# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jess-dobkin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:37:50.653Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jess-dobkin"
name: "Jess Dobkin"
slug: "jess-dobkin"
description: "Jess Dobkin is a performance artist, curator, teacher, and activist whose work has been presented internationally in theatres, galleries, art fairs, festivals, museums, and public spaces. She has been described as an \"internationally acclaimed queer performance artist\" [1], and her interdisciplinary career spans more than 30 years. Her work explores the dynamic relationship between live performance, documentation, and the archive, engaging with sensory experience, embodiment, affect, and collaborative care."
tagline: "Canadian artist (born 1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jess_Dobkin%2C_Lactation_Station_promotional_photo%2C_2006.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1970"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.289274666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://jessdobkin.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A8%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "جس دابکین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "چيس دوبكين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Dobkin"
    title: "Jess Dobkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Dobkin"
    title: "Jess Dobkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Dobkin"
    title: "Jess Dobkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%A5%D5%BD_%D4%B4%D5%B8%D5%A2%D5%AF%D5%AB%D5%B6"
    title: "Ջես Դոբկին"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16210940"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump