Sandra Binion

Sandra Binion is a Chicago-based video artist and performer.

Binion has performed and displayed her art in numerous spaces, including the Evanston Art Center, Link’s Hall, Kunstraum (Stuttgart), The Goodman Theatre, and Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art. Binion received a BFA in Dance from the University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music and an MFA in Filmmaking from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

She first began to make a name for herself in the 1970s, when she elevated mundane activities like ironing clothes, scrubbing steps, dining and doing laundry into living art. Binion has performed all over the world and is highly regarded as an artist in Europe.