born 1963 in Olsztyn/Poland
studied, amongst other, Painting at the Art Academy in Munich;
Sculpture and Typography at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf, Germany
selected solo exhibitions and projects
2018/2019
Playback
former cinema Delfin, Gdańsk-Oliwa, Poland
2017
O vrime (O Time)
Galerija AŽ, Zagreb, Croatia
2016
Sat lacrimis
St. Mary Magdalene Church, Geldern, Germany
2015
Face and Hands
AIS, Shibukawa, Japan
2014
Nu
Kunstraum Düsseldorf
Paraopticum
exhibition space Bove, Düsseldorf
2013
Refrain
abandoned house, Taagan, Scotland
ris an adhar (In the Air)
transmitted by Two Lochs Radio, Gairloch, Scotland
2012
Homo Ludens
Muzeum Sopotu, Sopot, Poland
2011
Wall
Färberstraße, Düsseldorf
Rear House
Klaus Kinski’s birth place, Sopot, Poland
2010
Singleman’s Hut
Warawara
Bundanon, West Cambewarra, Australia
Melkein … (Almost …)
Inre Hatten Island, Helsinki
Third Setting
Concept Space, Shibukawa, Japan
Drawings
R2, Shibukawa
2006
Second Setting
Concept Space, Shibukawa, Japan
2005
Titles
Galerie Thomas Flor, Düsseldorf
Pillars
Finanz_IT, Berlin
2004
Metamuseum
MMKI (Museum of Modern Art in Internet)
Three Walls
Raum Claudia Simon, Düsseldorf
2003
Floor
Ausstellungsraum Acker 204, Düsseldorf
First Setting
Concept Space, Shibukawa, Japan
Eight Walls
Gallery Surge, Tokyo
2002
Guest Studio
Van de Nieuwe Dingen, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Wall and Balustrade
Nord-LB, Magdeburg, Germany
2001
Seeschule
Former high school, Überlingen, Germany
2000
Fifth Room
Escale, Düsseldorf
Akiyama Arrangement
Akiyama Gallery, Tokyo
1998
Bootskeller
Pillnitz Castle, Dresden, Germany
Two Rooms
Ausstellungsraum Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 26, Leipzig, Germany
1997
Four Rooms
Escale, Düsseldorf
1996
Fivefold Divided and Straight Wall
Westfälischer Kunstverein Münster, Germany
1995–96
Two Windows and Two Rooms
Rooms of Kühle and Mozer, Cologne, Germany
1994
Three Rooms
Galerie m, Bochum, Germany
selected group exhibitions
2019
NKR Call
NKR, Düsseldorf
2018
Bove-Expat
Kunstraum Düsseldorf
Utopies Fluviales
La Marèchalerie, Versailles, France
Nie dbam o gwiazdy… (I Care Not About the Stars…)
participation in Narracje #10
Gdańsk-Oliwa, Poland
2017
Utopies Fluviales
Muséo-Seine, Caudebec-en-Caux, France
Utopies Fluviales Fort de Tourneville, Le Havre, France
Una confusión cotidiana (The Daily Confusion)
cooperation with La Virgen Del Milagro Producciones,
Teatro Experimental de Boyacá, Tunja, Colombia
2015
OE=OM IV
Minami, Maebashi, Japan
Absenz (Absence)
Die Letzten und die Ersten (The Last and the First)
participation in the exhibition Reflexionen
former St.Francis monastery, Düsseldorf
2012
Gamli Vitinn (Old Lighthouse);
á glæ kastat (Cast into the Sea)
participation in the exhibition Fresh Winds
Garður, Iceland
Five Proverbs
participation in the exhibition Equinox
The Salos Manor House, Salos, Lithuania
2011
Windows
participation in the exhibition 5×3
Kunstraum Düsseldorf
2010
Sjaldan … (Seldom …)
Former fisherman’s hut, Garður, Iceland;
Brandur Af Brandi Brenn Uns Bruninn Er
participation in the exhibition Fresh Winds, Garður, Iceland
2009
From Text to Image
Suwon Art Center, Suwon, Korea
Under the Bottom Line
participation in the TEAF 2009, Ulsan, Korea
2008
Letters of Law
participation in the exhibition Ten Years Later
Old Prison, Port Louis, Mauritius
Four Words
participation in the exhibition Aslijnen Op Kopvlakken
Former Deprez Factory, Tilburg, The Netherlands
2007
Ladder and Desk
participation in the exhibition Wrong Mistakes
Kartinnaya Galerya, Myshkin, Russia
2006
Globus Dei
Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop, Germany
Headlines and Scribbles
participation in Busan Biennale 2006, Busan, Korea
2004
Five Sequences
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
participation in the exhibition Besides …
Vingt et Une Pierres (Twenty-One Stones)
Hôpital Caroline, Frioul Island, Marseille, France
participation in the exhibition 13001 Frioul
2003
Antesala (Anteroom)
Museo de Arte Moderno Chiloe, Castro, Chile
participation in the exhibition Confluencias
2000
Taubenturm
Künstlerhof Buch, Berlin
participation in the exhibition Am Ort
Contraventanas (Shutters)
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Santiago, Chile
participation in the exhibition Myths of Modern Times
Puerta (The Gate)
Former prison, Valparaiso, Chile
participation in the exhibition El Dia
1999
Mach Bazaar (Fishmarket)
the market square Bara Bazaar in Shillong, India
participation in the exhibition 9/7
1997
Letanier
Traveller’s Tree
Eureka, Moca, Mauritius
Participation in the exhibition Escale in Mauritius
1996
Meeting Room and Basement
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts and Norwich Gallery, Norwich, England
participation in East 1996
1993
Woman’s and Man’s Room
Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany
Participation in the exhibition Wände (Walls)
Selected unrealised projects
2019
Post Scriptum
proposal for the redesign of Reeser Platz, Düsseldorf, Germany
2018
Todos Modos
proposal for Manifesta 12
Palermo, Italy
2014
Grand Escalier
proposal for Rayol Gardens
Domaine du Rayol, Rayol-Canadel-sur-Mer, France
Énoncées (Statements)
proposal for the Espace d’art la Terrasse
Nanterre, France
2010
Coleurs
proposal for the Centre de Formation Eurespace
Cholet, France
2006
Pieces
proposal for Busan Biennale pavillon, Haeundae Beach, Busan, Korea
2005
Fünf Räume (Five Rooms)
Finanz_IT, office rooms, Spittelmarkt, Berlin, Germany
2002
Treppenhaus II (Staircase II)
Nord LB. Leipzig, Germany
1999
Latenz (Latency)
proposal for the Memorial of Vanished Jewish Community
Gottschedstraße, Leipzig, Germany
1995
Two Pillars
Staircase I
Boerhaaveplein 4, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Coradina
proposal for the redesign of the schooner Coradina
Vier Wände (Four Walls)
Bagelstraße 97, Düsseldorf, Germany
Selected bibliography
2018
Bove/ Bove- Expat , Armin Hartenstein, Düsseldorf, Germany, p. 23, 38-39.
zat No.6, Düsseldort, Germany, text Dort als hier (There as Here)
2016
Sat lacrimis, Geldern, Germany
2014
The Caravane, Düsseldorf, Germany, artist book
2012
A Radical Place, Mediabus: Seoyoung Kim, Seoul, Korea, p. 7-14.
2009
From Text to Image, Suwon, Korea: Suwon Art Center, p. 90-95.
Taehwa River Eco Art Festival 2009, Ulsan, Korea: TEAF p. 66-67.
2007
Hinter Glass, Hannover, Germany: NORD/ LB, p. 59-61
2006
Public Furniture, Busan, Korea: Busan Biennale 2006, catalogue, p. 30-31, 66-69.
2005
SITE 8, Düsseldorf, Germany: hausammeer productions
2004
SITE 7, Düsseldorf, Germany: hausammeer productions
2003
Journal of Tokyo Zokei University, 2003/4, Tokyo, Japan, p. 8-10.
Bolles + Willson Nord/LB, Magdeburg, Stuttgart/ London: Edition Axel Menges, 56-57.
2002
Förderband. Die Künstlerkataloge der Krupp-Stiftung, Steidl Verlag Göttingen, Germany:
Klaus Gallwitz und Bettina Schönfelder, p. 180-181, 272.
2001
Am Ort, Berlin, Germany: Deutscher Künstlerbund, p. 179-183, 216.
2000
Vier Räume/ Zwei Räume, Düsseldorf, Germany
1998
Bootskeller, Schloss Pillnitz Dresden, Germany: Dirk Welich
1996
Grenzgänge der Zeichnung, Jahrbuch: Institut für moderne Kunst Nürnberg, Germany, p. 140-149.
Fünfgeteilte und gerade Wand, Westfälischer Kunstverein Münster, Münster, Germany: Heinz Liesbrock
Acht Seiten, artist book, Bern, Switzerland
1993
Wände, Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany: Eva Meyer-Hermann, p. 20-28.
1992
Exhibition catalogue, Düsseldorf, Germany
Exhibition catalogue, Munich, Germany
Grants / Residencies
1996
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Stiftung
1999
Stiftung Kunst und Kultur NRW
2000
Kunstfonds
2001
Nida, Lithuania
2002
Van de Nieuwe Dingen, Tilburg, The Netherlands
2009
Bundanon Trust, West Cambewarra, NSW, Australia
2010
HIAP, Helsinki, Finland
2013
Ceangal Residency, Natural Heritage Scotland
Teaching
2008–2009
Professorship at the Departement of Western Painting,
Sungshin Women’s University, Seoul, Korea
Guest Lecturer
2001
Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts, Vilnius, Lithuania
2003
Zokei University, Tokio, Japan
2003
Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto, Japan
2008
Uniwerytet Warminsko-Mazurski, Olsztyn, Poland
2009
Hansung University, Seoul, Korea
2011
Universität Paderborn, Germany
2015
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf