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Born: 1966 Warsaw Lives: Warsaw

Education 1990-95 Study at the Faculty of Sculpture of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw 1995 Diploma at the studio of Professor Grzegorz Kowalski 1999 Study at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam
Solo Exhibitions 2009 �Artur Zmijewski�, X Initiative, New York, cur. Cecilia Alemani, Nov 21 � Feb. 2010 �Artur Zmijewski�, Cornerhouse, Manchester, cur. James Hutchinson and Lesley Young, Nov. 13 � Jan. 10 �Two Monuments & Democracies�, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Oct. 31- Dez. 23 �Project 91: Artur Żmijewski�, Moma, New York, cur. Connie Butler, Oct. 14 � Jan. 4 �Artur Zmijewski�, Camera Austria, Kunsthaus Graz, Sept. 27 � Jan. 17 �Democracies�, Foksal Gallery, Warsaw, April 18 � May 12 "Democracies�, Daad Galerie, Berlin, March 28 � May 9 2008 �Artur Żmijewski�, Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, Manukau City, Oct. 5 � Nov. �Artur Żmijewski. The Social Studio�, Basis voor Actuele Kunst, Utrecht, Sept. 28 � Nov. 16 �Artur Żmijewski�, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbaine, Aug. 23 � Oct. 11 �Artur Żmijewski�, Gallery TPW, Toronto, Apr. 5 � May 5 �Radical Solidarity�, Trafo Gallery, Budapest, cur. Er�ss Nikolett, Jan. 26 � Mar. 2 2007 �Artur Zmijewski�, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, cur. Kathrin Becker, May 18 � June 24 2006 Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Jan. 20 � March 4 �Prosepctif cinema�, screening of �Repetition�, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Jan. 26 2005 Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, cur. Adam Szymczyk, June 16 - Aug. 28 The Polish Pavillion, 51 Biennale di Venezia, Venice, cur. Joanna Mytkowska, June 11 - Nov. 6 2004 �Artur Zmijewski", CAC Centre d'Art Contemporain de Br�tigny, Br�tigny/Paris, cur. Pierre Bal-Blanc, 12 Nov. - 29 Jan. �Our Songbook", Galeria Arsenal, Bialystok, May 21 - June 20 �Videodreams. Zwischen Cinematischem und Theatralischem", Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, cur. Adam Budak and Peter Pakesch, May 15 - Sept. 19 �Arthur Zmijewski, Selected Works, 1998 - 2003", MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge (USA), cur. Jane Farver, May 6 - July 11 �transmediale.salon", Klub im Podewil, Berlin, March 18 - Apr. 11 �Artur Zmijewski. Filmy i zdjecia z lat 1997 - 2003", Galeria Sztuki BWA, Jelenia G�ra, July 8 2003 �Singing Lesson", Galerie Arsena, Bialystok, cur. Katarzyna Kida, Oct. 10 - Oct. 30 �An Eye for an Eye", MUCA Roma, Mexico City, Sept. 11 - Sept. 18 �Singing Lesson", Galeria Kronika, Bytom, cur. Sebastian Cichocki, May 23 - July 26 �An Eye for an Eye", ITESO University, Guadalajara, Mexico, March 6 - May 9 �Artur Zmijewski", Baltycka Galeria Sztuki Wspolczesnej w Slupsku, Poland, Feb. 19 - March 2 �Singing Lesson I + II", Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw, Jan. 28 - Feb. 18 �Singing Lesson II", Galerie f�r Zeitgen�ssische Kunst, Leipzig, Jan. 26 - March 23 2002 �Karolina", Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Z�rich, June 1 - July 20 �Singing Lesson", Collective Gallery, Edinburgh 2001 �Out for a Walk", Foksal Gallery, Warsaw �KR WP" , a.r.t. Gallery, Plock, Poland 2000 �The Game of Tag", a.r.t. Gallery, Plock, Poland 1998 �An Eye for an Eye", Gallery 2, Centre for Contemporary Art - Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw 1996 �Sardines Song", a.r.t. Gallery, Plock, Poland 1995 �The Babes Identity", Friends' Gallery A.R, Warsaw 1994 �Nudes", a.r.t. Gallery, Plock, Poland
