Artist Bio

I am Janina, a Hamburg-based artist, photographer and designer.

Looking back, creativity has always been the quiet constant in my life — painting for hours as a child, sitting in the garden with my first camera, carrying the persistent desire to build a life around creating. After studying design and years of working in advertising, I chose a different path and became fully self-employed in 2020, starting in photography. What began as a visual practice has since evolved into something deeper, more intuitive — a return to art.

This turning point in my work came through pregnancy and the loss of our baby two months later. Rather than fall into an emotional hole, this experience unexpectedly dissolved a long-standing creative block. And instead of giving birth to a baby, I’m giving birth to a new level of creativity — and a new way of making a living from it.
After years of not touching a paintbrush, I found myself drawn back to the canvas. Painting became a way to process, to feel and to express what happens inside of me. Since then, it has become part of my daily life — a space where emotion can move and take form.

My work is an invitation to slow down. A space between seeing and feeling.

Through blurred forms, soft transitions and layered color, I create paintings that invite stillness while holding emotional depth. The blur creates space for interpretation and projection, allowing the viewer’s inner world to meet the work. What is seen is never just the painting — it is also shaped by the person looking at it.

I see the body as a space where emotions are processed. In a similar way, my paintings become surfaces onto which inner experiences can unfold and be reflected.

Each piece is an open field. A quiet dialogue between the artwork and the person standing in front of it.