Zafira Vrba Woodski
Blood Line
Sculpture
2024
High Heel Memorial
Installation
2024
We Need a Monument
Sculpture
2025
How can we remember things that the outside world tries to erase and forget? And who, if anyone, writes the queer history?
These are questions that Zafira Vrba Woodski has been working on for a long time. Through contemporary archaeology, dreams and decolonizing rituals, Zafira challenges the narrative of linear time and weaves a history where queer experiences are at the center of both the past, present and future. At Konsthall C, they will show a series of memorials, a small world of monuments.
Zafira Vrba Woodski is a Swedish-Czech artist, death doula, writer and trans activist born in Växjö and based in Stockholm and Gothenburg. Zafira has moved freely between sculpture, textile, performance, photography, video and installations to depict queer lives and experiences for over 20 years. Their award-winning art book Transtillstånd was published in 2023 and is about contemporary trans history. In parallel with their artistic work, Zafira runs High Heel Funerals & Ceremonies, which supports queer and trans people with ceremonies, celebrations and spiritual counseling.