Janice Kerbel (born 1969) is a British artist.

Biography

Kerbel graduated from

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in 1996. In 2011 she won the

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Award for artists. She works at Goldsmiths, University of London as a Reader in Fine Art. She was a 2015 Turner Prize nominee along with

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, and Assemble. She experimentally works in many mediums including light, audio recordings, performance and printed materials. An example of her printed work was commissioned by

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in 2018, entitled "Fight". Another unusual piece of performance art was her use of synchronised swimmers at Glasgow's Western Baths Club for "Sink" which was commissioned by Glasgow's

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for Festival 2018, the cultural programme for the Glasgow 2018 European Championships and supported by The High Commission of Canada. Both "Fight" and "Sink" involved Kerbel choreographing the performers' movements to create her narrative. "Sink" was choreographed by Kerbel in collaboration with Adele Carlsen and Lorena Randi.

Publications

* ''DOUG Nine songs for six voices.'' Kerbel, Janice. 2014. DOUG Nine songs for six voices. * ''Live: Collected scripts.'' Kerbel, Janice. 2018. Live: Collected scripts. London UK: Occasional Papers / The Polygon Gallery / Badischer Kunsterein / University of Toronto Press.

Solo exhibitions

* 2012: 'Janice Kerbel', Solo Exhibition Arts Club of Chicago. In: "Janice Kerbel", Arts Club of Chicago, United States, 13 September – 21 December 2012. * 2014: Doug. In: "Doug", Jeffrey Room, Mitchell Library Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2014–17. * 2015: Turner Prize 2015. In: "Turner Prize 2015", Tramway Glasgow, United Kingdom, 25 Sept 2015 – 18 January 2015. * 2016: 'Le Grand Balcon – Montreal Biennal 2016', Group exhibition. In: "Le Grand Balcon - Montreal Biennial 2016", Musee D'Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada, 19.10.17-15.01.17. * 2017: Slip at Mass MOCA. In: "B6: THE ROBERT W. WILSON BUILDING GRAND OPENING Mass MoCA", MASS MoCA, United States, May 2017 – 2020. * 2017: 'Space Force Construction', V-AC Foundation Venice Italy. In: "Space Force Construction, VAC Foundation", VAC Foundation, Palazzo delel Zattere, Venice, Italy, 13 May - 25 Aug 2017. * 2017: Art and Alphabet. In: "Art and Alphabet", Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany, 21 July - 29 October 2017. * 2018: 'Beautiful World. Where are you?', Liverpool Biennial 2018. In: "Beautiful World Where are you?, 2018 Liverpool biennial", Liverpool, United Kingdom, 14 July - 28 October 2018. * 2018: Sink: Routine for 24 Women. In: "Sink", Western Baths, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 3 August 2018. * 2018: Janice Kerbel. In: "Janice Kerbel", greengrassi, London, United Kingdom, 27 September 2018 – 3 November 2018.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kerbel, Janice 1969 births Living people Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London British contemporary artists British women artists