Born in 1981 in Białystok, Poland. Her sculptural installations take the form of modular, flexible, mobile, and reconfigurable display systems that combine a raw and modest functionalism with formal logics found in the natural world, scientific experimentation, and graphs and diagrams — figures of thought and charts of relation that systematize knowledge and data and abstractly describe the interaction of phenomena. The artist gets inspiration for her work from the atomism of classical Greek philosophy and from the reality-explanations of 20th-century quantum physics and chaos-theory. Her statues and object-assemblages that may be combined into installations are generated into systems filled with energy, formed from hardly identifiable organic and inorganic materials. She lives and works in Kolonia Koplany, Poland.
Iza Tarasewicz, Shelterhands, 2023, brass, paint, 61 x 23 x 26 cm
Iza Tarasewicz, Shelterhands, 2023, brass, paint, 61 x 23 x 26 cm
Iza Tarasewicz, Once Information Has Passed Into Protein, 2019, steel wire, brass, copper, ca. 70 x 70 x 150 cm
Iza Tarasewicz, Once Information Has Passed Into Protein, 2019, steel wire, brass, copper, ca. 70 x 70 x 150 cm
Iza Tarasewicz, Vortex, 2021, oxidized steel, 145 x 130 x 130 cm
Iza Tarasewicz, Vortex, 2021, oxidized steel, 145 x 130 x 130 cm
Iza Tarasewicz, The Union, 2021, copper, 110 x 110 x 6 cm
Iza Tarasewicz, The Union, 2021, copper, 110 x 110 x 6 cm
Iza Tarasewicz, Chain II, 2021, copper, grass, 75 x 40 x 40 cm
Iza Tarasewicz, Chain II, 2021, copper, grass, 75 x 40 x 40 cm
Iza Tarasewicz, Halt the Cyclone 5, 2016, steel, concrete, pigments, hemp fibre, ash, 119 x 111 x 111 cm
Iza Tarasewicz, Halt the Cyclone 5, 2016, steel, concrete, pigments, hemp fibre, ash, 119 x 111 x 111 cm
Iza Tarasewicz, The Means, The Milieu, 2014/2021, steel, hemp fibre, ochre, caoutchouc, Reishi mushrooms (Ganoderma lucidium), Arsenał Gallery, Białystok, Poland, photo: Maciej Zaniewski
Iza Tarasewicz, The Means, The Milieu, 2014/2021, steel, hemp fibre, ochre, caoutchouc, Reishi mushrooms (Ganoderma lucidium), Arsenał Gallery, Białystok, Poland, photo: Maciej Zaniewski
Iza Tarasewicz, Variables, 2020, window compositions, steel, brass, Państwowa Galeria Sztuki, exhibition view, photo: Tomasz Maryks, courtesy of Państwowa Galeria Sztuki Sopot
Iza Tarasewicz, Variables, 2020, window compositions, steel, brass, Państwowa Galeria Sztuki, exhibition view, photo: Tomasz Maryks, courtesy of Państwowa Galeria Sztuki Sopot
Once Information Has Passed Into Protein (from Art Collection Telekom), 2017, Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Germany, photo: Punctum / Alexander Schmidt
Once Information Has Passed Into Protein (from Art Collection Telekom), 2017, Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Germany, photo: Punctum / Alexander Schmidt
Iza Tarasewicz, The Rumble of a Tireless Land, 2022, Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland, exhibition view
Iza Tarasewicz, The Rumble of a Tireless Land, 2022, Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland, exhibition view
Iza Tarasewicz, The Rumble of a Tireless Land, 2022, Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland, exhibition view
Iza Tarasewicz, The Rumble of a Tireless Land, 2022, Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland, exhibition view
Iza Tarasewicz, The Rumble of a Tireless Land, 2022, Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland, exhibition view
Iza Tarasewicz, The Rumble of a Tireless Land, 2022, Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland, exhibition view
Iza Tarasewicz, The Rumble of a Tireless Land, 2022, Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland, exhibition view
Iza Tarasewicz, The Rumble of a Tireless Land, 2022, Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland, exhibition view
Iza Tarasewicz, 40th EVA International, 2023, exhibition view, photo: Jed Niezgoda
