biografía de Pawel KOWALEWSKI (1958)

Personal data

Birth : 09/20/1958
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Poland

Representatives

Gallery PROPAGANDA – Warsaw, Poland

Gallery CU ART – Warsaw, Poland

Education

2013 : Academy of Fine Arts Warsaw, Poland

Pawel KOWALEWSKI [ 1958 ]

Professional data

Work and Life

Paweł Kowalewski is a founder of the legendary art formation “Gruppa” and an icon of the Polish art of the 80s. His works from that period are an important commentary to the times of communism in Poland. He is also the author of the famous works such as “Mon Cheri Bolscheviq” , the installation “Totalitarianism Simulator” and the photographic series “FORBIDDEN / Europeans Only”. Kowalewski’s works can be found in the largest Polish museums, as well as in many national and international private collections.

Work

Categorie and medium


Painting :
Sculpture-Volume : Installation
Photography :
Drawing-Watercolor :
Performing Art : Performance

Works

Fides against intellectus
Date of creation : 2020
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 100 x 80 cm
 Fides against intellectus
 
British tears
Date of creation : 2019
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 100 x 80 cm
 British tears
 
Devils
Date of creation : 2019
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 100 x 80 cm
 Devils
 
Painkiller
Date of creation : 2019
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 100 x 80 cm
 Painkiller
 
Pants in the sun, neo-colonialism
Date of creation : 2019
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 100 x 80 cm
 Pants in the sun, neo-colonialism
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

Solo exhibitions

2021

Objects created to stimulate the life of a mind; the invisible eye of the soul
Winda Gallery – Kielce, Poland
05/28/2021-07/11/2021

2019

All life is art
Przestrzeń dla Sztuki S2 – Warsaw, Poland
08/19/2019-10/10/2019

2017

Zeitgeist
Museum Jerke – Recklinghausen, Germany
10/20/2017-11/25/2017

2015

Strength and Beauty
Artist’s House – Tel Aviv, Israel
04/23/2015-05/16/2015

2012

Totalitarianism Simulator
Propaganda Gallery – Warsaw, Poland
02/25/2012-04/11/2012

1992

Pawel Kowalewski
Galerie Isy Brachot – Brussels, Belgium
09/16/1992-10/24/1992

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

Group exhibitions

2021-2022

A.B.O. THEATRON. L’Arte o la Vita
Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea – Turin TO, Italy
06/25/2021-01/30/2022

Us and Dogs, Dogs and Us
State Art gallery – Sopot, Poland
10/15/2021-01/16/2022

2021

TO FREEDOM. Polish Art of the 80s and 90s from the Collection of Werner Jerke
State Art gallery – Sopot, Poland
04/30/2021-11/14/2021

Sculpture in search of a place
Zacheta – National Gallery of Art – Warsaw, Poland
02/10/2021-04/25/2021

2019-2020

Tell me about yesterday tomorrow
NS DOKU – Munich, Germany
11/28/2019-08/30/2020

Worls War II – Drama, Symbol, Trauma
Museum Of Modern Art – MOCAK – Krakow, Poland
10/24/2019-08/24/2020

My name is red
Państwowa Galeria Sztuki – Sopot, Poland
09/29/2019-01/12/2020

Time
Gdańska Galeria Miejska – Gdańsk, Poland
09/14/2019-01/01/2020

2019

Tropical Graze
Gallery Propaganda – Warsaw, Poland
08/20/2019-10/19/2019

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