Agata Agatowska

Born 1976 in Oświęcim, Poland

1996 – 2001 Studied at the Academy of Art in Wrocław, Poland; sculpture with Prof. Alojzy Gryt

2004 – 2012 Studies at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf: Stage design with Prof. Karl Kneidl;
Sculpture by Prof. Thomas Grünfeld

2012 Academy letter of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

2012 Promotion, Art Academy in Wrocław, Poland

2019 Habilitation, Pedagogical University of Krakow, Poland

Since 2017 Lecturer at the Pedagogical University of Krakow, Faculty of Arts, Poland

Lives and works in Cologne

2019
Workshop, Il Giardino di Daniel Spoerri, Seggiano, Italien
Feminał/The Womenal, Nuremberger Haus, Kraków, Poland
III Oświęcim Kunstsalon, OCK, Oświęcim/Auschwitz, Polen
Robinson Schiff, Museum of Architecture, Wrocław, Poland
Feminał/The Womenal, Gdańsk Günter Grass Gallery, Gdańsk, Poland
Archeology. (Un)Real Stories, Curator's Lab, UAP, Poznań, Poland

2018
Presentation of the sculpture Ice Cream at the Museum of Japanese Art and Technology Manggha, Kraków, Poland
Sculptures from the Future, Polish Institute Düsseldorf
4. Kunstfestival, Galerie Bielska BWA, Bielsko-Biała, Poland, catalogue
Chodzi lisek koło drogi, nie ma ręki ani nogi, Fosfor Art Gallery, Bonarka City Center, Kraków, Polen
The history of the art foundry Schmäke, Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Niemcy

2017
Sculpture Today II: Art in Public SpaceCentre of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko, Poland
Widoki z Marsa/The Views from Mars, Gallery BWA, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland
Sculpture and drawing, Galerie Muzalewska, Poznań, Poland, catalogue
Sculpture / Rzeźba, General Consulate of the Republic of Poland, Cologne
Dzień na Marsie / One Day on Mars, Galerie Bielska BWA, Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Warszawskie Targi Sztuki, Galerie Muzalewska, Warszawa, Poland
The Rhine Art Prize, Katharinenhof, Bonn
Syndrom Feniksa, Fundacja Salony and Galerie Szara, Zielona-Góra, Poland
Body LanguageBlue Art Gallery, Berlin

2016
Sculptures from the Future, Altstadtmartkt in Oświęcim, Jewish Museum, Schloss Museum, MDSM\ IJBS, Municipal Library Galeria Ksiażki,OCK, Oświęcim/Auschwitz, Poland
Syndrom Feniksa, Szara Galerie, Katowice, Poland
Strategie cielesności, Centre for Contemporary Art Solvay, Kraków, Poland, Catalogue
Flottmann 30 Hoch, Flottmann-Hallen, Herne, Niemcy, catalogue

2015
Deutsche Bank, Königsallee 45-47, Düsseldorf
Double Story, Galerie mesta Trince, Czech Republic (solo)
Art meets Fashion / inline unlimited, byfraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, (solo show with fashion performance by Ruth Heinen – Rita Lagune)
Oświęcimski Salon Sztuki, OCK Oświęcim, Polen
Beneficiary auction Young Art in Düsseldorf, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
Photo Gallery Weekend, byfraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf

2014
Kunst 14 Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; with von fraunberg art gallery
Krajobrazy, Galeria Szara, Cieszyn, Polen
Open Day, Art Foundry Schmäke, Düsseldorf
Festival of Art, Galerie Bielska BWA, Bielsko-Biała, Poland, catalogue
Kraków Art. Expo 2014, Dwór w Tomaszowicach, Poland; with gallery Strefa A
Beneficiary auction “Junge Kunst in Düsseldorf”, art collection NRW K20, Düsseldorf

2013
"Gallery's Choice" byfraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf
‘60 km na Zachód od Krakowa’, Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Krakow, Poland
Kunst Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland; with von fraunberg art gallery
Janine Bean Gallery, Berlin
“On Days Like These”, Galerie Filser & Gräf, Munich
„Tak żyjemy”, OCK Oświęcim, Polen
“PLAY” Video & Performance Festival, Galerie Ampersand, Cologne

2012
Challenge of Art, Strefa A Gallery, Kraków, Poland (solo with Florian Fausch), Catalogue “Catwalk to a Dream”, Academy of Art in Wrocław, Poland (solo) - Promotion
Małe pranie ręczne, Strefa A Galerie, Kraków, Poland
Remix,Taylor Wessing in cooperation with von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf

2011
In Between Days, byfraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf
Art.Fair, Cologne; with von fraunberg art gallery, catalogue
‘Catwalk to a Dream’, Strefa A Galerie, Kraków, Poland (solo)
von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf; (solo with Ansgar Skiba)
Beyond Ourselves, The Royal Society, London, G.B., Katalog
Ernst & Young, 701e.V., Düsseldorf

2010
Exchange Duc-Muc, Filser&Gräf Galerie, Düsseldorf, catalogue
byfraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf
Beyond Ourselves, Lace Market Gallery, Nottingham, G.B., Katalog
Biennale Peking(BIAB), Peking, China, Katalog
Darmstadt Secession, Darmstadt, catalogue
Ernst & Young, 701e.V., Düsseldorf
Exchange Muc-Dus, Filser&Gräf Galerie, Munich, catalogue
Follow up, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Düsseldorf
Bielska BWA Gallery, Bielsko-Biała, Poland, catalogue (solo)
Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art, Słupsk, Poland, Catalogue (solo)

2018 Personality of the Year 2017 in the category Culture, Gazeta Krakowska/Krakauer Zeitung, Poland

2013 Culture Prize of the City of Oświęcim/Auschwitz, Poland

2008 Promotional Award of Darmstadt Secession, Darmstadt Grand Prix Biennale for Young Art Rybie Oko 5, Baltic Gallery, Słupsk, Poland Scholarship of the City of Oświęcim, Poland

2007 Hedwig and Robert Samuel-Stiftung, Düsseldorf

2006 Friedrich H.J. Schneider Foundation, Düsseldorf

2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 20012  Working scholarship of the city of Oświęcim, Poland

2018 Cologne List 2018, Cologne; with Galerie Ars Cracovia

2014 Kunst 14 Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; with von fraunberg art gallery

2013 Kunst Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland; with von fraunberg art gallery

2011 Art.Fair, Cologne; with von fraunberg art gallery, catalogue