Janet Biggs
Brooklyn, USA
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About this artist
Janet Biggs is an American visual artist, known for her work in video, photography and interdisciplinary performance art. Biggs lives and works in New York City. Biggs' work focuses on individuals in extreme landscapes or situations, such as the Taklamakan desert of Western China, the Horn of Africa, the Arctic, and the Mars Desert Research Station. Her work explores challenges faced by diverse groups including the Uighurs, Indonesian sulfur miners and Yemini refugees. In 2022, Biggs worked with CERN and the Spencer museum. Reviews of her work have appeared in the New York Times, the New Yorker, ArtForum, ARTNews, Art in America, Flash Art, and ArtReview. Biggs was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for Fine Arts in 2018.
Source: Wikipedia, “Janet Biggs”, text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved 24 September 2026.
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- “Alright, so Janet Biggs is a research-based interdisciplinary artist known for immersive work in video, sound, and performance.”WATCH1:06:22
Heidi Boisvert · Salon 102 · January 8, 2026 - “The order will be, Laura Splan, then Sue Wong, Gal Neeson, and then Janet Biggs will, close us out.”WATCH04:44
Heidi Boisvert · Salon 102 · January 8, 2026
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