Born in 1969 in Gdańsk, Poland
1989–96, Academy of Fine Arts, M. A., Gdańsk, Poland
1993–95, Royal College of Art, M. A., London
2010, University of Arts, PhD, Poznań, Poland
Lives and works in Poznań and Berlin
Selected solo exhibitions | |
2013 | Counterbalance, Galeria Labirynt, Lublin, Poland |
2012 | Far Too Close, Yumiko Chiba Associates Viewing Room Shinjuku, Tokyo; Kyoto City University of Arts Gallery @KCUA, Kyoto, JapanWork in Regress, Galeria AT, Poznań, Poland |
2011 | Far Too Close, ŻAK | BRANICKA, BerlinDouble Layer, European Parliament, Brussels |
2009 | Afterparty, ŻAK | BRANICKA, Berlin |
2007 | Natural History, Atlas Sztuki, Łódź, PolandGardens, Galeria Arsenał, Białystok, PolandDie Nächsten (Those Who Are Close to You), ŻAK | BRANICKA, BerlinReduction, Galeria AT, Poznań, Poland |
2006 | The Last One Turns the Light On, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw Conditioned Perspective, Luxe Gallery, New York |
2005 | ME-Counts: 0.3 s., Luxe Gallery, New YorkMonophobia, Galeria ON, Poznań, PolandDominik Lejman, Vigeland-museet, OsloDominik Lejman, MOCA LondonPresent Perfect, Polnisches Institut, Düsseldorf, Germany |
2003 | Central Air Condition, Polnisches Institut, BerlinStatistical Garden, Galeria Biała, Lublin, Poland |
2002 | Dominik Lejman, Capri, BerlinVital Statistics, Norrtälje Konsthall, Sweden |
2001 | Sexofficesex, Bałtycka Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej, Słupsk, Poland |
2000 | The Luxury of Survival, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw |
Selected group exhibitions | |
2014 | Love AIDS Riot Sex II, nGbK, Berlin |
2013 | Tożsamość Rzeczy, Museum of the History of Polish Jews, WarsawSen o Potędze, Centrum Kultury ZAMEK, Poznań, PolandWhathasrisenmaysinkandwhathassunkmayrise,The Artists House, Tel Aviv |
2012 | Whathasrisenmaysinkandwhathassunkmayrise, WRO Art Center, Wrocław, PolandImaginäre Reisen, Amerika-Haus, BerlinUtopia Deconstruction, Festiwal Łódź Czterech Kultur, Miejska Galeria Sztuki, Łódź, PolandObjet Trouvé, Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon Jack Helgesen Family Collection / Archaeology of the Image, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, NorwaySØR Rusche Sammlung: Eros & Thanatos, Werkschauhalle 12, Leipzig, Germany |
2011 | AYT, Museum of Modern Ukrainian Art, KievBerlin—Choreographie einer Stadt: To Pass Is Enough, Forum Factory, BerlinHere and Now . . . Amnesia, Savvy Contemporary, BerlinFestiwal Sztuki Wizualnej Inspiracje, National Museum Szczecin, PolandThriller: It’s Not Only a Movie, New Horizons 11th International Film Festival, Wrocław, Poland
Krasnoyarsk Museum Biennale, Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation Polish!, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin |
2010 | Open Light in Private Spaces, Biennale für Internationale Lichtkunst, Ruhr, GermanyAsia–Europe, Mediations Biennale, Poznań, Poland50 Ways to Keep Your Lover, Galleri S. E., Bergen, NorwayNot Just the Body, but . . ., ConcentArt, BerlinThings Evoke Feelings, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw |
2009 | Good Night and Bad Luck: Art and Fear in Poland and Israel, The Artists House, Tel AvivAwake and Dream, Signum Foundation—Palazzo Donà, VeniceWhatever, Galeria Przychodnia, Poznań, Poland |
2008 | Expanded Painting, Space Other, Boston, MassachusettsStill / Motion, Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Mie-ken, Japan; The National Museum of Art, Osaka; Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, JapanRed Eye Effect, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw |
2007 | Amateurs of the White Madness, Galeria Piekary, Poznań, PolandVideo Killed the Painting Star, Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca, SpainSpace as the Place, Łaźnia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdańsk, PolandArtist in Wonderland, Pomeranian Science and Technology Park, Gdynia Innovation Centre, Gdynia, Poland |
