Leon Tarasewicz was born in 1957. He graduated from the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, in the studio of Tadeusz Dominik, where from 1996 he led the Faculty of Painting. Between 2009 and 2022 he headed a Faculty of Painting at the Faculty of Media Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In 2001, he represented Poland at the 49th International Venice Biennale. In 2005, he was awarded the Silver Medal for Merit to Culture \u201cGloria Artis,\u201d and in 2011 the Knight\u2019s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. In 2000, he received the Polityka<\/i> Passport, the Jan Cybis Award, and the Zofia and Jerzy Nowosielski Foundation Award, and in 2007 the Grand Prize of the Culture Foundation. In 2018, he was the laureate of the Prof. Gieysztor Award.<\/p>\n
Tarasewicz works with painting, both in its traditional form and in ways that extend far beyond the canvas, incorporating interiors, as well as elements of architecture and landscape.<\/p>\n
He lives and works in Wali\u0142y, Poland.<\/p>\n
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Selected solo exhibitions:<\/p>\n
2025<\/p>\n
Identity<\/em>, Muzeum Wolnej Bia\u0142orusi, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 2022<\/p>\n Leon Tarasewicz<\/em>, Galeria Ego, Pozna\u0144, PL<\/p>\n Wysiedlenie. Leon Tarasewicz<\/em>, Galeria 66P, Wroc\u0142aw, PL<\/p>\n 2020<\/p>\n Expo 2020, Dubaj,\u00a0AE<\/p>\n Leon Tarasewicz<\/em>, Galeria Monopol, Warszawa, PL<\/p>\n Leon Tarasewicz<\/em>, Galeria Artemis, Krak\u00f3w, PL<\/p>\n 2018<\/p>\n Jerusalem<\/em>, Foksal Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Muzeum Architektury, Wroc\u0142aw, PL<\/p>\n Zaleszany, Leon Tarasewicz, Ma\u0142gorzata Dmitruk<\/em>, Arsenal Municipal Gallery, Pozna\u0144, PL<\/p>\n 2017<\/p>\n School Works 1972\u20131977<\/em>, Galeria Liceum Plastycznego, Supra\u015bl, PL<\/p>\n Supraska Academy, Supra\u015bl, PL<\/p>\n 2016<\/p>\n Confrontations<\/em>, Galeria EL, Elbl\u0105g, PL<\/p>\n Light of Paintings<\/em>, Ego Gallery, Pozna\u0144, PL<\/p>\n Wali\u0142y-Krak\u00f3w-Wali\u0142y<\/em>, Central Railway Station, Krak\u00f3w, PL<\/p>\n 2015<\/p>\n Sztuka do miejsca. Modry\/Art for the place. Modry<\/em>, Silesian Museum, Katowice, PL<\/p>\n 2014<\/p>\n Painting<\/em>, State Art Gallery, Sopot, PL<\/p>\n Open Door<\/em>, Ego Gallery, Pozna\u0144, PL<\/p>\n 2013<\/p>\n Leon Tarasewicz \u2013 Limits of painting \u2013 Limits of a gallery<\/em>, Galeria Bia\u0142a, Lublin, PL<\/p>\n 2011<\/p>\n Back to the Landscape<\/em>, realization on Main Market Square, Kielce, PL<\/p>\n 2010<\/p>\n Realisation, Golden Gate, Kiev, UA<\/p>\n 2009<\/p>\n Galeria Miejska, Pasa\u017c Tertila, Tarn\u00f3w, PL<\/p>\n New Paintings<\/em>, Bie\u0142aruski Tryjaloh, Socrates Villa Association, \u0141apicze, BY<\/p>\n Art New Media Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 2008<\/p>\n National Museum, Wroc\u0142aw, PL<\/p>\n Recent Paintings<\/em>, Galeria Rubin, Milan, IT<\/p>\n 2007<\/p>\n Upper<\/em>, Silesian Museum, Bytom<\/p>\n Leon Tarasewicz<\/em>, Polish Institute, Budapest, HU<\/p>\n Museen f\u00fcr Kunst und Kulturesischte, L\u00fcbeck, DE<\/p>\n 2006<\/p>\n Kunsthalle St. Annen L\u00fcbeck, L\u00fcbeck, DE<\/p>\n Foksal Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Galerie Grashey, Constance, CH<\/p>\n 2005<\/p>\n Polnisches Institut, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n Springer & Winckler Galerie, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n Galeria Bia\u0142a, Lublin, PL<\/p>\n 2004<\/p>\n Galeria Bia\u0142a, Lublin, PL<\/p>\n Gary Tatintsian Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n 2003<\/p>\n La Cri\u00e9e centre d’art contemporain, Rennes, FR<\/p>\n Galeria Rubin, Milan, IT<\/p>\n Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 2002<\/p>\n Fioretto Arte Contemporanea, Padua, IT<\/p>\n Galeria Muzeum \u015al\u0105ska Opolskiego, Opole, PL<\/p>\n Polonisches Institute, Berlin; Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n 2001<\/p>\n Gary Tatintsian Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n Ego Gallery, Pozna\u0144, PL<\/p>\n Galleria del Cavallino, Venice, IT<\/p>\n Polish Pavilion, 49th International Art Exhibition Biennale, Venice, IT<\/p>\n La Casina di Gorizzo, Friuli, IT<\/p>\n Villa Tre Gelsi, San Martino di Codroipo, IT<\/p>\n Galeria Biala, Lublin, PL<\/p>\n Aula Gallery, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Starmach Gallery, Krak\u00f3w, PL<\/p>\n Galerie Springer & Winckler, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n 2000<\/p>\n Foksal Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Salon Wystawowy Bagatt, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Kunstraum Neuruppin, Neuruppin, DE<\/p>\n 1999<\/p>\n Zach\u0119ta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, SE<\/p>\n Galleri S\u00f6lvberget, Stavanger, NO<\/p>\n Gallery of Dom Artysty Plastyka, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 1998<\/p>\n Springer & Winckler Galerie, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n Galerie Metta Linde, L\u00fcbeck, DE<\/p>\n 1997<\/p>\n Galerie S65, Aalst, BE<\/p>\n Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Galerie Stefan Andersson, Ume\u00e5, SE<\/p>\n Galerie Metta Linde, L\u00fcbeck, DE<\/p>\n 1996<\/p>\n Springer & Winckler Galerie, Frankfurt am Mein, DE<\/p>\n Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, SE<\/p>\n 1995<\/p>\n Galeria Bia\u0142a, Lublin<\/p>\n G\u00f3rno\u015bl\u0105skie Museum, Bytom, PL<\/p>\n Paintings 1983-1994<\/em>, Galeria Sztuki Wsp\u00f3\u0142czesnej BWA, Katowice, PL<\/p>\n BWA Gallery Arsenal, Bialystok, PL<\/p>\n 1994<\/p>\n Springer & Winckler, Frankfurt am Mein, DE<\/p>\n Foksal Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 1993<\/p>\n Springer & Winckler Galerie, Frankfurt, DE<\/p>\n Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, SE<\/p>\n Palace of Art, Minsk, BY<\/p>\n 1992<\/p>\n Istituto Polacco di Cultura, Rome, IT<\/p>\n Malm\u00f6 Konsthall, Malm\u00f6, SE<\/p>\n 1991<\/p>\n Galeria Krzysztofory, Krak\u00f3w, PL<\/p>\n State Museum, Bialystok, PL<\/p>\n Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, SE<\/p>\n Foksal Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, IL<\/p>\n 1990<\/p>\n Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n 1989<\/p>\n Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, SE<\/p>\n Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London, UK<\/p>\n Galleria del Cavallino, Venice, IT<\/p>\n 1988<\/p>\n National Museum, Wroclaw, PL<\/p>\n Foksal Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Exhibition Hall, Grodno, PL<\/p>\n Palace of Art, Minsk, BY<\/p>\n 1987<\/p>\n Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n Damon Brandt Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n Gallery BWA Arsenal, Bialystok, PL<\/p>\n 1986<\/p>\n Galerie Nordenhake, Malm\u00f6, SE<\/p>\n Galleria del Cavallino, Venice, IT<\/p>\n Riverside Studios, London, UK<\/p>\n Boibrino Gallery, Stockholm, SE<\/p>\n Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, SE<\/p>\n 1985<\/p>\n Dziekanka Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Foksal Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Galeria Biala, Lublin, PL<\/p>\n 1984<\/p>\n Dziekanka Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n White Russian Culture Society, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Foksal Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Selected group exhibitions<\/p>\n 2018<\/p>\n Beyond Cybis<\/em>, Zach\u0119ta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 2017<\/p>\n \u00c0 la fronti\u00e8re. Senos ir naujos Eutopos sienos<\/em>, Jono Gatv\u00e9s Galerija, Vilnius, LT<\/p>\n What About the Abstraction?