Joan Jonas (b. 1936, New York) is a pioneering artist in video and performance. She has been centering female subjectivity in her work since the 1960s, using gestures, storytelling, and moving images. A tireless experimenter, she explores interdisciplinary art and has left an indellibel mark on younger generations. Jonas has collaborated with Peter Campus, Richard Serra, Alvin Curran, and Jason Moran. Her work draws from fairytales, myths, and folklore, relating them to contemporary life, both poetically and politically. The artist has had solo exhibitions at MoMA, Tate Modern, Haus der Kunst, Dia Art Foundation, Museo Reina Sofia, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, and the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Her work has been featured in major group exhibitions at Kunsthaus Baselland, Fondazione Prada, MACBA, Walker Art Center, Palais de Tokyo, and FM Centre for Contemporary Art. Jonas represented the U.S. at the 2015 Venice Biennale and participated in Documenta 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, and 13 in Kassel, Germany. She received the 2018 Kyoto Prize and the Guggenheim Museum’s first Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009.