Biography

Agnes Jaworek (nee Piotrowska) (1985). Polish visual artist. Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. Doctor of fine arts. In 2013, winner of the Prize of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, as well as the Stipend of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for outstanding achievements. Holder of a stipend from the programme Kultura polska na świecie [Polish Culture in the World ] of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute (2013). In 2016 she received the Stipend of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage for doctoral candidates for outstanding scholarly and artistic achievements of international scope. In 2017 she defended a PhD thesis entitled Aegrum corpus quassari etiam lenibus solet offensis. Alfabetyzm i analfabetyzm zdrowotny [A sick body trembles even when lightly touched. Health Literacy and Illiteracy], in which she proposes the concept of health illiteracy, considering the net-rhizome model to be more adequate to describe the current shape of medical knowledge and the conditions for its acquisition. The artist employs various forms of artistic expression: painting, drawing, print, photography, neons, installations, spatial objects and video projections. She has participated in numerous individual and group exhibitions in Poland and abroad (including ones in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, England, USA, Nepal, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia).

EDUCATION

2017 PhD, Academy of Fine Arts, Katowice, PL
2013-2016 Environmental Doctoral Studies, Academy of Fine Arts, Katowice, PL
2013 Master's degree with distinction, Academy of Fine Arts, Katowice, PL
2012 Bachelor's degree with distinction, Academy of Fine Arts, Katowice, PL

Achievements

SELECTED INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

2020
Oranges&Crocodiles, Pokój Gallery, Gdańsk, PL

2019
Olly olly oxen free, Zamek Sielecki, Sosnowiec, PL

2017
QUASSARS, Szara Gallery, Katowice, PL

2014
Zugzwang, Zamek Cieszyn, Cieszyn, PL
Meetings in My Absence, Art Roundabout, Katowice, PL

2013
Zugzwang, Dwie Lewe Ręce Gallery, Katowice, PL
Drawing Process, Museum in Sosnowiec, Sosnowiec, PL

2012
Loop, Siłownia Gallery, Poznań, PL

TWO PERSON EXHIBITION

2018
Cocoon (with Janina Simone Kulcsar), KunstvereinGRAZ, Regensburg, DE
Inside out (with Mateusz Ząbek), Do Not Block! Gallery, Katowice, PL

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023
Beyond Eden, Silesian Museum, Katowice, PL

2019
XXVIII Festival Ars Cameralis: More Light!, The Castle Museum, Pszczyna, PL
17th Przegląd Sztuki SURVIVAL: Concealed, Pod Ciśnieniem, Wrocław, PL
V Piotrkowskie Biennale of Art, ODA, Piotrków Trybunalski, PL

2018
Artificial Grass Has Turned Green, Tytano, Kraków, PL
Umwelt, CSW Solvay, Kraków, PL

2017
SZTUKA TERAZNational Museum, Kraków, PL
I ragazzi di viadellafucina, Idiòt Gallery, Turyn, IT
Black Hole, Wozownia Art Gallery, Toruń, PL
Weightlessness, StrefArt Gallery, Tychy, PL
Connect, Art Roundabout, Katowice, PL
Too Much Life, LAW Gallery, Warsaw, PL
Mundane Bodies, Socato Gallery, Wrocław, PL

2016
Connect, Ply Gallery, London, UK
Parallax #2, Chelsea College of Art, Triangle Space and Cookhouse, London, UK
Sourdough, Szara Gallery, Katowice, PL
Own Contribution, Aula Gallery, Poznań, PL

2015
18th International Print Biennial, Art Gallery, Varna, BG
7th Triennial Of Young Artists Kunszt, Dzyga Gallery, Icon Museum, Ideas Museum, Lviv, UA
PARALLAX, Chelsea College of Arts & ASP, RACIBORSKA 50, Katowice, PL
TROPICAL HEAT, Pod Baranami Gallery, Kraków, PL
North/South, Wilson Shaft Gallery, Katowice, PL
PLUG-IN, Arsenal Gallery, Poznań, PL
TRANSLATIONS, Reed College, Portland, Oregon, USA

2014
Promotions 2014, Art Gallery, Legnica, PL
7th Triennial Of Young Artists Kunszt, Centrum Rzeźby Polskiej, Orońsko, PL
7th International Printmaking Biennial Douro, Douro Museum, Peso da Regua, PT
Habitat, MS 44, Świnoujście, PL
12th Art Review SURVIVAL: City – an Inflammatory State, Former Building of the Institute of Pharmacy at the Medical Academy, Wrocław, PL
Space for Breath, Walcownia Cynku, Katowice, PL
6th All-Polish Drawing Exhibition, Wozownia Art Gallery, Toruń, PL
1st MTRS, Art Roundabout, Katowice, PL
Borders of Painting, Styk Gallery, Warsaw, PL
Greetings from KATO, Galeria MD_S, Wrocław, PL
Review of Contemporary Polish LithographyBWA Gallery, Kielce, PL; Rektorat Gallery, Zielona Góra, PL; BWA, Rzeszów, PL; Kobro Gallery, Łódź, PL

