Eliska Kovacikova is a Slovak-born visual artist based in Stockholm, primarily dealing with the theme of space analysis, attempting to unfold its layers in various ways, to transcend the limits to unexpected visions. Although, being educated and specialised in extensive printmaking, it’s crucial for her to experiment with various medium based directions, such as site-specific installation, sculpture, light and sound, and diverse intersections among them.
Kovacikova's recent practice focuses on landscape and urban landscape, its changing and development, with particular fascination with underground and protective-like spaces. Her aim is to explore the intricate relationship between the human body and the spaces it inhabits, focusing especially on environments that impose physical limitations. She strives to open a dialogue on what it means to exist in spaces that are both protective and oppressive, simultaneously serving as sanctuaries and constraints.
Her work often takes the form of large-scale site-specific installations using unconventional materials. Her practice is based on the balance between combination of blackness with large scale, and two-dimensionality with spatiality. Through the interplay of material, form, and light, her goal is to create a threshold between reality and fiction, where there is neither a beginning nor an end—only this fragile but extremely harmonious space, and us.
Website: www.eliskakovacikova.com
