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Aleksandra Waliszewska

Born in Warsaw, Poland, 1976

One-Person Exhibitions

2022 
The Dark Arts: Aleksandra Waliszewska and the Symbolism from the East and North, M. K Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland; traveled to M. K Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, Kaunas, Lithuania

2021 
SARA BABA, Bosse & Baum, London, UK

2020 
agresywny dziad, Fortnight Institute, New York, NY
I Love the Cat Who Died, Galeria BWA, Zielona Góra, Poland

2019 
Wesoły Niemiec, Galeria DOBRO, Olsztyn, Poland

2017 
absurden, obszönen Steingötzen der Tschanvölker, Neuer Kunstverein, Vienna, Austria 
Der Teufel ein Eichhörnchen, Museum Jerke, Recklinghausen, Germany

2014 
Gold Hands Tremble, LETO, Warsaw, Poland

2012 
Nasty Child, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland 
Gouaches and Drawings, Gallery of Contemporary Art Widzimisie, Siedlce, Poland 
...A Petete Petete Te..., Promocyjna Gallery, Warsaw, Poland

2011 
Chapter Three: Pain, ReMap3, Athens, Greece

2010 
Heroes of Might and Magic, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland

2006
Opus Gallery, Lodz, Poland

Group Exhibitions

2024
A Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Curated by Alison M. Gingeras, BLUM, Tokyo, Japan

2023 
Fragmented Bodies, Albertz Benda, New York, NY 
KOŃSKI ROMANS, LETO, Warsaw, Poland 
WOMEN, together, EMST, Athens, Greece 
MELENCOLIA, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland 
Escaped, Found a Hideout, Still on the Run, PolandATO, Ostrava, Czech Republic  
La Mansarde d’Emilie, LETO, Warsaw, Poland
Pictures Girls Make”: Portraitures, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA 
Farewell Cucumber Time, LETO, Warsaw, Poland 
Warsaw Spring, LETO, Warsaw, Poland 
Bruno Schulz: The Iron Capital of the Spirit, Museum of Literature, Warsaw, Poland 

2022 
PolandAVALAGUNA, LETO, Warsaw, Poland 
My Private Hell, Company Gallery, New York, NY 

2021 
Nine Lives, Fortnight Institute, New York, NY 
Nature Morte, The Hole, New York, NY

2020 
I Want to Feel Alive Again, Lyles & King, New York, NY
Untitled (But Loved), Bosse & Baum, London, UK

2019
Paint also known as Blood, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland
Palace of Art, National Museum in Gdańsk, Poland

2018
Hawrot, Krajewska & Waliszewska, LETO, Warsaw, Poland
Of Death and Other Demons, CAN Christina Androulidaki Gallery, Athens, Greece

2017
The Beguiling Siren is Thy Crest, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland 
10 Summer Afterimages, LETO, Warsaw, Poland

2016
ARS INDEPENDENT FESTIVAL, Katowice, Poland
KREW – WERK, Fundacja Galerii Foksal, Warsaw, Poland
Cellar, LETO, Warsaw, Poland
Zuzanna Ginczanka: Only happiness is real life, Museum of History of Photography, Krakow, Poland
Mauvaises Graines 2, Topographie de l'art, Paris, France
The Time Is Out of Joint, Asia Culture Centre, Gwangju, South Korea
La memoria finalmente. Arte in Polonia 1989-2015, Galleria Civica di Modena, Italy
The Time Is Out of Joint, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

2015
Two Sticks, Tink Tank lab Triennale, Wrocław, Poland
Zuzanna Ginczanka: Only happiness is real life, Muzeum Literatury, Warsaw, Poland 
Garden, ArtBrussels 2015, Bruksela, Belgium
Procedures for the Head: Polish Art Today, Dom Umenia, Kunsthalle Bratysława, Slovakia 
Typology of Violence, ARCO Madrid 2015, Madid, Spain
Les the Two Seas Meet, Museu of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland

2014
Show with a Lovely Title, LETO, Warsaw, Poland
Festival Narracje 6, Gdańsk, Poland
SHIT AND DIE, Palazzo Cavour, Turyn, Italy
Złoty wiek. Kolekcja Vinyl Canvas, Galeria Dizajn – BWA Wrocław, Poland
Self-love, or: Artists Love Themselves, Państwowa Galeria Sztuki w Sopocie, Poland
As You Can See: Polish Art Today, Muzeum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland
Eat The Blue, Le 116 Centre d'art contemporain, Montreuil, France