2013
41st Painting Biennial Bielsko Autumn 2013, Bielsko BWA Gallery, Bielsko-Biała, PL
SPACE AS A TOOL, Zamek Sielecki, Sosnowiec, PL
ISPB, Labirynt Gallery, Lublin, PL
3rd Young Art Review Fresh Blood, SOCATO Art Gallery, Wrocław, PL
URBILD/ABBILD, lokal_30, Warsaw, PL
Global Print 2013, Theatre Auditorium Municipal of Alijó, Alijó, PT
Best Polish Diplomas in Academies of Fine Arts Exhibition 2013, Great Armoury, Gdańsk, PL
Greetings from KATO, Art Roundabout, Katowice, PL
KOSMOS, Art Shelter 6, Opole, PL
MOTHER-OF-PEARL, Galeria MD_S, Wrocław, PL
Figurama13, FA ČVUT, Prague, CZ Dom Umenia, Bratislava, SK; OC Nový Smíchov, Prague, CZ; FUD ZČU, Plzen, CZ
Areas of Drawing, U Jezuitów Gallery, Poznań, PL

2012
5th All-Polish Drawing Exhibition, Wozownia Art Gallery, Toruń, PL
3rd All-Polish Triennial Borders of Drawing, Municipal Gallery, Rzeszów, PL
2nd Video Art Festival Points of View, Manhattan Gallery, Łódź, PL
Figurama12FA ČVUT, Prague, CZ Letiště Ruzyně, Prague, CZ Avalon Business Center, Plzen, CZ; UTB, Zlin, CZ

2011
Areas of Drawing, Art Roundabout, Katowice, PL
Silly Season, Katowice Cultural Centre, Katowice, PL

2010
Figurama10, Dom Umenia, Banská Bystrica, SK; Galerie Emila Filly, Ústí nad Labem, CZ; Centro Cultural, Valencia, ES; Avalon Bussines Centre, Plzen, CZ

SELECTED PROJECTS

2013

JE SUIS, Place d'Italie, Metro, Paris, FR
Déconstruire / reconstruire / construire la ville – Paris / Berlin / Katovice, L’Auberge des Idées, Paris, FR
Multiple Portrait of a Curator, Magneet Festiwal, Amsterdam, NL

2012
VOM PHOTO, International Artistic Project, DE
Circles of Art Festival, Museum of Cieszyn Silesia, Cieszyn, PL

SELECTED PRIZES AND STIPENDS

2020
Prize of the President of Katowice for Oranges&Crocodiles

2019
V Piotrkowskie Biennale of Art, 3rd Prize
Prize of the President of Katowice for the Olly olly oxen free

2018
Prize of the President of Katowice for Cocoon

2015/2016
Stipend of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage for PhD candidates for outstanding academic and artistic achievements of international scope
Quality based stipend for achievements in academic and didactic work

2014/2016
Stipend of the Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice for best PhD candidates

2014
Promotions 2014, Silver Spur, Special award for courage, non-compromising attitude, innovation or humour in artistic expression
44th FAMA Festival, International Art Campus, Neptune’s Trident, Prize of the Marshal of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship
6th All-Polish Drawing Exhibition, Prize of the Drawing Department
1st MTRS, Honourable mention
2nd Biennial in Cieszyn Venice, Grand Prix
2nd International Triennial of Digital Media, 1st Prize in the Moving Image category

2013
Stipend in the Adam Mickiewicz Institute programme Polish Culture in the World
41st Painting Biennial Bielsko Autumn 2013, Audience award for the most interesting artist

2013
Award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage

2012/2013
Stipend of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for outstanding achievements

2009/2013
Stipend of the Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice for best students

2011
3rd All-Polish Triennial Borders of Drawing, Dean’s Award
3rd All-Polish Triennial Borders of Drawing, Dean’s Award

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Olly olly oxen free, Catalog accompanying the exhibition, Polish-English, Sosnowiec Center of Art – Zamek Sielecki, Extravagance Gallery, Sosnowiec 2019, ISBN 978-83-64219-45-0

17th Przegląd Sztuki SURVIVAL: Concealed, Catalog accompanying the exhibition, Polish-English, ART TRANSPARENT Contemporary Art Foundation, Wrocław 2019, ISBN 978-83-940714-8-6, The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, Wrocław 2019, ISBN 978-83-66321-18-2

V Piotrkowskie Biennale of Art, Catalog accompanying the exhibition, Polish-English, Center for Artistic Activities in Piotrków Trybunalski, Piotrków Trybunalski 2019, ISBN 978-83-949067-7-1

Umwelt, Catalog accompanying the exhibition, Polish, Pedagogical University of National Education Commission in Krakow, Kraków 2018, ISBN 978-83-8084-092-8

Parallax: 2015-2017, International publication, Polish-English, Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Katowice 2017, ISBN 978-83-65825-08-7, Chelsea College of Arts, University of Arts London, Chelsea 2017, ISBN 978-1 -5272-1680-8

