Jana Astanov is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, and an independent curator, born in Mazury Lake District of Poland and currently living in the U.S. She is a founder of CREATRIX Magazine: www.creatrixmag.com, portal for creative expression focused on art, activism and spiritual practice. Her work includes performance art, multimedia, and writing. She is the author of five collections of poetry: Antidivine, Northern Grimoire, Sublunar, The Pillow Book of Burg, and Birds of Equinox. She also founded Red Temple Press, an Imprint of CREATRIX Magazine dedicated to poetry. She has performed at Tate Modern, Smack Mellon Gallery, Grace Exhibition Space, Venice Biennale, Documenta 2017, and many other galleries, festivals and independent venues worldwide.

Web: www.creatrixmag.com

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IG @Jana_Astanov & @CREATRIXmag

EDUCATION
2021-2024 - MFA in Sculpture SUNY New Paltz
2011 - Digital Film Making, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
2003 – MA Anthropology / Sociology / minor Political Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland
2001 – Philosophy, Erasmus scholarship, University Rennes 1, France

WRITING PROJECTS:

CREATRIX Magazine 2019- present https://creatrixmag.com/
Founder, Editor in Chief

Selected interviews with feminist performance artists and visual artists:
Naomi Elena Ramirez https://creatrixmag.com/beaver-art-book/
Viviana Druga https://creatrixmag.com/viviana-druga/
Elisa Garcia de la Huerta https://creatrixmag.com/loudly-embodied-self-love/
Arantxa Araujo https://creatrixmag.com/onda/
Lewis Derogene https://creatrixmag.com/phenomenalewis/
Claudia Ferretti https://creatrixmag.com/claudia-ferretti/
Sandra Lapage https://creatrixmag.com/cosmogonic-connection/
Kim Doan Quoc and Jamie Emerson https://creatrixmag.com/post-nature-capsule/
Kiley Murphy https://creatrixmag.com/kiley-murphy/

CURATORIAL PROJECTS:

June 2021, Summer Solstice Festival, BE LIGHT, BE LOVE, BEE JOY! Rosekill Art Farm part of Grace Exhibition Space. https://creatrixmag.com/rosekill-summer-solstice/
August 2020, LIC LIVE ART – PERFORMANCE ART FESTIVAL - envisioned, created and directed performance art festival with over 30 artists involved and 3 curators in their own respective segments, Plaxall Gallery https://creatrixmag.com/lic-live-art-performance-art-festival-august-22nd/
December 2019, NOUMENA: deLIGHT Winter Solstice night of performance art and music with an art show “Altars, Portals and Grottos”, The Park Church Co-op.https://creatrixmag.com/noumena-winter-solstice/
December 2019, EXHIBITION: ALTARS, PORTALS & GROTTOS, The Park Church Co-op
https://creatrixmag.com/altars-portals-grottos/ with a conference: ART AS SPIRITUAL ACTIVISM https://creatrixmag.com/art-as-spiritual-practice-art-as-activism/
November 2019, TRIPLE HAPPINESS, poetry event with CREATRIX Press book launch, Synesthesia Galley https://creatrixmag.com/triple-happiness/
September 2019, NOUMENA: MUSIC OF THE SPHERES, The Park Church Co-op. Magic and shamanism curatorial series, night of performance art and music https://creatrixmag.com/noumena-music-of-the-spheres/
February 2019, LOVE/HATE exhibition, Local Project Art Space with performance art by The Maira Duarte + Miu Soda Duo from Dance to the People, Jamie Mcgann, Eugenia Pigassiou and Astraloop, curated by Jana Astanov. http://localproject.org/2019/02/love-hate-closing-performance-night-last-supper-02-16-19/
June 2018, NOUMENA: INITIATION, performance art event curated by Jana Astanov, The Plaxall Gallery. http://localproject.org/2018/06/noumena-initiation-performance-06-30-18/
Curating content at CREATRIXmag.com https://creatrixmag.com/

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES

2024
The Living: Artists as a Medium, installation MFA Thesis Exhibition, Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, USA.
Artists as a Medium, performance, part of MFA Exhibition, Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, USA. PsychoFlower, performance, part of MFA Exhibition, Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, USA.
She-Wolf, Who is the strongest of them all?, performance art driven by object making - ceramics sculpture, Cult 24, NYC.
Poetry collections: Birds of Equinox, and Sublunar, featured as part of the Boekie Woekie exhibition, Arti et Amicitiae, Jan 12th-Feb 23rd, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
https://boekiewoekie.com/pages/news
Polish Madonna with The Child, performance documentation, photography, Group Show curated by Richard Marshall, Candid Arts Trust, March, London, the UK. https://creatrixmag.com/art-show-candid-arts-29th-march/

