Ala Savasevic, Memory Toys, 2018

felt, steel, 50 x 26 x 18 cm

Ala Savashevich (1989) was born in the city of Stolin, Belarus. Graduate of the E. Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw. Since 2021 she has been a doctoral student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. In 2021 she received a scholarship from the Mayor of Wroclaw. In her artistic practice, she often refers to her own past, history, trauma and corporeality. She uses monumental forms as well as video or performative actions, often exploring the limits of her own body. The artist's works have been shown in exhibitions in Belarus and Ukraine, as well as in Poland, Germany and Austria. She is the winner of the ING Polish Art Foundation Award, the Worth 2021 Award in the Visual Arts category. She currently lives and works in Wroclaw.