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BIO
Janna is an independent curator, writer, and artist. As a curator she has worked with numerous New York-based nonprofits, including Booklyn, NURTUREart, Eyebeam Center for Art & Technology, the New York Center for Art & Media Studies, the Rubin Museum, SOHO20 Gallery, the Chelsea Music Festival, and others. Her curatorial and writing projects have appeared in such publications as ArtForum, Art in America, the New York Times, BOMB, Hyperallergic, Art Critical, and 1000 Words (London). She holds an MFA from Hunter College CUNY (New York), and has completed additional studies at CUNY, the School of Visual Arts (New York), the Universidad de Murcia (Spain), and the Center for Nonviolent Communication (Brooklyn / Germany / Columbia). She is the recipient of residencies, grants, and fellowships from A.I.R. Projects (Beijing), Marble House (VT), NARS Foundation (NY), PLAYA Art & Science (OR), Byrdcliffe (NY), Making/Thinking (NY), and the Rema Hort Foundation (NY), among others. From 2023-2024, she was the Visiting Director and Curator of Exhibitions and Collections at Goucher College (Baltimore), where she instigated a new art + science series, and a forthcoming student-led collection diversification program. As an artist she has exhibited at such spaces as the Beirut Art Museum (Lebanon), 205 Hudson (NY), and 601Artspace (NY). Her work has appeared in the New York Times, ArtSlant, Curator Magazine, SEEN, and L’Orient du Jour. As a researcher and curatorial advisor, Janna has worked with numerous artists and artist estates, among them the Barbara Hammer Estate, Yto Barrada, the Walter Ferro Estate, and others. A 2nd-generation Dutch American raised in Los Angeles and the Pacific Northwest, Janna lives and works in Brooklyn.
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SELECT PRESS
"Combating censorship," Maddie Klett, Art in America, Fall 2024, Print.*
“BmoreArt Picks,” BMore Arts Magazine, February 2024.*
"Lovers’ Discourse: Cansu Korkmaz at SOHO20," Sharmistha Ray for Art Critical, April 9th, 2019*
"A House Without a Roof," PDN Magazine, June 2016*
"Unravelled," The New York Times, Global Art Section, September 9, 2016^
"Sortir la broderie de son carcan << domestique et pas sexy>>," L'Orient Du Jour, October 6, 2016^
“Editorial Pick: Mary Walling Blackburn & Rafael Kelman, Booklyn,” Art in America, Dec. 2015*
“Synchronizing the Cycles of Capitalism and the Female Body,” Hyperallergic, Sept. 2015*
“Critic’s Pick: Adam Golfer, Booklyn Art Gallery,” ArtForum, July 2015*
“Janna Dyk: Shall We Talk, or Will We Just Gaze?,” Curator Magazine, May 2014^
“Sneak Peak: MFA Open Studios,” Tribeca Citizen, March 2014^
“Selections from Open Studios,” sftpwr.com, Bonnie Mancini, November 2012^
“Critics' Pick,” ON SILENCE, Time Out New York, June 18, 2012*
“Music, Meeting at the Crossroads,” Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, June 17, 2012*
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SELECT PAST CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2024 "Conversations," group exhibition, with Mirna Bamieh, Gabo Cambnitzer, Lux Eterna, Bang Geul Han, Adam Golfer, Kyoung eun Kang, Elizabeth Tannie Lewin ("E. Betsy Lewin"), Ellie Lobovits, Katy McCarthy, Helina Metaferia, Mujero, Sunita Prasad, Rachelle Mozman Solano, Katz Tepper, and Gabriela Vainsencher, Goucher College, Baltimore.
2024 "Portraits (Contact)," Rebecca Marimutu, exhibition and artist book, Goucher College, Baltimore
2024 "Earth Bound," Christopher Lin, exhibition, Goucher College, Baltimore
2023 "In the Dark: An Exploration of Chronic Illness," DanaidX, exhibition and artist book, Goucher College, Baltiimore
2019 "Vocabulary," group exhibition, SOHO20, Brooklyn, NY.
2019 “Zalika Azim: Totems,” exhibition, SOHO20 +/- Project Space, Brooklyn, NY.
2019 “Cansu Korkmaz: Quite a While,” exhibition, SOHO20 +/- Project Space, Brooklyn, NY.
2019 “Talking Objects,” performances, screenings: Yto Barrada, Keren Benbenisty, Shahrzad Changalvaee, LuLu Meng, co-curated w/ Mira Dayal, NURTUREart, Brooklyn, NY.
2019 “Romily Alice Walden: My Body Is The House That I Live In,” exhibition, SOHO20 +/- Project Space, Brooklyn, NY.
2019 “Moko Fukuyama: Untitled (Diorama),” exhibition, SOHO20 +/- Project Space, Brooklyn, NY.
2019 “Bonam Kim: Objective Tracings,” exhibition, SOHO20 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY,
2018 “Emily Oliveira: DICK VAN DICK: Everything Louder Than Everything Else,” exhibition, SOHO20 +/- Project Space, Brooklyn, NY.
2018 “Katy McCarthy: (P)residency,” exhibition and residency lab, SOHO20 Gallery.
2018 “Roopa Vasudevan: Editor’s Notes,” exhibition and residency lab, SOHO20 Gallery.
