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Place of birth: Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic).
Training: Vancouver School of Art, Vancouver (1973-74); University of British Columbia, Vancouver (1974-75); Université Concordia University, Montréal (B.F.A., 1977); University of Toronto, Toronto (1980-82).
Profile: multidisciplinary artist (sculpture, installation, photography, video, performance).
Awards and distinctions: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship (1991); Prix Victor-Martyn-Lynch-Staunton/Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award, Conseil des Arts du Canada/The Canada Council for the Arts (1993); Prix Antoine Guichard, Fondation Casino (1994); Prix Ozias-Leduc, Fondation Émile-Nelligan (1996); Prix national Jean A. Chalmers d’arts visuels/Jean A. Chalmers National Visual Arts Award, Conseil des Arts de l’Ontario/Arts Council of Ontario (2000).
Represented by: Galeria Toni Tàpies – Edicions T, Barcelona; Galerie Barbara Gross, Munich; Galerie Erna Hécey, Brussels; Donald Young Gallery, Chicago.
Main public collections: Centre Georges-Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne, Paris; Fondation Canada-Chine / Canada-China Foundation, Montréal; Fonds National d’Art Contemporain (FNAC), France; Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain (FRAC) Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier; Fundació ”la Caixa”, Centre Cultural de Barcelona, Barcelona; MAC - galeries contemporaines des Musées de Marseille, Marseille (deposit) ; Miami Art Museum (MAM), Miami ; Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal ; Musée d’art moderne de Saint-Étienne , Saint-Étienne ; Musée départemental de Rochechouart, Rochechouart ; Musée des beaux-arts de Nantes, Nantes; Musée des beaux-arts de l’Ontario / Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Musée des beaux-arts du Canada/National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (formerly Musée du Québec), Québec; Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), Barcelona; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.