Bio
I am a visual artist, born in Rzeszów, Poland (1992). My work draws on the cultural experience of the Polish-Ukrainian borderland and the broader context of Eastern Europe. I explore themes such as multidimensional identity, women’s stories, and the interweaving of cultures and forms of spirituality. For me, a personal approach is essential when engaging with difficult historical legacies and the ways memory is shaped.
I work across various media, including fabric, graphics, video, and voice.
Education
Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, PhD Candidate
supervisor: prof. Andrzej Rysiński, specialization: Public Domain Studio prof. Krzysztof Wodiczko, dr Ewa Bobrowska
University of Kassel, Kunsthochschule, Program Erasmus+ (DE)
Polish Academy of Scienses, Institute of Art, History of Modern Art, postgraduate studies
Master of Fine Arts, Faculty of Painting, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Pedagogical Study, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Selected exhibitions
Interweavings, c/off, Munich (DE)
Wiano [Dowry], Galeria Labirynt, curator: Monika Rejman, Lublin, 2025 (PL) solo
LOOSTRO, Jesienny Salon Sztuki, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski (PL)
The Center of The Worlds Is Here, Pauza, group exhibition, curators: Jadwiga Sawicka and Liliana Kalinowska, Przemyśl (PL)
Sacred Art Space, group, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath Museum, Bengaluru, (IN)
5th Biennial of Textile Art, Stary Browar, Poznań (PL)
Art for Democracy III, Faculty of Design, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Group exhibition of the Public Domain studio of Krzysztof Wodiczko and Ewa Bobrowska (PL)
ISCP’s 30th Anniversary Benefit Auction, Almine Rech Gallery, New Jork, (USA)
RAPESEED, KVOST Kunstverein Ost, Berlin, curator: Stephan Koal (DE) solo
Powiedz mi, miasto [Speak to me, city], BWA Bydgoszcz, curator: Danuta Milewska, (PL) solo
The Room of My Own, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, with Barbara Gryka, curator: Anita Kucharczyk, Los Angeles (USA)
Wreaths and Stones, Centrum Światów Jest Tutaj [The Center of the Worlds is Here], curators: Liliana Kalinowska i Jadwiga Sawicka, Przemyśl (PL)
Summer Open House, International Studio&Curatorial Program, New York (USA)
Nepokoje, Villa Vilekula, Ostrava (CZ)
Jesienny Salon Sztuki, BWA Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski (PL)
Half-Full, Royal Lazienki Warsaw (PL)
Passage of Time, Supermarket, Independent Art Fair, Stockholm (SE)
Secundarna Archiva, Center for Cultural Decontamination, Belgrad (SB)
Chernozem, online, Soniakh Digest (PL/UA)
Time and Loop, Galeria Biała, Center of Culture, Lublin, solo (PL)
Kuczka [Sukkah] Project, Cooperation: Zapomniane Foundation, Stowarzyszenie Formy Wspólne, Izbica (PL)
Record of Transitional Forms, BWA, Krosno, solo (PL)
Neighbours, ACKiM, Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie, solo (PL)
Secondary Archive, 14 Manifesta Biennial, Prisztina (XK)
Chernozem, Galeria DIM, Warszawa (PL/UA)
Pocket of Confession, Festiwal Plac Defilad, Warszawa (PL)
Close to the sky, The Emily Harvey Foundation, New York (USA) — participation in Weronika Trojańska's project
Tissues, HOS Gallery, Warsaw (PL)
Ми з Вами! / My z Wami!, Galeria Labirynt, Lublin (PL)
Sketchbooks #2, 81 Stopni, Warsaw (PL)
Postcard from home, Salon Akademii, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (PL)
Collages (not), Fundacja Atelier, Warszawa (PL) solo
Postcard from home, on-line, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (PL)
Album East Central, online (BG)
Trial, Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej im. Jana Tarasina, Kalisz (PL)
Collage Language, Centrum Praskie Koneser, Warsaw (PL)
