MARZENA NOWAK
Marzena Nowak was born in 1977 in Piaseczno, Poland, she lives and works between Warsaw and Casablanca. Her artistic research focuses mainly on the relationship between memory and imagination, between autobiography and the dream world. Nowak's works, which are to be contextualised in the socio-historical context of the political changes of the 1980s, play with the forms of sensory perception and with the intertwining of the burdens of everyday life and the desire to take refuge in fantasy.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Correnti II - Blue, Artopia Gallery, Milan (Italy)
Marzena Nowak, Galerie Karin Sachs, Munich (Germany)
2021
The persistence of scraps, Gregor Podnar Gallery, Berlin (Germany)
Pamietam, ze slonce swiecilo w oczy, Lescer, Zalesie Gorne (Poland)
2018
Marzena Nowak, Neuer Kunstverein Wien, Wien (Austria)
2017
Marzena Nowak, Galerie Mezzanin, Geneve (Switzerland)
2016
Tania Perez Cordova and Marzena Nowak, Maisterravalbuena, Madrid (Spain)
Action Fantasy, curated by Drew Hammond, Kuhlhaus, Berlin (Germany)
2015
April is the cruelest month, Galerija Gregor Podnar, Berlin (Germany)
Tarp/Between, CAC Centre of Contemporary Art, Vilnius (Lithuania)
Present Future, Artissima, Turin (Italy)
2014
A Bright, Bright Day..., Foksal Gallery, Warsaw (Poland)
We are where we are not.., Karin Sachs Gallery, Munich (Germany)
2013
Marzena Nowak/Zofia Chomętowska, Archeology of Photography, Warsaw (Poland)
2012
(...), Kunsthalle Krems Factory (Austria)
um, Galerija Gregor Podnar, Berlin (Germany)
2011
to, CoCA Center of Contemporary Art Torun (Poland)
an, Galerie Mezzanin, Wien (Austria)
Marzena Nowak, Salzburger Kunstverein, Künstlerhaus Salzburg (Austria)
2010
Marzena Nowak, Galerie Karin Sachs, Munich (Germany)
through, Project Space Galerija Gregor Podnar, Ljubljana (Slovenia)
2009
Marzena Nowak, Galerija Gregor Podnar, Berlin (Germany)
2008
in, Mezzanin Gallery, Vienna (Austria)
Marzena Nowak, Karin Sachs Gallery, Munich (Germany)
Orla, Passage Galerie, Künstlerhaus, Wien (Austria)
2007
Raum für Reflexion, Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie Dessau/Gartensaal, Dessau (Germany)
Waiting for the Barbarians (with Michael Hoepfner), Piekary Gallery, Poznan (Poland)
2006
Milonga Nacht, Neue Kunst im Hagenbucher, Heilbronn (Germany)
2005
Olivia, Public Space, Dessau (Germany)
Privat Property (with A. Kakhidze), Wizytujaca Gallery, Warsaw (Poland)
ZOO-exhibition space, Warsaw (Poland)
2004
Red Sqare Dance, Foksal Gallery, Warsaw (Poland)
Obrazy (Paintings), Starmach Gallery, Cracow (Poland)
2003
Schnitte und Muster, Kultur Kontakt, Pavillon Piroschka rev, quartier21, MQ, Wien (Austria)
2xcut, (with Agnieszka. Malecka), Gallery Kronika, Bytom (Poland)
Water, Gallery Zakret, Warsaw (Poland)
Cutouts, Foksal Gallery, Warsaw (Poland)
2001
Pictures, ASP, Warsaw (Poland)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS / CONCERTS / PERFORMANCES
2024
CCA Temporary Gallery, Cologne (Germany)
Daj Mi Wszystko, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art, Kraków (Poland)
2023
Nucré: The Court Ballet, curated by Roberto La Carbonara, Castello Ducale, Ceglie Messapica (Italy)
2022
AZijn naam was Austerlitz/Austerlitz was his name, curated by Sam Steverlynk, Tlon Projects, A Tale of A Hub, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Arrivals, a project by Gregor Podnar at Galerie Charim, Wien (Austria)
New Entry, Gallery Gregor Podnar, Wien (Austria)
2021
Enjoy – the mumok collection in change, curated by Manuela Ammer, Heike Eipeldauer, Rainer Fuchs, Naoko Kaltschmidt and Matthias Michalka, mumok – Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Wien (Austria)
2020
Condo São Paulo 2020, Galeria Jaqueline Martins, São Paulo (Brazil)
2019
Der Unterschied in Ähnlichkeit, Curated Affairs, Polish Institute, Dusseldorf (Germany)
30 Years of the Geppert Competition: Exhibition and Seminar, BWA Wrocław Główny gallery, Wrocław (Poland)
2018
Recollection – A Journey After 28 Years, PROYECTOSMONCLOVA, Mexico City (Mexico)
Sense and Sensibilia, Galleria Doris Ghetta, Ortisei (Italy)
Black Mirror, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Salzburg, Salzburg (Austria)
2017
Teraźniejszość?, Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej, Opole (Poland)
