Contemporary Practices in Bio-art

Lilia Chak is an Israeli artist, designer and Science-art researcher. She is an interdisciplinary artist who works in new media art, including Science-art, Bio-art, Dendro-art, AI-generated art, digital art, video art, photography, installation, and performance. In 2022, Lilia Chak defended her PhD thesis in the Sorbonne’s Art and Science Department (Paris). She introduced into the international lexicon a new term, Dendro-art, as a new subdivision of Bio-art. Lilia Chak has published articles about Dendro-art in scientific journals and made presentations at international symposiums. She has taken part in Science-art exhibitions such as: Museo Orto Botanico, Rome (2022); Ars Electronica, Linz (2020); BOZAR, Brussels (2020); Matsudo International Science Art Festival, Tokyo (2020); FEFU Art Museum, Vladivostok (2020); Negev Museum of Art, Beer-Sheva (2019), and many more. She teaches her experimental practical and theoretical “Art, Biology and Ecology” course at Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art (Tel Aviv, Israel).