Roman Stańczak

Roman Stańczak studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in the renowned studio of Grzegorz Kowalski. In the 1990s, he gained recognition for his technique of “turning objects inside out.” After a break from artistic activity, he returned to creative work in 2013. In 2019, he represented Poland at the Venice Biennale with the sculpture Flight. He lives and works in Warsaw. His works are included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, the Museum of Art in Łódź, and the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw.

Selected solo exhibitions:

2016
“I Have Never Seen And Will Never See”, Galeria Stereo, Warsaw, PL
2015
Frieze Art Fair, London, UK
2014
“One Among a Bilion”, Galeria Stereo, Warsaw, PL
1997
“Erkannte Obiekte”, Galeria Prowincjonalna, Słubice, PL
1996
“63 Kilograms”, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PL
1994
“Mixqic. Threads of Everyday Life”, PGS Sopot, PL
“Arithmetic of Platonic Love”, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PL

Selected group exhibitions:
2018
“Black Mirror: Art as Social Satire”, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
“The State We Are In. Collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw”, Galeria
Labirynt, Lublin, PL
“The Ratcatcher”, MWW Wrocław Contemporary Muzeum, Wrocław, PL
CONDO, The Sunday Painter, London, UK
2017
“Beyond The Pleasure Principle. Affective Operations”, Zachęta National Gallery of Art,
Warsaw, PL
2016
“Love Performance”, Galeria Labirynt, Lublin, PL
2015
“Alive For An Instant”, Galeria Stereo, Warsaw, PL
“Feet, 4 Walls & Head”, Bureau, New York, USA
2013
“In the Heart of the Country”, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, PL
“British British Polish Polish”, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PL
Bródno Sculpture Park, Chapter V, Warsaw, PL
“Things in Common”, Art Stations Gallery, Poznań, PL
2010
“Things Evoke Feelings. Selected Narrations from the Collection of the Centre for
Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle”, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw

2005
“At the Very Center of Attention”, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw
1999
“Generations”, Maneż & Puszkińska 10 Gallery, Sankt Petersburg, RU
“Emotion Transformer in Polish Art of 90’s”, Budapest Galeria, Budapest, H
1997
“Collection 3”, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PL
1996
“New Is For New Years”, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, GER
“Zbigniew Libera, Mariola Przyjemska & Roman Stańczak (Warsaw et at)”, Škuc Gallery,
Ljubljana, SL
1992
“Mystical Perseveration and a Rose”, PGS Sopot, PL