| born 1984 in Gliwice, lives and works in London and Silesia. |
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| EDUCATION | |
| 2008 - 2010 | Master of Arts, Fine Art (Photography), Royal College of Art, London |
| 2007 - 2008 | BA (HONS) Photography, Nottingham Trent University (Scholarship from Erasmus Programme) |
| 2003 - 2008 | Master of Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Poznan, Poland |
| SOLO SHOWS | |
| 2017 | Shtamah, Copperfield, London |
| Shtamah, Wrocław Contemporary Museum, Wrocław | |
| Satis, The Ryder, London | |
| 2015 | Minimum, Necessary, Objectively Reasonable, BWA Warszawa, Warsaw |
| 2013 | Warm Leatherette, BWA Warszawa, Warsaw |
| 2012 | Plague: Description, BWA Warszawa at Winter Salon, Warsaw |
| Vk, Czytelnia Sztuki, Museum in Gliwice | |
| 2011 | ORANƵ, Ende Neu in Biala Gallery, Lublin |
| SUCHE, Arsenal Gallery, Poznan | |
| GROUP SHOWS (selection) | |
| 2018 |
Waiting for Another Coming, Centre of Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle Artistry, Art Collection of Orońsko, Centre of Polish Sculpture in Oronsko Waiting for Another Coming, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius Stand-off, BWA Contemporary Art Gallery, Katowice British Summer Time, Copperfield, London The State is Not a Work of Art, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn Ideal-Types, HE.RO Gallery, Amsterdam Artistry. 100 Years of Polish Sculpture, Art Museum Bourse, National Museum, Riga Beyond the River, Albertinum Dresden at Neues Schloss und Park, Bad Muskau |
| 2017 |
Swags & Threats, Trafo, Szczecin, 7th December - 28th January White Memory – 1989/2018 Art in Malta and Poland, St James Cavalier, Valletta Views 2017, Deutsche Bank Foundation Award, exhibition of nominated artists, Zachęta National Gallery, Warsaw Let's go. Yes, let's go. (They do not move), site-specific commission for Bold Tendencies, London We have the weights, we have the measures, Copperfield, London The Dynamics of Decline, BWA Warszawa, Warsaw |
| 2016 |
After the Rally, Studio Gallery, Warsaw Money to Burn, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw The Touch, Centre of Polish Sculpture in Oronsko at BWA Kielce Members' Show selected by Lynda Morris and Chris Rawcliff, Outpost, Norwich Rozproszone Widownie, Galeria Art Stations, Stary Browar, Poznań Labour Relations, Wrocław Contemporary Museum, Wrocław Memory At Last. Art in Poland: 1989-2016, Galleria civica di Modena, Palazzina dei Giardini, Modena The Silence of Sounds, Wrocław Contemporary Museum, Wrocław Contemporary Art from Poland, European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Mein Art at first sight, FWD: gallery, Poznan |
| 2015 |
Myth - Europe House Georgia and Center for Contemporary Art Tbilisi, Georgia Love Me Tender - BWA, Gorzów Wielkopolski Crisis is Just a Beginning - SIC! BWA Wroclaw, Wroclaw State of Life. Polish Contemporary Art within a Global Circumstance at National Art Museum of China, Beijing Prohibited Acts, SURVIVAL 13. Art Review, Wrocław Procedures for the head. Polish Art Today, Kunsthalle Bratislava, Slovakia |
| 2014 |
Diabły, Ende Neu, Galeria Biała, Centre for Culture, Lublin People Are Strange, BWA, Olsztyn Mediations Biennale, CK Zamek, Poznań Wracając do Źródeł, Galeria Arsenał, Poznań Czech Pope, Małopolski Ogród Sztuki, Kraków As You Can See. Polish Art Today, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw On Generation and Corruption, BWA Contemporary Art Gallery in Katowice Czech Pope, Meet Factory, Prague |
| 2013 |
What Can Be Described Can Also Take Place, Botkyrka Konsthall, Stockholm Epidemic, Centre of Contemporary Art in Torun The Handy Ones, Arsenal Gallery, Poznań Withered, Kisterem Gallery, Budapest Warsaw: The Day After..., Galerija Vartai, Vilnius |
| 2012 |
Alphaville, Griffin Art Space and BWA Warszawa, Warsaw The Impossible Heap, Galerie8, London Aaakupunktura, Kordegarda, Warsaw Arbeitsdisziplin, Arsenal Gallery, Poznan |
| 2011 |
Anti-Library, [ S P A C E ] , London The Institute of Mental Health is Burning, Newport Museum and Art Gallery, Newport Guerrillas, Arsenal Gallery, Poznan MIR, Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok |
| 2010 | SHOW One, Royal College of Art, London |
| 2009 |
EASTinternational, Norwich The Voies Off Festival, Arles, France I Like All These Pictures, , Starter Gallery, Poznan |
| TALKS (selection) | |
| 2013 | David Roberts Art Foundation, London Warm Leatherette and the Aesthetics of Crash Culture. Ewa Axelrad in conversation with Huw Hallam and Eszter Steierhoffer Kordegarda, Warsaw 10 x Inaczej, Ewa Axelrad in conversation with Iwo Zmyślony, moderated by Jakub Śwircz |
| AWARDS, GRANTS, RESIDENCIES | |
| 2018 | Launch Pad LaB Residency, France |
| 2017 |
