IRENA KALICKA

SELF-PORTRAIT

Graduate of Łódź Film School. Where in 2010 she received her bachelor’s degree in the studio of Prof. Grzegorz Przyborek, and in 2013 her master’s degree in the studio of Prof. Józef Robakowski. A member of the Strupek art group, she lives and works in Kraków.

2020

Making Mountains out of Molehills, Profile Foundation, Warsaw

2019

Bunkier Sztuki Gallery of Contemporary Art, Krakow

2018

Tricks & Slaughters (with Tomasz Partyka), Państwowa Galeria Sztuki, Sopot

2016

It’s Hard to Slay the Dragon, But You Must Try, Profile Foundation, Warsaw (as part of the Warsaw Gallery Weekend)

2014

The Horse You See Is the Horse You Get, F.A.I.T. Gallery, Krakow

Goosebumps, Profile Foundation, Warsaw (as part of the Warsaw Gallery Weekend)

I Did Not Have Sexual Relations with that Woman, SKI Gallery, Krakow

2012

Self-Portrait, Pauza Gallery, Krakow

Totalizator, AS Gallery, Krakow

2021

Odwołany lot, o/b/c/y, Warsaw

She – Classicita, Polana Institute, Tyszkiewich Potocki Palace, Warsaw

Women’s Business, Profile Foundation, Warsaw

Foto Festiwal 2021, Łódź

2018

Slav Squatting and Its Discontents, Galerie MeetFactor, Prague

Terra Incognita, Leica 6 × 7 Gallery Warsaw

SLAVICA, Szara Kamienica Gallery, Krakow

The Ratcatcher, Wrocław Contemporary Museum

Bestiary, Gdańsk City Gallery, Gunter Grass Gallery in Gdańsk

2017

Polish Women, Patriots, Rebels . . ., The Arsenal Municipal Gallery, Poznań

2016

Late Polishness. Forms of National Identity after 1989, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw

Artists from Krakow. Generation 1980–1990, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow

2015

The Increased Difficulty of Concentration, City Surfer Office, Prague

Roots & Fruits, Wrocław Contemporary Museum (as part of the TIFF Festival)

Exquisite Corpse of Polish Photography, Awangarda Gallery, BWA Wrocław Galerie Sztuki Wspołczesnej, Wrocław

WRO 2015, 16th Media Art Biennale, Wrocław

2014

Distinguishing Features. An exhibition of works by artists born in Poland around 1989, WRO Art Center, Renoma, Wrocław

Future Condition — from Reality to Algorithm, Photokina Academy, Cologne

Photo-Theatre, Voies Off Festival, Arles

Silver, Lubicz Brewery, Krakow

Darkroom, Art_Inkubator, Łodź

2m2 of Fashion, Lookout Gallery, Warsaw

2013

Estrus and Promiscuity, Ujazdowski Castle Centre of Contemporary Art, Project Room, Warsaw

There Will Be A(rt)ction! The 2013 Collection, Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, Krakow

Art of Exchange. Collection of Józef Robakowski / Latent

Capital 4, Profile Foundation, Wilanow Palace Museum, Warsaw

Spit and Stardust, AS Gallery, Krakow

Mum, I Just Really Need to Focus on My Art Right Now, The Arsenal Municipal Gallery, Poznań

Tribute to Robakowski, lokal_30 / lokal_transfer, Warsaw

2012

In the Matter of In/visible Things, Photokina Academy, Cologne

Fairy Tale Element, Wrocław Contemporary Museum

(as part of the TIFF Festival)

Revealed Spaces. Exhibition of Photography Students

of the Leon Schiller National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre in Łódź, Centre of Art Promotion, Łodź

2011

In the Matter of Things, Zapadna terasa Bratislavskehohradu, Bratislava

Disconnected Images, BWA Municipal Gallery in Bydgoszcz

Animalia, Galerie Gabriele Senn, Vienna

Come On! Come Closer, Skwer — Fabryka Trzciny Art Centre, Warsaw

2010

Come On! Come Closer. Exhibition of the Łódź Film School’s Department of Photography, Centre of Art Promotion, Łodź

IN/OUT. Exhibition of the Graduation Projects of the

Łódź Film School’s Photography Students, Galeria

FabrySTREFA, Łodź

The Belly of Atlas, Atlas Sztuki, Łodź

ANIMALIA, Zbiornik Kultury, Klub Fabryka, Krakow