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Joan Jonas

Jonas is a multimedia visual and performance artist who has been performing in the United States and Europe since the late 1960s.

She is the recipient of fellowships and grants from the New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim and Rockefeller Foundations, and the Contemporary Art Television Fund.

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Joan Jonas is a multimedia visual and performance artist who has performed in the United States and Europe since the late 1960s. She received fellowships and grants from the New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim and Rockefeller Foundations, and the Contemporary Art Television Fund.

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