Łukasz Gronowski | Biography

Born 1979 in Gdansk, Poland. Lives and works in Warsaw, Poland.

EDUCATION

1999–2005	Arts Academy in Poznań, Poland \| Multimedia
2005	Master of Fine Arts at the Arts Academy in Poznań, Poland \| Intermedial Photography, student of K. J. Baranowski Member of the artists‘ group ikoon

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

2009	Young Creatives Design Award on KTR Festival, Poland
2006	Grant of the Ministery of Culture, Poland
2005	Director of the Galeria Ltd. Curator of Photography Biennale in Poznań
2004	Founder and co-organisator of the “Retransmisja - Videoart Festival” Founder of the artists‘ group Ikoon Collective
2002	Founder of Po-Za artist’s association

SELECTED SOLO SHOWS

2011	Surrender but Angry, Performance, PIRATE-CAMP 54th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy Collectiva Gallery, Cut[and]Out, Berlin, Germany
2008	Simple Stories & Simple Tasks, MAS Gallery, Multimedial Art Studio, Odzaci, Serbia Spark of Hopelessness, COLLECTIVA, Berlin, Germany
2007	[in]Tension, Galeria Piekary, Poznań, Poland
2006	Casting, Zachęta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki, Warsaw, Poland Casting do filmu artystycznego, action, Warsaw, Poland
2005	Polski utwór romantyczny, Galeria Fizek, Poznań, Poland Art [it] works, Galeria Ltd, Warsaw, Poland