2017 “Relative Material,” eight-person group exhibition, NURTUREart, Brooklyn, NY.
2017 “An Afternoon of Performances and Readings,” programming, NURTUREart, Brooklyn, NY.
2017 “Golnar Adili: perhaps all the sky cannot contain this darkness of the heart,” Booklyn, exhibition, NY.
2016 Workshop with Golnar Adili, Booklyn, exhibition, Greenpoint, NY.
2016 “Alternative Art School Fair #1,” Pioneer Works, collaborative curatorial project and art fair, Brooklyn, NY.
2016 "A House Without a Roof," Adam Golfer, trilingual book, Booklyn Press, released at New York Art Book Fair.
2016 “Jesse Chun: Valid From Until,” exhibition, Booklyn, Greenpoint, NY.
2016 "Shared Location (Family Portraits),” Abelardo Cruz Santiago, exhibition, Booklyn, Greenpoint, NY.
2016 “Jogging Comfortably,” Eric Ramos Guerrero + Abelardo Cruz Santiago, outdoor performance, Brooklyn, NY.
2016 “Hard to Place: Qiana Mestrich,” exhibition, Booklyn, Greenpoint, NY.
2016 “Domestic Obscura,” workshop with Liz Sales, Booklyn, Brooklyn, NY.
2016 “Up Against the Wall,” group exhibition, with Aaron Hughes, Booklyn, Greenpoint, NY.
2016 “An Evening of Poetry + Beat Nite,” Booklyn, programming, with Jesse Chun, Booklyn, Greenpoint, NY.
2015 “ARE Anhoek Record Examination,” Mary Walling Blackburn, performative workshop, Sunview Lunchntte, NY.
2015 “A House Without a Roof,” Adam Golfer, exhibition book, Booklyn, Greenpoint, NY.
2015 “Strange Labor: Sara Shaoul,” Booklyn, exhibition + zine, Booklyn, Greenpoint, NY.
2015 “Cottage Industry: Mary Walling Blackburn, Rafael Kelman,” exhibition, zine, Booklyn, Greenpoint, NY.
2013 “Constructed Images,” 12-person group exhibition, 205 Hudson St., New York.
2012 Reverse, Collaborative Performance, NY Center for Art + Media Studies, NY.
2012 Light/Up, 20-person exhibition, w83 Cultural Center, NY.
2012 ON SILENCE, 25-person interdisciplinary performance, Chelsea Music Festival, Rubin Museum.
2012 OPEN CAGE: NY, 75-person interdisciplinary performance, Morgan O’Hara, Chelsea Music Festival, Eyebeam, NY.
2012 [ON SILENCE], Chelsea Music Festival, 25-person group exhibition, NYCAMS Gallery, New York, June.
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SELECT EXHIBITIONS:
2024 "Friendship," group exhibition, curated by Gabriela Vainsencher, 601Artspace, New York, NY.
2021 “Winter Light,” group exhibition, curated by Sasha Chavchavadze (Footnote Gallery), Gowanus Dredgers, December, Brooklyn, NY.
2021 “Writ,” group exhibition, curator Sarah E. Brook, Sweet Lorraine Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2020 “Projections on Empathy,” curator James Czarzan, Famous Chimps, a non-corporeal gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2020 “Redirect,” group exhibition, curator Suzanne Dittenbar, Tiger Strikes Asteroid SE/Revolve/RAMP Gallery, Asheville, NC.
2019 ascent/assent, group exhibition, curator Joyce Lee, Buckley Memorial Gallery, Madeleine L’Engle Foundation, New York.
2019 Install/Deinstall, experimental group exhibition, curator Gabriela Vainsencher, 601 ArtSpace, New York.
2019 Every Woman Biennial, group exhibition, 222 Broadway, curator C. Finley, New York, NY.
2018 “Instant Satisfaction,” group exhibition, Happy Lucky No.1, curator Andrew Zaca, Brooklyn, NY.
2018 “Art and Friendship,” group exhibition, Green Door Gallery, curator Paul Anel. Williamsburg, Brooklyn
2017 Various Existential Angsts, group exhibition, NARS Gallery, curator Eriola Pira, Brooklyn, NY.
2016 Unraveled, group exhibition, Beirut Art Center, curator Marie Muracciole, Rachel Dedman, Beirut, Lebanon.
2015 Empty, group exhibition, curator Janna Luttrell, Buckley Memorial Gallery, NY.
2015 Hunter MFA Graduate Exhibition, 205 Hudson Gallery, New York, NY.
2014 Double Take, group exhibition, curator Brooke Tomillo, Youme Haus, Williamsburg, NY.
2014 Legacy, group exhibition, curator Lorinne Lee, Silverdale, WA.
2014 Art Auction, juried exhibition, Novella Gallery, New York, New York.
2014 “Shall We Talk or Will We Gaze?,” solo exhibition, 201 Hudson Gallery Project Space, New York, NY.
2013 The Big Question, group exhibition, curator Keena Gonzalez, Michael Berube, Openings, New York, NY.
2013 Traveling Exhibition, group exhibition, curator Elisa Clark, Brooklyn, NY.
2013 DETOUR, May, 2013, group exhibition, Local Project, curator Elisa Clark, Long Island City, NY.
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