Karska A. & Went A.

Alicja Karska born in 1978, Aleksandra Went born in 1976

Alicja Karska (b. 1978). She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk (2003). Winner of many awards and scholarships (including scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, artist in residence in Bremen, Zilina, Stuttgart and Prague). Her works were presented in solo exhibitions in Gdansk, Slupsk, Warsaw and Poznan, and in many group exhibitions (Stuttgart, Tel Aviv, Chicago, Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen).Aleksandra Went (b. 1976). She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk (2003). Winner of awards and scholarships, including the Grand Prix of Polish President for the best diploma in Fine Arts, artist in residence in Zilina, Stuttgart and Prague. Her works were presented in Gdansk, Warsaw and Poznan. She also participated in group exhibitions in Sofia, Tel Aviv, Chicago, Stuttgart, Hamburg and Bremen).

 

The artists have worked together since their studies at the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts in Poland (2003).

Live and work in Gdańsk and in Warsaw (Poland)

solo exhibitions :

2015    Sculpture, Profile Foundation, Warsaw, Poland

             Młyniska, Profile Foundation, Warsaw, Poland

2013    Franciszek Duszeńko – Monuments, PGS, Sopot, Poland

             Exercising the Future Profile Foundation, Warsaw, Poland

2012    Memory of Images, Arsenał City Gallery, Poznań, Poland

             Scenerie, Entropia Gallery, Wrocław, Poland

             Wrzeszcz Art!, Kolonia Artystów, Gdańsk, Poland

             Memory of Images, Labirynt Gallery, Lublin, Poland

2011    Memory of Images,BWA Olsztyn, Poland

             Delay, Profile Fundation, Warsaw, Poland

2010    Memorabilia, Galeria Sztuki Najnowszej, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland

             Minimal Corrections, BWA Katowice,Poland

             Dialogue 4 (with Mariną Steinacker, Susanne K. Willand), Gdańsk City Gallery, Poland

2009    Forever, Gdansk Photo Gallery, Gdańsk, Poland

             Sumbles of time, Profile Fundation, Warsaw, Poland

             Two drops of water, (with Liav Mizrahi), Artistic House, Tel Aviv, Israel

2006    Summer Gallery, Arsenał City Gallery, Poznań, Poland

2005    There Are No Complete Things, Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art, Słupsk, Poland

             Sandboxes, Projekt_1, Gdańsk, Poland

             Space Commitments, Le Guern Gallery, Warsaw, Poland

             Mo-je po-ko-je, , Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdańsk, Poland (Aleksandra Went)

2004    Nie pokoje, Królikarnia, Warsaw, Poland, (Aleksandra Went)

2003    Laboratory, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland

group exhibitions :

2016    Conceivable but not yet created, Gdańsk City Gallery, Poland

2015    Friends from the seaside, Gdańsk City Gallery, Poland

             Let’s dance, Art Stations gallery, Poznań, Poland

             Tücken, Altonaer Museum, Hamburg, Germany

             Władcy much, MONA Inner Spaces, Poznań, Poland

             We rather look back to futures past, Lajevardi Collection, Tehran, Iran

             Who makes Europe, Gdańsk City Gallery, Poland

2014    Survival Kit: Utopian City, The former Boļševička Textile Factory, Riga, Latvia

             Alternativa: Everydayness, Hala 90B, Gdańsk, Poland

2013    Made in…national architecture?, Trafostacja Sztuki, Szczecin, Poland

             homeMADE, constructing substitute worlds, Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdańsk, Poland

             Freelancer trophy, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland

             Testing (Re-)Production, MS2, Łódź, Poland

2012    Test run, Kunsthaus Dresden, Germany

             Buildings and Remnants, Guimarães, Portugal

             City States, Liverpool Biennal, Liverpool, UK

             Crosstime Stories, Miriam and Ira D.Wallach Art Gallery, Nowy Jork, USA

             The combed thunderclap, Ve.Sch, Wiedeń, Austria

2011    Looking into Neighbourship,uqbar, Berlin, Germany

             Please, step forward to the rear, Apollonia, Strasbourg, France

             Performing architecture, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland

             Solidaryty Camp, Wyspa Institute of Art, Gdańsk, Poland

             Urban Tales, ul. Haffnera, Sopot, Poland

             Not in Place, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland

2010    Performing Memory, Astana Municipal Modern Art Museum, Astana, Kazakhstan

             Grass-mania, Former Department Store,Gdańsk, Poland

             736km, Mobile Festival, Gdańsk-Praga, Poland-Czech Republic

             Bez tytułu, Profile Fundation, Warsaw, Poland

             The small improvisation, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany

             Fitting in Space Zico House and 98weeks Project Space, Bejrut, Lebanon

2009    Hanukah, New Synagogue, Gdańsk, Poland

             Residence 09, Futura, Prague, Czech Republic

             promise, practice, protocol, Akademie Schloss Solitude , Stuttgart, Germany

             Over and Over Again 1989-2009, Centennial Hall, Wroclaw, Poland

2008    Stay, stay, stay, Former Mineral Bathhouse, Sofia, Bulgaria

             Anxiety Syndrome, Transvizualia 008, PPNT Gallery, Gdynia, Poland

             Licht(h)aus, Lichthaus, Bremen, Germany

             06 Survival, Wrocław, Poland

             Grannar, Karlskrona, Sweden

             Zdzisław Pidek. We remember, Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdańsk, Poland

2007    Agorafolly Inside, La Centrale Electrique, European Cetre for Contemporary Art, Brussels, Belgium

             Agorafolly Outside, Europalia, Place de la Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium

             Model Ad Hoc, Wyspa Institute of Art, Gdańsk, Poland

             Trading Places: Back + Forth, Nieuwe Vide, Harlem, Holland

             Trading Places: Back + Forth, Hotel Mariakapel, Hoorn, Holland

             The Freshness Effect, Pocztowa Street, Racibórz, Poland

             Art-Space-City, Schwankhalle, Bremen, Germany

             From Poland, Kasia Kay Art Project Galery, Chicago, USA

             Reality Effect, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland

2006    In Poland, That Is Where?, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland

             Hansepol, Altonale, Hamburg, Poland

             Correspondances, Hall des Chars, Strasbourg, France

2005    Absolwent, Wyspa Institute of Arts, Gdańsk, Poland

             Wall to be destroyed, Frac Lorraine, Metz, France

             Egocentric, Immoral, Outmoded, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland

             Poland Overview, Prague Biennale 2, Prague, Czech Republic

             Impulse, Instytut Polski, Dusseldorf, Germany

2004    Acquaintances from the Seaside, Aula Gallery, Poznań, Poland

             Proximum, El Gallery, Elbląg, Poland

             Fish Eye 3, Young Art Biennal, Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art, Słupsk, Poland

             Made in, Foire d’art contemporain de Strasbourg St’art 2004, Strasbourg, France

             Public Spaces, Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdańsk, Poland

2003    Supermarket of Art IV – Global Attraction, , DAP Gallery, Warsaw, Poland

             Proximum, , PGS, Sopot, Poland

             WRO’03 Globaltica, 10th International Media Art Biennale, Wrocław, Poland

2002    Mode, Wyspa Progress Fundation, Gdańsk, Poland

residencies :

2009     Futura, Prague, Czech Republic (Visegrad Fund)

2008     Academie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany (Młoda Polska Scolarship)

2006     MapXXL Pepinieres Europeenes pour jeunes artistes, Stanica, Żilina, Slovakia

2005     Bremer Kunststipendium, Bremen, Germany (Alicja Karska)

prizes :

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, Norway

2003     Major of Gdańsk Award for Young Artists in the Field of Culture (Alicja Karska)

2003     Grand Prix w Konkursie Prezydenta RP na najlepszy dyplom ukończenia studiów w zakresie Sztuk Pięknych (Aleksandra Went)

2002     Minister of Culture Scholarship 20012002, 20022003 (Alicja Karska)

 

http://karska-went.info/en/cv/

 

In the framework of :

• E.CITY – EUROPE : “ARTECITYA” : 15 November 2013 – 01 December 2013
• E.CITY GDANSK : PLEASE, STEP FORWARD TO THE REAR! : 17 October 2011 – 25 November 2011