Iza Tarasewicz, 40th EVA International, 2023, exhibition view, photo: Jed Niezgoda
Iza Tarasewicz, 40th EVA International, 2023, exhibition view, photo: Jed Niezgoda
Iza Tarasewicz, 40th EVA International, 2023, exhibition view, photo: Jed Niezgoda
Zuza Golińska and Iza Tarasewicz, Them!, 2023, Center of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko, exhibition view. Photo: Błażej Pindor
Zuza Golińska and Iza Tarasewicz, Them!, 2023, Center of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko, exhibition view. Photo: Błażej Pindor
Zuza Golińska and Iza Tarasewicz, Them!, 2023, Center of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko, exhibition view. Photo: Błażej Pindor
Zuza Golińska and Iza Tarasewicz, Them!, 2023, Center of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko, exhibition view. Photo: Błażej Pindor
Iza Tarasewicz, Flowing in Waves Towards Equilibrium, 2020, aluminum, steel wires, site specific installation at Zachęta – National Gallery in Warsaw, Poland, photo: Daniel Rumiancew
Iza Tarasewicz, Flowing in Waves Towards Equilibrium, 2020, aluminum, steel wires, site specific installation at Zachęta – National Gallery in Warsaw, Poland, photo: Daniel Rumiancew
Solo exhibitions:
2024
Eternal Machine, Gunia Nowik Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
It is stable? Yes. It is unstable? Yes, again. Unstable? Yes, again., Common Arts Foundation, Warsaw, Poland
Illusions of Omnipotence: Architecture and Daily Life under German Occupation, ZAMEK Culture Centre in Poznań, Poland (upcoming)
New Darkness, Galeria SKALA, Poznań, Poland
Them (with Zuza Golińska), Galeria EL, Elbląg, Poland
2023
Stories of Lasting (with Agata Bogacka), Gunia Nowik Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Them (with Zuza Golińska), The Centre of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko, Poland
2022
The Rumble of a Tireless Land, Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland
Exhibition is accompanied by a movement-based work The Rumble by Polish dancer and choreographer Pawel Sakowicz. Responding to the forms and rhythms of the exhibition, the performance invokes a contemporary language for Mazurka (a Polish folk dance) and its traditional cyclical revolutions; exploring acentric vocals and footwork that figuratively represent machines running out of control. Performed by Aniela Piasecka, Hayleigh Smillie, and Daniel Navarro Lorenzo. Sound mix by Gediminas Rimeika.
2021
Battling with Malevolent Forces (with Alice Creischer), Signal – Center för samtidskonst, Malmö, Sweden
Signal Flow, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, Austria
Full Circle Ahead!, Gunia Nowik Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
The Means, The Milieu, Arsenal Gallery, Białystok, Poland
2020
Disturbances and Multiplicities, PGS Sopot, Poland
Variables, Loggia, Munich, Germany
Што там за шэпты? / What Whispers are These?, Galeria Krynki, Poland
Once Information Has Passed Into Protein, Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Germany
2018
Equilibrium in Meteors, Galerija Gregor Podnar, Berlin, Germany
In myriads things cry out, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, Austria
2016
Ultra High Turba Turbo III, MeetFactory, Prague, Czech Republic
Turbulence Soon Appears, Trapez Galeria, Budapest, Hungary
2015
Loop de Loop, Bikini, Lyon, France
The Smallest Uninteresting Number, Centre For Creative Activities, Ustka, Poland
Sorry for all the ups and downs, SYNTAX, Lisbon, Portugal
Reverse Logistics, BWA Warszawa, Warsaw, Poland
2014
Fungal Follies, mushroom puppet show-performance, Objectif Exhibitions, Antwerp, The Netherlands
By the apparent impossibility of arranging signs, Arsenał Gallery, Białystok, Poland
The Means, the Milieu, Objectif Exhibitions, Antwerp, The Netherlands
Collaborating Objects Radiating Environments, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
