Joanna Malinowska

b. 1972  Gdynia, Poland

Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Education

2001             M.F.A. Yale University. New Haven, CT

2001             Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

1998              B.F.A. Rutgers, the State University Of New Jersey.  New Brunswick, NJ

Solo/Two Person Exhibitions

2009            Time of Guerilla Metaphysics, Canada, New York, NY

Mother Earth, Sister Moon (in collaboration with Christian Tomaszewski), Performa’09, New York, NY

2008            Les aventures dans le code § 120.45, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY

String Quintet for 2 cellos, 2 violas and a corpse, performance of a piece commissioned by Malinowska from  composer Masami Tomihisa, organized by Venetia Kapernekas Gallery, New York, NY

2007            20 Spojrzen (20 Gazes), Dobra Witryna, Warsaw, Poland

Umanaqtuaq, Venetia Kapernekas Gallery, New York, NY

2006            In Search of The Miraculous, Continued…, Galeria Okna, Contemporary Art Centre, Warsaw, Poland

SHIT HAPPENS/In Search of The Miraculous, Continued, Canada, New York, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010            Star City: the future under communism, Nottingham Contemporary Art Center, Nottingham, UK (upcoming)

2009            Levity, Hendershot Gallery, New York, NY

Mike Smith at the Building, Berlin, Germany

Tactical Support: Curator’s Choice (curated by Trevor Smith), Tracy Williams, LTD, New York, NY

Practice, practice, practice, (curated by Mike Smith), Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX

Towards Confluence (curated by Kamila Wielebska & Remco de Blaaij), HISK, Gent, Belgium

2008            Le cadavre exquis boira le vin nouveau, Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland

Old News 4 – organized by Jacob Fabricius, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN

Kraj, Galeria Sztuki Wspolczesnej, Opole, Poland

Working Title, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY

Don’t Need A Weatherman To Know Which Way The Wind Blows (curated by José Luis Blondet), Boston Center For The Arts, Boston, MA

2007            Sway (curated by Olga Britschgi and Gianni Motti) Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva Switzerland

Frei Räume, Kunstgemeinschaft, Hallein, Austria

Come On Pilgrim (curated by Laura Mott), CCS Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

Videoevenings, Citric Gallery, Brescia, Italy

Manipulacje. O ekonomii klamstwa (curated by Adam Budak), Contemporary Art Centre, Zamek Ujazdowski,

2006 Manipulacje. O ekonomii klamstwa, Laznia Contemporary Art Centre, Gdansk, Poland

Polyphony of Images, The Consulate General of Poland, New York,

3 Windows  4 You, Gandy Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia

Audio in the elevator, Art in General, New York, NY

2005            Pale Ramon, Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland

Manipulations, On Economies of Deceit, International Biennale of Contemporary Art, National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic

At the Mercy of Others –the Politics of Care, Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program Exhibition – CUNY Art Gallery of the Graduate Center. New York, NY

E-Flux Video Rental, Kunst Werke, Berlin, Germany

Post-Diasporas: Voyages and Missions, 1st Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia

2004            New New Yorkers, Contemporary Art Centre -Zamek Ujazdowki. Warsaw, Poland

Symposium Geography of Changes, Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland

E-Flux Video Rental, New York, NY,

Ladyfest Vien 2004, Vienna, Austria

Self (Por) Traits. Video Marathon, Art in General, New York, NY

2003            d.u.m.b.o. Art Under the Bridge Festival, Water Art, Brooklyn, New York, NY

2003 Brewster Project, Brewster, NY

Cinemania(c) 2003, HDLU Istre/mmc Luka, Pula, Croatia

In Practice, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY

Disciplines, McGrath Galleries, New York, NY

Video Rodeo, Canada, New York, NY

2002              Tuckernecker, Canada. New York, NY

Additional Awards and Performances

2009            John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship

2007            Speak Easy: Readings on the Rocks (organized by Sarina Basta) Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY

Episode, Possibly Final contribution to Conatus, a series based on the Spinozian philosophical concept/ was created and curated by Boris Achour

Contribution to Postcard Lovers curated by Xenia Kalpaktsoglou and Christopher Marions for 4th edition of Old News/Pork Salad Press, Copenhagen, Denmark

Artist Residencies

2006            Smack Mellon Artists Studio Program

2003            Cuts and Burnz Video Residency, Brooklyn, NY

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

Selected Bibliography

Stokes, Emily, “Perfroma ’09 Various Venues, New York”, Financial Times,

November 10, 2009

van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire, “Practice, Practice, Practice at Lora Reynolds Gallery”, The  American-Statesman, May 14, 2009

McQuiad, Cate, “Familiar Perspectives on Global Warming”, The Boston Globe, March 6, 2008

Kowalska, Justyna, “Swiateczna Witryna” Obieg, Warsaw, January 2008


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