Julita Wójcik (b. 1971, Gdansk, Poland) graduated in 1997 from the Sculpture Department at the Academy of Fine Arts in her native city of Gdansk, where she still currently lives and works. Her installation works, actions, and videos have been included in various exhibitions, such as At the Very Center of Attention, Part 8 (2006) at the Center for Contemporary Art “Zamek Ujazdowski”, Warsaw, Poland; Under the Red and White Flag: New Art from Poland (2004), Center for Contemporary Art, Vilnius, Lithuania; Bialy Mazur (2003-2004) at Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany and Bunkier Sztuki Gallery, Krakow, Poland, and in Architectures of Gender: Contemporary Women’s Art in Poland (2003) at SculptureCenter, New York.

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS:

2006     Poland,             Warsaw, Kordegarda Gallery, In the Hope and Impatiently

2005     Italy,                 Roma, Polish Institute, From the Italian land to Poland… and back

            Poland,             Gdansk, PGRArt Gallery, 3 figure actions

Poland,             Bytom, Elektropopclub, production team NieWojcik films’ show, with Jacek Niegoda

            Poland,             Warsaw, Polish Culture Ministry’s garden, Bird Tables points

            Gdansk,            garden in Gdansk, Exercises with Roses, figure action

            Poland,             Sopot, ice-ring, action Figure Skating

            Poland,             Bialystok, Arsenal Gallery, Complete, with accompaniment by Janina Tolysz

2003     Sweden,           Stockholm, Konstakuten Gallery, Tits’ Bathouse, video and woollen sculptures

            Hungary,           Budapest, Platan Gallery, The Gems

                                    Internet space project, When She will back? Does She will back? Greetings from the space

2002     Poland,             Warsaw, Giving An Interview, action: crocheting on the bus stops

            Poland,             Gdansk, Gradowa Hill, Sandpit With A View, action

2001     Poland,             Warsaw, Zachęta Gallery Peeling Potatoes, action in Maly Salon

            Poland,             Olsztyn, Ukiel lake, action Watercolours

            Poland,             Zielona Góra, BWA Gallery, Pond

2000/1  Poland,             Gdynia, action in the downtown, My Garden: 16 square meters garden with flowers and
                        vegetables on the grass between the streets

2000     Poland,             Bydgoszcz, Mózg (Brain) Club, Washing the Brain

            Poland,             Warsaw, mobile gallery Bagatt, Entertainment at the opening of Scene 2000 at the Center for Contemporary art “Zamek Ujazdowski”

1998     Poland,             Kartuzy, Refectory Gallery, The Tablecloth

 

INTERNATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2006     Latvia,                          Riga, harbor space, Sense in Plase

Germany,                     Dresden, Motorenhalle, Inhabitancy

Hungary,                      Budapest, Trafo Gallery, How to Do Things? – In the Middle of (No Where)

                                   action in the city: Weather Forecast

2005     Czech,                         Prague, Karlin Hall, Prague Biennale 2, Poland Overview

Serbia & Montenegro     Belgrade, Galerija Beograd, Belgrade in the Past and Present

            Macedonia,                   Skopje, Press to Exit Gallery, compulsive_handmades

2004    Germany,                    Essen, Forum Kunst&Architectur, Far West, Near East, Пусть всегда будеть солнце (Let the Sun Shine Forever)

            Russia,                         Under the Red and White Flag. New Art from Poland

                                                Moscow, National Centre for Contemporary Arts

                                                Nizny Tagil, Museum of Fine Arts

                                                Nizny Novgorod, branch of the National Centre for Contemporary Arts Arsenal

            Lithuania,                     Vilnius, Contemporary Art Centre

            Eastland,                     Tallin, Art Museum of Estonia Rotermann’s Salt Storage

            France,                        St-Etienne, Musée d'Art Moderne, Passage d'Europe, video

            France,                        Lille, Henin-Beaumont, Mediatheque Municipale, videoart Baltic

2003    Sweden,                       Stockholm Art Fair Sollentuna, the action Waitresses. Installation, as a part of the                                               exhibition Simon Says: Aloha To Polish Art

2003     Austria,                       Vienna, action in the MuseumsQuartier’s courtyard, The Magic Hackney Carriage, as a part of Public Rituals exhibition in Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien

            USA,                           New York City, Long Island City's Court House Square, action My Garden as a part of                                                Architectures of Gender: Contemporary Women’s Art from Poland in Sculpture Center

