Her artistic journey began in 2015 as a performer and assistant director with the Norwegian theatre company Stella Polaris, where she took part in over twenty productions presented across Norway and at international festivals in Poland, Italy, Serbia, Hungary, Slovakia and Ireland, including a performance before Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway.

Since 2019, Sanak has worked independently at the intersection of physical theatre, contemporary circus, music, and cultural anthropology, creating original performances and directing projects that explore the meeting points between movement, sound, and human experience.

She has collaborated with artists and theatre makers in Norway, France, Scotland, Armenia and Georgia, including Cirkus Xanti (NO), Gardzienice Theatre (PL), One-Eight Theatre (USA), Compagnie Trois Branches (FR) and Movement Theatre (GE), as well as film directorsJon S. Baird, James Strong, and Jamie Payne (UK).

​In 2022, she founded Mortensrud Sirkusskole in Oslo, a circus school and creative hub with free creative activities for children and youth from diverse social backgrounds.

Since then, her artistic practice has also focused on community-based projects involving young people, seniors, and local residents, using art as a tool for dialogue, empathy, and social inclusion.

Sanak’s work intertwines poetry, movement, and documentary, often drawing from ethnographic research and intercultural encounters. Her current projects combine artistic creation with research, exploring themes of identity and labels in contemporary theatre.

Katarzyna Sanak is an interdisciplinary performer, director and teaching artist.

She holds an MA in Theatre from the Academy of Arts (KHiO) in Oslo, Norway and is a graduate of the Artistic Education under the patronage of Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, 13th Academy of Theatre Practices Gardzienice in Poland, and holds a postgraduate diploma in Artistic Entrepreneurship from the Stockholm University of the Arts.