Group Exhibitions RECENT 2010 �Fonction Critique�, Aperto, Montpellier, cur. Fadat Manuel, Oct. 10 � Oct. 31 �Deadly Sins�, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern Kunstmuseum, Bern, Oct. � Jan. �29th Sao Paolo Biennale�, Sao Paolo, cur. Moacir Anjos, Sept. 21 - �Promise of the Past�, Centre Pompidou, Paris, cur. Christine Marcel, Joanna Mytkowska �Projections�, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden, cur. Caroline Elgh, Feb. 10 - 21 �Monument to Transformation�, Galerija Mroslav Kraljevic, Zagreb, Croatia, cur. Vit Havranek, Jan. 20 � Feb. 19 �Yael Bartana and Artur Zmijewski�, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Jan. 16 � Feb. 28 2009 �The Reach of Realism�, MOCA, Miami, Dec. 1 � Feb. 14 �Intimacy and Desecration�, CACT, Bellinzona, Switzerland, Nov. 29 � Feb. 24 �Los de arriba y los de abajo�, Sala de Arte Publico Siqueiros, Mexico City, cur. Javier T�llez, Nov. 12 � Jan. 24 �Morality: Act I�, Witte de With, Rotterdam, cur. Juan A. Gaitan, Oct. 9 � Jan. 10 �Coral Visual�, Casa de la Cultura, Buenos Aires, cur. Thomas Trummer, Oct. 8 � Nov. 5 �What Keeps Mankin Alive�, Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, cur. WHW, Sept. 12 � Nov. 8 �Knast sind immer die anderen�, NGBK, Berlin, Aug. 21 � Sep. 27 �Awakening-Reactivation / The City of Swiecie - a New Look�, The Centre for Culture, Sport and Recreation in Swiecie, Swiecie, Poland, cur. Karina Dzieweczynska, Aug. 2 � 14., Sept. 9. - 11 �As Long as it Lasts", Marian Goodmann, New York, cur. Tom Eccles, July 1 � Aug. 28 �Opposition & Dialogues�, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, May 30 � Aug. 9 �On the Tectonics of History�, ISCP, New York, cur. Andrea Domesle, Martin Kreen, May 29 - June 28 �Effet Mirror�, Galerie Michel Rein, Paris, May 30 � Aug. 1 �The Monument of Tranformation�, City Gallery Prague, Prague, cur. Vit Havranek, May 27 � Aug. 30 �Acting Out�, ICA, Boston, cur. Jen Mergel / Nicolas Baume, March 19 � Oct. 19 "Video Europa�, Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing, March 14 � May 3 �Entr�Acte�, The Hessel Museum and Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, Annandale- on-Hudson, New York, cur. Fionn Meade, Mar. 8 � Apr. 5 �Artefact. Behind The Image \| The Image Behind�, Stuk Arts Center, Leuven, cur. Pieter-Paul Mortier, Feb. 10 - 15 �Das B�se ist ein Eichh�rnchen�, Hochschule f�r Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig, cur. Franz Alken, Alba D�Urbano, Angelika Richter, Jan. 30 � Feb. 13 �Assume Nothing. New Social Practice�, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, cur. Lisa Baldissera, Jan. 29 � Mai. 24 �History of Violence�, Haifa Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, cur. Hadas Maor, Jan. 24 - June 2008 �PhotoCairo4. The Long Shortcut�, Cairo, cur. Edit Molnar, Dec. 17 2008 � Jan. 14 2009 Contemporary Art Exhibitions, Los Angeles, Dec. 9 � Feb. 1, 2009 �Getting Even. Oppositions & Dialogues in Contemporary Art�, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, cur. Ruth Osborne and Matthew Parker, Nov. 13 2008 � Mar. 1, 2009 �Narrow Cast: Reframing Global Video 1986/2008�, Pitzer Art Galleries, Pitzer College, Claremont, cur. Ciara Ennis, Sep. 25 � Nov. 23; LACE - Los Angeles �Frictions and Conflicts � Cultural Exchange and Influence in Northeast Europe�, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar, Sep. 13 � Nov. 23 �Common Space, Private Space�, Margaret Lawrence Gallery at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, cur. Rebecca Coates, Sep. 5 � Oct. 4 �Average�, Kunsthaus Langenthal, Langenthal, Sep. 4 � Nov. 2 �The Reality Effect�, Henie Onstad Art Center, H�vikodden, Aug. 23 � Nov. 9 �After Nature�, New Museum, New York, July 17 � Sep 21 �Das Gel�nde�, Kunsthalle N�rnberg, N�rnberg, Jul. 6 � Aug. 30, exh.cat. �Land of Human Rights�, Verein f�r Zeitgen�ssische Kunst, Graz, June 28 � Sep. 13 �The Cinema Effect. Illusion, Reality, and the Moving Image. Part II: Realisms�, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., cur. Anne Elegood and Kristen Hileman, June 19 � Sep. 7 �Shifting Identities�, Kunsthaus Z�rich, Z�rich, June 6 � Aug. 31 �Monument to Transformation � installation model � fragment # 6�, tranzit workshops, Bratislava, June 5 � Aug. 30 �Lost paradise � Der Blick des Engels�, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, cur. Juri Steiner, May 31 � Oct. 26 �Vertrautes Terrain. Aktuelle Kunst in & �ber Deutschland�, ZKM, Karlsruhe, cur. Gregor Jansen / Thomas Thiel, May 22 � Sept. 21 �Die Lucky Bush�, MuHKA � Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerpen, cur. Imogen Stidworthy, May 23 � Aug. 17 �Territorial Phantom�, Nederlands Instiuut voor Mediakunst, Amsterdam, Mar. 29 � Mai 12 �ITALIA ITALIE ITALIEN ITALY WLOSZKA. Ritti su la cima del mondo, noi scagliamo, una volta ancora, la nostra sfida alle stelle!�, ARCOS Museo D�Arte Contemporanea Sannio, Benevento, cur. Gigiotto del Vecchio / Alessandro Rabottini / Elena Lydia Scipioni / Andrea Viliani, Mar. 12 � Aug. 31 �History Will Repeat Itself�, Centre for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warschau, cur. Inke Arms / Gaby Horn, Feb. 16 � Apr. 13 �Double Agent�, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, cur. Claire Bishop / Mark Sladen, Feb. 14 � Apr. 6 �Artur Żmijewski�, Projection series, Mus�e d'art contemporain de Montr�al, Montr�al, cur. Louise Simard-Ismert, Feb. 6 � Mar. 2 �Conspire �Transmediale 08�, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, cur. Nata�a Petre�in, Jan. 29 � Feb. 24 �Mim�tisme�, Extra City � Center for Contemporary Art, Antwerp, cur. Anselm Franke, Jan. 25 � Mar. 30 �Video Exhibition�, Rizoma Space for Contemporary Communications, cur.Erzen Shkololli Jan. 25- Feb. 8 �Close Encounters. Central European Video Art�, Fine Arts Center Galleries, University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island, cur. Viera Levitt, Jan. 24 � Feb. 10 �Under Pain of Death�, Austrian Cultural Centre, New York, cur. Ilse Lafer,Jan. 22 � May 17, exh.cat. �Collection Video & Films - Isabelle & Jean-Conrad Lemaitre�, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Jan. 19 � Mar. 2, exh.cat
Bibliography RECENT 2009 Awakening-Reactivation / The City of Swiecie - a New Look�, ed. Karina Dzieweczynska, The Centre for Culture, Sport and Recreation in Swiecie, Swiecie, pp. 9 � 14, ex. brochure �Tate goes for young international artists�, Louisa Buck, The Art Newspaper, London, Oct. 15, p. 4 �Psychoanalytical Machines�, Cecilia Alemani, Mousse, No. 21, Milano, Nov., pp. 47 - 52 �Critics� Picks�, Quinn Latimer, Artforum.com, New York, Nov. �Yael Bartana and Artur Zmijewski: An Exchange Program�, text by Yael Bartana and Artur Zmijewski,Program Magazine, Tel Aviv, No. 1, Sept. �Narrowcast: Reframing Global Video 1986/2008�, Julia Bradshaw, Afterimage, Rochester, Issue 36.4, Jan./Feb., pp. 33 - 35 �Interviews 2 - Gerald Matt�, Kunsthalle Wien, Wien �Artur Zmijewski�, Maren L�bbke-Tidow, Camera Austria, Graz, Issue 107, pp. 23- 35 �The Real Exchange between East & West�, Tate Etc, London, Issue 16, Summer, pp. 96 - 106 �Artur Zmijewski�, Axel Lapp, Art Review, London, No. 33, Summer, p. 138 �Artur Zmijewski. DAAD Galerie�, Mark Prince, Art in America, New