Karol Radziszewski (b. 1980, Poland) is a multidisciplinary artist, working across film, painting, photography, and installation. His research practice cross-references cultural, historical and political records with a specific focus on queer discourse in Poland. Since 2005 he is publisher and editor-in-chief of DIK Fagazine. In 2015, Radziszewski founded the Queer Archives Institute, which is dedicated to the research and presentation of queer archives from Central and Eastern Europe. Radziszewski’s recent solo and group exhibitions include Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2026); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2024); Phoenix Art Museum (2024); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2023); Between Bridges, Berlin (2023);
Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw (2022); Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz (2021); Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova, Ljubljana (2020); CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw (2019);
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (2019); Whitechapel Gallery, London (2027); VideoBrasil, São Paulo (2016); Wroclaw Contemporary Museum (2012). He has participated in several
international biennales, including Edinburgh Art Festival 2024, Biennale Teatro 2024, Venice, PERFORMA 13, New York; 7th Göteborg Biennial; 4th Prague Biennial and 14th Baltic Triennial. In 2021, The Power of Secrets book dedicated to Radziszewski’s archival
practice was published by Sternberg Press. ...
BWA Warszawa was founded in 2011. Its current location in central Warsaw is set right at the heart of MDM – one of the city’s first major postwar developments. The name of the gallery makes reference to the social realist concept of that era, which sought to cover the Polish map with a network of exhibition spaces known as Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych (Bureau of Artistic Exhibitions).
The contemporary adaptation of the name is a subversive nod towards a time when art was an essential element of the regime’s utopian social programme. We’re not setting out to hold up these utopian ideals, but we strive to incorporate this concept objectively into the way we consider art. The gallery’s programme is a direct reflection of our views, so themes that deal with pacifism, ecology, feminism and civil rights are highly visible. The art we exhibit is a reaction to the issues plaguing today’s world in real time.
Alongside BWA’s ongoing programme of the most intriguing pieces from Polish artists of the young and middle generations, we also present works of art by international artists in cooperation with our partners across the globe.
The gallery regularly takes part in local initiatives to promote gallery culture among the general public, including Warsaw Gallery Weekend (ING Best Artist Prize for Agnieszka Brzeżańska) and Friend of A Friend, and international art fairs, including NADA Miami Beach, Art Brussels (Discovery Prize 2016), ARCO Lisbon (Opening Section Prize 2018), Artissima Torino). ...
