e-mail: olagieraga@gmail.com
Aleksandra Gieraga
A graduate of the Władysław Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź, where earned diploma in Painting
and Drawing under the guidance of Prof. Romana Hałat (1993). In 1993–1994, at the invitation of Prof. Andrzej Smoczyński,
completed an artistic residency at the Silkscreen Printing Center at the Wł. Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź.
From 1994 to 2006, worked as an assistant in the Painting and Drawing Studio led by Prof. R. Hałat at the Faculty
of Visual Arts. During this time, obtained a PhD in Fine Arts (1999) and, in 2006, defended habilitation thesis
at the Faculty of Graphics and Painting at her alma mater.
Currently runs the Painting Studio at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the same institution.
The founder of the international art group Finding Us (2013).
My artistic practice is closely linked to the exploration and expansion of the meaning and function of the image—its internal
and external relationships, as well as its physical and intellectual limitations. My work revolves around the continuous
development of the concept of the Open Image. The awareness of the impossibility of creating a homogeneous work
based on a complete analysis of reality has become the foundation of her entire artistic practice, which she defines as
the Open Image. Within this framework, individual works—objects, projects, paintings, and others—are referred to
as fragments, including those created before the formulation of this concept in 2000.
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Absolwentka Akademii Sztuk Pięknych im. Władysława Strzemińskiego w Łodzi,gdzie uzyskała dyplom w Pracowni Malarstwa
i Rysunku pod kierunkiem prof. Romany Hałat (1993). W latach 1993–1994, na zaproszenie prof. Andrzeja Smoczyńskiego,
odbyła rezydencję artystyczną Centrum Sitodruku w Akademii Sztuk Pięknych im. W. Strzemińskiego w Łodzi. W latach
1994–2006 pracowała jako asystentka w Pracowni Malarstwa i Rysunku prowadzonejprzez prof. R. Hałat na
Wydziale Sztuk Wizualnych.W tym czasie uzyskała stopień doktora sztuk pięknych (1999), a w 2006 roku obroniła pracę
habilitacyjną na Wydziale Grafiki i Malarstwa Akademii Sztuk Pięknych im. Wł. Strzemińskiego w Łodzi.
Obecnie prowadzi Pracownię Obrazu na Wydziale Sztuk Pięknych w swojej macierzystej uczelni.
Założycielka międzynarodowej grupy artystycznej Finding Us (2013).
Jej twórczość artystyczna jest ściśle związana z badaniem i poszerzaniem znaczenia oraz funkcji obrazu—jego powiązań
i relacji, zarówno wewnętrznych, jak i zewnętrznych, a także ograniczeń fizycznych i intelektualnych. Koncentruje się wokół
nieustannego rozwijania koncepcji Otwartego Obrazu. Świadomość niemożności stworzenia jednorodnego dzieła w oparciuo o
pełną analizę rzeczywistości stała się podstawą do określenia całej jej działalności artystycznej jako Otwartego Obrazu.
W tym kontekście poszczególne prace—obiekty, projekty, obrazy i inne—nazywane są fragmentami, także te wcześniejsze,
powstałe jeszcze przed sformułowaniem tej koncepcji w 2000 roku.
