Biography

Janet Biggs is a research based, 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). Biggs has worked with institutions from NOAA to NASA and CERN. She has collaborated with high energy nuclear physicists, neuroscientists, Arctic explorers, aerospace engineers, astrophysicists and a robot named Shimon. Recently, Biggs sent a project up to the International Space Station as part of MIT Media Lab’s Space Exploration Initiative.

In addition to videos, her work includes multi-discipline performances, often including multiple large-scale videos, live musicians, athletes, and artificial intelligence.

Biggs has had solo exhibitions and film screenings at the Spencer Museum of Art; Boca Raton Museum of Art; Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre and the Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos de Tenerife; Neuberger Museum of Art; SCAD Museum of Art; Blaffer Art Museum; Musee d'art contemporain de Montréal; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Tampa Museum of Art; Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art; and the Mint Museum of Art; among others.

Her work has been featured in the First International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Cartagena, Colombia; the Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, France; Vantaa Art Museum, Finland; Linkopings Konsthall, Passagen, Sweden; the Oberosterreichisches Landesmuseum, Austria; Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany; Museo d'arte contemporanea Roma, Italy; and the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan.

Reviews of her work have appeared in the New York Times, the New Yorker, ArtForum, ARTNews, Art in America, Flash Art, Artnet.com, and many others.

Biggs is the recipient of numerous grants and awards including the 2018 John Simon Guggenheim Foundation fellowship, the Visionary Woman Award, the Electronic Media and Film Program at the New York State Council on the Arts Award, the Arctic Circle Fellowship/Residency, Art Matters, Inc., the Wexner Center Media Arts Program Residency, the Anonymous Was a Woman Award, and the NEA Fellowship Award.

Her work is in collections including JPMorgan Chase, New York City; La Collezione Videoinsight®, Turin, Italy; Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain (FRAC), Languedoc-Roussillon, France; Zabludowicz Collection, London, England; Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa; Barry Lopez Foundation for Art & Environment, Santa Fe, New Mexico; the Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL: the High Museum, Atlanta, GA; the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC; and Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, NC.; and the New Britain Museum of Art, New Britain, Connecticut.

Janet Biggs is a member of The Explorers Club and the New Museum’s cultural incubator, NEW INC with the support of Science Sandbox. Biggs works with Cristin Tierney Gallery, New York City, Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland, CONNERSMITH, Washington, DC, Hyphen Hub, New York, NY,  Galerie Anita Beckers (Blink Video Art), Frankfurt, Germany.

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Solo Exhibitions/Screenings/Performances

2024

  •  A.I. Anne: Stories Without Words, live performance with A.I. Anne and Mary Esther Carter presented as part of Developing Dramaturgical Strategies for AI and XR alongside NYC’s Contemporary Performance Scene, NYU Tandon @ The Yard, Brooklyn, NY

  • Contra Naturam, Collaboration between artist Janet Biggs and dancer Davian Robinson, curated by KK Kozik. ICEHOUSE Project Space, Sharon, CT.

  • A.I. Anne - Digital Echo, live performance with A.I. Anne, Ileana Muñoz and Brice Catherin presented as part of Hable con ella — Dialogues avec l’IA, curated by Marta Ponsa, Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland

  • Particles and Digital Serfs: A Two-Person Exhibition featuring Itziar Barrio and Janet Biggs, curated by Jane Ursula Harris, presented by NEW INC/New Museum, Onassis ONX, and Hyphen Hub at Onassis, ONX, New York, NY.

  • Janet Biggs: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape (Organized by The Barry Lopez Foundation for Art & Environment), Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York.

  • Hidden Within (artist Janet Biggs, mathematician Agnieszka Miedlar, and physicist Daniel Tapia Takaki, audio specialist, Tanner Upthegrove), The Cube, Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT), Moss Center, Virginia Tech.

2023

  • Voices of Inclusion: AI and Authenticity in the Spectrum of Care and Support, multi-discipline performance, part of the First International Day of Care and Support at the United Nation Headquarters, New York. City.

  • Janet Biggs: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape (Organized by The Barry Lopez Foundation for Art & Environment), Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania.

2022

  • VISIONARY WOMEN: JANET BIGGS & JOYCE J. SCOTT, (Two-person exhibition) Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Journeys to Places Known and Unknown: Moving Images by Janet Biggs and peter campus, (Two person exhibition), curated by Terrie Sultan, Sarasota Art Museum, Sarasota, Florida

  • Entanglements by Collective Entanglements (artist Janet Biggs, mathematician Agnieszka Miedlar, and physicist Daniel Tapia Takaki), curated by Joey Orr, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas

2021

  • Singular Value Decomposition, multi-discipline, live stream performance by The Arts at CERN-IARI collaboration, presented by Cristin Tierney Gallery, New York City.

  • Figgeo Video-Janet Biggs, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa

  • “Focus” Janet Biggs/Cristin Tierney Gallery, Armory Show (solo booth exhibition), Javits Center, New York, NY

  • (Un)common Denominators, (on-line) Cristin Tierney Gallery, New York, NY

2020

  • Augmentation and Amplification, multi-discipline, live stream performance, presented by Fridman Gallery, New York City.

  • ACCESS | JANET BIGGS: AIRS ABOVE THE GROUND, (on-line) CONNERSMITH. Gallery, Washington, D.C.

  • Solitary Acts, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida

2019

  • How the Light Gets In, multi-discipline performance, presented by Hyphen Hub at Theater at New Museum, New York City.

  • Overview Effect, Cristin Tierney Gallery, New York, NY

2018

  • Like Walking on Mars, Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos, Tenerife, Canary Islands

  • Like Walking on Mars, The Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre, Tenerife, Canary Islands

2017

  • Janet Biggs: A Step on the Sun, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York

  • Janet Biggs, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE

  • Endurance, Cristin Tierney Gallery, New York City (two-person with Regina José Galindo)

2016

  • Echo of the Unknown, UWAG: University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

  • Can't Find My Way Home, hase29 - Kunstraum, Gesellschaft für Zeitgenossische Kunst Osnabrück E.V. Osnabrück, Germany

  • Afar, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

  • within touching distance, Christin Tierney Gallery, New York City

2015

  • If Ever I Would Leave You, multi-discipline performance, Counter Current 15 Festival for the Arts, Cynthia Woods Mitchel Center for the Arts, Houston, Texas.

  • Echo of the Unknown, Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston, Houston, Texas

2014

2013

  • A Step on the Sun, Galerie Ron Mandos video project room, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • A Step on the Sun/The Arctic Trilogy, Solo Screening at the The Armory Show, March 2013, Piers 92 & 94, NYC followed by Talk with Kathleen Forde

  • Somewhere Beyond Nowhere, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY

2012

  • Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Canada

  • Randsucher, Glaskasten Marl Sculpture Museum, Marl, Germany

  • Arctic Trilogy, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

  • Airs Above the Ground, Artbox at the Stadtbibiliothek, European Media Arts Festival, Osnabrueck, Germany

  • Kawah Ijen, Conner Contemporary Art, Washington, D.C.

  • Arctic Trilogy. Presented as part of the Environmental Film Festival at the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.