<\/em>, Stefan Gierowski Foundation, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Ten by Ten<\/em>, CFHILLI, Stockholm, SE<\/p>\n 2016<\/p>\n Odej\u015bcie \u2013 9. Wystawa Kuratorska Bielskiej Jesieni 2016<\/em>, BWA Bielska Gallery, Bielsko-Bia\u0142a, PL<\/p>\n New illustrations<\/em>, Arsenal Gallery, Bia\u0142ystok, PL<\/p>\n Pankiewicz and After\u2026 Releasing colour<\/em>, Lubelskie Museum, Lublin, PL<\/p>\n A Place. Scene III, Robert Maciejuk, Leon Tarasewicz, W\u0142odzimierz J. Zakrzewski<\/em>, Foksal Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n \u00c0 la fronti\u00e8re\u2026! Old and New Borders in Europe<\/em>, Gallery Podroom \u2013 Cultural Centre, Belgrad, RS<\/p>\n \u00c0 la fronit\u00e8re…! Old and New Borders in Europe<\/em>, Biennale d’Arte Trieste Contemporanea, Studio Tommaseo, Triest, IT<\/p>\n 2015<\/p>\n \u0141emkowskie Jeruzalem. Triple Self-portrait<\/em>, Art Gallery, Legnica, PL<\/p>\n White Transformation<\/em>, Galeria Bia\u0142a, Lublin, PL<\/p>\n Through Realism and Abstraction: Modzelewski and Tarasewicz<\/em>, Givon Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL<\/p>\n 2014<\/p>\n Specimen<\/em>, Masovian Centre of Contemporary Art Elektrownia, Radom, PL<\/p>\n Art Festival in Public Space Open City\/Otwarte Miasto<\/em>, Lublin, PL<\/p>\n 2013<\/p>\n The Golden Mean<\/em>, Ego Gallery, Pozna\u0144, PL<\/p>\n The Splendour of Textiles<\/em>, Zach\u0119ta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n UNI\/JA-UNI\/ON<\/em>, Art Festival in Public Space Open City\/Otwarte Miasto<\/em>, kaplica \u015aw. Tr\u00f3jcy, Lublin, PL<\/p>\n 2012<\/p>\n Void<\/em>, BWA Contemporary Art Gallery “Sok\u00f3\u0142”, Nowy S\u0105cz, PL<\/p>\n 2011<\/p>\n Side by Side. Poland \u2013 Germany. A 1000 Years of Art and History<\/em>, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n Przenikania<\/em>, aTak Gallery, Warsaw; Salon Akademii Gallery, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 2010<\/p>\n Contemporary Art Collection of National Museum in Wroc\u0142aw<\/em>, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 2009<\/p>\n Polish Landscape from Arsenal Gallery in Bia\u0142ystok Collection and Podlaskie Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts<\/em>, Museum of Contemporary Art, Minsk, BY<\/p>\n International Collection of Contemporary Art. 5th Edition<\/em>, Zamek Ujazdowski Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Realization at Caldogno, Vicenza, IT created as a part of a group exhibition prepared by the Guggenheim Museum, Venice, IT<\/p>\n Enter-Escape<\/em>, 5. International Festival of Visual Arts “Inspiracje 2009”, Szczecin, PL<\/p>\n 2008<\/p>\n 100% of Painting<\/em>, Painting Department, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Planks, Images, Words<\/em>, Nowa Gallery, Pozna\u0144, PL<\/p>\n General Renovation<\/em>, Galeria Bia\u0142a Centrum Kultury, Lublin, PL<\/p>\n Changes Records. Polish Art from Krzysztof Musia\u0142 Collection<\/em>, National Museum, Pozna\u0144, PL<\/p>\n Tarasewicz Studio at Andalusia, Galeria aTak, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 2007<\/p>\n Asteism \u2014 Joke and authority<\/em>, Program Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 2006<\/p>\n Polish Painting of the 21st Century<\/em>, Zach\u0119ta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n In Poland, That Is Where?