Elvira Rajek · Winner Collectors Art Prize
Elvira Rajek, MA, Visual Artist.
Born in 1965, lives and works in Vienna, Austria.
A level in Vienna, Studies at the University of Vienna, Study Stay in Lagos, Nigeria, Diploma at the College of Education of Vienna, Master's degree at the CCNY of the City University of New York, International Summer Academy of Fine Arts Venice - Masterclass: Professor Peju Alatise.
Sculptures, assemblages, photography, video and object art.
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." The artist works according to it. 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.
https://elvirarajek.com
https://virtualshoemuseum.com
Instagram: @art_elvira_rajek
Artsy
Saatchi Art
Weapons in Peace (2022), Assemblage, W57 x H47 cm
Shoe "Paint with my me", (2020), Sculpture, L40 x W30 x H32
Come black bird 1 (2012), Shoe Sculpture, L29 x W65 x H15cm
The Head (2018), Sculpture - mixed media, W26 x H65 x D26 cm
Gimme a Hand Shoe (2013), Shoe Sculpture, L28 x W18 x H20cm
