Joan Jonas b. 1936, New York, NY; lives in New York, NY and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Joan Jonas is a world-renowned artist whose work encompasses a wide range of media including video, performance, installation, sound, text, and sculpture. Since 1968, her practice has explored ways of seeing, the rhythms of rituals, and the authority of objects and gestures.

Jonas has exhibited and performed extensively around the world. Her notable exhibition history includes Documenta 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, and 13; the 28th São Paulo Biennial; the 5th Kochi-Muziris Biennale; and the 13th Shanghai Biennale. She has presented solo exhibitions at the United States Pavilion for the 56th Edition of the Venice Biennale; Tate Modern, London, UK; Museu Serralves, Porto, Portugal; Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil; Dia Beacon, NY; Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany; and The Drawing Center, NY. In 2024, the Museum of Modern Art in New York hosted a retrospective of Jonas’s work. Jonas is the recipient of many awards including The Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon (2016); the Maya Deren Award given by the American Film Institute (1989); and the Lifetime Achievement Award given by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (2009). In 2018, she was awarded the prestigious Kyoto Prize, presented to those individuals who have contributed significantly to the scientific, cultural and spiritual betterment of mankind.