Born in Meppen, Germany in 1959, Slominski graduated from the University of Fine Arts Hamburg in 1986, and has since been based in both Berlin and Hamburg. He has served as a professor at his alma mater since 2004.

Since the late 1980s, Slominski has consistently developed a body of work that spans sculptural objects modeled after everyday items and performances characterized by enigmatic mechanisms. His practice navigates a terrain where philosophical inquiry intersects with a sense of the absurd.

While his work might superficially recall the aesthetics of the readymade or the irreverence of Dada, Slominski’s selection of materials and motifs is anything but arbitrary. Layered with riddles and metaphorical resonance, his objects resist binary interpretations and instead illuminate the complexities of meaning—its construction, obfuscation, and erasure.

Slominski has held solo exhibitions at major institutions including Hamburger Kunsthalle, Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt (MMK), Deutsche Guggenheim, Kunsthalle Zürich, and the Bonnefanten Museum. He has also participated in numerous international exhibitions such as Skulptur Projekte Münster (1997), the 1st Yokohama Triennale (2001), and the 50th Venice Biennale (2003).