Maria Wasilewska

Solo exhibitions

1997
small sculpture forms, Galerie Cellini, Leiden, Holland

1999
sculpture,  gallery ”Zapiecek” , Warsaw

2000
sculpture,  Aleksandra Laska’s gallery, Łazienki Park, Warsaw

2001
~pvp, Galeria nad Wisłą, Torun

2003
c(…)3, CRP, Orońsko
meteoropathic anomalies, Wieża Ciśnień, Bydgoszcz

2004/2005
asynchronous event?, Galeria nad Wisłą, Torun

2005
verdigris, Mini Gallery, Dom Muz, Torun
? No End ? , The Labirynt 2 Gallery, Lublin

2006
iterations, critic’s gallery POKAZ, Warszawa

2007
C.D.N.N. – Gallery XXI, Warszawa
What next? – Otwarta Pracownia, Kraków
pause – ON Gallery, Poznan

2008
articulations– Galeria dla…, Torun

2009
process – Otwarta Pracownia, Krakow

2010
Feedback (with Andrzej Wasilewski), 2.0, gallery, Warsaw

2011
process#2, Modern Art Gallery, Przemysl,
today is my birthday, Skład Solny /former Salt Warehouse/, Krakow
mind the gap, (with Stanislaw Koba), Cellar Gallery, Krakow

2012
loop (with Andrzej Wasilewski), Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art, Witches Tower, Slupsk
the rest is silence, Skład Solny, Krakow

2014
distortions, Amy-D Arte Spazio, Milano

2016
something on the horizon, Sklad Solny gallery, Krakow

2018
game over, MOS, Gorzow Wielkopolski

2019
game over #2
, Amy d Arte Spazio, Milano

Group exhibitions (selected)

1998
Sculpture, Muzeum Straetemakerstoren, Nijmegen (Holland)

2000
Sculpture, BWA, Bydgoszcz (exhibition destroyed by fire in the first day of presentation)

2002
Elementary drawing, storage space “Merinotex” S.A., Torun

2003
Genius loci, storage space “Merinotex” S.A., Torun

2005
Recognition – dismantling of experiences , Arsenal Gallery , Poznan, Bielska BWA Gallery, Bielsko Biała, Bałucka Gallery, Lodz
Tidsvittnen, Polska Instituten, Stockholm (Sweden), Zeitzeugnisse, Polnisches Institut, Berlin (Germany)

2006
Konstmässan aterkommer pa Sollentuna Expo Center, Stockholm (Sweden),
Unga polska konstnärer, Polska Instituten, Stockholm (Sweden),
Seven Looks, painting, graphics, photography, objects, Stalowa Wola, BWA in Sandomierz

2007
6th Sacred Art Triennial , In the Face of Evil, Art Gallery, Legnica
Draught Youth Art Festival in Szczecinie, Zamek Książąt Pomorskich in Szczecin
ERROR – Gallery of Contemporary Art, Studio BWA, Wroclaw
Poznan International Fair, 6th  Festival of Artistic Objects ,Poznan

2008
Projekt 8780 h, 1 rok, 366 dni, 8780 h, XRgallery, Fabryka drożdży, Luboń k/Poznania
Antypody umysłu, Galeria Manhattan, Łódź

2009
The 5th International Festival of Visual Arts inSPIRACJE / space, Szczecin

2010
project Morphische Felder-Krakow/HH, Butze, Hamburg

2011
The Borders of Picture. Painting workshop – tradition and present time, Galeria “Zejscie”, Krakow

2012
Still ON, the old synagogue building, Poznan

2013
7th International Arte Laguna Prize, Arsenale of Venice, Special prize art Gallery “Amy-D Arte Spazio”
Maciej Szankowski and his studios, from the cycle: The master and his disciples, “Laznia” Radom

2014
Spillover, Festival della Scienza, Palazzo Ducale, Genua

2015
Tak, to to tak, Visual onomatopoeic actions, Sklad Solny gallery, Krakow
6 reasons of shadow, Cellar Gallery, Krakow

2016
error in art, Telpod, Krakow
6 reasons for the shade, sun on a black sand beach, land art, Playa de Las Gaviotas, Tenerife
“Oltre, nel cosmo, nell’incognito degli universi e dello spaziotempo della contemporaneità” LXVII edizione del Premio Michetti, Museo Michetti, Francavilla al Mare, Italy

2017
Stardust, Cellar Gallery, Krakow
Artist from Krakow The Generation 1970-1979, Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Mocak
Krakers/ Sklad Solny on Zablocie, Olympia Gallery, Krakow
Nie no to nie. Offensive sound actions, XX1 Gallery, Warsaw

2018
subtle interventions
, Malta (Valetta), Gozo, Comino
if on a spring night, a traveler…, Cellar Gallery, Krakers, Crakow Gallery Weekend, Cracow

 

Artistic Actions

2003
artistic provocation at the opening of exhibition ”Work of the Year 2002” (with Andrzej Wasilewski participation), Wozownia Art Gallery, Torun

2006
S.R.A.A.S., with Andrzej Wasilewski, streets of  Torun

 

Born in 1971 in Torun, Poland, Maria Wasilewska  lives and works in Cracow.
In 1996, she graduated from  the Nicolas Copernicus University in Torun, the Faculty of Fine Arts in professor Maciej Szankowski’s studio. Since 2010 she has been working at the Faculty of Art at the Pedagogical University in Cracow.

She specializes in installations, site specific projects and environment; she also makes spatial objects, video. She often uses sound. In her practice, she is interested in the possibilities of cognising, sensing, and naming reality.

Grant holder of The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in 2008, awarded at the 7th International Arte Laguna Prize, Venice with Special Prize by Art Gallery “Amy-D Arte Spazio”, 2013.

She exhibited her works in Poland and abroad, at individual and collective exhibitions, in Krakow, Warsaw, Poznan, Lublin, Lodz, Milano, Venice, Hamburg, Berlin, Leiden, Stockholm and Malta.