Jonathan González (b. 1991, Queens, NY; lives in New York, NY) is an interdisciplinary artist whose work spans choreography, sound, image, writing, video, and collective practice. Their artistic research engages themes of memory, Black geographies, and African diasporic temporalities, often through site-specific and durational performance. By combining movement, sound, and image, González creates works that explore embodiment as both a record of history and a rehearsal for the future. González has presented work nationally at major institutions, including Spectral Dances (American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2024), a durational performance and sonic installation, and perejil (Crystal Bridges Museum of Art/The Momentary, 2022), a performance and video work presented in the exhibition Entre/Between. Their writing practice extends their choreographic and visual investigations, and their forthcoming book Ways to Move: Black Insurgent Grammars will be published by Ugly Duckling Presse in 2025. They are the recipient of significant awards, including the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts (Dance, 2024), the MAP Fund (2024), and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists (Performance Art/Theater, 2019). González’s practice foregrounds hybridity and collaboration, positioning collective action as both an artistic method and a social intervention.
