Irmina Rusicka

Irmina Rusicka (b. 1990 in Włocławek) is a visual artist, author of installations, videos and research works. In her artistic practice she crashed cars, repaired motorcycles, made an acrobatic star at the Mausoleum of Soviet Soldiers and collected money to make a hole in an art institution building. Her works combine social and political criticism with the existential dimension. Gallows humour and being pissed off are also palpable in her art. She took part in the project The New Dictionary of Old Ideas (2019-2020), as part of which she was a participant of the residency program in Silk Museum (Tbilisi, Georgia) and Hablar En Arte (Madrid, Spain). She works individually and in a duo with Kasper Lecnim. She lives and works in Warsaw. Represented by Szara Gallery.

Education:

2018, PhD student at Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Art in Wrocław

2015-2017, Faculty of Media Art at Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław in the studio of Prof. Ryszard Jędroś, diploma with honours

2016-2017, Faculty of Media Art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in the studio of Krzysztof Wodiczko and Prof. Grzegorz Kowalski

2014-2016, PhD Studies in Psychology, University of Wrocław2009-2014 – Graduated in Psychology and Art History from the University of Wrocław within the framework of Interdisciplinary Individual Studies in the Humanities.

Selected exhibitions:

2020, Warsaw Under Construction 12. Something in Common, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, (PL)

2020, Picnic at The Flame, Galerie města Třince, Trinec (CZ)

2020, New Normativity. Wrocław '70 Visual Art Symposium, Wrocław Contemporary Museum (PL)

2020, The New Dictionary of Old Ideas, MeetFactory, Prague (CZ)

2019, IT HURTS, WHEN I LAUGH, BWA Warszawa, Warsaw (PL)

2019, Borderline, Wrocław Contemporary Museum (PL)

2018, 10th edition of the NARRACJE Festival, Gdańsk City Gallery, Gdańsk (PL)

2018, For fear of extinction, Galeria Szara, Katowice (PL)

2018, The Plaintext Bureau, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Warsaw (PL)

2018, The Ratcatcher, Wrocław Contemporary Museum, Wrocław (PL)

2018, The Grey House Foundation Competition Finalist Exhibition, Grey House Gallery, Cracow (PL)

2018, Rusicka / Rzepecki, Sculpture Center, Orońsko (PL)

2017, 8. Young Triennale in Orońsko, Polish Sculpture Center, Orońsko (PL)

2017, Jarnuszkiewicz's works in interpretation of students from Grzegorz Kowalski Studio, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw (PL)

2015, 16th Media Art Biennale WRO 2015, Wroclaw (PL)

Date of residency: 1. 10.–31. 10. 2020