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BIO
Janna explores the connections between cognitive psychology, language, and sociopolitical concerns, alternately as curator, artist, writer, and researcher. With a robustly interdisciplinary approach, she pursues her work as a space for investigation and collaboration. As a curator she has worked with numerous New York-based nonprofits, including Booklyn, NURTUREart, Eyebeam (Chelsea), 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 publications such as ArtForum, Art in America, the New York Times, BOMB, Hyperallergic, Art Critical, and 1000 Words (London). She is a MFA graduate of Hunter College (2015), and has completed studies in cognitive neuroscience (CUNY), post-conceptual art (Hunter), poetry (St. Mark’s Poetry Project), lens-based theory (School of Visual Arts), and art and literature education (Universidad de Murcia, Spain). 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. 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). Readings of her experimental writing have occurred at the St. Mark's Poetry Project, Hercules Art, and the Brooklyn Library (BedStuy), among others. As a researcher and curatorial and archive advisor, her freelance work with artist archives and estates has led her to a wide-range of projects, including with the Barbara Hammer Estate, Yto Barrada, the Walter Ferro Estate, and others. A 1st-generation Dutch American raised in Los Angeles and the Pacific Northwest, Janna lives in Brooklyn.
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CV
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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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