Zaire Kaczmarski
Class of 2018
Born and raised in Venezuela, Zaire Kaczmarski is an interdisciplinary artist whose work posits the human body as a site of awareness of both the self and our collective oneness. While solo and collaborative performances use ritualistic and meditative practices as a vehicle for exploration of memory and identity, actions like gazing, walking, dancing or intertwining become tools to negotiate with the Other and set the stage for public exchange. Like the human body itself, she understand her practice to be in a constant state of flux and discovery.
Zaire has shown around North Carolina in museums and galleries including Mint Museum Uptown, McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Blue Spiral 1 Gallery and Queens University. Beyond NC she has created art interventions in public and private spaces in Rhode Island and New York. In 2016 she was awarded the Regional Artist Project Grants from the Arts & Science Council in North Carolina.