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 expressive brushstrokes, organic shapes and vibrant layers of color, I create paintings that explore the space between recognition and abstraction. Gestural marks and contrasting colours come together to evoke feelings, memories and associations without defining them too clearly. 

I see the body as a space where emotions are processed and experiences take shape. In a similar way, my paintings become spaces for reflection, where personal associations and inner experiences can surface, unfold and find their own meaning.

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

Exhibitions:

2026
HAAM Hamburg Affordable Art Market
Hamburg (Groupshow)