I profiled Tony Orrico for Hyperallergic. Read the whole story here.

While many artists have made work dealing with the body, it’s safe to say that few share Orrico’s interest in the specific articulation of the human jaw.

“Well, there’s personal backstory in my curiosity about the jaw,” explains Orrico. It started six months into Orrico’s undergraduate dance studies at Illinois State University, when his jaw started dislocating several times a week. “The first time it happened it really shocked me and landed me in the hospital. I couldn’t close my mouth. My chin was against my chest and I was stuck — wide open — for hours.”