Maria Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b was born in 1931. She graduated in 1956 from the sculpture studio of Xawery Dunikowski at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krak\u00f3w. She was a member of the Krak\u00f3w Group since 1979. In 1983 she participated in the 17th \u00a0S\u00e3o Paulo Art Biennial.<\/p>\n
Initial figurative works were largely influenced by Professor Dunikowski, but some signs of the artist\u2019s individual style could also be observed back then. The<\/em> Birth<\/em> sculpture from 1958 was the first one to feature pink color which was so characteristic of later works of the artist.<\/p>\n In the early nineteen sixties, Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b started leaning toward more abstract forms. The<\/em> Rotunda<\/em> cycle includes heavy concrete figures referring to Roman architecture but placed on soft based made of fabrics, which were soon to become one of the key materials used by the sculptor.<\/p>\n At the same time, Lady with a Bird<\/em> coming from 1960 fully reveals the artist\u2019s interest in the female figure as the main topic of her works. In spite of the fact that Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b kept her distance from feminist art, she is considered one of the key precursors and representatives of this trend in Poland. Between 1966 and 1967 the artist used paper-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 to prepare Corsets<\/em> referring to the image of a woman reflecting male desires<\/p>\n The Psycho-furniture<\/em> cycle, which the artist started creating in 1968, is the criticism of women\u2019s social roles, treated with a great deal of irony, but at the same with loads of tenderness, but also a hint of eroticism.<\/p>\n Around mid-nineteen seventies Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b focused on soft, oval, and delicate forms which were so very characteristic of her output at later stages. She used a sponge trimmed with a fabric, quilted materials, cushions, the \u2018feminine\u2019 delicacy of which was stressed by pink and white coloring.<\/p>\n They are complemented with poetic titles that make an integral part of each sculpture, e.g. A Cruise Across the Seas and Oceans Around the Table, Leda\u2019s Toilet<\/em>, Smudged with the Sky<\/em>, Transition through the Duvet<\/em>.<\/p>\n In 1971 the artist commenced another cycle entitled Egzystencjaria<\/em>, which was a very personal comment on love and motherhood, but also aggression. Starting from the mid-nineteen eighties Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b also engaged in a very original dialogue with the history of art. She created works inspired by such masterpieces as King and Queen<\/em> by Henry Moore, The Burning Giraffe<\/em> by Salvador Dali, or The Infantas<\/em> by Velazquez.<\/p>\n Along with her assemblage sculptures, she also organized small-scale outdoor performances (Kite letter<\/em>, Author\u2019s Banner<\/em>) and gallery events (Laundry I<\/em>, Nothing but the Broom<\/em>, A woman with a Ladder<\/em>, Activities for Kitchen Utensils<\/em>).<\/p>\n The artist died during the preparation for her retrospective exhibition in 1999 (GSW Bunkier Sztuki in Krak\u00f3w, Galeria Bielska in Bielsko-Bia\u0142a, Galeria Miejska Arsena\u0142 in Pozna\u0144).<\/p>\n Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b’s works are in the collection of National Museums in Krak\u00f3w, Wroc\u0142aw, Pozna\u0144, Warsaw, the Silesian Museum in Katowice, Art Museum in \u0141\u00f3d\u017a, Zach\u0119ta in Warsaw, Polish Sculpture Centre in Oro\u0144sko, Bochum Museum, and are owned by private art collectors. Two works by Maria Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b were included in The World Goes Pop<\/em>\u00a0exhibition in Tate Modern in London (2015\/2016).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Selected solo exhibitions:<\/p>\n 2019<\/p>\n Living Pink<\/em>, The Approach Gallery, London, UK<\/p>\n 2017<\/p>\n Trace of a Woman<\/em>, BWA Gallery of Art, Olsztyn, PL<\/p>\n The Performer<\/em>, Galeria Monopol, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 2014<\/p>\n Maria Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b and Jerzy Bere\u015b<\/em>, Galeria Monopol, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 2013<\/p>\n Maria Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b: Drawings<\/em>, David Radziszewski Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 2012<\/p>\n Imaginarium of Corporeality \u2013 Maria Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b<\/em>, State Gallery of Art, Sopot, PL<\/p>\n 2011<\/p>\n Maria Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b<\/em>, Galeria