Leszek Knaflewski
Leszek Knaflewski b. 1960 in Poznan (PL), lived and worked in Poznan (PL) until his death in 2014
Education
Painting Department (studio: Jerzy Kałucki) at State Higher School of Fine Arts in Poznań, PL
Academic Experience
Studio of Audiosphere "Audio Art" at Multimedia Communication Department of University of Fine Arts in Poznań, PL
Studio of Painting at Art Department of Fine Arts Institute in Zielona Góra, PL
Exhibitions
2022
Tectonic Movements, Museum of Art in Łódź, Łódź, PL
What a Fabulous Place We Are in, Museum of Art in Łódź, PL
2021
The Night Will Drive a Heart, Contemporary Museum Wrocław, Wrocław, PL
They call me Gypsy but that’s not my name, Gdańsk City Gallery, Gdańsk, PL
*** Ku Wolności. Polish art of XX and XXI century from Werner Jerke collection in Recklinghausen, State Art Gallery, Sopot, PL
2020
Leszek Knaflewski. Knaf’s Not Dead, State Art Gallery, Sopot, PL
Sculpture in Search of Place, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL
2019
Object-space, The National Museum, Poznań, PL
Włącz światło, WRO Art. Center, Wrocław, PL
2018
Anti-static, The National Museum in Poznań, PL
2016
Nieczytelność. Konteksty pisma, Art Stations, Poznań, PL
Miłosny performans, Galeria Labirynt|Plaza, Lublin, PL
2015
Białe jest białe, a czarne jest czarne, Galeria Piekary, Poznań, PL
Retuning. Leszek Knaflewski and Soundscapes, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, PL
State of Life. Polish contemporary art in global context, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, CN
You’ve fallen in love with someone that doesn’t exist, The Helena Modrzejewska National Stary Theater, Cracow, PL
This Is Not a Rose, Piktogram, Warsaw, PL
2014
Vital Realism of Koło Klipsa Group, Art Museum in Łódź, PL
Festival THE ARTISTS, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL
In the Near Future. The collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, PL
2013
Małe jest wielkie, Propaganda Gallery, Warsaw, PL
Video room. Niebezpieczne związki. Polish Contemporary Art in relation of faith, religion and The Church, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, PL
Psychopaper, Warsaw Gallery Weekend, Piktogram, Warsaw, PL
In the heart of the Country. The Collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, PL
Don’t Worry Be Happy, Gallery of Academy of Arts in Stettin, Zona Sztuki Aktualnej, Stettin, PL
Robakowski Now! Tribute to Robakowski, Lokal 30, Warsaw, PL
You Stand in My Place, WRO Art Center, Wrocław, PL
Gruppa, Koło Klipsa, Luxus, Łódź Kaliska - occasional exhibition, BWA, Olsztyn, PL
East, Kunstsäle Berlin, DE / Sammlung Schuermann, DE
Sit Down and Fight, Sześciolinia, Museum of Fryderyk Chopin in Warsaw, PL
2012
Correspondations, Modern Art and Universalism, ms2, Łódź, PL
Silence is Good, Galeria Spokojna, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, PL
Kwiatki bratki i stokrotki, Galeria Wymiany, Łódź, PL
Mediations Biennale, Poznań, PL
In Search of Running Out TIme, the National Museum in Stettin, PL
Szanuj papier, Piktogram, Warsaw, PL
Drawings (Koło Klipsa 1983-1990), Leto Gallery, Warsaw, PL
Knaf-Koło Klipsa-Dno, Piktogram, Warsaw, PL
Occasional Exhibition, Appendix 2, Warsaw, PL
Drawings by Leszek Knaflewski, Cleopatra’s, New York City, US
2011
Przedmowa, Galeria Piekary, Poznań, PL
Exhibition of Graduates of P. Potworowski High School of Fine Arts, Galeria U Jezuitów, Poznań, PL
Thymós. Art of Anger 1900-2001, Znaki Czasu. Contemporary Art Center, Toruń, PL
Daj głos!, Zona Sztuki Aktualnej, Szczecin, PL
Culture Relaxative, Atelier 34zero Muzeum, Brussels, BE
Nothing is infinitely important. Collection of Regional Zachęta Contemporary Art in Stettin, CSW, Znaki Czasu Toruń, PL
Good Neighbourhood? German themes in contemporary Polish art / Polish themes in contemporary german art, Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin, DE
Thriller, BWA, Wrocław, PL
