EFA STUDIO PROGRAM: Member Artists

Rhona Bitner

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Staged performance, from the circus to classical theater to rock n' roll to ballet – and everything in between, acts as a laboratory of humanity. Using the camera, I highlight aspects of the performance experience that correspond to a dimension of daily life outside of the dark space of the theater. Strung together over the course of a lifetime, each comprehensive and rigorous project is a link in the universal loop between what is found on each side of the curtain – and subsequently, the camera lens.

Past comprehensive projects include Circus (1991-2001) Clown (2001) Stage (2003-2008) Listen (2006-2018) and Pointe (2021-2024). In 2023, a mid-career survey, Resound, including selections from seven projects, was presented at the Wellin Museum, Hamilton College, NY. I was awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant in 2019 and in 2025. The LISTEN project was published in 2022 in English and French editions by Rizzoli. Iggy Pop, Jason Moran, Natalie Bell, and Greil Marcus contributed texts. Works have been exhibited at and collected by major public institutions in the US and Europe over the course of 30 years.

All images © Rhona Bitner / ADAGP, Artist’s Rights Society, NY