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS:
2018
Mindscape
Kunstraum Reuter Gallery, Berlin, Germany
18V-16VI
2016
Still life and landscape (art cooperation with Anna Zadros Hansen)
Zadros+ Gallery, Frederiksberg, Danmark
2014
Painting
Browarna Gallery, Lowicz, Poland
(catalogue)
2013
The Grey Wall, Wędrująca Witryna
Piotrkowska str. 54 (abandoned places), Lodz, Poland
2009
Painting
Farbiarnia na Pieknej Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2008
Fragments, Gallery Blok ASP,
Strzeminski Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, Poland
2005
Drawing, Gallery Rogatka,
Radom, Poland
2004
Reminiscence
Carte Blanche Gallery, Lodz, Poland
2001
Open Paintings
Wschodnia Gallery, Lodz, Poland
1997
Objects, Gallery 86, Lodz , Poland
and the same exhibition in the Gallery Gedok, Stuttgart, Germany
1994
Boards
Gallery Manhattan, Lodz, Poland
(cooperation with Andrzej Smoczynski)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
International Drawing Biennale Prishtina, Gallery of Faculty of Art,
Prishtina, Kosovo ( 17 X-17 XI) (received Grand Prix- Gjelosh Gjokaj) )
CIRCLE, CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do,
Republic of Korea (21 VIII–8 IX)
Myślę i czuję/ Thinking and feling,
Centre of Propaganda Art, Lodz, Poland (19-16 VI)
Algorytmy malarstwa/Painting algorithms,
Gallery ASP, Lodz, Poland, (14IV-19V)
2023
I the International Painting Symposium-Kalamaria 2023, City Theater,
Thessaloniki, Greece(13-18 VI)
The Nature Art Cube, Geumgang Nature Art Center,
Gongju-si, Republic of Korea
Project: Space, Srem Museum, Poland (4-24 II)
ALL AT ONCE, Center for Culture and Art,
Skierniewice, Poland (30.III-26.IV)
2022
Aleksandra Gieraga with Finding Us-cooperation ,
Clos UPS/Zbliżenia, Festival of 4 culture, Piotrkowska 147,
Lodz, Poland, 9-17IX
Silence and anger, Gallery ASP ,
Wrocław, Poland 17.XI 4.XII
Days of Mio, Library Gallery,
Korce, Albania 25-29X
International Drawing Biennale,
the National Gallery of Kosovo
Prishtina, Kosovo, 6.VI - 6VII
2021
The Nature Art Cube Exhibition 12x12x12
Hongcheon Art Museum,
Korea (16.XII -26 XII)
Traveling Gallery: Self-Portraits - Postcards from Poland
XS Gallery , Institut of Wisual Art , UJK Kielce, Poland ( 14 X-18XI)
Pohang International Art Fair
Pohang, South Korea,(12.X- 14.X)
International Women Art Exhibition IAAF, Point Maru Art Center Hall 3
Seoul, South Korea (8.IX 14 IX)
Art Dream (2) DAS, Deajeon Sculptur Association, Daejeon Gallery
Daejeon, South Korea, (7.X-13.X)
catalog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmR2qb8eFQ4
4 Uluslararası CH KALPAK Sanat Sempozyum,
Şarköy, Turkey, (31VII-9 VIII)
The Nature Art Cube, Geumgang Nature Art Center.
South Korea, (28VIII-31 X)
2020
Galleries Kunstnere, Zadros Plus Gallery, Frederiskberg
Denmark (27II-27III)
The Nature Art Cube, Geumgang Nature Art Center
South Korea , ( 9VI – 9VIII )
#social, CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do
South Korea (6 IX – 4 X)
30 years of Browarna Gallery, Browarna Gallery
Lowicz (30 VIII-30 X)
Art Dream (1) DAS, Deajeon Sculptur Association
Daejeon Gallery, Korea Poludniowa,
catalog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgW-YhmyOv4
2019
The line.Everything what we can say about us using only a line. ( A.Zadros/A.Gieraga/J.Kuhn)
Zadros+ Gallery, Frederiksberg, Danmark
Agregatorium, (Time, Place and Action), Luboston Palace
Lubostron, Poland
2018
Art in private space/// Sztuka w przestrzeni prywatnej
BWA Sokół Gallery, Nowy Sącz, Poland
Poland ,9 XI -13 I 2019 (catalogue)
50/
Muzeum Techniki i Komunikacji. Zajezdnia Sztuki w Szczecinie, Poland
31VIII-30IX (catalogue)
Art is a lie /// Sztuka to kłamstwo (Academy of Fine Art in Lodz, Visual Art Department)
Rector's office Gallery of the University in Zielona Gora, Poland
11-28V (catalogue)
Moment in Bliss,Art Gallery Pyeongtaekho, Pyeongtaek, South Korea
22 III-4 IV
Three dimension of graphic/ Trzy wymiary grafiki,
Laznia Gallery, Radom, Poland
23 III-20 IV, (catalogue)
The air and other things we need to live /// Powietrze i inne rzeczy potrzebne nam do życia.
Bielska Gallery, Bielsko-Biala, Poland
2 III-2 IV
4 x Painting /// 4 x Malarstwo
Kobro Gallery ASP, Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, Poland
16 II-2 III
Tree.Idea and matter/// Drzewo. Idea i materia.
