Agnieszka Balewska

Agnieszka Balewska
Born1967 (age 57–58)
Known forPainting, performance art, drawing, graphic design

Agnieszka Balewska is a Polish painter born in 1967, who lives in Poznań.

Career

She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań in 1993. In 2002 she received a PhD degree from the Adam Mickiewicz University. Her PhD thesis Metonimia i metafora wobec artystycznego fenomenu sztuki obiektu (Metonymy and metaphor in relation to the phenomenon of object art) was published in Paris in 2005.[1]

Her artistic activity is focused on painting, performance art, drawing, graphic design, and since 1992 also on art criticism. In 2000-2006 she was one of the editors of the journal Arteon published in Poznań. She wrote several books,[2][3][4][5] and numerous articles in periodicals published in Poland and abroad. She also lectured at the Adam Mickiewicz University and Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań.[1]

She has exhibited in Poland and internationally since 1993, e.g. in Poznań, Warsaw, Łódź, Kraków, Szczecin, Gdańsk, Frankfurt (Oder), Bonn, Hannover, London, Nottingham, Tokyo.[1]

Since 1994 she has her own Verbal Gallery "DUCK-TAK" in Poznań and edits its annual archives.[6] She also created the Lagunart group composed of 12 artists.[7] [8]

Selected solo exhibits

  • 1993 - International Art Centre, Poznań, Poland;
  • 1994 - ABC Gallery, Poznań, Poland;
  • 1994 - Teraz Gallery, Szczecin, Poland;
  • 1995 - Pod Lipami Gallery, Poznań, Poland;
  • 1995 - B Gallery, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany;
  • 1996 - Teraz Gallery, Szczecin, Poland;
  • 1996 - ON Gallery, Poznań, Poland;
  • 1997 - performance - Puszczykowo, Poland;
  • 1997 - ABC Gallery, Poznań, Poland;
  • 1998 - Pod Lipami Gallery, Poznań, Poland;
  • 1998 - performance - QQ Gallery, Kraków, Poland;
  • 1999 - Gallery of PKO BP, Poznań, Poland;
  • 2000 - BWA Gallery, Słupsk + Ustka, Poland;
  • 2000 - Pod Lipami Gallery, Poznań, Poland;
  • 2001 - performance, C.K.Zamek, Poznań, Poland;
  • 2001 - Inny Śląsk Gallery, Tarnowskie Góry, Poland;
  • 2001 - University of Tokyo, Japan;
  • 2002 - ABC Gallery, Poznań, Poland;
  • 2002 - Makuhari, Tokyo, Japan;
  • 2003 - Polony Gallery, Poznań, Poland;
  • 2004 - PBG Gallery, Poznań, Poland;
  • 2004 - ZPAP Gallery, Poznań, Poland;
  • 2005 - performance Pod Lipami Gallery, Poznań, Poland;
  • 2006 - Naprzeciw Gallery, Poznań, Poland;
  • 2008 - Arsenał Municipal Gallery, Poznań, Poland
  • 2024 - Arsenał Municipal Gallery, Poznań, Poland ("THE CROSSROADS OF LAGUNART artists" from the Lagunart group led by her)[7]

Selected works

Paintings from an exhibition in Poznań in 2025

References

  1. ^ a b c "Agnieszka Balewska – curriculum vitae" (PDF). Lagunart.pl. Agnieszka Balewska. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  2. ^ Agnieszka Balewska. 2005. "Metonimia i metafora wobec artystycznego fenomenu sztuki obiektu". PhD thesis. Editions Casimir-Le-Grand. Paris
  3. ^ Agnieszka Balewska. 2007. "Trzy narracje o sztuce” ISBN 978-83-925377-0-0
  4. ^ Agnieszka Balewska. 2007. "Ludzka choroba, czyli wielki szpital swiata”, Studio Duck-Art. Poznań, ISBN 978-83-925377-1-7
  5. ^ Agnieszka Balewska. 2010. "Taniec Daga". Studio Duck-Art. Poznań
  6. ^ Galeria Werbalna Duck-AttackTak. ISSN 2080-9409
  7. ^ a b "Lagunart&ducky". Lagunart.pl. Agnieszka Balewska. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  8. ^ "THE CROSSROADS OF LAGUNART artists from the Lagunart group led by Agnieszka Balewska". YouTube. Galeria Miejska Arsenał, Poznań [Arsenal Municipal Gallery, Poznań]. Retrieved 18 September 2025.