Kama Sokolnicka „Troubles du sommeil” at Progress Gallery in Paris
Kama Sokolnicka was born in Wrocław (PL), where she was graduated of the Academy of Fine Arts. She uses a wide range of techniques and media’ strategies, from drawing and painting to site-specific and video installations. In her work she focuses mainly on image as a function of memory and the phenomenon of horror vacui as well as the construction of contemporary subject in relation to biography, space and different kinds of history deformed by emotions.
Artistic residences at the European Centre For Contemporary Art Projects CEAAC in Strasbourg (2004), OMI International Arts Center, NY (2013), La Malterie, Lille (2013). Adam Mickiewicz Institute Fellowship & the Polish Cultural Institute New York (2013), stipendist of Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (2011). Artworks in the collection of Museum of Art, Łódź, Ujazdowski Castle CCA, Warsaw, The Lower Silesian Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts, Museum in Gliwice and many private collections in Europe.