Agata Bogacka is an artist living and working in Warsaw, Poland. She is primarily a painter, but also makes drawings, photographs, objects and installations.

She was born in 1976 and graduated from the Academy

of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 2001. She has taken part
in many solo and group exhibitions in both her native country and abroad. Her works can be found in many private and national collections, including: The Centre

for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw; Zacheta: National Gallery of Art, Warsaw;

The ING Polish Art Foundation collection;

and the Bank Austria Creditanstalt collection.

solo exhibitions:

2014  THE EGG, Istituto Buena Bista, Curacao

2012  PAINTINGS, Ring Gallery, Legnica, PL

2011  DIARIES, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL

DIARIES, Aando Fine Art, Berlin, DE

TOPOS, National Art Gallery, Sopot, PL

2009  THE WALK, Platan Gallery, Budapest, HU

RETURNS, BWA Gallery, Zielona Gora, PL

PLAN OF THE JOURNEY, Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok, PL

2007  SECOND HALF OF HEART, Potocka Gallery, Krakow, PL

2006  HEART, Raster Gallery, Warsaw, PL

2005  DID YOU LOVE ME?, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna, AT

2004  ET SI JE TE FAISAIS TRAVERSER LE PONT ?, Espace Croise,

Centre d’Art Contemporain, Roubaix, FR

SHORTEST WAY HOME, Raster Gallery, Warsaw, PL

2003  ART OF BEAUTIFUL ARTISTS, with Anna Baumgart,

independent city space, Warsaw, PL

COME WITH ME / KOMM MIT MIR, Polnishes Institut, Berlin, DE

I’M BLEEDING, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PL

 

group exhibitions:

2015  DR WERNER JERKE COLLECTION, THE SELECTION, Atlas Sztuki, Lodz, PL

          MIRRORING - DRAWINGS, Aando Fine Art, Berlin, DE

2014  NIGHTLIFE ARCHIVES. WARSAW UNDER CONSTRUCTION 6TH,
          Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, PL

          REAL FOCUS – YOUNG POLISH PHOTOGRAPHY, EGO Gallery, Poznan, PL

          BREATHING, Aando Fine Art, Berlin, DE

          SELF LOVE. ARTISTS LOVE THEMSELVES, National Art Gallery, Sopot, PL

          THE DAY IS NOT ENOUGH - FEW AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORIES,
          Galeria Miejska Arsenal, Poznan, PL

          THE DAY IS NOT ENOUGH - FEW AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORIES,
          BWA Sokol, Nowy Sacz, PL

          THE DAY IS NOT ENOUGH - FEW AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORIES,
          BWA, Kielce, PL

          THE DAY IS NOT ENOUGH - FEW AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORIES,
          Cultral Centre, Bialystok, PL

2013  PAINTERS OF ILLUSTRATION, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, PL

          THE DAY IS NOT ENOUGH (FEW AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORIES),
          BWA Gallery, Jelenia Gora, PL

          THE DAY IS NOT ENOUGH (FEW AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORIES),
          Contemporary Museum, Wroclaw, PL

          CAUTION! THINGS MAY APPEAR DIFFERENT THAN THEY ARE,
          Auf AEG Halle, Nurnberg, DE

          WHERE I COME FROM, POLISH ILLUSTRATION FOCUS,
          llustrative Festival, Berlin, DE

2012  BROKEN MOVIE, Awangarda BWA Gallery, Wroclaw, PL

SICK ART, Jerozolima Gallery, Warsaw, PL

TELL ME SOMETHING, Aando Fine Arts, Berlin, DE

2010  THE LAST FILM, Raster Gallery, Warsaw, PL

RAUCHEN VERBOTEN!, Klima Bochenska Gallery, Warsaw, PL

THINGS EVOKE FEELINGS, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PL

FITTING IN SPACE, Zico House, 98Weeks Research Project Space, Beirut, LB

2009  ANIMAL MANIFESTO, Raster Gallery, Warsaw, PL

FANCY SUCCESS, Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow, PL

INTERNATIONAL COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY ART. 5TH EDITION, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PL

EXPANDED PAINTING 3, Prague Biennale 4, Prague, CZ

2008  LUST – LOOKING - TERROR, Warsaw, PL

ILLUSION AS A SOURCE OF PAIN, Bielska BWA Gallery, Bielsko Biala, PL

CROOKED CIRLCLE, Raster Gallery, Warsaw, PL

RED EYE EFFECT. POLISH PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE 21TH CENTURY,
Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PL

VENUS, Month of Photograohy, Krakow, PL

2007  DOUBLE FOND, The Fair Gallery, Frieze Art Fair, London, GB

WANN IMMER VORERST, Collection Bank Austria Creditanstalt, BA CA Kunstforum, Vienna, AT

SECOND PART, Collection of Arsenal Gallery in Bialystok and Zacheta Podlasie Society of Art, Sektor I Gallery, Katowice, PL

RECONNAISANCE OF PAINTING, Gornoslaskie Centrum Kultury, Rondo Sztuki, Katowice, PL

WOMAN ABOUT WOMAN, Bielska BWA Gallery, Bielsko Biala, PL

2006  POLISH PAINTING OF THE XXI CENTURY, Zacheta National Gallery of Art,

Warsaw, PL

IS IT BETTER TO BE A GOOD ARTIST OR A GOOD PERSON?, Raster Gallery in Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

WELCOME TO THE MEDIA, Krolikarnia Palace, Warsaw, PL

2005  EGOCENTRIC, IMMORAL, OUTMODED. CONTEMPORARY IMAGES

OF ARTIST, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL

PORTRAIT, Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna, AT

BEAUTY OR PAINTING EFFECTS, BWA Gallery, Zielona Gora, PL

PAINTING AS COLD MEDIUM, Piekary Gallery, Poznan, PL

BEAUTY OR PAINTING EFFECTS, BWA Awangarda Gallery, Wroclaw, PL

2004  BEAUTY OR PAINTING EFFECTS, Bielska BWA Gallery, Bielsko Biala, PL

BLIND DATE, Okna Gallery, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PL

DISTANCES?, Le Plateau/Frac Ile de France, Paris, FR

AT HOME, Letterkenny Arts Centre, IRL

EASY WORK / LEICHTE ARBEIT, Terra Polska festival, Kulturbauerei, Berlin, DE

2003  PRETTY COMMUNICATION, Priestor Gallery, Bratislava, SK

SKETCHBOOK, Raster Gallery, Warsaw, PL

5TH NATIONAL YOUNG PAINTERS EXHIBITION, BWA Awangarda, Wroclaw, PL

2002  THE YOUNG ARE REALISTS, REALLY, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski

Castle, Warsaw, PL

BICYCLE - REVOLUTION, Raster Gallery, Warsaw, PL

JUNGE KUNST AUS POLEN, Galerie der Marktgemeinde St. Johann, by Raster Gallery, AT

BLOK.OSIEDLE.MIESZKANIE., Galeria Dzialan, by Raster Gallery, Warsaw, PL

18th INTERNATIONAL POSTER BIENNALE, Warsaw, PL

FRESHPAINTED, Karowa Gallery, Warsaw, PL

THE PAINTING OF THE YEAR, finalists of competition, Krolikarnia Palace, Warsaw, PL

2001  Academy of Fine Arts, after diploma exhibition, Warsaw, PL