nomination for Views 2017 Deutsche Bank Foundation Award nomination for Paszporty Polityki 2017 Award |
| 2013 | LOCIS residency at Botkyrka Konsthall, Stockholm |
| 2010 | Conran Award nomination |
| 2009 |
Art Council Grant (EASTinternational) Bursary , Royal College of Art Mloda Polska, Art Award Godowsky Award, nomination |
| 2008 | Bursary , Royal College of Art |
| 2007 | Erasmus Scholarship |
| PUBLICATIONS | |
| 2018 |
The State is Not a Work of Art texts by Katerina Gregos, Mark A. Jubulis, Ivar Sakk, Anthony D. Smith, Jonas Staal and Marek Tamm Published by Lugemik & Tallinn Art Hall ISBN 978-9949-9934-9-9 |
| 2016 |
On the Path of Knowledge. The phenomenon od Poznan School Published by University of Arts Poznan ISBN 9788365578150 |
| 2016 |
La Memoria Finalmente. Arte in Polonia 1989-2016 texts by Marinella Paderni, Andrzej Leder and Joanka Zielińska Published by Silvana Editoriale, 2016 |
| 2014 |
On Generation and Corruption texts by Marek Kuś, Marta Lisok, Jan Trzupek, Michal Kolecek, Wojciech Bednarz Published by BWA Contemporary Art Gallery, Katowice 2014 ISBN 978-83-88254-76-5 |
| 2013 |
Warm Leatherette texts by Huw Hallam and Tomasz Plata Published by Muzeum in Gliwice ISBN 978-83-89856-54-8 |
| 2012 |
Aaakupunktura texts by Mirosław Bałka and Anna Miczko Published by Kordegarda, 2012 |
| 2011 |
Towards a Creative city. Art in Poznan 1986-2011 chapter by Witold Kanicki A Return to Reality. On Poznań Photography of the 21st c. Published by Galeria Miejska Arsenał, Poznan 2011 ISBN 978-83-61886-31-0 |
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GUERRILLAS
texts by Anna Czaban, Jacek Staniszewski and Dawid Wiener Published by Galeria Miejska Arsenal, 2011 ISBN 978-83-61886-26-6 |
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MIR texts by Zuzanna Hadrys and Michal Lasota Published by Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok, 2011 ISBN 978-83-89778-22-2 |
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| 2010 |
PICKING UP, BOUNCING BACK texts by Jean-Luc Nancy, Alexander Duttmann and Olivier Richon Published by The Royal College of Art 2010 ISBN 978 1 907342 07 3 |
| 2009 |
EAST book texts: Art&Language, Lynda Morris Published by Artists and Authors 2009 ISBN 1 872482 90 2 |
| 2008 |
ŚLĄSK ACTIVE – texts by Agata Smalcerz, Roman Lewandowski, Marta Lisok, Łukasz Karkoszka, Małgorzata Tkacz-Janik, Adrian Chorębała Published in 2008 by BWA Contemporary Art Gallery in Katowice ISBN 978-83-88254-52 9 |
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ROUND TABLE, Catalogue of The International Photography Festival Federation Summit, Published in 2008 ISBN 978 7 5059 6048 0 |
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MADE IN CHINA text by Thomas Kellner ISBN 978 83 60794 60 9 |
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| LATENT TALENT texts by Alvaro de los Angeles, Marta Daho and Tanit Plana Published by Abril 2008 ISBN 978 8439377252 DL.B-20.420-2008 |
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| FACTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY text by Marek Domanski Published by Patio 2008 ISBN 978 83 7405 276 4 |
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| 2007 |
VISUAL GAMES text by Lukasz Dziedzic and Joanna Rzepka Published by Galeria Szara 2007 ISBN 83 923036 2 8 |
| PRESS | |
| o.pl - Shtamah at Wroclaw Contemporary reviewed by Daria Skok (PL) | |
| Artforum Critic's Picks - We have the weights, we have the measures at Copperfield reviewed by Duncan Wooldridge | |
| This Is Tomorrow - We have the weights, we have the measures at Copperfield reviewed by Rafael Barber | |
| Art Review - Satis at The Ryder reviewed by Fi Churchman | |
| This Is Tomorrow - Satis at The Ryder reviewed by Joseph Constable | |
| Szum - 08/2013, Autonomous Space. Conversation with Ewa Axelrad | |
| Contemporary Lynx - Contemporary Lynx in Conversation with Ewa Axelrad | |
| Notes - no 82, interview Magda Roszkowska / Ewa Axelrad Na Haju Czujności | |
| Nowiny Gliwickie - no 48 (2851), interview Maga Sokalska / Ewa Axelrad W pędzie | |
| Obieg - review of the show Arbeitsdisziplin, text Przedmiot Znaleziony, przedmiot porzucony, duch zagubiony by Mateusz Maria Bieczyński | |
| E-Splot - review of the show ORANƵ, text Spatial Agent by Aneta Kopczacka | |
| Bilart - review of the show ORANƵ, text Zanurzeni w błękicie, utopieni w pomarańczu by Marta Wysocka | |
| Czas Kultury - no 1 (159) 2011, review of the show Guerrillas, text Płody Zła | |
| Arteon - no 6 (134) June 2011, review of the show Kłusownicy, textZła Sztuka by Sabina Czajkowska | |
| Art Monthly - no 09 (328) July-September 2009, review of show EASTinternational, by Martin Herbert | |
| Exit - no 1 (73) January-March 2008, review of the show Gry Wizualne, text Uwodzenia gry wizualne by Stanisław Ruksza | |