Magdalena Lazar

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Born in 1986 in Ruda Śląska, lives and works in Kraków. An interdisciplinary artist, she explores the archaeology of the present, failed predictions, and utopian visions related to post-growth. In her work, she decodes cultural codes imposed on natural entities.

Her works have been exhibited in numerous Polish and international shows, including at the Zachęta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw, MoCAK in Kraków, MS2 in Łódź, Temporary Gallery in Cologne, Centrala Gallery in Birmingham (UK), MeetFactory in Prague (CZ), Chongqing Dimensions Art Centre (DAC) in China, and Album Arte in Rome. She also expands her artistic practice through curatorial activities.

A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and a fellow of Berlin University of the Arts (UdK), she holds a PhD in visual arts (UKEN, 2019, Krakow).

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Solo / Duo

2025

Inselkunst, Magdalena Lazar & Thomas May, curated by Kasia Prusik-Lutz, Krakauer Haus, Nürnberg, DE

2024

Luminous Barters, Moist Coalitions exhibition, curated by Zofia Małysa-Janczy, BWA Krosno, PL

Bodies On The Edge Of The Echo Chamber, Magdalena Lazar and Tereza Vinklárková, curated by Edita Štrajtová, Jedna Dva Tři Gallery, Petrohradská kolektiv, Prague, CZ
Metalwork Constellation for the Works of Katarzyna Olma, Jan Wolski, Ola Liput, Natalia Kopytko, Marta Niedbał, Paulina Włostowska, Przemek Pyszczek — A large-scale metalwork installation in the public space of Stanisław Wyspiański High School No. III in Tychy. The project was realized as part of the “Back to School” initiative organized by the Razem Pamoja Foundation and the Friends of Zachęta Society.

2023

COCO DE MER, BWA ZBK, curated by Zofia Małysa - Janczy, show organised as a part of Cracow Art Week Krakers 2023

Apparently Small Significance of Puddles, curated by Michalina Sablik, Art Walk Gallery, Magdalena Lazar & Pitr Urbaniec, Warsaw, PL

2021

Songs of Puddles, curated by Magdalena Komornicka, Małachowski Square 2021, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw,PL

2019

Laboratory of living sentiments, curated by Zofia Małysa - Janczy, MeetFactory, Prague, CZ
Silver - white inhale / cobalt exhale, curated by Katarzyna Mierzwińska, Art Agenda Nova, Kraków, PL

Most of all, don’t go into the forest, together with Michalina Bigaj, Exgirlfriend Gallery, Berlin, DE

2017

ASMR, curated by Kamil #2, Death of a Man Gallery, Warsaw, PL

2016

Strong desires, together with Piotr Urbaniec, curated by Marta Lisok, BWA Katowice, PL

2014

Very low frequency, curated by Marta Kudelska, The Grey House Gallery, Kraków, PL

2013

Something remained, curated by Zbiornik Kultury, Bunkier Sztuki, Kraków, PL

Group exhibitions

2026

Superglue, or Inventing the Friend, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnus, LT

Dark Paradise. Inner Tales, BWA Wroclaw, Wrocław, PL

OPEN SYSTEM, bliss, Warsaw, PL
Lottery of drawing machine is full, Szaber Gallery, Kraków, PL

To The Horizon, Aspekty gallery, Warsaw, PL

FOCUS on The Collection | III presentation of the Sylwia and Piotr Krupa Collection, Krupa Art Foundation, Wrocław, PL

2025

Project: Artistic Jewellery, Centre of Contemporary Art Toruń, Toruń, PL

Soft Smiths. Contemporary women's* metalwork , 05.07- 24.08.2025, curated by Michalina Sablik and Magdalena Lazar, The Centre of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko, PL

Do Not Fear the Shadows, 25 April – 30 May 2025, Art Agenda Nova, Kraków, curated by Katarzyna Mierzwińska
Bliss, 7 March – 12 April 2025, Bliss Gallery, Warsaw, curated by Katarzyna Piskorz
Merging, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw

2024

FLOW/PRZEPŁYW, EL Gallery, Elbląg, PL, 4 July – 8 September 2024, Group exhibition. Curators: Agnieszka Brzeżańska, Ewa Ciepielewska, Emilia Orzechowska

Every stream, every pulse, every vein, curated by Tomek Nowak, How to Forget Gallery, Krakow,PL

2022

WAWEL CASTLE CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART: THE FIRST DECADE, curated by Aneta Rosktkowska and Jakub Woynarowski, Temporary Gallery, Cologne, DE

There used to be a river here, Piana Gallery, Kraków, PL

2021

Sabat, as an artist and curator, Podbrzezie Gallery, Krakow, PL
Narracje Festival 12. Gdańsk 2080. Futurological Congress, curated by Piotr Sikora and Karina Kottová Gdańsk,PL
Unrealized projects of 'Polish art' of the last decade, curated by Marta Romankiv and Łukasz Surowiec, Cricoteka, Krakow, PL

Frieze and Emblem. A practical manifesto of new art forms in Polish schools, Pamoja Foundation, Warsaw, PL

2020

Pandemic consequence: dreams, curated by Kamil #1, Galeria Serce Człowieka, Warsaw, Gallery Weekend, PL

The Vistula is burning, cutared by Katarzyna Skrobiszewska and Magdalena Lazar, National Museum in Krakow, Cracovia Hotel, PL

2018

Award of the Vordemberge-Gildewart Foundation 2018, exhibition, MoCAK, Krakow, PL

KNAF, Leszek Knaflewski Award for young artists, Arsenał Municipal Gallery, Poznan, PL

Domestic animals, curated by Marta Lisok, Bunker Gallery, Krakow, PL
Evil Twin Sister, curated by Piotr Sikora, Botanical Garden, Krakow, PL
SURVIVAL, Wallenberg-Pachalych Palace, Wrocław, PL
Inventio: art of machines, Cricoteka, Krakow, PL
What we do in the shadows, as an artist and curator, Widna Gallery, Krakow, PL

Landscapes of the anthropocene, curated by Roman Lewandowski, Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art, Słupsk/Ustka, PL

2017

Motion vs Rest vol3, as an artist and curator, Chongqing Dimensions Art Centre (DAC), China

Limited Access 7, Teheran, Iran
RYBIE OKO 9, Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art, Słupsk/Ustka, PL

2016

HATI HATI HAT, Bookstore | Exhibition, Kraków, PL and National Gallery in Jakarta (Indonesia)
Frameless 08, MUG / Einstein Kultur, Munich, DE

20, Nuremberg House, Kraków, PL and Krakauer Haus, Nuremberg, DE

2015

Yicca, International Contest of Contemporary Art, Album Arte, Rome, IT

2014

Points of view, Centrala, Birmingham, UK

Residencies:

2024 Centre of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko, PL
2023 Petrohradská kolektiv, Prague, CZ
2019 MeetFactory, Prague, CZ

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