JANA STERBAK

Lives and works in Montreal

BIOGRAPHY

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008
From Here to There, Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent, Riviere-du-Loup
Seasons, Erna Hecey Gallery, Brussels

2007
Dissolution, Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec
Galeria Toni Tapiès, Barcelona

2006
Condition contrainte, Carré d'Art, Nîmes
Waiting For High Water, Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris
De la performance al video, ARTIUM de Álava, Vitoria-Gasteiz
Raffaella Cortese gallery, Milano
ABOUT WINTER, Galerie Erna Hecey, Brussels
From Here to There , Bozar, Centre for fine arts, Brussel

2005
Art Unlimited, Basel - presented by Galerie Erna Hecey, Brussels

2004
Jana Sterbak. Videoinstallations. Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense
Planetarium, Galeria Toni Tàpies, Barcelona
From Here to There, Musée des Beaux Arts, Nantes

2003
From Here to There, Biennale di Venezia, Venezia

2002
Jana Sterbak, Malmö Konsthall, Mälmo; Haus der Kunst, München
Jana Sterbak, Barbara Gross Galerie, München
Jana Sterbak: Photopractice, Art Gallery of Subdury
La lune à l’école, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris

2001
Jana Sterbak. Penser tout Aut./Thinking Out Loud, Galerie de l’UQAM, Université du Québec, Montréal
Dissolution, Galerie Erna Hecey, Luxembourg
Faradayurt, Galeria Toni Tàpies, Barcelona

2000
Jana Sterbak, Erna Hecey, Luxembourg
Jana Sterbak, Galerie Barbara Gross, München
Jana Sterbak: Fabric Workshop "Oasis", Philadelphia

1998
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Galerie René Blouin, Montréal
Galeria Toni Tàpies - Edicions T, Barcelona

1997
Jana Sterbak: Metamorphosis, David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence

1996
Jana Sterbak: New Photoworks, Donald Young Gallery, Seattle
Trichotilomania III, Galerie René Blouin, Montréal

1995
Jana Sterbak, Donald Young Gallery, Seattle
Jana Sterbak: VELLEITAS, Musée d'art moderne de Saint-Etienne; Fundació Antoni Tapies, Barcelona; et 1996: Serpentine Gallery, London

1994
Jana Sterbak: Déclaration, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes
Jana Sterbak: Déclaration, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal
Jana Sterbak, Louisiana, Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek
I Want You to Feel the Way I Do, Fundació "la Caixa", Barcelona
Jana Sterbak: Lénine rétréci, Galerie René Blouin, Montréal

1992
Project Room, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Galerie Crousel‑Robelin /BAMA, Pari s

1991
Jana Sterbak: Sisyphe, II, Galerie René Blouin, Montréal
JANA STERBAK : States of Being / Corps à corps, Musée des beaux‑arts du Canada, Ottawa; List Visual Arts Centre, Cambridge; 1992: Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, Alberta Alberta; San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego

1990
Donald Young Gallery, Chicago
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York

1989
The Western Front, Vancouver
Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina
Galerie René Blouin, Montréal

1988
The Power Plant, Toronto

1987
The Ydessa Gallery, Toronto
Galerie René Blouin, Montréal

1985
The Ydessa Gallery, Toronto

1982
Golem ‑ Objects as Sensations, Mercer Union, Toronto

1981
How Things Stand Up, Main Exit, Vancouver

1980
YYZ, Toronto (small works)
Travaux récents, Galerie Optica, Montréal

1978
Pumps Art, Vancouver


GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)

2008
Intros, Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec
Peripheral Look and Collective Body, Museion, Bolzano
Ne pas jouer avec des choses mortes, Villa Arson, Nice
La Grande Traversee, Horizons photographiques, Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent, Riviere-du-Loup
Yalos, Claudia Gian Ferrari Studio, Milano and Caterina Tognon Arte Contemporanea, Venezia
Hysteria and the Body, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario
Intrus / Intruder, Musée national des beaux-arts du Quebec, Quebec
Caught in the Act: The Viewer as Performer, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

2007
Projections: An exhibition of the development of projection-based installations in the history of contemporary art in Canada, Doris McCarthy Gallery, Scarborough campus, Ontario
KaDeOs - Kaufhaus des Ostens, Konsum - Ladenzeile, Erfurt, Galerie im Kunsthaus Erfurt
De l'écriture - Oeuvres choisies de la Collection du MACM, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
Collection d'art verrier contemporain, MUDAC, musée de design et d'arts appliqués contemporains, Lausanne
Numerica, Palazzo delle Papesse, centro arte contemporanea, Sienna
Selest'art 07, biennale d'art contemporain de Sélestat
Tout Contre, Manufacture nationale de Sèvres

2006
Bêtes de style, Musée de design et d'arts plastiques contemporains, Lausanne
L'ombra, Palazzo delle Papéese, Siena; MAN, Nuoro
Corps étranger, Le Quartier, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Quimper

