Born in Tarnów/PL, 1972
Studied architecture at the Cracow Polytechnic, 1992 -1994
Studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, 1994 -1999
Lives and works in Cracow
Solo Exhibitions
2009
Centro de Arte Contemporaneo, Malaga/ES
K21, Düsseldorf/DE
2008
Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, ‘Wilhelm Sasnal. Anni di Lotta / Years of Struggle’, Trento/IT
2007
Zacheta National Gallery of Art, ‘Wilhelm Sasnal. Lata walki / Years of Struggle’, Warsaw/PL
Johnen Galerie, ‘Boredom’, Berlin/DE
Swiss Institute, New York NY
Hauser & Wirth, Zurich/CH
Fundacio la Caixa, ‘Pintures’, Barcelona/ES
Anton Kern Gallery, New York NY
2006
Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin/IE
Sadie Coles HQ, London/UK
Center of Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, ‘At the Very Center of Attention Part 10: Wilhelm Sasnal – USA’, Warsaw/PL
Foksal Gallery Foundation, ‘The Standard of the Kilogram (Wzorzec kilograma) ‘, Warsaw/PL
Van Abbe Museum, ‘Wilhelm Sasnal. Paintings and Films’, Eindhoven/NL
Kunstverein Frankfurt, ‘Ist das Leben nicht schön? Gruppenausstellung in 4 Kapiteln, Kapitel 2: Wilhelm Sasnal’, Frankfurt am Main/DE
2005
UC Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, ‘Matrix 219’, Berkeley CA
Anton Kern Gallery, New York NY
The Locker Plant, ‘Wilhelm Sasnal – Chinati Artist in Residence’, Marfa TX
2004
Hauser & Wirth Zürich, ‘The Band’, Zurich/CH
Camden Arts Centre, London/UK
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich/DE
Johnen + Schöttle, ‘ZAWA SROD’, Cologne/DE
Galerie Raster, ‘Wilhelm Sasnal – Map trap’, Warsaw/PL
2003
Kunstverein Münster, Münster/DE
Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich/CH
Sadie Coles, London/UK
Galleria Laura Pecci, ‘Wilhelm Sasnal – Monika Sasnowska’, Milan/IT
Anton Kern Gallery, New York NY
MuHKA, ‘interventions: Wilhelm Sasnal’, Antwerp/BE
Sommer Contemporary Art, ‘WISLA’, Tel Aviv/IL
2002
Galerie Johnen und Schöttle, Cologne/DE
Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw/PL
Parel, Amsterdam/NL
BWA Gallery, Zielona Gora/PL
2001
Galeria Foksal, ‘Samachody i ludzie/Cars and Men’, Warsaw/PL
Galeria Raster, ‘Zzycie codzienne w Polsce w latach 1999-2001/Everyday Life in Poland between 1999 and 2001’, Warsaw/PL
2000
Galeria Potocka, ‘Gra planszowa/Board Game’, Cracow/PL
1999
Galeria Zderzak, ‘Sto kawalków/The Hundred Pieces’, Cracow/PL
billboards of Galeria Otwarta, ‘Tlok/The Crowd’, Cracow/PL
CCA Ujazdowski Castle, ‘Malarstwo/Painting’, Warsaw/PL
billboards of Galeria Otwarta, ‘Prywatne-Publiczne/Private-Public’, Cracow/PL
billboards of Galeria Otwarta, ‘Swieto panstwowe/A Natural Holiday’, Cracow/PL
Group Exhibitions
2008
Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, ‘Ad Absurdum – Zeitgemässe Apparate’, Nordhorn/DE
Sadie Coles HQ, ‘Films. Lambie, Lloyd, Lucas, Sasnal, Wilcox’, London/UK
Kestner Gesellschaft, ‘Back to Black. Black in current Painting’, Hanover/DE
Carnegie Museum of Art, ‘55th Carnegie International’, Pittsburgh PA
Castello di Rivoli, ‘The Painting of Modern Life’, Turin/IT
LIFE, ‘SONIC YOUTH etc.: SENSATIONAL FIX’, St. Nazaire/F [travels to: Museion, Bolzano/I, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf/DE et al]
5th Berlin Biennial of Contemporary Art, ‘When things cast no shadow’, Berlin/DE
Glasgow International. Festival of Contemporary Visual Art, Glasgow/UK
MARTa, ‘Ad Absurdum. Energien des Absurden von der Klassischen Moderne zur Gegenwart’, Herford/DE
Motorenhalle, ‘Du Dialogue Social’, Dresden/DE
Uqbar, ‘Manual CC’, Berlin/DE
Roger Raveelmuseum, ‘Biennale van de Schilderkunst: He genot van het kijken’, Machelen-Zulte/BE
Kunstmuseum, ‘Blasted Allegories. Werke aus der Sammlung Ringier’, Lucerne/CH
