Joan Jonas

Major and recent solo shows by Joan Jonas include: Nam June Paik Art Center, Giheung (2025); The Drawing Center, New York, USA (2024); The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (2024); PICA — Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, Australia (2024); Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (2022); Dia Art Foundation, Beacon, New York, USA (2021); Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain (2020); Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, San Paolo, Brasil (2020); Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan (2019); Fundação de Serralves, Porto, Portugal (2019); Tate Modern, London, UK (2018); Fundacion Botin, Santander, Spain (2016); HangarBicocca, Milan, Italy (2014). Other institutions that exhibited her works include: The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain (2010); La Biennale di Venezia (2009), Venice, Italy; Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (2009); Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy (2006); Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain (2006); Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA (2004); P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, USA (2003); Whitney Museum Of American Art, New York, USA (2001); Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA (1995). Her work has been included in countless group exhibitions.

In 2015 Jonas represented the United States at the 56th Venice Biennale. She has taken part in Documenta V, VI, VII, VIII, XI, XIII in Kassel, Germany. In 2024 she was presented the Nam June Paik prize, awarded to artists who have contributed to the development of contemporary art, mutual understanding, and world peace; in  2018 the artist received the prestigious Kyoto Prize and in 2009 the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum’s first Lifetime Achievement Award.