Aleksandra Went
www.karska-went.info
aleksandrawent@go2.pl
Born in Gdańsk in Poland in 1976. Diploma of Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk in 2003. Lives and works in Gdańsk in Poland.
residencies
- Futura, Prague, Czech Republic 2009 (Visegrad Fund)
- Academie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany 2008 (Młoda Polska Scolarship)
- MapXXL Pepinieres Europeenes pour jeunes artistes, Stanica, Żilina, Slovakia 2006
prizes
- Sittcomm. Award (final competition) 2007,
- 3rd award, First Polish Edition of The One Minutes Festival, 2006
- Six-month Scholarship Granted by Minister of Culture and National Heritage, 2006
- 2nd award, 14th Film-Video Competition - 48th IFHP World Congress, Oslo, Norway, 2004
- Grand Prix, President of the Republic of Poland's Best Graduate Project Competition, 2003
solo exhibitions
2011
- Memory of Images, BWA Olsztyn, Poland
- Delay, Profile Fundation, Warsaw, Poland
2010
- Memorabilia, Galeria Sztuki Najnowszej, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland
- Minimal Corrections, BWA, Katowice, Poland
- Dialogue 4, (with Marina Steinacker, Susanne K. Willand), Gdańsk City Gallery, Poland
2009
- Forever, Gdansk Photo Gallery, Gdańsk, Poland
- Sumbles of time, Profile Fundation, Warsaw, Poland
- Two drops of water, (with Liav Mizrahi), Artistic House, Tel Aviv, Israel
2006
- Summer Gallery, Arsenał City Gallery, Poznań, Poland
2005
- There Are No Complete Things, Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art, Słupsk, Poland
- Sandboxes, Projekt_1, Gdańsk, Poland
- My-qu-iet ro-oms, Łaźnia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdańsk, Poland
- Space Commitments, Le Guern Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2004
- Nie pokoje, Królikarnia, Warsaw, Poland
2003
- Laboratory, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
group exhibitions
2011
- Looking into Neighbourship, uqbar, Berlin, Germany
- Please, step forward to the rear!, Apollonia, Strasbourg, France
- Performing architecture, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
- Solidaryty Camp, Wyspa Institute of Art, Gdańsk, Poland
- Urban Tales,Haffnera Street, Sopot, Poland
- Not in Place, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
2010
- Performing Memory, Astana Municipal Modern Art Museum, Astana, Kazakhstan
- Grass-mania, Former Department Store,Gdańsk, Poland
- 736km, Mobile Festival, Gdańsk-Praga, Poland-Czech Republic
- Bez tytułu, Profile Fundation, Warsaw, Poland
- The small improvisation, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany
- Fitting in Space, Zico House and 98weeks Project Space, Beirut, Lebanon
2009
- Hanukah, New Synagogue, Gdańsk, Poland 2009 - Residence 09, Futura, Prague, Czech Republic
- promise, practice, protocol, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany
- Over and Over Again, 1989-2009 - Centennial Hall, Wroclaw, Poland
2008
- Stay, stay, stay, Former Mineral Bathhouse, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Anxiety Syndrome, Transvizualia 008, PPNT Gallery, Gdynia, Poland
- Licht(h)aus, Lichthaus, Bremen, Germany
- Survival 6th - Young Art in Extreme Conditions Review , Wrocław, Poland
- Grannar, Karlskrona, Sweden
- Zdzisław Pidek. We remember, Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdańsk, Poland
2007
- Agorafolly Inside, La Centrale Electrique, Brussels, Belgium
- Agorafolly Outside, Europalia, Place de la Monnaine, Brussels, Belgium
- Model Ad Hoc, Wyspa Institute of Art, Gdańsk, Poland
- Trading Places: Back + Forth, Hotel Mariakapel, Hoorn, Holland
- Trading Places: Back + Forth, Nieuwe Vide, Harlem, Holland
- The Freshness Effect, Pocztowa Street, Racibórz, Poland
- Art-Space-City, Schwankhalle, Bremen, Germany
- From Poland, Kasia Kay Art Project Gallery, Chicago, Unitet States
- Reality Effect, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
2006
- In Poland, That Is Where?, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland 2006 - Hansepol, Altonale, Hamburg, Germany
- Correspondances, Hall des Chars, Strasbourg, France
2005
- Absolwent, Wyspa Institute of Arts, Gdańsk, Poland
- Wall To Be Destroyed, Frac Lorraine, Metz, France
- Egocentric, Immoral, Outmoded, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
- Poland Overview, as part of Prague Biennale 2, Prague, Czech Republic
- WRO 2005 XI International Media Art Biennale, Wrocław, Poland
- Impulse, Polnishe Institut, Dusseldorf, Germany
- E-Flux Video Rential, Kunst-Werke, Berlin, Germany
2004
- Made in - Foire d'art contemporain de Strasbourg St'art 2004, Strasbourg, France
- Public Spaces, Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdańsk, Poland
- Acquaintances from the Seaside, Aula Gallery, Poznań, Poland
- Proximum, El Gallery, Elbląg, Poland
- Fish Eye 3, Young Art Biennal, Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art, Słupsk, Poland
- Videomedeja. 8th International Video Festival, The Museum of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
2003
- WRO'03 Globaltica, 10th International Media Art Biennale, Wrocław, Poland
- Supermarket of Art IV - Global Attraction, DAP Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
- Proximum, PGS, Sopot, Poland
2002
- Mode, Wyspa Progress Fundation, Gdańsk, Poland