Krzysztof Zar\u0119bski was born in 1939. An artist whose work encompasses inter-media and multimedia art, performances, film making, refined aesthetic photography, assemblages, objects and installations, painting, as well as creating a set design. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw during the years 1962 to 1968.<\/p>\n
He is one of the pioneers and most prominent representatives of performance art in Poland, which he\u2019s actively been engaged in since 1971. One of the most characteristic features of his art is to take, in a very brave manner, issues of the body, eroticism, and sexuality, becoming more and more provocative with time, combined with performances and an aesthetic celebration of sublimated perversion and also lust, during which he utilizes fascinating, created by himself, requisite-fetishes of different kinds. From the beginning, music has always been a very important element of his performance, which appears in them in a variety of forms: from recordings on various media to music that is realized in collaboration with musicians and composers. In his performances the artist often appears with models, actresses, dancers, and actors; sometimes in a duet with his wife or his daughter.<\/p>\n
Excerpt from Medea in a Bath<\/em> press release, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, 2013.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Selected solo exhibitions:<\/p>\n 2016<\/p>\n Dark Place Behind the Door<\/em>, Galeria Monopol, Warsaw, PL (with \u0141ukasz Korolkiewicz)<\/p>\n 2013<\/p>\n Krzysztof Zar\u0119bski: Photographs 1972\u20132012<\/em>, CREON Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n 2012<\/p>\n Priap’s Garden<\/em> \u2013 installation, video, art objects, CREON Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n 2010<\/p>\n Alicja Zebrowska and Krzysztof Zar\u0119bski<\/em>, Manhattan Gallery, \u0141\u00f3d\u017a, PL<\/p>\n Filogeneza<\/em>, ODA Gallery, Piotrk\u00f3w Trybunalski, PL<\/p>\n VOLTA NY<\/em> (Art NEW media Gallery), New York, USA<\/p>\n Krzysztof Zar\u0119bski 1970. Erotematy S\u0142abn\u0105cego Erosa<\/em>, Art New Media Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Lustishis Flower<\/em>, Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko-Biala, PL<\/p>\n One night show<\/em>, foyer of Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, New York, USA<\/p>\n 2008<\/p>\n Dedykacje<\/em>, XX1 Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 2004<\/p>\n Krzysztof Zar\u0119bski. New Works<\/em>, Roshkowska Gallery, Windham, USA<\/p>\n 2003<\/p>\n Krzysztof Zar\u0119bski’s Films and Videos 1972\u20132003<\/em>, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 1999<\/p>\n Water Nymphs, Pardo Sheehan Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n 1996<\/p>\n Fingernails on Parade – Call Girls<\/em>, Zach\u0119ta National Art Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 1992<\/p>\n Documantation 1972-1992 and art installation,<\/em> Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Krzysztof Zar\u0119bski. Installation (With Sound and Leeches),<\/em> Labirynt 2 Gallery, Lublin, PL<\/p>\n 1990<\/p>\n PAAS Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n 1989<\/p>\n One twenty eight Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n 1988<\/p>\n NOW Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n Tobe Art Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n 1985<\/p>\n Freddie The Dreamer Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n Zones with Bridges (Frozen Erection),<\/em> (with Krystyna Jachniewicz), NADA Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n 1980<\/p>\n Dzia\u0142ania<\/em>, Gallery “M”, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Galeria Krytyk\u00f3w, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 1978<\/p>\n Labirynt Gallery, Lublin, PL<\/p>\n 1977<\/p>\n Warm Air<\/em>, Repassage Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 1976<\/p>\n Labirynt Gallery, Lublin, PL<\/p>\n 1975<\/p>\n Vanersborg Museum, Vanersborg, SE<\/p>\n 1974<\/p>\n Dialogue<\/em>, Repassage Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Cosmetics Corner<\/em>, Remont Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Zones of Contact<\/em>, Remont Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n The Freezing of Sound<\/em>, Bureau de la Poesie (Biuro Poezji), Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 1973<\/p>\n Galeria Wsp\u00f3\u0142czesna (MPiK Club), Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Labirynt Gallery, Lublin, PL<\/p>\n Osmosis<\/em>, Remont Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 1972<\/p>\n Paintings and documentation 1970-1971<\/em>, BWA