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| Joanna Ebenstein artist (Brooklyn, NY) Spring, 2011 |
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Joanna
Ebenstein was born in 1971 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
She received a BA (with honors) in Intellectual History from the
University of California at Santa Cruz in 1994. Since then, she
has produced an eclectic body of work, including photography, a
blog, installation, and graphic design. Joanna has also curated
exhibits, consulted with museums, and lectured on a variety of
topics. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, and her
photography has been included in many publications both at home
and abroad. Joanna's recent work centers on the intersection of
art and medicine, collectors and collecting, the secret life of
objects, the history of museums, and self-contained, man-made universes. Recent projects include: 2007-Present: "Morbid Anatomy: Surveying the Interstices of Art and Medicine, Death and Culture", blog; 2008-Present: "The Morbid Anatomy Library", an artist's library project which makes books and artifacts related to the Morbid Anatomy blog; 2008-Present: "Private Cabinets," a photographic series documenting extraordinary private collections; 2009-Present: Observatory, a performance/exhibition space inspired by the 18th Century notion of "rational amusement"; 2007: "Anatomical Theatre: Depictions of the Body, Disease, and Disease in Medical Museums of the Western World," photographic exhibition; * 2009: "Morbid Anatomy Cabinet: Gallery as Wunderkammer," curator and photographer Joanna Ebenstein was recommended by Joshua Foer, a freelance Journalist living in New York City, with a primary focus on science. |