Bio
Magdalena Ciemierkiewicz – visual artist born in 1992 in Podkarpacie (PL). The key in her work is the personal experience. She comes from the Polish-Ukrainian borderland. She touches on topics such as the multidimensional identity of the borderland, women’s stories, and the intermingling of cultures and forms of spirituality.
She uses a variety of media, such as installation, video, light and sound, combining them with traditional forms such as fabric, ceramics, painting, and printmaking.
She graduated with a Master’s degree from the Faculty of Painting (2016) and completed the Pedagogical Study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (2014). She has completed postgraduate studies at the Art Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2020) and is currently a PhD candidate at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.
Education
Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, PhD Candidate
supervisor: prof. Andrzej Rysiński, specialization: Public Domain Studio prof. Krzysztof Wodiczko, dr Ewa Bobrowska
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, postgraduate, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Upcoming exhibitions
TBA, BWA Bydgoszcz (PL) residency, solo
TBA, Galeria Labirynt, Lublin (PL) solo
Selected exhibitions
KVOST Kunstverein Ost, Berlin Art Week, curator: Stephan Koal (DE) solo
Wreaths and Stones, Centrum Światów Jest Tutaj [The Center of the Worlds is Here], curators: Liliana Kalinowska i Jadwiga Sawicka, Przemyśl (PL)
The Room of My Own, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, with Barbara Gryka, curator: Anita Kucharczyk, Los Angeles (USA)
Nepokoje, Villa Vilekula, Ostrava (CZ)
LOOSTRO, 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)
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 (XS)
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)
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
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)
Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Polish Culture in the World, 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)
TBA, BWA Bydgoszcz (PL)
KVOST Kunstverein Ost, Berlin, (DE)
PLATO, Ostrava (CZ)
BWA Krosno (PL)
Berlin Art Institute (D)
Lectures and academic experience
Wykład gościnny, Harvard University, Design and the Public Domain, na zaproszenie prof. Krzysztofa Wodiczko (USA)
Artist Talk: Magdalena Ciemierkiewicz and Kandis Friesen, Berlin Art Week, KVOST, Berlin (DE)
Landscape of Our Memory, participation in panel discussion (Gabriela Bulisova, Mark Isaac, prof. Luiza Nader, Patrycja Dolowy, Magdalena Saryusz- Wolska, prof. Krzysztof Wodiczko) WBKiSK, ASP Warsaw (PL)
Cultural experience of the borderlands, performative lecture at the invitation of Dr. Natalia Kaliś, Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PL)
Herstories of the Borderland, performative lecture at the invitation of prof. Luiza Nader, 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, wywiad historyczki sztuki i kuratorki Moniki Branickiej z Magdaleną Ciemierkiewicz, NEWEAST, (DE)
Cultural experience of the borderland
in artistic activities, Humanities&Cultural Studies (PL)
From Another Borderland, Soniakh Digest, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw (PL/UA)
Prawo do wahania, Secondary Archive, Katarzyna Kozyra Foundation (in cooperation with Joanna Ruszczyk) (PL)