CV
Born in 1985, Lodz, Poland.
Raised in Asia, Africa & Europe.
Lives and works in Warsaw, PL & New York.
EDUCATION
- 2006-2008, BFA Photography,
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, US
- 2004-2005, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, PL
- 2003-2005, Degree with Honors, Fine Art Photography,
Degree with Honors, Commercial Photography,
European Academy of Photography, Warsaw, PL
- 2003-2004, Art History, Warsaw University, Warsaw, PL
SOLO SHOWS AND PRESENTATIONS, BIENNALES
2013
- Man to Man, Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, PL
2012
- Cleanliness is Goodliness, Proekt Fabrika, Moscow, RU
- That You Have Someone, BWA Gallery, Zielona Gora, PL
- I Hate My Body When You’re Gone, Refleksy Gallery, Warsaw, PL
- Is A (W)hole More Than A Sum Of Parts & Don’t Hurt Myself,
The Arsenal Gallery, Poznan, PL ( catalog )
- Elektrownia Center for Contemporary Art, Radom, PL ( catalog )
2010
- Lighting The Night, Auschwitz Jewish Center, Oswiecim
( affiliated w.the Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, NY )
& MOCAK, Krakow, PL
- Girl On The Corner, & Don’t Hurt Myself, MLAC, Rome, IT
- Death Won’t Tear Us Apart, White Stork Synagogue &
Era Nowe Horyzonty Film Festival, Wroclaw, PL
- Bits & Pieces, Wschodnia Gallery &
Bureau of Promotion of the City of Lodz, PL
2009
- Man To Man, Charim Galerie, Vienna, AT
- Man To Man, Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah, UAE ( catalog )
- These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things,
Galapagos Art Space, New York, NY
- Lighting the Night, Can Serrat International Art Center,
Barcelona, ESP
- Garden of Innocents, BWA Bielsko-Biala, PL
- I-doll-atry, kunsttraject, Amsterdam, NL
2008
- Lighting The Night, Galerie Weiertal, Winterthur, CH
2007
- Masks, Polish Institute, Vienna, AT
- Divine?, Villa Straeuli, Winterthur, CH
- Divine?, Central European House of Photography, Bratislava, SK ( catalog )
2006
- Human & I-doll-atry & Divine?, Atheneum, Warsaw, PL ( catalog )
- Masquerades & Masks & pop love, Pause, Krakow, PL ( catalog )
- in me, fabs, Warsaw, PL ( catalog )
2004
- Touching Bodyness, Closed Gallery, Warsaw, PL
2003
- Visions of Light, BUW, Warsaw, PL
- Venice of the North, T-Art, Warsaw, PL
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2012
- Fotomuseum Winterthur, Platform 2012, invited by a panel comprising, among others, Wilhelm Schuermann, Urs Stahel and Thomas Seelig, Winterthur, CH
- Garage Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, RU (tbc.)
- Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, RU (tbc.)
- Becoming a Mother, curated by Ana Vilenica, Belgrade, RS
- The Jewish Museum, Hohenems, AT ( tbc. )
- Desire, Bergen Kunstmuseum, Bergen, NO
- Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK ( tbc. )
2011
- Fragile: Handle with Care, LUCCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Lucca, IT
2010
- Hommage a Tadeusz Kantor, Program Gallery, Warsaw, PL
- 50 Ways To Keep Your Lover, Galleri s.e., Bergen, NO
- Pre-auction Exhibiton, Villa Straeuli, Winterthur, CH
- No more bad girls?, curated by Kathrin Becker, nbk & Claudia M.Stemberger,
International Contemporary Art Foundation 3,14, Bergen, NO ( catalog )
- No more bad girls?, curated by Kathrin Becker, nbk & Claudia M.Stemberger,
Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, AT ( catalog )
2009
- Des mondes voisins, Galerie Gisele Linder, Basel, CH
- All Creatures Great and Small, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL
2008
- Divine, Jungkunst Galerie, Winterthur, CH
- Reality Show, Fenstersprung, Progr, Bern, CH
- Mentor Show, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY, US
2007
- Something Jewish, Swiss National Museum, Zurich, CH
- Crossing Boundaries, ASEF Conference, Singapore, SG
2006
- Dark Matter, 3b Gallery, New York, NY, US
- Artists in Residence, GCAC, IL, US
- Inspiring Women, V-art, Indonesia, IND
- Inspiring Women, A-art, Indonesia, IND
- Inspiring Women, D-galerie, Indonesia, IND
2005
- pop love, European House of Photography, Paris, FR ( catalog )
- Annual Gallery Show, Café Gallery Projects, London, UK
2004
- Selfportrait and Mise-en-scéne, curated by Tina Bara, Vaclav Jirasek, Piotr Komorowski,
Elzbieta Lubowicz, Marek Sniecinski, Roman House, Wroclaw, PL
- Home Atmosphere, Museum of Photography, Krakow, PL ( catalog )
- Friends and Members Show, Homeless Gallery, Berlin, D
GRANTS/AWARDS
2012
- Polish Institute, Moscow, Artist’s Grant, Moscow, RU
- Proekt Fabrika Arstist's Residency, Moscow, RU
2010
- Polish Institute, Oslo, Artist’s Grant, Oslo, NO
- Polish Institute, Vienna, Artist’s Grant, Vienna, AT
- Polish Institute, Rome, Artist’s Grant, Rome, IT
- Koli Cultural Center Artist’s Residency, Koli, FI
- Bureau of Promotion of the City of Lodz Artist's Grant, Lodz, PL
2009
- Polish Consulate in Barcelona Artist’s Grant, Barcelona, ES
- Polish Embassy in Bern Artist’s Grant, Bern, CH
2008
- Artist’s Residency & Artist’s Grant,
Can Serrat International Art Center, ES
2007
- Artist’s Residency, Villa Straeuli, Winterthur, CH
- ASEF Artist's Grant, Singapore, SG
- Artist’s Residency & Artist’s Grant, VSC, VT, US
- Artist’s Residency, VCCA, VA, US
- Polish Institute, Vienna, Artist’s Grant, Vienna, AT
2006
- Artist’s Residency, I-Park, CT, US
- Artist’s Residency, GCAC, IL, US
2005
- representing Poland at ASEF Conference, Paris Photo, FR
2003
- People’s Faces Contest, Warsaw, PL
- III National Photo Biennale, PL
- XXVII National Art Conest, III Award, Warsaw, PL
SELECTED LECTURES / SLIDE PRESENTATIONS
2012
- Artist’s Talk, Refleksy Gallery, Warsaw, PL
2010
- Artist’s Talk for a delegation of German curators visiting Poland, Leto Gallery, Warsaw, PL
- Judaica Foundation, organized by Auschwitz Jewish Center, Oswiecim, PL & MOCAK, Krakow, PL
2006
- Knox College, Galesburg, IL, US
2005
- ASEF Conference,Paris Photo, European House of Photography, Paris, FR
SELECTED AUCTIONS
2011
- Charity Auction benefiting the Villa Straeuli, Winterthur, CH
2010
- Charity Auction benefiting the In Situ Foundation, Warsaw, PL
COLLECTIONS
- Green Gallery, Warsaw, PL
- Tomek Sikora Collection, Warsaw, PL
- European Academy of Photography, Warsaw, PL
- Ewa Toniak Collection, Warsaw, PL
REVIEWS
2012
- I could be made into 21 soaps, Paulina Nodzynska, Gazeta Wyborcza, March 2nd 2012
2010
- Pure pleasure, dr habil. Joanna Tokarska-Bakir, Dwutygodnik, May 2010
- The Experience of the Impossible to Experience, OS, Monika Bernacka, May 2010
- The MOCAK of integration, Lukasz Bialkowski, Obieg, May 8th 2010
- A nice and pretty gesture bringing remorse to those taking part, Dorota Jarecka, GazetaWyborcza, May 31st 2010
- More light. On the first event of MOCAK Krakow, Karolina Kolenda, Wojciech Szymanski, Obieg, May 5th 2010
- Melons under it and straps over it, Der Standard, April 28th 2010
- Bad girls? Bad girls!, Almuth Spiegler, Die Presse, May 20th 2010
- Kunsthalle Exnergasse outlines current feminist questions with No More Bad Girls?, Mag. Hans-Christian Heintschel, OTS, May 7th 2010
- Agnes Janich-I can be made into 21 soaps. - Interview by Marta Pietrasik, Gazeta Wyborcza, June 22nd 2010
- Sleepers and earmuffs make a statement in Baluty, Marta Pietrasik, Gazeta Wyborcza, June 29th 2010
- A talk with Agnes Janich, Marta Pietrasik, Wysokie Obcasy Women’s Magazine / Gazeta Wyborcza, 2010
- A performance about the Holocaust, Agata Saraczynska, Gazeta Wyborcza, Jul 31st 2010
- Collateral Exhibitions of the 10th MFF Era New Horizons in Wroclaw, Gazeta Wyborcza, Jul 6th 2010
- 10th ENH. Cinema reigns in Wroclaw, again., Ewa Orczykowska, Gazeta Wyborcza, Jul 21st 2010
- Roman Gutek's Feuilletons. Art's New Horizons., Roman Gutek, Gazeta Wyborcza, Jul 12th 2010
2009
- History Materialized, Der Standard, 11/4/09
- In the Galleries. Charim, Oct 2009, Vienna Review, Oct 2009
- The Aftermath of Trauma, Falter 43/09
- A Polish Artist showing in Brooklyn, Aleksandra Slabisz, Nowy Dziennik, 6/24/9
- Bielska Gallery BWA - Agnes Janich - Garden of Innocents - Sept 1st-29th 2009, Arteon, Sept 2009
- 11 Rose Bushes Commemorate 11 mln Victims of Nazi Camps, Marek Szafranski, Polish Press Agency / Gazeta Wyborcza / Onet.pl, 9/01/09
- Agnes Janich-Garden of Innocents-Bielska Gallery BWA-Sept 1-29th 2009, Sztuka.pl
- Agnes Janich-Garden of Innocents-Bielska Gallery BWA, Bielsat TV
- Sept 1st 2009-Garden of Innocents in Bielska Gallery BWA, Radio Katowice
- Sadness, nostalgia, fear, Sharjah Biennial part 1, LeMondeFr, 3/30/09
- Of robot arms and installations, Oliver Good, The National, UAE, 3/26/09
- Major Eastern Biennial Reflects Crisis, Silas Marti, La Feulha de Sao Paulo, 4/04/09
2008
- Bringing Light into the Night, Melanie Kolbrunner, Landbote, 5/19/08
- Fenstersprung, curated by Martin Waldmeier, www.ch-arts.net
2007
- Dolls as a Metaphor of Cruelty, Jena Opoldusova, Pravda, 6/4/07
2006
- Painful Experiments on Dolls, Monika Malkowka, Rzeczpospolita, 07/31/06
- Studios Midwest at 20, Editor’s Note, The Paper, 08/03/06
2005
- Touching Bodyness, Klara Kopcinska, Jozef Zuk, Worth Seeing, vol.7/2005
- Dolls or Touching Bodyness, Julian Haponiuk, Photocourier, vol.7/2005
- Paris Photo 2005 Catalogue, Agnieszka Jeziorska, Poland, Editor’s Note
2004
- Home Atmosphere Project, Marcin Przybylko, Photo Bulletin, vol.06/04
2003
- Venice of the North, Editor’s Note, WIK Magazine, vol.06/03
- Visions of Light, Editor’s Note, X Magazine, vol.06/03
PUBLICATIONS
2012
- Agnes Janich. Body Memory., Mazovian Centre for Contemporary Art Elektrownia, Radom, PL
- Desire. Sexuality in Contemporary Art, exhibition catalog, Ed.Eli Okkenhaug, Bergen Museum of Art, Bergen, NO
- Becoming A Mother, exhibition catalog, Ed.Ana Vilenica, Belgrade, RS
2010
- Era New Horizons catalog, Ed. Robert Kardzis, Era New Horizons, Wroclaw, ISBN 978-83-925733-9-5
- No more bad girls? Ed. Kathrin Becker and Claudia Marion Stemberger, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, ISBN 978-3-200-01861-7
- No more bad girls? Booklet, Ed. Kathrin Becker and Claudia Marion Stemberger, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
- Provisions. Sharjah Biennial 9. Book 2, Ed.Antonia Carver and Lara Khaldi, Bidouin and Sharjah Biennial, New York and Sharjah
2009
- Provisions. Sharjah Biennial 9. Book 1, Ed.Antonia Carver, Valerie Grove and Lara Khaldi, Bidouin and Sharjah Biennial, Dubai, ISBN 978-9948-04-607-2
- Sharjah Biennial 9. Guidebook, Ed.Lara Khaldi, Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah
2008
- 3rd Jungkunst Guidebook, Jungkunst Galerie, Winterthur, CH