Aleksandra Sidor

I am working across media in painting, text, sound, sculpture, photography, installation and video. My work explores themes of sensitivity, morality, ethicality, individual and collective trauma. My interest in the creation of wide range of work is motivated by the possibility of exploring different perceptions and the potential of various forms of audience participation.

I am interested in the idea of the investigation of consciousness, awareness and empathy. The pieces that I made were very often based on different writings on psychoanalysis and inspired by social, cultural and political transformations.

My paintings often depict transformative encounters of bodies with other beings. This point of connectivity as well as manipulated proportions , test the power relations of the subjects.

The intentions behind my art are usually connected with the therapeutic aspects of experiencing art. However, having in mind the specificity of the works that I created, I am unable to predict all the possible reactions to it. I value and learn from feedback and I consider it an important part of my artistic practice.

Education

2016-2019

BA (Hons) Fine Art, Arts University Bournemouth

Exhibitions

Solo

2020

Not sure if it will happen in my lifetime, online exhibition, Solo Show website

2019 Praesentia, ae, f. Alex Mayall, Lumen Crypt Gallery, London, UK

Group

2021

2020

Catharsis, curated by Brittany Sutcliffe, London, UK

Les Danses Nocturnes by Eastcontemprorary, Entrevaux, France

Feather Dusting, online exhibition, curated by Kleio collective

2020

Solo Show, Chapter 2, A postnet folk fanfiction fairytalemythology (p.1), online exhibition, curated by Underground Flower and Rhizome Parking Garage, Solo Show website

Arts University Bournemouth Summer Exhibition

2019

2018

I'm not a feminist, I believe in equality. A feminist exhibition, BUMF Gallery, Bournemouth, UK

2018

2017

Kiosk 7, Copenhagen, Denmark

Anachronism, Russell-Cotes, Bournemouth, UK

8IN5, Arts University Bournemouth, UK

2014

Art and Fashion Forum, 8th Edition, Poznan, Poland