Barbara Steinman

Barbara Steinman (born February 3, 1950) is a Canadian artist known for her work in video and installation art.

Biography Steinman was born in Montreal, Quebec, in 1950.

A common theme in Steinman's work is the fate of the disenfranchised and the dispossessed. In 2019, Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art wrote that she "effectively memorialises subjects denied a common name, a concrete identity, a reasonable life." She works in multiple media, including video, photography, neon, and installation art.

Exhibitions and commissions Steinman's artworks have been shown in exhibitions in Canada and internationally, including the biennials of Seoul, Sydney, São Paulo and Aperto in Venice, as well as exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Tate Liverpool in England, the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto and the National Gallery of Canada. and the National Gallery of Canada. as well as in the Collection Fonds national d'art contemporain (FNAC), Paris; Maison européenne de la photographie, Paris; the Seoul Metropolitan Museum, Seoul; Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal; Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal; Canadian War Museum, Ottawa; Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa; Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Québec; Museum London, London, Ontario; Art Gallery of Hamilton; MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina; Vancouver Art Gallery; Winnipeg Art Gallery; Art Gallery of Windsor; Rare Books and Special Collections, McGill University, Montréal; and the Donovan Collection, St. Michael's College, University of Toronto, Toronto.

Awards Barbara Steinman received the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts (2002) and was awarded an honorary doctorate from Concordia University in Montreal (2015).