Robert Gabris (b.1986, Hnusta Likier, Slovakia) is a Vienna-based artist whose work critically examines fluid and evolving identities through drawing and experimental performance. He earned his B.A. from the Academy of Applied Arts in Bratislava (2010) and his Diploma (Mag.art.) from the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna (2014). His practice is rooted in autobiographical narratives and a deep engagement with proportion and symmetry, reflecting the tension between self-identity and societal projections. Gabris’s work resists exclusion and confronts systemic racism, using artistic unrest as a means of resistance. He interrogates the queer body’s existence within patriarchal frameworks, exploring its presence across physical, emotional, and psychological experiences. His drawings function as acts of deconstruction, challenging rigid classifications and inviting viewers to rethink established norms. For Gabris, paper becomes an extension of his own body – layered with muscles, bones, and organs, arranged in a supposedly logical order, an order that has been dictated by external forces. His work negotiates the dissolution of boundaries, rejecting rigid definitions of identity. Through a meticulous process of dissection and reconstruction, he creates a shape-shifting space where the body is free to redefine itself, challenging imposed binaries and reclaiming autonomy.