2011

  • Wet Exit, multi-discipline performance, presented by Smack Melon, part of the Dumbo Arts Festival, Brooklyn, New York.

  • No Limits: Janet Biggs (mid-career survey). Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida

  • The Arctic Trilogy, Winkleman Gallery, New York City

2010

  • VantagePoint IX: Janet Biggs, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC

  • No One Rides For Free, Conner Contemporary Art, Washington, DC

  • Vanishing Point, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas

2009

  • Vanishing Point, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York City

  • Anana Dream, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts - Screen Space, Australia

  • Vanishing Point screened at the World Financial Center Winter Garden as part of the 2009 River to River festival, World Financial Center, New York City. (Including a collaboration with Anthony Gonzales of M83 for his music performance).

2008

2007

2006

2005

  • Rules of Engagement, multi-discipline performance in collaboration with choreographer JoAnna Mendl Shaw, New York City.

2004

2002

2001

2000

1999

  • Up-Downs, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

  • Flight, Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut

1998

  • Water Training, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York

  • Competition Training: Water Training, Park 4-D TV, Amsterdam, Holland

1997

  • Water Training, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York Cit

  • Water Training, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, Georgia

1996

  • Girls and Horses, Chassie Post Gallery, New York City 

Group Exhibitions

2024

  • "Performances!," Les Écluses de l’Art, Béziers, France

  • The Summer Disaster Show 2, Private Public Gallery, Hudson, New York

  • Storytellers and Machines, Model Gallery, School of Digital Arts, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

  • Hable con ella — Dialogues avec l’IA, curated by Marta Ponsa, Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland

  • une écologie des images, Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland

  • Being Relation: 50 Years of the Gallery at the CFA, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut

2023

  • Things that are sometimes and accidentally true, OVNi Video Festival, Grande Halle, Nice, France

  • ENCORE & EN-CORPS Exposition multimédia, Forum exposition de Bonlieu , Annecy, France

  • Scientific Musicals, Labocine, on-line exhibition

  • The Summer Disaster Show, Private Public Gallery, Hudson, New York

  • How on Earth? EXPO Chicago, co-presented by Natural Resources Defense Council and Art at a Time Like This, Chicago, Illinois

2022

  • RAINBOW, Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland

  • LIGHT YEAR 92: If all bodies attract each other, how is it possible the Universe is expanding? Group screening at Manhattan Bridge in Dumbo, Brooklyn, SCOPE, Berlin, Germany, "The Drey," Toronto, Canada (physical locations) and on virtually on Facebook. Curated by Eva Davidova

  • Happy who like Odysseus, The Occitanie Montpellier Regional Contemporary Art Fund (Frac OM), Musée du Lauragais, Castelnaudary, France

  • Rick Show, a mobile cinema on a rickshaw by Le gentil garcon, Trivandrum, Kochi, Pune, Kolkata, India

2021

  • in memoriam, Campus Biotech at the Swiss Innovation Park, Geneva

  • The Green Path, Museum of Fishery and Shipbuilding of Fishery Boats, Perama, Greece

  • The 4th Mediterranean Biennale, Haifa, Israel

  • Subversive Poetics: Radical Women in New Media 2000-2021, Virtual exhibition, part of the United Nation Women's Generation Equality Forum's cultural program, from 29 to 31 March Mexico, Mexico City and June 2021, Paris

2020

  • L’ANTHROPOCÈNE, ET APRÈS? La Cité des Arts de la Réunion, Saint-Denis de la Réunion

  • COURANTS VERTS, Fondation Groupe EDF, Paris

  • Sojourner 2020, Virtual exhibition as part of Kepler’s Garden, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria

  • Gabès Cinema Fen, Gabès, Tunisia

  • Art At A Time Like This, Virtual exhibition, New York, NY

2019

  • Digital Humanism, Wallplay and Hyphen Hub, New York, NY

  • To the Hoop, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

  • Connections (three-person exhibition), Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo, Montevideo, Uruguay

  • STRATA, Rocas, Polvo, Estrellas, MAC Panamá, Panamá City

2018 

  • Fordham University Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York, NY

  • Videonale e.V., Bremen, Germany

  • Reconstructing Eden, ArtMill, Szentendre, Hungary

  • Natura Loci, Magasin Général Studio International, Sainte-Madeleine-de-la-Rivière- Madeleine, Quebec

  • A Jouney to Freedom, curated by Barbara Polla, part of the Dark Mofo 2018 exhibition (group exhibition), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery,
    Hobarth, Tasmania, Australia

  • 17º Festival Internacional de la Imagen (group exhibition as part of art + tech festival), Manizales, Colombia

  • Art & Coal (Kunst & Kohle) (group exhibition spanning 17 museums in the Ruhr Valley), Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl Marl, Germany

  • For a gentle song would not shake us if we had never heard a loud one. Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

  • Videos for a Stadium, University of Kentucky Art Museum (screening at the Commonwealth Stadium at University of Kentucky) Lexington, KY

2017 

  • B3: Biennial of the Moving Image, Frankfurt Main (November 29 – December 3, 2017)

  • Fucking Beautiful, Magda Danysz Gallery, Paris

  • Warning Shot, Topographie de l'art, Paris

  • The Sweat of their Face: Portraying American Workers, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC (November 3, 2017 - September 3, 2018)

  • Videos for a Stadium, University of Kentucky Art Museum (screening at the Commonwealth Stadium at University of Kentucky) Lexington, KY

  • Mountains, Muratcentoventidue Arte Contemporanea, Bari, Italy

  • Indirect Representations, Cristin Tierney Gallery, New York, NY

  • Polaris, Michener Art Museum, Doyletown, PA

2016 

2015 

  • Memory and Oblivion, Station Beirut, Beirut Lebanon

  • (Un)livable. Janet Biggs and Kari Soinio, Station Independent Projects, New York City

  • Body Memory. Typographie de l'art, Paris, France

  • Hybride Fragmentations. 3rd Biennale d'art contemporain de Douai, Douai, France

  • Sublime de Voyage: Biennale Art Nomad. Arnac-la-Poste, France & Hauterives, France & Marseille, France & Venice, Italy

  • In the Paint: Basketball in Contemporary Art, William Benton Museum of Art at University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

2014 

  • Five Videos, Boca Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL

  • Beyond Earth Art, Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

  • Vanishing Point included in MOTOPOÉTIQUE, Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, France

  • L'oiseau vole, Galerie Vanessa Quang, Paris, France, curated by Paul Ardenne

  • A Step On the Sun (multi channel video installation), included in the International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Cartagena, Columbia, curated by Berta Sichel

  • Fade to White, included in Thaw, curated by Jill Conner, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY

2013 

  • The Arctic Trilogy, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, Toronto, October 5-6 2013, Canada

  • Hanna Schaich and Janet Biggs Videoscreening, September 2013, microscope gallery, NYC

  • Fade to White, included in Crosstalk,at The Contemporary Arts Galleries, The University of Connecticut

  • blinkvideo presents a selection for ikonoTV which will include ‘Airs Above the Ground’, September 6-29 2013, Germany