Gallery BWA, Kielce, Poland
9 II-2 III (catalogue)
Monologues 3,Italienska Palatset,
Vaxjo, Sweden
20 I -03 II
Strzeminski's Bastards ///Bękarty Strzeminskiego
Kobro Gallery ASP, Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, Poland
12 I -2 II
2017
The 5th Daejeon International Art Show,
Daejeon, South Korea
25-29 X (catalogue)
Mini Art+Art Money,
Gallery Zadros +
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Gray, Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University
Poznan, Poland
17 XI-17 XII
the 5th Grid, Institute of Fine Arts, Faculty of Education and Arts,
Jan Kochanowski University,Kielce, Poland
18 IX-18 X
12th inSPIRACJE Festival (Within the Rhythm of Breath)
TRAFO Center for Contemporary Art,Szczecin, Poland
30 VI-22 IX (catalogue)
Monologues, Gallery Zadros +
Frederiksberg, Denmark
19 V-30 VI
Magnolia,
Gallery Zadros +
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Synergia, BWA Miejski Ośrodek Sztuki
Gorzow Wielkopolski, Poland
28 I -5 III
2016
Mio’s Day 2016, Cultural Center
International Painter Colony,
Korce, Albania, 25-28 X
Between, Kierat Gallery
Szczecin, Poland
(catalogue)
White, Kolegiacki Art Gallery
Poznan, Poland
(catalogue)
Andrzej Biernacki's collection of art. (part 2)
Browarna Gallery, Lowicz, Poland
10 IX-30 IX
Multiple talk, Gallery Zadros +
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Monologues
Gallery Munken Lokken, Denmark
7 VIII -11 IX
2015
Asian Highway Exhibition, SeokDong Museum of Art
Busan, South Korea
28 X-22 XI,(catalogue)
70th anniversery liberation independence
and 30th Astropa International Art Exhibition Sandol Arts Center Gallery W
15-21 XII, Gunsan, South Korea
Violet/ Fiolet, Gallery Kolegiacki Art,
Poznań, Poland
18 IX -11 X
1+1+1-Meneske.Object. Rum. (polish art)
Gallery Munken, Denmark
1VIII-6IX
"Go,Go! Box Museum",Container+nomad project- Suwon Gwanggyo, Lake Park,
South Korea
17-27 VII (catalogue)
Andrzej Biernacki's collection of art), Municipal Gallery Arsenał,
Poznań, Poland,
17IV -3 V (catalogue)
ART for PEACE International mail-art exhibition,
Artists Union Hall, Yerevan, Armenia
1.Harran International Ecological Women Village Art Workshop,
Harran, Turkey
27 II - 8 III
2014
Memory and identity and other issues.
Biedermann's Palace, Lodz. 20 XI -16 XII
2nd AIA meeting (Amore International Art exhibition)
Moaman Hospital, Seoul, South KOREA
13-30XII
Amore International Art Exhibition, Goondol Art Space,
Cheonan-si, Chungnam, South Korea, 6-25 |12
http://blog.naver.com/artspace4/220173473672
Non-views. About the landscape today.
(Nie -widoki. O pejzażu współcześnie.) BWA, Bielsko -Biała, Poland
5X-16 XI (catalogue)
Nomen -women, Laznia Gallery,
Radom, Poland
(catalogue)
XIX Inter –Artcamp,
Aiud, Romania, VIII 2014,
Residence Ja RAm, "Meet partners"
Soechoen, South Korea
Selected stories,
The Bike Shed, Inverness, Scotland
2013
31th Ciaf/CF Corea International Art Fair, Seoul Museum, Korea
(catalogue)
The image and the word,
Laznia Gallery, Radom, Poland
(catalogue)
VII International Biennale of Contemporary Art. Tashkent, Uzbekistan
(international group Finding us! consist of 9 personal shows received the 1 prize of the Biennale)
III International Science, Culture and Art Days between May 14th-24th,
KTO-Karatay University, Konya, Turkey
Between fact and idea. Painting. Sculpture. Graphic.
Community Centre Kutno and in Test Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
(catalogue)
49 The International Art Colony,
Pocitelj, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 20-28 VII,
IX International Meetings of Arts " The Old Bridge 2013",
Bijelo Polje, Montenegro
2012
Image of painting.(M. Borek, D. Fiet, A.Gieraga, W.Leder, R.Rabiega),
Miejska Galeria Sztuki, Lodz,Poland
(catalogue)
2011
Mirek Kosłut. Surrounded by friends.