           Germany,                     Berlin, Red, Orange, Green action in the city, as a part of an exhibition Bialy Mazur in Neuer Berliner Kunstverein

2002     Germany,                   Hamburg, ArtGenda, Ponton Galerie on Elba river, Paint Your Own Plainer-Watercolours

1999     Germany,                    Greifswald, ARS NOVI’99 5 International Workshop, Church tower St. Nikolas Gallery

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS IN POLAND:

2006     Bielsko-Biała,    Galeria Bielska BWA, Art Arsenal

2005     Naleczow,         former building of History of Cooperative Museum, Cooperative

            Warsaw,          Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Egocentric. Immoral. Outmoded. Contemporary Images of Artists

            Wroclaw,          WRO05, International Media Art Biennale

            Gdansk,           Center for Contemporary Art “Laznia”, Museums’ Night

2004     Lodz,                Poznanski Palace, Palimpsest Museum, I Lodz Biennale: 100% cotton

            Bytom,             Kronika Gallery, Meeting Point

            Wroclaw,          Zielona Góra BWA Gallerys, Bustle II

                                    Gdansk,           Center for Contemporary Art “Laznia”, SHAKE Hamlet or (rather) much about nothing; Wedutystka / View Maker action for the camera

            Kostrzyn,          Old Town ruins, Dialog Loci: Castle Reconstruction with balloons

            Krakow,            Bunkier Sztuki, Bialy Mazur

            Krakow,            Local Gallery, The Tablecloth

            Bialystok,         Arsenał Gallery, The Bird Table

2003     Gdansk,           Center for Contemporary Art “Laznia”, Public ReCollections

            Kostrzyn,          Bastion Gallery, Bastion of Art

            Warsaw,           office building, Art’s Floors

            Warsaw,           Zacheta National Art Gallery, The Bird Table and The Sparrow

            Gdansk,           action in Shipyard, The Kites and Kites’ Factory

            Lodz,                           Ludwig Geyer's White Factory, action To Sweep Up After Textile Workers, as a part of the project Woman for a Soul in Manhattan Gallery

            Warsaw,           CDQ, mia100kobiet: The Sewing Machine Pattern

2002/3  Gdansk,            Center for Contemporary Art “Laznia”, A Way of Life

2002                             Gdansk,           Renovation of Shopenhauer’s Park as a part of City Transformers in Center for Contemporary Art “Laznia”: action with 3 goats as lawn mowers and park cleaners

                                    Warsaw,          Center for Contemporary Art “Zamek Ujazdowski”, action at a restaurant Waitresses. Installation and Dicing Onions, as a part of the exhibition Really, Young Are Realist

                                    Krakow,           AMS outdoors gallery New Out at the opening of Nowart; billboard: Knitwear, Daily Pictures for Everyone

            Gdansk,           Spiż 7 Gallery, This Is, What Is Not That, painting on canvas

            Warsaw,           CDQ, mia100kobiet, Draws

            Poznan,            Contemporary Arts Centre Inner space, Maskarady

            Warsaw,           Center for Contemporary Art “Zamek Ujazdowski”, Behind Postmodernism

2001     Bialystok,         action in the park Dog’s Files as a part of the exhibition Relaks in Arsenal Gallery

            Krakow,            Bunkier Sztuki, Pop elita

2000                             Sopot,             project A Dream of a Provincial Girl; co-organizer of the cycle of exhibitions in a small apartment with artists from Estonia, Lithuania, Scotland, and Poland

            Gdansk,           Spiż 7 gallery, Behind Postmodernism, video document My Garden

            Krakow,            Contemporary Arts Centre, project The Hills’000, Tresses on the Hills, wool

 

AWARDS / PRIZES:

 

1995/6, 2001, 2003, 2005          Scholarship from the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Poland

2003     nomination in Deutche Bank Foundation Culture contest Spojrzenia 2003

2003     Scholarship from Pomeranian Region President for the project The Kites

2003     Grant from Department of International and Interregional Cooperation – Office of the Pomeranian Region President for the action Waitresses. Installation in Stockholm Art Fair Sollentuna

2002     Scholarship from Gdansk City for the project Mirror Image

Cultural exchange between Gdansk/Poland and Newcastle/England

2001     Scholarship from Polish Culture Foundation for the project Watercolours

 

WORKS IN COLLECTIONS:

 

Zacheta National Art Gallery in Warsaw, Poland

Arsenal Gallery in Bialystok, Poland

Warmińsko-Mazurskie Towarzystwo Sztuk Pieknych in Olsztyn, Poland

Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Israel