Joan Jonas | |
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.jpg) Jonas in 2010 | |
| Born | Joan Amerman Edwards July 13, 1936 New York City, New York, US |
| Known for | Video art, performance art, sculpture |
| Movement | Performance art |
| Awards | Maya Deren Award, 1989 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award, 1995 Anonymous Was A Woman Award, 1998 Kyoto Prize, 2018 |
Joan Jonas (born July 13, 1936) is an American visual artist and a pioneer of video and performance art, "a central figure in the performance art movement of the late 1960s".[1] Jonas' projects and experiments were influential in the creation of video performance art as a medium. Her influences also extended to conceptual art, theatre, performance art and other visual media.[2] She lives and works in New York and Nova Scotia, Canada.[3]
- ^ Faculty: Joan Jonas ACT at MIT - MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology.
- ^ Tate. "Five Things to Know: Joan Jonas". Tate. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
- ^ "Artist Joan Jonas", Venice Bienniale, Retrieved August 17, 2014.