Jaanika Peerna

Jaanika Peerna is an Estonian-born artist whose work encompasses drawing, video, installations, and performances. She creates abstract drawings on thin plastic paper through intuitive physical movements inspired by, and reminiscent of dance. 

"I make drawings and installations. My elements are line and light; my materials are pencils, vellum, and the movement of my body. I let the wind move my body so that it leaves traces on paper. I swim through thousands of layers of gray air and mark each one down. Most of my work is born in the solitude of my studio. I am interested in the never-ending process of becoming with no story, no beginning, no end—just the current moment in flux."