  • Artprojx presents the poetics of mountains, their mutations and multifarious things, July 27-28 2013, Verbier, Switzerland

  • Nitehawk’s ARTIST FILM CLUB presents… Grrls on Girls curated by Jane Ursula Harris, Brooklyn, NY

  • ‘Far From Now’, Outpost Artists Resources, May-June 2013, NYC

  • Oslo Screen Festival at Oslo Central Station, March 22nd - April 29th, Norway

  • ‘from here to there: parallel trajectories’, Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden NJ

  • Present Company, Brooklyn, NY

  • BiPolar Journeys To The Ends of the Earth. Ester Massry Gallery, College of St. Rose, Albany, NY

2012  

  • True North, Anchorage Museum, Anchorage Alaska

  • Speed: The Art of the Performance Automobile, Utah Museum Of Art. Salt Lake City, Utah

  • Westobou Festival, Augusta, GA

  • TELEGRAMS ON THE TABLE: An Interrupted Allegory + Picaresque Adventure, World Financial Center, New York, NY

  • Video 2012, Momenta Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

2011 

  • She Devil, Museo D'Arte Contemporanea Roma, Italy.

  • Videonale: Dialog in Contemporary Video Art, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (NTMoFA)

  • VIDEONALE.13, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany.

2010 

  • Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival, Birmingham, Alabama

2009 

  • Miami International Film Festival. Included in “Cutting the Edge” category. Miami, Florida.

  • Experimental Video and Synchroswim, presented by The Rubell Family Collection + Conner Contemporary Art, Capitol Skyline Hotel, Washington, DC.

  • Chimera, curated by Chris Bors and Ketta Ioannidou (Triton Gallery), Envoy Enterprises in New York City, and Arcade Experimental Art Projects / Stoa Aeschylou in Nicosia, Cyprus.

2008 

  • Oslo Screen Festival, Norway.

  • Hollywould ..., Freewaves 11th International Festival of New Media Arts, Los Angeles.

  • Young Identities (part of European Media Art Festival). Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabrueck, Germany.

  • Water, Carroll Square Gallery, Washington, DC (June-August 2008).

  • Video Screenings, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York City (June 6th 2008). Curated by Laura Parnes.

  • Stone Canoe No. 2, Delavan Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.

2007 

  • Keeping Up With the Jones, Schroeder Romero Gallery, New York City.

  • Infinitu et Contini: Repeated Histories, Reinvented Resistances, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY.

  • Lumen Eclipse, outdoor video installation, Cambridge Square, Boston.

  • Stop. Look. Listen: An Exhibition of Video Works, Curated by Andrea Inselmann, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (October 13-December 23, 2007).
        Traveling to the Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI (October 23, 2008 – February 22, 2009).

  • North Sea Film Festival for Underwater Movies, the Hague, Netherlands. (30 November - 2 December, 2007).

  • Contemporary, Cool and Collected, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina 20 Oct - 20 Dec, 2007).

  • Loop Video Art Fair, Barcelona, Spain (31 May - 2 June 2007).

  • Antennae, Houston Center For Photography, Houston, Texas. (27 April - 3 June 2007).

  • What F Word?, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York City. Curated by Carol Cole Levin.

2006 

  • METU Video Festival, Middle Eastern Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.

  • Helios Oceanus, Curated by Lee Wells for M21--The Museum of 21st Century Art, Gansevoort South, Miami Beach, Florida.

  • Claire Oliver Gallery, New York City.

  • Video Box, Weisspollack Gallery, New York, NY

2005 

  • METU Video Festival,  Middle Eastern Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

  • FATHOM, Hatton Gallery, University of Newcastle, U.K.

  • Artists Pick, Exhibition at Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York City.

2004 

  • PG-13 (with Barbara Pollack):
                Georgia State University Gallery. January - February, 2004.
                DiverseWorks, Houston, Texas. March - April, 2004.

  • Dwellan - Lingering Images, Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark

  • Video X,  Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY.

2003 

  • Home Grown,  Linköpings Konsthall Passagen, Sweden.

  • Venden Varassa (Dominated by Water), Vantaa Art Museum, Finland.

  • H2O, Curated by Jo Anna Isaak, Traveling exhibition:
        Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington (October 7 -- December 6, 2002);
        Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit (January 2003 - March 2003).
        Houghton House Gallery, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York (March -- April 2003);
        Danese Gallery, New York City. July 2003;
        Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico. November 22, 2003 - January 4, 2004.

2002 

  • New York, New Work, Now!, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH. September 28, 2002 – January 13, 2003). Curated by Nina Felshin.

  • Aquaria: On the Interaction of Water and Human Being. Curated by Barbara Wally. Traveling exhibition:
        Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum, Linz, Austria (Feb. 7 -- April 7, 2002); 
        Kunstsammlungen, Chemnitz, Germany (May 5-- June 30, 2002);.

  • Serious Fun. Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, December 2002 – March 2003.

  • Arrested Development: Contemporary Contemplations on Youth Culture. Curated by Susan Canning.

  • Residuum. Cheryl Pelavin Gallery, New York, New York.

2001

2000

  • Objects That Flicker, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, Georgia.

  • Horse Show, Site Gallery, Sheffield, England.

  • human/nature. Caren Golden Fine Art, New York City. Curated by Jane Harris.

  • "Six Signals: Video Art by Contemporary Artists," Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, Tennessee.

  • Object Lessons: Selections from the Robert J. Shiffler Foundation. Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio. Curated by Annegreth Nill.

  • Here Kitty Kitty, Nexus, Atlanta, Georgia.

1999

  • BuSpar (part of Horse Play), Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut. Curated by Barry Rosenberg.

  • The Comforts of Home, Hand Workshop Art Center, Richmond, Virginia.

  • Trace, Flip Side Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.

  • Freudian Slips, Saks Fifth Avenue, New York City.

  • Zingmagazine Video Project, Basel Art Fair. Basel, Switzerland.

1998

  • Recursion: Janet Biggs, Neil Goldberg, Alix Perlstein, Linda Post, Flipside Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Curated by Nurit Newman.

  • Installation 7: Conceptual Art, 1989-1995. Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville. Curated by Barry Rosenberg.

1997

  • Presumed Innocence, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia. Curated by Jean Crutchfield. Catalog. Travelling through 1998: Cinncinati Contemporary Art Center.

  • Girls and Horses (part of Family/PostFamily, m.a.p.:media art project 1997), Vantaa City Museum, Finland. Catalog.

  • Romper Room, Diverseworks, Houston, Texas.

  • The Gaze, Momenta Gallery, Brooklyn, New York. Curated by Laura Parnes. Catalog.

  • Zingmagazine Project, Zingmagazine 3, 1997

1996

  • Romper Room, Thread Waxing Space, New York City. Curated by Danielle Chang. Catalog.

  • B.A.B.Y. Curated by Jan Riley. Catalog.
        1708 Gallery, Richmond, Virginia;
        Virginia Beach Arts Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

  • Kickstart, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York City.

