Marta Krześlak (b. 1994) visual artist from Poland, based between Brussels and Łódź.
Inspired by elements of the landscape, I build kinetic installations, site-specific situations, and record collage videos. I experiment with various materials to create works that are easily deconstructed, often transforming objects from one installation to the other. I draw the sentimental overtones of my works from the aesthetics of kitsch and past pop culture motifs. By setting the objects in motion, I propose an ever-shifting point of reference through which one can experience the situation I have constructed as well as the environment which we inhabit.
I graduated from Multimedia Studio at the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź, Poland (2018), studied also at Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Lyon. In 2023 I submitted my PhD thesis at Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow.
I have collaborated with many public institutions on site-specific presentations and events. My works were shown at: Museum of Art in Łódź, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Gdańsk City Gallery, MoCA Hiroshima, Brno Industra Art, Temporary Parapet in Bratislava among others. I have been a resident at the Kooshk Residency in Tehran, Meet Factory in Prague and the International Studio and Curatorial Program in New York. I have received the Grand Prix at the Young Wolves Festival in Szczecin, the First Prize of the Grey House Foundation in Cracow, and the Gdansk City Gallery Award for Best Diploma.
My works are in a public collection of Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź.
ARTIST STATEMENT
upcoming:
NARRACJE festival in Gdańsk, curators: Katarzyna Słoboda, Jakub Gawkowski
recent:
SECOND SKIN collective exhibition in Central Museum of Textiles, curator: Marta Lisok
GALERIA GRATISSE result of the workshops I had run at the invitation of the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz and the Museum of Art in Lodz, collaboration: Natalia Słaboń, Łukasz Ogórek
PODRÓŻ NIE Z TEJ ZIEMII sconography and costiumes, director: Aleksandra Jakubczak
EXHIBITIONS
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solo
2022
- View from afar, Hestia Artistic Journey Pavilion, Warsaw, PL, 15 Jan – 30 Apr 2022
- Moving things, Zacheta National Gallery Project Room, Warsaw, PL, 10 Dec 2021 – 22 Feb 2022
2021
- Home on a windy night, Pracownia Portretu, Lodz, PL, 13 Nov – 10 Dec 2021
- Composition for wind and sun, Wola Cultural Center, Warsaw, PL, 14 Jul – 14 Sep 2021
- Fallen Star, 6 dzielnica, Lodz, PL, 24 Jun – 7 Jul 2021
- Ayaaoeho, Grey House Foundation, Cracow, PL, 18 Feb – 6 May 2021
2020
- Aurora, SOON_ Spectra Art Space, Warsaw, PL, 18 Sep – 9 Oct 2020
- Dust settles, soaps slip, Jedna Druga Gallery, Szczecin, PL, 4 Mar – 30 Apr 2020 (in conversation with Anna Reutinger)
2019
- Stars cry, Gdansk City Gallery, Gdansk, PL, 1 Aug – 14 Sep 2019
- Garage sketches, Temporary Parapet, Bratislava, SK, 24 May – 14 Jun 2019
- Lagoon, Groszowe Sprawy & Warsaw Biennal, Warsaw, PL, 1-2 Jun 2019
- Ruins of my dreams, Labirynt Gallery, Lublin, PL, 13 Apr – 2 Jun 2019
- Party at Artists' club, Ujazdowski Castle, Center of Contemporary Art, Warsaw, PL, 27 Mar – 5 May 2019
- Fairy Tales, Industra Art Space, Brno, CZ, 6 Mar – 5 Apr 2019
2018
- Spacial Composition, Video Program, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, JP, 4 Dec 2018 – 31 Mar 2019
- Ruins of my dreams, Czynna Gallery, Lodz, PL, 29 Jun 2018
- I've never seen seashores like those, Lodz City Gallery, Lodz, PL, 14 Jun – 14 Jul 2018
2017
- Coral reef, Lodz Event Center, Lodz, PL, 4 Dec 2017 – 4 Mar 2018
- It is high time, Pracownia Duży Pokój, Warsaw, PL, 23 Feb 2017
2016
- Monotypia, Nasza Ściana Gallery, Academy of Art in Lodz, PL, 5 Apr – 5 May 2016
group (selected)
2023
