Bio
Maryna Tomaszewska. Conceptual artist and scholar. Author of art books, installations, video works and performances. Main areas of interest and research: publication as artistic practice, language based art and mechanisms of power. Her artists’ books and magazines that are in collections of (among others): MoMA, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate, V&A Museum. Editor-in-chief of The Worst Magazine Ever. She runs the Experimental Text Studio at the Faculty of Media Art of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts.
EDUCATION
2022 Doktor Habilitowana (Polish post-doctoral degree) in Fine Arts
Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Reviewers: Professor Krzysztof Tomalski, Professor Piotr Kurka, Professor Sławomir Kosmynka, Dr. hab. Agata Zbylut
2011 PhD in Fine Arts
Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Supervised by: Prof. Maciej Buszewicz
Reviewers: Dr. hab. Grażyna Lange, Dr. hab. Jacek Staniszewski
2004 Master of Arts
Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Supervised by: Professor Lech Majewski
TEACHING/ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
2011 – Present Professor, New Media Faculty, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
Experimental Text Studio, BA Level
Experimental Text Studio, MA Level
2022 – present Member of Senate, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
2021 – 2022 Deputy Dean, New Media Faculty, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
2019–2023 Chief Curator Spokojna Gallery, Academy of Fine Arts Warsaw
PUBLICATION RECORD
Books
M. Tomaszewska, Warszaw (Upcoming), 2025
Dictionary of an Art Institution (editor), BWA Wrocław Contemporary Art Galleries, 2021
M. Tomaszewska, The Curators, BWA Wrocław Contemporary Art Galleries, 2019
M. Tomaszewska, HMFPT, BWA Wrocław Contemporary Art Galleries, 2013
M. Tomaszewska, Polish Phrasebook with Art in the Background, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, 2011
Editor-in-chief
The Worst Magazine Ever, editor-in-chief, 2009-present
Women Issue, self published, 2020
Pandemic Issue, self published, 2020
Sports Issue, self published. 2013
Gold Issue, self published, 2012
Poland Issue, co-published with Witryna Foundation, 2011
Vacation Issue, self published, 2010
Food Issue, self published, 2010
Time Issue, self published, 2009
Debut Issue, self published, 2009
The Journal of Artists’ Books, no 34, Fall 2013, guest editor
Fashion Post, editor-in-chief, 2015-2018
Articles
M. Tomaszewska, Black Square, in: Alternatywne symbole śmierci, Warsaw, 2022
M. Tomaszewska, All lost matches of the Polish Men’s National Soccer Team, in: Kopalnia, no 5, 2020, special insert
M. Tomaszewska, Typical Agatha, Typical Mirosław in: Biuro – organ prasowy BWA WROCŁAW, no 14-15, 2017 pp. 87-90
M. Tomaszewska, Cucumbers and Aluminium Foil in: Biuro – organ prasowy BWA WROCŁAW, no 9-10, 2014, pp. 68-71
M. Tomaszewska, Pawel Jarodzki in: The Journal of Artists’ Books, no 34, Fall 2013, pp. 10-14
M. Tomaszewska, Of the Two Who Made Shoes in: Biuro – organ prasowy BWA WROCŁAW, no 5, 2012 pp. 75-77
M. Tomaszewska, The Humor of a Really Dark Adventure in: Notes na 6 tygodni, no 78, 2012, pp. 160-169
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2024 – MARYNA.TV was here, MATCA artspace, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2023 – Blue Ocean Theory, Stroboskop, Warsaw, Poland
2021 – Maryna.TV vol. 2, Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych Zielona Góra, Poland
2020 – Maryna.TV – online video series, BWA Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
2013 – Ursus Cleaning, Bec Zmiana Foundation, Warsaw, Poland
2012 – Food for the Bold and Beautiful, Krasnoyarsk Museum Center, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
2011 – Polish Phrasebook with Art in the Background, CCA, Warsaw Poland
2011 – The Art Vending Machine, Villa Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2011 – Polish Phrasebook with Art in the Background, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, NI
2010 – The Time Capsule, Witryna Foundation, Warsaw, Poland
2009 – The Worst Magazine Ever, Raster Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
GROUP EXHIBITIONS/ART FAIRS (selected)
2023 – Closing the Circle, MATCA artspace, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2023 – Hot August, private garden, Sopot, Poland
2023 – Reconfigurations, Muzeum Mazowieckie, Płock, Poland
2023 – Cold May, private garden, Warsaw, Poland
2022 – Art of the Football Scarf, OOF Gallery, London, UK
2022 – NARRACJE Festival, Gdańsk, Poland
2021 – Claw, Asian Town Bakalarska Bazaar, Warsaw, Poland
2020 – Whole of Poland vol.2, Gdańska Galeria Miejska, Gdańsk, Poland
2019 – Whole of Poland, BWA Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
2013 – New York Art Book Fair, MoMa PS1, New York, USA
2013 – Los Angeles Art Book Fair, MoCA, Los Angeles, USA
2013 – Artist in the age of nothingness, BWA Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
2013 – The ICP Triennial, International Center of Photography, New York, USA
2013 – Wallet stories, Moscow, Russia
2013 – Reading Room: New Artists Publishing from Poland, IKP, London, UK
2013 – Asamblea/Ensamblar, Otras Obras, Tijuana, Mexico
2012 – New York Art Book Fair, MoMa PS1, New York, USA
2012 – Poznan Art Book Fair, Arsenal Municipal Gallery, Poznan, Poland
2012 – The experiment must go on, Raster Gallery, Poland
2012 – Chora sztuka, Jerozolima, Warsaw, Poland
2011 – London Art Book Fair, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
2010 – Tokyo Art Book Fair, Arts Chiyoda, Tokio, Japonia
AWARDS
2023 – Art Scholarship of the City of Warsaw
2022 – Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Input in the Development of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
2020 – Digital Culture Scholarship, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
2012 – Young Poland Scholarship for Outstanding Young Polish Artist, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
2011 – Scholarship of the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage
2007-2010 Scholarship for Outstanding PhD Candidate, Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts
CURATORIAL PRACTICE
2023 – Hot August, group exhibition, private garden, Sopot, Poland
2019-2023 Chief Curator, Spokojna Gallery, Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts
2020 – Co-curator – Hanka Podraza, 20 485, solo exhibition, Spokojna Gallery, Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts
2014 – Curator – Karolina Culture Shop, group exhibition, PS2 Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2011 – Curator – Polish Book Shop, group exhibition, PS2 Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
CONFERENCES/PANELS
2022 – Black Square, TEDeath, Komuna Warszawa, Warsaw, Poland
2022 – Where are the women?, 6th National Street Naming Conference, Museum of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
2019 – Magazine as an Object of Art,Tekstografie Conference, University of Wrocław, Poland
2014 – For the heck of it. Irony and freedom in Polish Art, discussion, CCA, Warsaw Poland
2011 – Why Self Publishing?, panel discussion, Cracow Photomonth Festival, Cracow, Poland
2010 – Warsaw is not the Paris of the North, Warsaw Under Construction Festival, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw Poland
RESEARCH PROJECTS
2023 – Mothers, Principal Investigator, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
2020 – New (Social) Media, Principal Investigator, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
2019 – Femininity – its Role, Reception and Depiction, Principal Investigator, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
ART BOOKS IN COLLECTIONS (selected)
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
SFMOMA, San Francisco, USA
Tate, London, United Kingdom
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Drezno, Germany
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Netherlands