Karina Smigla-Bobinski

Karina Smigla-Bobinski is a German-Polish intermedia artist, working primarily in new media art and digital art, based in Berlin and Munich.Her work bridges kinetic art, drawing, video, installation, painting, performance and sculpture. Her works have been exhibited in Europe, Asia, North America and South America. One of her major works is ADA, a large, interactive kinetic sculpture and drawing machine.

Life and education Smigla-Bobinski studied art and visual communication at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, Poland and the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany and graduated as a master student of Gerhard Berger in 2000.

Career Smigla-Bobinski's work has been shown in galleries and museums including Grande halle de la Villette Museum Paris; and the Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery where her work was exhibited in correlation with Leonardo da Vinci: 10 Drawings from the Royal Collection.

One of her major works is ADA – analog interactive installation, a large kinetic sculpture and drawing machine. Her interactive installation Simulacra engages viewers to discover hidden images displayed on video screens by using magnifying glasses.

Her work has been written about in The Atlantic, Wired, TANZ Magazine, Imperica, Le Journal de Québec, Business Insider, The Vancouver Sun, e-flux, and Calgary Herald.

In 2016 she was a visiting research fellow and artist in residence at ZiF Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Bielefeld, the Bielefeld University’s Institute for Advanced Study, a cultural institution that supports collaborations and dialogue between the arts and sciences.

Literature "OVERS!ZE - The Mega Art & Installations“. Victionary (May 2013), 216 pages. "highlike book“, FILE and SESI (October 2014), 584 pages . "T.R.I.B.E. – Exercises in Transitory Art (MoTA Editions # 2)", MoTA (March 2014) "Tanz Magazine“ - Der Theaterverlag – Friedrich Berlin GmbH (Januar 2016) . "Baumgartens Erfindung der Ästehtik“, Ursula Franke, Reihe „KunstPhilosophie“, Mentis Verlag (2018) . "New Media Installation: Technology in Art", Gingko Press (2018) . "The New York Times“ (Januar 2019) .

Exhibitions Her works have been shown at museums galleries and festivals, including:

Bangkok University Gallery in Bangkok, Thailand Künstlerinnen und Künstler (BBK Gallery) in Munich, Germany Busan Biennale in Busan, Korea Centre for Fine Arts (Bozar) in Brussels, Belgium CURRENTS New Media Festival, 2015 Electronic Language International Festival (FILE) in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Foundation for Art and Creative Technology (FACT) in Liverpool, England Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow, Russia Grande halle de la Villette in Paris, France The Lowry in Manchester, England Maison des Arts de Créteil in Paris, France Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh, USA Microwave International New Media Arts Festival in Hong Kong, China The Mois Multi festival, Quebec Museum of Transitory Art (MoTA) in Ljubljana, Slovenia New Media Gallery in New Westminster, BC, Canada Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery in Nottingham, England Olympiapark in Munich, Germany Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science in Miami, USA Science Gallery in Dublin, Ireland Singapore Art Museum in Singapore Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich, Germany Suwon IPARK in Korea WRO Media Art Biennale in Wroclaw, Poland ZERO1 Biennial in Silicon Valley, USA