Liz Kueneke
Born in Chicago in 1976, Liz received a dual degree in Fine Arts and French Literature in 1998 from Georgetown University, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Claremont Graduate University (Los Angeles) in 2001. In addition to her artistic practice she also curates exhibitions,and gives workshops to art and architecture students on psychogeography and participatory mapping. She has lived in Spain since 2003.
Since 2004, Liz Kueneke has been investigating the relationships that people have with their environment through the use of participatory mapping activities and public interventions. She is fascinated by the human urban experience and the different layers of meaning attached to the public and private spaces that we inhabit, and how the changes taking place in our cities are affecting our lives. She has been especially influenced by people such as the urban planner Kevin Lynch and the Situationists.
In 2020, in addition to her mapping, she created a new branch of investigation using artistic swimming as an artistic tool. Constantly exploring new rivers, lakes, seas and oceans, she attempts both to connect on a deeper level to nature, and to transmit the beauty and fragility of our planet.
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