Aljoscha b. 1971

At the core of his work lies the concept of Bioism, an artistic and philosophical vision that imagines the creation of entirely new forms of life. Closely connected to his ideas of biofuturism and bioethics, Aljoscha's practice considers art not merely as a representation of the existing world, but as a means of envisioning alternative forms of existence. Drawing inspiration from biotechnology, genetic engineering, and the natural sciences, he approaches his sculptures and installations as speculative organisms rather than conventional art objects.

Using materials such as acrylic glass, silicone, and acrylic paint, Aljoscha creates translucent, intricately structured forms that appear to float, grow, or evolve independently of their surroundings. Their delicate surfaces, organic configurations, and luminous colours suggest beings suspended between the biological and the extraterrestrial. Through transparency, light, and spatial movement, his installations transform their environments into imagined ecosystems, inviting viewers to reconsider the boundaries between the natural and the artificial, the living and the constructed.

Underlying these futuristic organisms is a distinctly utopian outlook. Aljoscha envisions the potential for life beyond its present biological limitations, proposing a future shaped by compassion, transformation, and the reduction of suffering. His works offer poetic models for alternative realities in which artistic imagination and scientific possibility converge.

Aljoscha has presented major solo exhibitions at the Ludwig Museum, Koblenz (2024), the Osthaus Museum and Emil Schumacher Museum, Hagen (2022), the Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg (2022), the Fondazione Made in Cloister, Naples (2023), and the Cavazzen Museum, Lindau (2025). Further institutional presentations include the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia (2015), the Erarta Museum, St. Petersburg (2014), and the Kunststation St. Peter, Cologne (2019). His international projects have also taken place in New York, Kyiv, Paris, Madrid, and Milan.

His works are represented in numerous international public collections, including the Getty Center, Los Angeles; the Vatican Collection, Rome; the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin; the Ludwig Museum, Koblenz; the Osthaus Museum, Hagen; and MOMus, Thessaloniki. He received the Pollock-Krasner Grant in 2020 and the First Prize in Sculpture at the XXXV Premio Bancaja in Valencia in 2008.

Through his visionary approach to art and life, Aljoscha challenges the distinction between artistic creation and biological evolution, proposing a world in which art becomes a catalyst for imagining new forms of existence.