Derek DelGaudio

Derek DelGaudio is a multidisciplinary artist, primarily known as a writer, performer and magician.

DelGaudio created the theater show, In & Of Itself, directed by Frank Oz. He co-founded, along with artist Glenn Kaino, the performance-art collective, A.BANDIT. A.BANDIT has staged interventions at Art L.A. Contemporary in Santa Monica, The Ball of Artists, Art Basel Miami, LA><ART, and at The Kitchen in New York.[1] Together, DelGaudio and Kaino also created The Mistake Room,[2] a platform for situation-specific projects, as well as The [Space] Between, a "conceptual magic shop".[3] They have also co-authored a book under the A.BANDIT name, A Secret Has Two Faces, containing interviews and stories from their careers in performance art and magic, as well as, contributions from Marina Abramović, Ricky Jay, David Blaine, and John Baldessari.[4]

In 2014, DelGaudio was selected to be the Artist in Residence for Walt Disney Imagineering. He has also consulted for television and cinema projects including, The Academy Awards, The Carbonaro Effect and The Prestige (film).[5] DelGaudio also wrote and co-starred (with Helder Guimaraes) in the show Nothing to Hide, directed by Neil Patrick Harris, which opened off-Broadway at the Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre at the Pershing Square Signature Center in New York City on October 23, 2013.[6]