Jacki Apple
Jacki Apple (1941—8 June 2022) was an American artist, writer, composer, producer and educator based in New York and Los Angeles. She worked in multiple disciplines such as performance art and installation art. As well as art making, Apple was also a writer, penning around 200 reviews and critical essays on topics such as performance art, media arts, installation art and dance. Her writing has appeared in publications such as Performing Arts Journal, Public Art Review and The Drama Review.
Apple is the winner of National Endowment for the Arts grants in 1979, 1982, 1984, and 1992 and a New York State Council on the Arts grant in 1981. In 2012, she received a Distinguished Teaching of Art Award from the College Art Association.