The sea flowing across the table, the sunset that has the ability to spread its glitter beyond the boundary of the image or the moment before the scissors cut through the material to forever separate what was previously a whole. This is just a tiny part of the work of an artist who often uses the medium of photography to manipulate reality, to play out a spectrum of possibilities for contemplating a dreamlike and fragile world, and the very nature of the medium of photography. Her approach is drawn to consider photography as a dynamic interface and process that leads to the creation of spatial installations and working with the moving image. She has a long-standing interest in the emotional resonance of the image and the sculptural language of the material beneath and beyond the surface of the photograph.

Bio

Lucia Sceranková graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava and the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. She completed an internship at the School of Arts and Cultures in Newcastle and a residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. She has been nominated for several major awards for young artists - in addition to the Start Point Prize 2011, she was also nominated for the prestigious Jindřich Chalupecký Prize in 2014 and Vaclav Chad Award within Zlin Youth Salon in 2015. Since graduating she has created projects for many solo and collective exhibitions. Among the domestic exhibitions, there were SNG in Bratislava, National Gallery in Prague, GMU in Hradec Králové, 8smička in Humpolec, PAF festival in Olomouc and solo exhibitions in Zahorian&Van Espen Gallery, Young Gallery and Fait Preview in Brno. In the international context at the NARRACJE #12 contemporary art festival in Gdansk, viennacontemporary in Vienna, at the XIII Bienal de la Habana international art show in Cuba, at the Forum Box gallery in Helsinki or at a solo exhibition with her sister Pavla at the Pump House Gallery in London.