Go to extremes with an illustrated lecture by artist Janet Biggs

Join acclaimed video and performance artist Janet Biggs as she presents an illustrated lecture surveying her recent projects. Often exploring the human element—haunted by destruction yet with small opportunities for splendor—Biggs is known for her immersive, multi-channel video installations and performances. Her work has taken her into sulfurous volcanoes in Indonesia, into areas of conflict in the Horn of Africa, and to “Mars” (during a residency at the Mars Desert Research Station). In 2016, SCAD supported the creation of her video installation Afar, which was exhibited at the SCAD Museum of Art.

About the artist
Biggs has exhibited work at international venues including Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo, Montevideo, Uruguay; Tenerife Museums, Canary Islands; Gesellschaft für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Osnabrück, Germany; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Art Basel, Miami; Blaffer Art Museum, Houston, Texas; Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; and the Tampa Museum of Art. Biggs is the recipient of a 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship, among numerous grants and awards. Reviews of her work have appeared in publications including The New York Times, The New Yorker, Artforum, Art in America, and many others. Her work is held in the collections of the Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain (FRAC), Languedoc-Roussillon, France; Zabludowicz Collection, London; Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl, Germany; Tampa Museum of Art; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York; and New Britain Museum of Art, Connecticut.

This event is free and open to the public. It is presented as part of SCAD deFINE ART 2020, the university’s annual program of exhibitions, lectures, and performances held Feb. 18–20 at locations in Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia.