Slovak artist Jan Durina is in residence at the Telegraph during November and December and will present his work at the opening of the Open Studio in his atelier, including a presentation of his practice to date.
Jan Durina is a Slovak interdisciplinary artist based in Prague. He is also the co-founder of the performance collective Romeo & Hellion, which he established in 2020 together with Slovak artist Miriama Kardošová. Through performance, photography, and sound, Durina explores the nuances of narrative and engages with themes such as loneliness, loss, the boundaries between the body and nature, and distortions of the human mind within shifting ideas of gender and identity.
He creates multimedia artworks that move seamlessly and confidently between exhibition and performance contexts. His artistic thinking draws on critical queer theory, feminist and ecofeminist thought, and auto-theory. The themes of mental health, human vulnerability, care, collaboration, and horizontally structured interpersonal relationships appear as fundamental and recurring elements in 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.
Programme subject to change.
