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Elza Sile combines mental imagery with analytic divisions and builds up an interwoven vocabulary of psycho-spatial typologies in flux. She was born 1989, in Latvia and lives in Zurich. In 2019, Sile graduated from ZHdK Zurich. Recent solo exhibitions include at KIM? Contemporary Art Center (Riga, 2022); PHILIPPZOLLINGER (Zurich, 2021); unanimous consent (Zurich, 2020) and Kulturfolger Zürich (2020). She has participated in numerous two-person and group shows, such as at Embajada (Puerto Rico, 2023); Diez (Amsterdam, 2023); Centre d'art Pasquart (Biel, 2022); Haus Konstruktiv (Zurich, 2022); Misako & Rosen (Tokyo, 2022); KIM? Contemporary Art Center (Riga, 2020); Kunsthalle Zurich (2020); Hamlet (Zurich, 2020) and Galerie Kirchgasse (Steckborn, 2020). In 2020, Sile was a receipiant of the Werkschau Prize Zurich and in 2021, of the art stipend City of Zurich. In 2022, Sile completed a residency at ISCP New York.

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kitten in a fridge, PHILIPPZOLLINGER, Zurich, 2021

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kitten in a fridge, PHILIPPZOLLINGER, Zurich, 2021

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LISTE ART FAIR BASEL, Menu plate10_chain reaction and no evidence, PHILIPPZOLLINGER, 2021

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Detail, Menu plate10_chain reaction and no evidence, 2021

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Detail, Menu plate10_chain reaction and no evidence, 2021

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Bi-Dža, Ge-Ilk, Mir-Nul, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, 2022

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Detail, Bi-Dža, Ge-Ilk, Mir-Nul, 2022

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Bi-Dža, Ge-Ilk, Mir-Nul, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, 2022

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Detail, Bi-Dža, Ge-Ilk, Mir-Nul, 2022

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Bi-Dža, Ge-Ilk, Mir-Nul, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, 2022

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Detail, Bi-Dža, Ge-Ilk, Mir-Nul, 2022

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Portals, Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, 2022

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Skelton of inflatable tubes, 2022, acrylic and gelatin on coated plaster bandage, 50 x 5 x 5 cm

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Banana milk ghillie suit, 2022, acrylic and gelatin on coated plaster bandage, 50 x 5 x 5 cm

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Vagabond \ A Place Hard to Place /, Jenny's, New York, 2022

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Geometrische Opulenz, Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, 2022

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Snake’s bedroom, 2022, acrylic, gelatine and oil paint on aluminium, 175 x 125 cm

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Detail, Snake’s bedroom, 2022

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Geometrische Opulenz, Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, 2022