Ana Kotar Škarjak

Slovenia / GermanyPerformances

Biography

Ana Kotar Škarjak (b. 1987, Novo Mesto, Slovenia) is a Berlin-based visual artist working across drawing, installation, and performance. Her conceptually driven practice explores the invisible structures of care, motherhood, and memory within post-socialist and diasporic contexts. Using layering, fragmentation, and repair, she reflects on emotional labor and inherited expectations shaping personal and collective experience. She holds degrees in Contemporary Drawing and Art Pedagogy from the University of Ljubljana.

Archive records · BUNA vol.3 / 2025

Who Is Taking Care of the Caregiver?, 2025 Live performance with audio and textile elements

Performances
Curator / Team
Curator: Boryana Petkova

“Who is Taking Care of the Caregiver?” is a performance piece that highlights the labor of caregiving, drawing attention to both societal expectations and the emotional landscapes of the caregiver. During the performance, a list of around 300 responsibilities commonly expected of mothers is read aloud, cataloging tasks that range from the mundane to the emotionally burdensome. At the same time, assistants unravel fabric strings inscribed with reflective questions- expressions of love, frustration, exhaustion, and resilience. This dual narrative juxtaposes the external demands of caregiving with its internal toll, revealing the often-unseen labor that sustains families and societies.