Janna Dyk
Curatorial Consultant Artist Archives Researcher @Independent Curator
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WORK HISTORY
Curatorial Consultant Artist Archives Researcher @Independent Curator
Projects have included working extensively with artists and artist estates, including: Barbara Hammer Estate, Walter Ferro Estate (20••••23), among others, doing such tasks as- Composing curatorial essays to historically and conceptually contextualize an artist\'s oeuvre- Writing original content and editing texts for artist statements, bios, CVs, grant and residency proposals, artwork descriptions, and web content for a wide-range of interdisciplinary practices, including analogue and mixed-media photography, film, video, paintings, and works on paper- Working with the artist\'s estate, family, and web developers, consulting and managing completion of online website and catalogs spanning the artists’ lifetime of work. Cataloging, researching, re-categorizing remaining digital ephemera and files- Managing and conceptualizing work of an archive assistant and intern- Directing remaining research for archiving 60+ years of performance documentation, drawings, and concrete poems, preparing the work for Institutional purchase- Writing archival overviews of content for institutional archives- Preparing 60 years of an artist\'s archive to move locations.
EDUCATION
School of Visual Arts
Continuing Education
Asbury College
Studio Art & Spanish; Minor in English
Hunter College
Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Combined Media
Universidad de Murcia
Study Abroad, Didactica de Arte y Literatura (Art and Literature Education, in Spanish)
SKILLS
ABOUT JANNA DYK
With an interdisciplinary approach, Janna pursues her work as a space for investigation…
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