Natalia Kalicki
I am an anthropologist and visual artist, a graduate of Painting at Concordia University in Montreal (2016). I also hold a Master's degree in Anthropology from the University of Leipzig (2022). Since 2024, I have been a doctoral student at the Max Planck Institute for Anthropology in Halle. As a researcher, I examine grassroots art worlds, particularly those at the intersection of experimental economics and political engagement, as well as through customs and materiality, which constitute emerging ways of being and belonging. My doctoral thesis is based on a collaborative analysis of artist-run spaces in Warsaw.
I have been running an art studio in Leipzig for nine years. I am a member of the collective studio Kombinat e.V. located at Halle 14 in Spinnerei. As an artist, I am interested in removing objects from their original context and giving them new meanings by seeking to confront, recalibrate or create a kind of bond between them. I am interested in what artistic production has in common with the creation/disruption of regimes of knowledge. I have participated in artist residencies in Iceland (2015), Germany (2016 and 2023), China (2019 and 2025), Jersey (2022) and now Poland. My paintings are currently on display at the 丄丅乀 [God. Land. Person] Art Gallery in Beijing.