York, June, p. 184 �Artur Zmijewski. Democracries�, Tobi Maier, Exit Express, Madrid, May, pp. 53 �Hands-on Experiments�, Sebastian Smee, The Boston Global, Boston, March 27 �Moral Hazard�, Normal L. Kleeblatt, Artforum, New York, April, pp. 154-161 �Behind the Image. The Image Behind�, ed. Pieter-Paul Mortier, Stuk Arts Center, Leuven, pp. 18-19, ex. cat. �History of Violence�, ed. Hadas Maor, Haifa Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, p. 78, ex. cat. 2008 �Geschichte wiedererleben: Ausstellung �History Will Repeat Itself� in Berlin�, Carsten Probst, dradio.de, Jan. 2 �Unkraut auf dem Zeppelinfeld�, Birgit Sonna, Art, Hamburg, Sept. 9, p. 94 �Das Gel�nde�, Kunsthalle N�rnberg, N�rnberg, p. 56 � 59, exh.cat. �Under Pain of Death�, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, p. 42, exh. cat. �Lost Paradise � Der Blick des Engels�, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, exh. cat. �Titled/Untitled�, Lismore Castle Arts, pp. 40-41, ex.cat �History Will Repeats Itself: Strategies of Re-enactment in Contemporary (media) art and performance�, Richard Grayson, ArtMonthly, London, Feb. �History Will Repeat Itself: Strategies of Re-enactment in Contemporary Art�, Luke Heighton, ArtReview, London, Feb., p. 124 �Double Agent. Institute of Contemporary Art, London�, Charlotte Bonham-Carter, Flash Art, Milan, No. 260, May-June, p. 90 �Game Theory�, Jan Verwoert, Frieze, London, No. 114, April, pp. 162 - 167 �Mim�tisme. Extracity, Antwerp�, Eva Wittocx, Flash Art, Milano, No. 259, March � April, p. 82 2007 �Ohne Kamera keine Geschichte�, Nicola Kuhn, Tagesspiegel, Berlin, Nov. 17 �Codice Zmijewski. Maurizio Cattelan in conversation with Artur Zmijewski�, Work Art in Progress, Trento, No. 21, pp. 48-51 �Artur Żmijewski�, Claire Bishop, Artforum, New York, Dec., p. 324 �Artur Żmijewski�, Claire Bishop, New York, Dec., p. 324 �Wie leicht es ist Nichts zu sehen�, Sebastian Cichocki, Kunst und Kirche, No. 3, pp. 43 - 47 �L�oeil-�cran, ou la nouvelle image/ 100 vid�os pour representer le monde�, L�oeil-�cran, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg, pp. 334 - 349 "Formvollendeter Allgemeinzustand der Welt - die 12. Documenta, Catrin Lorch, Kunst-Bulletin, No 7/8, July - Aug., pp. 24-32 �Einzelaustellung mit neuen Videoarbeiten des Documenta-K�nstlers Artur Zmijewski im NBK�, Kunst 21 [das Magazin f�r zeitgen�ssische Kunst], Frauenfeld, No. 20, June-July, pp. 15-19 �Artur Zmijewski�, Tim Ackermann, Gesine Borcherdt, Silke Hohmann, Monopol Kompakt Documenta, June, p. 21 �Personal Affairs�, Annelie Pohlen, Kunstforum, Rupichteroth, No. 148, March-Apr., pp 334-337 �Leverkusen: �Personal Affairs� im Museum Morsbroich�, Marion Leske, Kunstzeitung, Regensburg, No. 126, Feb. �Leverkusen, �Personal Affairs� im Museum Morsbroich�, Kunstbulletin, Zurich, Jan.-Feb., p. 70 �Die Namenlosen�, Eva Karcher, Vogue Deutschland, Munich, Jan. �Personal Affairs��, Karin Schulze, Financial Times Deutschland, Hamburg, Jan. 24 �Documenta 12, Kassel, 16/06 � 23/09 2007�, Documenta, Museum Fridericianum, Veranstaltungs-GmbH, Kassel, pp. 168-169, 326-327,352, ex.cat. �Artur ?mijewski. Ausgew�hlte Arbeiten - Selected Works�, NBK, Berlin, ex.cat. �Posieren mit Handicap�, Gerhard Mack, Art, Hamburg, No. 7, July, pp. 48-54 �Moscow. 