ABOUT

Maja Smrekar’s work explores themes of belonging, becoming, family, and home by challenging socially and politically fixed identities and notions of order. Through her artistic voice, she engages with topics such as ecofeminism, interspecies relationships, and the influence of technology-driven ideological structures on society. Her interdisciplinary practice has led to cross-conceptual productions encompassing performances, installations, site-specific art, videos, workshops, lectures, talks, and texts. Her work has been exhibited and presented in fine arts and media arts 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, and Museum Reina Sofía (Madrid, Spain), National Museum for Contemporary Art Zagreb (Croatia), Center for Contemporary Art Laznia (Gdansk, Poland) among others. Smrekar has been an artistic associate of various art production platforms such as A/POLITICAL (UK), Quo Artis Foundation (Spain/Italy), The Culture Yard (Denmark), Kapelica Gallery (Slovenia), etc. She is an Associate Professor of Sculpture and Contemporary Artistic Practices at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.