Biography
Iván Sikic is a conceptual & performance artist who explores social structures, multiculturalism, durational performance, audience immersion and technology.
Sikic’s practice moves between durational performance, site specific projects, installation and object creation. For the most part, his works are a direct response to current themes & events that are present in news media outlets, social media and on the streets.
While his works are highly conceptual and charged with meaning, he uses direct and indirect metaphors in order to draw attention to and question subject matters that are affecting our daily lives in ways that, to him, should not be. Rather than dictate what the spectator should feel, his sensitive interventions leave space for the viewer to make up their own conclusions about the questions being raised through his work.
His incisive approach to question the context, cultures and conflicts around him through his work has garnered global interest, and has been covered by media around the world, more recently by Artishock, The Creators Project and Artnet News
He completed his post-graduate studies at the Victorian College of the Arts (where he received the Orloff Award for Excellence) after graduating from The University of Melbourne, and spent over a decade based in Melbourne, Australia. He has presented work and attended residencies in Australia, Europe, the USA and Peru (where he is originally from). He is currently based in Brooklyn, NY.
