Agnieszka Gawędzka
born 1982 in Gdynia
Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. Diploma with honours, prof. Jerzy Krechowicz’s studio of graphic design. Intermedia specialization, prof. Witold Czerwonka’s studio (2008).
Individual exhibitions:
2010 – Cargotopia Festival, Porto, Portugal
2009 – No Need to Return.., Winda Club, Gdańsk, Poland
2008 – Nobody / Nothing / Nowhere, ASP Gdańsk, Poland
2006 – Love Inspires Revolution, Klosz.Art Gallery, Gdańsk, Poland
Collective exhibitions (selected):
2009 – Inside, CWRDW Tczew , Poland
2007 – Warsaw Biennale of Media Art, ASP Warsaw, Poland
Awards:
2005/2006 and 2006/2007 – Minister of Culture Grant
2007 – Creative Valley TVP competition, distinction in the Multimedia Category for the film £6.35 per hour
installation: Work Enriches, 2009-2011
video: We Don’t Need Individualists Here..., 2011
All ups and downs of work under different names in a place aspiring to be the temple of art, for money befitting the sense of mission I should feel, with people who see the black-and-white world...
Agnieszka Gawędzka writes a medical case study. The colourful paints, the linoleum stencils, the video projections, the leftover objects, the found photographs – all seem to originate from some poisoned source. Or nail-picked from under irritated skin. This is what she writes about her own illness: “Women’s self-destruction is peculiar, it focuses on bodily functions and blood-spilling. What is dormant, hidden, spoilt – gets to the surface. My own reflection has demolished me. I’m consistent in damaging it, struggling with the peeling epidermis, nails and falling hair, the hair I don’t accept, some alien bodies under the skin, organs stuffed inside, potential cell degeneration.” She also portrays her housing estate: “The council houses (...) mean different childhood games, played in large groups. After all, I’m from the baby-boom generation, responsible for the kindergarten epidemics of tonsillitis, smallpox and pinworms. The estate means unpredictable, cramped neighbours who scare the hell out of you, occasionally leaving you with a life-long trauma. It’s anger which has to be dealt with somehow and located somewhere.” In the artist’s works, the external and internal world – both physiological and emotional – is fragmented into aesthetic pieces and then reassembled to form new units. The merge points, the seams, are very distinct, becoming frames for new constructions. Disillusioned as she is, the artist still seems to enjoy the game she plays with the construction of the illness. She admits: “It’s true, I often delude myself.”
Bogna Burska
Installtation prepared for the Geppert Competition relates to the place of everyday work as graphic designer in art institution.
Installation: “Work Enriches”, 2009-2011
Video: “We Don’t Need Individualists Here...”, 2011
„All ups and downs of work under different names in a place aspiring to be the temple of art, for money befitting the sense of mission I should feel, with people who see the black-and-white world...”
Agnieszka Gawędzka
Work Enriches, objects, installation, 2011
Agnieszka Gawędzka, We Don’t Need Individualists Here..., video, 2 min. 54 s., 2011
Agnieszka Gawędzka, We Don’t Need Individualists Here..., video, 2 min. 54 s., 2011
