Aliza Orlans

Aliza Orlans (b. 1990 Prešov, Slovakia; based in Jenkovce, Slovakia) works with the medium of drawing, installation, performance art and poetry focusing on the topics of gender identity, intimacy of our bodies, sex, transformation and the problems of binarity in all senses of the word. In her art practice she creates a new environment, inspired by tendernesses of life and its constant permutations. Definition and deconstruction of human beings and nature are explored in her surreal worlds with the body as a proof of existence.

Her primary medium are drawings and a personal diary, where all her ideas arise and where her aesthetic is formed. She is currently working with different materials (such as textiles, photography, plaster and other found materials), which helps her to express different topics by using a variety of physicalities of the materials as a tool of expression.

Date of residency: 1. 3 – 31. 3. 2025

RESIDENCY PROJECT

During the residency, Aliza Orlans will continue working on her ongoing project focusing on religion and spirituality and their impact on gender identity. what gender has meant throughout history and how it has influenced our current vision on transgender identities. How does our personal spirituality (formation of habits and routines) help us better understand and record ourselves? Her vision is to create a collage of historical references combined with the current struggle for trans rights and access to medicine. Aliza's plan is to work in the medium of drawings and collages; she wants to use found materials and materials associated with medicine.

EDUCATION

2016    Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Department of Printmaking and Other Media, Slovakia

EXHIBITIONS

2025    Soaking in Each Other / Endocrine Regimes, Trafo, Budapest

2024    klíčenie / sprouting, White & Weiss Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia 

2023    Neznáma v krajine / Unknown in the country, Tabačka, Košice, Slovakia

2023    History Hustory* / Museum of Self-Care, Queer Museum, Vienna, Austria 

2023    Gardens of my fears and passions, Galeria Jula Bibera, Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia

2022    Sensory tales, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria

All information is current as of February 21, 2025