2nd Moscow Biennale�, Claire Barliant, Modern Painters, New York, May, pp. 101-102 �Artur Zmijewski�, Monopol, Berlin, No. 5, May, p. 119 "�rger im 21. Stockwerk. Die zweite Moskau-Biennale f�r zeitgen�ssische Kunst", Samuel Herzog, NZZ Online, Neue Z�rcher Zeitung, Zurich, March 14 2006 �Wie viel Intimit�t ist erlaubt? Neustart im Leverkusener Schloss Morsbroich mit �Personal Affairs��, Ingeborg Schwenke-Runkel, K�lner Stadt-Anzeiger, Dec. 2. /3. �How easy it is to see nothing�, Cichocki, Sebastian, in �Memorials of Identity � New Media from the Rubell Family Collection�, Miami, cat., pp. 146-159 �Carceral Subjects: The Play of Power in Artur Zmijewski�s Repetition�, Murray, Derek Conrad, Parachute, Montr�al, Canada, pp. 78-91 �Die R�nder der Intimit�t�, Heinzelmann, Markus, in �Personal Affairs. Neue Formen der Intimit�t�, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, cat., pp. 19, 168-175 �Sonambiente Berlin 2006 � Klang, Kunst�, Akademie der K�nste / Berliner Festspiele, Berlin,cat., pp. 146-147 �Collectors 1�, Brioschi, Eva, Collezione la Gaia, Centro Sperimentale per le ArtiContemporanee, Caraglio, ex.cat, p. 293 �The Social Turn: Collaboration and Its Discontents�, Bishop, Claire, Artforum International, New York, No. 6, Feb., pp. 178-183 �(Looking back) Solo Shows�, Cotter, Suzanne, Frieze, London, Issue 96, Jan./Feb., pp. 118-119

Projects Screenings and Broadcasts 2010 �Them�, KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns, cur. Sam Creyton, Feb. 19 � Apr. 3 2009 �Artur Zmijewski�, Valentina Sansone, Flash Art, Milan, No. 267, Jul � Sept, pp. 66 � 69 �Resonant Bodies, Memories, Voices�, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, Jan. 13 2008 �THEM�, Conflict Room, Antwerp, June 27 - 29 "Prospectif cin�ma�, screening of �80064�, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris,Jan. 31 2007 �THEM�, video dimanche, CAC Br�tigny, Br�tigny, Oct. 21 2006 �Reproducing reality�, film festival VISIONS DU REEL, Nyon, Apr. 24 � Apr. 30 �Prospectif cin�ma�, screening of �Repetition�, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 26 Jan. 2005 �KunstfilmBiennaleK�ln�. International Competition, Cologne, Oct. 19 � Oct. 24 �Decoding Poland�, Manifesta Foundation, Amsterdam, Feb. 24 �Werkschau von Artur Zmijewski � kurzfilm�, Transmediale � International Media Art Festival, 8. Febr. 2004 �Screening of Artur Zmijewski�s films�, Foksal Gallery Foundation, Muranow cinema, Warsaw, 3 Nov. �Art Paris 2004. Foire d�art moderne + contemporain�, Polisch Institut, Corrousel du Louvre, Paris, Oct. 22 � 25 �Artprojx. Cinema Series Two�, London, Oct. 16 � 18 �Pilgrimage. Artur Zmijewski and Pawel Althamer�, screening of film in TR Warszawa, Warsaw, Oct. 4 �Singing Lesson�, Nuit Blanche, Eglise saint-Pierra de Montrouge, Paris, Oct. 2 � 3 �Six Feet Under: Make Nice�, White Box, New York, Aug. 3 � 7 �Between the Avantgarde and Postmodernism�, Teatr Nowy, Lodz, May 22 �Our Songbook�, Arsenal Gallery, XIX Days of Contemporary Art, Bialystok, May 21 � Jun. 20 �Artur Zmijewski: Singing Lesson, Klub im Podewil, Berlin, Mar. 18 � Apr. 11 2003 �Supermacht Mann und die Powerfrauen�, Treffpunkt Kultur, ORF TV, Vienna, Nov. 11 �Nuit Blanche�, La Grand Halle de La Villette, Paris, Oct. 4 �The Dick and the Polish Question�, Sfinks, Sopot, Aug. 31 �Artur Zmijewksi � Video�, Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art, Slupsk, Feb. 19 � Mar. 2 2002 �Temperance and Toil�, Parakino, Center for Contemporary Art, Laznia, Gdansk, Feb. 7 2001 �Screening of Films by Artur Zmijewski�s and Jacek Malinowski�s�, Cross Over Association & Cogitatur Theater, Katowice, Dec. 12 �Cinemath�que. Screening of Films by Artur Zmijewski�s and Jacek Malinowski�s�, Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, Krakow, Nov. 28 �Azyl. IV Theatre Action. Festival of Fringe Art�, Studio Gallery, Warsaw, Sept. 16 41st Krakow Film Festival, Krakow, May 25 � 29

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