Gallery, Lublin, PL<\/p>\n Intuitive Cooperation<\/em>, Sigma Club, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 1969<\/p>\n Salon Debiut\u00f3w Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Selected group exhibitions:<\/p>\n 2025<\/p>\n Don’t Ask About Poland<\/em>, Centre for Contemporary Art, Toru\u0144, PL<\/p>\n 2020<\/p>\n The Power of Secrets<\/em>, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 2016<\/p>\n Notes from the Underground<\/em>, Museum of Art, \u0141\u00f3d\u017a, PL<\/p>\n 2015<\/p>\n The Wild West. A history of Wroc\u0142aw\u2019s Avant-garde, <\/em>Zach\u0119ta \u2014 National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 2014<\/p>\n Report on the Construction of a Spaceship Module<\/em>, New Museum, New York, USA<\/p>\n 2012<\/p>\n Disturbed Images. CUT in art<\/em>, Museum of Imagination, Hudson, New York, USA<\/p>\n Disturbed Images. CUT in art part 2, <\/em>Museum of Imagination, Hudson, New York, USA<\/p>\n Mois de la Photo a Paris<\/em>, Galerie Roi Dore, Paris, FR<\/p>\n Where is PERMAFO?, <\/em>Wroclaw Contemporary Museum, Wroclaw, PL<\/p>\n 2010<\/p>\n Post Gogol. The Silent Absence of the Body<\/em>, SLAG Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n Works from the BWA \u2013 Lublin Collection<\/em>, Towarzystwo Zach\u0119ty Sztuki Wsp\u00f3\u0142czesnej, Lviv, UA<\/p>\n 2009<\/p>\n International Collection of Contemporary Art 5<\/em>, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Shit Corner: No Excuses. Small Works Summer Exhibitions. A Year in Review<\/em>, 15 Corson Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n 2008<\/p>\n 1,2,3… Avant-Gardes.Film \/ Artbetween Experiment and Archive, <\/em>Tate Modern, London, UK<\/p>\n KRAJ: sztuka artyst\u00f3w z polskim rodowodem<\/em>, Galeria Sztuki Wsp\u00f3\u0142czesnej, Opole, PL<\/p>\n Screening I: Quilt of Projections,<\/em> 15 Corson Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n Screening II: Screen Test Ad Infinitum,<\/em> 15 Corson Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n Supernovas: A Modern Survey<\/em>, The Kymara Gallery, Biddeford, Maine, USA<\/p>\n 2007<\/p>\n Aleksander Jachniewicz Presents: Krystyna Jachniewicz and Krzysztof Zar\u0119bski 1981-2007, <\/em>Shandelee Studio, Shandelee, USA<\/p>\n Dowcip i W\u0142adza Sadzenia. Asteizm w Polsce<\/em>, Galeria Program, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Poza<\/em>, Real Art Ways, Hartford, USA<\/p>\n Redtape Magazine<\/em>, 25th Anniversary, Tribes Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n On Ice<\/em>, Lafayette College Art Gallery, Easton, PA, USA<\/p>\n Fresh View<\/em>, Art for Healing, New York, USA<\/p>\n 2006<\/p>\n Plastic Fantastic<\/em>, The Shorev Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Branch, USA<\/p>\n Hot Summer of Philocracy<\/em>, Silent Space Gallery, Kingston, USA<\/p>\n 1,2,3… Awangarda, Eksperyment, Film, Sztuka, Archiwum,<\/em> Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 2005<\/p>\n Botany 5000<\/em>, The Lab Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n 2004<\/p>\n Malewicz w Polsce<\/em>, Arsenal Gallery, Bia\u0142ystok, PL<\/p>\n BWA Collection<\/em>, Labirynt 2 Gallery, Lublin, PL<\/p>\n 2003<\/p>\n Comportement Energetique<\/em>, Galerie Satellite, Paris, FR<\/p>\n Inside the Cooler<\/em>, Cooler Gallery, White River Junction, USA<\/p>\n Transfusion<\/em>, Fusion Arts Museum, New York, USA<\/p>\n 2002<\/p>\n Autonomous Conceptual Movement in Poland<\/em>, BWA Gallery, Lublin, PL<\/p>\n 2001<\/p>\n Express Art from New York<\/em>, Lattuada Gallery, Milan, IT<\/p>\n 1999<\/p>\n Rewind\/Fast Forward<\/em>, Onetwentyeight Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n Universal Comunicativity<\/em>, Onetwentyeight Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n 1998<\/p>\n Cyber Recycling<\/em>, The Piano Store, New York, USA<\/p>\n One on One Part 2<\/em>, Max Fish, New York, USA<\/p>\n Sourpuss<\/em>, Abraham Lubelski Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n Text no Text. Mallarme’s Effect on Artists<\/em>, Tompkins College Center Gallery, Allentown, USA<\/p>\n 1997<\/p>\n Heat<\/em>, Pardo Wiev Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n Condensation<\/em>, Pardo View Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n Focus on Poland<\/em>, Anderson Center For The Arts, Binhampton, USA<\/p>\n Generations<\/em>, Zach\u0119ta \u2014 National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 1996<\/p>\n Inaugural Exhibition<\/em>, Pardo Wiev Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n Sculptor’s Drawings<\/em>, Pardo View Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n 1995<\/p>\n Spring