Performance Artist & Sculptor; Forbes 30 Under 30 in Art & Style; Known for Immersive Durational Installations
Miles Greenberg Biography
Miles Greenberg is a Canadian performance artist and sculptor whose work explores the intersection of endurance art, sculpture, and myth. Greenberg's practice features large-scale, immersive installations and durational performances that examine the physical body in space, with recurring themes related to the African diaspora and queer identity. At age 17, Greenberg left formal education to pursue four years of independent research on movement and architecture, participating in residencies at École Jacques Lecoq and Musée du Palais de Tokyo in Paris, Red Gate Gallery in Beijing, and Watermill Center on Long Island. During this period, Greenberg developed a self-directed background in linguistics, perfumery, and physical theater.
Greenberg has worked under the mentorship of choreographer Édouard Lock, director Robert Wilson, and artist Marina Abramović. He completed residencies at The Watermill Center in New York, La Manutention at Palais de Tokyo in Paris, and Fountainhead Arts in Miami. Greenberg's work consists of large-scale, sensorially immersive, site-specific environments centered on the physical body, activated by extreme durational performances that treat the body as sculptural material. These performances are often captured in real time before audiences, generating video works and sculptures. Greenberg's methodology is rigorous and ritualistic, emphasizing slowness and the decay of form to heighten audience perception.
Greenberg's body of work includes demanding performances in contemporary art. In "Oysterknife," Greenberg walked on a conveyor belt for 24 consecutive hours without interruption, live-streamed from Montreal in collaboration with the Marina Abramović Institute. In "Admiration Is The Furthest Thing From Understanding," Greenberg lay motionless and blinded atop a narrow glass and steel structure as cane sugar syrup dripped from above, crystallizing over time and restricting movement. For the Venice Biennale, the eight-hour performance "Sebastian," curated by Klaus Biesenbach and Lisa Botti, gained significant attention on social media. The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam presented the premiere of "Flaying of Marsyas," a durational performance examining endurance, stillness, and myth.
Greenberg's installations are activated by durational performances that treat the body as sculptural material, aiming to make visible the poetics of the human form, particularly through the lens of the African diaspora. Inspired by the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, one work is a queer, conceptual interpretation unfolding over six hours, while "TЯUTH" is a seven-hour performance originally staged at Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn. Greenberg has served as a teaching fellow at the Pina Bausch School in Essen, Germany, and was featured on Forbes 30 Under 30 in the Art & Style category. Greenberg has exhibited and performed internationally at institutions including Southbank Centre in London, The Louvre in Paris, Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, and The New Museum in New York.
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