Tatiana Czekalska was born in 1969. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź. She graduated from the Faculty of Fashion Design in 1995. Since 1996 she has worked as an artistic duo with her husband Leszek Golec.

Leszek Golec was born in 1959. In 1985–1989 he studied at the Higher School of Photography in Warsaw. Since 1996 he has been working as an artistic duo with his wife Tatiana Czekalska. Since 1997 he has been a member of the International Supreme Master Ching Hai Meditation Association.

 

Selected solo exhibitions:

2023

2023

Path, Municipal Art Gallery, Bydgoszcz, PL

2022

Elevation, Galeria Olimpus, Łódź, PL

2020

Newborns, Galeria Monopol, Warsaw, PL

Catering for the visitors staying in the gallery the longest, Arsenal Gallery, Poznań, PL

2015

69% Cruelty-Free, Mazovian Centre for Contemporary Art Elektrownia, Radom, PL

2013

The Favorite Works 1/4, BWA Bielsko Biała, PL

The Favorite Works 1/5, BWA Jelenia Góra, PL

2012

Contract Killer, Atlas Sztuki, Łódź, PL

2010

IHS, Zona Sztuki Aktualnej, Łódź, PL

2009

Off, performance, Galeria Kont, Lublin, PL

2006

Homo Anobium Św. Franciszek 100% Rzeźby, Baszta Czarownic, Słupsk, PL

2004

Przeobrażenieniezupełne, T. atrica (Performance), CSW Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, PL

The Favorite Action, Galeria Kont, Lublin, PL

2002

Remastering, Art in General, New York, USA

2001

Piąta Aktywność, Museum of Art, Łódź, PL

2000

Nie wszystkie stworzenia, Galeria Promocyjna, Warsaw, PL

1996

Z dwóch energii dziwnie trzecia, Galeria Laboratorium, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, PL

1993

Brunatna, kulista, pokryta gąbczastym nalotem, Galeria Miejska, Wrocław, PL

1991

Przesuwa wilgotny język z jednego kącika ust w drugi, Galeria Labirynt 2, BWA, Lublin, PL

Obserwuję pozycję rąk i nóg, jednocześnie prostując środkowy palec, Galeria Wschodnia, Łódź, PL

1990

Otwiera usta i porusza brwiami, Galeria Na Plebani, Koszalin, PL

Oddycha i mruży oczy, Galeria Wschodnia, Łódź, PL

Drży i pochyla się, Galeria Mała, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, PL

 

Selected group exhibitions:

2021

Animals in Warsaw. On The Trail of Relationships, Museum of Warsaw, Warsaw, PL

2020

The Penumbral Age, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, PL

2017

Ecovention Europe, Museum De Domijnen, Sittard, NL

2015

Still, Galeria Monopol, Warsaw, PL

2014

Cielesne continuum, Klub 13 Muz, Szczecin, PL

Coś optymistycznego, Academy of Fine Arts Painting Gallery, Kraków, PL

Ecce Animalia, The Centre of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko, PL

Shelter/Schronienie, Tatra National Park, PL

2013

Foto–Object, Galeria Propaganda, Warsaw, PL

Foto–Object, Mazovian Centre for Contemporary Art Elektrownia, Radom, PL

2012

Stigma, Miasto przestrzeń dla sztuki, Katowice, PL

Fontanna – niezwykła lepkość gliny, The Centre of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko, PL

Correspondences, Museum of Art 2, Łódź, PL

2011

Inspirations/Paradise, Klub 13 Muz, Szczecin, PL

Eyes are Looking for a Head to Live in, Museum of Art 2, Łódź, PL

2009

Epidemic, Zona Galeria Sztuki, Łódź, PL

Scout, Łaźnia Center for Contemporary Art, Gdańsk, PL

Koany w Elektrowni, Mazovian Centre for Contemporary Art Elektrownia, Radom, PL

Like a Rolling Stone, The Centre of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko, PL

Schism. Polish Art of the 1990s, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, PL

All Creatures Great and Small, Zachęta — National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL

2008

Beyond Good and Evil, Pomeranian Dukes’ Castle, Szczecin, PL

Bifurcations, The Centre of Polish Sculpture, Orońsku, PL

Kolekcja Sztuki XX i XXI wieku. Szkic 3: Poza zasadą rzeczywistości, Museum of Art, Łódź, PL

Bifurkacje, Galeria Appendix 2, Warsaw, PL

2007

Manual CC, Galeria Kronika, Bytom, PL

The Virtual Protection, performance, Stowarzyszenie Starter i Galeria On, Poznań, PL

The Favorite Performance, In Situ, Warsaw, PL

2006

Hot–Cold, Summer Love, Zachęta — National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL

Random in Radom, Museum of Modern Art, Radom, PL

A Dog in the Big City, Galeria Kordegarda, Warsaw, PL

UT–21-Be Veg. Go. Green. Be SmART, Lillehammer, NO

2004

Pod flagą biało-czerwoną, National Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow, RU

Inc., Galeria Program, Warsaw, PL

2003

InteGracja, Galeria Program, Warsaw, PL

2002

Around the Decade. Polish Photography of the 1990s, Museum of Art, Łódź, PL

Animalactions, Łaźnia Center for Contemporary Art, Gdańsk, PL

2000

Postindustrial Sorrow, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, DE

1999

Fauna, Nowyj Manież, Moscow, RU

Uchwyt sztuki, Museum of Art, Łódź, PL

1998

Artists’space. Künstler der Galerie Arsenał Białystok, Berlin, DE

Jűrgen Paas, 40:40, Essen, DE

Transfer, Kunsthalle, Bielefeld, DE

Fragment kolekcji 3, Zachęta — National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL

1997

5th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, TR

Passport: Exchange, (Ex)Change, Arthouse Multimedia Centre, Dublin, UK

1995

Polnische Kulturtage in Bayern, Munich, DE

1994

Desert Storm, BWA, Katowice, PL

Surrounding Sculpture, The Centre of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko, PL

Site–Actions. Lle–olion. Różany ogród, Cardiff, UK

1993

Inter City Art Project Vienna – Łódź, Muz. Art., Łódź, PL

1992

Places, Not Places, The Centre of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko, PL

1991

Arte Polaco de los 80, Caracas, VE

Real time, Story Telling Festival, BWA, Sopot, PL

1990

Quespur Video Festival, Linz, AU

Schnelle Bilder, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, AU

Construction in Process. Back in Łódź, Łódź, PL

1989

Polish Intermedia Photography of the 1980s, BWA, Poznań, PL