Janna Dyk is an independent curator, artist, and occasional writer based in Brooklyn.  Her curatorial projects span a range of considerations, from photography and poetry to the relationship between the personal and political.  Past projects include Cottage Industry and Strange Labor, among eight exhibitions while a curatorial fellow at Booklyn, in Greenpoint, and [On Silence], at the New York Center for Art and Media Studies, in conjunction with large-scale performances OPEN CAGE: NEW YORK at Eyebeam, and SILENCE at the Rubin Museum for the Chelsea Music Festival.  In 2017 she held a curatorial residency at the Marble House Project (Vermont).  Her curatorial projects have appeared in such publications as ArtForum, Art in America, the New York Times, BOMB, Hyperallergic, and Photography Magazine.  She is a MFA graduate of Hunter College (2015).  Her writing has appeared in 1000 Words Magazine (London), and SftPwr, among others, and she has been the editor of several artist books, including Adam Golfer’s trilingual A House Without a Roof, which was shortlisted in 2016 for such prizes as Paris Photo and MACK.  She has participated in residencies at AIR (Beijing), and the NARS Foundation (Brooklyn), and has been a recipient of the Rema Hort Foundation ACE Grant, among others.  Her art has appeared in such publications as the New York Times, ArtSlant, Curator Magazine, SEEN, and L’Orient du Jour.  (2018)

select press:

"An Art Show for Hundreds of Women, and That's Just the Artists," Melena Ryzik, New York Times, May 17, 2019 (studio)

"Lovers’ Discourse: Cansu Korkmaz at SOHO20," Sharmistha Ray for Art Critical, April 9th, 2019 (curatorial)

"A Review: Relative Material at Nurture Art," Huffington Post, Christian Hendricks, November 20, 2017 (curatorial)

"Sortir la broderie de son carcan << domestique et pas sexy>>," L'Orient Du Jour, October 6, 2016 (studio)

"Unravelled," New York Times, Global Art Section, September 9, 2016 (studio)

"A House Without a Roof," PDN Magazine, June 2016 (curatorial)

"Hard to Place," Photography Magazine (Print Only).  February 2016. (curatorial)

“Editorial Pick: Mary Walling Blackburn & Rafael Kelman, Booklyn,” Art in America, Dec. 2015 (curatorial)

“Synchronizing the Cycles of Capitalism and the Female Body,” Hyperallergic, Sept. 2015 (curatorial)

“Critic’s Pick: Adam Golfer, Booklyn Art Gallery,” ArtForum, July 2015 (curatorial)

“Janna Dyk: Shall We Talk, or Will We Just Gaze?,” Curator Magazine, May 2014 (studio)

“Sneak Peak: MFA Open Studios,” Tribeca Citizen, March 2014 (studio)

“Selections from Open Studios,” sftpwr.com, Bonnie Mancini, November 2012 (studio)

“Music Picks of the Week,” ON SILENCE, Time Out New York, June 18, 2012 (curatorial)

“Music, Meeting at the Crossroads,” Anthony Tommasini (curatorial), New York Times, June 17, 2012 (curatorial)

contact:

e: jannadyk at gmail dot com