Born in Warsaw, Poland, 1976
One-Person Exhibitions
2022
The Dark Arts: Aleksandra Waliszewska and the Symbolism from the East and North, M. K Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland; traveled to M. K Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, Kaunas, Lithuania
2021
SARA BABA, Bosse & Baum, London, UK
2020
agresywny dziad, Fortnight Institute, New York, NY
I Love the Cat Who Died, Galeria BWA, Zielona Góra, Poland
2019
Wesoły Niemiec, Galeria DOBRO, Olsztyn, Poland
2017
absurden, obszönen Steingötzen der Tschanvölker, Neuer Kunstverein, Vienna, Austria
Der Teufel ein Eichhörnchen, Museum Jerke, Recklinghausen, Germany
2014
Gold Hands Tremble, LETO, Warsaw, Poland
2012
Nasty Child, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
Gouaches and Drawings, Gallery of Contemporary Art Widzimisie, Siedlce, Poland
...A Petete Petete Te..., Promocyjna Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2011
Chapter Three: Pain, ReMap3, Athens, Greece
2010
Heroes of Might and Magic, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
2006
Opus Gallery, Lodz, Poland
Group Exhibitions
2024
A Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Curated by Alison M. Gingeras, BLUM, Tokyo, Japan
2023
Fragmented Bodies, Albertz Benda, New York, NY
KOŃSKI ROMANS, LETO, Warsaw, Poland
WOMEN, together, EMST, Athens, Greece
MELENCOLIA, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
Escaped, Found a Hideout, Still on the Run, PolandATO, Ostrava, Czech Republic
La Mansarde d’Emilie, LETO, Warsaw, Poland
“Pictures Girls Make”: Portraitures, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
Farewell Cucumber Time, LETO, Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw Spring, LETO, Warsaw, Poland
Bruno Schulz: The Iron Capital of the Spirit, Museum of Literature, Warsaw, Poland
2022
PolandAVALAGUNA, LETO, Warsaw, Poland
My Private Hell, Company Gallery, New York, NY
2021
Nine Lives, Fortnight Institute, New York, NY
Nature Morte, The Hole, New York, NY
2020
I Want to Feel Alive Again, Lyles & King, New York, NY
Untitled (But Loved), Bosse & Baum, London, UK
2019
Paint also known as Blood, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland
Palace of Art, National Museum in Gdańsk, Poland
2018
Hawrot, Krajewska & Waliszewska, LETO, Warsaw, Poland
Of Death and Other Demons, CAN Christina Androulidaki Gallery, Athens, Greece
2017
The Beguiling Siren is Thy Crest, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland
10 Summer Afterimages, LETO, Warsaw, Poland
2016
ARS INDEPENDENT FESTIVAL, Katowice, Poland
KREW – WERK, Fundacja Galerii Foksal, Warsaw, Poland
Cellar, LETO, Warsaw, Poland
Zuzanna Ginczanka: Only happiness is real life, Museum of History of Photography, Krakow, Poland
Mauvaises Graines 2, Topographie de l'art, Paris, France
The Time Is Out of Joint, Asia Culture Centre, Gwangju, South Korea
La memoria finalmente. Arte in Polonia 1989-2015, Galleria Civica di Modena, Italy
The Time Is Out of Joint, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
2015
Two Sticks, Tink Tank lab Triennale, Wrocław, Poland
Zuzanna Ginczanka: Only happiness is real life, Muzeum Literatury, Warsaw, Poland
Garden, ArtBrussels 2015, Bruksela, Belgium
Procedures for the Head: Polish Art Today, Dom Umenia, Kunsthalle Bratysława, Slovakia
Typology of Violence, ARCO Madrid 2015, Madid, Spain
Les the Two Seas Meet, Museu of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland
2014
Show with a Lovely Title, LETO, Warsaw, Poland
Festival Narracje 6, Gdańsk, Poland
SHIT AND DIE, Palazzo Cavour, Turyn, Italy
Złoty wiek. Kolekcja Vinyl Canvas, Galeria Dizajn – BWA Wrocław, Poland
Self-love, or: Artists Love Themselves, Państwowa Galeria Sztuki w Sopocie, Poland
As You Can See: Polish Art Today, Muzeum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland
Eat The Blue, Le 116 Centre d'art contemporain, Montreuil, France
2013
