ABOUT

Maja Smrekar’s work explores themes of belonging, becoming, family and home, challenging socially and politically fixed identities and notions of order. She engages with ecofeminism, interspecies relationships, and the impact of technology-driven ideologies. Her interdisciplinary practice spans performances, installations, site-specific art, videos, workshops, lectures, and texts. Her work has been presented at various institutions, including MAXXI - National Museum of 21st Century Art in Rome (Italy), Kunsthalle Vienna (Austria), ZKM Karlsruhe (Germany), Het Nieuwe Instituut (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), BOZAR - Centre for Fine Arts Brussels (Belgium), the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Riga (Latvia), Museum of Contemporary Art Ljubljana (MG+MSUM, Slovenia), Museum of Contemporary Art Montenegro, Museum Reina Sofía (Madrid, Spain), National Museum for Contemporary Art Zagreb (Croatia), Center for Contemporary Art Laznia (Gdansk, Poland), Färgfabriken Stockholm (Sweden) among others. Smrekar has been an artistic associate of the following art production platforms: A/POLITICAL (UK), Kapelica Gallery (Slovenia), Quo Artis Foundation (Spain/Italy), The Culture Yard (Denmark). She is an Associate Professor of Sculpture and Contemporary Artistic Practices at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.