Jana Charl is a native of Los Angeles, a dual US-Swiss citizen, and is currently residing on a 54,000-acre ranch in Central Oregon. Exploring a variety of media and techniques, she tests the boundaries of what defines contemporary art, especially...
Read MoreJana Charl is a native of Los Angeles, a dual US-Swiss citizen, and is currently residing on a 54,000-acre ranch in Central Oregon. Exploring a variety of media and techniques, she tests the boundaries of what defines contemporary art, especially the blurring of the traditional lines dividing craft, commercial, and fine art. Jana examines female identity, perceptions of women’s roles, gender relationships, and her most recent focus is on symbolism derived from the natural world to represent the human experience.
Her work has been featured most recently in Art Habens Art Review, as well as on the covers of Art Reveal Magazine and ARTiculAction Art Review. Jana has been on the Oregon Arts Commission and Regional Arts & Culture Council's Art in Public Places Roster as well as in the City of Palo Alto’s Prequalified Artist Pool. She has been awarded public art projects in California, Oregon, and Massachusetts. Jana received a Certificate of Recognition from the California Legislature Assembly.
Jana has exhibited internationally at galleries; venues staged simultaneously with the Venice Biennale, Frieze London, Altonale Hamburg, and Art Basel Miami; as well as at the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia (Tbilisi), Museum of Nova Gorica (Slovenia), SFMOMA, Tate Liverpool, and Women’s Museum of California. She has been an artist-in-residence in Zürich and Trélex, Switzerland; Mtskheta and Tbilisi, Georgia; and Stöðvarfjörður, Iceland. Her artwork is in the collections of the Brooklyn Art Library, City of Seattle Arts & Culture, Museum of Nova Gorica, Mtskheta Municipality, and Yuko Nii Foundation along with private collectors.
