WELCOME TO JOHANN CARLO ONLINE
I am a visual and
performing artist / writer / director.
I was commissioned by the Whitney Museum of American Art to create a piece that
was performed in the museum’s Sculpture Court. I am also one of the first
multimedia artists to be part of the Asilah Arts Festival in Morocco. Paintings
from my solo art show, The Hobo Series, comprised of the pictographs and symbols
of street wanderers, was mounted in New Orleans and NYC’s Meatpacking District,
and are being incorporated into my latest project.
Early on in my career, I was invited by Ellen Burstyn, Cheryl Crawford and Elia
Kazan to be a member of the Actors Studio. Under their guidance and support, and
mentored by other members, including Arthur Penn, Paul Newman, and Norman
Mailer, I continued to develop my original pieces, among them Thrown Voices, The
Unloved, It's Still Life, Moments In Classical Literature, Shout and Twist,
Treplev’s Dream and Men Age Boys. Combining classical and modern elements in
conjunction with text, movement, music and paint, I create multiple layers of
art upon art.
I am also a member of John Houseman's Acting Company, now headed by Margot
Harley and started my own theater company with Michael Butler and Henry Stram,
The Projects, which performed in NYC and Los Angeles and toured extensively
through India and Africa. I lived and studied in Europe, performed on and off
Broadway and appeared in many independent, and Hollywood films, and television,
including David Hare's Plenty, David Hirson's La Bête, David Henry Wang’s Rich
Relations, Robert Redford's Quiz Show, Todd Solondz’ Happiness, Michael Mann's
Crime Story, Mira Nair’s Hysterical Blindness, and Paul Reuben's Pee Wee's
Playhouse to name a few.
I am even seen taking a bath in a refrigerator while washing myself with
vegetables in Merchant Ivory's Slaves of New York.
Holding dual citizenship in the worlds of commercial entertainment and the avant
garde, I live, paint and write in New York City.
Private coaching is available.
Below are clips of original work and some of my collaborations with others.
Click here to go to my YouTube channel
I portrayed Teresina Capone, matriarch to the famously infamous Al Capone on
HBO's "Boardwalk Empire"
Tobi Stempel in Robert Redford's "Quiz Show"
Jodi Kirkpatrick in Andrew Sipe's "Fair Game"
Dixie the Cab Driver in "Pee-Wee's Playhouse"
This is "Say Hi" from my play "Shout and Twist." I wrote the lyrics and composed the music. This piece was featured in the Merchant Ivory movie "Slaves of New York."
"This Is The Last Time (My Way)", a piece I did at the Actor's Studio, an homage to Ellen Burstyn featuring Kelly Curtis and Martha Gehman. Composed by Lin Esser and features vocals by Lin, Pasha and myself.
website by pasha
