Jan Durina is a Slovak interdisciplinary artist based in Prague. He is also a co-founder of the performative collective Romeo & Hellion, which he founded in 2020 with Slovak artist Miriam Kardošová. Through performance, photography, and sound, Durina explores the nuances of narrative and addresses themes such as loneliness, loss, the boundaries between body and nature, and the distortions of the human mind as experienced within changing notions of gender and identity. Durina creates multimedia artworks that seamlessly and confidently transition between the contexts of exhibition and performance. His artistic thinking draws on critical queer theory, feminist and ecofeminist thought, and auto-theory. Themes of mental health, human vulnerability, care, collaboration and horizontally functioning interpersonal relationships emerge as essential and recurring elements of his work. Durina's works are part of the permanent collections of the Slovak National Gallery, the Peter Michal Bohúň Gallery in Liptovský Mikuláš, the Museum of Art and Design Benešov, and numerous private collections.