Art that none saw, Leto Gallery, Warsaw, PL
Exposition de la collection et de quelques amis artists, Atelier 34zero Muzeum, Brussels, BE
Sacrilege, ULB, Salle Allende, Campus du Solbosch, Brussels, BE
I could live in Africa, BWA, Wrocław, PL
Forms of Inhabiting, Municipal Gallery Arsenal, Poznań, PL
2010
Generation ’80. Independent Art of the Youth in years 1980-1989, the National Museum, Kraków, PL
Roz-poznanie, Architecture Museum, Wrocław, PL
10 Days with Neo-avant-garde, Galeria Scena, Koszalin, PL
From Flags, Paint Bombs and Fixations, Motorenhalle, Dresden, DE
Artshow, Stary Browar, Galeria Słodownia, Poznań, PL
I Could Live in Africa, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, PL
Wood as Sculpture Material, Polish Sculpture Center, Orońsko, PL
Of age, Minor, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL
Neighbours, Centre for Contemporary Art Laznia, Gdańsk, PL
They Sleep for Them, Stereo Gallery, Poznań, PL
Coexistence, tembi Contemporary, Jakarta, ID
Electric Coffin, Koany w Elektrowni, Masovian Centre for Contemporary Art Elektrownia, Radom, PL
Tenacity, Salon Akademii, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, PL
2009
Der Katolische Faktor, Städtische Galerie, Leere Beutel, Regensburg, DE
Vogue, Centre for Contemporary Art Laznia, Gdańsk, PL
Travel Agency, Zona Sztuki Aktualnej, Łódź, PL
European Constitution. What makes Europe, 2nd Biennale Sektor Sztuki, Katowice, PL
Koany w Elektrowni, Masovian Centre for Contemporary Art Elektrownia, Radom, PL
2008
Festiwal Dialogu Czterech Kultur 09, C.D.N, Łódź, PL
International Festival for Visual Arts Sacrum Profanum, Apart From Good and Bad, Ducal Castle, Stettin, PL
Banana Republic. 80’s Expression, Książ Castle, Wałbrzych, PL / the National Museum in Stettin, PL / Galeria Wozownia, Toruń, PL
Skrzyżowania Przeciwko Rondom, Galeria Piekary, Poznan, PL / Municipal Art Gallery 13 Muz, Stettin, PL
Asteism in Poland. Humor and the Power of Judgment, Centre for Contemporary Art Laznia, Gdańsk, PL
Doping, Galeria Piekary, Poznań, PL
2007
Objecthood, Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Miami, US
Grażyna Kulczyk Collection, Stary Browar, Poznań, PL
17 Blinks of Spring, State Art Gallery, Sopot, PL
Saint Bernadette, Program Gallery, Warsaw, PL
Nachbarn. Deutsche Motive in Polnischer Gegenwartskunst, Kulturforum Altona, Hamburg, DE
Asteism, Humor and the Power of Judgment, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, PL
Asteism, Humor and the Power of Judgment, Program Gallery, Warsaw, PL
Artists of Galeria Nowy Wiek, Galeria Nowy Wiek, Zielona Góra, PL
Collection of Art of XX and XXI century, Museum of Art in Łódź, PL
Asteism, Humor and the Power of Judgment, BWA, Zielona Góra, PL
Museum in Gallery, Galeria Nowy Wiek, Zielona Góra, PL
Performance Festival, Kyev, UA
Inspection, Galeria Piekary, Poznań, PL
Near/Far, At, Poznań, PL
Empire of Senses, Artists from Intermedia Department at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań, PL
Stary Browar Gallery, Poznań, PL
Collection Exhibition at the Polish Sculpture Center in Orońsko, PL
2006
Killing Me Softly, Galeria Nowy Wiek at Lubuska Land Museum, Zielona Góra, PL
L.H.O.O.Q., Galeria Piekary, Poznań, PL
Collection at Zachęta Stettin, Galeria Sektor 1 at Upper Silesian Culture Centre, Katowice, PL
Museum - A Shining Object of Desire, Art Museum in Łódź, PL
2005
Neuropa, Inc., BWA, Wrocław, PL
Wartości Poznania, Galeria Szyperska, Poznań, PL
The Best Of, Propaganda Sztuki, Łódź, PL
Interventions, Galeria Teren Osobny, Janów Lubelski, PL
Killing Me Softly, Galeria Piekary, Poznań, PL
Blue Bread, Municipal Gallery, Wrocław, PL
Ausstellung Der Akademie Der Kunste Posen, Universität Der Kunste Berlin, DE
Neuropa, Inc., BWA, Legnica, PL
2004
Made In, Strasburg, FR
Born To Play, Gallery of Photography and New Media, Gorzów Wielkopolski, PL
Festiwal Sztuki Performance 8, Galeria Kont, Lublin, PL
Polska Noc Multimedialna, Municipal Gallery Arsenal, Poznań, PL