  • Embeddeded Metaphor, September 1996 - December 1999, a traveling exhibition organized by Independent Curators International, New York. Curated by Nina Felshin.
       Dalhousie Art Gallery. Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; 
       Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh PA, 1999; 
       Ezra and Cecile Zilka Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 1998; 
       Virginia Beach Centerfor the Arts , Virginia Beach, VA, 1998; 
       Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, MA, 1998; 
       Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, 1997; 
       John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota FL, 1996

  • Subversive Domesticity, Edward A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State Univ., Kansas. Curated by Dana Self. Catalog.

  • This End Up: Selections from the Collection of Robert J. Shiffler, University of Wyoming. Travelling exhibtion:
        South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, South Dakota;
        Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art.

  • Incestuous, Thread Waxing Space, New York City. Curated by Carter Kustera.

  • Separating Self: Art About Identity from the Robert J. Shiffler Collection. New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, Indiana.

1995

  • Chassie Post Gallery, New York City. (Two-person exhibition).

  • Galleria Civica di Padova, Italy. Curated by Teresa Macri and Francesca Alfano Miglietti.

  • Wary Still, Highways Exhibition Space, Santa Monica, California.

1994

  • Night Light Room (Project room installation, part of Family Ties show), P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York City.

  • Forms of Address, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California. Catalog.

  • Regional Identity and Cartography Representation, Pigorini Museum, Rome, Italy. Catalog.

1993

  • Josh Baer Gallery, New York City. (Two-person exhibition).

  • Beau Dommage, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York City

  • Fall From Fashion, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut. Catalog.

  • From the Collection of Robert J. Shiffler, Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati Ohio. Catalog.

  • I Am the Enunciator, Thread Waxing Space, New York City. Curated by Christian Leigh.

1992

  • Josh Baer Gallery, New York City.

  • Kunsthall, New York City. Curated by Christian Leigh.

  • White Columns Gallery, New York City.

1991

  • Shared Skin: Sub-Social Identifiers, Dooley Le Cappellaine Gallery, New York City. Organized by Janet Biggs. Catalog.

  • Four Walls, Brooklyn, New York. '

Exhibition catalogs / brochures

Journeys to Places Known and Unknown: Moving Images by Janet Biggs and peter campus, Director’s Forward by Virginia Shearer and essay by curator Terrie Sultan with a conversation between Janet Biggs and peter campus. Published by Sarasota Art Museum on the occasion of the exhibition "Journeys to Places Know and Unknown: Moving Images by Janet Biggs and peter campus," October 16, 2022 - January 14, 2023

(Un)common Denominators, (Digital publication) Essay by Julie Reiss with accompanying text by Candace Moeller, Published by Cristin Tierney Gallery, NYC on the occasion of the on-line exhibition "Janet Biggs: (Un)common Denominators," July 19 - August 29, 2021

Like Walking On Mars, Introduction by exhibition curator Yapci Ramos and essays by Barbara Polla, Denise Markonish, Anisa Samir Abduluziz, and Berta Sichel. Published by Museo de Naturaleza y Arqueologia, MUNA, Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos, MCC, Tenerife and Cristin Tierney Gallery, NYC 2020, on the occasion of the exhibition "Janet Biggs: Like Walking on Mars," November 14, 2018 - January 14, 2019

Overview Effect (Digital publication) Essays by Berta Sichel, Denise Markonish, and excepted contributions by Lilly Wei, Mark Rifkin, Claudia Schmuckli, and Nancy Princenthal. Published by Cristin Tierney Gallery , NYC in collaboration with the Museos de Tenerife, 2019, on the occasion of the exhibition "Janet Biggs: Overview Effect," June 6 - August 2, 2019

Polla, Barbara: "Janet Biggs, La Fille á la Carabine." Warning Shot, exhibition catagalog. Topographie de l'Art, Paris, France. July 2017.

Jurakic Ivan: "Admit Everyone: Echo of the Unknown, Janet Biggs." Exhibition brochure. UWAG: University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, November 3 - December 17, 2016.

Janet Biggs: Echo of the Unknown. Exhibition catalog. With essays by Janet Phelps, Barbara Polla and Jean-Philippe Rossignol. Catalog to accompany an exhibition at the Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston, January-March 2015.

Body Memory, Topographie de l'art, Paris, France, July 2015.

Catalogue for the 1st International Biennal of Contemporary Art, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, May, 2014.

No Limits: Janet Biggs. Survey exhibition catalog. Essays by Berta Sichel, Todd D. Smith, Andrea Inselmann, Nancy Princenthal. Tampa Museum of Art, October 2012.

Videonale, Dialogue in Contemporary Video Art. National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, December, 2011

GASP! Tampa Museum of Art Magazine.  Janet Biggs: My Beautiful Noorderlicht - View PDF

Videonale.13 Festival for Contemporary Video Art. Exhibition catalog. Editor: Georg Elben. Essay: Dirk Rustemeyer. Bonn, Germany, 2011.

Janet Biggs: Going to Extremes. Vantage Point IX Exhibition Catalog. Carla M. Hanzel, Curator, essay: Nancy Princenthal. Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina. November 2010.

Inselmann, Andrea. stop.look.listen an exhibition of video works. Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. 2008

European Media Arts Festival, Osnabrueck 2008.

Contemporary Cool and Collected. Carla M. Hanzel, Curator, essay: Robert Hobbs. Mint Museums, Charlotte, North Carolina. September 2007.

Dwellan. Exhibition Catalog. Editor: Marit Ramsing, essay: Kristine Kern. Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen. 2004.

Norms and Forms. Exhibition Catalog. Essay: Brian Wallace. the Galleries at Moore. Moore College of Art and Design. 2004.

Morales, René: "Videos in Progress: Janet Biggs." Exhibition essay. Rhode Island School of Design Museum. May, 2004.

PG-13 -- Male Adolescent Identity in a Video Culture: Video Work by Janet Biggs and Barbara Pollack. Exhibition Catalog. Essay by Linda Yablonsky. Georgia State University Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia and DiverseWorks, Houston, Texas.

Isaak, Jo Anna: “H20.” Exhibition catalog. Hobart and William Smith Colleges Press, Geneva, New York, 2002.

Inselmann, Andrea: “Janet Biggs.” Exhibition catalog. Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, August, 2002.

Wally, Barbara: "Aquaria: The Fascinating World of Man and Water."  Exhibition catalog. Stadtwerke Chemnitz Ag, February, 2002.

Smith, Todd: "Verge: Janet Biggs." Exhibition catalog. Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota. July, 2001.

Horse Tales: American Images and Icons. Exhibition catalog. Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York. Preface by Verlyn Klinkenborg. Essays by Ezra Shales, Susan H. Edwards, and Deborah Bright. 2000.

Harris, Jane: “Flight: Janet Biggs.” Exhibition brochure. Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut. February, 2000.

Inselmann, Andrea: "Up Downs." Exhibition brochure. John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI. 1999.

Mettlesome & Meddlesome: Selections From the Collection of Robert J. Schiffler.  Exhibition catalog. Cincinnatti Contemporary Arts Center. Foreword by Center Director Elaine King, introduction by former Center Curator Jan Riley, essay by New Museum Director Marcia Tucker, statement by Robert Shiffler. 1998.

Presumed Innocence. Exhibition catalog. Forward by Jean Crutchfield, Essays by Robert Hobbs and Kathryn Hixson. Published jointly by the Anderson Gallery and the University of Washington Press, 1997.

The Gaze. Exhibition catalog. Momenta Art. Essay by Jan Avgikos, preface by Laura Parnes. 1997.

Felshin, Nina: Embedded Metaphor. Exhibition catalog. Independent Curators; ISBN: 0916365484, January, 1997.

B.A.B.Y. Exhibition catalog. Hand Workshop Art Center and the Virginia Beach Center for the Arts. Essay by Jan Riley. 1996.

Porges, Maria: "Forms of address : the 113th Annual Exhibition." Exhibition catalog. Walter/McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute : Lynn Aldrich, Janet Biggs, Jean LaMarr, Julian Lang, Canan Tolon : October 6-November 13, 1994.

Books

Ardenne, Paul: Un art écologique: Création plasticienne et anthropocène. Le Bord de l'eau, Octobre 2018.

Reiss, Julie, editor: Art, Theory and Practice in the Anthropocene. Vernon Press, Series in Art, 2019.

Colley, Robert, editor: Stone Canoe, A Journal of Arts and Ideas from Upstate New York, No. 2. University College of Syracuse University, Spring 2008.

Pierson, Melissa Holbrook: Dark Horses and Black Beauties: Animals, Women, A Passion. W.W. Norton & Company, August, 2000.

Pallingston, Jessica: Lipstick. St. Martins Press, January 1999.

Rosen, Michael: Horse People : Writers and Artists on the Horses They Love. Artisan, New York, April 1998

Scanlan, Lawrence: Wild About Horses. HarperCollins, New York, 1998.

Landers, Theodore A.: Career Guide to the Horse Industry. Thomson Delmar Learning, December, 2001.

Press / reviews

McDonald, Michele: “Explore cybersecurity through art at new exhibition,” Virginia Tech News, Oct 11, 2024

Pullinger, Kate: “#12 Rainy days and A.I. Anne,” Kate’s Newsletter, July 9, 2024

Pollack, Barbara: “Contra Naturam  at the ICEHOUSE Project Space,“ Smart New Art Publications (Snap), September 19, 2024

Armstrong, Leora: “Contra Naturam at ICEHOUSE Project Space,“ Main Street Magazine, August 9, 2024

Vitali , Neema: “an ecology of images” at the heart of History,” Art Critique, April 3, 2024

Roberts, Dayna: “Janet Biggs’ newest exhibit takes viewers on an Arctic expedition,“ The Daily Orange, February 13, 2024

Trujillo, María Alejandra: “Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape: An Artistic Plea for the Arctic,” BNN Breaking, February 13, 2024

Columbia, Erik: “New eco-conscious exhibit coming to The Eversonm,” Bridget Street – 9 ABC / localsyr.com, January 31, 2024

Thornton, Craig: “Exciting Exhibit at Everson Museum,” WWNYTV, January 2, 2024

“Janet Biggs turns the exploration of far-flung places into a call for climate action,” HENI News, May 3, 2023

Fugate, Marty: “Video Visionaries Create New Ways of Seeing in Sarasota Art Museum Exhibit,” Herald-Tribune, November 18, 2022

Campbell, Dylan: “Journeys to Places Known and Unknown,” SRQ Magazine, October 24, 2022

Fugate, Marty: “5 Must-See Fall Visual Art Exhibits Coming to the Sarasota Area,” Herald-Tribune, September 22, 2022

“Cross-culture collaboration at CERN and the Spencer Museum.” Interviews/Articles. arts.cern, September 2, 2022

Fugate, Marty: “Video visionaries create new ways of seeing in Sarasota Art Museum exhibit.” Sarasota Herald-Tribune, November 18, 2022

Sutton, Benjamin: “In aftermath of Hurricane Ian's destruction, West Florida art institutions begin to pick up the pieces.” The Art Newspaper. September 30, 2022

Campbell, Dylan: “Journeys to Places Known and Unknown, First exhibition dedicated to video and digital media.” SRQ MAGAZINE, October 2022

Clint and Orr, Joey: “How to Do Things with SVD: Mathematical Tool-Sharing from Physics to Performative Research.” Leonardo, Volume 55, Issue r, October 2022

Brock, Hovey: “Global Mode > Omnivores: Eva Davidova with guest artists Janet Biggs, Mark Ramos, Estudio Atractor.” The Brooklyn Rail, November 2021

“The Counterword” and other poems, with artwork by Janet Biggs and poetry by Matthew Weitman, Evergreen Magazine. Spring/Summer 2021.

Pollack, Barbara; “Across the Universe.” Air Mail Magazine, May 12, 2020

“The Women Artists Who Deserve Our Attention, According to 9 Leading Artists,” Artsy Editorial, March 1, 2020

Miller, Nicole and Paynter, Eleanor: “Janet Biggs: Overview Effect.” The Brooklyn Rail, July/August 2019

Fateman, Johanna: “Art: Janet Biggs,” The New Yorker, June 28, 2019

Wei, Lilly, "Janet Biggs: Like Walking on Mars." Studio International, December 20, 2018.

Halio, Grace: “Janet Biggs Named a 2018 Guggenheim Fellow.” ARTnews, April 5, 2018

“Janet Biggs: A Step on the Sun.” Best Things New York, Dec 15, 2017

Wolfe, Alexandra: “In Washington, Portraits of the Forgotten.” The Wall Street Journal, Nov 10, 2017

Princenthal, Nancy. “Janet Biggs with Nancy Princenthal.” The Brooklyn Rail, November 3, 2017

Almonte, Michelle: “5 great things to do this weekend, Sept. 8-10.” LoHud, September 6, 2017

“Janet Biggs: A Step on the Sun—Terrific exhibition opening in September at the Neuberger Museum of Art.” Stacy Knows, September 5, 2017

Hoben, Phoebe: "Without Walls" ARTnews, Summer 2017

Benoit, Gillaume: "Warning Shot — Topographie de l’art," slash-paris.com, July 18 , 2017

“Joslyn features exhibition of video works by Janet Biggs.” Daily Nonpareil, June 29, 2017

“La artista estadounidense Janet Biggs recrea en el Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos la vida en Marte.” Diario de Tenerife, June 19, 2017

“Warning Shot – Topographie de l’art Paris.” Point Contemporain Agenda, June 4, 2017

Haber, John: “Wide Aisles and Tight Spaces: Kaari Upson, Janet Biggs, and Regina José Galindo.” haberarts.com, May 24, 2017

Scher, Robin: “Janet Biggs and Regina José Galindo: Endurance.” Riot Material, May 24, 2017.

