Adam Witkowski

Adam Witkowski

Adam Witkowski, photo by Bogna Kociumbas

Adam Witkowski - born in 1978. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk in 2004, earning his degree from the Faculty of Painting and Graphic Arts under the supervision of Professor Wojciech Zamiara. In 2011, he received his PhD from the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the same academy, and later earned his postdoctoral degree (habilitation) at the University of the Arts in Poznań. He is currently a professor at the Faculty of Sculpture and Intermedia in Gdańsk.

He works with sound, music, painting, and installation. He often collaborates as an artistic duo with his wife, Ania Witkowska. Together, they were nominated for the Spojrzenia Award in 2011 and received the Splendor Gedanensis Award.

He co-creates several music groups, including Nagrobki (with Maciej Salamon), Gówno, Langfurtka (with Mikołaj Trzaska), Wolność (with Krzysztof Topolski and Wojciech Juchniewicz), Woda (with Krzysztof Topolski), as well as many other ephemeral musical formations.

Exhibitions

Selected solo exhibitions:

2024
NAGROBKI - CHCIAŁBYM NIE WIERZYĆ W NIC, Trafostacja Sztuki, Szczecin

2022
ADAMWITKOWSKI_OBRAZY, BWA - Bureau of Art Exhibitions, Bydgoszcz
TRATWA (with Ania Witkowska), Rondo Sztuki, Katowice

2017
SECOND MOON SYNDROME, Kronika Centre for Contemporary Art, Bytom

2014
CHWILA TRWA (with Ania Witkowska), Polish Institute, Berlin

2013
TEMP (with Ania Witkowska), Leto Gallery, Warsaw
TUNNELS (with Ania Witkowska), Platán Gallery, Budapest

2011
CLOSE TO HOME (with Ania Witkowska), Lukas Feichtner Gallery / Vienna Art Fair, Vienna, Austria

2006
PIERWSZY, JEDYNY, NAJLEPSZY (with Ania Witkowska), Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw