Januario Jano
In residence: June - August 2024
Januario Jano is an interdisciplinary visual artist, living and working in London, Luanda and Lisbon. He holds a MFA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths University, and his practice spans across sculpture, video, photography, textile, sound installations, and performance, and it is substantially research-based.
Januario is interested in processes of memory, culture identity and production. Research is the substantive feature of his artistic practice. Reflecting on the ideas of home and self, he constantly challenges his approach through history exploration and contemporary narrative catechism within the context of the growing interdependence of the world’s economies, cultures, and populations.
Januario is enthralled with the hypothesis of a delicate balance between fiction and reality, alarmed by the increasing concern over human and non-human coexistence, galvanised by the urge to create time and space feasible correlation. In this context he sees the role of the body as pivotal, and its multidimensional representation occurs within the framework of proverbial globalisation and cross-cultural interaction.