Janet Biggs

(American, born 1959)

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Janet Biggs

Breathing Without Air, 2015

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Janet Biggs

Crew 181, First EVA, Sol 2, 2017

5,000 USD

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Janet Biggs

Seeing Constellations in the Darkness Between Stars, 2018

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Janet Biggs

Space Between Fragility Curves, 2018

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Janet Biggs

Merkers, 2015

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Janet Biggs

Can't Find My Way Home, 2015

12,500–15,000 USD

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Janet Biggs

Crew 181, Health and Safety Officer, Sol 9, 2017

5,000 USD

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Janet Biggs

Space Between Fragility Curves, 2018

12,500 USD

Biography

Timeline

1959
Born Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
2001
Residency, Wexner Center Media Arts Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2003
Residency, Wexner Center Media Arts Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Public Collections:
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
The Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC
The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
The New Britain Museum of Art, New Britain, CT
The Robert J. Shiffler Collection and Foundation, Dayton, OH
Philadelphia Electric Company, Philadelphia, PA
The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Grants & Awards:
The Arctic Circle: Project Grant | 2009
Hermés of Paris: Production Funding | 2006
Anonymous Was a Woman Foundation Award | 2004
Residency, Wexner Center Media Arts Program, Ohio State University, Ohio | 2004
Panasonic (Finland): Equipment Donation | 2003
Panasonic (USA): Equipment Donation | 2001
Residency, Wexner Center Media Arts Program, Ohio State University, Ohio | 2001
Panasonic (Finland): Equipment Donation | 1997
Sony Electronics Inc.: Equipment Donation | 1996
Art Matters Inc.: Project Grant | 1990
National Endowment for the Arts: Painting Fellowship | 1989
The Leo Model Foundation: Project Grant | 1988

Exhibitions

2009
River to River Festival, World Financial Center Winter Garden, New York, NY
2008
The Green Project, Claire Oliver Gallery, Miami, Fl |
Oslo Screen Festival, Norway
Hollywould ..., Freewaves' 11th International Festival of New Media Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Young Identities (part of European Media Art Festival). Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabrueck, Germany
Water, Carroll Square Gallery, Washington, DC
Video Screenings, Sara Meltzer Gallery, Curated by Laura Parne, New York, NY
Vanishing Point, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Tracking Up, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA (solo)
Stone Canoe No. 2, Delavan Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Literature

2003
Hirsch, Faye. "Janet Biggs at Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art," Art in America, July 2003, P99
Sohl, Lena. "USA underytan (USA Under the Surface)," Stockholm Aftonbladet
Ulmonen, Anu. "Syväsukellus mieleen ja ruumiiseen" (Deep Dive Into Mind and Body). Helsinki Sanomat, January 18, 2003
2002
Lombardi, D. Dominick. Review of "Arrested Development: Contemporary Contemplations on Adolescence and Youth," Castle Gallery, the College of New Rochelle. The New York Times, March 3, 2002.
2001
Dimling Cochran, Rebecca. "Objects That Flicker: Artists' Video for the Home," Sculpture, June, Vol. 20, No. 5, pgs. 66 - 67
2000
Byrd, Cathy. "Janet Biggs, Solomon Projects," Sculpture, June, Vol. 19, No. 5, p. 70-71.
Cullum, Jerry. "Emotional Equestrianism," The Atlanta Journal Constitution, January 21, p. Q8.
1999
Pollack, Barbara. "The Mane Event," Artnews, November, Vol. 98, No. 10.