Julia Woronowicz – WHOISPOLA

(b. 1997 in Warsaw, Poland)

Shank of the Day, 2024 – Oil on linen canvas, hand-routed wooden frame, 175 x 135 cm

Education:

2021-2023
Second MA, diploma from the Faculty of Intermedia of the University of Art in Poznań, under the supervision of prof. Piotr Bosacki
2016-2021
MA, diploma from the Faculty of Sculpture of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, in the Studio of Spatial Activities under the supervision of prof. Roman Woźniak
2018-2019
ASFA (Athens School of Art, Greece), Painting Department (under the Erasmus program)

Selected Awards:

2023
Triple special prize of 43rd Maria Dokowicz Competition in Poznan with the “Tapestry of Wilda” series
1. Special prize of President of Poznań
2. Special prize of Nn6t (Polish art magazine)
3. Special prize of Solar brand
Finalist of the Bielska Jesień painting competition
Finalist of the Strabag Artaward International 2023 painting competition

2021
1st place in the Hestia Artistic Journey competition
Special Award of the President of ERGO Hestia Group, Piotr M. Śliwicki
2nd place in the “Spread your wings with Generali” painting competition;

Selected Exhibitions:

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025
The Princess of the Three Hills, as part of Warsaw Gallery Weekend, WHOISPOLA, Warsaw (PL)

2024
Five Candles, Seven Cups, ESKAEM, Gdańsk (PL)
Doubtful Cosmogony, Szaber Gallery, Kraków (PL)

2023
Tapestry of Wilda, CK Zamek, Poznań (PL)

2022
Evil Daisies and Heroic Demonesses, Ki Smith Gallery, New York (USA)
POLSKA 2410, lokal_30, Warsaw (PL)
Lives of Field, Forest and Waterside Mulleins, Łęctwo, Poznań (PL)

2021
GUZ LUMINAL TYPE B, HER2 NEGATIVE, Studio Gałązka, Warsaw (PL)

2020
My Best Friends, State-City, Warsaw (PL)

2019
And When Everyone Found Out They Had Cancer, Popiełuszko 4, Warsaw (PL)
Autop, Popiełuszko 4, Warsaw (PL)
Here in Mercury My Grandmother Was the Queen of Oranges, Mercury, Warsaw (PL)
We Were All Gray, ASFA, Athens (AT)

2018
I Was Counting on More, Oleandrów 3, Warsaw (PL)

2017
Thermal Insulation, Galeria Autonomia, Warsaw (PL)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025

Wełnogłowe, initiated by the artist, Miejski Ośrodek Sztuki, Gorzów Wielkopolski (PL)
NO FEARS, WHOISPOLA, Warsaw (PL)
Bloom, Her Clique Gallery, Mexico City (MX)
Residency at Nobody’s Baby, Vienna (AT)

2024
We Want All of Life: Feminisms in Polish Art, Państwowa Galeria Sztuki, Sopot (PL)
Plotting and Weaving, Turnus Gallery, Warsaw (PL)
Watermark – a Disaster Exhibition, Biuro Wystaw, Warsaw (PL)
Queens & Queers, Szczur Gallery, Poznań (PL)
Running Out of History, MOS Gorzów, Gorzów (PL)

2023
CRASH CLUB, Warsaw Gallery Weekend, Warsaw (PL)
Strange Garden, Inne Towarzystwo, Warsaw (PL)
Me and You / Me – They, Miejska Galeria Sztuki, Czestochowa (PL)
Puregold, Galeria u Jezuitów, Poznań (PL)
Opening Season, Karowa Gallery, Warsaw (PL)

2022
Exuberance, Państwowa Galeria Sztuki, Sopot (PL)
The Discomfort of Evening, Zachęta National Gallery, Warsaw (PL)
Absence of Protagonists, Skala Gallery, Poznań (PL)

2021
Exhibition of the finalists, Hestia’s Artistic Journey at the Museum on the Vistula, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw (PL)
Housework, Naga Gallery, Warsaw (PL)
M jak Malarstwo, mBank Collection Exhibition, Warsaw (PL)
Help Me Find Some Meaning, Solatorium, Kolektywka collective exhibition, Warsaw (PL)
It’s Getting Hot, Officyna Gallery, Turnusik, Warsaw (PL)
The White and Red War: Ursynów Fairy Tales in the Polish House, Sinfonia Varsovia, Warsaw (PL)

2020
MIĘSO / MEAT, Rynek Nowego Miasta 21/23, Warsaw (PL)
Nutrie w Furrze, Karrot, Warsaw (PL)
Interspecies Interactions, City State, Warsaw (PL)
ONLINE 2020, Online Exhibition – Best students of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (PL)
Dyslokacje, Online Exhibition

2019
Creation of original sculpture, Jezierza Giętka, FEST Festival, Warsaw (PL)
Author’s sculpture for Przekwit, Warsaw Botanical Garden, Night of Museums, Warsaw (PL)
No Love, Salon Akademii, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw (PL)
Soup Opera, MEME Gallery, Athens (AT)