Pernar Karolina

Karolina Pernar was born in 1978 in Zagreb, Croatia. She studied in Italy, in Perugia, where she obtained her BFA with honours at the Academy of Fine Arts "Pietro Vannucci", in the Sculpture department. She lives and works in Luxembourg since 2015.

 Her practice consists of works that challenge preconceived ideas and expectations of the public; questioning aspects of perception, memory, time and space. The main characteristics of her work are the use of the gallery space as a framework to define the artwork and the affirmation of the imaginary as a place of authentic art.. The simplicity of form is an aesthetic choice that allows her to create a semblance of emptiness, a space that offers the viewer the opportunity to individually discover its dimensions and meaning. The tension between multiplicity and emptiness is an important aspect of his installations. A void is an active space of perception and invites the viewer to participate in the construction of an imaginary volume in an open space. By combining sculpture, installation, video and collage, she questions in which directions the concept of sculpture can be extended, which spaces sculpture can occupy and consequently what sculpture can be.