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2010	Biennial of Young Artists, Bucharest, Romania Riff-Raff, “Art killed the video star”, Tel Aviv, Israel Artesantander 2010, Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos Santander, Spain 2nd Moscow International Biennale for Youg Art, Moscow, “_transit_, Moscow, Russia Chelsea Art Museum, “A Part of No-Part:Parallelisms Between Then and Now”, New York, United States
2009	École Supérieure des arts décoratifs De-ci de-là / media, Opening night l’Art contemporain la nuit”, Strasbourg, France Center for urban history of East Central Europe, “Week of contemporary art in Lviv”, Liv, Ukraine Cream Gallery, "Ringen”, Berlin, Germany BWA Awangarda Gallery„Terytorium - ciało. Terytorium jako performance”, International Media Art Biennale WRO 09, Wrocław, Poland Golden Thread Gallery, „Agent Absurd”, Everything Contemporary from Poland 2009!”, Belfast, Great Britain Collectiva Gallery, „Tings and Thoughts”, Berlin, Germany Videoformes, „Focus : carte blanche à WRO International Media Art Biennale”, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2008	Grannar/Sasiedzi (ikoon), Blekinge Museum, Blekinge, Sweden Relational Spaces, Stara Drukarnia (Ogrodowa), Warsaw, Poland Z Bronią (ikoon), Studio BWA, Wrocław, Poland I’m sitting, watching..., WRO Art Center, Wrocław, Poland Inne miasto, inne życie, Zachęta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki and public space, Warsaw, Poland Face lifting (ikoon), FKSE Fiatal Képzomuvészek Stúdiója, Budapest, Hungary Activity in the gallery field, Korczynski Gallery, Paris, France
2007	Young Art Festival Przeciąg, Zamek Książąt Pomorskich, Szczecin, Poland WRO ‘ 07 in Tour, Bunkier Sztuki,13.10.2007, Cracow; Galeria Scena, Kino Alternatywa, 21.11. 2007, Koszalin; BWA Zielona Góra 17.11.2007, Zielona Góra; Galeria KONT, 28.11.2007, Lublin; Galeria Bielska, 11.11. 2007, Bielsko-Biała; CSW Zamek Ujazdowski, 25-28.10.2007, Warsaw; CSW Łażnia, 21.10.2007 Gdansk, Poland; Goethe-Institut Montreal, 4.12.2007, Montreal Zurück nach vorn, Galeria Szyperska, Poznań, Poland; Galerie Neurotitan, Berlin, Germany Unde Imperium (ikoon), GS Rozwój, Warsaw, Poland EPAF 2007 (ikoon), Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej „Zamek Ujazdowski”, Warsaw, Poland Projekt Umpolen(ikoon) Freiraum, MuseumQuartiers, Vienna, Austria Moving Closer, CSW Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland Ikoon Art and more, S.P.E.R.M. Festival, Multimedia Festival, Prague, Czech Republic Asian attitude - European attitude, Directors Lounge Festival, Berlin, Germany
2006	Catodica International videoart festival, Trieste, Italy Patriotyzm jutra, Instytut Sztuki Wyspa, Gdansk, Poland Barwy klubowe, Galerie FAIT, Cracow, Poland Rzym-Cracovia, Container Gallery, Rome, Italy EPAF- International Festival of Performance, Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej, Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland Projekt - 2xP, Yours Gallery, Warsaw, Poland Videoprzestrzenie, Polish Institute Prague, Prague, Czech Republic 2nd PixelDance Videoart Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece Neue Wege – polonishe videokunst, K4 Galerie, Institut für Polnische Kultur, Saarbrücken, Germany 2nd Athens Video Art Festival, Athen, Greece The 2nd International Festival of Multimedia Art, „The Salt of Water, Museum of the World Ocean, Kaliningrad, Russia UND 1, Karlsruhe, Germany Krótka wystawa o miłości, czyli miłóść ci wszystko wybaczy, Galeria Dla, Toruń, Poland
2005	Noc Listopadowa, Fort Mokotów, Foundation Pro Helvetia, Galeria Czarna, Ikoon und Raster, Warsaw, Poland Polski utwór romantyczny, Galeria Fizek, Poznań, Poland Art [it] works, Galeria Ltd, Warsaw, Poland KONTAKT-KONTEXT, XIV Festiwal Inner Spaces, IF Muzeum Inner Spaces, Poznań, Poland Outvideo 2005, Yekaterinburg, Russia Art in the room (ikoon), Galerie Zero, Berlin, Germany Videoprzestrzenie 05, Galerie BWA Awangarda, Wroclaw, Poland Polen.edu, Universität Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
2004	Biennale Fotografii Remis, Galeria PIK, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland ESC , Retransmisja, Muzeum Artystów, Lodz, Poland Obraz kontrolny_1. Najnowsze wideo polskie, Bunkier Sztuki, Cracow, Poland Meeting Point Festival, Galeria Kronika, Bytom, Poland Polish Video Art Of the 90’s, Festival Tribu, Dijon, France

CATALOGUES

2010	Police the Police, Biennial of Young Artists catalogue, Bucharest, Romania
2009	Inne miasto, inne życie/another city, another life, Zachęta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki, Warszawa, Poland Agent Absurd, Golden Thread gallery, Belfast, Ireland
2008	Simpe Stories+Simple Tasks, /solo exhibition catalogue/ MAS Gallery, Odzaci, Serbia
2007	WRO’07, wrocenter AEM Videoscreenings, Galeria ProjektO.R., Poznań, Poland Od tyłu czyli na przód/ zuruck nach vorn, Berlin, Germany/Poznań, Poland
2006	Łukasz Gronowski – Casting, /solo exhibition catalogue/ Zachęta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki, Warszawa, Poland Barwy Klubowe, F.A.I.T. Gallery, Kraków, Poland Kontakt-Kontekst, Inner Spaces Gallery Polska Sztuka Video, Inner Spaces Gallery 2xP./Notes na sześć tygodni#28, Bęc Zmiana, Warszawa, Poland
2005	FA-ART, kwartalnik literacki 60-61, Kraków, Poland
2004	Meeting Point, Galeria Kronika, Bytom, Poland
2002	Salon Viola, Poznań, Poland Stara Drukarnia, Stowarzyszenie PO-ZA, Poznań, Poland