1988 born in Skwierzyna
2009 – 2012 graduated from the Faculty of Intermedia at the University of Arts in Poznan
2011 Samsung Art Master, finalist, CCA Ujazdowski Castle
2012 – 2014 graduated from the Faculty of Media Art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
2018 Special Award of the ING Polish Art Foundation, Warsaw Gallery Weekend
2019 winner of The VIEWS, Deutsche Bank Award
Dominika Olszowy's practice is located on the crossroads of various media – including video, performance, installation and a unique mix of truth and fabrication. Olszowy creates works, which she sometimes treats as amulets that swearing and tame reality in crisis. In her works she’s often based on personal experience, however, processes them in a universal, full of subtle humor statements about the human condition and time. Founder of ephemeral Sandra Art Gallery (since 2008), co-founder of a hip hop group Cipedrapskuad and a moped gang Horsefuckers M. C. Apart from her individual practice, Olszowy often collaborates with theatre directors creating set design. In 2019 years she was awarded the "Views - Deutsche Bank" for the most interesting young Polish artist last two years. Lives and works in Warsaw.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
- Sun in the Wash, Nowy Złoty, Wrocław, PL
2023
- The Bare Belly, Gdańsk City Gallery, Gdańsk, PL
2022
- Vesuvius Eruption Victim's Brain Turned to Glass, Galeria Foksal, Warsaw, PL
2021
- Meringue Soup, Studio BWA Wrocław Gallery, PL
- Snowfake Generation, Skala Gallery, Poznan, PL
2020
- Yawn of a Sleepy Heart (part of the Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art), Warsaw, PL, Riga, LV
2019
- Household Spirit, Raster Gallery, Warsaw, PL
- Happy End, The Arsenal Gallery, Białystok, PL
2017
- Sixty Six Fourhundred, MOS, Gorzów Wielkopolski, PL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
- Change to Come, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau, Dresden, GE
- Making New Worlds Instead of Forgetting About It, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, PL
- Sea of Cheese, TRAFO Center for Contemporary Art in Szczecin, Szczecin, PL
- Surrealism. Other Myths, The National Museum in Warsaw, Warsaw, PL
- We Want the Whole Life. Feminisms in Polish Art, State Gallery of Art in Sopot, Sopot, PL
- 15th NARRACJE Festival, Niedźwiednik, Gdańsk, Poland
2023
- Udomowienie, Willa Polonia, Busko-Zdrój, PL
- Everything I have is in the shape of its shape, Łęctwo Gallery, Poznań, PL
- Three Steps into the Clouds, Elektrownia Mazovian Centre for Contemporary Art, Radom, PL
2021
- Pazur / Claw / Kіготь / Móng vuốt / 爪 / Klou/ճանկ, Asian Town Bakalarska, Warsaw, PL
- You Shall Have Yourselves a Monument, Yet It Will Never Sing, Miejski Ośrodek Sztuki in Gorzów Wielkopolski, PL
- Autoportret z Chandrą. Hasior i nowa sztuka, Władysław Hasior Gallery, Zakopane, PL
- W chocholim tańcu, Museum of Krakow, PL
- Mainly for Woman, SCAD Savannah, USA
2020
- Battlefield, Galeria bielska BWA, PL
- Returning to the Future (2020 Zielona Góra Biennale), BWA Gallery, PL
- Nightwatching (Cracow Art Week KRAKERS), Potencja, PL
2019
- Angust, lokal_30/ Sandra Art Gallery, Warsaw, PL
- Fruit of all trees, Łódź of Four Cultures Festival, PL
- Monumentomania, Warsaw Under Construction 11, PL
- Views 2019, Zachęta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL
- State of Focus, Wroclaw Contemporary Museum, PL
- Theatre of War, The Project Room Awards, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PL
2018
- Waiting for Another Coming, CAC Vilnius, LT
- Waiting for Another Coming, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PL
- If I Were the Moon, Raster Gallery, Warsaw, PL
- Co pozostało, Miejski Ośrodek Sztuki, Gorzów Wielkopolski, PL
- PTV. Performans TV, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PL
- Why Do We Not Send Artists to the Moon, FWD Gallery, Poznan, PL
- Speedway in Art, BWA Zielona Góra, PL
- Speedway in Art, BWA Tarnów, PL
- Waiting for Another Coming, CAC Vilnius, Litwa, LT
- Things to Learn from Facebook, The Arsenal Gallery, Białystok, PL
- Flow/ In the Wild I Love Vistula, Gdansk City Gallery, PL
- Speedway in Art, Miejski Ośrodek Sztuki, Gorzów Wielkopolski, PL
- Plato Café, "Amor Fati", PLATO Ostrava, CZ
- Farmhands in Factories and Boas in Brasseries, The Arsenal Gallery, Białystok, PL
- Weltschmerz, residence in The Modern Art Gallery, Opole, PL
2017
- PTV. Performans TV, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PL
- Swag & Threat, TRAFO, Szczecin, PL
- Off Season, NARRACJE Festival #9, Gdańsk, PL
- Two 4 One, BWA Zielona Góra, PL
- Art Work, City Gallery, Wroclaw, PL
- Better Self, Zachęta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL
- Hoolifemmes, Museum at Open’er 2017, The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Gdynia, PL
- Art Work, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kiyev, UA
- Hi-Blood Pressure 展, Koganei Art Spot, Tokyo, JP
- TRUE ROMANCE, Zona Sztuki Aktualnej, Szczecin, PL
- The Power of Friendship, local_30, Warsaw, PL
- FLOW / The Return of the Catfish, Księgarnia Wystawa, Cracow, PL
- Śmiechu warte, Zona Sztuki Aktualnej, Szczecin, PL
2016
- Nothing About You Without Us, Culture Congress, Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw, PL
- Place, Foksal Gallery, Warsaw, PL
- Small Sculptural Forms, BWA Warsaw Gallery, PL
2015
- Test of Spirit, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PL
- Returning. Leszek Knaflewski and soundscapes, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PL
- Horsefuckers M.C., Sandra Art Gallery, Bank Pekao Project Room, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PL
- In the Pan, performance festival, Sandra Art Gallery, Warsaw, PL
2014
- Society is Mean, Raster Gallery, Warsaw, PL
- As You Can See: Polish Art Today (performance at opening), The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, PL
- Sthendal’s Syndrom, Zona Sztuki Aktualnej Gallery, Szczecin, PL
- Crimestory, CSW, Toruń, PL
2013
- School of happiness, Viennafair, Vienna, AU
- Sandra Salon. Prestige & Style, Sandra Art Gallery, Warsaw, PL
- THE ARTIST Festival, Zachęta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL
- Mum, I just really need to focus on my art right now, The Arsenal Municipal Gallery, Poznan, PL
- 3rd birthday of the Czułość Gallery, Warsaw, PL
- Wandaliza, BWA Zielona Góra, PL
- Kohezja, Mirosław Bałka's Studio of Spatial Activities, Teatr Nowy, Warsaw, PL
2012
- Exaltation. From Pharaoh to Lady Gaga, The National Museum In Warsaw, PL
- 4. ArtBoom Festival, Cracow, PL
- AAACUPUNTURE!, Kordegarda Gallery, Warsaw, PL
2011
- Laureate of 8. edition Samsung Art Master, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PL
- Tomorrow Never Dies, European Culture Congress in Wroclaw, BWA Gallery, PL
- 14th Media Art Biennale, WRO Alternative Now, Wroclaw, PL
- N.A.T.U.R.E. Broken screens, Kabelvag, NO
- Video on demand, FaVu Vut Gallery, Brno, CZ
SCENOGRAPHY AND COSTUMES
2021
- Silenzio! (scenografia i kostiumy), Nowy Teatr, Warszawa, PL
2018
- Anger (set design and costumes), Teatr Powszechny, Warsaw, PL
- Fear (costumes and video), TR Warszawa, Warsaw, PL
2017
- Girls (set and costume design), Teatr Studio, Warsaw, PL
- The Burning of Joanny B. (set and costume design), Teatroteka WFDiF, Warsaw, PL
- Mars one (costumes), Teatr Nowy, Poznan, PL
ONLINE
- Piotr Policht, Dominika Olszowy, "culture.pl", 05.2020 (PL)
- Agata Pyzik, Dominika Olszowy, "Artforum", 10.2019 (EN)
- Views, Zachęta – National Gallery of Art, 05.2019 (PL + EN)
- Solo exhibition by Dominika Olszowy, "KubaParis", 2019 (EN)
INTERVIEWS
- Bartosz Sadulski, Bzik, "dwutygodnik.com", 12/2020 (PL)
- Tomek Pawłowski, Pełna dowolność. Interview with Dominika Olszowy, „Szum”, 01.03.2019 (PL)
- Monika Stelmach, Piękno błędu. Interview with Dominika Olszowy, "dwutygodnik.com", 11/2019 (PL)
REVIEWS, ARTICLES
- Karolina Plinta, Teatrzyk egzystencji, "Szum", #19, 2017, 18.12.2017 (PL)