About
Karolina Sobel was born in Poland in 1987. Educated as an urbanist, studying at the Technical University of Darmstadt and EHESS in Paris, she finally dedicated herself to Media Art at University of Art and Design in Karlsruhe. Having background in photography and social sciences, Karolina is dealing with social topics ( such as identity, migration, social groups, social exclusion) developing different strategies in her practice to think far beyond the print matter. Karolina experiments with different mediums, among those with video and intervention in public space, setting her playground on urbanscape.
She is a part of research group Lampedusa supported by Kultur Stiftung des Bundes, an curator by the first Transmission Festival and regular contributor to Postcard Collective. She lives and works in Karlsruhe.
Education:
2017 Study visit IUAV in Venice
2013 - 2018 University of Art and Design Karlsruhe
2013 M.A Technical University of Darmstadt
2012 study year EHESS Paris
2010 B.A Tourism and Management, Academy of Katowice
2009 Diploma of photography, Abramowski Katowice
Residencies/Scholarships:
2017 Aufenthalt in Johannesburg
2015 Summer Academy Bremen
2014 International Summer Academy of Arts Salzburg