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Katarzyna Krzykawska (Apolinarski)<\/strong> is a multidisciplinary artist and an art educator with gallery exhibits and site-specific art installations in several countries, including Poland, USA, Germany, Spain, Mexico, and Taiwan. Her art practice explores the sociocultural context of landscapes exposing the contradictions of the idealistic utopian versus the pragmatic mundane.\u00a0<\/p>

She has been commissioned by parks, various institutions, and art festivals to make art installations (Land Art Festival, Arboretum Bolestraszyce), monuments and scenic design (Sarah Bush Dance Company for San Francisco Opera, and National Audubon Society).\u00a0<\/p>

Besides her art practice, she is a researcher who publishes texts about contemporary art, environment, and deathscape.<\/p>

Krzykawska studied art in Poland and Spain, received a MFA (2000), PhD (2008) and postdoctoral (2017) degrees from Academies of Fine Arts in Krakow and Gdansk. She has taught art and design at universities in Poland, Mexico, Italy, and recently at the California State University.\u00a0<\/p>

She lives and works in the US and Poland.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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<\/i>CV - ART<\/span><\/i><\/div>

Katarzyna Krzykawska (Apolinarski)
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POLAND \/ USA<\/span><\/p>

2017 \u2003<\/code><\/span>Post-doctoral, Department of Sculpture and Intermedia Arts. ASP Gda\u0144sk, Poland
2008 \u2003<\/code><\/span>PhD in Fine Arts, Department of Sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland<\/p>

2000 \u2003<\/code><\/span>MA Sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland<\/p>

1999-2000 \u2003<\/code><\/span>Universidad Polit\u00e9cnica di Valencia, Spain<\/p>

1998 \u2003<\/code><\/span>MA Fine Arts Education. Pedagogical University of Krakow, Poland<\/p>

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SELECTED SHOWS AND ART PROJECTS (selection 2008 \u2013 2026<\/b>)
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2026\u2003<\/code> They Depart, They Arrive<\/i>, Arboretum Bolestraszyce, Poland (site specific)<\/p>

2026\u2003<\/code> Forest Within,<\/i> Vienna Woods Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (solo)<\/p>

2026 \u2003<\/code>\u00a0Forest Eye, <\/i>Lauderdale, (art residency), Mississippi, USA (site specific)<\/p>

2025\u2003<\/code> Blue Eye<\/i>, Rudnik nad Sanem, Center of Wicker Crafts, Poland (site specific)<\/p>

2025\u2003<\/code> La vida es sueno, <\/i>Palace of Arts, Krakow, Poland \/Galeria de Saenz Lopez, Culiacan, <\/i>M\u00e9xico (curator \/ participant)<\/p>

2025\u2003<\/code> PL_US<\/i>, Krakart Group, Vienna Woods Gallery, Los Angeles, USA<\/p>

2024\u2003<\/code> Land of Urlo. Ethereal Labyrinth<\/i>, Pharmacy Museum, Wroclaw, Poland\/
\u2003\u2003 <\/code>\u00a0\u00a0 Museum of Lithuanian Literature Maironis, Kaunas, Lithuania<\/p>

2024\u2003<\/code> Art Faculty and Alumni Exhibition<\/i>, California State University Art Gallery, Hayward, USA<\/p>

2023\u2003<\/code> The New Spirituality, <\/i>Mark Rothko Art Center, Daugavpils, Latvia<\/p>

2022\u2003<\/code> Honoring Life<\/i>, Petaluma Art Center, CA, USA<\/p>

2021\u2003<\/code> American as a Second Language, <\/i>The Window Project @ machinaloci, Berkeley, USA (solo)<\/p>

2018\u2003<\/code> Spirit&Bones<\/em> by Sarah Bush Dance Project - scenic design, Taube Atrium Theatre, The Wilsey Center for Opera, San Francisco, USA<\/p>

2018\u2003<\/code> Spirit&Bones<\/em> by Sarah Bush Dance Project - scenic design, Taube Atrium Theatre, The Wilsey Center for Opera, San Francisco, USA<\/p>

2017\u2003<\/code> <\/span>Landscape Memory<\/em>,<\/span> Labolatorio de Artistas Norte 124, Metep<\/span>\u00e9<\/span>c, M<\/span>\u00e9<\/span>xico<\/span> (solo)<\/span><\/p>

\u2003<\/code>\u2003<\/code>\u2003<\/code>\u00a0\u00a0 Paired<\/em>, Arboretum Bolestraszyce, Poland (site specific)<\/p>

2016 \u2003<\/code>Swing<\/em>, VI Land Art Festival, \u201cHome\u201d, Bubel \u0141ukowiska, Poland (site specific)<\/p>

2016\u2003<\/code> Borderline<\/em>, Szczere Pole Gallery, Kryspin\u00f3w, Poland (site specific)<\/p>

2015 \u2003<\/code>Horse and a Polish Case<\/em>. Disinfection of Polish Romantic Landscape, V Land Art Festival, Stary Bubel, Poland (site specific)<\/p>

