Maria Loboda was born in Krakow, Poland, in 1979. She completed her studies in 2008 under Mark Leckey at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main. Loboda has received studio scholarships from the Kulturstiftung der Dresdner Bank, Institut Français/Ville de Paris Résidences Internationales aux Recollets, the Hessische Kulturstiftung, as well as the 2011 Edward Steichen Award, which includes a six-month residency at the International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP) in Brooklyn. Her work has been shown in various group and solo exhibitions at ICA London, Palais de Tokyo, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Maisterravalbuena, and Galerie Schleicher+Lange, among others. Loboda participated in this year’s dOCUMENTA (13). She lives and works in New York.