<\/em>, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 2005<\/p>\n Warsaw-Moskow 1900-2000<\/em>, Zach\u0119ta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Masters of Painting 1904-2004 at Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw<\/em>, National Museum, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Collection of Polish Art of XX Century<\/em>, National Museum, Krak\u00f3w, PL<\/p>\n Happy Christmas<\/em>, Arsenal Gallery, Bia\u0142ystok, PL<\/p>\n 2004<\/p>\n Distances?<\/em>, Le Plateau, Paris, FR<\/p>\n Leidenschaft und Ordnung<\/em>, Polonische Institute, D\u00fcsseldorf, DE<\/p>\n Immersion<\/em>, Centre for Contemporary Art, Kyiv, UA<\/p>\n Duty and Riot<\/em>, Zach\u0119ta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Professors of Painting Department<\/em>, Studio Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Inc. The art towards corporate taking over places of public expression (in Poland)<\/em>, Program Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Presentation 3<\/em>, G\u00f3rno\u015bl\u0105skie Museum, Bytom, PL<\/p>\n 2003<\/p>\n Stockholm Art Fair, Stockholm, SE<\/p>\n Decade<\/em>, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw and State Museum of Leon Wycz\u00f3\u0142kowski, Bydgoszcz, PL<\/p>\n Sol Invictus<\/em>, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Pro Pictura<\/em>, Xawery Dunikowski Museum of Sculpture, Kr\u00f3likarnia, National Museum Department, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Presentation 3<\/em>, Ujazdowski Castle, Centre for Contemporary Art; The Silesian Museum, Katowice, PL<\/p>\n 2002<\/p>\n Polacos \u2014 El nou art de Polonia<\/em>, Capella de l’Antic Hospital de la Santa Creu, Barcelona, ES<\/p>\n Polish Art of Object<\/em>, President Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Collection<\/em>, Zach\u0119ta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Arsenal Gallery Collection<\/em>, Galeria Sektor I, Katowice, PL<\/p>\n 2001<\/p>\n In Between: Art from Poland 1945-2000<\/em>, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, USA<\/p>\n Negotiators of Art Against Reality<\/em>, Bunkier Sztuki Gallery of Contemporary Art, Krak\u00f3w, PL<\/p>\n Here & Now<\/em>, Zach\u0119ta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n International Collection of Contemporary Art<\/em>, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 2000<\/p>\n Between Esthetics and Metaphysics<\/em>, Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko-Biala, PL<\/p>\n Positionen<\/em>, Galerie Linde, L\u00fcbeck, DE<\/p>\n Cracovian Meetings 2000<\/em>, Bunkier Sztuki Gallery of Contemporary Art, Krak\u00f3w, PL<\/p>\n Paintings<\/em>, Center for Contemporary Art, Kiev, UA<\/p>\n Slawomir Belina<\/em>, Zach\u0119ta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Verteidigung der Moderne<\/em>, Museum W\u00fcrth, K\u00fcnzelsau, DE<\/p>\n Die vier Jahreszeiten<\/em>, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, DE<\/p>\n Landscapes<\/em>, National Museum, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 1999<\/p>\n Three Visions<\/em>, Contemporary Polish Art, Tufts University Gallery, Medford, UK<\/p>\n White Art<\/em>, Arsenal Municipal Gallery, Pozna\u0144, PL<\/p>\n Toyama Now ’99<\/em>, The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, JP<\/p>\n Aspects\/Positions. 