Biografia
In the course of political change in the former Communist Poland of 1989 Elisabeth Smolarz’s family immigrated to Germany. Age thirteen at that time, she grew up between two different cultures and was affected by a post-communist and a democratic system. As a consequence she got more and more involved in the idea of how consciousness and perception is formed by one’s surrounding and its specific cultural, political, social and economical conditions.
Since then her work has been shown nationally and internationally - in venues such as Kunsthalle Galapagos New York, Baden Württembergischer Kunstverein, Photography Triennial Esslingen, Carnegie Mellon, Independent Museum of Contemporary Art (IMCA) Cyprus, Brooklyn Arts Council, Reykjavik Photography Museum, Espai d'art contemporani
de Castelló, the Sculpture Center and the 3rd Moscow Biennale among others. Awards and residencies include the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen Travel Grant, Karin Abt-Straubinger Stiftung Grant, Sarai Artist Residency, New Delhi, India, Capacete Artist Residency, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Red Gate Gallery Artist Residency, Beijing, China and more.
