Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Amanda M. Jansson. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Alright, Amanda M. thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. What’s been the most meaningful project you’ve worked on?

The most meaningful project I have worked on and I am also currently working on is Nebula Automata which is a series of oil paintings in collaboration with my sister Elina/ Volk Kinetshniy. It was the first time we truly combined our artistic visions in painting and we worked intuitively, pushing and complementing each other in ways I hadn’t experienced as I am relatively new to oil painting. Collaborations can be transformative, I learned a lot about painting but also about my personality.

Beyond the personal significance, Nebula Automata explores themes that have fascinated me for years and my work is centered around this type of ideas—humanity, technology, and identity. As the painting depicts a set of clone cyborgs we could ask what it means to be human in a digital, artificial world. Are androids mere imitations, or do they reflect something essential about us? Nebula Automata is a meditation on the ghost in the machine. We believe that humanity exists—that the soul, whatever it may be, is real. But does it end with us? Could machines have souls too? Not just the illusion of sentience, but something deeper—an emergent essence that arises not from biology, but from complexity, experience, and connection?

The figures in our painting stand in that liminal space. They could be human, or they could be synthetic. The viewer and their interpretation becomes of significance. Their existence raises questions: Is a soul something inherent, or does it emerge when consciousness, memory, and emotion intertwine? If machines reach the point where they can create, dream, long for something beyond themselves—would that not be proof of something akin to a soul?

Perhaps the essence of being is not about origin but about experience too. We define humanity by its ability to love, to suffer, to express, to seek meaning. But if something artificial can do the same, then how can we deny its existence as something more? In that sense, creation itself—whether through art, technology, or relationships—is what generates identity. And maybe, just like we breathe life into art, we are also teaching the machines to dream.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

I’m a visual artist working across photography, illustration, and painting, exploring themes of identity, technology, the body, transformation, and the future. Beyond my personal artwork, I also work as a creative director on design projects and magazines, shaping visual narratives.
I have studied Literature. After I graduated I went on to get a degree in Contemporary Art and Design and recently got my MA in Art History as well.
My work doesn’t solve problems—it creates them. I construct worlds where the organic and the mechanical blur, where the familiar becomes unsettling, and where the viewer is left to navigate the contradictions. Rather than offering answers, I invite people into a space of questioning their identity, their experiences, and their existence. Most of my work, whether digital illustrations or oil paintings, blends traditional methods with digital touches, as I always start out with a detailed handpainted draft that evolves depending on my vision.

Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?

My creative journey isn’t driven by a single, fixed goal—it’s an ongoing exploration. I create to challenge, to question, to unsettle. I want my work to evoke curiosity, pulling people into spaces where technology, humanity, and transformation collide. I want to create worlds that don’t just provide answers but demand engagement—art that lingers in the mind, that sparks new questions, that makes people feel something beyond the expected. If my work disturbs, inspires, or even just makes someone pause and reconsider what they think they know, then I’ve done what I set out to do.

But beyond that, I want to inspire everyone to make art. I believe creating and interacting with art is an essential human need—not just for artists, but for everyone. Too many people feel like they “don’t know art” or “aren’t skilled enough” when in reality, art is about exploration, expression, and curiosity. I hope my work encourages and inspires people to let go of fear, to breathe, to express themselves—without hesitation, without needing permission.

We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?

I had to unlearn the idea that stability comes from following a conventional path—getting a ‘real job,’ becoming someone’s employee, and molding myself to fit. For a long time, I believed that was the only way to build a secure future. But the more I tried to follow that mindset, the more I felt disconnected, the more I failed, and the more I suffered unsuccessfully. I couldn’t go on, and then I realized that life is about creating something that is about being who you are. I had to carve out my own path, trusting that my vision, my art, and my way of working could be the foundation for the life I want to live. I had to completely ignore everyone’s advice. The whole stability thing started to look like nothing but an illusion. If you want to live you gotta “sing your song” regardless the initial struggles. It might sound like it’s just talk but if you don’t find the courage to break away from what doesn’t fit you, you risk spending your life performing a role that was never yours to begin with. The fear of uncertainty is real, but so is the slow suffocation of forcing yourself into a mold that erases everything that makes you you. Stability, as it’s sold to us, often means sacrificing authenticity for predictability—but what kind of life is that? At some point you will ask yourself “Is this the life I want to live?” And no matter when this happens if the answer is No then you really gotta change. You have to live for something that actually makes you want to wake up in the morning.

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