Z, 2004 Sculpture

Aleksandra Ska graduated from the Strzemiński Academy of Art in Łódź (the Faculty of Textile and Fashion), lives in Poznań and works at the Szczecin Academy of Art. Author of installations, objects and videos. Her art is related to the subconscious and sexuality. She is interested in corporeality presented through forms of body impression. Her creative activity is always associated to elegance, splendor and sensuality. However Ska introduces to her installations disturbing elements that come from the subconscious and dreams, and evoke anxiety or apprehension. Female sexuality is an issue intensively emphasized. The artist treats fetishism as something that seduces, tempts and attracts, not only in visual sense, but more likely in haptic way. Sometimes art works of Ska are linked to another sense, to the sense of taste, which was in case of a video Fat Love, those projection took place in one of the butcher's in Poznań. Ska's art works were presented among other at: Hot/Cold - Summer Loving, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warszawa (2006), Mediations Biennale, Voyage Sentimental, National Museum in Poznań (2008), Collection of Art of the 20th and 21st Centuries. Behind the Reality Principle, Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź (2008) and The Summer of Youth. Young People in Contemporary Art, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warszawa (2010). In 2007 she was rewarded with Grand Prix at Przeciąg Festival, in 2011 she was Młoda Sztuka award winner of Głos Wielkopolski in the field of visual arts. Ministry of Culture and National Heritage scholarship holder in 2000, 2007 and 2011.