Alicja Karska, Aleksandra Went
karska-went.infoAlicja Karska (1978), Aleksandra Went (1976) live and work in Gdańsk and in Warsaw
They have been working together since their studies at the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts in Poland (2002)
Prizes
2020
Kulturalne Miasto Gdańsk grant
2020
160/160, Programme for artists from the Zachęta collection
2017
Kulturalne Miasto Gdańsk grant
2013
Six-month Scholarship Granted by Minister of Culture and National Heritage (Aleksandra Went)
2012
Kulturalne Miasto Gdańsk grant
2011
The Marshal Office of the Pomeranian Voivodship in Gdansk grant
2007
Sittcomm. Award. (final competition)
2006
3rd award, First Polish Edition of The One Minutes Festival
2006
Six-month Scholarship Granted by Minister of Culture and National Heritage
2004
2nd award, 14th Film-Video Competition – 48th IFHP World Congress, Oslo
2003
Major of Gdańsk Award for Young Artists in the Field of Culture (Alicja Karska)
Grand Prix w Konkursie Prezydenta RP na najlepszy dyplom ukończenia studiów w zakresie Sztuk Pięknych (Aleksandra Went)
2002
Minister of Culture Scholarship 200102, 200203 (Alicja Karska)
Residencies
2020
AIR – Artist-in-Residence Niederösterreich
2017
AIR – Artist-in-Residence Niederösterreich
2009
Futura, Prague (Visegrad Fund)
2008
Academie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart (Młoda Polska Scolarship)
2006
MapXXL Pepinieres Europeenes pour jeunes artistes, Stanica, Żilina, Slovakia
2005
Bremer Kunststipendium, Bremen (Alicja Karska)
Solo Exhibitions
2022
Study, Archiv der Zeitgenossen, Krems
Fields, Profile Fundation, Warsaw
2018
Backgrounds, The Library of the University of Gdańsk
2017
Absenteeism, Galerie Stadtpark, Krems
2015
Sculpture, Profile Foundation, Warsaw
Młyniska, Profile Foundation, Warsaw
2013
Franciszek Duszeńko – Monuments, PGS, Sopot, Poland
Exercising the Future, Profile Foundation, Warsaw
2012
Memory of Images, Arsenał City Gallery, Poznań
Scenerie, Entropia Gallery, Wrocław
Wrzeszcz Art!, Kolonia Artystów, Gdańsk
Memory of Images, Labirynt Gallery, Lublin
2011
Memory of Images, BWA Olsztyn, Poland
Delay, Profile Fundation, Warsaw
2010
Memorabilia, Galeria Sztuki Najnowszej, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland
Minimal Corrections, BWA Katowice
Dialogue 4 (with Mariną Steinacker, Susanne K. Willand), Gdańsk City Gallery
2009
Forever, Gdansk Photo Gallery, Gdańsk
Sumbles of time, Profile Fundation, Warsaw
Two drops of water, (with Liav Mizrahi), Artistic House, Tel Aviv
2006
Summer Gallery, Arsenał City Gallery, Poznan
2005
There Are No Complete Things, Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art, Słupsk, Poland
Sandboxes, Projekt_1, Gdańsk
Space Commitments, Le Guern Gallery, Warsaw
Mo-je po-ko-je, Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdańsk (Aleksandra Went)
2004
Nie pokoje, Królikarnia, Warsaw (Aleksandra Went)
2003
Laboratory, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2023
Site of fire, Literacki Sopot, Goyki 3, Sopot, Poland
Beyond good and evil, Profile Foundation, Warsaw
2022
Dedications, Profile Fundation, Warsaw
2022
Sensitized Women, National Museum in Gdańsk, GGF, Gdańsk
2021
On paper, Profile Fundation, Warsaw
2020
Disegno, Profile Fundation, Warsaw
Gdańsk 2020, online exhibition, www.gdansk2020.eu
2019
NARRACJE 11, Field Actions, Gdańsk-Siedlce
Entropie, j’écris ton nom, Magasin des horizons, Grenoble
NOMUS. Kolekcja w budowie, NOMUS Nowe Muzeum Sztuki, Gdańsk
2018
The Skeletons Must Rise, Gdańsk City Gallery
2017
Life. A manual, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
Avant-garde/ Paradoxical Sleep, Museum of Sopot, Sopot, Poland
2016
Conceivable but not yet created, Gdańsk City Gallery
Friends from the seaside, Rynek 25, Wrocław
Submission/Rage/Freedom, Opening Forum, The Nowy Teatr, Warsaw
2015
Friends from the seaside, Gdańsk City Gallery
Let’s dance, Art Stations gallery, Poznań
Tücken, Altonaer Museum, Hamburg
Władcy much, MONA Inner Spaces, Poznań
We rather look back to futures past, Lajevardi Collection, Tehran
Who makes Europe, Gdańsk City Gallery
2014
Survival Kit: Utopian City, The former Boļševička Textile Factory, Riga
Alternativa: Everydayness, Hala 90B, Gdańsk
2013
Made in…national architecture?, Trafostacja Sztuki, Szczecin, Poland
homeMADE, constructing substitute worlds, Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdańsk
Freelancer trophy, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
Testing (Re-)Production, MS2, Łódź
2012
Test run, Kunsthaus Dresden
Buildings and Remnants, Guimarães
City States, Liverpool Biennal, Liverpool
Crosstime Stories, Miriam and Ira D.Wallach Art Gallery, Nowy Jork
The combed thunderclap, Ve.Sch, Wiedeń
2011
Looking into Neighbourship, uqbar, Berlin
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