Euroart I Biennale Sztuki, Koszary Sztuki, Świnoujście, PL
Euroart, Retransmisja, The National Museum, Stettin, PL
Mediations II, International Biennale of Art in Łódź, PL
2003
Electric Coffin, Galeria Piekary, Poznań, PL
Napięcia CSW Inner Spaces, I Biennale Srodowisko Sztuki, Poznań, PL
Performance Festival, Aizu Art College, Aizu, JP
Mmac Festival, Tokyo, JP
L’histoire D’une Collection 1979-2003, Atelier 34zero Muzeum, Brussels, BE
Born To Play, Galeria At, Poznań, PL
Kunsthalle Faust, Hannover, DE
Private View, Galeria On, Poznań, PL
Ease of Things, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, PL
Krótka Historia Koło Klipsa, Galeria R, Poznań, PL
International Video-performance Festival Inport in Tallin, EE
2002
Polacos Capella De L’antic Hospital De La Belles Arts Barcelona, ES
Art Front/Water Front, New House Center for Contemporary Art, New York, US
Between Culture and Nature, BWA Gallery Bielska, Bielsko-Biała, PL
Czarno-Białe, Galeria At, Poznań, PL
Aporias, BWA, Zielona Góra, PL
Aporias, BWA, Jelenia Góra, PL
Cambio Constante 3 - Monasterio De Veruela, ES
Obrazy Naturalne, Galeria R, Poznań, PL
Trifolium, Klub Mózg, Bydgoszcz, PL
2001
Contemporary Art Days, BWA, Białystok, PL
International Environment Days, Eko, Poznań, PL
Irreligia Morphology of the Non-Sacred in Polish Art of 20th Century, PL
Atelier 34zero Muzeum, Brussels, BE
Mixing Realities, Municipal Gallery in Wrocław, PL
Konstrukcja w procesie, Klub Mózg, Bydgoszcz, PL
Informationen. Irritationen 8 Rohkunstbau, Schloss Groß Leuthen, DE
2000
Art Sound Project, Movie Concert — The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Stare Kino, Poznań, PL
Konstrukcja w procesie, Klub Mózg, Bydgoszcz, PL
European Performance and New Media Festival, Lublin, PL
Brussels Centrum 2000, Brussels, BE
Art Sound Project, BWA, Zielona Góra, PL
1999
Galeria At, Poznań, PL
Galeria Wschodnia, Łódź, PL
Galeria Gi, Zielona Góra, PL
Galeria R, Poznań, PL
Multi-media, Inner Spaces Festival, International Art Centre in Poznań, PL
Initiations, International Art Centre in Poznań, PL
30x30, Galeria At, Poznań, PL
1998
X Art Space, Athens, GR
1997
Galeria Pracownia Zastępcza, Poznań, PL
1996
Atelier 34zero Muzeum, Brussels, BE
X Art Space, Athens, GR
Acte De Naissance, Valenciennes, FR
Municipal Gallery Arsenal, Poznań, PL
Art & Aids, Halles St. Gery, Brussels, BE
Telles Facons, Arte Coppo Verviers, FR
1995
Recommendations, Municipal Gallery Arsenal, Poznań, PL
πr2, Cirque De Verietes, Liege, FR
1994
Galeria At, Poznań, PL
Kubus, Hannover, DE
Sensations and Conventions, Culture Centre, Athens, GR
1993
Pomeranian Duke’s Castle in Stettin, PL
Galeria Wieża Ciśnień, Konin, PL
Municipal Gallery Arsenal, Poznań, PL
1992
Galeria Chłodna, Suwałki, PL
1991
Rysunki, Galeria Obraz, Poznań, PL
IV Biennale of New Art, Zielona Góra, PL
1990
Galleries of the 1980s (as Koło Klipsa), CBWA, Warsaw, PL
1989
Contemporary Polish Drawing (as Koło Klipsa), John Hansard Gallery, UK
Galeria Promocyjna (as Koło Klipsa), Warsaw, PL
Galeria Wielka 19 (as Koło Klipsa), Poznań, PL
1988
Polish Realities - New Art from Poland (as Koło Klipsa), Third Eye Center, Glasgow, SCT
Freshly Painted (as Koło Klipsa), CBWA, Warsaw, PL
1987
Group-Art-Work (as Koło Klipsa), Documenta, Kassel, DE
II Biennale of New Art (as Koło Klipsa), Zielona Góra, PL
1986
Objects and Figures (as Koło Klipsa), BWA, Puławy, PL
Objects and Figures (as Koło Klipsa), BWA, Olsztyn, PL
Objects and Figures (as Koło Klipsa), BWA, Stettin, PL
Objects and Figures (as Koło Klipsa), BWA, Lublin, PL
Scenography for Theatre Festival (as Koło Klipsa), Contemporary Theatre, Wrocław, PL
Krzysztofory (as Koło Klipsa), Cracow, PL
Galeria Wielka 19 (as Koło Klipsa), Poznań, PL
1985
(as Koło Klipsa) BWA, Bydgoszcz, PL
(as Koło Klipsa) Galeria Wielka 19, Poznań, PL
(as Koło Klipsa) Foksal, Warsaw, PL
1984
I.V.XII. (as Koło Klipsa), Galeria Wielka 19, Poznań, PL