Piekary, Pozna\u0144, PL<\/p>\n 2007<\/p>\n Mobile-Immobile \u2013 Records of Maria Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b\u2019s Performances<\/em>, Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow, PL<\/p>\n 2001<\/p>\n Maria Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b 1931\u20131999<\/em>, Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art, S\u0142upsk, PL<\/p>\n 1999\u20132000<\/p>\n Maria Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b 1931\u20131999<\/em>, Bunkier Sztuki Gallery of Contemporary Art in Krak\u00f3w; Galeria Bielska BWA in Bielsko-Bia\u0142a; Arsenal Municipal Gallery in Pozna\u0144; BWA Awangarda Gallery in Wroc\u0142aw, PL<\/p>\n 1997 1996<\/p>\n Maria Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b. Sculptures<\/em>, Manhattan Gallery, \u0141\u00f3d\u017a, PL<\/p>\n 1993<\/p>\n Maria Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b<\/em>, Centre of Polish Sculpture, Oro\u0144sko, PL<\/p>\n 1992<\/p>\n Maria Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b, <\/em>Starmach Gallery, Krak\u00f3w, PL<\/p>\n Maria Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b. Sculptures, <\/em>BWA, Sandomierz, PL<\/p>\n Maria Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b,<\/em>BWA, Pomeranian Dukes Castle, Szczecin, PL<\/p>\n 1991<\/p>\n Maria Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b, <\/em>BWA, Koszalin, PL<\/p>\n 1990<\/p>\n Maria Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b. Works from the 1960s<\/em>, Krzysztofory Gallery, Krakow, PL<\/p>\n 1988<\/p>\n Maria Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b. Works from the 1980s, <\/em>Krzysztofory Gallery, Krak\u00f3w, PL<\/p>\n Maria Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b, <\/em>Gallery 72, District Museum, Che\u0142m, PL<\/p>\n 1982<\/p>\n Maria Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b<\/em>, BWA, Lublin, PL<\/p>\n 1980 Maria Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b, <\/em>Krzysztofory Gallery, Krak\u00f3w, PL<\/p>\n 1976<\/p>\n Maria Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b, Ryszard Kwiecie\u0144, Antoni Porczak<\/em>, Labirynt Gallery, Lublin, PL<\/p>\n 1973<\/p>\n Maria Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b, <\/em>Wsp\u00f3\u0142czesna Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 1970<\/p>\n Maria Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b, <\/em>Piwnica pod Baranami, Krak\u00f3w, PL<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Selected group exhibitions:<\/p>\n 2024<\/p>\n The Plastic Body. Sculpture from Poland 1960-1989<\/em>, Stavanger Art Museum, Norway, NO<\/p>\n The absolute elimination of sculpture. Polish sculpture of the first half of the 1970s<\/em>, Center of Polish Sculpture in Oro\u0144sko, PL<\/p>\n Women\u2019s Art II<\/em>, Ujazdowski Castle Center for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Material Memories, Collection Migros Museum f\u00fcr Gegenwartskunst<\/em>, Migros Museum, Z\u00fcrich, CH<\/p>\n Some people are like hills. Starak Collection \u2013 an exhibition celebrating the 10th anniversary of Spectra Art Space<\/em>, Starak Foundation, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Multiple Realities: Experimental Art in the Eastern Bloc, 1960s\u20131980s<\/em>, Phoenix Art Museum, US<\/p>\n Multiple Realities: Experimental Art in the Eastern Bloc, 1960s\u20131980s<\/em>, Vancouver Art Gallery, CA<\/p>\n 2023<\/p>\n The art of seeing. Nowosielski and others<\/em>, Royal Castle in Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Opening. Koszalin open-air workshops in Osieki 1963-1981<\/em>, District Muzeum, Koszalin, PL<\/p>\n Multiple Realities: Experimental Art in the Eastern Bloc, 1960s\u20131980s<\/em>, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, US<\/p>\n Cooking Cleaning Caring: Care Work in the Arts since 1960<\/em>, Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop, DE<\/p>\n Rococo madness! Fascination with Rococo in Silesia (18th\u201321st centuries)<\/em>, National Museum in Wroc\u0142aw, PL<\/p>\n Let them sew! Contemporary Polish sewn sculpture<\/em>, Center for Contemporary Art “Signs of the Times”, Toru\u0144, PL<\/p>\n Artists from Krakow. II Grupa Krakowska<\/em>, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art, Cracow, PL<\/p>\n 2022<\/p>\n Let Them Weave!