krzysztof Wodiczko
Born 1943 in Warsaw, Poland
Lives and works in New York and Cambridge
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
“The Abolition of War,” WORK Gallery, London, United Kingdom
“Arch de Triomphe, World Institute for the abolition of war,” Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
“…OUT OF HERE: The Veterans Project,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
2010
“Guests,” Atlas Sztuki, ?ód?, Poland
2009
"… OUT OF HERE: The Veterans Project," Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, Massachusetts
"Self-Portrait 2," Profile Foundation Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2008
"Poznan Projection," Signum Foundation, Poznan, Poland
2007
"Vehicles – Instruments," Fundacja Signum, Poznan, Poland
2005
"Monument Therapy," Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland (retrospective)
"Public Projections 1996-2004," Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow, Poland
"IF YOU SEE SOMETHING...," Galerie Lelong, New York
2001
"Projection a Tijuana," Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
2000
"The Hiroshima Projection," Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
1999
Hiroshima City Art Museum, Hiroshima, Japan
"Krzysztof Wodiczko, de Pavil Joens (Two Projections)," Amsterdam, Netherlands
1997
"Xenology: Immigrant Instruments," University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, Texas
Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
FRAC, Nantes, France
1996
"Xenology: Immigrant Instruments," Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
1995
"Krzysztof Wodiczko: Projects & Public Projections, 1969-1995," De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam,
Netherlands
Galerie Foksal, Warsaw, Poland
Art Tower Mito, Mito, Japan
"Projekcje i Projekty Publiczne," Contemporary Art Center, Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland (catalogue)
1992
Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland (catalogue)
"Instruments, Projeccios, Vehicles," Fundacio Antoni Tapies, Barcelona, Spain (catalogue)
Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
"Public Address: Krzysztof Wodiczko," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; traveled to Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, Texas (catalogue)
1991
"Poliscar," Josh Baer Gallery, New York, New York
Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
1989
"Matrix 103," Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
"New York City Tableaux," Tompkins Square, Exit Art, New York; traveled to Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon; Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC; Wexner Center for the Visual Arts, Columbus, Ohio
"Krzysztof Wodiczko: Projections," Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, New York
1988
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California
"Kunstgeweberschule," Vienna, Austria
"WORKS," Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. (catalogue)
1987
"Counter-Monuments: Krzysztof Wodiczko's Public Projections," Hayden Gallery, List Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts (catalogue)
"The Real Estate Projection," Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, New York
1986
Galeria Foksal, Warsaw, Poland
1985
Neuberger Museum, State University of New York at Purchase, Purchase, New York
Canada House, London, United Kingdom
Orchard Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland
Ydessa Art Foundation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
"Public Projections," Anna Leonowens Gallery, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, New York
1983
Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, New York
Ydessa Art Foundation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1982
"Poetics of Authority: Krzysztof Wodiczko," Gallery of the South Australian College of Advanced Education, Adelaide, Australia (catalogue)
1981
Franklin Furnace, New York, New York
Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
"Projections," Great George Street Gallery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (catalogue)
1980
Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, New York
1979
"Vehicles," Gallery 76, Toronto, Canada; traveled to Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Optica, Montreal, Canada
1978
"Guidelines," Artists Space, New York, New York
"Guidelines," Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, New York
1977
Galeria Akumulatory 2, Warsaw, Poland
"References (Odniesienia)," Galeria Foksal, Warsaw, Poland (catalogue)
"References (second version)," P.S.1, The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, New York, New York
"Lines on Culture," IDA Gallery, York University, North York, Ontario, Canada
"Lines on Art," Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
"Lines on Culture," Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, New York
"Guidelines," Campus Gallery, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario (catalogue)
"Guidelines," A Space, Toronto, Canada
1976
"Line (Linia)," Galeria Foksal, Warsaw, Poland (catalogue)
"Show and Conversation about Line (Pokaz i rozmowa o linii)," Galeria Akumulatory 2, Poznan, Poland
"Drawings, Illusions, Lines, 1974-1976," Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Canada
"Drawings of Lines, Vehicule," Montreal, Canada; traveled to A Space, Toronto, Canada; Gallery St. Petri, Lund, Sweden
1975
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois (catalogue)
"Ladder (Drabina)," Galeria Akumulatory 2, Poznan, Poland
"Drawings of Lines (Rysunki linii)," Galeria Foksal, Warsaw, Poland (catalogue)
N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1974
"Drawing of a Stool (Rysunek taboretu)," Galeria Foksal, Warsaw, Poland (catalogue)
Corner (Naroznik), Galeria Akumulatory 2, Poznan, Poland
1973
"Vehicle (Pojazd)," Galeria Foksal, Warsaw, Poland (catalogue)
"Self-Portrait (Autoportret)," Galeria Foksal, Warsaw, Poland (catalogue)
1972
"Solo installation: Przejscie (Corridor)," Galeria Wspolczesna, Warsaw, Poland
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
“The Lucifer Effect,” DOX Center for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic
“GLOW,” Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
“See Yourself Sensing: Redefining Human Perception,” WORK, London, England
“Side by Side. Poland—Germany.,” Martin Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
“PARTICOLARE. paths of democracy,” Signum Foundation, Pallazo Donà, Venice, Italy
“Interventions in the Landscape,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
2009
"Essential Works," Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
"Live," The 2nd Athens Biennial HEAVEN, curated by Dimitris Papaioannou & ?afos Xagoraris, Athens, Greece
"This World & Nearer Ones," PLOT09, First Quadrennial of Public Art, organized by Creative Time, Governor’s Island, New York
"Making Worlds," Polish Pavilion, 53rd International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
"Unbuilt Roads," Based on the book Unbuilt Roads: 107 Unrealised Projects, Hatje Cantz (1997) edited by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Guy Tortosa, e-flux project space, New York, New York
"Recent Acquisitions," Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida
"Projections," Mackenzie Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada
"Home Sweet Home," Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, New York
2008
"Cold War Modern: Design 1945-1970," Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
"Dialog:City," Denver, Colorado; In conjunction with the Democratic National Convention
"Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flânerie," Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, New York
"Front Room: Notes on Monumentality," Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
2007
"MACBA at Frankfurter Kunstverein: A Selection of Works from the Museu d'art Contemporani de Barcelona," Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
"Projections," Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
"Open City: Tools for Public Action," Eyebeam, New York, New York
"Sleeping and Dreaming," Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany; Traveled through 2008 to Wellcome Trust, London, England
2006
"Civic Performance," University Art Gallery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
"POZA," Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
"Colleccio MACBA,” Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain
"Polyphony of Images," Consulate General of Poland, New York, NY (one night exhibition)
"The Message is the Medium," Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY
2005
"Flashback: Revisiting the Art of the '80s," Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland
"Points of View: Landscape and Photography," Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
"Moving parts: Forms of the Kinetic," Museum Tinguely, Basel, Sweden
"City Art," Center for Architecture, New York, New York
"SlideShow," Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland; traveled to Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio (catalogue)
"Touch Me: Design and Sensation," Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
"Toward the Future," Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
2004
"L'art polonais du 20e siecle," Hotel des Arts, Toulon, France
"Watch What We Say," Schroeder Romero, New York, New York
"The Freedom Salon," Deitch Projects, New York, New York
"Hilchot Shcheinim" Chapter B, Israeli Center for Visual Arts, Holon, Israel
"Laocoon Devoured," Artium, Basque Museum of Contemporary Art, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
"The Interventionists: Art in the Social Sphere," Mass MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts (catalogue)
"Ambulantes: Cultura Port·til", Centro Andaluz de Arte Conemporaneo, Sevilla, Spain
2003
"Global Priority," Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusets, Amherst, Massachusetts
"Bright Lights Big City," David Zwirner, New York, New York
"Micro Politicas: Arte Y Contidianidad," Espai díart Contemporani de Castello, Castello, Spain
"Aliens in America: Others in the USA," Lamont Gallery at the Frederick R. Mayer Art Center, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire
"Strangers: The First ICP Triennial of Photography and Video," International Center of Photography, New York, New York
Kyoto Biennal, Kyoto, Japan
2002
Interrogative Design Group, MIT Wolk Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Artecidade Zonaleste, Sao Paulo, Brazil
"Designs for the Real World," Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria
Yokohama Triennale, Japan Foundation, Yokohama, Japan
2001
"Around 1988," P.S. 1, New York, New York
2000
"The End: An Independent Vision of the History of Contemporary Art," Exit Art, New York, New York
"Landscape-Traffic-Syntax," InSITE 2000, San Diego, California
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
"L'autre Moitie de l'Europe," Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
Venice Architectural Biennale, Venice, Italy
1999
"Traffic," Kulturabteilung, Graz, Austria
"Comfort Zone: Furniture by Artists," PaineWebber Art Gallery, New York, New York
"Uchwyt (The Handle)," Museum Szuki, Lodz, Poland
"Conceptual Reflection in Polish Art: Experiences of Discourse 1965-1975," Contemporary Art Center, Warsaw, Poland
1998
"Let Freedom Ring," Bunker Hill Monument, sponsored by the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts
"The Hanukkah Project: A Festival in Lights," Jewish Museum, New York, New York
1997
"Art from Poland 1945-1995," Museum Sztuk Pieknych, Budapest, Hungary
"In Celebration of 20 Years: Photography," Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, New York
1996
"Project for Survival," National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; traveled to National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
"Horizons - 14 Polish Contemporary Artists," Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
"Now Here (Walking and Thinking and Walking)," Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, Denmark
"Living Units," McDonald Stewart Art Center, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
"The Luminous Image," The Alternative Museum, New York, New York
1995
"Gdzie jest brat twej, Abel? (Where is Abel, thy brother?)," Zacheta Gallery of Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland
"Contemporary Canadian Art: Beyond (National) Identities," Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo; traveled to National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; Museum of Modern Art, Saporo, Okaido
"ARS'95," Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
"TRIALOG," Gruppius Bau, Berlin, Germany
"Garbage," Thread Waxing Space, New York, New York
1994
"Light Into Art: From Video to Virtual Reality," The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
"The Little House on the Prairie," Marc Jancou Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Paris, ville lumiere: projets d'artistes pour líespace public parisien, Fondation Electricite de France, Paris, France
"Europa, Europa," Kunstmuseum Bonn Revir/Territory, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
"Camera Politics," Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
La Ville, Centre d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
"Garbage," Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut
1993
"In Transit," New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York
"At the Edge of Chaos: New Images of the World," Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
"2eme Biennale d'Art Contemporain," Maison de Lyon, Lyon, France
Washington University Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington
"Polska," Art Tower Mito, Ibaragi, Japan
"In and Out of Place: Contemporary Art and the American Social Landscape," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (catalogue)
"Arbeitskreis Nr. 2," Riverviews, Danube Canal, Vienna, Austria
"Feuertest (Fireproof)," Die Wandelhalle, Forum fur Kunst, Cologne, Germany
1992
Muzeum Sztuki w Lodzi, 1931-1992: Collection-Documentation Actualite, Musee d'Art Contemporain, Lyon, France; traveled to Espace Lyonnais d'Art Contemporain (ELAC), Lyon, France (catalogue)
"Pour la suite du Monde (For the Continuation of the Planet)," Musee d'Art Contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, Canada (catalogue)
"The Power of the City, the City of Power," Whitney Museum of American Art, at Downtown Federal Reserve Plaza, New York, New York (catalogue)
"Beyond Glory: Re-Presenting Terrorism," Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
1991
"The Projected Image," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Fransisco, California
"Night Lines," Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands (catalogue)
Power: Its Myths and Mores in American Art, 1961-1991, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana (catalogue)
"Devices," Josh Baer Gallery, New York, New York
"The Political Arm," John Weber Gallery, New York, New York
"The Art of Advocacy," Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut
"The Hybrid State," Exit Art, New York, New York
"Artists of Conscience: 16 Years of Social Political Commentary," Alternative Museum, New York, New York
"El Suevo Imperativo (The Imperative Dream)," Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
"No Laughing Matter," New York for University Art Gallery, New York, New York; traveled to University of North Texas, Denton, Texas; Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Dalhousie Art Gallery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska; Tufts University Art Gallery, Aidekman Art Center, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts
1990
"A New Necessity," First Tyne International, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom (catalogue)
"Life-Size: A Sense of the Real in Recent Art," Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel (catalogue)
1990
"Die Endlichkeit der Freiheit (The Finitude of Freedom)," DAAD, West Berlin, Germany
"Illegal America," Exit Art, New York, New York (brochure)
"The Decade Show," New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York (catalogue)
Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
"Rhetorical Image," New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York (catalogue)
1989
Galerie Foksal, 1966-1988: Gallery-Archive-Collection, Galerie Foksal, Warsaw, Poland (catalogue)
1988
"Image World: Art and Media Culture," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York (catalogue)
"The Photography of Invention: American Pictures of the 1980s," National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C. (catalogue)
"Les Magiciens de la Terre," Centre National díArt et de la Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (catalogue)
"Vision and Unity," Van Reekum Museum, Apeldorn, the Netherlands (catalogue)
"Temporary Public Art," Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, New York
Wiener Festwochen, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)
"Public Image: Homeless Projects by Krzysztof Wodiczko and Dennis Adams," Institute for Contemporary Art, Clocktower Gallery, New York, New York (catalogue)
"WaterWorks," R.C Harris Water Filtration Plant, Toronto, Canada (catalogue)
"Public Discourse," Real Artways, Hartford, Connecticut (catalogue)
"The Presence of Absence," Independent Curators Incorporated, New York, New York (catalogue)
1987
"Documenta 8," Kassel, West Germany (catalogue)
"Immigrants and Refugees: Heroes or Villains," Exit Art, New York, New York
Poetic Injury: The Surrealist Legacy in Postmodern Photography, Alternative Museum, New York, New York (catalogue)
"Liberty and Justice, Alternative Museum and Group Material," New York, New York (catalogue)
"Art against AIDS," American Foundation for AIDS Research, New York, New York (catalogue)
1986
"Jana Sterbak, Krzysztof Wodiczko," 49th Parallel, Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art, New York, New York
XLII Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy (catalogue)
"Wallworks," John Weber Gallery, New York, New York (catalogue)
"Ten," Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, New York (catalogue)
"Real Property," City Without Walls, Newark, New Jersey
Nexus Center of Contemporary Art, Atlanta, Georgia
"Expanding Commitment," Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland (catalogue)
"The Interpretation of Architecture," YYZ Gallery, Toronto, Canada (catalogue)
"Lumi_res: Perception-Projection," Centre International díArt Contemporain, Montreal, Quebec (catalogue)
1985
"Aurora Borealis," Centre International d'Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada (catalogue)
"Alles und Noch Viel Mehr (Everything and Much More)," Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland (catalogue)
"Eastern Europeans in New York," El Bohio, New York, New York
"Between Science and Fiction," 18th Bienal Internacional de Sao Paolo, Sao Paolo, Brazil (catalogue)
1984
"Public Comments," Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington
"Body Politic," Tower Gallery, New York, New York
New York/Canada, 49th Parallel, Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art, New York, New York
1983
"Kunstler aus Kanada: Raume und Installationen" ("Artists from Canada: Rooms and Installations"), Wirttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany (catalogue)
"Presences Polonaises: l'Art Vivant autour du Musee de Lodz," Centre National d'Art et de la Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (catalogue)
"Social Space," Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta, Canada
1982
Sydney Biennial, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
1981
"Erweiterte Fotografie, 5" ("Expanded Photography, 5"), Internationale Biennale, Vienna, Austria
1979
Bienal de Desenho, Lisbon, Portugal
Sydney Biennial, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
"L'Avanguardia Polacca, 1910-1978," Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy; traveled to Teatro di Falcone, Genoa, Italy; Museo Ca Pesaro, Venice, Italy (catalogue)
Ten Polish Contemporary Artists from the Collection of the Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Richard DeMarco Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom (catalogue)
1977
Moving, Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, New York (catalogue)
"Documenta 6," Kassel, West Germany (catalogue)
"22 Polnische Kunstler aus dem Besitz des Muzeum Sztuki," Lodz, Poland Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
1975
Biennale de Paris, Paris, France
1972
"Akcja w przestrzeni" ("Action in Space"), Galeria Adres, Lodz, Poland
1971
Galeria Wspolczesna, Warsaw, Poland
"Nowe zjawiska w sztuce polskiej, 1960-1970" ("New Phenomena in Polish Art, 1960-1970"), Zielona Gora, Poland
Galeria Akumulatory 2, Poznan, Poland
1970
"Informacja-wyobraznia-dzialanie" ("Information-Imagination- Activity"), Galerie Wspolczesna, Warsaw, Poland
Galeria 10 and Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland
1969
Biennale de Paris, Paris, France
1965
13 Bienal Internacional de Sao Paulo
PUBLIC PROJECTIONS
2011
“Veterans Flame Greenpoint,” Bring to Light Festival, Brooklyn, New York
2010
“War Veteran Projection,” Warsaw, Poland
“The Veteran’s Flame,” Projection on the Hill of the Partisans, Warsaw, Poland
2009
"War Veteran Vehicle," Liverpool, England
2008
Poznan Projection, Poznan, Poland, organized by Fundacja Signum
2005
Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2004
Central Library, St. Louis, Missouri
The St. Louis Projection, Old Courthouse, St. Louis, Missouri
2001
Tijuana Projection, public projection for InSite 2000, El Centro Cultural, Tijuana, Mexico
1999
Hiroshima City Art Museum, Hiroshima, Japan
1998
Bunker Hill Monument, Boston, Massachusetts (organized by Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston)
A-Bomb Dome, Hiroshima, Japan
1996
Andrzej Wajda Festival 1996, Krakow, Poland
1995
"Transported Image," Fresnoy, France
1991
Arco de la Victoria, Madrid, Spain (organized by the Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid in conjunction with the exhibition El Sueno Imperativo)
Oud-Amelisweerd, Bunnik, the Netherlands (organized by Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands, in conjunction with the exhibition Night Lines)
1990
"Tuxedo Royale," Tyne River, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom (organized by First Tyne International in conjunction with the exhibition A New Necessity)
Zion Square, Jerusalem, Israel (organized by The Israel Museum in conjunction with the exhibition "Life Size: A Sense of the Real in Recent Art")
Huth-Haus, Potsdammer Platz, West Berlin, Germany, and Lenin Monument, Leninplatz, East Berlin, Germany (organized by the Deutscher akademischer Auschtauschdienst [DAAD] in conjunction with the exhibition "Die Endlichkeit der Freiheit")
1989
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York (organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art in conjunction with the exhibition "Image World: Art and Media Culture")
1988
"The Border Projection (part one)," San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego, California; traveled to Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico (organized by the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art)
Flakturm, Arenberg Park, Vienna, Austria (organized by the Wiener Festwochen)
Neue Hofburg, Heldenplatz, Vienna, Austria (organized by the Wiener Festwochen)
National Monument and National Observatory, Calton Hill, Edinburgh, United Kingdom (organized for the Edinburgh Festival by The Artangel Trust, London and the Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh)
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C. (organized by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden as part of the exhibition series "WORKS")
R.C. Harris Water Filtration Plant, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (organized by Visual Arts Ontario in conjunction with the exhibition "WaterWorks")
1987
Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, California (organized by the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art)
Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, West Germany (organized by "documenta 8," Kassel)
Martin Luther Kirche, Kassel, West Germany (organized for "documenta 8," Kassel)
Real Estate Projection, Chicago, Illinois (organized by the Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago)
1986
Arsenale, Venice, Italy (organized by the Canadian Pavilion, XLII Biennale di Venezia)
Condottierre Colleoni Monument, Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, Italy (organized by the Canadian Pavilion, XLII Biennale di Venezia)
Campo Santa Maria in Formosa, Venice, Italy (organized by the Canadian Pavilion, XLII Biennale di Venezia)
Campanile, Piazza San Marco, Venice (two versions) (organized by the Canadian Pavilion, XLII Biennale di Venezia)
Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
Allegheny County Memorial Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (organized by the Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh)
Replica of Condottierre Colleoni monument, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland (organized by Galeria Foksal, Warsaw, in conjunction with solo exhibition)
"The Homeless Projection 2," Soldiers and Sailors Civil War Memorial, Boston, Massachusetts (organized for First Night, Boston)
1985
Performing Arts Center, State University of New York at Purchase, Purchase, New York (organized by the Neuberger Museum and the State University of New York at Purchase, in conjunction with solo exhibition)
"Nelson's Column," Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom (organized by the Institute for Contemporary Art and the Artangel Trust, London, (in conjunction with solo exhibition at Canada House, London)
Duke of York's Column, Waterloo Place, London, United Kingdom (organized by the Institute for Contemporary Art and the Artangel Trust, London, in conjunction with solo exhibition at Canada House, London)
South Africa House, Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom
Bundeshaus, Bern, Switzerland (organized by the Kunsthalle and Kunstmuseum Bern in conjunction with the exhibition "Allesund Noch Viel Mehr" at the Kunstmuseum)
Royal Bank of Canada, Place Ville-Marie, Montreal, Canada (organized by the Centre International d'Art Contemporain, Montreal, in conjunction with the exhibition "Aurora Borealis")
Guildhall, Derry, Northern Ireland (organized by Orchard Gallery, Derry, in conjunction with solo exhibition)
Cenotaph and Grand Parade War Memorial, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (organized by the Anna Leonowens Gallery, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, in conjunction with solo exhibition)
1984
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington (organized by the Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, in conjunction with the exhibition "Public Comments")
AT&T Long Lines Building, New York, New York (organized by The Kitchen, New York)
Astor Building/The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York (organized by The New Museum of Contemporary Art)
Conference Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (organized by the International Conference of Humanities on George Orwell's 1984)
Penthouse Building, New York, New York (organized by the Tower Gallery, New York, in conjunction with the exhibition "Body Politic")
1983
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, New York, New York (organized by the Prospect Park Administrator's Office and New York City Department of Parks and Recreation)
Victory Column, Schlossplatz, Stuttgart, Germany
Hauptbahnhof, Stuttgart, Germany (organized by the W¦rttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, in conjunction with the exhibition "Kunstler aus Kanada: Rme und Installationen")
Bow Falls, Banff, Alberta, Canada (organized by the Banff Center)
Museum of Natural History, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada (organized by the Regina Art Gallery)
South African War Memorial, Toronto, Canada (organized by the Ydessa Art Foundation, Toronto, in conjunction with solo exhibition)
Memorial Hall, Dayton, Ohio (organized by the City Beautiful Council, Dayton)
Old Courthouse, Dayton, Ohio (organized by the City Beautiful Council, Dayton)
Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio (organized by the City Beautiful Council, Dayton)
Federal Court House, London, Ontario, Canada (organized by the Greater London Art Gallery, London)
1982
War Memorial, Adelaide (organized by the Adelaide Festival and the South Australian School of Art, Adelaide, in conjunction with the exhibition Poetics of Authority: Krzysztof Wodiczko at the Gallery of the South Australian College of Advanced Education)
Festival Centre Complex, Adelaide, (organized by the Adelaide Festival and the South Australian School of Art, Adelaide, in conjunction with the exhibition Poetics of Authority: Krzysztof Wodiczko at the Gallery of the South Australian College of Advanced Education)
Mutual Life and Citizens Assurance Company Centre Tower, Sydney (organized for The Biennale of Sydney)
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (organized for The Biennale of Sydney)
Qantas International Centre, Sydney (organized for The Biennale of Sydney)
American Express Building, Sydney (organized for The Biennale of Sydney)
1981
The Confederation Centre for the Arts, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (organized by The Great George Street Gallery, Charlottetown, in conjunction with solo exhibition)
Nova Scotia Power Corporation Plant, Halifax (organized by the Centre for Art Tapes and Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, in conjunction with solo exhibition at Eye Level Gallery)
School of Architecture, Technical University of Nova Scotia, Halifax, (organized by the Centre for Art Tapes and Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, in conjunction with solo exhibition at Eye Level Gallery)
Scotia Tower, Halifax, (organized by the Centre for Art Tapes and Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, in conjunction with solo exhibition at Eye Level Gallery)
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (organized by A Space, Toronto)
City Hall, Peterborough, Ontario (organized by Artspace, Peterborough, in conjunction with solo exhibition)
Empress Hotel, Peterborough, Ontario (organized by Artspace, Peterborough, in conjunction with solo exhibition). Projection stopped by police at request of hotel management.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (organized with technical assistance from the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston)
1980
First tests of outdoor architectural slide projections: University of Toronto (various locations: subway, elementary school), Toronto
AWARDS
2011
Best Architecture or Design Show, second place, “…OUT OF HERE: The Veterans Project” (2009), Krzysztof Wodiczko & The Institute of Contemporary Art - Boston, awarded by U.S. Art Critics Association, New York
“Polonia Restituta,” awarded by the President of the Republic of Poland
2009
The Gold Gloria Artis Cultural Merit Award, Warsaw, Poland
2008
Babi Yar Park Public Art Project, awarded to Wodiczko + Bonder, Mizel Museum & Babi Yar Park Foundation, Denver, Colorado
Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, New York
2006
Faculty Design Award (with Julian Bonder), Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Washington, D.C.
2004
Award for Distinguished Body of Work, College Art Association, New York
Gyorgy Kepes Fellowship Prize, Council for the Arts at MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1999
Hiroshima Art Prize, The City of Hiroshima, Japan
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York City
Contemporary Art Center, Warsaw
Foksal Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Fonds National d’Art et de Culture, Ministre de la Culture, Paris, France
Fonds Régional d’Art et de Culture d’Ile de France, Minsitre de la Culture, Paris,
Fundacio Tapies, Barcelona, Spain
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Jewish Museum, New York City
The Linc Group, Chicago, Illinois
Lodz Museum, Poland
Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, France
Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain
Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland
National Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City
Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, Australia
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Lives and works in New York and Cambridge
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
“The Abolition of War,” WORK Gallery, London, United Kingdom
“Arch de Triomphe, World Institute for the abolition of war,” Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
“…OUT OF HERE: The Veterans Project,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
2010
“Guests,” Atlas Sztuki, ?ód?, Poland
2009
"… OUT OF HERE: The Veterans Project," Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, Massachusetts
"Self-Portrait 2," Profile Foundation Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2008
"Poznan Projection," Signum Foundation, Poznan, Poland
2007
"Vehicles – Instruments," Fundacja Signum, Poznan, Poland
2005
"Monument Therapy," Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland (retrospective)
"Public Projections 1996-2004," Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow, Poland
"IF YOU SEE SOMETHING...," Galerie Lelong, New York
2001
"Projection a Tijuana," Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
2000
"The Hiroshima Projection," Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
1999
Hiroshima City Art Museum, Hiroshima, Japan
"Krzysztof Wodiczko, de Pavil Joens (Two Projections)," Amsterdam, Netherlands
1997
"Xenology: Immigrant Instruments," University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, Texas
Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
FRAC, Nantes, France
1996
"Xenology: Immigrant Instruments," Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
1995
"Krzysztof Wodiczko: Projects & Public Projections, 1969-1995," De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam,
Netherlands
Galerie Foksal, Warsaw, Poland
Art Tower Mito, Mito, Japan
"Projekcje i Projekty Publiczne," Contemporary Art Center, Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland (catalogue)
1992
Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland (catalogue)
"Instruments, Projeccios, Vehicles," Fundacio Antoni Tapies, Barcelona, Spain (catalogue)
Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
"Public Address: Krzysztof Wodiczko," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; traveled to Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, Texas (catalogue)
1991
"Poliscar," Josh Baer Gallery, New York, New York
Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
1989
"Matrix 103," Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
"New York City Tableaux," Tompkins Square, Exit Art, New York; traveled to Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon; Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC; Wexner Center for the Visual Arts, Columbus, Ohio
"Krzysztof Wodiczko: Projections," Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, New York
1988
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California
"Kunstgeweberschule," Vienna, Austria
"WORKS," Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. (catalogue)
1987
"Counter-Monuments: Krzysztof Wodiczko's Public Projections," Hayden Gallery, List Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts (catalogue)
"The Real Estate Projection," Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, New York
1986
Galeria Foksal, Warsaw, Poland
1985
Neuberger Museum, State University of New York at Purchase, Purchase, New York
Canada House, London, United Kingdom
Orchard Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland
Ydessa Art Foundation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
"Public Projections," Anna Leonowens Gallery, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, New York
1983
Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, New York
Ydessa Art Foundation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1982
"Poetics of Authority: Krzysztof Wodiczko," Gallery of the South Australian College of Advanced Education, Adelaide, Australia (catalogue)
1981
Franklin Furnace, New York, New York
Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
"Projections," Great George Street Gallery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (catalogue)
1980
Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, New York
1979
"Vehicles," Gallery 76, Toronto, Canada; traveled to Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Optica, Montreal, Canada
1978
"Guidelines," Artists Space, New York, New York
"Guidelines," Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, New York
1977
Galeria Akumulatory 2, Warsaw, Poland
"References (Odniesienia)," Galeria Foksal, Warsaw, Poland (catalogue)
"References (second version)," P.S.1, The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, New York, New York
"Lines on Culture," IDA Gallery, York University, North York, Ontario, Canada
"Lines on Art," Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
"Lines on Culture," Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, New York
"Guidelines," Campus Gallery, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario (catalogue)
"Guidelines," A Space, Toronto, Canada
1976
"Line (Linia)," Galeria Foksal, Warsaw, Poland (catalogue)
"Show and Conversation about Line (Pokaz i rozmowa o linii)," Galeria Akumulatory 2, Poznan, Poland
"Drawings, Illusions, Lines, 1974-1976," Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Canada
"Drawings of Lines, Vehicule," Montreal, Canada; traveled to A Space, Toronto, Canada; Gallery St. Petri, Lund, Sweden
1975
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois (catalogue)
"Ladder (Drabina)," Galeria Akumulatory 2, Poznan, Poland
"Drawings of Lines (Rysunki linii)," Galeria Foksal, Warsaw, Poland (catalogue)
N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1974
"Drawing of a Stool (Rysunek taboretu)," Galeria Foksal, Warsaw, Poland (catalogue)
Corner (Naroznik), Galeria Akumulatory 2, Poznan, Poland
1973
"Vehicle (Pojazd)," Galeria Foksal, Warsaw, Poland (catalogue)
"Self-Portrait (Autoportret)," Galeria Foksal, Warsaw, Poland (catalogue)
1972
"Solo installation: Przejscie (Corridor)," Galeria Wspolczesna, Warsaw, Poland
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
“The Lucifer Effect,” DOX Center for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic
“GLOW,” Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
“See Yourself Sensing: Redefining Human Perception,” WORK, London, England
“Side by Side. Poland—Germany.,” Martin Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
“PARTICOLARE. paths of democracy,” Signum Foundation, Pallazo Donà, Venice, Italy
“Interventions in the Landscape,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
2009
"Essential Works," Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
"Live," The 2nd Athens Biennial HEAVEN, curated by Dimitris Papaioannou & ?afos Xagoraris, Athens, Greece
"This World & Nearer Ones," PLOT09, First Quadrennial of Public Art, organized by Creative Time, Governor’s Island, New York
"Making Worlds," Polish Pavilion, 53rd International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
"Unbuilt Roads," Based on the book Unbuilt Roads: 107 Unrealised Projects, Hatje Cantz (1997) edited by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Guy Tortosa, e-flux project space, New York, New York
"Recent Acquisitions," Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida
"Projections," Mackenzie Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada
"Home Sweet Home," Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, New York
2008
"Cold War Modern: Design 1945-1970," Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
"Dialog:City," Denver, Colorado; In conjunction with the Democratic National Convention
"Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flânerie," Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, New York
"Front Room: Notes on Monumentality," Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
2007
"MACBA at Frankfurter Kunstverein: A Selection of Works from the Museu d'art Contemporani de Barcelona," Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
"Projections," Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
"Open City: Tools for Public Action," Eyebeam, New York, New York
"Sleeping and Dreaming," Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany; Traveled through 2008 to Wellcome Trust, London, England
2006
"Civic Performance," University Art Gallery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
"POZA," Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
"Colleccio MACBA,” Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain
"Polyphony of Images," Consulate General of Poland, New York, NY (one night exhibition)
"The Message is the Medium," Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY
2005
"Flashback: Revisiting the Art of the '80s," Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland
"Points of View: Landscape and Photography," Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
"Moving parts: Forms of the Kinetic," Museum Tinguely, Basel, Sweden
"City Art," Center for Architecture, New York, New York
"SlideShow," Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland; traveled to Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio (catalogue)
"Touch Me: Design and Sensation," Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
"Toward the Future," Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
2004
"L'art polonais du 20e siecle," Hotel des Arts, Toulon, France
"Watch What We Say," Schroeder Romero, New York, New York
"The Freedom Salon," Deitch Projects, New York, New York
"Hilchot Shcheinim" Chapter B, Israeli Center for Visual Arts, Holon, Israel
"Laocoon Devoured," Artium, Basque Museum of Contemporary Art, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
"The Interventionists: Art in the Social Sphere," Mass MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts (catalogue)
"Ambulantes: Cultura Port·til", Centro Andaluz de Arte Conemporaneo, Sevilla, Spain
2003
"Global Priority," Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusets, Amherst, Massachusetts
"Bright Lights Big City," David Zwirner, New York, New York
"Micro Politicas: Arte Y Contidianidad," Espai díart Contemporani de Castello, Castello, Spain
"Aliens in America: Others in the USA," Lamont Gallery at the Frederick R. Mayer Art Center, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire
"Strangers: The First ICP Triennial of Photography and Video," International Center of Photography, New York, New York
Kyoto Biennal, Kyoto, Japan
2002
Interrogative Design Group, MIT Wolk Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Artecidade Zonaleste, Sao Paulo, Brazil
"Designs for the Real World," Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria
Yokohama Triennale, Japan Foundation, Yokohama, Japan
2001
"Around 1988," P.S. 1, New York, New York
2000
"The End: An Independent Vision of the History of Contemporary Art," Exit Art, New York, New York
"Landscape-Traffic-Syntax," InSITE 2000, San Diego, California
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
"L'autre Moitie de l'Europe," Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
Venice Architectural Biennale, Venice, Italy
1999
"Traffic," Kulturabteilung, Graz, Austria
"Comfort Zone: Furniture by Artists," PaineWebber Art Gallery, New York, New York
"Uchwyt (The Handle)," Museum Szuki, Lodz, Poland
"Conceptual Reflection in Polish Art: Experiences of Discourse 1965-1975," Contemporary Art Center, Warsaw, Poland
1998
"Let Freedom Ring," Bunker Hill Monument, sponsored by the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts
"The Hanukkah Project: A Festival in Lights," Jewish Museum, New York, New York
1997
"Art from Poland 1945-1995," Museum Sztuk Pieknych, Budapest, Hungary
"In Celebration of 20 Years: Photography," Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, New York
1996
"Project for Survival," National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; traveled to National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
"Horizons - 14 Polish Contemporary Artists," Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
"Now Here (Walking and Thinking and Walking)," Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, Denmark
"Living Units," McDonald Stewart Art Center, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
"The Luminous Image," The Alternative Museum, New York, New York
1995
"Gdzie jest brat twej, Abel? (Where is Abel, thy brother?)," Zacheta Gallery of Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland
"Contemporary Canadian Art: Beyond (National) Identities," Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo; traveled to National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; Museum of Modern Art, Saporo, Okaido
"ARS'95," Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
"TRIALOG," Gruppius Bau, Berlin, Germany
"Garbage," Thread Waxing Space, New York, New York
1994
"Light Into Art: From Video to Virtual Reality," The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
"The Little House on the Prairie," Marc Jancou Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Paris, ville lumiere: projets d'artistes pour líespace public parisien, Fondation Electricite de France, Paris, France
"Europa, Europa," Kunstmuseum Bonn Revir/Territory, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
"Camera Politics," Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
La Ville, Centre d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
"Garbage," Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut
1993
"In Transit," New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York
"At the Edge of Chaos: New Images of the World," Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
"2eme Biennale d'Art Contemporain," Maison de Lyon, Lyon, France
Washington University Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington
"Polska," Art Tower Mito, Ibaragi, Japan
"In and Out of Place: Contemporary Art and the American Social Landscape," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (catalogue)
"Arbeitskreis Nr. 2," Riverviews, Danube Canal, Vienna, Austria
"Feuertest (Fireproof)," Die Wandelhalle, Forum fur Kunst, Cologne, Germany
1992
Muzeum Sztuki w Lodzi, 1931-1992: Collection-Documentation Actualite, Musee d'Art Contemporain, Lyon, France; traveled to Espace Lyonnais d'Art Contemporain (ELAC), Lyon, France (catalogue)
"Pour la suite du Monde (For the Continuation of the Planet)," Musee d'Art Contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, Canada (catalogue)
"The Power of the City, the City of Power," Whitney Museum of American Art, at Downtown Federal Reserve Plaza, New York, New York (catalogue)
"Beyond Glory: Re-Presenting Terrorism," Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
1991
"The Projected Image," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Fransisco, California
"Night Lines," Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands (catalogue)
Power: Its Myths and Mores in American Art, 1961-1991, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana (catalogue)
"Devices," Josh Baer Gallery, New York, New York
"The Political Arm," John Weber Gallery, New York, New York
"The Art of Advocacy," Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut
"The Hybrid State," Exit Art, New York, New York
"Artists of Conscience: 16 Years of Social Political Commentary," Alternative Museum, New York, New York
"El Suevo Imperativo (The Imperative Dream)," Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
"No Laughing Matter," New York for University Art Gallery, New York, New York; traveled to University of North Texas, Denton, Texas; Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Dalhousie Art Gallery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska; Tufts University Art Gallery, Aidekman Art Center, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts
1990
"A New Necessity," First Tyne International, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom (catalogue)
"Life-Size: A Sense of the Real in Recent Art," Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel (catalogue)
1990
"Die Endlichkeit der Freiheit (The Finitude of Freedom)," DAAD, West Berlin, Germany
"Illegal America," Exit Art, New York, New York (brochure)
"The Decade Show," New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York (catalogue)
Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
"Rhetorical Image," New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York (catalogue)
1989
Galerie Foksal, 1966-1988: Gallery-Archive-Collection, Galerie Foksal, Warsaw, Poland (catalogue)
1988
"Image World: Art and Media Culture," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York (catalogue)
"The Photography of Invention: American Pictures of the 1980s," National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C. (catalogue)
"Les Magiciens de la Terre," Centre National díArt et de la Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (catalogue)
"Vision and Unity," Van Reekum Museum, Apeldorn, the Netherlands (catalogue)
"Temporary Public Art," Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, New York
Wiener Festwochen, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)
"Public Image: Homeless Projects by Krzysztof Wodiczko and Dennis Adams," Institute for Contemporary Art, Clocktower Gallery, New York, New York (catalogue)
"WaterWorks," R.C Harris Water Filtration Plant, Toronto, Canada (catalogue)
"Public Discourse," Real Artways, Hartford, Connecticut (catalogue)
"The Presence of Absence," Independent Curators Incorporated, New York, New York (catalogue)
1987
"Documenta 8," Kassel, West Germany (catalogue)
"Immigrants and Refugees: Heroes or Villains," Exit Art, New York, New York
Poetic Injury: The Surrealist Legacy in Postmodern Photography, Alternative Museum, New York, New York (catalogue)
"Liberty and Justice, Alternative Museum and Group Material," New York, New York (catalogue)
"Art against AIDS," American Foundation for AIDS Research, New York, New York (catalogue)
1986
"Jana Sterbak, Krzysztof Wodiczko," 49th Parallel, Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art, New York, New York
XLII Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy (catalogue)
"Wallworks," John Weber Gallery, New York, New York (catalogue)
"Ten," Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, New York (catalogue)
"Real Property," City Without Walls, Newark, New Jersey
Nexus Center of Contemporary Art, Atlanta, Georgia
"Expanding Commitment," Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland (catalogue)
"The Interpretation of Architecture," YYZ Gallery, Toronto, Canada (catalogue)
"Lumi_res: Perception-Projection," Centre International díArt Contemporain, Montreal, Quebec (catalogue)
1985
"Aurora Borealis," Centre International d'Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada (catalogue)
"Alles und Noch Viel Mehr (Everything and Much More)," Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland (catalogue)
"Eastern Europeans in New York," El Bohio, New York, New York
"Between Science and Fiction," 18th Bienal Internacional de Sao Paolo, Sao Paolo, Brazil (catalogue)
1984
"Public Comments," Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington
"Body Politic," Tower Gallery, New York, New York
New York/Canada, 49th Parallel, Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art, New York, New York
1983
"Kunstler aus Kanada: Raume und Installationen" ("Artists from Canada: Rooms and Installations"), Wirttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany (catalogue)
"Presences Polonaises: l'Art Vivant autour du Musee de Lodz," Centre National d'Art et de la Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (catalogue)
"Social Space," Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta, Canada
1982
Sydney Biennial, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
1981
"Erweiterte Fotografie, 5" ("Expanded Photography, 5"), Internationale Biennale, Vienna, Austria
1979
Bienal de Desenho, Lisbon, Portugal
Sydney Biennial, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
"L'Avanguardia Polacca, 1910-1978," Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy; traveled to Teatro di Falcone, Genoa, Italy; Museo Ca Pesaro, Venice, Italy (catalogue)
Ten Polish Contemporary Artists from the Collection of the Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Richard DeMarco Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom (catalogue)
1977
Moving, Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, New York (catalogue)
"Documenta 6," Kassel, West Germany (catalogue)
"22 Polnische Kunstler aus dem Besitz des Muzeum Sztuki," Lodz, Poland Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
1975
Biennale de Paris, Paris, France
1972
"Akcja w przestrzeni" ("Action in Space"), Galeria Adres, Lodz, Poland
1971
Galeria Wspolczesna, Warsaw, Poland
"Nowe zjawiska w sztuce polskiej, 1960-1970" ("New Phenomena in Polish Art, 1960-1970"), Zielona Gora, Poland
Galeria Akumulatory 2, Poznan, Poland
1970
"Informacja-wyobraznia-dzialanie" ("Information-Imagination- Activity"), Galerie Wspolczesna, Warsaw, Poland
Galeria 10 and Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland
1969
Biennale de Paris, Paris, France
1965
13 Bienal Internacional de Sao Paulo
PUBLIC PROJECTIONS
2011
“Veterans Flame Greenpoint,” Bring to Light Festival, Brooklyn, New York
2010
“War Veteran Projection,” Warsaw, Poland
“The Veteran’s Flame,” Projection on the Hill of the Partisans, Warsaw, Poland
2009
"War Veteran Vehicle," Liverpool, England
2008
Poznan Projection, Poznan, Poland, organized by Fundacja Signum
2005
Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2004
Central Library, St. Louis, Missouri
The St. Louis Projection, Old Courthouse, St. Louis, Missouri
2001
Tijuana Projection, public projection for InSite 2000, El Centro Cultural, Tijuana, Mexico
1999
Hiroshima City Art Museum, Hiroshima, Japan
1998
Bunker Hill Monument, Boston, Massachusetts (organized by Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston)
A-Bomb Dome, Hiroshima, Japan
1996
Andrzej Wajda Festival 1996, Krakow, Poland
1995
"Transported Image," Fresnoy, France
1991
Arco de la Victoria, Madrid, Spain (organized by the Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid in conjunction with the exhibition El Sueno Imperativo)
Oud-Amelisweerd, Bunnik, the Netherlands (organized by Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands, in conjunction with the exhibition Night Lines)
1990
"Tuxedo Royale," Tyne River, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom (organized by First Tyne International in conjunction with the exhibition A New Necessity)
Zion Square, Jerusalem, Israel (organized by The Israel Museum in conjunction with the exhibition "Life Size: A Sense of the Real in Recent Art")
Huth-Haus, Potsdammer Platz, West Berlin, Germany, and Lenin Monument, Leninplatz, East Berlin, Germany (organized by the Deutscher akademischer Auschtauschdienst [DAAD] in conjunction with the exhibition "Die Endlichkeit der Freiheit")
1989
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York (organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art in conjunction with the exhibition "Image World: Art and Media Culture")
1988
"The Border Projection (part one)," San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego, California; traveled to Centro Cultural Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico (organized by the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art)
Flakturm, Arenberg Park, Vienna, Austria (organized by the Wiener Festwochen)
Neue Hofburg, Heldenplatz, Vienna, Austria (organized by the Wiener Festwochen)
National Monument and National Observatory, Calton Hill, Edinburgh, United Kingdom (organized for the Edinburgh Festival by The Artangel Trust, London and the Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh)
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C. (organized by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden as part of the exhibition series "WORKS")
R.C. Harris Water Filtration Plant, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (organized by Visual Arts Ontario in conjunction with the exhibition "WaterWorks")
1987
Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, California (organized by the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art)
Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, West Germany (organized by "documenta 8," Kassel)
Martin Luther Kirche, Kassel, West Germany (organized for "documenta 8," Kassel)
Real Estate Projection, Chicago, Illinois (organized by the Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago)
1986
Arsenale, Venice, Italy (organized by the Canadian Pavilion, XLII Biennale di Venezia)
Condottierre Colleoni Monument, Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, Italy (organized by the Canadian Pavilion, XLII Biennale di Venezia)
Campo Santa Maria in Formosa, Venice, Italy (organized by the Canadian Pavilion, XLII Biennale di Venezia)
Campanile, Piazza San Marco, Venice (two versions) (organized by the Canadian Pavilion, XLII Biennale di Venezia)
Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
Allegheny County Memorial Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (organized by the Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh)
Replica of Condottierre Colleoni monument, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland (organized by Galeria Foksal, Warsaw, in conjunction with solo exhibition)
"The Homeless Projection 2," Soldiers and Sailors Civil War Memorial, Boston, Massachusetts (organized for First Night, Boston)
1985
Performing Arts Center, State University of New York at Purchase, Purchase, New York (organized by the Neuberger Museum and the State University of New York at Purchase, in conjunction with solo exhibition)
"Nelson's Column," Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom (organized by the Institute for Contemporary Art and the Artangel Trust, London, (in conjunction with solo exhibition at Canada House, London)
Duke of York's Column, Waterloo Place, London, United Kingdom (organized by the Institute for Contemporary Art and the Artangel Trust, London, in conjunction with solo exhibition at Canada House, London)
South Africa House, Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom
Bundeshaus, Bern, Switzerland (organized by the Kunsthalle and Kunstmuseum Bern in conjunction with the exhibition "Allesund Noch Viel Mehr" at the Kunstmuseum)
Royal Bank of Canada, Place Ville-Marie, Montreal, Canada (organized by the Centre International d'Art Contemporain, Montreal, in conjunction with the exhibition "Aurora Borealis")
Guildhall, Derry, Northern Ireland (organized by Orchard Gallery, Derry, in conjunction with solo exhibition)
Cenotaph and Grand Parade War Memorial, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (organized by the Anna Leonowens Gallery, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, in conjunction with solo exhibition)
1984
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington (organized by the Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, in conjunction with the exhibition "Public Comments")
AT&T Long Lines Building, New York, New York (organized by The Kitchen, New York)
Astor Building/The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York (organized by The New Museum of Contemporary Art)
Conference Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (organized by the International Conference of Humanities on George Orwell's 1984)
Penthouse Building, New York, New York (organized by the Tower Gallery, New York, in conjunction with the exhibition "Body Politic")
1983
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, New York, New York (organized by the Prospect Park Administrator's Office and New York City Department of Parks and Recreation)
Victory Column, Schlossplatz, Stuttgart, Germany
Hauptbahnhof, Stuttgart, Germany (organized by the W¦rttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, in conjunction with the exhibition "Kunstler aus Kanada: Rme und Installationen")
Bow Falls, Banff, Alberta, Canada (organized by the Banff Center)
Museum of Natural History, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada (organized by the Regina Art Gallery)
South African War Memorial, Toronto, Canada (organized by the Ydessa Art Foundation, Toronto, in conjunction with solo exhibition)
Memorial Hall, Dayton, Ohio (organized by the City Beautiful Council, Dayton)
Old Courthouse, Dayton, Ohio (organized by the City Beautiful Council, Dayton)
Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio (organized by the City Beautiful Council, Dayton)
Federal Court House, London, Ontario, Canada (organized by the Greater London Art Gallery, London)
1982
War Memorial, Adelaide (organized by the Adelaide Festival and the South Australian School of Art, Adelaide, in conjunction with the exhibition Poetics of Authority: Krzysztof Wodiczko at the Gallery of the South Australian College of Advanced Education)
Festival Centre Complex, Adelaide, (organized by the Adelaide Festival and the South Australian School of Art, Adelaide, in conjunction with the exhibition Poetics of Authority: Krzysztof Wodiczko at the Gallery of the South Australian College of Advanced Education)
Mutual Life and Citizens Assurance Company Centre Tower, Sydney (organized for The Biennale of Sydney)
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (organized for The Biennale of Sydney)
Qantas International Centre, Sydney (organized for The Biennale of Sydney)
American Express Building, Sydney (organized for The Biennale of Sydney)
1981
The Confederation Centre for the Arts, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (organized by The Great George Street Gallery, Charlottetown, in conjunction with solo exhibition)
Nova Scotia Power Corporation Plant, Halifax (organized by the Centre for Art Tapes and Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, in conjunction with solo exhibition at Eye Level Gallery)
School of Architecture, Technical University of Nova Scotia, Halifax, (organized by the Centre for Art Tapes and Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, in conjunction with solo exhibition at Eye Level Gallery)
Scotia Tower, Halifax, (organized by the Centre for Art Tapes and Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, in conjunction with solo exhibition at Eye Level Gallery)
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (organized by A Space, Toronto)
City Hall, Peterborough, Ontario (organized by Artspace, Peterborough, in conjunction with solo exhibition)
Empress Hotel, Peterborough, Ontario (organized by Artspace, Peterborough, in conjunction with solo exhibition). Projection stopped by police at request of hotel management.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (organized with technical assistance from the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston)
1980
First tests of outdoor architectural slide projections: University of Toronto (various locations: subway, elementary school), Toronto
AWARDS
2011
Best Architecture or Design Show, second place, “…OUT OF HERE: The Veterans Project” (2009), Krzysztof Wodiczko & The Institute of Contemporary Art - Boston, awarded by U.S. Art Critics Association, New York
“Polonia Restituta,” awarded by the President of the Republic of Poland
2009
The Gold Gloria Artis Cultural Merit Award, Warsaw, Poland
2008
Babi Yar Park Public Art Project, awarded to Wodiczko + Bonder, Mizel Museum & Babi Yar Park Foundation, Denver, Colorado
Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, New York
2006
Faculty Design Award (with Julian Bonder), Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Washington, D.C.
2004
Award for Distinguished Body of Work, College Art Association, New York
Gyorgy Kepes Fellowship Prize, Council for the Arts at MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1999
Hiroshima Art Prize, The City of Hiroshima, Japan
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York City
Contemporary Art Center, Warsaw
Foksal Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Fonds National d’Art et de Culture, Ministre de la Culture, Paris, France
Fonds Régional d’Art et de Culture d’Ile de France, Minsitre de la Culture, Paris,
Fundacio Tapies, Barcelona, Spain
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Jewish Museum, New York City
The Linc Group, Chicago, Illinois
Lodz Museum, Poland
Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, France
Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain
Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland
National Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City
Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, Australia
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota