Sylvia Schwenk Artist Biography

Contemporary photographic, video and performance artist

Born, Germany.
Lives and works in Sydney, Australia.

Sylvia Schwenk’s practice is interdisciplinary and looks at the relationship between performance and the everyday, reflecting upon the significance and beauty of commonplace activities and spaces.  Sometimes Sylvia simply captures a moment, and other times she creates socially based interventions that are performed in the urban landscape of different cities by local participants who do not usually go to art galleries.

Sylvia performs and exhibits her work internationally, with shows in Australia, Canada, Germany, India, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United States, and Vietnam.  She is the recipient of numerous awards, grants and scholarships, and her work is held in public and private art collections.

Sylvia has studied at the Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney Australia, Köln International School of Design, and Üniversität der Künste Berlin, Germany, and has completed artist residencies with the Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, Germany, and albb Saigon, Vietnam.

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