Paweł Althamer

Paweł Althamer studied at Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw. The recorded working language is Dutch and Polish. The field of work recorded is art of sculpture, visual arts and performance artwork. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are action art. Places of work recorded in the authority are Warsaw. Work by Paweł Althamer is recorded in the collections of Tate, Museum of Modern Art, Van Abbemuseum, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and Hessel Museum of Art. Distinctions recorded are Vincent Award, Aachen Art Prize, Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta and Lovis Corinth Prize.

• Name — Pawel Althamer • Born — 12 May 1967 • Birthplace — Warsaw • Field — sculpture, video art • Training — Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts • Awards — Vincent Award (2004) KAIROS Prize (2013) Order of Polonia Restituta (2015) • Illustration — Burłacy, 2012, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw • Illustration — Althamer's A Boat and a Wetsuit, 2010. Permanent collection of the Zachęta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw

In the years 1988–1993, he studied sculpture at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. Beginning in the mid-1990s he collaborated with the Foksal Gallery in Warsaw. In 2000, he participated in Manifesta 3 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. In 2004, he won the Vincent Award from the Broere Charitable Foundation in the Netherlands. Althamer's series of sculptures "The Venetians" was exhibited in the arsenale section of the 2013 Venice Biennale. Also in 2013, he took part in Performa 13 presenting Biba Performa where he collaborated with multiple artists. In 2015, he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for his artistic achievements. He is represented by Neugerriemschneider, Berlin and Fundacja Galerii Foksal, Warsaw. His solo exhibitions include Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, and Helsinki Art Museum.