Biography
In the creative explorations of Paulina Komorowska-Birger, the primary focus for years has been on the subject-object as a record of experiences and actions ...
Installation as a composition of objects or a homogeneous space, photography as authorial documentation, and finally, film as a recording of events unfolding over time. In numerous realizations, all these means of expression coexist and enter consciously designed interactions.
Despite the diversity of expressive means, the primary material from which the artist creates her works remains glass, usually presented in the form of a delicate, intricate, and transparent structure of fine threads, reminiscent of silk thread.
We are dealing here with a rather subdued, private, and domestic creativity in the sense of a conscious process of "domesticating art," as described by Professor Beata Frydryczak in a critical text dedicated to the art of Paulina Komorowska-Birger. The motif of many works and projects is the poetic reconstruction of households and household items, as well as the people living among them with their past, present, and future, their problems and hopes, their dynamism, and nostalgia. The author ingeniously renews the use of frozen glass threads as a transformative material for objects she adopts into art, whether found or prepared. In this luminous and poetically charged matter, we find submerged photographs and painted representations, official documents, and photocopies, chestnuts and champagne corks, and many other quotes from the material world, which become significant documents of reality in the finished works.
review fragment, Ryszard Woźniak, Zielona Góra 2012
Individual
exhibitions
Bric-á-brac
Stara Kopalnia Gallery
Wałbrzych
2021
Transition II
Nowy Wiek Gallery
Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej
Zielona Góra
2020
Transition I
Rondo Sztuki
Katowice
2019
Opresja
Incydent Gallery, WSŁ
Żary
2018
Selection
Nowy Wiek Gallery
Lubuskie Museum
Zielona Góra
2015
Collection
Rondo Sztuki
Katowice
2012
The Clerk
BWA
Zielona Góra
2010
Wall of Tears – Tear
Dartington College of Arts Gallery
Dartington
2007
Towards Design
Galeria WSZ w Głogowie
2005
On the Way...
Installation accompanying the Glass Approaches exhibition
Patio, National Museum
Poznań
2005
Conclusion of the Habilitation Process
Stained Glass Studio of Ryszard Więckowski and Marta Sienkiewicz
ASP Wrocław
2005
Private Archive
Galeria Miejska
Wrocław
2004
Arche – Facts
BWA
Zielona Góra
2003
Bridges
Symposium; individual presentation on the above-mentioned topic
Nitra
Slovakia
2001
Internal Dialogue
Agata Michowska – Paulina Komorowska–Birger
BWA
Zielona Góra
2000
Spaces
Galeria Miejska
Wrocław
1999
The Studio of The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning
NY
USA
1998
Objects Nobody Needs
BWA
Gorzów Wielkopolski
1994
Wall of Tears
Mieczykowa 7
Zielona Góra
1993
Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej
Zielona Góra (exhibition until 1997)
1993
Na Solnym Gallery
Wrocław
1992
Na Odwachu Gallery
Wrocław
1991
Art Gallery
Zielona Góra
1991
Group
exhibitions
Paulina Komorowska-Birger, Marek Lalko, Nguyen Hoai Nam
Ao Dai Museum
Ho Chi Minth
Vietnam
2022
We Lived Tomorrow
Hommage à Jan Buck
Energiefabrik Knappenrode
Germany
2022
Zielona Góra in Art
Lubuskie Museum
Zielona Góra
2022
Text and Image
PUDA Gallery
Czeski Cieszyn
2021
Imagine. Art in a Changing World. Art Changing the World.
Zenon Polus Rectorate Gallery
Zielona Góra
2021
20th Anniversary of Nowy Wiek Gallery
Lubuskie Museum
Zielona Góra
2021
ISW Collection
Zenon Polus Rectorate Gallery
Zielona Góra
2021
Utazu Art Award
Biennale 2020 (UAAB)
Japan
2020
Icarus' Flight
BWA Zielona Góra
2020
Dialog
36.6 Gallery, Institute of Art in Cieszyn
2019
Surprise
BWA Zielona Góra
2019
Angel of History
Gallery of the Institute of Contemporary Art Problems
National Academy of Arts of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine 2019
Transsfer
Szewska 16 Gallery
Poznań
2019
Autumn Salon
BWA, Zielona Góra
2019
Zielone górą
Exhibition of works from the BWA Zielona Góra and Lubuska Zachęta Contemporary Art Collection
BWA, Zielona Góra
2019
TRANS-PORT
Exhibition accompanying the International Scientific Conference "Contemporary Art in the Face of Digital Media", Training and Recreation Center of the University of Zielona Góra, Karłów
2018
Autumn Salon
BWA, Zielona Góra
2017
Grayness
Institute of Physics of Adam Mickiewicz University
Poznań
2017
Recycling - 5 Collage Works, 100x70 cm
International Exhibition
Hanoi, Vietnam
2017
Artistic Life of Zielona Góra from 1945 to 2016
BWA, Zielona Góra
2016
Slices
CKiS Wieża Ciśnień Gallery
Konin
2016
Gardens
Pückler's Castle
Bad Muskau, Germany
2016
Beyond Time
BWA Leszno Gallery
2016