Berg, Tatiana: “Must-See Art Guide: New York.” Artnet News, May 4, 2017

“9 Art Events to Attend in New York City This Week.” ARTnews, April 24, 2017

Copley, Rich: "Play Videos! UK Museum brings art to Commonwealth's big screen," Herald-leader.com. April 5, 2017

Bäcker, Marco: "Auf der Suche", Stadtblatt. 12.2016 b7, Osnabrück, Germany

“Mountains: Janet Biggs, Rikke Flensberg, Chrischa Venus Oswald, Helen Wittmann,” Arte Cultura, Jan 31, 2017

Sache, Zur: "Janet Biggs geht mit Videoarbeiten an ihre Grenzen", Osnabrücker Zeitung. September 11, 2016

Le Goff, Hervé: "Photaumnales de Bearvais, une place à l"Amour", Cimaises, Beauvais. December 2016

Vasvani, Bansie: "Janet Biggs, SCAD Museum."Aesthetica, July 27, 2016

Wei, Lilly: "Pursuing the Afar: Janet Biggs at the SCAD Museum." Burnaway, June 30, 2016

Haber, John: "Janet Biggs at Cristin Tierney/New York." Artillery. February 23, 2016

Pollock, Barbara: "Back to the Future: 50 Years of Video Art at the Broad Art Museum" ARTnews, February 12, 2016

Hershman Leeson, Lynn "Future Greats – the artists to look out for in 2016."  ArtReview Vol. 68, No. 1, January/February 2016, pages 88-89

Scott, Andrea K.: Review, Janet Biggs. The New Yorker, February 2, 2016

Rifkin, Mark: "Janet Biggs: Within Touching Distance." This Week in New York, February 1, 2016

Interview: Janet Biggs. Romanov Grave, January 23, 2016

Johnson, Paddy: "This Week’s Must-See Art Events: Gallery Armageddon." Artfcity.com, January 4, 2016

Laster, Paul: 15 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before January 12. New York Observer, January 4, 2016

Silas, Susan: " The Larger-Than-Life Projections of a Modern-Day Artist Adventurer." Hyperalleric, December 7, 2016

Anker, Suzanne: "Janet Biggs: A Step on the Sun, a conversation with Janet Biggs and Suzanne Anker." Antennae, Issue 34, Winter 2015, pages 25-31

Gleeson, Bridget: "Janet Biggs Investigates Survival through an Innovative Two-Channel Video." Artsy.com, November 30, 2016

Rosen, Miss: "Exhibit/(Un)livable: Janet Biggs and Kari Soinio." Crave, September 1, 2015

Hirsh, Faye: A Crystal Grotto. Art in America, October 2015.

Byrd, Cathy: "Janet Biggs." Fresh Art International, Volume 2, September, 2015.

Glentzer, Molly: Innovations Series Programs Launched from Janet Biggs Show. Houston Chronicle, February 20, 2015

Wei, Lily: "Art Made in Harm's Way." Artnews, April 2015, page 42.

Peiffer, Prudence: Janet Biggs. ArtForum, Feburary 9, 2015.

Wei, Lilly: Janet Biggs. Studio International, February 13, 2015.

Merrill, Leila: Alzheimer's Researcher Influenced Art at UH. Houston Chronicle, February 9, 2015.

Lee, Chia-Ling: The International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia Interior Magazine (Taiwan), May 2014

Over 16,000 People Attend Opening Weekend of 1st International Contemporary Art Biennial in Cartagena: Artworld.com, February 19, 2014

Spotlight on Sandy: Janet Biggs. La Napoule Art Foundation Blog, June 18, 2013

Kirsh, Andrea, From Here to There, The Art Blog, May 11, 2013

Benjamin Sutton, In the Air, Artinfo, February 13, 2013

Pohl, John, Review of show at Musee D'art Contemporain De Montreal. Montreal Gazette, 12 October 2012.

“The Otherworldly Beauty of the Worst Job Ever.” Canadian Art Junkie, 10 October 2012.

Raine, Emily: “Q&A With Janet Biggs.” Cult, 09 October 2012.

Tousignant, Isa: “Janet Biggs at the Musee D'art Contemporain De Montreal.” Akimbo, 09 October, 2012.

Clément, Éric: “Pierre Dorion et Janet Biggs au MAC: dévoués aux espaces.” lapress.ca, 06 October 2012.

“Pierre Dorion and Janet Biggs exhibit at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal.” artdaily.com, 06 October 2012.

Pottiez, Victoire: “Peinture et vidéo s’entrelacent au MACM.” pieuvre.ca, 06 October 2012.

Pearson, Meghan: “Abstract and Extreme Exhibitions.” The Exit, 05 October 2012.

Roffino, Sara, “MontréalBrooklyn Program Creates Cultural Exchange Between Two Hipster Cities.” Artinfo, 01 October 2012.

“Janet Biggs’ erste Europa-Schau in Marl: Faszination trifft auf Schrecken.” Dattelner Morgenpost, 14 September 2012.

Thoing, Sebastian: “Randsucher in Marl: Ausstellung von Janet Biggs.” Ruhr-Lippe-Marktplatz.de, 13 September 2012.

Jenkins, Mark: “Janet Biggs Creates an Active Art Experience With ‘Kawah Ijen’”, Washington Post, 26 April 2012

Voeller, Megan: “Excellent Adventurers.” Creative Loafing, 1 December 2011

Miller, Shauna: On the Spot: Janet Biggs. expressnightout.com (from the Washington Post.). 21 March 2012.

Byrd, Cathy: Review of No Limits: Janet Biggs at the Tampa Museum of Art. Art Papers, January/February, 2012.

Bennett, Lennie: Conjecture key to comparison of Janet Biggs' video works at Tampa Museum of Art. St. Petersburg Times, 23 October, 2011.

Finch, Charlie: Wetness Invisible. Review of Wet Exit performance. Artnet.com, 1 November 2011.

Pollack, Barbara: “Janet Biggs.” Art in America, May 2011.

Carter, Holland: Review of show at Ed Winkleman Gallery. The New York Times, 17 February 2011.

Rifkin, Mark: “TWI-NY Talk: Janet Biggs.” This Week in New York, 9 March 2011.

Jeppessen, Travis: Review of show at Mint Museum. ArtForum, 26 January, 2011

Finch, Charlie: “Coal Miner’s Daughter.” Artnet.com, 25 February 2011.

Sutton, Benjamin, “Exploration Art: Janet Biggs and Duke Riley Scout Forgotten Islands and Dark Tunnels.” L Magazine, 28 February 2011.

Pollack, Barbara: Review of show at Conner Contemporary Art. ARTnews, November 2010.

Wennerstrom, Nord: Review of show at Conner Contemporary Art. ArtForum, October 2010.

Finch, Charlie: White on White. Artnet, 21 June 2010.

Conley, John David: "Janet Biggs on NASCAR, kayaks, and competition." Fauxrator.com, 15 June, 2010.

McClemont, Doug: Best Ten Shows of 2009. Saatchi and Saatchi online magazine. January 2010.

Finch, Charlie: The Harvest of Art. Artnet, 17 July 2009.

Finch, Charlie: Groundhog's Diary. Artnet, 13 February 2009.

Conner, Jill: Janet Biggs at Claire Oliver Fine Art (Review of Vanishing Point). Art Quips, 9 January 2009.

"Janet Biggs." Review of Vanishing Point. New Yorker, 22 February 2009.

This Week in New York, 21 January 2009.

Fester, Felicia: Review of Tracking Up at Nancy Solomon Gallery. ArtPapers, July/August 2008.

