Karina Smigla-Bobinski (1967) is a German-Polish

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artist, working primarily in

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and

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, based in Berlin and Munich.Her work bridges kinetic art, drawing,

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installation Installation may refer to: * Installation (computer programs) * Installation, work of installation art * Installation, military base * Installation, into an office, especially a religious (Installation (Christianity) Installation is a Christian l ...

, painting,

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and sculpture. Her works have been exhibited in Europe, Asia, North America and South America. One of her major works is ''ADA'', a large, interactive kinetic sculpture and drawing machine.

Life and education

Smigla-Bobinski studied art and visual communication at the

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in Kraków, Poland and the

, Munich, Germany and graduated as a master student of Gerhard Berger in 2000.

Career

Smigla-Bobinski's work has been shown in galleries and museums including

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Museum Paris; and the

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Museum and Art Gallery where her work was exhibited in correlation with ''

Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 14522 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, Drawing, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially res ...

: 10 Drawings from the Royal Collection.'' One of her major works is ''ADA - analog interactive installation'', a large kinetic sculpture and drawing machine. Her interactive installation ''Simulacra'' engages viewers to discover hidden images displayed on video screens by using magnifying glasses. Her work has been written about in ''

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'', ''

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'', ''TANZ Magazine'', ''Imperica'', ''

Le Journal de Québec ''Le Journal de Québec'' is a French-language daily newspaper in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and nort ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. In 2016 she was a Visiting Research Fellow and Artist in Residence at ZiF

Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Bielefeld The Center for Interdisciplinary Research (german: Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung (ZiF)) is the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany. Founded in 1968, it was the first IAS in Germany and became ...

, the

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’s Institute for Advanced Study, a cultural institution that supports collaborations and dialogue between the arts and sciences.

Literature

* "OVERS!ZE - The Mega Art & Installations“. Victionary (May 2013), 216 pages, . * "highlike book“, FILE and SESI (October 2014), 584 pages . * "T.R.I.B.E. – Exercises in Transitory Art (MoTA Editions # 2)", MoTA (March 2014) * "Tanz Magazine“ - Der Theaterverlag – Friedrich Berlin GmbH (Januar 2016) . * "Baumgartens Erfindung der Ästehtik“, Ursula Franke, Reihe „KunstPhilosophie“, Mentis Verlag (2018) . * "New Media Installation: Technology in Art", Gingko Press (2018) . * "The New York Times“ (Januar 2019) .

Exhibitions

Her works have been shown at museums galleries and festivals, including: * Bangkok University Gallery in Bangkok, Thailand * Künstlerinnen und Künstler (BBK Gallery) in Munich, Germany * Busan Biennale in Busan, Korea *

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(Bozar) in Brussels, Belgium * CURRENTS New Media Festival, 2015 *

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(FILE) in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil *

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(FACT) in Liverpool, England *

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in Moscow, Russia *

in Paris, France *

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in Manchester, England * Maison des Arts de Créteil in Paris, France *

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in Pittsburgh, USA * Microwave International New Media Arts Festival in Hong Kong, China * The Mois Multi festival, Quebec * Museum of Transitory Art (MoTA) in Ljubljana, Slovenia * New Media Gallery in New Westminster, BC, Canada *

Museum & Art Gallery in Nottingham, England *

Olympiapark The Olympiapark (English: Olympic Park) in Munich, Germany, is an Olympic Park which was constructed for the 1972 Summer Olympics. Located in the Oberwiesenfeld neighborhood of Munich, the Park continues to serve as a venue for cultural, social, ...

in Munich, Germany *

Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science The Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science (formerly known as the Miami Science Museum or Miami Science Museum and Space Transit Planetarium) is a science museum, planetarium, and aquarium located in Miami, Florida, United States. The museum ...

in Miami, USA *

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in Dublin, Ireland *

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in Singapore *

Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz The Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz (''State Theatre at Gärtnerplatz''), commonly called the Gärtnerplatztheater, is an opera house and opera company in Munich. (The "Gärtnerplatz" is an urban square in the borough Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt.) ...

in Munich, Germany * Suwon IPARK in Korea * WRO Media Art Biennale in Wroclaw, Poland * ZERO1 Biennial in Silicon Valley, USA

References

External links

Biography on ''Porto Polonica''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smigla-Bobinski, Karina 1967 births Living people Artists from Szczecin Polish emigrants to Germany Polish installation artists Polish performance artists Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts alumni Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni Polish sculptors 20th-century Polish women artists 21st-century Polish women artists