2005
Bing Bang, Destruction et creation dans l'art du 20e siècle, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Visions of the Body, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
International Biennale of Contemporary Art, National Gallery, Prague
Strange Familiar und Unforgotten, Galerie Erna Hecey, Brussels
Starving Images, Regional Archaeological Museum, Aosta
Dual. Trànsits i encreuaments per la historia de l'art, Centre d'Art La Panera, Lleida
Citizens, Art Circuit Touring Exhibitions, PM Gallery & House, London; Pitzhanger Manor Museum, London, The City Gallery, Leicester; Oriel Davie, Powys; The Ormeau Baths, Belfast

2004
The Nature Machine: Contemporary Art, Nature and Technology, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Thinking out loud, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen Victoria
Presences et apparitions, une visite particuliere, Chateau d'Avignon, Avignon
Hors d’oeuvre: ordre et désordres de la nourriture, capc Musée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux
Silvia Bachli, Ellen Gallagher, Jana Sterbak... an der wand, Galerie Barbara Gross, München
The Big Eat. From Pop till the Present (grandebouffe d’art), Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld

2003
Galerie Barbara Gross, München
Collection du FNAC, Musee de Marseille, Marseille
Musee des Beaux Arts, Nantes
Nude, Art in Bologna, Bologna

2002
Le Dépeupleur/The Lost Ones, Galerie de l’UQAM, Université du Québec, Montréal
Unbearable/Unwearable, Musée des arts décoratifs, Köln

2001
Arkadia, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

2000
Diefenbunker,Ottawa
Mánes Exhibition Hall, Praha
The wounded Diva, Städtische Galerie Im Lenbachhaus, München
Body-Body, Arken, Isnoy

1999
Redefining the Still Life/La nature morte: noveau regard, Université Concordia, Montréal
Dobles vides, Institut de Cultura de Barcelona, Barcelona
Visions of the body: Fashion or Invisible Corset, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyoto
Un certain art de vivre, ATA Centre d'Art Contemporain, Sofia
Skin-deep, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
El cos, la llengua, les paraules, la pell, Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona
Denuncies, Christian Boltanski, Alfredo Jaar, Ana Mendieta, Jana Sterbak, Galeria Palma Dotze, Vilafranca del Penedès, Barcelona
As Above, So Below: The body at work, The Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia
Rosso Vivo, Mutation, Transfiguration and blood in the contemporary Art, P.A.C. House of contemporary Art, Milano

1998
Addressing the Century, Hayward Gallery, London; Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
Crossings/Traversées, Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa
Oeuvres récentes, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
The Quiet in the Land, Institute of Contmeporary Art, Boston
Spectacular Optical, Thread Waxing Space, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Florida
Disidentico: maschile femminile e altro, Palazzo Branciforte, Palermo
The Secret Life of Clothes, Mitsubishi-jisho Artium/The Nishinippon, Fukuoka
Desde el Cuerpo. Alegorías de lo femenino, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas

1997
Five Years of Collecting, Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal
Fifth international Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul
Trash quando i rifiuti diventano arte, Palazzo delle Albere, Trento
Love hotel: Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart; Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne; 1998: Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane; Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand; The John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University of Technology, Perth
The Quiet in the Land, Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, Maine
Floating Images of Women in Art History: from the Birth of the Feminism toward the Dissolution of the Gender, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Tochigi
Le songe de Constantin, Villa de Noailles, Hyères
Art/Fashion, Guggenheim Museum SoHo, New York
Objectif corps, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Montréal
Introvertions, Museu d’Art Contemporani, Barcelona
Inside the Visible, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Art on the Edge of Fashion, ASU Art Museum, Nelson Fine Arts Center, Tempe, Arizona et 1998: Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Miami

1996
Corps étrangers, Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa
L’oeil du collectionneur, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal
Il tempo e la moda, Biennale di Firenze, Firenze
Embedded Metaphor, Independant Curators Incorporated, New York
NowHere, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Danmark
L’Art au corps, MAC, galeries contemporaines des musées de Marseille, Marseille
Collection/Parcours (Geneviève Cadieux, Annette Messager, Jana Sterbak), Musée départemental de Rochechouart
Feed and Greed, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Wien
Inside the Visible, ICA, Boston, E.U.; White Chapel, London

1995
Colisiones-Collisions, Arteleku, Donosti
Picola Scultura, Padova Biennale, Padova
Fémininmasculin: le sexe de l'art, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Muse?, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Beyond the Borders, Kwangju Biennale, Corea
PerForms: Janine Antoni, Charles Ray, Jana Sterbak, ICA, Philadelphia
Angles Gallery, Santa Monica
Die Muse?, Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, Salzburg
Traces de la danse, Musée d'art de Joliette, Joliette
Knokke Video Festival, Knokke
Rites of Passage, Tate Gallery, London
Inside the Visible, Kanaal - Art Foundation, Courtrai
Premiers Dons 1964-1965 et Dons 1989-1994, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal
Images in perspectives, Zerynthia, Serre di Rapolano, Toscana
Chocolate!, The Swiss Institute, New York
Bildende Kunstler im TAT, phase 1, Theater Am Turm, Frankfurt
Spirits on the Crossing: Travellers to/from Nowhere-Contemporary Art in Canada 1980-94,
Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo; The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo

