Miranda July at the Onassis Stegi

Miranda July creates works that defy categorization and touch on multiple means of expression, from film and literature to visual arts and performance. Many of them have been hosted at MoMA, the Guggenheim Museum, and the Whitney Biennial.

She chose the surname ‘July’ from a fictional character when she was 15 years old, and at 20, she officially adopted it. Today, she writes and lives unapologetically, dancing at home or on screens, challenging social conventions, and encouraging women to discover their authentic selves.

It has been written that “Miranda July is good at plot. Stories will come to her fully formed, like a gift from the gods; all she has to do is unwrap them” ("New Yorker"). In the 1990s, she experimented as part of the ‘riot grrrl’ scene with various theater, multimedia performance, and film projects at independent festivals and alternative art spaces. In 2005, she made her directorial film debut with "Me and You and Everyone We Know" and won the Special Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival and four awards at the Cannes Film Festival, including the Golden Camera. In the field of literature, she has proven her charisma and ability to capture—sometimes with humor and sometimes with sensitivity—what is discussed on the online and offline side of life.

With books such as "No One Belongs Here More Than You" (2007), a critically acclaimed collection of short stories, and her first novel, "The First Bad Man" (2015), she explores themes such as loneliness, alienation, and the human need for connection. Regardless of the medium and genre she chooses, her voice always remains refined and deeply human.

In January, she will be at the Onassis Stegi to present some of her films as well as her new novel, "All Fours" (2024). It is an ode to love in all its forms, now part of the conversations of American women who have joined the 40+ club but, at the same time, experience desires without age.