Arthur Zalewski



1971 Born in Kozel, Poland
Lives and works in Leipzig, Germany

Education

1992 – 1994 School for Graphic and Creation, Hamburg, Germany
1996 – 2002 Studies at Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig, Germany
1998 Class of Prof. Astrid Klein
2002 – 2005 Master student with Prof. Joachim Brohm

2010 / 2011 Substitut Teacher at Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig

(deputizing for Prof. Joachim Brohm)

Solo- (S) and groupexhibitions (selection), catalologues (C)

2011

– Meissen Porcellaine – young artists in traditional manufactory. Werkschauhalle, Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany
– Wenn jemand eine Reise tut. Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany – Leistungsschau. ASPN Galerie, Leipzig, Germany
– Leipzig. Fotografie seit 1839. Eine Ausstellung - drei Museen, Bildermuseum, Leipzig, Germany

2010

– Landschaften. Städtischen Kaufhaus, Leipzig, Germany
– The Idiot. (S) ASPN Gallery, Leipzig, Germany
– Lodz Biennale, Poland (with Clemens von Wedemeyer)
– Volta Basel with ASPN Galerie
– Art Cologne with ASPN Galerie

2009

– Antirepresentationalism - Politics of rediscription / Teil II. KOW - Koch Oberhuber Wolff, Berlin, Germany
– Antirepresentationalism - Politics of rediscription / Teil I. KOW - Koch Oberhuber Wolff, Berlin, Germany

2008

– GFZK (Galerie fuer zeitgenoessische Kunst)(S) Leipzig, Germany
– Artrepco, Zurich, Switzerland. With Eiko Grimberg
– VOLTA Basel with ASPN Galerie
– Somebody's Got To Do It. (S)(C) ASPN, Leipzig
– J'ACOOZI © Reinier van Ewijk Projects, Amsterdam, Netherlands. With Alexander Hempel and Tina Schulz

2007

– Somebody's Got To Do It. (S) Center for Contemporary Art, Kiev, Ukranie
– Mental Maps and Behaviourism. Buro Empty Amsterdam
– Kopf oder Zahl. Gallery of the Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig
– Do Little. Curated by Arthur Zalewski. ASPN, Leipzig
– Kopf oder Zahl. Niederösterreichisches Museum, Wien, Austria

2006

– 94. Buro Empty (with Alexander Hempel, Leipzig), Amsterdam
– Galerie Amerika, (with Eiko Grimberg, Berlin, Leipzig) Berlin
– Preview Berlin. Art Fair Berlin with ASPN,
– Diskurs/ No Leitmotiv. Buro Empty, Amsterdam
– Reclining Figure (S). ASPN, Leipzig
– Zweidimensionale. Kunsthalle, Leipzig

2005

– Trial & Error V (S). Kunstverein Leipzig
– Crash. Fiebach Minninger Galerie, Cologne, Germany
– They revamped the airport completely.... ASPN, Leipzig

2004

– Trial & Error IV (S). Galerie Laden für Nichts, Leipzig
– Verfahren im Raum. Kunstraum B2, Leipzig
– win–win. together with Tina Schulz Galerie Liga, Berlin, Germany

2003

– Playing in the dirt while the others work. Galerie Fisk, Bergen, Norway

2002

– O.T. (S). Galerie Büro spors, Berlin

2001

– level 4. Galerie Parkhaus, Berlin

Awards, grants and residencies

2003 – 2005

2–year Working Grant Freistaat Sachsen, Saxony, Germany

Publications

Ligna: An alle! Radio, Theater, Stadt. Anne König und Paul Feigelfeld (Hrsg.), Spector Books, 2011
Somebody's Got To Do It. Spector Books, 2010

Public Collections

– Kunstfonds, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Förderankauf der Kulturstiftung Sachsen