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



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