Elza Sile combines set theory with interest in construction of imagery in its suggestive and deceptive applications. Drawings, writings, CG renderings, compressed worlds and scaled up sculpture units constitute her ways of interacting with material.
In 2019, Elza Sile graduated from ZHdK Zurich. Recent exhibitions include at Edition_VFO (Zurich, 2024), EMBAJADA (Puerto Rico, 2023); Diez (Amsterdam, 2023); Jenny’s (New York, 2022); Smack Mellon (New York, 2022), Centre d’art Pasquart (Biel, 2022); Haus Konstruktiv (Zurich, 2022); Misako & Rosen (Tokyo, 2022), KIM? Contemporary Art Center (Riga, 2022); PHILIPPZOLLINGER (Zurich, 2021); unanimous consent (Zurich, 2020), Kulturfolger Zürich (2020), Kunsthalle Zurich (2020); Hamlet (Zurich, 2020) and Galerie Kirchgasse (Steckborn, 2020). In 2020, Sile was a receipiant of the Werkschau Prize Zurich and in 2021, of the art stipend City of Zurich. In 2022, Sile completed a residency at ISCP New York and in 2023 at San Juan 721, Puerto Rico.