Overview<\/em>, Onetwentyeight Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n The Deviant Playground<\/em>, CSV Cultural Center, New York, USA<\/p>\n VI International Triennial of Drawing. Art as Thought, Art as Energy<\/em>, Wroclaw, PL<\/p>\n 1994<\/p>\n Open House,<\/em> Space 2B, New York, USA<\/p>\n 20-lecie programu artystycznego Galerii Labirynt<\/em>, BWA Gallery, Lublin, PL<\/p>\n 1993<\/p>\n Blasted Bodies\/Wasted Wonder<\/em>, Gas Station, New York, USA<\/p>\n Redtape Magazine #7<\/em>, USA club, New York, USA<\/p>\n Repassage, Repassage 2, Sigma<\/em>, Zach\u0119ta National Art Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Top 5.5 Sculpteurs de Pologne<\/em>, Marseille, FR<\/p>\n 1992<\/p>\n Beauty<\/em>, Michael Kazan\u2019s Townhouse of Beauty, New York, USA<\/p>\n Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York, USA<\/p>\n 1991<\/p>\n Jeste\u015bmy<\/em>, Zach\u0119ta National Art Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n New York Diary: Almost 25 Different Things<\/em>, PS1 Museum, New York, USA<\/p>\n Coniunctio 2000.Art as Alchemyinto the 21st Century<\/em>, Cb’s 313 Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n Flying Possibility<\/em>, Morina Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n Contemporary American Baroque<\/em>, Cb’s 313 Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n Sztuka Performance<\/em>, Galeria Stara, BWA, Lublin, PL<\/p>\n 1990<\/p>\n Museum Modern Art, Huenfeld, DE<\/p>\n 3 artists show<\/em>, Studio Gallery Bedford Hills, New York, USA<\/p>\n 1989<\/p>\n The Rivington School<\/em>, AFR Fine Arts, Washington DC, USA<\/p>\n Open House Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n 1988<\/p>\n OKI Gallery, Innsbruck, AU<\/p>\n Works from suitcases<\/em>, Dziekanka Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Rivington School Show<\/em>, Onetwentyeight Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n 1987<\/p>\n The Late Show Disciples<\/em>, NO SE NO Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n The Second Coming<\/em>, Dramatis Personae Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n Rivington School Show<\/em>, Onetwentyeight Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n Eye of a Storm<\/em>, Tamura Gallery, Tokio; Art Space lesBois, Osaka, JP<\/p>\n Artist Space<\/em>, Nishinomiya, JP<\/p>\n International Contemporary Art Exhibition<\/em>, City Museum, Osaka, JP<\/p>\n 1986<\/p>\n Razorsharp<\/em>, Nolo Contendere Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n Cracked Mirror 2<\/em>, Nico Smith Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n 1985<\/p>\n Heroine Show<\/em>, The World, New York, USA<\/p>\n Variety<\/em>, `A` Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n Sculpture Inside-Out<\/em>, NO SE NO Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n The Rivington School<\/em> NO SE NO Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n Mini Max<\/em>, NOW Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n Eastern Europeans in New York<\/em>, El Bohio Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n Apartment Art<\/em>, Sixth Sense Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n 1984<\/p>\n Musical Instruments by Artists<\/em>, Public Image Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n Conspiracies<\/em>, Limbo, New York, USA<\/p>\n East Village Artists Go West<\/em>, Castways Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n Friends<\/em>, NO SE NO Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n Nurt intelektualny w sztuce polskiej po Drugiej Wojnie \u015awiatowej<\/em>, BWA Gallery, Lublin, PL<\/p>\n 1981<\/p>\n IX Spotkania Krakowskie<\/em>, Pawilon Wystawowy BWA, Krak\u00f3w, PL<\/p>\n II International Triennial of Drawing<\/em>, Wroclaw, PL<\/p>\n 1980<\/p>\n Mohammed<\/em>, Centro di Comunicazione Ristretta, Genova, IT<\/p>\n 1979<\/p>\n Words and Works<\/em>, De Appel Gallery, Amsterdam, NL<\/p>\n Erotyka,<\/em> ZPAP Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 1978<\/p>\n Performance and body<\/em>, Labirynt Gallery, Lublin, PL<\/p>\n Performance Art festival<\/em>, Beursschouwburg, Brussels, BE<\/p>\n Hommage to Andrzej Matynia<\/em>, Galeria Krytyk\u00f3w, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 1977<\/p>\n Body as a Visual Language<\/em>, Maki Gallery, Tokyo, JP<\/p>\n Projects\/Performanceses \u2014 Czechoslovakia\/Poland<\/em>, Hallwalls Gallery, Buffalo, USA<\/p>\n 1975<\/p>\n 7 Artists from Poland<\/em>, Konsthall, Malm\u00f6, SE<\/p>\n 1974<\/p>\n International Graphic Biennial, <\/em>Krak\u00f3w, PL<\/p>\n Nowa Generacja<\/em>, Muzeum Narodowe, Wroc\u0142aw, PL<\/p>\n 1973<\/p>\n VIII Biennale M\u0142odych<\/em>, Paris, FR<\/p>\n