Janine Antoni was born in Freeport, Bahamas. She received her BA from Sarah Lawrence College and her MFA from Rhode Island School of Design. Antoni is represented by Luhring Augustine in New York.

Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at major institutions, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; The Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain; The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; Haywood Gallery, London; and Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany.