Having lived and traveled extensively throughout Europe, Janek’s practice is shaped by intercultural experience and the disorientation of moving between languages, places, and systems of meaning. These transitions inform her interest in how language fragments memory, how routines stabilize identity, and how the self is continually renegotiated through place.

Rather than offering fixed conclusions, the work holds space for ambiguity—acknowledging that identity is provisional, perception is unstable, and time is always felt unevenly. The paintings and textile-based works act as quiet containers for these questions, inviting slow looking and sustained engagement. Read more about Janek’s background by visiting her About Page.