2023
Divine Flow, Performance based Ai Video Art, The Temporal Dimension Video Art Festival, The Wrong Biennale, Online https://thewrong.tv/
pavilon: https://thewrong.org/TheTemporalDimension
The Artist As a Medium, durational performance, NOMADIC curated by Hector Canonge, Longwood Art Gallery at Hostos, New York, USA
Erogenous Universe Dreams Back, poetry based performance by ASTRALOOP, MIXED POETICS, Maysles Documentary Center, New York https://www.maysles.org/calendar/mixedpoetics
Composium: Community in Arts, Group Show, UNISON Center, New Paltz https://hyperallergic.com/848517/suny-new-paltz-composium-conversation-about-community-in-arts/

2022
Beach Vaginas, durational performance for the camera, June 2022, Antigua and Barbuda.
Putin is a Rapist, art protest, MoMa, New York.
Yannanda The One Who Speaks With The Stars, astrology readings as Sunflower Goddess during the Fundraiser for Ukraine, April 4, Grace Exhibition Space, New York.
Heart Chant for Ukraine, Collective prayer to bring Peace, February 28th, Rotonda of SUNY New Paltz Art Building, New Paltz.
Venus Reinvented, Future Life Progression Shamanic Journey, performance via zoom, organized by CREATRIXmag, January 16, Online

2021
Beach Vaginas, durational performance, December 4, Art Basel week, Miami Beach
https://creatrixmag.com/beach-vaginas/
Be Light Be Love Bee Joy, Summer Solstice Festival June 18-20 Rosekill Art Farm
https://creatrixmag.com/rosekill-summer-solstice/
NeoVedic Dada Reiki, Gorilla Performance Art, durational one year long performance art piece as Agni Jnana Yannanda, The One Who Speaks With The Stars, channelling the astro-gnosis to the souls visiting MoMA museum, NYC
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMUpKk9jdBn/
Nemetona, Virtual Grove, Live Performance Art + Poetry, Jana Astanov’s digital curatorial series, Online
https://creatrixmag.com/nemetona/
Moondala, Digital Circle, every New Moon & Full Moon, series organized by CREATRIXmag, Online

2020
Believe Women, Performance Art, as part of STRIDING BODIES: Procession in Performance Art, by INPA, curated by Hector Canonge, December 2020, Online
DeFiFem, Online Live Performance Art, as part of Traces of Life, by The Hive Art Community, Online
ALEMBIC: Live Art as Healing Art, Part of LIC LIVE ART Performance Art Festival, conceptualized by Jana Astanov, and produced by Local Project Art Space in conjunction with the CultureLab at the Plaxall Gallery, including 2 other curators and over 30 artists, August, 2020, LiC, NYC
Dreams Could Either Come True Or Be Lost, Online Live Performance Art, as part of 7MPR Virtual Performance Series, June, 2020 Online

2019
Yannanda, The One Who Speaks With The Stars, durational one year long performance art piece consisting of specific gallery & museum based performances as well as online presence: http://www.creatrixmag.com/category/astral/
Performing Motherhood Part 3 Quack Quack Opera, Performance Art, Osmosis performance art series curated by Ming Liu & Joseph Sledgianowski, Bodeguita Bar, NYC http://www.creatrixmag.com/osmosis/
Radical Healing: Yannanda, The One Who Speaks With The Stars, Performance Art, Full Moon Cypher curated by Ultracultural Others, Local Project Art Space, Long Island City, NYC
NOUMENA: Music of the Spheres, Jana Astanov’s curatorial project: magic and shamanism performance art series, performing as ASTRALOOP, The Park Church Co-op, Greenpoint, NYC http://www.creatrixmag.com/noumena-music-of-the-spheres/
Papieżyca Papierówek (Papesse, The Apple Eater) Polish version of Eating From The Tree of The Goddess, Performance Art, John Paul II Plaza, Elk, Poland http://www.creatrixmag.com/polish-madonna/
Eating From The Tree of The Goddess, Performance Art, curated by Claire Zakiewicz, ARTI 3160 Gallery, Venice, Italy
Polish Madonna, Performance Art, Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy. http://www.creatrixmag.com/polish-madonna/
NOW is the Future, Local Project Art Space, Group Exhibition, work included photography series Jadeive, NYC, USA
Performing Motherhood Part 2, Performance Art, Performance Anxiety series curated by Ventiko, Chinatown Soup, NYC, USA
ERA JUNOH, Performance Art as JaDieve queer mama performance group, curated by Pas Musique, Muchmore's, NYC, USA

2018
Creatrix Cult, Local Project Art Space, Solo Show: performance art, photography, video installation, NYC, USA
Noumena: SheUniverse, Local Project Art Space, Performance Art series about magic & shamanism curated by Jana Astanov, L.I.C., NYC, USA
The Femocrats, Photography exhibition, performance art. Art Basel, Miami, USA
Noumena: Initiation, Plaxall Gallery, Performance Art series about magic & shamanism curated by Jana Astanov, L.I.C., NYC, USA
Trauma Choir, Grace Exhibition Space, Performance Art, NYC, USA
The Personal Is Political, 100 Bogart Street Gallery, Performance Art, Group Show Size Matters curated by Norton WR, NYC, USA
Woman’s place is everywhere, Performance, Group Exhibition, Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself, Cigar Factory , NYC, USA
Who Should Decide? Performing Motherhood Part 1, Performance, Smack Mellon, Itinerant festival, NYC, USA

2017
Botanical, Local Project, Group Exhibition, work included photography series Caribbean Breeze Resting Wet Between The Palm Leaves & My Eyelids, NYC, USA
The Art of Saving the Arctic, Performance / Photography Installation, Documenta Halle, Kassel, Germany
Light of Her New Consciousness, Performance / Poetry / Installation, NYC Poetry Festival, Governors Island, NYC, USA
Poetry Alchemist, Performance / Poetry, Rosekill Performance Space, USA
Illimitable Night, Performance, Stone Circle, Hilly Fields, Brockley, London, UK
The Justice, 3sf Deptford League, Psychogeographical Society of London, Fordham Park, London, UK
Sublunar Tide, Performance / Poetry, Portugal
Veiled Negatives, Poetry, Fiery Tongues Poetry Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The city belongs to us, Poetry / Performance, Rough Night Press, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2016
Lost Psalms of Destruction, Winter Solstice Performance / Poetry, 23 Windows, NYC, USA
Northern Grimoire, Performance / Poetry, Front Room Gallery, NYC, USA
Venus of New York, Durational Performance, Diverse Universe Festival, NYC, USA
Love You, Hate You, Performance / Poetry / Video Installation, PerforMIA, Art Basel, Miami, USA
Julia Must Die, Performance / Poetry / Installation, Spread Art, Detroit, USA
Inside Her Head, Performance / Poetry / Installation, New York Poetry Festival, USA
Triple Fire Ritual, Performance, Rosekill Performance Space, USA
Battle of Rosekill, Performance, Rosekill Performance Space, USA
Black Swan Waltz &the Fire Tree, Performance, Torus Porta, NYC, USA
Devi Oracle, Performance, Undercurrent Projects Gallery, NYC, USA
Men of Flowers, Performance, Torus Porta, NYC, USA
She-Universe, Performance, Ruigoord, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Holy of Spring, Performance, Tate Modern, London, UK

2015
The Ultimate Truth of The Human Is HERS, Performance, Point B Gallery, NYC, USA
Network, Point B, Group Exhibition, work included Primary Connection – shamanic exploration within the female community of Red Temple, NYC, USA
Transcendence, Point B Gallery, Group Exhibition, work includedContemporary Landscape of EcoFeminism, NYC, USA
Red Temple installation, Sag Harbour, USA
Flames or I.P.P.R. (International Party for Proportional Representation), Performance Times Square, NYC, USA
Transmission Day, Performance, Point B Gallery, NYC, USA
Direct Current, Point B Gallery, Curated by Lalita Salander, NYC, USA
No Place to Hide, Performance with The Living Theatre, New York Earth Day, NYC, USA
Cosmic Serpent, Performance, The Living Gallery, NYC, USA
Antidivine, Performance, The Silent Barn, NYC, USA
She as He, Performance, Vector Gallery, NYC, USA
Je suis Supernova, Performance, 59 Rivoli Gallery, Paris, France
Illumination, Performance, 59 Rivoli Gallery, Paris, France

2014
The Art of Saving the Arctic, SpaceBy3 Gallery, Miami, FL, USA
Naked Poetry Dive, Performance Art, Baptist Church private home in Harlem, NYC, USA
Performing with Kembra Pfahler, Auto Body, Spinello Projects, Miami, USA
https://vimeo.com/129301268
Bodies of Water, the Planetary Change, Performance with W.I.S.E., Climate March, NYC, USA
Married to 100 people, Performance Art, Burning Man, Nevada Desert, USA

RESIDENCY PROGRAMS
Jan 2017 - May 2017, 3AM Magazine London poetry residency
Sep 2015 - Jan 2016 POINT B, Williamsburg, NYC, USA
http://pointb.org/
http://residencyunlimited.org/partnerships/pointbworklodge/
Jan 2015 - March 2015, 59 RIVOLI, Paris, France
http://www.59rivoli.org/

CONTACT jana.astanov at gmail