The Strange Attractors, Polnisches Institut Berlin, Germany
2013
Clinamen, Królikarnia, Warsaw, Poland
2011
The Creature, ARTISTERIUM – International Contemporary Art Exhibition and Art Event, Tbilisi, Georgia
Frame, Galeria Labirynt, Lublin, Poland
Oneness, Platan Galleria, Budapest, Hungary
2010
Moult, Galeria Stereo, Poznań Connection, BWA Zielona Góra, Poland
2009
Nugget, Arsenal Gallery, Białystok, Poland
2008
Breadwinner, Galeria Starter, Poznań Browar; Arsenał Gallery, Białystok, Poland
Brawn, Arsenał Gallery, Białystok, Poland
2007
Hand Made, Galeria Pies, Poznań, Poland
Selected group exhibitions:
2024
Illusions of Omnipotence: Architecture and Daily Life under German Occupation, ZAMEK Culture Center, Poznań, Poland
DE/CODING TEXTILE. Contemporary Art Reflecting Textile Traditions, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
Hallen 05 – Kunstfestival, Wilhelm Hallen, Berlin, Germany
Dance, Dance, Revolution, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Germany
Basel Social Club, Basel, Switzerland
Tears of Joy, Zachęta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
Adjacency, Rondo Sztuki, Katowice, Poland
Butterfly Resistance: Haiti, Galeria Studio, Warsaw, Poland
Refuge, Sapieha Palace, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
2023
Contemporary Myths and Artifacts, Coulisse Gallery, Torsgatan 22, Stockholm, Sweden
40th EVA International – Ireland’s Biennale of Contemporary Art, Limerick, Ireland
Fiddlesticks, Arsenał Gallery Power Station, Białystok, Poland
Don't Dream Dreams. A Selection from the Art Collection Telekom and Two Commissioned Works, Moderna galerija, MG+ Ljubljana, Slovenia
Wonderful Line. A sentimental Flight, UFO Art Gallery, Kraków, Poland
Baltic Horizons – The final exhibition of the 1st edition of the Baltic Horizons competition, PGS Sopot, Poland
In the Beginning was the Deed!, Kaunas Artists’ House, Kaunas, Lithuania
New Spirituality, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, Latvia
A-Kumulacje 2023, Kaliskie Biennale Sztuki, Kalisz, Poland
2022
Kinds of Love, Gunia Nowik Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Wróblewski and after...Art of Direct Realism, National Museum in Lublin, Poland
The Gallery is a Chicken Coop Artists are Hens and Art is a Chicken Eggs, Arsenał Gallery, Białystok, Poland
The Curse of Minerva, Ciaccia Levi, Paris, France
The World Does Not Believe in Tears: Longing and Trauma in the Art of Białystok and Podlasie, Arsenał Gallery, Białystok, Poland
2021
Sculpture in Search of a Place, Zachęta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
In the Beginning was the Deed!, Arsenał Gallery, Białystok, Poland
2020
Cherries, Arsenał Gallery, Białystok, Poland
Bayerische Kunstförderpreise 2019 – Bildende Kunst, Galerie der Künstler of the BBK Munich and Upper Bavaria (with Cana Bilir-Meier, Jonas Tröger, Sebastian Tröger and Akexi Tsioris), Germany
Keeping the Balance – Works from Art Collection Telekom, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Eine Schwalbe Macht noch keinen Sommer, Kunsthaus Dresden, Germany
2019
What Are We Made Of?, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Germany
Be Fragile! Be Brave!, Pori Art Museum, Finland
2018
With the air too heavy to breathe, Galeria Athena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Naturomorphic, City Garden Jazdów, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw; Zachęta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
Waiting for Another Coming, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
Amplifying Nature, Polish Pavilion at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice
Beyond the river: Female artists in dialogue with the Muskauer Park at Albertinum, SKD Museum, Dresden, Germany
I am the Mouth. Works from Central and Eastern European Artists from Art Collection Telekom, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
2017
