Anna Konik, anna_konik@hotmail.com
Born 1974, Lubliniec, Poland
Lives and works in Warsaw and Berlin
EDUCATION
2000 - M.A. Sculpture, Diploma under the supervision of Professor Grzegorz Kowalski, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
1995-2000 - Department of Sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
Studied under Professors Grzegorz Kowalski and Krzysztof M. Bednarski
1999-2001 - Assistant to Professor Zofia Glazer, Department of Drawing, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
THEATRE EXPERIENCE2004 Independent theater group, Warsaw, Poland; Co-operation, spatial design and sculpture; working with youth with cerebral palsyProductions: 2004 - Ramayana, directed by Anna Konik and Aleksandra Buchholz1997-2001 Actress, Academia Theatre, Warsaw, PolandProductions: 1998 - Salome, directed by Roman Wozniak1999 - Devotia Moderna, directed by Roman Wozniak1999/2002 - Present Opera Buffa, Warsaw, Poland; Co-operation, spatial design and sculpture; working with people suffering from schizophrenia2002 Hamlet - Opera Buffa, International Theatre Festival - Fringe, Edinburgh, Great BritainProductions: 2001 - Solo-Extra Reality Show, Theatre Buffo, Warsaw, Poland;Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA ) Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland; directed by Katarzyna Winska2000 - The King is Not Himself Today, directed by Katarzyna Wiñska, performed at the Academia Theatre, Warsaw, Poland; CCA Ujazdowski Castle Warsaw, Poland; Wawel Royal Castle, Krakow, Poland; Royal Castle, Warsaw, Poland1999 - Solo-Opera Buffa, Teatr Rozmaitosci, Warsaw, Poland, directed by Katarzyna Winska
GROUP EXHIBITIONS2005 Polka, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PolandP.S. Beyond the Red Horizon - Art of the Late 20th Century - National Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia2004 Beyond the Red Horizon - Art of the Late 20th Century - CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PolandSculptors as Photographers - Xawery Dunikowski Museum - a branch of the National Museum in Warsaw, Poland2003 Deviations - K&S Gallery, Berlin, GermanyGenerations - K&S Gallery, Berlin, GermanyMoving Territories - Art - Public Space - New Media, Stuttgart, Germany2002 Das Paradies ist verrigelt - International Kleist-Festival, Frankfurt (Oder), GermanyPower of the People - Arsenal Gallery of Contemporary Art, Bialystok, Poland2001 Breaking News - Young Polish Performance, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PolandSexxx - a. r. t. Gallery, P³ock, Poland2000 Scena 2000 - All-Poland Art Exhibition, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PolandSexxx - Academia Theatre, Warsaw, Poland;1999 Parteitag - Gallery of Contemporary Art, Office of Artistic Exhibitions, KatowiceA Hidden Nature - A.R. Gallery, Academia Theatre, Warsaw, Poland1998 First After God - Academia Theatre, Warsaw, Poland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS2005 Voiceless, Play Gallery, Berlin, Germany2004 Transparency, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany;CCA Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland2003 In the Middle of the Way, Artist in Residence - Leube, Salzburg (exhibition with Krzysztof M. Bednarski)2000 Disco Relaxation - Windows Gallery, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS2006 Artist in Residence - KulturKontakt, Vienna, AustriaPépinières européennes pour jeunes artistes, Artist in Residence, National Sculpture Factory, Cork, Ireland2005 SPACES World Artists Program, Cleveland, United StatesPolish Ministry of Culture Scholarship2003/2004 Akademie Schloss Solitude fellowship, Stuttgart, Germany2003 Leube - Artist in Residence, Salzburg, Austria2001-2002 DAAD scholarship, Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee, Germany2001 Nomination for internationl media art award, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe ZKM, Germany
PROJECTS2005 Herzblut, ACC Gallery Weimar, GermanySubotnik, collaborative project with CCA Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland2004 Cultural Year of the Ten, Akademie der Künste, Berlin2003 Global Village Garden Symposium, Steinhöfel-Buchholz, GermanyFahrplan für die SIXTIES - collaborative project with Daniel Vighi and Nathalie Wolff, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Germany
VIDEOGRAPHYIn the Middle of the Way; 4 videos/color/sound; project with Tadeusz: Warsaw 2001, project with Hermann: Berlin 2002, project with Swietlana: Moskow 2005, project with Anna: Berlin - Warsaw - Moskow - Dobrodzien 2005Transparency; 4 videos/color/sound, 2004; project with Mija, project with Tadeusz, project with Brozy, project with WichmannToys; 2 videos/color/sound, 2000; documentation of activity in a white space, documentation of a typical day at the therapy centre
PUBLICATIONSBeyond the Red Horizon - Art of the Late 20th Century, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland, 2004, ed. Ewa Gorzadek, Stach SzablowskiTransparency, CCA Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland, 2004, ed. Ewa GorzadekSculptors as Photographers - The Xawery Dunikowski Museum, Warsaw, Poland, 2004, ed. Grzegorz Kowalski, Maryla SitkowskaDeviations, K&S Gallery, Berlin, 2003Moving Territories, Solitude Academy and Merz Academy, 2003Power of the People, 2002, ed. Krzysztof SwirblisCrtl-space\the vigilant society\\international media\art award, 2001Crtl-space\the vigilant society>>Special rooms, Exhibition rooms, City rooms, Choreography rooms, Digital rooms<< - television broadcasts by Schweizer Fernsehen SF2 (3.10.2001), Südwest Fernsehen (4.10.2001)Parteitag, 1999, ed. Krzysztof ¯wirblis
ARTICLESOn the Verge of (In)Visibility, Ewa Witkowska, EXIT New Art in Poland,Quartely No 4(60) 2004Nieobecnosc obecnych, Monika Malkowska, Rzeczpospolita, 2004Czwarty wymiar rzezby, Stach Szablowski, "Po godzinach - Zycie Warszawy", 2004Na marginesie zycia, Agnieszka Rayzacher, Bunkier - Sztuki, Krakow, 2004Inspirujace wlosy, Joanna Zielinska, Bunkier - Sztuki, Krakow, 2004Co moze wypelnic te pustke, Agnieszka Kowalska, Gazeta Wyborcza 2004 |
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