Focus Poland Project 3: Take 5, Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej, Toruń, Poland
Painters of Illustrations, Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie, Poland
THERE WILL BE ARTCTION!, Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow, Poland
Midnight Show, Galeria Dizajn – BWA Wrocław, Poland
Word / Character / Territory, ARCO Madrid 2013, Spain
Season 3: Nothing About That. Diction Narratives, Studio Otwock, Poland
The System of Objects, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
Insomnes, Gurú Tienda Gallery, Mexcio City, Mexico
Hell as Pavilion, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2012
Garden, Warsaw Gallery Weekend, LETO, Warsaw, Poland
The Capsule – Installation, Barneys Window, New York, NY
2011
Sweatboxing II, LETO, Warsaw, Poland
Frédéric Magazine, Galerie Jean Marc Thèvenet, Paris, France
666, Artissima 18, Turin, Italy
White Cubes / Black Holes, Art Space Gallery, Kraków, Poland
2010
Don’t even think about it LETO, Warsaw, Poland
Biennale LE HAVRE with Frederic group, Le Havre, France
Illustration Poland 2010, Sinfonia Varsovia, Warsaw, Poland
2009
Flowers on the attic, Geppert Appartment,Wrocław, Poland
I was a dog., Design Gallery BWA Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
Frederic Magazine arts factory, Paris, France
2007
Themselves about themselves, Municipal Gallery of Art, Lodz, Poland
2006
Painting of XXI century, Zacheta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
Bacchantes, Theatre Museum, Grand Theatre, Warsaw, Poland
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Catalogues
2023
Gingeras, Alison M. and Natalia Sielewicz, ed. The Dark Arts: Aleksandra Waliszewska and Symbolism. Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw: Warsaw, 2023.
2022
Dark Inspirtation: 20th Anniversary Edition. Thames & Hudson: London, 2022.
Cave, Nick. The Complete Lyrics 1978–2022. Penguin Books: London, 2022.
2020
Kudłaci Ludzie. White Rabbit: France, 2020.
2019
HOT DOG CHRONICLES – Aleksandra Waliszewska. Mania Press: France, 2019.
2016
Aleksandra Waliszewska: 2000 Words. The DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art: Athens, 2016.
2013
PROBLEM. Timeless: France, 2013.
SOLUTION. Timeless: France, 2013.
BROWN TEARDROPS. Timeless: France, 2013.
Aleksandra Waliszewska. Devhavilland: Barcelona, 2013.
2012
The Horse with No Name is a Horse with No Shame. United Dead Artists, 2012.
2009
Aleksandra Waliszewska. My Dance the Skull: London, 2009.
Articles and Reviews
2023
Bryll, Marta Wiktoria. “The Dark Arts of Aleksandra Waliszewska.” Dailyartmagazine.com, March 23, 2023.
2022
Blatton, Phoebe. “Where Perspectives From the West and East Meet.” Artreview.com, September 27, 2022.
Borysiewicz, Ewa. “Warsaw Roundup.” E-flux.com, September 15, 2022.
Milbrath, Darby. “Interview with Αleksandra Waliszewska.” The-editorialmagazine.com, August 8, 2022.
White, Katie. “Polish Painter Aleksandra Waliszewska Is Fascinated by Slavic Vampire Folklore. Just Don’t Call Her a Witch.” News.artnet.com, April 15, 2022.
2020
Lech, Filip. “I'd Like to Have a Goat Someday: An Interview with Aleksandra Waliszewska.” Translated by Agnes Dudek. Culture.pl, July 23, 2020.
Goodman, Jonathan. “Aleksandra Waliszewska at Fortnight Institute.” Whitehotmagazine.com, May 2020.
2014
Sural, Agnieszka. “Aleksandra Waliszewska’s Family Museum.” Translated by Paulina Schlosser. Culture.pl, October 9, 2014.
Museum and Public Collections
Bunkier Sztuki Gallery, Krakow, Poland
CCA Znaki Czasu, Toruń, Poland
DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
Doron Sebbag Art Collection, Tel Aviv, Israel
Museum Jerke, Recklinghausen, Germany
Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland
Museum of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
Museum of Warsaw, Poland
National Museum in Gdańsk, Poland
National Museum in Warsaw, Poland
The ING Polish Art Foundation Collection, Warsaw, Poland
The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece