AJ Wilmore

Born and raised in Philadelphia, on the land known as Lenapehoking, the ancestral home of the Lenni-Lenape people, AJ Wilmore is a Brooklyn-based artist and performer whose practice is shaped by questions of storytelling, identity, and the complexities of Black familial relationships. Through performance, she considers desire while navigating visibility, intimacy, and selfhood. A 2020 graduate of The University of the Arts, Wilmore has participated in and performed in works by Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Ralph Lemon, Joan Jonas, Isabel Lewis, NIC Kay, and MBDance. These performances have been presented at venues including Brooklyn Academy of Music, Abrons Art Center, MoMA and MoMA PS1, Danspace Project, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Judson Memorial Church, and Snug Harbor Cultural Center.