poetry of objects
Though in her work Michowska deals with photography and video, sculpture was the one that shaped her artistic overview. Harmony, references to mythology and history, symbiosis with the surrounding are characteristic to her objects.
Born in 1964 in Wysokie Mazowieckie.
1985-90 - studies on the Academy of Fine Arts Poznaniu, Sculpture Department
Diploma in the sculpture studio.
She deals with sculpture, photography and video.
Selected group exhibitions:
Exhibition / Installation,
2007
1994 - OBECNOSC IV; Galeria la Coupole, Rennes, France (catalogue)
1994 - DROBNE NARRACJE; BWA Arsenal Gallery, Poznan (catalogue)
1994 - ATMOSFERY; Museum of Artists, Lodz,
1994 - Polish Culture Institute, Berlin (catalogue )
1995 - CO - EXISTANCE, V Construction in the Process, Negev desert, Israel (catalogue)
1995 - WYSTAWA SZTUKI WSPOLCZESNEJ DLA SZANOWNEJ PUBLICZNOSCI: the area of the International Poznan Fair, Poznan (catalogue )
1996 - FIKCJE...; Center of Culture Castle, Poznan
1996 - MARCOWE GODY; Museum of Artists, Lodz
1996 - NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN; international meeting of the artists, Glamorgan Heritage Coast, Wales
1996 - KOBIETA O KOBIECIE; Bielska Gallery BWA, Bielsko- Biala (catalogue)
1996 - NAJMNIEJSZY WSPOLNY MIANOWNIK; Het Apollohuis Gallery, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (catalogue)
1996 - REKOMENDACJE; BWA Arsenal Gallery, Poznan
1997 - LEKKOSC RZECZY; Contemporary Art Gallery, Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow (catalogue)
1997 - PRZEZ BIALYSTOK; Arsenal Gallery, Poznan (catalogue )
1997 - TRANSFER, Polska - Nadrenia - Westfalia, the exchange of polish and german artists; Museum of X. Dunikowskiego, Warsaw; Wyspa Progress Gallery & Foundation, Gdansk; Contemporary Art Gallery, Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow; Von der Heydt Museum; Wuppertal, Germany; Bochum Museum; Bochum (catalogue)
1997 - N.O.M.E.N.O.M.E.N.; Arsenal Gallery, Poznan (catalogue)
1999 - INNER SPACES, ILLUSION- ILLUMINATION; u Jezuitow Gallery, Poznan
1999 - 30x30; AT Gallery ,Poznan
1999 - DIALOG; BWA Gallery, Zielona Gora (catalogue)
1999 - ART./OMI, International Artist-in-Residence Program, USA
1999 - GOOD MORNING Tokyo, Sehion Suginama, Tokyo; MMAC - Mixt Media Art Festival, Tokyo
2002 - SOUND AND VOICE - X inner Spaces Festival, CCA Inner Spaces Multimedia, Poznan
2003 - LEKKOSC RZECZY II, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw
2003 - PIETRA SZTUKI, Program Gallery, Warsaw
2004 - ONEONI, CCA Inner Spaces Multimedia, Poznan;
2004 - ART POZNAN, TARGI SZTUKI, Old Brewery, Poznan
2004 - POZNAN AT NOW, during Biennial of Art in Lodz
2005 - CROSSING TIMES - INTERNATIONAL, Dartington College of Art, Dartington Gallery, England
2005 - CONTACT- CONTEKST, Kunstlerforum, Bonn;
2005 - POZNAN ART NOW II, Bielska BWA Gallery, Bielsko-Biala
2006 - CZAS KULTURY, Program Gallery, Warsaw
2006 - COMA, Sektor I Gallery, Katowice
2006 - PANOPTICON, Kulturforum Burgkloster, Lubeck; National Museum in Szczecin
2006 - MENTALITY, Lodz Biennial 2006
2006 - HEROINA, BWA, Leszno
2006 - MADONNA, Blekinge Museum, Karlskrona, Sweden
2007 - KOBIETA O KOBIECIE, Bielska Gallery, BWA, Bielsko Biala
Selected individual exhibitions:
Exhibition / Installation,
2007
1991 - ON Gallery, Poznan
1992 - Polony Gallery, Poznan
1993 - Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok
1994 - AT Gallery, Poznan
1994 - Labirynt II Gallery, Lublin, ON Gallery, Poznan
1998 - Biala Gallery, Lublin
1998 - AT Gallery, Poznan
1999 - Krytykow Pokaz Gallery, Warsaw
1999 - Laboratorium Gallery, CSW Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw
1999 - BWA Arsenal Gallery, Poznan
1999 - Artists´ Space, Berlin
2000 - "IDIOM", Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok
2000 - Sektor II Gallery, Katowice
2000 - "PUSTE NIEBO", Center of Polish Sculpture, Oronsko
2004 - Center of Japanese Culture, Manggha, Krakow
2005 - "SCHIZOFRENIA", Polish Culture Institute, Platan Gallery, Budapeszt
2006 - "MARTWY PUNKT", Municipal Gallery Arsenal, Poznan
2006 - "THE JOSHUA´S DREAM", Program Gallery, Warsaw
2007 - "EXECUTION", Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok
2007 - "COMPLEX", AT Gallery, Poznan