- Czułe punkty, Narracje Festival, Gdańsk - upcoming
- Second skin, Kode, Bergen - upcoming
- Second skin, Central Museum of Textiles, Łódź
- 499 seconds, Art Walk, Warsaw
2022
- Stop Hiding Stan Open Studio 20022, artist-run space, Brussels
- Time out of joint, Museum of Art, Łódź
- Close-ups, Festival Lodz Four Cultures, Łódź
- Secondary Archive Project, Manifesta 14 Prishtina
- Pyramide de Ponzi, Galerie Valerie Delaunay, Paris
2021
- Open Studio, Stop Flying Stan Studio, Brussels,
2020
- Something in common - Warsaw Under Construction 12, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw
- Time and foam, Academy of Art in Cracow
- Wasteland, Survival Art Festival, Wroclaw
- Long and boring drawing, WY Gallery, Online FB
- Lets make a deal, Gdansk City Gallery, Gdansk
2019
- Honey we built Charnobyl, Henryk Gallery/ Unsound Festival, Cracow
- Reconsider Walls, High Gallery, Warsaw
- From the circle comes out a squere, Matca Art Space, Kluz-Napoka
- Obrzeza i bocznice, 18A Gallery, Warsaw
- Borders of immateriality, Fabryka Sztuki, Lodz
- Czekajac az pstryknie, Biennle A-Kumulacje, Kalisz
2018
- Gradient, Grey House Fundation, Cracow
- Fresh Blood, Socato Gallery, Wroclaw
- Best Graduation Diploma, Wozownia Gallery, Gdansk
- M3, Wschodnia Gallery, Lodz
- A la Flamande, Propaganda Gallery, Warsaw
- Relaxation music, WY Gallery, Lodz
2017
- Jak jest, Labirynt Gallery, Lublin
- War, 47 Fama Festival, Świnoujście
- The 16th Hestia Artistic Journey, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
- Nothing is happening, Instytut Fotografii Fort, Warsaw
- WRO Media Art Biennale, Centrum Sztuki Wro, Wroclaw
2016
- (Nie)obecność, Labirynt Gallery, Lublin
- Second hand, Wschodnia Gallery, Lodz
- Incidence angle ≠ Reflection angle, Museum of Art Lodz and Academy of Art, Lodz
2015
- Vilnius Academy of Arts Professor Emeritus Drawing Contest Exhibition, Vilnus
- The war is over, not for everyone, Institute of National Remembrance, Warsaw
- Drezno/Łódź Schools of Art, HfBK, Drezden
video festivals
- VAFT Video Art Festival, Turku, Finland, 05/2018
- 21. International Film Festival ZOOM Zbliżenia, Jelenia Góra, Poland, 02/2018
- VIDEONEWS, Lublin, Poland, 12/2017
- Yoni Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA, 11/2017
- Shared Sight: International Short Film Festival, Matca Art Space, Kluż- Napoka, Romania, 11/2017
- The Bomb Factory Artist Film Festival IV, London, UK, 09/2017
visual arts festivals
- LATO Festival, Lodz, 06.2021
- Survival art Festival, Wroclaw, 09.2020
- A-Festival, Katowice, 11.2019
- Unsound Festival, Cracow, 10.2019
- Lodz Design Festival, Lodz, 05.2018
- Fotofestival Lodz, Lodz, 06.2018
- Blask brzask Festival, Lodz, 06.2017
- Fama festival, Swinoujscie, 08.2017
- Biennale WRO, Wroclaw, 05.2017
PRESS
Moving things, solo show:
DWUTYGODNIK exhibition Moving things review 01/2022
KUBA PARIS en exhibition view 01/2022
Home on a windy night, solo show:
NOTES NA 6 TYGODNI exhibition Home on a windy night review 11/2021
Ajaaoeho, solo show:
SZUM exhibition view 05/2021
Party at the Artists' club, solo show:
MIEJ MIEJSCE interview 02/2020
CENTRE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, PROJECT ROOM en interview 01/2020
NOTES NA 6 TYGODNI exhibition Party at the Artists' club review 05/2019
K-MAG exhibition preview 03/2019
CULTURE PL interview 03/2019
Stars Cry, solo show:
SZUM exhibition Stars Cry review 12/2019
Ruins of my dreams, solo show:
MIEJ MIEJSCE exhibition review 07/2018
Garage sketches, solo show:
ARTALK.CZ exhibition view Garage sketches 06/2019
other:
POWIDOKI artist statement 05/2023
ADRES PRYWATNY studio visit 01/2021
SZUM studio visit 07/2019
KALEJDOSKOP interview 07/2019
CONTEMPORARY LYNX en young graduates from polish arts academies to watch 08/2018
CONTEMPORARY LYNX en portfolio 02/2018
ONET installation view 12/2017
MIEJ MIEJSCE portfolio 04/2017