Anna Banana

Bio:

Anna Banana was an artist born in Victoria, Canada, and a key figure in the international mail art movement. Her practice, known for its subversive playfulness, spanned print media, artistamps, collage, writing, performances with costumed personas, and interactive banana-themed events. While living in San Francisco in the 1970s, she collaborated with Bay Area Dadaists on experimental performances and publishing projects, and began producing her parodic publication VILE magazine. Throughout her career, Banana engaged global networks of artists and the public through works that embraced absurdity and irreverence, blurring the lines between high art and the everyday.