Greer, Larissa Erin: "On the Right Track: Video artist Janet Biggs gaining wider exposure." The Sunday Paper, July 13-19, 2008.

Kurzner, Lisa: "Videos explore adolescents' accomplishments." Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 6 June 2008.

Review of Airs Above the Ground at the European Media Arts Festival. Regioartline Kunstamagazin, 4 May 2008.

Review of Airs Above the Ground at the European Media Arts Festival. mosquto, April 2008.

Review of Airs Above the Ground at the European Media Arts Festival. Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, 23 April 2008.

Review of Airs Above the Ground at the European Media Arts Festival. Kunst Raum Münster, April-June 2008.

Review of Airs Above the Ground at the European Media Arts Festival. kunst:stück, April 2008.

Kasper, Chris: "Infinitu et Contini: Repeated Histories, Reinvented Resistances." Art Papers, March/April 2008.

Diack, Heather: "Sign Language as Politics." Afterimage, Vol. 35, No. 5., March/April 2008.

"Medienkunstfestivalim Zeichen der Jugend." Mindener Tageblatt, 28 April 2008.

Jenks, Debra: "Pulp Friction - Artists explore the underside of American culture." Chelsea Now, 14 December 2007.

"Keeping Up With the Jones." Review of show at Schroeder Romero gallery, The New Yorker, 24 December, 2007.

Maschal, Richard: "Newly Minted: Private collectors lend their modern treasures as Mint museum starts a quest for living artists." Charlotte Observer, 19 October 2007.

"Sport and Spectacle," Artkrush online magazine. 8 August 2007.

Pool, Olivia: "First in State. Gibbes acquires first S.C. video art installation." The Post and Courier, 26 July 2007.

Ashley, Dottie: "Like Tears in Rain. Citadel's Summerall Guards part of first video exhibit at Gibbes." The Post and Courier, 22 July, 2007.

Ludwin, Torie: Review of Antennae. artshouston magazine, June 2007.

Smith, Nick: "Future Noir: Janet Biggs mixed documentary shots for art's sake at the Gibbes." Charleston City Paper, 02 May 2007.

Yale, Madeline: Antennae (review of group show at Houston Center for Photography). Spot Magazine, Summer 2007.

Byrd, Cathy: "Janet Biggs." Contemporary, March, 2007.

Perez, Magdalen: Review of show at Claire Oliver Gallery. ARTNews, February, 2007

Li, Zhen: "Equestrians in Show Windows." Vision Magazine, Beijing, China. October, 2006.

Matsumae, Ayano: "Janet Biggs" (review of Like Tears in Rain, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York).  Nile Magazine (Japan). December, 2006. [page 1] [page 2]

"Janet Biggs." Review of show at Claire Oliver Gallery. The New Yorker, 04 December 2006.

Matsumae, Ayano: "Janet Biggs" (review of Behind the Vertical at Hermés, New York ).  Nile Magazine (Japan). November, 2006. [page 1] [page 2]

Carr, Amanda: "Artist's Windows at Hermès, New York." Visual Merchandising, 29 September 2006.

Perez, Magdalene: "Nearby Explosion Adds Extra Drama to Video Installation at Hermes." ArtInfo, 11 August 2006.

Pollack, Barbara. "Horseplay." ArtNews, Summer 2006.

Dunning, Jennifer: “A Horse and Dancers in an Ode to Interspecies Ties.” New York Times, 10 October 2005.

Lille, Dawn: “Rules of Engagement: Dancers and a Horse.” Art Times, December 2005.

Marshall, Lea: Rules of Engagement review. Dance Magazine, November 2005.

Tobias, Tobi: “Rules of Engagement.” New York Village Voice, 1 November, 2005.

Anderson, Jack: Rules of Engagement review. New York Times, 14 October 2005.

Pollack, Barbara: “Moonlight Sonata.” ARTNews, September 2005.

Gavin, Francesca: “Drowning in Newcastle.” BBC online, 21 July 2005.

Jones, Sarah: review of Fathom. Metro (Newcastle, UK). 8 July 2005.

Whetstone, David: “Sound Creation for World of the Deep.” The Journal (Newcastle, UK), 2 July 2005.

Duff, Helen: Fathom review. Metro (Newcastle, UK). 30 June 2005.

Pohl, Eva: Videopoesi på højt niveau." Berlingske (Copenhagen), 11 November 2004.

Hornung, Peter Michael: "Når billedet dvæler." Politiken (Copenhagen), 9 November 2004.

Tommelleo, Donna: Former UConn Players' Drills Become a Work of Art:
    New York Newsday, 27 November 2004.
    Boston Globe, 27 November 2004.
    San Francisco Chronicle, 27 November 2004.
    Sports Illustrated, 27 November 2004.
    Stanford Advocate, 27 November 2004.
    Ms. Magazine Online, 27 November 2004.

Sozanski, Edward J.: "Bodies in Motion." Philadelphia Inquirer. 4 December 2004.

Streitfeld, L.P., "The Power Of UConn's Women On Display." Hartford Courant, 02 December 2004.

Pollack, Barbara: “H20.” Time Out New York, 7-14 August  2003.

Faingold, Scott: "Teenage Wasteland - Two artists ask how boys become men in a videocracy." Houston Press, 11 March 2004.

Hirsch, Faye: “Janet Biggs at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.” Art in America, July 2003.

Sohl, Lena: “USA underytan” (USA Under the Surface). Stockholm Aftonbladet, 9 May 2003.

Ulmonen, Anu: “Syväsukellus mieleen ja ruumiiseen” (Deep Dive Into Mind and Body). Helsinki Sanomat, 18 January 2003.

Ripatti-Torniainen, Leena: “Janet Biggsin uimari liikkuu kuin unessa” (Janet Biggs’ swimmer moves as if in a dream). Vantaan Sanomat, 19 January 2003.

Höll, Von Andreas: ''Aquaria - Über die außergewöhnliche Beziehung von Wasser und Mensch. DeutschlandRadio Berlin, 5 May 2002.

Lombardi, D. Dominick : Review of "Arrested Development: Contemporary Contemplations on Adolescence and Youth" at Castle Gallery, the College of New Rochelle. New York Times, 3 March 2002.

Miller, Barbara: Review of Flight and BuSpar at Western Washington University. Art Papers Magazine, September/October 2001.

Henning, Sarah: "A New View of Art." Fargo In-Forum, 12 August 2001.

Cochran, Rebecca Dimling: "Objects that Flicker: Artists' Videos for the Home." Sculpture Magazine, June 2001.

Smith, Todd D.: "Taking Art to The Verge." The Art Forum for the Visual, Performing and Literary Arts, Fall, 2001.

Relyea, Kie: "Video artist circles back to WWU."  The Bellingham Herald, 5 April 2001.

Byrd, Cathy: Review of “BuSpar” at Solomon Projects. Sculpture Magazine, June 2000.

Byrd, Cathy: “Horse of a Different Color.” Creative Loafing, 2 February 2000.

Cullum, Jerry: “Emotional Equestrianism.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 21 January 2000.

