Agata Zwierzyñska BIO born 1972 in Warsaw + lives in Amsterdam

education
2000-01  Goldsmiths College (London, UK) - MA in Fine Arts

1992-96  Gerrit Rietveld Academy (Amsterdam, NL) - BA in Graphic Design

exhibitions (selection)

2023  MUTOSCOPE @ Bodytalk – Salon Sittard-Geleen, Amsterdam
2023  BYOB @ ENTER_ENTER – book JOYCE’S ELEPHANTS
2023  GLAMCULT_STORE – retrospective artist’s book showcase
2023  WIHH Gallery – solo photo-installation LINGERIE QUEEN
2023  BINNENsteBUITEN - WG Kunst, Amsterdam

2022  KITTY SALON CARE in-progress – CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam

2022  Natalja UP-CLOSE installation+video+book - Galerie deSchans, A'dam

2022  W139 – retrospective book showcase, including THE MUTOSCOPE

2020  TEST PRESS – 20 Years of Student Publications, Amsterdam

2020  RCA SECRET, Royal College of Art, London – yearly starting 2002

2009  200 Jaar Prix de Rome, Kunsthal, Rotterdam

2009  DeBALIE – Clinicville & Het Vijfde Seizoen – group show

2007  HOTEL GRIDIRON, Netwerk, Aalst, Belgium

2007  Artis, Den Bosch – SOLO show

2007  Lloyd Hotel, Amsterdam

2005  PRINTING MATTERS, Witte de With, Rotterdam

2005  Pictura, Dordrecht – SOLO show

2005  Het Vijfde Seizoen, Den Dolder – SOLO show

2003  Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

2003  EXHIBIT 001, Nth Art, Ols &Co Gallery, London

2023  DAD. THE FINAL SEASON artist’s book, metallic silkscreen print @AGA_LAB (20 copies, 16 pgs, 15x22cm)
2022  JOYCE’S ELEPHANTS – book/illustrations inspired by elephant scientist Joyce Pool

2022  MUTOSCOPE – XL flipbook/sculpture – part of CAC Maybe That’s All There Is Trilogy

2021  re-launch – SEXY magazine (SEXYLAND, Amsterdam)

2016  SECRET BETWEEN US, Lingerie Queen - artists book (2 copies, 1060 pgs, 28x37cm)

2006  PHOTO STUDIO, 2-hour performance broadcasted on VPRO TV

2006  ME AND I - schizophrenic pinhole camera self-portraits book (2 copies, 16pgs, 16x23cm)

2005  CLINICVILLE, workshop in psychiatric clinic Altrecht in Den Dolder

2004  THE LAST INTERVIEW project/performance (Beachy Head, UK)

2003  HALF WAY HOME Image Consulting (Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin)

2002  UNDERWORLD – (photo)graphic novel (Artimo, 2000 copies, 100 pgs, 19x27cm)

2001  A.G.I. – autobiographic photographic novel (6 copies, 50 pgs, 18x26cm)

2001  TRUE A LIE performance (Goldsmiths College, London)

2000  NO WORDS performance & installation (Goldsmiths College, London)

2000  HOMETEL Project & book TRIP – 60-day performance (Amsterdam) – 1^st Dutch art-vlog
1999  SEXY – erotic fanzine (periodical, 500 copies, 44 pgs, 12x18cm)

1998  LISTEN® THE TELEPHONE BOOK – 1^st prize Prix de Rome (artists book, 3000+ pgs)

1998  THE CALCUTTA DIARIES - India Project travelogue (Océ-NL, 100 copies)

grants + artitst-in-residence + prizes (selection)

2022  art-project grant - Kitty Salon CARE (Cultuurfonds)

2021  art-loan for Kitty Salon CARE (Fonds Kwadraat)

2016  art-project grant - 2 Portraits at a Distance - AFK

2009  basic grant Mondriaan Fonds (fka Fonds BKVB)

2007  artists’ residency at Netwerk, modern art cnetre, Aalst, BE

2007  art-work grant – Fonds BKVB

2006  art-project grant animation Drowning In Nightmares – Fonds BKVB

2005  artists’ residency at Het Vijfde Seizoen, Den Dolder 

2005  script grant - Filmfonds

2002  artists’ residency at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

2001  prize for graduation project A.G.I., The Ray Finnis Charitable Trust, London

2000  2x scholarship Goldsmiths College - Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds + Fonds BKVB
1998  1^st prize Prix de Rome Graphic Art

1998  publication grant Barcelona Project - Mondriaan Stichting 

1997  starter-stipend – Fonds BKVB

short films + video installations (selection)

2022  “Octopus” animation (1’29”)

2022  “Lingerie Queen book” (3’54”)

2009  “Everybody Wants To Go To Japan” (1’57”)

2008  “The Suicide of an Octopus” installation (18’)

2004  “Murder Scenes” (5’30”)

2000  “Tati Tata” (3’)

2000  “Agata at the Lloyd Hotel” (3’15”)

newspaper articles (selection)

2022  de Volkskrant - Agata Zwierzynska als detective...

2007  de Groene - De zelfmoord van een inktvis
1998  Vrij Nederland - Underworld - Vormen in Chaos

freelance work (selection)

2011-22    lamps, floor, wall drawings/designs - The New Museum Artis, Amsterdam (Merk-x)

2016       drawings for the carpet of the Amsterdam Synagogue (Merk-x)

2009-15    drawings for the carpet in the brides’ room of the Townhall of Rotterdam (Merk-x)

2014       drawings for Drs. Elske Sieswierda’s (AMC) doctorate thesis

2014       selected drawings for Merk-x (law offices: Rutgers+Posch + Kennedy vd Laan)

2008-09    drawings/designs for the 1st exhibition in the Amsterdam Hermitage (Merkx+Girod)

2006       concept drawings for fusion of KPN tot TNT (Merkx+Girod)

2005       drawings/designs Queens Carpet, Raad van State, Den Haag, (Merkx+Girod)

1996-98    illustrations for department stores Hema in Amsterdam + Rotterdam (Merkx+Girod)

...meanwhile I sell delicious chocolates at the world famous Puccini Bomboni chocolateries in Amsterdam.

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