Cloe Jancis

Cloe Jancis (1992) is an artist working in the media of photography, video and installation. She graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts with a bachelor’s degree in photography (2018) and is currently studying in the master’s programme of the Faculty of Liberal Arts at the Estonian Academy of Arts. Jancis is fascinated by the social image and daily roles of women, and the myths and expectations related to these. In recent years, she has focused on objects and rituals associated with femininity. Her recent exhibitions include In front of the mirror, on a day full of enthusiasm, you put your mask on too heavily, it bites your skin with Sigrid Viir at the central exhibition Screen Age III: Still Life of the Riga Photography Biennial (2022), Between You and This at the Fictions Documentaires Festival in Carcassonne, France (2021), Exhibition as Conversation group exhibition at Tartu Art House (curator Hanna-Liis Kont, 2021) and Letters from a Foreign Mind group exhibition at the Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (curator Laura Toots, 2021).