Jan Durina (SK)

Jan Durina (b-1988) is a Slovak visual artist, working primarily with photography.

His images are mirrors of his own inner reality, autobiographical maps of his physical and mental location. Fascinated by the nature and natural absurdity of life itself, Durina explores his tense feelings in his images and takes us on a feral, emotive, visual, and conceptual journey through his contrast-filled world. From this, you can hear silent screams of broken beauty or be charmed by the still gestures of an anxiety that is domesticated but cruel.

Jan Durina spent two months in Marseille (June until July) as part of our cooperation with Les Ateliers de l’Image. A French photographer Gilles Pourtier from Marseille came to Košice in July.