2013
Focus Poland Project 3: Take 5, Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej, Toruń, Poland 
Painters of Illustrations, Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie, Poland 
THERE WILL BE ARTCTION!, Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow, Poland
Midnight Show, Galeria Dizajn – BWA Wrocław, Poland
Word / Character / Territory, ARCO Madrid 2013, Spain
Season 3: Nothing About That. Diction Narratives, Studio Otwock, Poland
The System of Objects, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
Insomnes, Gurú Tienda Gallery, Mexcio City, Mexico
Hell as Pavilion, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France

2012
Garden, Warsaw Gallery Weekend, LETO, Warsaw, Poland 
The Capsule – Installation, Barneys Window, New York, NY

2011 
Sweatboxing II, LETO, Warsaw, Poland
Frédéric Magazine, Galerie Jean Marc Thèvenet, Paris, France
666, Artissima 18, Turin, Italy
White Cubes / Black Holes, Art Space Gallery, Kraków, Poland

2010
Don’t even think about it LETO, Warsaw, Poland
Biennale LE HAVRE with Frederic group, Le Havre, France
Illustration Poland 2010, Sinfonia Varsovia, Warsaw, Poland

2009
Flowers on the attic, Geppert Appartment,Wrocław, Poland
I was a dog., Design Gallery BWA Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
Frederic Magazine arts factory, Paris, France

2007
Themselves about themselves, Municipal Gallery of Art, Lodz, Poland

2006
Painting of XXI century, Zacheta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
Bacchantes, Theatre Museum, Grand Theatre, Warsaw, Poland

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Catalogues

2024
Gingeras, Alison M. Pictures Girls Make: Portraitures. Los Angeles: BLUM Books, 2024, 148–51.

2023
Gingeras, Alison M. and Natalia Sielewicz, ed. The Dark Arts: Aleksandra Waliszewska and Symbolism. Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw: Warsaw, 2023.

2022 
Dark Inspirtation: 20th Anniversary Edition. Thames & Hudson: London, 2022.
Cave, Nick. The Complete Lyrics 1978–2022. Penguin Books: London, 2022.

2020 
Kudłaci Ludzie. White Rabbit: France, 2020. 

2019 
HOT DOG CHRONICLES – Aleksandra Waliszewska. Mania Press: France, 2019.

2016 
Aleksandra Waliszewska: 2000 Words. The DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art: Athens, 2016.

2013 
PROBLEM. Timeless: France, 2013. 
SOLUTION. Timeless: France, 2013. 
BROWN TEARDROPS. Timeless: France, 2013. 
Aleksandra Waliszewska. Devhavilland: Barcelona, 2013.

2012 
The Horse with No Name is a Horse with No Shame. United Dead Artists, 2012.

2009 
Aleksandra Waliszewska. My Dance the Skull: London, 2009.

Articles and Reviews

2023
Bryll, Marta Wiktoria. “The Dark Arts of Aleksandra Waliszewska.” Dailyartmagazine.com, March 23, 2023.

2022
Blatton, Phoebe. “Where Perspectives From the West and East Meet.” Artreview.com, September 27, 2022.
Borysiewicz, Ewa. “Warsaw Roundup.” E-flux.com, September 15, 2022.
Milbrath, Darby. “Interview with Αleksandra Waliszewska.” The-editorialmagazine.com, August 8, 2022.
White, Katie. “Polish Painter Aleksandra Waliszewska Is Fascinated by Slavic Vampire Folklore. Just Don’t Call Her a Witch.” News.artnet.com, April 15, 2022.

2020
Lech, Filip. “I'd Like to Have a Goat Someday: An Interview with Aleksandra Waliszewska.” Translated by Agnes Dudek. Culture.pl, July 23, 2020.
Goodman, Jonathan. “Aleksandra Waliszewska at Fortnight Institute.” Whitehotmagazine.com, May 2020.

2014
Sural, Agnieszka. “Aleksandra Waliszewska’s Family Museum.” Translated by Paulina Schlosser. Culture.pl, October 9, 2014.

Museum and Public Collections

Bunkier Sztuki Gallery, Krakow, Poland
CCA Znaki Czasu, Toruń, Poland
DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
Doron Sebbag Art Collection, Tel Aviv, Israel
Museum Jerke, Recklinghausen, Germany
Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland
Museum of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
Museum of Warsaw, Poland
National Museum in Gdańsk, Poland
National Museum in Warsaw, Poland
The ING Polish Art Foundation Collection, Warsaw, Poland
The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece 

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