KAROLINA SZWED
Studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice (graduated in 2022). Lives and works in Warsaw, Poland.
mentions/press:
Elsa Meunier interview (on the occasion of a group show in Paris)
Les Nouveaux Riches interview
magazyn Szum interview
Setting the tone of the exhibition - Instytut Polski w Pekinie
The Apple of my Eye @ the dorf
Floor Level @ saliva.live
Thaw/Roztopy Munich @ Kuba Paris
Vogue Poland ‘Hi, Stranger’ review
interview for Hygge Blog
DJ serwitut Soft Trigger review
works printed in ART MONITOR vol. 26
NADA Villa Warsaw with Alyssa Davis gallery
works in the collections:
BWA galeria Bielska
ING Polish Art Foundation
upcoming in 2026:
Secondroom Antwerp, Belgium
ACK Kyoto, Japan
list of exhibitions:
2026
Cartographer’s Trademark - solo exhibition at Bremond Capela gallery, Paris, France
Basel Social Club 2026, Turnus gallery, Switzerland
elipses, group show, Adams and Ollman x Romance, Portland, USA
Unveil the truth, group, show, Elsa Meunier gallery, Paris, France
Luck, group show, Gruppe-Motto, Hamburg, Germany
It’s the little, things... Constellations, group with Turnus gallery, Courtney Jagger, 18,Murata, Warsaw, Poland
Setting the Tone of the Exhibition - Outside-in, group show, curated by Jacob Fabricius, Inside-Out Museum, Beijing, China
2025
Bielska Jesień biennale, curated by Ada Piekarska, Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Dom dzienny, Dom nocny, group show, MOCAK, Cracow, Poland
Pejzaże jeszcze dalekiego świtu, group show curated by Marta Lisok, Rondo Sztuki, Katowice, Poland
Memories in Motion, group show curated by Geraud Jean Claude, Galeria Yusto/Giner, Marbella, Spain
Pomyśl o innych, pomyśl o sobie. Artyści i Artystki na rzecz osób z doświadczeniem uchodźstwa, group show, MSN, Warsaw
Hangover Shanghai with Turnus gallery, Shanghai, China
The Apple of my Eye, solo show, JVDW gallery, Dusseldor, Germany
Vienna Contemporary (duo with Magdalena Lazar) with Bliss gallery, Vienna, Austria
Rozłącze, galeria Złącze, Poznań
Neue Stimmung, group show curated by Janek Owczarek and Piotr Policht, GGM1, Gdańsk, Poland
Floor Level, duo show with Lulu Nuti, curated by Kasia Piskorz, Bliss gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Roztopy/Thaw with Łęctwo gallery, Gig Munich, Tiger Room gallery - a part of Various Others Munich, Germany
Alice Amati solo online viewing room, London
2024
solo show: Soft Trigger at Who is Pola, Warsaw
group show: Hi, Stranger, Who is Pola, plac Hallera 6, Warsaw
Neurotypie, Rotacyjny Dom Kultury Jazdów, Warsaw
CRASH CLUB, Warsaw
GLOW DOWN, Windowlicker, Warsaw
Moja droga witrynko..., the ING Polish Art Foundation with Turnus, duo show with Anna Myszkowiak, Podgląd gallery, Warsaw
part of ROZBIEG 2.0, networking programme for young promising artists, Katowice-Tarnow-Cracow
NADA Villa Warsaw, Alyssa Davis Gallery NY, Warsaw
April 25 - May 25: MNFST, Metropolitan, Warsaw
Lepkie Uściski Dłoni, Art Walk, Warsaw
2023
Otwarcie Nowej Karowej, Sklep Galeria Karowa na Okręgu, Warsaw
Post Truth (...), Kunstleben Kreuzberg, Berlin
GRAND OPENING, Szałfynster, Katowice
MASA KRYTYCZNA, Oblatów 4, Katowice
Uwierz w ducha, Windowlicker, Warsaw
Tip of my Tongue, Pola Magnetyczne, Warsaw
Post Truth: Countering Disinformation Narratives, Poznan
LARGO, Wolne Pokoje, Dąbrowa as a part of Spokój Festival
Drzwi Zamknięte, Pralnia|LABA, Tarnowskie Góry
2022
Migracje, BWA Katowice