Łaźnia Gallery, Radom, Poland
(Publication)
Image, Faculty of Visual Arts, Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź,
Allmendinger Gallery, Lodz, Poland
VII International Meeting of Art "Old Bridge",
Bijelo Polje, Montenegro
2010
I Mevlana International Art Days,
The Sanat Mekezi Park, Konya , Turkey
At the border of Academy III ,
Centrum Rzeźby Polskiej Oronsko, Poland
Archeology of Piotrkowska Street,
the accompanying exhibition on the Focus Lodz Biennale 2010,
Stara Filharmonia, Lodz, Poland
2009
Wechselwirkungen / Wzajemne oddziaływania, Academy of Fine Arts,
Flottmann-Hallen, Herne
(catalogue)
At the border of Acadmy II,
Galeria BWA, Gorzów Wielkopolski and in Gallery El, Elblag, Poland
Figuration und Abstrktion II,
Drei Art -Galerie, Radolfzell, Germany
(catalogue)
2008
Experyment 2008 -VIII International artistic meeting ,
1-10 VII 2008, Zbaszyn, Poland 2007IV
Tashkent International Biennale of Contemporary Art,
Taszkent, Uzbekistan
Gallery Rogatka - 100 exhibitions,
Centre of Modern Art - „ Elektrownia”, Radom, Poland
(catalogue)
2005
Tre malere, Galleri Luna,
Holsterbro, Denmark
III Tashkent Biennale - 2005,
Central Exhibition Hall, Uzbekistan
Reflection and practice. Faculty staff from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Lodz,
Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Gora, Poland
(catalogue)
2004
Ethnographic portrait of contemporary,
Museum of Art, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 2003
II Tashkent Biennale - 2003,
Central Exhibition Hall, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2002
Women Nomad, Museum of Art,
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Imago, Miejska Galeria Sztuki, Łódź, Poland
(Catalogue)
2001
Schnittpunkt, T-punkt, Stuttgart, Germanythe, international project with artists from Poland, Ukraine and Germany)
Punkt Pierietiny, Lviv, Ukraine, the international project with artists from Poland, Ukraine and Germany)
Punkt Przecięcia, Lodz, Poland the international project with artists from Poland, Ukraine and Germany)
Continuum 2001, Inner Spaces
Poznan, Poland
2000
Coincidence XXI ,
IGNIS Kulturzentrum Cologne, Germany
Formidable Brushes
X. Dunikowski Museum, Warsaw, Poland
(Publication)
VII Construction in Process.This earth is a flower,
Bydgoszcz, Poland
Translations - Collection Art of End of this Century,
Piotrkow Tryb. Poland
1997
III Triennial of Polish Graphic,Gallery of the Contemporary Art, Katowice, Poland
(prize of the Gallery of Fine Arts in Krakow, branch Katowice)
(catalogue)
1996
Painting of young artists
Museum of Architecture, Wroclaw, Poland
(catalogue)
20 artists from Lodz in Lyon,
Lyon, France,
(catalogue)
Still Life- Moving Pictures,
Arsenał Gallery, Białystok
(catalogue)
1995
Polnische Künstler, Gallery Kraftwerk,
Chemnitz, Germany
Lodz in Poznan,
International Art Centre,
Poznan, Poland
Marcowe Gody II, Gallery 86, Museum of Artists
Lodz, Poland
1994
Installationen über dem Kesselhaus, Sporetat-Fabrik,
Chemnitz, Germany
W O R K S H O P S /// ART M E E T I N G /// A R T IN R E S I D E N C E
2023
I the International Painting Symposium-Kalamaria 2023, City Theater, Thessaloniki, Greece
2022
Mio’s Day 2016, International Painter Colony, Korce, Albania
2016
Mio’s Day 2016, International Painter Colony, Korce, Albania
2015
1.Harran International Ecological Women Village Art Workshop,
Harran, Turkey 27.II - 8.III 2015
2014
Inter Art camp, Aiud , 10-25 August 2014, Romania
Residence Ja Ram association, "Meet partners", Soechoen, South Korea
2013
III International Science, Culture and Art Days between May 14th-24th,
KTO-Karatay University, Konya, Turkey
49 The International Art Colony Pocitelj, 20-28 VII, Pocitelj, Bosnia & Herzegovina
IX International Meetings of Arts " The Old Bridge 2013", Bijelo Polje, Montenegro
2011
VII International Meeting of Art "Old Bridge", Bijelo Polje, Montenegro
2010
I Mevlana International Art Days, Park Sanat Mekezi, Konya, Turkey
Inspiration Garbatka -Letnisko, sculpture and painting workshop, Poland
2008
Experiment 2008 -VIII International meeting of art, Zbaszyn, Poland
2004
Ethnographic portrait of contemporary, Kyrgyzstan
2002
Women Nomad, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
catalogue: inSpiracje12, Breathtaking, Szczecin, 2017, ISBN 978-83-64629-61-7
catalogue: Daejeon International Art Show, Daejeon, South Korea, 2017
catalogue: Pomiędzy faktem a ideą. Malarstwo, rzeźba, grafika, Kutno /Warszawa 2013,
ISBN: 978-83-935841-0-9
catalogue: Obraz i Tekst, Łaźnia, 2013, ISBN: 978-83-937350-1-3
publication: Residence Ja Ram "Meet the partners", Soechoen,South Korea, Eco Art Incubating
catalogue: Asian Highway Exhibition, SeokDong Museum of Art Busan, Korea Pd,
catalogue: Go,Go! Box Museum", Contener+nomad project- Suwon Gwanggyo, South Korea
catalogue: Biel, Poznań, 2016, ISBN: 978-83-933400-3-3
catalogue: Korekcja. Kolekcja Andrzeja Biernackiego, Galeria Arsenał, Poznań, ISBN 978-83-60970-88-1
catalogue: „Aleksandra Gieraga” Galeria Browarna, Łowicz, 2014 , ISBN 978-83-60970-80-5 ,
catalogue: Nie- widoki.O pejzażu współcześnie. Jolanta Ciesielska Galeria BWA Bielsko- Biała,2014,
ISBN 978-83-87984 -83-0
catalogue: Nomen woman, Galeria Łaźnia Radom, 2014, ISBN 978-83-937350-4-4
Exit. Nowa Sztuka w Polsce, kwartalnik nr 4 (100) 2014, Bielskie nie-widoki,
Kaja Werbanowska, str. 6880- 6881, ISSN 0867-0625
A.Biernacki, Dodawanie przez odejmowanie. Malarstwo Aleksandy Gieragi,
Arttak-sztuki piękne,Nr 4(11) 2014, str. 84-85, ISNN 2084-2317
E. Wojtyniak -Dębińska, Imiona własne sztuki łódzkiej;
Współczesne malarstwo, grafika rzeźba i twórczość intermedialna.
praca zbiorowa pod red. G. Sztabiński i P. Sztabińska ,współpraca: E. Wojtyniak -Dębińska T. Załuski,
ASP im. Wł. Strzemińskiego w Łodzi , 2008r.,s. 288-290,ISBN 978-83-88503-34-4
Rogatka -100 wystaw, Mazowieckie Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Elektrownia, Radom,
ISBN 978-83-924930-2-0
Agnieszka Gniotek, Malarskie kotwice, Sztuka .pl, VI 2009
Izabela Woszczak , Niebo błękitne nade mną, Gazeta Wyborcza,18.VIII 2009
Wechselwirkungen / Wzajemne oddziaływania , ASP im . Wł. Strzemińskiego w Łodzi oraz Westdeucher
Kunstlerbund Museum Bochnum, 2009r., s.168, ISBN 978-83-88503-52-8
Figuracja czy abstrakcja, Polsko -Niemieckie Warsztaty Artystów Plastyków,
Galeria Sztuki Farbiarnia na Pięknej, DREI ART- Galerie, 2009r. [cat.]
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A. Talaga, Obrazy Otwarte, Gazeta Wyborcza, 20.02 2001
A. Raysacher, K. Świeżak - Najgroźniejsze Pędzle, KAW, Muzeum im. X. Dunikowskiego, Królikarnia, 2000r.
J.K. Głowacki, Without Title, EXIT -new art in Poland, No.2(46)2001,
Joanna Podolska, 20 artystów poskich-20 artystów francuskich,1996 [cat.]
G. Sztabiński - Magiczna forma grafiki, Gazeta Wyborcza (Verte) 10.02 1995
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