Rafał Bujnowski

born 1974 in Wadowice, Poland, lives and works in Warsaw
 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2023
PARA / STEAM. Róza Litwa / Rafał Bujnowski, Dzielna Foundation, Warsaw
Portraits, Georg Kargl BOX, Vienna

2022
Lamp Black Love Story, Foxy Productions, New York
Dom w budowie, Fundacja Dzielna, Warsaw

2021         
Current Works, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna

2019         
Rafał Bujnowski, Foxy Production, New York City
Art and Hygiene, Galeria DAP, Warsaw

2016         
Man On Tree, Galeria Raster, Warsaw
May 2066, Zachęta - National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
Cukrovarnická 39, Open Studio, SVIT Praha, Prague
SVIT, Prague

2014         
Dusk, Arsenał Gallery, Białystok 

2013         
Arsonists, Galeria Raster, Warsaw

2011         
Panorama, Galeria BWA, Zielona, Góra
Corner, Johnen Galerie, Berlin

2010         
OczodoŁy (Sockets), Galeria Raster, Warsaw

2008         
85%, Galeria Raster, Warsaw 
IBID PROJECTS, London

2007         
Lamp Black, Jiri Svestka Gallery, Prague                                   
Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne

2006         
Norwich Gallery, Norwich

2005         
embroider - Rafał Bujnowski, Johnen Galerie, Berlin 
malen/painting/malowanie, Kunstverein Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf 
Last Saved, Arndt & Partner, Zurich

2004         
Visa, Raster, Warsaw
Paintings and Furnitures, Polish Cultural Institute, Paris
Art in General, New York

2003         
Rafał Bujnowski, Jozef Robakowski, Galerie Ruediger Schoettle, Munich
New and recent (with Marcin Maciejowski), IBID PROJECTS, London
Paintings.Objects, Galerie Johnen+Schoettle, Cologne

2002         
120 objects, 150 paintings, Raster, Warsaw
Graboszyce, Kont Gallery, Lublin

2001         
Painting, Renovation, Centre for Contemporary Art Innerspaces Multimedia, Poznań
Window, AMS Outdoor Gallery (400 billboards around Poland)
A very pretty gallery, Kronika Gallery, Bytom

2000         
Kiosk, Galeria 1/2, Academy of Fine Arts, Katowice
Consumer products and equipment, Goethe Institut, Kraków 
Consumer products and equipment, Bagatt Showroom, Warsaw, Białystok
Pictures, Zderzak Gallery, Kraków
VHS 180min, Potocka Gallery, Kraków
Cheap art from Poland - Export, Window Galleries – Central Saint Martins, London

1999         
Grafika gratis, Kola Gallery, Institute of Art History Jagiellonian University, Kraków

1998         
Anka, Galeria Otwarta Pracownia, Kraków
Tabliczki, Klub Pod Ręką, Kraków
 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023
Video Store, Foxy Production, New York
Painting - Art's Golden Medium: MOCAK Collection, MOCAK, Krakow

2022
Tectonic Movements. On the Artistic Symptoms of the Transition, Museum Sztuki, Lodz
Little Precious Things, Georg Kargl BOX, Vienna

2021
The Passion, Hall Art Foundation, Schloss Derneburg, Holle-Der
Arts Feeds on Art, MOCAK, Krakow
The Artist Is Present, MOCAK, Krakow
Architectur as Symbol, Text and Backdrop, MOCAK, Krakow

2020         
Fear, Galeria Arsenal, Białystok
Cherries, Galeria Arsenal, Bialystok
Contemporary models of realism (MOCAK Collection), Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków (MOCAK), Kraków
The Pope, Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków (MOCAK), Kraków
Theft And Destruction, Arsenal Gallery, Białystok
Figura, Foxy Production, New York

2019         
Polish artists in the Bunkier Sztuki Collection, Bunkier Sztuki, Kraków
Rafał Bujnowski, Peter Puklus, Zofia Rydet: 1000 Hands, Galeria Raster, Warsaw
Rafał Bujnowski, Michelle Rawlings: Formy, as spart of Hikarie Contemporary Art Eye Series in Shibuya Hikarie Creative Space, Tokyo
1000 Hands, Galeria Raster, Warsaw

2018         
Thinking. Ahead, Galerie Erna Hecey, Luxembourg
Hommage, Arsenal Gallery, Białystok
Motherland in Art, Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków (MOCAK), Krakow
Condo New York, Foxy Production, New York

2017         
Economize! On the Relationship of Art and Economy, Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art Budapest, Budapest
140 Beats per Minute, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Warsaw
Co z tą abstrakcją?, Stefan Gierowski Foundation, Warsaw
Art in Art, Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków (MOCAK), Kraków
If I were the moon, Galeria Raster, Warsaw

2016         
L’arte differente: MOCAK al MAXXI, MAXXI - Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome
Szalona Galeria, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Warsaw
Home At Last: The Polish House During The Transition, 8th Edition Of The Warsaw Under Construction Festival, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Warsaw
It’s getting better and even better? the presentation of Kolekcja II, Gallery Arsenal, Bialystok
Bittersüße Zeiten – Barock und Gegenwart, Edwin Scharff Museum, Neu-Ulm

2015         
Tower, IBID PROJECTS, London
Mere Formality, Galeria Labirynt, Lublin
Black & White – Multifarious, Galerie Leu, Munich
State of Life. Polish Contemporary Art within a Global Circumstance, National Art Museum of China – NAMOC, Beijing
Bittersüße Zeiten - Barock und Gegenwart in der Sammlung SØR Rusche Berlin/Oelde, Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche, Aschaffenburg
Art In Music - Werke aus der ACT Art Collection, Weserburg | Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen
Mixed Bag, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Dusseldorf
Projekt Metropolis, CCA Kronika, Bytom (Poland)
Procedures for the head. Polish Art Today, Dom umenia/Kunsthalle Bratislava, Bratislava
Schneesalon, Georg Kargl Fine Arts & Georg Kargl BOX, Vienna
Bittersüße Zeiten - Barock und Gegenwart in der Sammlung SØR Rusche Berlin/Oelde, Kunsthaus Apolda Avantgarde, Apolda 

2014         
A Place Where We Could Go, NoPlace, Oslo
Progress And Hygiene, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
Bittersüsse Zeiten - Barock Und Gegenwart In Der Sammlung Sør Rusche Oelde/ Berlin, Kunsthaus Stade, Stade
Around Bauhaus, Arsenal Gallery, Białystok
Crime in Art, Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków (MOCAK), Kraków
As You Can See. Polish Art Today, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Warsaw
In The Near Future, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Warsaw
The Drunkard's Dog, Gdańska Galeria Miejska, Gdansk 
Popes, Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków (MOCAK), Kraków

2013         
Economics in Art, Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków (MOCAK), Kraków
In The Heart Of The Country - The Collection Of The Museum Of Modern Art In Warsaw, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Warsaw
It isn't important, it's only art, Arsenal Gallery, Białystok
Today’s Art Makes Tomorrow’s Poland, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Warsaw

2012         
A WINDOW ON THE WORLD, from Dürer to Mondrian and beyond, Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Lugano
SØR Rusche Sammlung: Eros & Thanatos, Werkschau, Leipzig
Sedimente, Kerstin Engholm Galerie, Vienna
Sammlung Marx - Eine Auswahl, Muzeum Narodowe w Szczecin, Szczecin 

2011         
Conscious consents, Arsenal Gallery, Białystok
Hirschfaktor - Die Kunst des Zitierens, ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe 
POLISH!, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Die Sammlung Marx - Eine Auswahl, Atlas Sztuki, Łódź
Michał Budny / Rafał Bujnowski, Neuer Kunstverein Wien, Vienna
Workers Leaving the Workplace, ms2 – Muzeum Sztuki w Łódź, Łódź
On the Threshold, Jiri Svestka Berlin, Berlin

