About Jana Sterbak

Czech-born Canadian artist Jana Sterbak lives and works in Montréal and Paris. Among Canada’s most renowned and influential living artists, Sterbak’s work ruthlessly considers the body and the human condition. Her 40-year career has spanned sculpture, video, installation, and, performance. Her work has been featured in major exhibitions across Canada and internationally, including at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Carré d’Art, Nîmes; the Palais des Papes, Avignon; Serpentine Gallery, London; Museu Tàpies, Barcelona; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck; and Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg. Her work is included in many collections including Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; the San Diego Art Museum; MAAXI Museum, Rome, the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; the Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane; Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, and FotoMuseum, Winterthur. She has won multiple prizes and accolades, including the Prix-Paul-Emile-Borduas, the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts, the Prix Ozias-Leduc from La Fondation Émile Nelligan, and the John Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship.