Gosia Koscielak

Gosia Koscielak (Małgorzata Kościelak Królikowska) an artist, curator and designer born in Wroclaw, Poland. She lives and works in Chicago/Wilmette since 1992. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, Poland (MFA'86, MFA'87, Adjunct Professor' 92 at Prof. Wanda Gołkowska studio) and from the School of The Art Institute of Chicago (MFA'94) where she was a Fulbright Scholar. In years 1987-1989 she has been the Artistic Director of the Rekwizytornia Gallery at the Contemporary Theatre in Wroclaw. Since 1987 she curated many exhibitions worldwide, among the numerous local and international exhibitions she has curated are: Hommage a Henryk Stażewski (1989), Transcultural Visions: Polish - American Contemporary Art at the Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago (2001),and at the National Museum in Szczecin (2002), Crossmediale, In Transit and many others. Koscielak has lectured at The Art Institute of Chicago, St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY. She has been visiting lecturer at the Northwestern University, Evanston, IL and University of Illinois at Chicago. Gosia Kościelak is a visual artist creating light art, design, and an art curator who has had numerous solo and group exhibitions at galleries and museums in Poland, Ita...

The School of The Art Institute,MFA 1994, Chicago, USA,
Academy of Art and Design, MFA 1987, MFA 1986, Wroclaw, Poland

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS:
2007 The Sweet Hereafter curated by Raul Zamudio, The LAB Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Eco-social Sculptures, Pool Art Fair, NewYork, USA
Eco-social Sculptures, Chicago Arts District Exhibitions, Open House, Chicago, IL
Artist Space exhibition, NOVA, Young Art Fair, Chicago, IL
1997 Gaps in Memory, The Polish Museum of America, Chicago, IL
1995 Gaps in Memory & Extrapolations, UALR, The University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Gallery 2 , Little
Rock, AR
1993 Gaps in Memory, Mindy Oh Gallery, Chicago, USA
The New Pier Show, Chicago, USA
Between, ARC Gallery, Chicago, USA
Gaps in Memory, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, USA
Identity-Identification; The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA
Europe, performance, Wooden Gallery, Chicago, USA
1991 Balance, Miejska Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
Micro Hall Art Center, Edewecht - Oldenburg, Germany
1990 Energy of Space, SBWA, Wroclaw, Poland
Sculpture, Kitchen Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Concealed Energy, Gallery Entropia, Wroclaw, Poland
Exposed Energy, Museum of Architecture, Wroclaw, Poland
1988 Stimulation of Space 2, ON Gallery, Poznan, Poland
Inscrizione Verticale, Artestudio, Pontenossa - Bergamo, Italy
Ephemeral Installation, Young Artists Symposiu...