Bahamian/American, b. 1964
Janine Antoni was born in Freeport, Bahamas. She received her BA from Sarah Lawrence College in New York, and earned her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1989. Antoni is known for her unusual processes, using her body as both a tool and a source of meaning within the conceptual framework of her practice. Antoni’s early methods involved transforming unique materials such as chocolate and soap through habitual, everyday processes like bathing, eating and sleeping to create sculptural works and installations. By way of her body of work, Antoni carefully articulates her relationship to the world, giving rise to emotional states that are felt in and through the senses. In each piece, no matter the medium or image, a conveyed physicality is meant to speak directly to the viewer’s body.
Her work shows nationally and internationally. Antoni has exhibited at numerous major institutions and has also been represented in several international biennials and festivals such as the Whitney Biennial in New York. Antoni has collaborated with many artists across different mediums, as well as exhibiting solo shows. In 2019, Antoni was the subject of a solo show at The Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, for which she was commissioned to present a new body of work, I am fertile ground in the cemetery’s catacombs.
Antoni is the recipient of several prestigious awards such as the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in 2011 and her work is included in various museum collections, such as the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
Antoni currently resides in New York and is represented by Luhring Augustine Gallery, NY, and Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco.
Her work shows nationally and internationally. Antoni has exhibited at numerous major institutions and has also been represented in several international biennials and festivals such as the Whitney Biennial in New York. Antoni has collaborated with many artists across different mediums, as well as exhibiting solo shows. In 2019, Antoni was the subject of a solo show at The Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, for which she was commissioned to present a new body of work, I am fertile ground in the cemetery’s catacombs.
Antoni is the recipient of several prestigious awards such as the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in 2011 and her work is included in various museum collections, such as the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
Antoni currently resides in New York and is represented by Luhring Augustine Gallery, NY, and Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco.
