Dominika Olszowy
Dominika Olszowy works at the intersection of various media, employing video, performance, installation, and a distinctive blend of truth and fabrication. She creates works that she sometimes treats as amulets, aiming to charm and domesticate a reality mired in crisis. Her art often draws from personal experiences, which she transforms into universal statements infused with subtle humor about the human condition and the passage of time. Since 2008, she has been running the ephemeral Sandra Gallery. She co-founded the radical hip-hop group Cipedrapskuad and the moped gang Horsefuckers M.C. Olszowy frequently collaborates with the theater, designing stage sets for productions. In 2019, she received the "Spojrzenia - Deutsche Bank" award for the most intriguing young Polish artist of the past two years. She lives and works in Warsaw.
Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
– Słońce w praniu (Sun in the Wash), Nowy Złoty, Wrocław, PL
2023
– Odsłonięty Brzuszek (Exposed Belly), Gdańsk City Gallery, Gdańsk, PL
2022
– Mózg ofiary erupcji Wezuwiusza zamienił się w szkło (The Brain of a Vesuvius Eruption Victim Turned to Glass), Foksal Gallery, Warsaw, PL
2021
– Zupa nic (Soup of Nothing), Studio BWA Wrocław, PL
– Snowfake Generation, Skala Gallery, Poznań, PL
2020
– Ziew sennego serca (Yawning of a Sleepy Heart) (as part of Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art), Warsaw, PL; Riga, LV
2019
– Duch domu (The Spirit of the House), Raster, Warsaw, PL
– Happy End, Arsenal Gallery, Białystok, PL
2017
– Sześćdziesiąt sześć czterysta (Sixty-Six Four Hundred), Municipal Art Center, Gorzów Wielkopolski, PL