Bianca Hlywa

b. 1992, Canada She lives and works in London, UK. She holds a BFA in Fine Art from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, and an MFA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths, University of London.

Bianca Hlywa is an artist who fuses beauty with disgust. Her chosen medium is the symbiotic cultures of bacteria and yeast (SCOBY) used in fermented foodstuffs such as kombucha. The powerful vinegar odor means that you tend to smell Hlywa’s works well before you can see them. In this case, the stench hits as you descend the staircase to Gossamer Fog’s underground gallery.