Ewa Juszkiewicz, b.1984 in Gdansk, Poland. Works and lives in Warsaw, Poland.
In her work, Juszkiewicz enters into discussion with traditional, visual conventions and confronts with the stereotypical perception of a woman's beauty in classical, European painting. Through the deconstruction of historical portraits, she undermines their constant, indisputable character and tries to influence the way we perceive them. Juszkiewicz experiments with the form of the female figure and face, balancing on the border between what is human and inhuman. Her paintings are classical in technique but subversive and rebellious in terms of content.
Ewa Juszkiewicz's works are in the museum collections of: Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, National Museum in Gdańsk, Zacheta of Contemporary Art in Szczecin, Zachęta Olsztyn and Bielska Gallery BWA.
Education:
2010-2013 Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Poland. Phd Degree
2004-2009 Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland. MA Degree in Painting
Selected solo exhibitions:
2019
Giacinto Cerone | Ewa Juszkiewicz, Cabinet, Milan, Italy (two person show)
ARCO Madrid, solo presentation with Galerie Rolando Anselmi, Madrid, Spain
2017
Pearl, Eye, Worm, Galerie Rolando Anselmi, Rome, Italy
2016
Gauguin Syndrome, lokal_30 gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2015
The Descent Beckons, Artissima Fair, Present Future Section, solo presentation with lokal_30 gallery, Torino, Italy
The Descent Beckons, Galeria Bielska BWA, Poland
2013
Curls, lokal_30, Warsaw, Poland
Damage has been done, Juszkiewicz/Kokosiński, EL Gallery, Elbląg, Poland (two person show)
Up to my head, Juszkiewicz/Kokosiński, Zona Sztuki Aktualnej, Szczecin, Poland (two person show)
What you don't talk about, Baltic Gallery, Słupsk, Poland
2012
Rosamunde, the Princess of Cyprus, Centrum Kultury Katowice, Poland
2011
How It Is, Asks Agnisia, That We See a Teddy Bear in the Painting, Otwarta Pracownia, Kraków, Poland
Selected group exhibitions:
2019
Chorus, Almine Rech Gallery, Paris, France
Domestic Horror, Gagosian, New York, USA
Living in the Present Future, Bornholms Kunstmuseum, Denmark
Paint, also known as Blood, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland
Frieze New York 2019, (with lokal_30 gallery), New York, USA
Nature in Art, MOCAK, Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Poland
Young Polish Painting, National Museum in Gdansk, Poland
2018
Artissima Fair, (with Galerie Rolando Anselmi), Turin, Italy
Greffes, Galerie Rolando Anselmi, Berlin, Germany
Prêt-à-porter, lokal_30, Warsaw, Poland
The state we are in. Collection of the Museum of Modern art in Warsaw, Galeria Labirynt, Lublin, Poland
What Is Enlightenment?, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland
ARCO Lisboa, (with Galerie Rolando Anselmi), Lisbon, Portugal
Frieze New York 2018, (with lokal_30 gallery), New York, USA
Award of the Vordemberge-Gildewart Foundation 2018, MOCAK, Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Poland
Wild at Heart. Portrait and self-portrait in Poland after 1989, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
The Skeletons Must Rise, Gdansk City Galery, GGM, Gdansk, Poland
Material Art Fair, (with Galerie Rolando Anselmi), Fronton Mexico, Mexico
2017
Frieze New York 2017, (with lokal_30 gallery), New York, USA
The Beguiling Siren is Thy Crest, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland
Art in Art, MOCAK, Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Poland
From artificial reality to a selfie. Self-portrait in the art of contemporary Polish artists, BWA Wrocław, Poland
2016
Nomadic images, 16th International Vilnius Painting Triennial, Museum of Applied Art and Design in Vilnius, Lithuania
Krew-werk, Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw, Poland
Frieze New York 2016, (with lokal_30 gallery), New York, USA
Contemporary art from Poland, European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
New Illustrations, Galeria Arsenał, Bialystok, Poland
2015
State of Life. Polish Contemporary Art within a Global Circumstance, National Art Gallery of China, Beijing
Procedures for the head. Polish Art Today, Dom umenia / Kunsthalle Bratislava, Slovakia
What in me is feminine?, Visual Culture Research Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine
Artists from Krakow: The Generation 1980-1990, MOCAK, Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Poland
Palindrome, State Art Gallery, Sopot, Poland
Alumnus. After Academy- Fluid Identities, Instytut Sztyki Wyspa, Gdańsk, Poland
2014
100 Painters of Tommorow, Beers Contemporary , London, United Kingdom
One Torino: Shit And Die, Palazzo Cavour, Torino, Italy
As you can see. Polish Art Today, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland
100 Painters of Tommorow - London Book Launch Christie’s, Christie’s Ryder Street Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Complexes and frustrations, Labirynt Gallery, Lublin, Poland
People are strange, BWA Gallery in Olsztyn, Poland
2013
41. Polish Painting Biennial Bielska Jesien, Bielska BWA Gallery, Poland
The new opening. The new beginning, lokal_30 gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Curators Network, MOCAK, Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Poland
Derealizm, Galeria Miejska in Wrocław, Poland
2011
Beautiful Weather, Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw, Poland
40. Polish Painting Biennial Bielska Jesień, Bielska BWA Gallery, Bielsko-Biala, Poland
Dirty Water, National Gallery in Sopot, Poland
Believe in Ghost, Kordegarda Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Symptoms, Centre of Polish Sculpture, Oronsko, Poland
Bad Bad Wolf, Art Agenda Nova Gallery, Krakow, Poland
2010
23 Festival of Polish Contemporary Painting, Szczecin, Poland
Awards and achievements:
2018
Finalist of The Vordemberge-Gildewart Foundation Award
2015
2014
Laureate of the contest '100 Painters of Tommorow'. Publication in '100 Painters of Tommorow' book published by Thames and Hudson.
Laureate of the City of Gdansk Award for Young Artists in the field of Culture, 2014
2013
Grand Prix of the 41. Painting Biennale Bielska Jesien, Bielsko-Biala, Poland
2012
Finalist of the Polish edition of Curators Network, MOCAK, Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Poland
2011
Format art magazine’s award at the 3rd Young Art Festival- Przeciag, Szczecin, Poland
Art&Businness magazine’s honourable mention at the 40th Painting Biennale Bielska Jesien, Bielsko-Biala, Poland
2010
3rd Award at the 2nd Multimedia Szajna Festival, Rzeszow, Poland
Finalist of the 2nd Polish Short Film Festival Short Waves 2010
2009
Special Award at the 8th Artistic Travel of Hestia competition: one-month scholarship in Valencia, Spain
1st Award at the ‘One Minutes’ short films festival, Baltic Cultural Centre, Poland