Karolina Kowalska (b. 1978, Cracow)
Studied at the Department of Graphics of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow (diploma in 2002) and at the Animation Film Department of Hogeschool Gent in Belgium. In 2007 she was awarded with a Ministry of Culture and National Heritage creative grant.
Kowalska's work include photography, installation, video and animation.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS / (*) solo
2008
Strike Back – ON Gallery, Poznań
Art in Cinema in Tour – Old Brewery, Poznań
6. Young Art in Extreme Conditions Review «Survival» – public space / Four Temples Quarter (org. Dzielnica Czterech Świątyń), Wrocław
My Mother Isn't Blessed – Bunkier Sztuki, Cracow
[BLANKLY, PERFECT SUMMER] – vertexList, New York City, NY, USA
Art in Cinema (video screenings) – Kino pod Baranami, Cracow (*)
2007
Record no. 3 / Aufzeichnung no. 3 – Atelier Frankfurt, Frankfurt a. M., DE
Record no. 2 / Aufzeichnung no. 2 – Artpol Gallery, Cracow
Jeune Création Européenne. Travelling Biennial of Contemporary Art – Montrouge, FR
IndustrialART - MCK Gallery, Mysłowice
KaDeOs - Kaufhaus des Ostens – Kunsthaus Erfurt, Erfurt, DE
Record no. 1 / Aufzeichnung no. 3 – Atelier Frankfurt, Frankfurt a. M., DE
Re(con)naissance of Painting – Sektor I Gallery, GCK, Katowice
Karolina Kowalska: Mash / Marios: Wrong Collection – Ard Bia, Galway, IE
Gallery for Wintertime – Żak Gallery, Berlin, DE
2006
Risk Management – Museum Folkwang / RWE-Turm, Essen, DE (2006/07) (*)
What Is Going to Be with Us Now? – Potocka Gallery, Cracow
Adaptation. The Art of Adjustment – Żak Gallery, Berlin, DE
Crash Test – Bunkier Sztuki, Cracow (*)
Cover to Uncover – Marios Left Tanker, Tokyo, JP
Polish-German Institute for Space Travel – Pauza Gallery, Cracow
International Women's Day – Piękny Pies, Cracow
2005
UWAGA! Polen kommen – e-werk weimar e.V., Weimar, DE
Lampshades for Neon Light Bulbs – Grodzki Employment Office, Cracow (*)
4. Biennial of Photography: Hunting for Things – Old Brewery, Poznań
Karolina Kowalska, Małgorzata Markiewicz, Janek Simon – Potocka Gallery, Cracow
2004
4. Young Art Biennial: Untitled™ - Centre of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko
An Unexpected Breakdown of the Advertising Market – Potocka Gallery, Cracow (*)
Makro – Nova Gallery, Cracow (*)
Available Art – Sheik Yerbuti Gallery, Cracow
Dialog loci – public space, Kostrzyn
Boys and Girls – Zachęta National Art Gallery, Warsaw
God Mode – public space, Cracow (*)
