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