Katarzyna Rotkiewicz–Szumska
Katarzyna Rotkiewicz–Szumska
Born in 1958 in Szczecin. Visual artist. She works in painting, set design, photography, and video. A graduate of the Faculty of Painting and Graphics at the former State Higher School of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. She received her diploma in 1983. Laureate of the Jerzy Boniecki Award for the Promotion of Polish Culture and a two-time recipient of scholarships from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Since 1992, she has co-created Teatr Cinema, an avant-garde formation operating at the intersection of visual arts and physical theatre. She lives and works in Michałowice, Karkonosze, in a house that also serves as the theatre’s headquarters and a site for artistic projects and residencies.
Exhibitions
Selected exhibitions:
Katarzyna Rotkiewicz-Szumska, Silence, Woman, Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych, Jelenia Góra, 2007.
Katarzyna Rotkiewicz-Szumska, Portraits Suspended, Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych, Jelenia Góra, 2013; Municipal Gallery, Legnica, 2014; Wałbrzych Art Gallery BWA, Wałbrzych, 2016.
Abraham Warns, Zachęta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, 2017.
Katarzyna Kozyra, Katarzyna Rotkiewicz-Szumska, Faces, National Museum in Szczecin – Museum of Contemporary Art, 2018.
Where do we come from? Who are we? Where are we going?…, ZPAP Gallery, Gdańsk, 2021.
Face to Face, Four Domes Pavilion, branch of the National Museum in Wrocław, 2023.
Katarzyna Rotkiewicz-Szumska, Roses, Domie, Poznań, 2023.
Giantesses, BWA Wrocław Główny Gallery, Wrocław, 2024.
Edge / Am Rand, Nowe Miejsce Gallery, Warsaw, 2025.