50 Years of Art in Central Europe 1949-1999<\/em>, mumok \u2013 Museum Moderner Kunst Stifung Ludwig, Vienna, AT; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, HU, Fundaci\u00f3 Miro, Barcelona, ES; City Gallery, Southampton, UK; National Gallery, Prague, CZ<\/p>\n 1998<\/p>\n Oikos<\/em>, State Museum, Bytom; State Museum, Bydgoszcz; Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok, PL<\/p>\n Tomasz Ciecierski, Leon Tarasewicz<\/em>, Galerie Grashey, Konstanz, DE<\/p>\n Springer & Winckler, Frankfurt, DE<\/p>\n Fragment of Collection 3<\/em>, Zach\u0119ta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Artists of Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw<\/em>, State Museum, Toru\u0144, PL<\/p>\n 1997<\/p>\n Contempoary Art from Poland<\/em>, Galerie V\u00fdvarn\u00e9ho Umeni, Ostrava, CZ<\/p>\n Collection 3<\/em>, Ujazdowski Castle Centre of Contemporary Art, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Horizons<\/em>, Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kwangju; Kwangju Museum of Contemporary Art, Kwangju; Chosun Iibo Gallery, Seoul, KR<\/p>\n Styki\/Contact Prints<\/em>, Foksal Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 1996<\/p>\n Art and Natur<\/em>e, Zach\u0119ta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Horizons 14. Polish Contemporary Artists<\/em>, Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kwangju, KR<\/p>\n Lengyelorsz\u00e1g, M\u00fcveszet 1945-1996<\/em>, M\u00fccsarnok, Budapest, HU<\/p>\n Oikos<\/em>, State Museum, Bydgoszcz, PL<\/p>\n 1995<\/p>\n Tomasz Ciecierski, Leon Tarasewicz, Tomasz Tatarczyk<\/em>, Foksal Gallery, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Collection of Leon Wycz\u00f3\u0142kowski State Museum in Bydgoszcz<\/em>, Arsenal Gallery, Bia\u0142ystok, PL<\/p>\n Exhibition of Contemporary Art In-Forma-Tion-95<\/em>, Museum Sztuki, Vitebsk, BY<\/p>\n 1994<\/p>\n National Museum, Pozna\u0144, PL<\/p>\n Collection 2<\/em>, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n Sandstorm<\/em>, BWA Contemporary Art Gallery, Katowice, PL<\/p>\n Landschaften<\/em>, Castello di Rivara, Rivara, IT<\/p>\n Collection<\/em>, BWA Arsenal Gallery, Bia\u0142ystok, PL<\/p>\n Inconto a Eklisia<\/em>, G\u00fcm\u00fcsl\u00fck, Bodrum, TU<\/p>\n Kunstverein Freiburg e.V., Freiburg, DE<\/p>\n Der Riss im Raum<\/em>, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, DE; Zach\u0119ta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw; National Gallery, Prague, CZ<\/p>\n Figur, Natur<\/em>, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, DE<\/p>\n Givon Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL<\/p>\n 1993<\/p>\n Bilans-Balans<\/em>, Galeria Bia\u0142a, Lublin, PL<\/p>\n Eva J. Pape – Polish Culture Cultivator in USA<\/em>, Galeria Stara Kordegarda, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 1992<\/p>\n Collection 1<\/em>, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n The Expressive Struggle<\/em>, Anderson Gallery, New York, USA<\/p>\n 1991<\/p>\n Tre giovani artisti<\/em>, Galleria del Cavallino, Venice, IT<\/p>\n Positionen Polen<\/em>, K\u00fcnstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE<\/p>\n Europe Unknown<\/em>, Palace of Art, Krak\u00f3w, PL<\/p>\n Kunst Europa<\/em>, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, DE<\/p>\n David Nash & Leon Tarasewicz<\/em>, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n 1990<\/p>\n Tre Giovani Artisti e un Maestro di Serigrafia<\/em>, Galleria del Cavllino, Venice, IT<\/p>\n Polonische Malerei der 80er Jahre<\/em>, Opera, Leipzig, DE<\/p>\n Polen Zeit Kunst<\/em>, Landesmuseum, Mainz; Kronprinzenpalais, Berlin; St. Augustin, Bonn, DE<\/p>\n 22e Festival International de la Peinture 1990<\/em>, Chateau \u2014 Mus\u00e9e de Cagnes sur Mer, FR<\/p>\n Rauma Biennale Balticum<\/em>, Rauma Art Museum, Rauma, FI<\/p>\n Dialogue<\/em>, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, PL<\/p>\n The Expressive Struggle<\/em>, Everson Museum of Art of Syracuse, Syracuse, The Polish Museum of America, Chicago, USA<\/p>\n