2010         
Ostatni Film, Galeria Raster, Warsaw
6 Exhibition Collection, BWA Contemporary Art Gallery, Katowice
something else..., Galerie Ardizón, Bregenz
Public Private Paintings, Mu.ZEE, Oostende
Public Private Paintings. 2000-2010: 10 jaar schilderkunst uit publieke en privécollecties in Vlaanderen en Brussel, Mu.ZEE, Oostende
Transylwania, Galeria BWA Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra 
Nothing important, is just art, Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu 
Monumenty W PodrÓŻy, Galeria Raster, Warsaw
RAFAŁ BUJNOWSKI / RAY BARTKUS, GALERIJA VARTAI, Vilnius
Over and Over Again, Wyspa Institute of Art, Gdansk
Painting, Process and Expansion, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig (MUMOK), Vienna
Workers Leaving the Workplace, ms2 - Muzeum Sztuki w Łódź, Łódź
Things evoke feelings, Ujazdowski Castle ­– Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw
Do It Like That, Galeria Stereo, Poznań 
Unmistakable Sentences - The Collection Revisited, Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art – Budapest, Budapest
Wenn die Nacht am tiefsten, Kunstsalon Bel Etage, Berlin

2009         
3xYES, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
Contemporary Czech and International Gallery Artists, Jiri Svestka Prague, Prague
Szczyt bohaterów, Bunkier Sztuki, Kraków
Artists of Conflicting Tales: Subjectivity (Quadrilogy, Part 1), Burger Collection, Berlin
Prespress, Ritter/Zamet, London
Freedom from Profit, Galeria Zacheta - National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
Take a Look at Me Now, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich
Over and Over Again, 1989-2009, Centennial Hall, Wrocław
Double Hemisphere, Foxy Production, New York City, NY
New Acquisitions, Rarely Seen Works, Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art - Budapest

2008         
Financial crisis ...from our stock, Jiri Svestka Prague, Prague
Grupy Ladnie, Galerie Ardizon, Bregenz
Red Eye Effect-Polish Photography of the 21st Century, CSW Centrum Sztuki Wspolczesnej / Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw
Krzywe kolo, Galeria Raster, Warsaw
PRUESSPRESS, Rental Gallery, New York City, NY
Motivation - Work – Implement, Jiri Svestka Prague, Prague
Kolekcja Bunkra Sztuki, Stary Browar, Poznań
What kind of painting?, Sprüth Magers Projekte, Munich 
P2P, Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain, Luxemburg
Carte Blanche: Freundliche Feinde, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst - GfZK, Leipzig
2041, Artnews Projects, Berlin
Carte Blanche I: alpha 2000 Kunstpreis Europas Zukunft, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst - GfZK, 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, Program Gallery, Warsaw 
Concrete Legacy. From Le Corbusier To The Homeboys, The Ujazdowski Castle – Centre for 
Contemporary Art, Warsaw
Several Dozen Seconds Of a Badly Developed Film, Galeria Raster, Warsaw 
White Out, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz

2006           
Polish Painting of the 21st Century, Zacheta - National Gallery of Art, Warsaw 
RISS/LÜCKE/SCHARNIER, Galerie nächst St. Stephan - Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna 
Rafał Bujnowski - Stefan Rinck, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich 
Bunkier Sztuki Collection, Bunkier Sztuki, Kraków

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, Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow

2004           
Concernés, La Maison Folie de Wazemmes, Lille; Bunkier Sztuki, Kraków
Hot Destination - Marginal Destiny, House of Art, Brno
At Home, The Letterkenny Art Centre, Letterkenny
Leichte Arbeit, Kulturbrauerei, Berlin
Malerei, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
Pluzzle, Galerie griedervonputtkamer, Berlin
Under The Red & White Flag, New Art from Poland, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
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 + Schöttle, 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, Kraków
Junge Kunst aus Polen, Galerie der Marktgemeinde St. Johann, St. Johann 
Projekt Karlsplatz, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna

2001           
4th Polish Young Artists Show, Awangarda Gallery – BWA Wrocław, Wrocław
The famous Ładnie Group, Sektor I Gallery, GCK, Katowice 
1st friday of the month (Ładnie Group), Manhattan Gallery, Łódź
Popelita, Bunkier Sztuki, Kraków
On the outside, Laznia - Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk
Good, Galeria Raster, Warsaw 
Fish eye, Baltic Gallery for Contemporary Art, Slupsk/Ustka 
Relax, Arsenal Gallery, Białystok

2000           
Paint me, Art Exhibition Hall, Zielona Góra
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, The Ujazdowski Castle - Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw
Postpoetry, Otwarta Pracownia Gallery, Kraków

1999           
Oikos, Leon Wyczólkowski Museum, Bydgoszcz