Sensual Areas
City Museum, City Arsenal
Wrocław
2016
2+1
U Jezuitów Gallery
Poznań
2016
White
Kolegiacka Gallery
Poznań
2016
25 Artists for the 25th Anniversary of the Gallery
City Gallery, Wrocław
2016
Institute
Library Art Gallery; UZ
Zielona Góra
2015
Studio
R+ Gallery, ASP
Szczecin
2015
Cooperation
Museum of the Ziemia Zbąszyńska
Zbąszyń
2015
Purple
Kolegiacka Gallery, Poznań
2015
Autumn Salon
BWA Zielona Góra
2015
Please Pay Attention
Junge Kunst Museum
Frankfurt nad Odra, Niemcy
2014
Glass Jewelry Fantasies
International Glass Exhibition
Zwiesel, Germany
2014
Microcosm, BWA
Leszno, International Exhibition
2013
Autumn Salon
BWA, Zielona Góra
2013
Golden Tree of Life Still Green
– University as a Place of Art
– ISW, WA, UZ, ul. Wiśniowa 10, Zielona Góra
2013
Waterfalls
Słodownia +1 Gallery
Stary Browar, Poznań
2012
Photosensitive,
BWA, Zielona Góra
2012
Autumn Salon
BWA, Zielona Góra
2011
Newcomers and Natives - 20 Years of ISW
WA, UZ, BWA, Zielona Góra
2011
Meeting
Synagoga pod Białym Bocianem Gallery
Wrocław
2011
3 in 1 – Coffee, Tea, and Sugar
City Gallery, Wrocław
2010
Positionen Der Polnischen Gegenwartskunst
Museum Junge Kunst, Frankfurt (Oder), Niemcy
2009
Lubuska Zachęta Contemporary Art
University Gallery, Zielona Góra
2008
Place to live, place to love
BWA Gallery, Zielona Góra
City Gallery, Wrocław
2008
Old Winery Collection
BWA Gallery, Gorzów;
Water Tower Gallery, Konin;
Arsenal Gallery, Poznań
2007
Lubusz Contemporary Art Encouragement
BWA Zielona Góra
2006
Glass Approaches
BWA Wrocław
Studio Gallery Warsaw
2006
Among others, Old Winery Gallery
Zielona Góra
2006
Myths/Anti-Myths
Forum Gallery + CK Zamek
Wrocław
2005
Glass Approaches
Town Hall Leszno
National Museum Poznań
2005
Art Poznań 2005
Art Fair, non-profit galleries, Stara Rzeźnia
Poznań
2005
J.Ensen in Berlin
Atelierhaus Fabrik Phoenix
Berlin
2005
Promotion Prolibris
Old Winery
Zielona Góra
2004
Entrance
BWA Zielona Góra
2004
Between
from the series Continuations and Opposition
City Gallery, House of Culture— Oborniki Śląskie
Wrocław
2003
City Gallery
Bistrita, Romania
2003
Jehsen — Lost Village
Polish-German project
Białowice
2003
Continuations and Opposition
BWA Wrocław
2002
Autumn Salon
BWA Zielona Góra
2002
Autumn Salon
BWA Zielona Góra
2001
Dorota Miroń, Helena Kardasz, Paulina Komorowska-Birger
Cacao Fabrik, Helmond, Netherlands
2000
Euro — Fire in the land of Liege
Liege, Belgium
2000
Continuations and Opposition
Gallery of Actions, Warsaw
PWW Gallery, Zielona Góra
City Gallery, Wrocław
BWA, Brzeg
2000
ISKIP WSP Zielona Góra;
Archaeological Museum, Głogów
2000
ISKIP WSP Zielona Góra
Museum of Lubuskie Land, Zielona Góra
1999
Autumn Salon,
BWA , Zielona Góra
1999
Polish Analytical Abstraction
BWA, Wrocław
1998
Between Gesture and Discourse
Polish Institute, Berlin, Germany
1998
Between Gesture and Discourse
Provincial Gallery, Słubice
1998
Everyday Streets
Mieczykowa 7, Zielona Góra
1998
Painting — Cathedral
Mieczykowa 7, Zielona Góra
1997
Spectrum
Braunschweig, Germany
BWA, Zielona Góra
1997
Other Dimensions
Mieczykowa 7, Zielona Góra
1997
Spiral 1
Exhibition of Lower Silesian Artists
Gerard Foundation for Contemporary Art
Świeradów Zdrój
1996
Peripheries
Mieczykowa 7
Zielona Góra
1996
Collections
Mieczykowa 7
Zielona Góra
1996
Place for the Unruly
Exhibition accompanying the 1st International Aesthetics Conference
Drzonków
1995
Open-air Exhibition
Gallery H
Vejprty, Czech Republic
1995
Don't Hide the Sun from Me
GI Gallery, Zielona Góra
1995
Presentation of Zielona Góra Artists
Polish Institute, Leipzig, Germany
1994
Artistic Narratives
Museum of Lubuskie Land
Zielona Góra
1994
Studio 22
Lubin
1993
Exhibition of Assistants of IWP WSP in Zielona Góra
BWA, Zielona Góra
1993
Absent Art
International Art Center
Poznań
1993
Exhibition of Employees of IWP WSP in Zielona Góra
GI Gallery, Zielona Góra
1993
Diploma 90-91
Academy of Fine Arts, Gdańsk
1992
Week of Young Art
Poznań
1992
Studio 22
Na Odwachu Gallery
Wrocław
1992
Reims presents Wrocław exhibits
Reims, France
1991
Exhibition of Exhibitions – Overview of Exhibitions from 1984-1991
Art Gallery, Zielona Góra
1991
Articles in journals
Publications
Marta Gawęda-Szymaniak, Jacek Gernat, Góra wizji. Zielona Góra w sztuce po 1945r.,
[w:] Zielona Góra w sztuce, Zielona Góra 2022, ISBN 978-83-959720-8-9, s.39, 201
Wracając do przyszłości 2020 Biennale Zielona Góra
ISBN 978-83-61440-21-5, ISBN 978-83-95716-9-5, s.44, 4755,102-103
Lot Ikara, Zielona Góra 2020, ISBN 978-83-61440-25-3 ISBN 978-83-957169-8-0, s.130,131,
Artur Pastuszek, Lekcja anatomii, Marek Lalko, fot. Deska na lisa, Marek Lalko, fot. Słup ogłoszeniowy,
[w:] Prosimy o uwagę/wir bittenum ihre aufmerksamkeit, Zielona Góra 2020, ISBN978-83-957169-0-4, s.5-7,12-13.
