Zuza Golińska
Contact: mail, +48 506 664 146
(b. 1990, Gdańsk) is a visual artist living and working in Warsaw, Poland. She creates installations and site-specific projects that often explore a concepts of social structure and space. A 2015 graduate of the Mirosław Bałka’s Studio of Spatial Activities in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. She wrote her master’s thesis under the supervision of Anda Rottenberg. The installation Run-Up was presented in Dom Słowa Polskiego in Warsaw, Heiligenkreuzerhof in Vienna and Národni galerie in Prague. In 2014 she was shortlisted for the Hestia Artistic Journey Award. In the same year she won the first prize at the Gdańsk Art Biennale. A recipient of the scholarships by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (2014) and of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (2016). In 2015 Golińska was nominated for the StartPoint Prize, a European award for young artists. She presented her works in the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Zachęta National Gallery, Delfina Foundation, National Gallery in Prague and many others. In the years 2015–2018 Golińska worked as a Teaching Assistant and Junior Lecturer in the Studio of Spatial Activities led by Mirosław Bałka. In 2018, she won the ArtePrize awarded by the ArteVue and Delfina Foundation.
SELECTED SOLO/DUO EXHIBITIONS
2019
- Eye Drop (part of Temporary Structures 5), PLATO, Ostrava, CZ
2018
- Slimy, Schimmel Projects Art Center, Dresden, DE
- The Office (part of The Department of Presence), Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, PL
2017
- Invisible Wall (with Magdalena Łazarczyk), Arsenal Gallery, Białystok, PL
- COMMON GROUND (GRID), MOS, Gorzów, PL
2016
- COMMON GROUND, Gdańsk Municipal Gallery, Gdańsk, PL
- 东 East, Artists Colony, Gdańsk, PL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
- LIGHT-FOOTED LIGHT-FINGERED, The Ryder Projects, London, UK
- Power Play, Delfina Foundation, London, UK
2018
- (IN)Sessions, Delfina Foundation, London, UK
- Things to Learn from Facebook, part of Third Tbilisi Triennal, CCA, Tbilisi, GE
- WALHALLA II, Documentation Future Center / Am Molkenmarkt 2, Berlin, DE
- WALHALLA II, Documentation Future Center / Sootbörn 22, Hamburg, DE
- Various Others, Sperling hosting Piktogram, Munich, DE
- Self-fulfilling Prophecy, part of Warsaw Gallery Weekend, Piktogram, Warsaw, PL
- Małachowskiego Square 3, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL
- CONDO Mexico City, Future Gallery, Mexico City, MX
- Farmhands in Factories and Boas in Brasseries, Arsenal Gallery, Białystok, PL
- POLICY OF DISAPPEARANCE, BWA Studio, Wrocław, PL
- Action Lublin! Chapter 2, The Labyrinth Gallery, Lublin, PL
- Artevue ArtePrize exhbition, Delfina Foundation, London, UK
2017
- Open Triennale, Centre of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko, PL
- ADP residency exhibition, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg, LU
- BRIDGES/DIE BRUCKEN, Sleńdziński Gallery, Białystok, PL
- Breathtaking, TRAFO, Szczecin, PL
- Stay in Shape, Studio Gallery, Warsaw, PL
- Close Your Eyes!, The Labyrinth Gallery, Lublin, PL
2016
- Eye Candy, KUNSTHAL ved siden af, Svendborg, DK
- Among Faces, State Gallery of Art, Sopot, PL
- 10th In Out Festival, Łaźnia CCA, Gdańsk, PL
- Hosted Simply, Heiligenkreuzenhof, Vienna, AT
2015
- Choirboys, Corner, Auckland, NZ
- Hosted Simply, Spektrum Tower, Warsaw, PL
- Museum der Melancholie Posen, Alfa Department Store, Poznań, PL
- StartPoint Prize, National Gallery, Prague, CZ
- Goosebumps, The House of the Polish Word, Warsaw, PL
- Mimicry, Ethnographic Museum, Warsaw, PL
- Test/Exposure, WRO Media Art Biennale, Wrocław, PL
- Hestia Artistic Journey – 2015 Finalists Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, PL
2014
- Myths. Students/Artists/Teachers, Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, Rome, IT
- Sto Disegnando, Casa Testori, Milan, IT
- Lesson, Zachęta Project Room, Warsaw, PL
- 50 Slov/words, part of Month of Photography, Bratislava, SK
- Gdańsk Art Biennale, Gdańsk City Gallery, Gdańsk, PL
- No Yawning #1, #2, #3, #4, The New Theatre, Warsaw, PL
- S-NOW apersonalformofarchitecture, European Capital of Culture 2014, Umeå, SE
- Dirty Work, Streetwaves Festival, Gdańsk, PL
- Masquerade, Centrum för fotografi, Stockholm, SE
AWARDS / GRANTS / RESIDENCIES
2018
- Residency at Delfina Foundation, London, UK
- Winner of ArtePrize, UK
2017
- Residency at European Investment Bank, Artists’ Development Programme, Luxembourg, LU
2016
- Scholarship of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, PL
2015
- Finalist of the StartPoint Prize, CZ
- Finalist of the Hestia Artistic Journey Award, PL
2014
- Achievements Scholarship of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education
- Winner of the Gdańsk Art Biennale
- Finalist of the Hestia Artistic Journey Award
SPACE AND SET DESIGN
2018
- Hamlet, CSK, Lublin
2017
- Better Me for the Centre in Motion, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
- Last Animals, Łaźnia Nowa Theatre, Kraków
- In Dreams Responsibilities Begin, Juliusz Słowacki Theatre, Kraków
2016
- Schubert. Romantic Composition for Twelve Performers and a String Quartet, Jerzy Szaniawski Theatre, Wałbrzych
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2015—2018
- Teaching Assistant at the Studio of Spatial Activities led by Mirosław Bałka, Department of New Media, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw