Rafal Bujnowsky
Born in 1974, lives and works in Cracow
Education
1993–1995 Architecture Department of Krakow Polytechnic
1996–2000 Graphic Arts Department of the Cracow Academy of Fine Arts (diploma in 2000)
One of the founders and a member of Ladnie group (1995-2001)
Founder and curator of Open Gallery in Cracow (1998-2001).
Selected solo exhibitions
2008 – IBID Projects, London
2007 – Lamp Black - Jiri Svestka Gallery, Prague
2007 – Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne
2006 – Norwich Gallery, Norwich (England)
2005 – Rafa³ Bujnowski - embroider, Johnen Galerie, Berlin
2005 – Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf
2005 – Arndt & Partner - Berlin + Zurich, Zurich
2004 – Visa, Raster, Warsaw
2004 – Paintings and Furnitures, Polish Cultural Institute, Paris
2004 – Art in General, New York
2003 – Rafal Bujnowski, Jozef Robakowski, Galerie Ruediger Schoettle, Munich
2003 – New and recent (with Marcin Maciejowski), IBID Projects, London
2003 – Paintings.Objects, Galerie Johnen+Schoettle, Cologne
2002 – 120 objects, 150 paintings, Raster, Warsaw
2002 – Graboszyce, Kont Gallery, Lublin
2001 – Painting, Renovation, Centre for Contemporary Art Innerspaces Multimedia, Poznan
2001 – Window, AMS Outdoor Gallery, 400 billboards around Poland
2001 – A very pretty gallery, Kronika Gallery, Bytom, PL
2000 – Kiosk, Galeria 1/2, Academy of Fine Arts, Katowice
2000 – Consumer products and equipment, Goethe Institut, Cracow
2000 – Consumer products and equipment, Bagatt Showroom, Warsaw, Bialystok
2000 – Pictures, Zderzak Gallery, Cracow
2000 – VHS 180min, Potocka Gallery, Cracow
2000 – Cheap art from Poland - Export, St. Martin's Scholl (Window Gallery), London
1999 – Grafika gratis, Kola Gallery, Art History Institute UJ, Cracow
Selected group exhibitions
2009
Take a Look at Me Now, Centre for Visual Art, Sainsbury
Na okr±g³o, Hala Stulecia, Wroc³aw
International Collection of Contemporary Art. 5th Edition, Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw
New Acquisitions - Rarely Seen Works, Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest
2008
Carte Blanche I: alpha 2000 – Kunstpreis „Europas Zukunft“, Museum for Contemporary Art, Leipzig
Back to Black – Schwarz in der aktuellen Malerei, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover
Crooked Circle, Galeria Raster, Warsaw
2007
RASTER HAIRCUT – RENTAL Gallery, New York
STILL - another exhibition of painting,Futura - centre for contemporary art, Prague
Asteism - Joke and autority, recommended Program Gallery, Warsaw
Concrete Legacy. From Le Corbusier To The Homeboys, The Centre for
Contemporary Art, Warsaw
Several Dozen Seconds Of a Badly Developed Film, Galeria Raster, Warsaw
White Out, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn & Taxis, Bregenz
2006
Polish Painting of the 21st Century, Zacheta - National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
RISS/LÜCKE/SCHARNIER, A recommended Galerie nächst St. Stephan -
Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna
Rafal Bujnowski - Stefan Rinck, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
Bunkier Sztuki Collection,Gallery of Contemporary Art, Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow
2005
Under White-Red Flag. New Art from Poland, National Center For Contemporary Art
(NCCA) - Moscow Branch, Moscow
Urbane Malerei, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst - GfZK, Leipzig
Boys, Boys, Boys, Gallery of Contemporary Art Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow
2004
Concernés, La Maison Folie de Wazemmes, Lille, F; Bunkier Sztuki Gallery, Cracow
Hot Destination - Marginal Destiny, House of Art, Brno
At Home, The Letterkenny Art Centre, Letterkenny, IRL
Leichte Arbeit, Kulturbrauerei, Berlin
Malerei, Galerie Ruediger Schoettle, Munich
Pluzzle, Galerie griedervonputtkamer, Berlin
Under The Red & White Flag, New Art from Poland, Contemporary Art Centre,
Vilnius, LT
Under The Red & White Flag, New Art from Poland, Estonian Art Museum, Tallin
Tirol Transfer, Austrian Cultural Forum, Warsaw
2003
Prague Biennial, The National Gallery, Prague
RASTER. Aktuelle Kunst aus Polen, Museum Junge Kunst, Frankfurt/Oder
Malerei, Galerie Johnen+Schoettle, Cologne
Art of the 3rd RP, Polish Sculpture Centre, Oronsko
Ogonblickets Anatomie (Anatomy of moments) Grafikens Hus, Mariefred
2002
Art on the road, AMS Outdoor Gallery, Cracow
Junge Kunst aus Polen, Galerie der Marktgemeinde St.Johan, A
Projekt Karlsplatz, Kunsthalle, Vienna
2001
4th Polish Young Artists’ Show, BWA Awangarda Gallrey, Wroclaw
The famous Ladnie Group, Sektor I Gallery, GCK, Katowice
1st friday of the month (Ladnie Group), Manhattan Gallery, Lodz
Popelita, Bunkier Sztuki Gallery, Cracow
On the outside, Centre for Contemporary Art Laznia, Gdansk
Good, Raster, Warsaw
Fish eye, Baltic Gallery for Contemporay Art, Slupsk/Ustka
Relax, Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok
2000
Paint me, Art Exhibition Hall, Zielona Gora
A dream of a provincial girl, Sopot
Assembly kit, Polish Sculpture Centre, Oronsko
Trafik.Kunst, Polnisches Institut, Vienna
Ladnie Group in D'Arcy, D'Arcy Agency, Warsaw
Scene 2000, Centre for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw
Postpoetry, Otwarta Pracownia Gallery, Cracow
1999
Oikos, Leon Wyczólkowski Museum, Bydgoszcz
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Bujnowski is one of the most radical contemporary painters. His works are a brilliant blend of two seemingly remote artistic disciplines - painting and conceptual art. The theme of the Bujnowski's successive projects - paintings, videos, objects or actions - are the conventions linked to the social functioning of the artist and the works of art, as well as the conventions present in the art itself.
Between 1995-2001, he was a member of the collective GRUPA £ADNIE, with Marek Firek, Marcin Maciejowski, Wilhelm Sasnal and Józef 'Kurosawa' Tomczyk.