Michał Markiewicz, Malarze bez płócien, Marek Lalko, fot. Eldorado, Łukasz Musielak, O ambiwalencji życia na wydziale artystycznym czyli słów kilka o wystawie Zakładu Multimediów,
[w:] Zakład, Zielona Góra 2020; ISBN 978-83-957169-1-1, s.6,8,16-17.
Ewa Urbańska, Mikrokosmos-trzy warstwy, cztery wnętrza, wielogłos artystów?,
[w:] Dwa horyzonty, Poznań 2020, ISBN 978-83-66015-83-8, s.64-68.
Uczelnia miejscem sztuki, Zielona Góra grudzień 2015, ISBN 978-83-936290-0-6, s.300-301.
Lidia Głuchowska, Ogrody eksterytorialne - ideał poetycki - czas, poznanie, sztuka, fot. Helena Kardasz, z cyklu portret z paprotką,
[w:] Ogrody/Garten, Bad Muskau Zielona Góra 2016, ISBN 978-83-88426-96-4,s.28,67.
Marek Śnieciński, Miejsce Sztuki-25 lat Galerii Miejskiej we Wrocławiu,
Sylwia Świsłocka-Karwot, Sztuka, rozum i sprawiedliwość., fotografie prac
[w:] 25 autorów na 25-lecie Galerii., Wrocław grudzień 2016 r., ISBN 978-83-942755-8-7, s.44,47,56,131-132,164.
Ponad Czasem, Leszno 2016,
ISBN 978-83-87028-88-6, s.14-17.
Ceramika i szkło. Obszary sensualne,
Wrocław 2016, ISBN 978-83-64419-79-9, s.11, 86-87, 190.
Alicja Lewicka-Szczegóła, Rysunek w muzeum, fot prac
[w:] Kooperacja, Zielona Góra 2016, ISBN 978-83-936290-5-3, s.5,10.
Mikrokosmos, Leszno październik 2013, ISBN 978-83-87-028-76-3, s.20-21.
Urzędniczka, Zielona Góra 2011, ISBN 978-83-916503-8-7, s.1-95.
Miejsce do mieszkania miejsce do kochania, Zielona Góra 2008,
ISBN 978-83-61440-08-6, ISBN 978-83-916503-6-3, s.38-41.
Art Poznań 2005 Targi Sztuki, Poznań 2005,
ISBN 83-88400-19-3, s. 130.
Szkło Zbliża, Wrocław 2005,
ISBN 83-919942-4-4, s.13,47.
J.Ehsen-zaginiona wieś. Projekt Idei, Nowogród Bobrzański 2002,
ISBN 83-917799-0-4, s.8-9.
Happyland, Fankfurt 2003, s.16-17,
Kontynuacja i Sprzeciw, Wrocław 2000, s 18,32.
Wojciech Kozłowski, Galerie w Zielonej Górze-próba podsumowania, fot. prac
[w:] Pracownia Wolnego Wyboru,2000/2001,
ISBN 83-910135-1-0, s.7,20.
Sztuka beze mnie nie ma sensu,
ISBN 83-916503-16, s.13.
Dialog wewnęrzny, Zielona Góra październik 2000,
ISBN 83-914300-1-4, s.4-22.
Beata Frydryczak,Od powierzchni do przedmiotu,
[w:] Między Gestem a dyskursem, Warszawa 1998,
ISBN 83-85323-84-8, s.78
Malarstwo inne wymiary, Zielona Góra 1998,
ISBN 83-910135-0-2, s.10,23.
Zetgenossische Kunst aus Zielona Góra,
Zielona Góra-Lipsk 1994, s.12
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