The artist has been creative since her youth starting with artistic presents for her family and friends, creating jewellery and designing clothes for herself. During her study stay in Lagos, Nigeria she was co-owner of and designer for a lingerie production. But only her partnership with a cameraman and photographer brought her to the actual art in 2003 and taught her an enhanced vision.

She then she loved it to stroll through the world with her eyes open to see, perceive, and absorb as the artist defines it. Often, it's the everyday little things like the marbling of meat, a nail, dried coffee grounds in a cup, etc. that created images in her mind which she later on implemented in reality. She had her first exhibition with her partner in Vienna in 2004 followed by a few more, but soon separated herself artistically from her partner.

In 2011 she created her first shoe sculptures. After the separation from her partner she concentrated on art and was discovered and promoted by an art historian who recommended her to the former Museum for Fantastic Art in Vienna. The museum showed artists of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism. The founder of the museum at that time continued to support the artist and several shoe sculptures were added to the permanent exhibition.

This was followed by collaboration with a Dutch curator and two Viennese galleries which showed and sold her art worldwide e.g. in different European countries and the USA. Since 2023 Elvira Rajek`s art has been curated by Musa International Art and has been shown e.g. in Rome, Barcelona, London and Seoul.

Elvira Rajek, MA,
Visual Artist Born in 1965, lives and works in Vienna,
Austria A level in Vienna, Studies at the Vienna University,
Study Stay at Lagos, Nigeria,
Diploma at the College of Education of Vienna,
Master's degree at the CCNY of the City University of New York, International
Summeracademy of Fine Arts Venice - Masterclass: Professor Peju Alatise.
Sculptures, assemblages, photography, video and objectart.

The intended mise-en-scène has been an important component of her art work. Having started with photographical art, for the last years she has focused on shoe sculptures and assemblages, and turned to a surrealistic way of working. "I just need to assemble the pictures and thoughts of my consciousness and subconsciousness to create a new vision and a new way to see.", the artist says. And as Georg Christoph Lichtenberg once said "He, who has eyes, sees everything in everything."
Research as well as the study of particular topics play important roles in the artistic realization: to deal with a topic - to eviscerate, to mangle, and to transform - to achieve a new insight. Veiled criticism with a touch of irony is intended.
The artist works according to Georg Christoph Lichtenberg's quote "He, who has eyes, sees everything in everything."

https://elvirarajek.com
Instagram: @art_elvira_rajek
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