ZOSIA zoltkowski
Living internationally.I explore the corporeal and mental dimensions of my being to create performances, site interventions, and immersive installations to articulate and visually express the invisible or that which escapes us. Relying significantly upon material investigation, embodiment practices and more-than-human temporalities, I delve into the liminality and interconnectedness of identity, territory and ancestry. My durational performances often provoke a sense of disorientation and/or contemplation, pushing viewers to confront and question their relationship with their bodies, the land, and the environments they inhabit.
Research with communities through collaborative laboratories forms the foundation of my work, fuelled by my curiosity to explore different ways of being and diverse methodologies relating to the body, territory, and self. I have travelled and lived globally, amongst remote communities and marginalised networks of people, in Asia, the Middle East, Russia and Latin America. These engagements of transversality instigate my fascination with local histories, relational dynamics, radical ecologies, spirituality and reimagined futures.
My work has been featured in group exhibitions globally in Korea, Poland, Iceland, Italy and Mexico. My first solo exhibition was in Florence, Italy, where I delved into a months-long investigation of the Carrara, Italy, marble mines. Additionally, I have performed durationally and exhibited many times in Italy, working with local communities/schools in border town territories.