<\/em>, Contemporary Polish Sewn Sculpture, Oro\u0144sko, PL<\/p>\n Beyond Eden<\/em>, Muzeum \u015alaskie, Katowice, PL<\/p>\n MA\u0141GORZATA MARKIEWICZ. A MAN\u2019S WORLD NO MORE<\/em>, Bunkier Sztuki Gallery of Contemporary Art, Krak\u00f3w, PL<\/p>\n CLICK. Sexualisation of Food in Art<\/em>, Arton Foundation, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 2020<\/p>\n Soap Bubbles<\/em>, Contemporary Art Gallery in Opole, PL<\/p>\n The Penumbral Age. Art in the Time of Planetary Change<\/em>, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Female Reservoir<\/em>, The Academy of Fine Arts, Krak\u00f3w, PL<\/p>\n 2019<\/p>\n SHAPESHIFTERS \u2013 Sascha Braunig, Sandra Mujinga, Maria Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b<\/em>, The Approach Gallery, London, UK<\/p>\n 11\/944 from the Collection of Galeria Labirynt<\/em>, Galeria Labirynt, Lublin, PL<\/p>\n Oversupply. On early environmental and land (post)artistic practices in Poland<\/em>, Contemporary Art Gallery, Opole, PL<\/p>\n 2018<\/p>\n The Power of Nature. Henry Moore in Poland<\/em>, Centre of Polish Sculpture, Oro\u0144sko, PL<\/p>\n 2017<\/p>\n 56 Artillery Lane<\/em>, Raven Row Gallery, London, UK<\/p>\n Lady in the Mirror. Female Art Strategies in the 1970<\/em>, Galeria Piekary, Pozna\u0144, PL<\/p>\n A-geometry. Hans Arp and Poland<\/em>, National Museum, Pozna\u0144, PL<\/p>\n 2016<\/p>\n All Mounds Can Be Seen From My Window<\/em>, Bunkier Sztuki Gallery of Contemporary Art<\/p>\n Modern and contemporary art from Poland<\/em>, Museum Jerke, Recklinghausen, DE<\/p>\n 20 \u2013 An Exhibition In Three Acts: Collection Revisited 1960\u20131982<\/em>, Migros Museum of Contemporary Art, Z\u00fcrich, CH<\/p>\n 2015<\/p>\n The World Goes Pop<\/em>, TATE Modern, London, UK<\/p>\n (Don\u2019t) Touch! Haptic Aspects of Polish Art After 1945<\/em>, Centre of Contemporary Art “Znaki Czasu\u201d in Toru\u0144, PL<\/p>\n Gender in Art<\/em>, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art, Cracow, PL<\/p>\n 2011<\/p>\n Three Women. Maria Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b, Natalia Lach- Lachowicz, Ewa Partum<\/em> , \u201cZach\u0119ta\u201d National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 2010<\/p>\n In the Circle of Master Xawery. Dunikowski and his Pupils<\/em>, The Xawery Dunikowski Museum of Sculpture, National Museum, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Gender Check, Femininity and Masculinity in Art of Eastern Europe<\/em>, MUMOK, Vienna, AU<\/p>\n 2009<\/p>\n Difference Beyond Difference<\/em>, S\u0142odownia, Stary Browar, Pozna\u0144, PL<\/p>\n 2008<\/p>\n Revolutions<\/em> 1968, Zach\u0119ta \u2013 National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 1998<\/p>\n Blask<\/em>, Galeria Sztuki Wsp\u00f3\u0142czesnej Domu Krakowskiego, N\u00fcrnberg, DE 1997 1996<\/p>\n Art in Poland: New Directions<\/em>, University at Buffalo Art Gallery, US<\/p>\n Salon malarstwa i rze\u017aby, Pa\u0142ac Sztuki TPSP, Krak\u00f3w, PL<\/p>\n Impact, avant-garde cracovienne apr\u00e8s 1945, Polish Institute, Paris, FR<\/p>\n Kobieta o kobiecie<\/em>, BWA, Bielsko-Bia\u0142a, PL<\/p>\n 1995<\/p>\n 6th international drawing triennial in Wroc\u0142aw \u2013 art as thought, art as energy<\/em>, BWA \u2018Awangarda\u2019, Wroc\u0142aw, PL<\/p>\n Arty\u015bci polscy na festivalach mi\u0119dzynarodowych (Polish artists at international festivals) 1975\u20131995, Muzeum Narodowe, Wroc\u0142aw, PL<\/p>\n Wystawa Grupy Krakowskiej, Galeria Krzysztofory, Wroc\u0142aw, PL<\/p>\n X Mi\u0119dzynarodowe Spotkania Krakowskie, BWA, Krak\u00f3w, PL<\/p>\n Pozna\u0144skie seminarium feministyczne. Pokazy artystyczne, Galeria Fractale, Pozna\u0144, PL<\/p>\n 1994<\/p>\n Hautevol\u00e9e<\/em>, Galerie R\u00e4hnitzgasse, Dresden, DE<\/p>\n Ars Erotica<\/em>, National Museum, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Grupa Krakowska 1932\u20131994, Zach\u0119ta National Gallery of Contemporary Art, Warsaw, PL<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[],"class_list":["post-153","artist","type-artist","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriamonopol.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist\/153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriamonopol.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriamonopol.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artist"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriamonopol.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriamonopol.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMaria Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b. egzystentialium<\/em>, Studio Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n
\nMaria Pini\u0144ska-Bere\u015b. Sculptures, <\/em>Rytm Gallery, Krak\u00f3w, PL<\/p>\n
\nPolish Culture Institute, Berlin, Germany
\nChodzac po ziemi<\/em>, Mus\u00e9e d\u2019Historie Vivante, Montreuil, FR
\nPerz-Rhizom<\/em>, Galeria Pryzmat, Krak\u00f3w, PL<\/p>\n
\nStarmach Gallery<\/p>\n