2006 | Singular, Galleri S. E., Bergen, NorwayPainting as Presence (This Is Not a Love Song), Künstlerhaus Bethanien, BerlinYou Won’t Feel a Thing: On Panic, Obsession, Rituality, and Anesthesia, KunsthausDresden—Städtische Galerie für Gegenwartskunst, Dresden, GermanyŁódź Biennale, Poland
Malarstwo XXI Wieku, Zachęta—National Gallery of Art, Warsaw Poza, Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut Sich Einrichten, Motorenhalle, Dresden, Germany |
2005 | Face à face(s), Artcurial, ParisPainting as a Cold Medium, Galeria Piekary, Poznań, PolandPassages to Olymp, Sojo University, Kumamoto, JapanEgocentric, Outmoded, Immoral, Zachęta—National Gallery of Art, Warsaw |
2004 | Re:Location 6: Re(framed) Locations, Dis(covered) Desires, Łaźnia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdańsk, PolandAnxiety and Influence: Bachelors, Brides and a Family Romance, Stadtgalerie, Bern, SwitzerlandShake the Limits, The International Center for Contemporary Art, BucharestDistances?, Le Plateau: Fonds régional d’art contemporain d’Ile-de-France, Paris Architectures: Meta-Structures of Humanity, Morphic Strategies of Exposure, Polish Pavilion, International Architecture Exhibition, VeniceBeyond the Red Horizon, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw; National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow |
2003 | A Decade, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, WarsawArtists in Residence, Location One, New YorkPrague Biennale, National Gallery, Veletržní Palace, Prague |
2002 | 4 Rooms, Bunkier Sztuki, Kraków, PolandBasic Elements, Rauma Biennale Balticum, Ars Baltica, Rauma Art Museum, Finland |
2001 | Dialog III: Re:Location, OK Offenes Kulturhaus Oberösterreich, Linz, AustriaSłubice–Gdańsk: Anna Baumgart, Katarzyna Józefowicz, Dominik Lejman, Galeria Prowincjonalna, Słubice, Poland |
2000 | Scene 2000, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, WarsawAfter the Wall: Art and Culture in Post-Communist Europe, Ludwig Muzéum, Budapest; HamburgerBahnhof—Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin; Moderna Museet, Stockholm (1999) |
Public projects | |
2012 | Artloop Festival, Sopot, PolandBurn Selector Festival, Kraków, Poland |
2011 | It Hurts, I Can’t Feel Anything, Teatr Narodowy, Warsaw60 s. Cathedral, Bella SkyWay Festival, Toruń, Poland; Valgusfestival, Tallinn, Lumiere Festival, Durham, United KingdomFestiwal Kinetycznej Sztuki Światła, Łódź, PolandDouble Layer: Fossils and Gardens, European Parliament, Brussels |
2010 | Second City, video murals (in cooperation with Galeria Starter), Śródka, Poznań, PolandPanoptical Machines, SkyWay Festival, Toruń, PolandLichtRouten, Lüdensheid, GermanyRedefining Centre, Artlight Domaquaree, Berlin |
2009 | Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (permanent installation)Open City, Lublin, PolandSkaters, Andel’s Hotel, Łódź, Poland (permanent installation)Glow—Forum of Light and Architecture, Eindhoven, the Netherlands |
2008 | To Pass Is Enough, site-specific video projection, Krakowskie Przedmieście,WarsawGliders, sight-specific video projection, Nuit Blanche, Paris |
2007 | Galeria Zewnętrzna—The Outdoor Gallery, Gdańsk, Poland (completed 2009, permanent installation) |
2005 | Breathing Cathedral, St. John’s Church, Gdańsk, Poland |
2004 | Animating Spaces, Schneider Children’s Hospital, Long Island, New York (permanent installation)Con/sequenze, sight-specific video installation, Villa Cellimontana, Rome |
2003 | Mapping Discoveries II, Dziecięcy Szpital Kliniczny, Galeria Arsenał, Białystok, Poland |
2002 | Little Discoveries: The Hospital as a Landscape for the Little Spectacles, Szpital Kliniczny AM, Warsaw |