NYC, NY, USA. LP
[Residencies]Ludlow 38. Monica Lewinsky at Death Lolz. NYC, NY, USA
2016
[Exhibition]Private Lives, 'ΥΛΗ[matter]HYLE, Athens, GR solo
[Performance]West Coast Civilization Shuffle Tour w/ Tamio Shiraishi
[Works]Performance by Appointment Play Moitey, NYC, NY, USA
[Professional CV]Lead, The Evening. Director Richard Maxwell & The NYC Players. Play
[Professional CV]Lead, Motherland. Director Cecilia Corrigan. Issue Project Room. NYC, NY, USA Play
[Professional CV]Lead, Motherland. Director Cecilia Corrigan. Bomb Magazine. Video
[Publications]Limpe Fuchs with Cammisa Buerhaus, Brooklyn Rail interview
[Residencies]Pioneer Works. NYC, NY, USA
2015
[Performance]DaiKyoFuroShiki Released Signal Gallery. NYC, USA
[Performance]DaiKyoFuroShiki, Celtic Gasthaus, NYC, USA
[Works]Private Lives Play & Film
[Professional CV]Lead Actress, The Evening. Director Richard Maxwell & The NYC Players. Play
[Professional CV]Actress, The Roast of Felix Bernstein. Dir Felix Bernstein. Artists Space. NYC, NY, USA Play
[Professional CV]Artist Assistant. The Damned. Stephan Dillemuth. Reena Spaulings. NYC, NY, USA Exhibition
2014
[Performance]DaiKyoFuroShiki Japanese Tour w/ Tamio Shiraishi
[Works]Full Disclosure Play
[Works]Switchers Play
[Works]DaiKyoFuroShiki. Yuu LP
[Works]DaiKyoFuroShiki, Live in Japan Cassette
[Works]DaiKyoFuroShiki, Year Zero Cassette
[Works]DaiKyoFuroShiki, DaiKyoFuroShiki Cassette
[Curation]Rich Kitchen, Kitchen Steve, Geo Wyeth, Wild Flesh Productions, NYC, NY, USA. C-20
[Curation]Live in Japan, DaiKyoFuroShiki, Wild Flesh Productions, NYC, NY, USA. C-20
[Curation]Herstory Already, 2Pretty, Colin Self, Wild Flesh Productions, NYC, NY, USA. C-20
[Curation]Serpentinit, Limpe Fuchs, Wild Flesh Productions, NYC, NY, USA. C-20
[Curation]Vines, Haribo, Raul DeNieves, Wild Flesh Productions, NYC, NY, USA. C-20
[Residencies]MoMA PS1, Expo 1: Colony. With Georgia Sagri and David Graeber. NYC, NY, USA
[Residencies]Cage, Sound Art & Organizer. NYC, NY, USA
2013
[Performance]10 Years Alive on the Infinite Plain, . Brooklyn, NY, USA
[Performance]Expo 1: Colony, MoMA PS1, NYC, NY, USA
[Performance]Final Notice 3, Cage, NYC, NY, USA
[Performance]Bunkerweltanschauung (Bunker Ideology), MoMA PS1. NYC, NY, USA
[Works]Eliza and Parry, Eliza and Parry Cassette
[Works]Eliza and Parry, May Day Cassette
2012
[Performance]The Stone. Curated by Ron Anderson/Will Connell Jr. NYC, NY, USA
[Performance]Voices and Echoes; Gozo Yoshimasu, Tamio Shiraishi, Cammisa Buerhaus Trio Issue Project Room NYC, NY, USA