Woof Woof Arf Arf, Black Hole, Art and Science Magazine, Polish, 3/2016, University of Arts in Poznań, Poznań 2016, ISSN 2391-8896

The New Collectors Book 2015, International Publication, English, Basak Malone LLC, New York USA 2015, ISBN 978-0-9847413-5-9

7th Triennial Of Young Artists Kunszt, Catalog accompanying the exhibition, Polish-English, Center of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko, Orońsko 2015, ISBN: 978-83-64653-02-5

12th Art Review SURVIVAL: City – an Inflammatory State, Catalog accompanying the exhibition, Polish-English, ART TRANSPARENT Contemporary Art Foundation, Wrocław 2015, ISBN: 978-83-940714-0-0

North/South, Catalog accompanying the exhibition, Polish, Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Katowice 2015, ISBN 978-83-61424-67-3, Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, Gdańsk 2015, ISBN 978-83-62759-74-3

Mounting attractions, Catalog accompanying the exhibition, Polish, Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Katowice 2015, ISBN 978-83-61424-71-0

Tube #8, Dry leaves. On the metaphors of disease in art by Aga Piotrowska, Dorota Perszko, Art Magazine, 8/2014, Polish, Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Department of Literary Culture of the Institute of Culture Studies, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice 2014, ISSN 2299-9337

Promotions, Catalog accompanying the exhibition, Polish-English, Art Gallery, Legnica 2014, ISBN 978-83-62534-60-9

Science inspiration of art, from the microworld to the universe, Catalog accompanying the exhibition, Polish, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science of the Jagiellonian University, Kraków 2014, ISBN: 978-83-919954-6-4

9 Charity Auction seed of ART – garden of HOPE, Catalog accompanying the exhibition, Polish, Foundation for Psycho-oncology and Health Promotion. Garden of Hope, Warsaw 2014

HABITAT, Catalog accompanying the exhibition, Polish, Contemporary Art Gallery, MS 44, Świnoujście 2014

7th International Printmaking Biennial Douro, Catalog accompanying the exhibition, Portuguese-English, NÚCLEO DE GRAVURA DO G. R. CULTURAL DE ALIJÓ, Peso da Regua 2014

TUBA # 7, The Panopticon of mirrors, Wacław Misiewicz, Art Magazine, 7/2014, Polish, Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Department of Literary Culture of the Institute of Culture Studies, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice 2014, ISSN 2299-9337, The Panopticon of mirrors, Wacław Misiewicz, Art Magazine, 7/2014, Polish, Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Department of Literary Culture of the Institute of Culture Studies, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice 2014, ISSN 2299-9337

1st MTRSCatalog accompanying the exhibition, Polish-English, Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Katowice 2014, ISBN 978-83-61424-58-1

Greetings from KATO, Catalog accompanying the exhibition, Polish, Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Katowice 2014, ISBN 978-83-61424-52-9

SPACE AS A TOLL, Catalog accompanying the exhibition, Polish-English, Sosnowiec Center of Art Zamek Sielecki, Extravagance Gallery, Sosnowiec 2013, ISBN 978-83-64219-02-3

Portal Katowicki, Attention, contagious disease!, Miłosz Markiewicz, Polish, Katowice 2014

Tuba #6, 3 VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONDITION OF HUMANITY, Gosia Kulik, Art Magazine, 6/2014, Polish, Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Department of Literary Culture of the Institute of Culture Studies, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice 2014, ISSN 2299-9337

Global Print 2013Catalog accompanying the exhibition, Portuguese-English, NÚCLEO DE GRAVURA DO G. R. CULTURAL DE ALIJÓ, Alijó 2013 Alijó 2013

OZON #2, ZIN, Publication accompanying the OZON International Video Art Festival, Polish-English, Katowice 2013

LARMO, People are very nice and maybe they will come to the video art festival, Marta Rosół, Cultural Magazine, Polish, Initiative Association, Katowice 2013

Reflector, OZON Zone, Aneta Bulkowska, Cultural Magazine, 4/2013, Polish, Upper Silesian Creative Cluster Association, Katowice 2013, ISSN 2299-8411

8 Charity Auction seed of ART – garden of HOPE, Catalog accompanying the exhibition, Polish, Foundation for Psychooncology and Health Promotion Garden of Hope, Warsaw 2013

kARTki, Bush Telegraph, Paweł Ziegler, Art Magazine, 1/2013, Polish, University of Silesia, Katowice 2013, ISSN 2300-7966

Ultramaryna, Ozon: She, He, Philippe, Agata Goraj, Cultural Magazine, 10/2013, Polish, Ultramaryna, Katowice 2013, ISSN 1642-343

VOM PHOTO RE-EDITION KATOWICE, International publication, Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Academy of Media Arts Cologne, 2013 

Pastel, 25 years of activity, Catalog accompanying the exhibition, Polish, City Museum in Zabrze, M-Studio Zabrze 2013, ISBN 978-83-62023-49-3

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