Pawel Althamer
(1967) was born in Warsaw, where he lives. Althamer studied under the renowned sculptor Grzegorz Kowalski at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. Since graduating in 1993, Althamer has established a unique artistic practice featuring an expanded approach to sculptural representation and consistently experimental models of collaboration. He is widely known for the life-size and often haunting figurative sculptures he creates of himself, his family, and various individuals within his community. Althamer’s groundbreaking collaborative projects call for community engagement and social transformation, as most famously evident in the Nowolipie Group, a weekly sculpture workshop he has led since 1994 for people with multiple sclerosis.
The Island
2023,
video broadcast
In May 2023, at the initiative of Paweł Althamer, a former bear enclosure in the Warsaw Zoo was transformed into the Island, a space for collective artistic activities, meetings within/between communities, painting, sculpting, reading, and meditation. The space is located next to a busy street on one side and a park on the other in a culturally neglected area of Warsaw. Within the Kyiv Biennial, a video broadcast from the Island will take place with the participation of Ukrainian artists living in Warsaw. The time(s) of the screening will be announced later. Stay tuned.
Asortymentna kimnata
October 7–October 30
On The Periphery Of War
Curated by Alona Karavai, Roman Khimei, Yarema Malashchuk, Anton Usanov