Feaster, Felicia: “Whipped.” Creative Loafing, 26 January 2000.

Pollack, Barbara: “The Mane Event.” ARTnews, November 1999.

Damsker, Matthew, “Next Century Vision.” Hartford Current, 5 October 1999.

Thomas, Mary: "Fine Art: Seeking Shelter." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 22 January 1999.

Williams, Gregory: Review of "Glacier Approach" and "Water Training" at Anna Kustera Gallery. Zing Magazine, Fall 1998.

Zimmer, William: "Inviting or Not, What Do Beds Mean?" New York Times, 4 October 1998.

Bergman, Aeron: Review of "Water Training" at Anna Kustera Gallery. Cakewalk, Spring/Summer 1998.

St. John, Mark: "Art exhibit has stuff dreams are made of." Hampton Roads Daily Press, 29 May 1998.

Auslander, Philip: Review of 'Water Training' at Solomon Projects. Art Papers, March-April 1998.

Rush, Michael, "Three Video Artists." Performing Arts Journal, January 1998.

Yablonsky, Linda: Review of "Water Training" at Anna Kustera Gallery. Time Out New York, 11 December 1997.

Forrest, Jason A.: "Learning to Ask Questions." The Journal-Constitution (Atlanta), 24 October 1997.

Byrd, Cathy: Review of "Water Training" at Solomon Projects. Creative Loafing, 11 October 1997.

de St. Sauveur, Michele: Review of "Embedded Metaphor" at Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida. New Art Examiner, March 1997.

Marger, Mary Ann: 'Not-so-sweet dreams. Times (Sarasota, Florida), September, 1997.

Lipsasen, Ulla: 'Perhe Murroksessa. Artmagazine (Helsinki, Finland), November, 1997.

Forsblom, Arto: 'MAPin näyttely iskee ajan hermoon. Aamulehti (Finland), 27 September 1997.

Lindroos, Leena: 'Perheen koko kuva esillä Myyrmäkitalossa. Vantaan Sanomat (Vanta, Finland), 19 September 1997.

Marta-Terttu Kivirinta: "Kenellä on oikeus perhe-elämään?" Helsinki Sanomat, 18 September 1997.

Marja-Liisa Lappalainen: "Onnea Ja Helvettiä." Ilta-Sanomat (Helsinki, Finland), 18 September 1997.

Qualls, Larry: "Five Video Artists." Performance Arts Journal No. 54, The Johns Hopkins University Press, September 1996.

Schwendener, Martha: Review of "Girls and Horses" at Chassie Post Gallery. Art Papers, May/June 1996.

Hess, Elizabeth: "It Takes a Village." Village Voice, 26 March 1996.

Halle, Howard: Review of "Girls and Horses" at Chassie Post Gallery. Time Out New York, 20 March 1996.

Tanner, Marsha: Review of show at San Francisco Art Institute. Art Issues, November, 1994.

DiGenova, Arianna: "Figure Erranti Oltre la Mappa del Identita Correnti." Il Manifesto (Rome, Italy). 15 June 1994.

Rossi, Leena-Maija: "Lapsuuden loppu." Helsingin Sanomat. Lauantaina 29, Tammikuuta 1994.

Heartney, Eleanor: "Elizabeth Berdann and Janet Biggs at Josh Baer." Art in America, May 1994.

Levin, Kim: "Voice Choices." Review of show at Josh Baer Gallery. Village Voice, 28 December 1993.

Raynor, Vivien: "What Do Clothes Mean to an Artist Anyway?" New York Times, Sunday, 13 June 1993.

Bonami, Francesco: "Panorama NYC." Flash Art, October, 1992.

Levin, Kim: "Voice Choices." Review of show at KunstHall. Village Voice, 11 August 1992.

Faust, Gretchen: "New York Reviews." Review of Shared Skin: Sub-Social Identifiers. Arts Magazine, January, 1992.

Lichtenstein, Therese: "Multicultural Excavations." Catalog Essay in Shared Skin: Sub-Social Identifiers. Dooley Le Cappellaine Gallery, New York City, 1991.

Smith, Roberta: "The Group Show as Crystal Ball." New York Times, 6 July 1990.

Collections

JPMorgan Chase, New York, NY

Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa

Barry Lopez Foundation for Art & Environment, Santa Fe, New Mexico

SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA

La Collezione Videoinsight®, Turin, Italy

Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain (FRAC), Languedoc-Roussillon, France

The Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina.

The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia

The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

The Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina.

The New Britain Museum of Art, New Britain, Connecticut.

Philadelphia Electric Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Robert J. Shiffler Collection and Foundation, Dayton, Ohio.

Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl (Ruhr Kunst Museen), Marl, Germany

The Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida

Zabludowicz Collection, London

Awards, Residencies, & Fellowships

2023 CCI Cyber Arts and Design Program Award

2022 Visionary Woman Award, Moore College of Art and Design

2020 The Explorers Club, awarded membership

2020 NEW INC, New Museum’s cultural incubator, Creative Science track with support from the Simons Foundation, Science Sandbox

2018 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 2018 Fellowship

2018 Hyphen-Hub and Nokia Bell Labs (USA) performance development

2017 Artist-in-residence at the Mars Desert Research Station, Crew 181

2016 Moore College of Art and Design Distinguished Alumni Award

2013 La Napoule Art Foundation Partners with Moving Image Riviera Residency,La Napoule, France

2011 Experimental TV Center Finishing Funds award, supported by the Electronic Media and Film Program at the New York State Council on the Arts

2010 The Arctic Circle – High Arctic expedition residency. The Arctic Circle is administered by the Farm Foundation for the Arts and Sciences.

2010 Art Matters: Artist's Project Grant.

2010 The Arts and Science Council of Charlotte - Mecklenberg, Inc.

2010 Goodrich Foundation: Exhibition Sponsorship, Mint Museum of Art

2009 The Arctic Circle – High Arctic expedition residency. The Arctic Circle is administered by the Farm Foundation for the Arts and Sciences.

2009 Hermés of Paris: Production Funding

2009 Bank of New York Mellon: Production Funding

2009 New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Film & Media / New Tech Production grant through the Experimental Television Center.

2008 Experimental Television Center Finishing Funds award, supported by the Electronic Media and Film Program at the New York State Council on the Arts.

2007-09 Hermés of Paris: Equipment Donation

2006 Hermés of Paris: Production Funding

2004 Anonymous Was a Woman Award

2003 The Wexner Center Media Arts Program, The Ohio State University, Ohio: Residency

2003 Panasonic (Finland): Equipment Donation

2001 The Wexner Center Media Arts Program, The Ohio State University, Ohio: Residency

2001 Panasonic (USA): Equipment Donation

1997 Panasonic (Finland): Equipment Donation

1996 Sony Electronics Inc.: Equipment Donation

1990 Art Matters Inc.: Project Grant

1989 National Endowment for the Arts: Painting Fellowship

1988 The Leo Model Foundation: Project Grant

Education

1983-1984 Graduate Studies, Rhode Island School of Design

1979-1982 B.F.A., Moore College of Art, Philadelphia

1977-1978 Experiment in International Living, Basel, Switzerland.