1994
Social Fabric, Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, Pensylvania
Heart of Darkness, Kröller Müller Museum, Oterloo, Nederland
The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair
Trans, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
Hors limite, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, Paris
Donald Young Gallery, Seattle
...ou les oiseaux selon Schopenhauer, Musée des beaux-arts d'Agen, Agen
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Scénographie-danse (avec Javier Pérez), O'Vertigo, Montréal
Séduction, Galerie René Blouin, Montréal (Jana Sterbak, Javier Pérez, Sarah Stevenson)

1993
Uber Leben, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn
Space of Time: Contemporary Art from the Americas, Americas Society, New York; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami
De la main à la tête, l'objet théorique, Centre d'art contemporain du domaine de Kerguéhennec, Locminé
Elective Affinities, Tate Gallery Liverpool, Liverpool
Ordnung und Zerstorung, München
Canada, une nouvelle génération, FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Clisson; Musée des Beaux Arts / FRAC Franche‑Comté, Dole
...Just to name a few, Barbara Weiss Gallery, Berlin
At the Edge of Choas ‑ New Images of the World, Louisiana, Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Danmark

1992
GENERIQUE 1: DESORDRES, Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris
Third International Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Between the Sheets, P.P.O.W., New York
Internationale Kunstlerplakate, Saarbrucken, Deutschland (projet de panneaux publicitaires organisé par: Hochschule der Bildenden Kunste Saar, Saarland Museum Saarbrucken et Stadtgalerie Saarbrucken)
Power Play, The Betty Rymer Gallery, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Donald Young Gallery, Seattle

1991
The Wealth of Nations, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw
Un‑Natural Traces. Contemporary Art from Canada, Barbican Art Gallery, London
Interiors, Galerie Crousel‑Robelin/BAMA, Paris
Un archipel de désirs: les artistes du Québec et la scène internationale, Musée du Québec, Québec
With this ring..., Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Donald Young Gallery, Chicago
En hommage à un cadeau d'Eva Hesse à Sol Lewitt, Axe Néo‑7, Hull
The Embodied Viewer, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Vanitas, Galerie Crousel‑Robelin/BAMA, Paris

1990
Goya to Beijing, Centre international d'art contemporain, Montréal; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Donald Young Gallery, Chicago
Four Cities Project, Newcastle
Galerie René Blouin, Montréal
Figuring the Body, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Aperto '90, Biennale  de Venezia, Venezia
Diagnosis, Art Gallery of York University, North York, Ontario

1989
Biennale canadienne d'art contemporain, Musée des beaux‑arts du Canada, Ottawa
Dark Rooms, Artists Space, New York

1988
Impossible Self, Winnipeg Art Gallery and The Vancouver Art Gallery
Identity, Identities, Winnipeg Art Gallery
Group Material, Dia Foundation, New York
Disturbance, Enchantment, The Power Plant, Toronto

1987
Subject/Object, 56 Bleeker Gallery Limited, New York

1986
Oeuvres Ex‑Centrées, Galerie René Blouin, Montréal
Songs of Experience/Chants d'expérience, Musée des beaux‑arts du Canada, Ottawa
Jana Sterbak, Krzysztof Wodiczko, 49th Parallel, New York; Nexus Gallery of Contemporary Art, Atlanta
Sept sculpteurs canadiens, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal
Postmarked New York, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta

1985
Anadromous, Michael Katz Gallery, New York
Ida Applebroog and Jana Sterbak, Glendon Gallery, Toronto

1984
Works Selected by David Rabinowich, 49th Parallel, New York, Influencing Machines, YYZ, Toronto
Canada / New York, 49th Parallel, New York

1983
Unaffiliated Artists, International Exposure, Toronto
Small Works, Pomona University Gallery, California
Small Works, San Diego University Gallery, California

1982
Photos by Artists, Galerie France Morin, Montréal, YYZ, Toronto
Menues manoeuvres, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal
Four Artists, S. L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto

1981
The New YYZ, Toronto

1979
Bookworks, Powerhouse, Montréal, Jackie Apple (conservatrice)

1978
5 Artists, Galerie Optica, Montréal


AWARDS

2000
Prix Chalmers, Arts Council of Ontario, Toronto

1996
Prix Ozias-Leduc, Fondation Émile-Nelligan, Montréal

1994
Prix Lynch-Stauton, Conseil de Arts du Canada, Ottawa
Prix Guichard, Musée de Saint-Étienne

1991
Prix John Guggenheim Memorial Foundation


COLLECTIONS

Musée des beaux‑arts du Canada, Ottawa
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal
Fonds national d'art contemporain, France
Musée des Beaux Arts de Nantes
Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis
Musée du Québec, Québec
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, Paris
Musée départemental de Rochechouart, Rochechouart
Museu d’art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona
Musée d’art moderne de Saint Étienne, Saint-Étienne
FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier
Fundació "la Caixa", Barcelona
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Musées de Marseille, Marseille
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Folkswang Museum of Modern Art, Essen
MAM, Miami
Private collections