Lena Zak & Marco Dvorak

Statement

Lena’s work comes from the borderline between the process of destruction and creation. She investigates the correlation between them and everything that happens within the transformation of one into another. Dominantly, her main focus is painting however, it might be seen as an instrument for expanding into other formats and disciplines such as writing and text-based work, object, and installation.

Marco’s work is widely influenced by his background in digital media and music. He uses a multimedia approach to express himself through design, animation, creative coding, and sound composition to build immersive soundscapes enhanced by digital projections.

The duo is interested in an exploration of duality and mobilizes spontaneous expression, not solely visually but also via writing and sound. Their works are frequently composed by using techniques such as destruction, decomposition, and fragmentation in order to create new forms.

GlogauAIR Project

We’ll use our time at Glogau residency to create a consistent experience through an installation that will act as an intersection between the medium of painting, text, object, digital projection and originally composed sound. Together they will portray duality, the balance and connection between the negative and the positive spectrum of experiences. As one often leads to another, therefore one without the other might be non-achievable or even non-existent. Can the negative be truly seen as negative when it’s leading up to the positive? Can the positive be seen only as positive, if it’s built up by the negative moments? The notion we assign to these experiences is mainly a matter of perspective.

CV Summary

2020

• JULY, SEPTEMBER 2020 — group exhibition “Dream Big III”, Artzone 42 Gallery | Athens, Greece
• AUGUST 2020 — group exhibition “284 Open”, Gallery Coletivo 284, curated by Clara Afonso | Lisbon, Portugal
• SEPTEMBER — group exhibition, RESVÉS | Lisbon, Portugal
• NOV. – DEC. 2020 — group exhibition “Disrupting the Stillness“, VISIONARY Projects x Lohme Art Gallery | Malmö, Sweden (online)

2021

• Exhibited artists of IdeelArt, online gallerist | London, UK
• FEB. – MARCH 2021 — group exhibition “Spring Awakening”, LONDON PAINT CLUB (online)
• 4th APRIL – 28th APRIL 2021 — group exhibition “Facade”, THE HOLY ART | London, United Kingdom

2022

• Artist in Residence, October – December 2022 — Duplex AIR | Lisbon, Portugal
• NOVEMBER 2022 — Lisbon Art Weekend @ Duplex AIR | Lisbon, Portugal

2023

• MAY 2023 — Garage Takeover, pop-up exhibition | Bratislava, Slovakia

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