Alicja Kwade

Katowice, Poland, 1979
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Alicja Kwade is devoted to a diverse and prolific artistic practice spanning sculpture, expansive public installations, film, photography, and works on paper. Deeply engaged with scientific and philosophical concepts, Kwade challenges conventional modes of perception through her exploration of perceptual illusions and transitions between object and function, as well as material and form. By employing ordinary materials such as glass, steel, and concrete, she investigates the conventions humanity has developed to explain natural phenomena.

Alicja Kwade’s work gained critical recognition via important solo exhibitions at respected international institutions, including Whitechapel Gallery, London; MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge; Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin; Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, and the Public Art Fund, New York. In 2019, she created a monumental site-specific installation for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Roof Garden Commission in New York, featuring sculptures made of steel and enormous spherical rocks evoking a temporary solar system above Manhattan’s skyline. Other notable projects include her participation at Desert X AlUla in 2022 and her installation at the 57th Venice Biennale in 2017.

Katowice, Polonia, 1979

Vive y trabaja en Berlín, Alemania

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Alicja Kwade se dedica a una práctica artística diversa y prolífica que abarca escultura, instalaciones públicas expansivas, cine, fotografía y obras sobre papel. Profundamente comprometida con conceptos científicos y filosóficos, Kwade desafía los modos convencionales de percepción a través de su exploración de ilusiones perceptivas y transiciones entre objeto y función, así como material y forma. Empleando materiales comunes como vidrio, acero y concreto, investiga las convenciones desarrolladas por la humanidad para explicar fenómenos naturales.

El trabajo de Kwade ha ganado reconocimiento crítico a través de importantes exposiciones individuales en instituciones internacionales respetadas, incluyendo Whitechapel Gallery, Londres; MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge; Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlín; Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zúrich y el Public Art Fund, Nueva York. En 2019, creó una monumental instalación específica para el Roof Garden Commission del Metropolitan Museum of Art en Nueva York, con esculturas hechas de acero y enormes rocas esféricas que evocan un sistema solar temporal sobre el horizonte de Manhattan. Otros proyectos notables incluyen su participación en Desert X AlUla en 2022 y su instalación en la 57ª Bienal de Venecia en 2017.

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Silent Matter, 2022

Obsidian and lamp

Obsidian 1: 23 5/8 x 20 1/2 x 11 3/4 in - 60 x 52 x 30 cm Obsidian 2: 22 7/8 x 21 5/8 x 13 3/8 in - 58 x 55 x 34 cm Total: 23 5/8 x 53 1/8 in - 60 x 135 cm

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Principium, 2021

Bronze patinated, brenna

Total dimensions: 66 1/8 x 19 3/4 x 27 1/2 in / 105 kg.

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3966 connecting hours, 2023

Mirrorpolished and lacquered brass, pencil on cardboard

59 x 43 1/4 x 1 7/8 in

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