Tomasz Kulka
Born in 1979 in Olkusz. Graduated from the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków (2004), where he received a PhD at the Faculty of Painting in 2019.
Winner of the Grand Prix First Prize of the 45th Bielska Jesień 2021 Painting Biennale and the Second Prize of the 44th Bielska Jesień 2019 Painting Biennale. He has held dozens of solo exhibitions and participated in dozens of group exhibitions at home and abroad. He was a two-time winner of the scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, and the art scholarship of the President of Wrocław. His works are included in institutional collections of the National Museum in Gdansk, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Wroclaw, Museum of Warsaw, and the Bielsko BWA Gallery, as well as numerous private collections.
Exhibitions
Selected solo exhibitions:
2024 Lodge, Propaganda Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2023 Fool’s Pyramid, Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko-Biała, Poland
2022 Mein Herz brennt, Steinek Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2021 Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, Propaganda Gallery (Warsaw Gallery Weekend), Warsaw, Poland
2020 The Triumph and Fall of My Lord's house, MOSART Municipal Art Centre, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland
2019 Idolatry (PhD exhibition), Spółdzielnia Ogniwo, Kraków, Poland
2018 Das Ding, Steinek Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2017 Heiliger Altar, Propaganda Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2013 My Name is Tomasz Kulka, I'm 34 Years Old and I Would Like to Sleep Through My Life, BWA SiC! Gallery, Wrocław, Poland
2012 Harvest Festival, Centre of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko, Poland
Selected group exhibitions:
2025 Terraforma, Van Rij Gallery, Ćmielów, Poland
2025 Nostalgia. Seekers of Fading Stars, MOCAK, Kraków, Poland
2024 Fools, Nguyen Wahed Gallery, New York, USA
2023 Smaller Worlds. Diorama in Contemporary Art, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
2022 Politics in Art, MOCAK, Kraków, Poland
2022 Boys, Boys, Boys, Municipal Art Centre, Bydgoszcz, Poland
2021 Loop project. M³ exhibition in an apartment in the KDM Housing Estate, Galeria SiC! BWA Wrocław, Poland
2020 Sick heart of the nation - outdoor installation / performative action as part of the Biennale of External Art OUT OF STH VI, Galeria SiC! BWA Wroclaw, Poland
2019 Only broken clocks show the exact time, Gdańsk Municipal Gallery, Gdańsk, Poland
2018 GALLERYINRESIDENCE1-PROPAGANDA, Art Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2017 Idolatry, Propaganda, Warsaw, Poland
2016 Wienerfestwochen, Vienna, Austria
2015 Kepzelt kozossegek, Magankepzetek / Imagined communicates personal emigrations, Budapest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2014 Mediations Biennale, Poznań, Poland
2014 Dis/connections, Kuad Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2013 Small is Big, Propaganda Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2012 Void, Małopolska Cultural Center Sokół, Nowy Sącz, Poland
2012 SCOPE Art Show, New York, USA
2012 Genre Scenes (with Jakub Ciężki), Propaganda Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
