Martha Wilson is a pioneering feminist artist and gallery director who, over the past five decades, has created innovative photographic, performance, and video works. In 1976, she founded Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc. Wilson holds a BA, cum laude, from Wilmington College and an MA in English literature from Dalhousie University. Her art is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, and Metropolitan Museum of Art. International exhibitions include solo exhibitions at Centre Pompidou, Paris, and Frac Sud, Marseille. Wilson lectures widely on avant-garde art and has taught at New York University, Pratt Institute, School of Visual Arts, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and elsewhere. She has received numerous grants for her performance art, including two NEA fellowships, a NYFA fellowship, and the Yoko Ono Lennon Courage Award for the Arts, as well as multiple awards recognizing her commitment to artists’ freedom of expression. Her Princeton Architectural Press book, Back to the Present: 50 Years of Free Expression with Franklin Furnace is available for pre-order and will be on available starting November 17, 2026.
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