Joan Jonas

Joan Jonas
Jonas in 2010
Born
Joan Amerman Edwards

(1936-07-13) July 13, 1936 (age 88)
Known forVideo art, performance art, sculpture
MovementPerformance art
AwardsMaya 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]

  1. ^ Faculty: Joan Jonas ACT at MIT - MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology.
  2. ^ Tate. "Five Things to Know: Joan Jonas". Tate. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  3. ^ "Artist Joan Jonas", Venice Bienniale, Retrieved August 17, 2014.