2015 \u2003<\/code>Cutting \/Thunder<\/em>, Arboretum SGGW Rogow, Poland (site specific)<\/p>

\u2003<\/code>\u2003<\/code>\u2003<\/code>\u00a0 Tears,<\/em> University of Lviv Botanical Garden, Lviv, Ukraine (site specific)<\/p>

2014 \u2003<\/code>Cloud<\/em>, Arboretum Bolestraszyce, Poland (site specific)<\/p>

\u2003<\/code>\u2003<\/code>\u2003<\/code>\u00a0 Red Hood<\/em>, Arboretum Bolestraszyce, Poland (site specific)<\/p>

2013 \u2003<\/code>Confiserie Polonaise<\/em>, XX1 Gallery, Warsaw, Poland (solo)<\/p>

\u2003<\/code>\u2003<\/code>\u2003<\/code>\u00a0 La Originalidad en la cultura de la copia<\/em><\/span>, El Centro Universitario de las Artes, Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez, M<\/span>\u00e9<\/span>xico<\/span><\/p>

2012 \u2003<\/code><\/span>Difficult Cases<\/em>,<\/span> U Piotra Gallery, Arboretum Bolestraszyce, Poland<\/span> (solo)<\/span><\/p>

2012<\/span> \u2003<\/code>Stories<\/em>,<\/span> BWA Gallery, Ostrowiec S\u0301wie\u0328tokrzyski, Poland<\/span> (solo)<\/span><\/p>

2011 \u2003<\/code>Stones<\/em>, Arboretum Bolestraszyce, Poland (site specific)<\/p>

\u2003<\/code>\u2003<\/code>\u2003<\/code>\u00a0 # D4213D<\/em>, XX1 Gallery, Warsaw, Poland (solo)<\/p>

\u2003<\/code>\u2003<\/code>\u2003<\/code>\u00a0 Libroarte<\/em><\/span>,<\/em> Biblioteca de la Facultat de Belles Arts in Barcelona, Spain<\/span><\/p>

2010 \u2003<\/code>AB Rh +<\/em>, XS Gallery, Fine Arts Institute, Kielce, Poland (solo)<\/p>

\u2003<\/code>\u2003<\/code>\u2003<\/code>\u00a0 Wariaty<\/em>, Alles wird Schoen Gallery, Hamburg, Germany (solo)<\/p>

\u2003<\/code>\u2003<\/code>\u2003<\/code>\u00a0 Import-Export<\/em>, Exhibition in collaboration with Waldemar Sulewski and Kioer group, Essener Strasse, Hamburg, Germany<\/p>

\u2003<\/code>\u2003<\/code>\u2003<\/code>\u00a0 Sztuka<\/em>, Positionen Polnischer Aktueller Kunst, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany<\/p>

2009 \u2003<\/code>Private Horizontal Line<\/em>, Kinetic Drawings, Meeting in Zdonov, Czechia (site specific)<\/p>

\u2003<\/code>\u2003<\/code>\u2003<\/code>\u00a0 Searching for EU Standards<\/em>, Vilnius, Lithuania (site specific)<\/p>

\u2003<\/code>\u2003<\/code>\u2003<\/code>\u00a0 Geumgang Nature Art Pre-Biennale<\/em>, South Korea<\/p>

2008 \u2003<\/code>International Tsai-mo Ecology Art Exhibition, Taichung City, Taiwan<\/p><\/p><\/div>\n <\/div>

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<\/i>CV - ACADEMIA<\/span><\/i><\/div>

Katarzyna Krzykawska (Apolinarski)<\/p>

EDUCATION<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

2017 \u2003<\/code><\/span>Post-doctoral, Department of Sculpture and Intermedia Arts. ASP Gda\u0144sk, Poland
2008 \u2003<\/code><\/span>PhD in Fine Arts, Department of Sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland<\/p>

2000 \u2003<\/code><\/span>MA Sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland<\/p>

2000 \u2003<\/code><\/span>Universidad Polit\u00e9cnica di Valencia, Spain<\/p>

1998 \u2003<\/code><\/span>MA Fine Arts Education. Pedagogical University of Krakow, Poland<\/p>

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SELECTED ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES 2008-2020<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Teaching Experience at Universities<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

2022 \u2013<\/p>

The California State University, East Bay, The Department of Art and Design, CA, USA (Adjunct Faculty)<\/p>

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2017- 2022<\/p>

The Warsaw University of Life Sciences (WULS\/SGGW), The Department of Landscape Art, Warsaw, Poland (Associate Professor)<\/p>

Degree program - Landscape Architecture (BA and MA studies)<\/p>

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2013-2017<\/p>

The Warsaw University of Life Sciences (WULS\/SGGW), The Department of Landscape Art, Warsaw, Poland (Assistant Professor)<\/p>

Degree program - Landscape Architecture (BA and MA studies)<\/p>