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Malgorzata ( Margherita) Turewicz Lafranchi
born 25.04.1961 in Szczecin, Poland
1980 -1985
study and diploma with distinction at Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland
1985/86
studies at Freie Hochschule für Geisteswissenschaft, Dornach, Switzerland
from 1994
lives and works in Ticino, Switzerland
Personal exhibitions ( selection )
1988
SARP Gallery , Warsaw
1990
BWA Gallery, Szczecin, Poland
Sculpture Gallery, Warsaw
Dziekanka Gallery, Warsaw
1991
Estrujenbank, Madrid ( with M.Filonik )
Facultad de Bellas Artes, Madrid ( with M. Filonik )
1992
Center of Contemporary Art , Warsaw
Zacheta ,National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok, Poland
1993
Stara Gallery, BWA, Lublin, Poland
Zderzak Gallery, Cracow, Poland
1995
Center of Polish Sculpture, Oronsko, Poland
1997
Portico 3, Locarno, Switzerland
2002
Visarte Gallery, Locarno, Switzerland
Inflorescenses, Zderzak Gallery, Cracow, Poland
2005
Biwak, Trinitatiskirche, Cologne, Germany
2007
Adonis‘ Garden, Museo Cantonale d‘Arte, Lugano, Switzerland
2008
Miss You, installation, Locarno Airport, Switzerland
2015
Handiworks,Zona Sztuki Aktualnej, Szczecin, Poland
2016
Traps, Propaganda Gallery, Warsaw
2017
Effimero, Daniele Agostini Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland
2018
Soul moved and fell over, Zderzak Gallery,
Cracow, Poland
Nexuses (with B.Benedek), Harom Het Gallery, Budapest
2019
The Shell Collector, :SKALA Gallery, Poznan, Poland
Group exhibitions (selection)
1989
Feelings, Dziekanka Gallery, Warsaw
In Image and Likeness, Norblin Factory, Warsaw
1990
Young Art from Szczecin, National Museum,
Szczecin, Poland
Direction Posen, Interart, Posen, Poland
1991
Biennale of New Art, Zielona Gora, Poland
AVE Videofestival, Arnhem, Holland
1992
Collection I, Center of Contemporary Art, Warsaw
Sites - Non sites, Center of Polish Sculpture, Oronsko, Poland
Current Situation, OTSO Gallery, Espoo, Finland
Current Situation, Museum of Art, Turku, Finland
1995
Touch of object, Arsenal Gallery, Posen, Poland
1996
Tribe, Via Farini, Milan, Italy
Bakunin - Ein Denkmal, NGBK, Berlin
Rapaci, Antico Monastero delle Agostiniane, Monte Carasso, Switzerland
1998
Fragment of Collection, Zacheta, National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
1999
Alchemists and Smiths, Center of Polish Sculpture, Oronsko, Poland
2001
Women about women, BWA Gallery, Bielsko Biala, Poland
2002
Playgrounds and Toys, Museo Cantonale d‘Arte, Lugano
2003
What‘s up, Museo Cantonale d‘Arte, Lugano
2004
Playgrounds and Toys, Delhi, India
Young Art from Tessin, Städtische Galerie, Dortmund, Germany
2005
Bex & Arts, Triennale of Sculpture, Bex,
Switzerland
Playgrounds and Toys, Hangar Biccoca, Milan
2007
Blitzarte 7, Visarte, Forbo, Giubiasco, Switzerland
2008
Visarte si manifesta, Lugano (posters on the streets)
Paintings and more, Visarte, Pinacoteca Casa Rusca, Locarno
2011
Tesori a Lugano, Museo d‘Arte, Lugano
2012
Latent Capital, Bonarski Collection, National Museum Wilanow, Poland
2015
Truth Beauty Goodness, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
2016
Ready made medicine, Zderzak Gallery, Cracow
Un percorso d‘arte, Morcote, Switzerland
Distracted audiences, Art Stations, Posen, Poland
Timeless values in art, Delfina Gallery , Warsaw
2017
Timeless values in art, MCSW, „Elektrownia“,
Radom, Poland
Bellum Mundi, Daniele Agostini Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland
Artistic Dziekanka, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
Found Geometry, Vasarely Museum, Budapest
2018
Light in Geometry, Center of Contemporary Art,
Elektrownia, Radom, Poland
À la Flamande 3 – Landscape, Propaganda Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Geometrie_Geografie, Daniele Agostini Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland
Lo spazio ritrovato, Morcote, Switzerland
GameOmetry, Vasarely Museum, Budapest
2019
Geometry and Beauty, Center of Contemporary Art,
Elektrownia, Radom,Poland
Concrete Space 2, Harom Het Gallery, Budapest
2020
Geometry and ... , MCSW Elektrownia, Radom, Poland
2021
Language of geometry. Permanence of art. BWA Katowice, Poland
2022
Connection Bozena, Syker Vorwerk, Syke, Germany
Open Storage, CSW Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw
Manifesta 14, (with Secondary Achive), Prishtina, Kosovo
Other professional experiences
1980 - 1985
participation in activity of Pracownia
Dziekanka, Warsaw
workshops, performances
2002 - 2004
collaboration on term critics at Peter Zumthor
studio,
Accademia d’Architettura Mendrisio, Switzerland
2002 - 2005
different projects with Art for the World,
realisation of playground for Deepalaya School, India
2002 - 2008
different projects with Swiss Artists Society Visarte
2009 - 2011
work on project Seduction as Art, independent
realisation,
beginning with Social Sculpture Research Unit, Brooks University of Oxford
2016 - 2018
Symposium and exhibition of geometric artists, Radziejowice , Poland
Grants and awards
1990
Construction in Process award, Lodz, Poland
1990,1991,2002
grants of Culture Ministry of Poland, 1991 - residence in Spain
1993
residence by Gerhard Lenz, Söll, Austria
1993
residence by Rosemarie Trockel, Cologne, Germany
1993/94
residence by Artest Fondation, Vela Museum, Ligornetto, Switzerland
Works in collections
Bonarski Collection, Warsaw
Bozena Kowalska Collection, Warsaw
Center of Contemporary Art, Warsaw
Center of Polish Sculpture, Oronsko, Poland
Credit Suisse, Bellinzona, Switzerland
Mazovian Center of Contemporary Art „Elektrownia“, Radom, Poland
Museo Cantonale d‘Arte, Lugano, Switzerland
Museum of Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
National Museum Szczecin, Poland
Museo Villa dei Cedri, Bellinzona, Switzerland
Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw