Martha Rosler

In her videos, photographs, performances and writing, Martha Rosler constructs incisive social and political analyses of the myths and realities of patriarchal cultures. Her video works reveal how socio-economic realities and political ideologies dominate everyday life. Among other things, she explores the objectification of women (Vital Statistics of a Citizen, Simply Obtained, 1977) ; anorexia and starvation (Losing: A Conversation With The Parents, 1977); and surrogacy (Born to be Sold, 1988). Rosler graduated with a B.A. from Brooklyn College and an M.F.A. from the University of California, San Diego. She has received various grants and artist residencies, including at the University of Colorado, Boulder; the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; and the Satellite Video Exchange Society, Vancouver. She currently holds a professorship at Rutgers University. Her works are on permanent display at, amongst others, the Long Beach Museum of Art, California; the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Furthermore, exhibitions of her works are held at various other institutions. Rosler lives in New York.