Artist Jana Frost explores cross-cultural symbolism through collage and set-building
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Ayla Angelos
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Profile of London-based artist Jana Frost, a "third culture kid" born in Belarus, raised in Estonia, and shaped by life in Malta and London. Her work uses collage, set-building, and archival imagery to explore time, symbolism, and the subconscious. Frost draws on cross-cultural archetypes and a nomadic upbringing to create handmade, layered pieces that feel both familiar and unfamiliar.
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Creative BoomArtist Jana Frost explores cross-cultural symbolism through collage and set-buildingcreativeboom.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledThere's always been something in me that's drawn to the symbols and stories that travel across cultures, that mean something to people regardless of where they're from.
I think that's partly why I became so fascinated by symbolism, how the same archetypes resurface across completely different traditions
I describe myself as a 'third culture kid' – and that layered, peripatetic identity runs through everything I make.
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