Janna Avner

About Janna Avner

Janna Avner creates artworks and writings that respond to new technologies. As a curator…

Experience

1. Journalist, Art Critic

   Self-Emplyed

   Sep 2012 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

   All links to writings: https://jannaavner.com/c-v/\"Danial Nord: Torrance Art Museum.\" Artillery Magazine, Nov 6 2018.\"1301PE: Kerry Tribe.\" Artillery Magazine, April 3, 2018.\"How Dirty New Media Informed The First Virtual Art Galleries.\" Art Practical. February 27, 2018.\"I am no bird.\" Artillery Magazine, February 23, 2018.\"The Rediscovered Art of Gil Cuatrecasas.\" Riot Material, January 18, 2018.\"Temporal Feminisms; Feminist Temporalities; Philosophers and Empaths,\" May 24, 2017.\"An S.O.S. to the World: Join the A.I. Gang! A Thought Experiment on the Social Implications of A.I.\" Lookie-Lookie, Quarterly Web Journal. July 15, 2017.\"Selfless Devotion,\" THIS ARTICLE WAS SELECTED for THE PARIS REVIEW, and was a special featured issue. It also acquired press as the founder of LiisBeth: a feminist business magazine, Vicki Saunders, championed the piece, had her editors review and send it to their readership: “Believe me; it’s worth the time to read.”Janna Avner’s article is now in the book anthology: What Future: The Best Ideas to Reinvent, Reanimate and Reclaim Our Future.This best-of-the-year anthology was published fall 2017 by Unnamed Press and includes contributing writers from the New Yorker, the Atlantic, the New York Times, Wired, and Pacific Standard. “What Future is an important contribution, encouraging dialogue and discussion that can help us begin to come to terms with what, in many way, is a troubling future, but one that we must nevertheless seek to influence.” Info.ADDITIONAL WRITINGS

Education

• The Archer School for Girls

  High school diploma

  2002 — 2007

• Yale University

  Bachelor of Art degree, English Language and Literature/Letters

  2007 — 2012

• Yale University

  Bachelor of Art Degree, Visual Art and English double major

  2007 — 2012

• California State University, Northridge

  Master of Arts - MA, Painting, awarded high honors with distinction

  2020 — 2022

Skills

• Acrylic Painting
• Creative Writing
• Writing
• Technical Writing
• Final Cut Studio
• Art Handling
• Final Cut Express
• Blogging
• Payroll
• Art
• Copywriting
• Quickbook
• E-File
• Microsoft Excel
• Studio Lighting
• Social Media
• Oil Painting
• Editorial
• Visual Arts
• Photoshop
• Powerpoint
• Resume Writing
• Adobe Photoshop
• Graphic Design
• Microsoft Office
• Copy Editing
• Public Speaking
• Art History
• Public Relations
• Pdf Creator
• Studio Art
• Research
• Editing
• Drilling
• Video Editing
• Photography
• Final Cut Pro
• Fine Art
• Journalism
• Academia