Evil Tales, 81 Stopni, Warszawa (PL)
The Veil, Berlin Art Institute, open studio (DE)
Sztuka Teraz, National Museum in Cracow (PL)
State of Matter, Galeria Promocyjna, Warsaw, solo (PL)
DADA Tak? Tak!, Galeria Biała, Lublin (PL)
Siemens Art Award, Galeria Salon Akademii, Warsaw (PL)
Distance, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, solo (PL)
Warsaw under construction 8: Home at last. The Polish House During the Transition
(in installation Show how do you live in Bemowo, Natalia Fiedorczuk Cieślak)
Awards/Honorable mentions:
Claus Michaletz Preis 2024, Secco Pontanova Foundation (DE)
KVOST Kunstverein Ost, solo exhibition featured by Berlin Art Week (DE)
Visegrad Fund, Visual Artist Residency in New York, award
LOOSTRO, Jesienny Salon Sztuki, BWA Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski (PL)
Secondary Archive, open call, Katarzyna Kozyra Foundation (2020)
Siemens Art Award 2016 (PL)
Scholarships and Grants
Polish Culture in the World, Institute of Adam Mickiewicz, 2025 (PL)
ZAiKS Association of Authors, Creativity Support Fund, 2025 (PL)
The Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation, with the Formy Wspólne Foundation and the Zapomniane Foundation, Kuczka Project, Izbica, 2025 (PL/DE)
The Jewish Historical Institute Association, with the Formy Wspólne Foundation and the Zapomniane Foundation, Kuczka Project, Izbica, 2025 (PL)
Polish Culture in the World, Institute of Adam Mickiewicz, 2024 (PL)
Cultural Scholarship of the Marshal of the Lublin Province 2023 (PL)
ZAiKS Authors' Association 2022 (PL)
Bogdanka Cultural Scholarship, University of Maria Curie-Sklodowska in Lublin 2022 (PL)
Scholarship of the Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw for the best students (twice)
Residencies
International Studio&Curatorial Program, New York (USA)
BWA Bydgoszcz (PL)
KVOST Kunstverein Ost, Berlin, (DE)
PLATO, Ostrava (CZ)
BWA Krosno (PL)
Berlin Art Institute (D)
Lectures and academic experience
We are the Borderlands, guest speaker, Emily Carr University, Vancouver (CA)
Herstory in ManyVoices, guest speaker, Harvard University, Design and the Public Domain, (USA)
Sound Vessels, participation in a panel discussion Landscape of Our Memory (Gabriela Bulisova, Mark Isaac, Prof. Krzysztof Wodiczko, Prof. Luiza Nader, Patrycja Dołowy, Magdalena Saryusz- Wolska) Faculty of Artistic Research and Curatorial Studies, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (PL)
Artist Talk: Magdalena Ciemierkiewicz i Kandis Friesen, Berlin Art Week, KVOST, Berlin (DE)
Cultural experience of the borderlands, guest lecture, Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PL)
Herstories of the Borderland, guest lecture, Faculty of Artistic Research and Curatorial Studies, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (PL)
Art in search of identity, National Scientific Conference Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Humanities, Academy of Applied Sciences in Tarnow, Poland
Transcending the notion of identity. Art in the context of a historical cultural borderland (PL)
Autobiographical perspective in historical research, National Scientific Conference of Doctoral Students Perspectives of historical research, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, 2022 (PL)
On spirituality in the art of Hilma af Klint. We are talking about art, a series of open online lectures, BWA Krosno (PL)
Publications
RAPESEED, interview by Monika Branicka with Magdalena Ciemierkiewicz, NEWEAST, (DE)
Cultural experience of the borderland, Humanities&Cultural Studies (PL)
From Another Borderland, Soniakh Digest, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw (PL/UA)
Right to Hestitate, Secondary Archive, Katarzyna Kozyra Foundation (in cooperation with Joanna Ruszczyk) (PL)