Jana Greiner

I am an interdisciplinary artist exploring both new media and handcrafts through sculpture and installation. I create art that investigates the viewer’s relationship to and perception of societal norms from a feminist perspective. Playing with soft and hard materials like fabric and clay, I use materials and process along with sewing and needle crafts in my art to challenge what we think of as “women’s work.” I often use materials that cannot be traditionally recycled through the industrial process and repurpose them. Collecting fabric from old clothes my family and friends have discarded is one of my favorite parts of the process. Through sculpting and sewing I like to explore the social expectations of women in the American consumer culture. This work is an expression of my fascination with gender roles using stitches, ribbons and sensual textured fabric to reference women’s lingerie, the social binds we conform to and our journey toward liberation.