Half-Truth. Works by Central and Eastern European Contemporary Artists from Art Collection Telekom, Królikarnia, Warsaw, Poland
Opening, Iza Tarasewicz, Laura Hinrichsmeyer, Jonathan Penca, Yutie Lee, Loggia Gallery, Munich, Germany
Olga Balema, Marlie Mul and Iza Tarasewicz, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, Austria
It is as you think it is, Arsenal Gallery, Białystok, Poland; The Brno House of Arts, Brno, Czech Republic
Mushrooms on the Ruins, Nogueras Blanchard, Madrid, Spain
Anu Poder. Be fragile! Be brave!, KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
Solstices, BWA Katowice, Poland
2016
32nd Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil
11th Gwangju Biennale, South Korea
5th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Russia
Common Affairs. Revisiting the Views Award – Contemporary Art from Poland, Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany
A Thousand Horsepower, Can Trinxet Factory, Barcelona, Spain
La Memoria Finalmente. Arte in Polonia: 1989-2016, Galleria Civica di Modena, Italy
Contemporary Art from Poland, European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
Unfolding Constellations, Centre of Contemporary Art, Toruń, Poland
Five Pieces on a Background, Izolyatsia Platform for Cultural Initiatives, Kiev, Ukraine
2015
Zbigniew Libera: It's Not My Fault That This Sculpture Rubbed Against Me, Królikarnia, Warsaw, Poland
kurz / dust / غبار, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
Gardens, Zachęta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
Common Sets, Arsenal Gallery, Białystok, Poland
Procedures for the head. Polish Art Today, Kunsthalle Bratislava, Slovakia
Forecast, International Platform for Pioneering Ideas, first edition, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
2014
On Generation and Corruption, BWA Katowice, Poland
As You Can See: Polish Art Today, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland
People are Strange, BWA Olsztyn, Poland
2013
Epidemic, Centre of Contemporary Art, Toruń, Poland
Point without I, Arsenał Gallery, Białystok, Poland
Tools for Catching One's Balance (with Janek Simon), Municipal Gallery Arsenał, Poznań, Poland
Ask for something that doesn't exist (with Ana Roldan), Galeria Labirynt, Lublin, Poland
2012
Longing, Galeria Labirynt, Lublin, Poland
Scontrum. Evolutions, Królikarnia, Warsaw, Poland
Es ist Zeit für Turnschuhe! / It's time for sneakers!, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, Germany
The Museum Problem, Frutta Gallery, Rome
Will Be Fine, Galeria Stereo, Poznań, Poland
2011
It's OK with fingers, Galerie J, Geneva, Switzerland
At Ease, It Just Crashes, Galeria Spokojna, Warsaw, Poland
Revolving Dysfunction, Europe House, Tbilisi, Georgia
Fest I Nova, Art-Villa Garikula, Khaspi, Georgia
Open City, Festival of Art in Public Spaces, Lublin, Poland
MIR, Arsenał Gallery, Białystok, Poland
Everything, Galeria Kolonie, Warsaw, Poland
Transylvania 2, Municipal Gallery Arsenał, Poznań, Poland
2010
Transylvania 1, BWA Zielona Góra, Poland
Is Your Mind Full Of Good, Dom Pracy Twórczej Wigry, Poland
2009
Elms threads bushes (with Magda Starska), Galeria Stereo, Poznań, Poland
Difference Beyond Difference, Stary Browar, Poznań, Poland
2008
Establishment (and its Discontents), Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
Bodies Adream, Municipal Gallery Arsenał, Poznań, Poland
2007
Here a Change Occurs, Kordegarda, Warsaw, Poland
Prizes:
Bayerische Kunstförderpreise / Bildende Kunst 2019, Munich, Germany
Views 2015 – Deutsche Bank Award, Zachęta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
Selected collections:
Zachęta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw; National Museum in Warsaw; Arsenał Gallery, Białystok; Zachęta Podlaska, Białystok; Art Collection Telekom, Bonn; Kaviar Fabrik, Lofoten; The ING Polish Art Foundation; Museum Jerke, Recklinghausen
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