Vera Frenkel

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Vera Frenkel is a Canadian multidisciplinary artist known for her pioneering work in video, installation, and new media exploring themes of memory, displacement, and institutional power.

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instanceOf artist
human
installation artist
multidisciplinary artist
new media artist
video artist
awardReceived Bell Canada Award for Video Art
Canada Council Molson Prize
Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts
Toronto Arts Award
countryOfCitizenship Canada
educatedAt McGill University
ethnicGroup Jewish people
linked to: Jews
fieldOfWork conceptual art
installation art
new media art
video art
genre interdisciplinary art
media art
video installation
hasWorkExhibitedIn Art Gallery of Ontario
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography
Documenta
linked to: Documenta (Kassel)

Museum of Modern Art
National Gallery of Canada
Venice Biennale
influenced Canadian media artists
influencedBy conceptual art movement
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement conceptual art
contemporary art
notableFor exploration of displacement
exploration of institutional power
exploration of memory
pioneering work in video, installation, and new media
notableWork Body Missing
ONCE NEAR WATER
String Games: Improvisations for Inter-City Video
The Institute™: Or What We Do for Love
The Secret Life of Cornelia Lumsden
…from the Transit Bar
occupation artist
educator
placeOfBirth Czechoslovakia
residence Toronto
usesMedium installation
new media
performance
text
video

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