Janet Biggs
Janet Biggs, a 2018 John Simon Guggenheim Foundation fellow, is an interdisciplinary artist known for her immersive work in video, film and performance. Biggs’ work focuses on individuals in extreme landscapes or situations, navigating the territory between art, science and technology. Her work has taken her into areas of conflict and to Mars (as a member of crews at the Mars Desert Research Station and Mars Academy USA). She has collaborated with neuroscientists, Arctic explorers, aerospace engineers, astrophysicists and a robot. Biggs has had solo exhibitions and screenings at the Museos de Tenerife, Neuberger Museum of Art, SCAD Museum of Art, Blaffer Art Museum, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, among others. Reviews of her work have appeared in the New York Times, New Yorker, ArtForum, ARTNews, Art in America, and many others. She works with Cristin Tierney Gallery, CONNERSMITH, Galerie Analix Forever and Hyphen-Hub.