Janna Dyk / bio/cv

BIO

Janna is an independent curator, writer, and artist. As a curator she has worked with numerous art spaces, including NURTUREart, Eyebeam Center for Art & Technology, the New York Center for Art & Media Studies, the Rubin Museum, Booklyn, SOHO20 Gallery, the Chelsea Music Festival, Goucher College's the Silber Art Gallery, the Rosenberg Gallery, 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. 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 on the West Coast, Janna lives and works in Brooklyn.