Filharmonia Narodowa w Warszawie, National Philharmonic, Warsaw (Poland)
2016
Place. Summer Storage., Foksal Gallery, Warsaw (Poland)
Wykrój. Miasto. Tarnów, Galeria Wystawiennicza, Tarnów (Poland)
Che il vero possa confutare il falso, Palazzo Pubblico Santa Maria della Scala, Accademia dei Fisiocritici, Verona (Italy)
Works and Lives in, Zona Sztuki Aktualnej, Szczecin (Poland)
Crisis of Presence, curated by Luigi Fassi, Pori Art Museum, Pori (Finland)
2015
Now, At The Latest, Kunsthalle Krems (Austria)
Tirana Open, Tirana (Albania)
Blühendes Gift / Prosperous Poison, MUMOK, Wien (Austria)
2014
Open Studios Show, ISCP, New York (USA)
Co widać. Polska sztuka dzisiaj. As you can see. Polish art today, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw (Poland)
Beyond the process, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck (Austria)
Hoch hinaus! Wysoko w górę! Tomasz Kowalski, Marzena Nowak, Marcin Zarzeka, Neuer Kunstverein Wien, Wien (Austria)
TURNOVER, Berlin (Germany)
Temporary Autonomous Zone/3, Studio Gallery Warsaw (Poland)
Cosmicomic tales, CoCA Center of Contemporary Art Torun (Poland)
Coffee and Ink, Galeria Casas Riegner, Bogota (Colombia)
2013
The Splendor of Textiles, Zacheta Museum of Contemporary Art, Warsaw (Poland)
Come and Go, Die Schweizer Botschaft, Wien (Austria)
Twisted Entitles, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen (Germany)
Stay Inside, Mezzanin Gallery, Wien (Austria)
2012
Reflecting Fashion, MUMOK, Wien (Austria)
Drawing is Coming Back in a Big Way, Arsenal Centre of Contemporary Art, Bialystok (Poland)
Samozaplon, BWA Centre of Contemporary Art, Bielsko Biala (Poland)
Warsaw Under Construction Festival, project in public space, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw (Poland)
2011
New Order, Art Stations Foundation, Poznan (Poland)
Museum der Wünsche, MUMOK, Wien (Austria)
2010
There as been no future, there will be no past, ISCP, New York (USA)
Working Title, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart (Germany)
Languages and Experimentations. Young artists in a contemporary collection, Mart, Rovereto (Italy)
2009
Collection, National Museum, Krakow (Poland)
Nina Canell, Aleana Eagan, Marzena Nowak, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf (Germany)
2008
Reisefieber, Rondo Sztuki Centre of Contemporary Art, Katowice (Poland)
Ist das ein Portrait? Galerie Karin Sachs, Munich (Germany)
2007
Evasive Action, Andreas Huber Gallery, Wien (Austria)
Dvir Gallery (with Miroslaw Balka and Rafał Jakubowicz), Tel-Aviv (Israel)
Chodź opowiem Ci pewna historie, Gallery Manhattan, Lodz (Poland)
Searching for an ideal urbanity, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany Malerei, Gallery Mezzanin, Wien (Austria)
2009
Przerwane polaczenia/Interrupted Connections, Zacheta Centre of Contemporary Art, Warsaw (Poland)
Terytoria, Lubelskie Towarzystwo Sztuk Pieknych Zacheta, Lublin (Poland)
Na wlasna reke / On their Own, Narodowa Galeria Sztuki Zacheta, Warsaw (Poland)
2005
In this (our) country, Vienna International Apartment, Turku (Finland)
Collection Fundacja Malopolska, MCK, Cracow (Poland)
Lokal 30, Warsaw (Poland)
Skavija, Wilno (Poland)
Compulsive handmades, Press to Exit, Skopje (Republic of Macedonia)
Recent Polish Video, CSW Centre of Contemporary Art, Warsaw (Poland)
2004
Obraz Kontrolny, Newest Polish Video, Bunkier Sztuki Centre of Contemporary Art, Cracow (Poland)
Compilation 2112m2 Europe with H. Czerepok, Hainburg/Donau (Austria)
Nachtruhe, PiroschkaRev, Quartier 21, Museums Quartier, Wien (Austria)
2003
Absolut Generations, Venice 50th Biennale, Venice (Italy)
V Krajowa Wystawa Mlodych, BWA, Wroclaw (Poland)
2002
Dyploms 2002, CSW Centre of Contemporary Art, Warsaw (Poland)
Novart, Cracow (Poland)
ART PRIZES AND RESIDENCE
2015 | Stipend of Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Poland)
2014 | ISCP New York (USA)
2013 | Austrian Ministry of Culture grant, Vienna (Austria)
2012 | Lenikus Residency, Vienna (Austria)
2009 | Air, Krems (Austria)
2007 | T-Mobile Studios, Vienna (Austria)
2006 | Schloß Solitude, Stuttgart (Germany)
2004 | KulturKontakt Artists in Residence, Vienna (Austria)
2003 | Henkel Young Artists Prize, Vienna (Austria)
2003 | Konkurs im. E. Gepperta, First Prize, BWA Wroclaw (Poland)