Centre for Contemporary Art, ‘Red Eye Effect. Polish photography of the 21st Century’, Warsaw/PL
Johnen Galerie, ‘I am never at home’, Berlin/DE
Van Abbemuseum, ‘Heartland’, Eindhoven/NL
Museion, ‘ Peripheral vision and collective body’, Bozen/IT
T2 Torino Triennale, ’50 Moons of Saturn’, Turin/IT
Johnen & Schöttle, ‘Don`t come in, be merciful’, Cologne/DE
2007
Southbank Centre – The Hayward, ‘Painting of Modern Life’, London/UK
Kunstverein Hamburg, ‘Gesellschaftsbilder. Zeitgenössische Malerei’, Hamburg/DE
ZKM, ‘Imagination Becomes Reality’, Karlsruhe/DE
Museum Franz Gertsch, ‘Frisch gestrichen’, Burgdorf/CH
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, ‘Who’s got the Biig Picture?’, Antwerpen/BE
Museum of Modern Art, ‘What is Painting?’, New York NY
Centre Pompidou, ‘AIRS DE PARIS’, Paris/FR
Stedelijk Museum, ‘The Present’, Amsterdam/NL
Laznia Center for contemporary Art, ‘Last News’, Danzig/PL
Thomas Dane Gallery, ‘Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative’, London/UK
Kunsthal Rotterdam, ‘Painting now!’, Rotterdam/NL
Kunsthaus Zürich, ‘Electronic Transformation’, Zurich/CH
Hauser & Wirth, ‘Old School’, London/UK
2006
Zacheta National Gallery, ‘Polish Painting of the 21st Century’, Warsaw/PL
Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, ’1,2,3…Avant Gardes’, Warsaw/PL [travels to: Künstlerhaus Stuttgart/DE, Sala Rekalde, Bilbao/ES]
Galerie Patrick Seguin, ‘Galerie Patrick Seguin invites HAUSER & WIRTH’, Paris/FR
Foksal Gallery Foundation, ‘ The Exotic Journey Ends’, Warsaw/PL
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Wörlen, ‘BLIND DATE PASSAU’, Passau/DE
ZKM, ‘FASTER! BIGGER! BETTER! ‘, Karlsruhe/DE
Financial-Banking Center (HOWY SWIAT 06), ‘Precz z Alfonsami Sztuk. Down with the pimps of art’, Warsaw/PL
Stedelijk Museum, ‘The Vincent 2006’, Amsterdam/NL
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, ‘Attributen en Substantie’, Antwerp/BE
Gallery Raster, ‘VILLA HOLIDAY WARSAW’, Warsaw/PL
Anton Kern Gallery, ‘Implosion. 10 Year Anniversary’, New York NY
Sammlung Goetz, ‘Imagination Become Reality V’, Munich/DE
Museu Serralves. Museu De Arte Contemporânea, ‘Imagens Em Pintura’, Porto/PT
Villa Manin Centre for Contemporary Art, ‘Infinite Painting. Contemporary Painting and Global Realism’, Codroipo (Udine)/IT
Sommer Contemporary Art, ‘Melancholia, Tel Aviv/IL
Georg Kargl Fine Arts, ‘I still love the 20th century’, Vienna/AT
Phillips de Pury & Company, ‘Artists for Chinati’, New York NY
Leeds City Art Gallery, ‘The Triumph of Painting’, Leeds/UK
Rental Gallery, ‘is it better to be a good artist or a good person?’, Los Angeles CA
Sculpture Centre, ‘Grey Flags’, Long Island NY
Museum für Junge Kunst, ‘Gut und Billig’, Frankfurt an der Oder/DE
Van Abbe Museum, ‘Yael Bartana, Dan Perjovschi, Wilhelm Sasnal’, Eindhoven/NL
2005
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, ‘The Collection XIII – Luz’, Antwerp/BE
Sommer Contemporary Art, ‘Goodbye Rothchild 64, Welcome Rothchild 13’, Tel Aviv/IL
Raster Gallery, ‘Broniewski’, Warsaw/PL
Louisiana Contemporary, ‘On Line’, Louisiana LA
Kunsthaus Graz, ‘M Stadt. Europäische Stadtlandschaften’, Graz/AT
Centre Cultural Andratx, ‘It takes some time to open an oyster’, Mallorca/ES
Prague Biennale 2, International Contemporary Art, ‘Expanded Painting (curated by Helena Kontova and Giancarlo Politi) ‘, Prague/CZ
Bunkier Stzuki, ‘Monuments of Nowa Huta’, Krakow/PL
Reykjavik Arts Festival, ‘Material Time/Work Time/Life Time’, Reykjavik/IS
Saatchi Gallery, ‘The Triumph of Painting. Part Two’, London/UK
Marc Jancou Fine Art, ‘Accrochage: Selected Works’, New York NY
2004
Galeria BWA Zielona Góra, ‘Prym’, Warsaw/PL
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, ‘Funny cuts’, Stuttart/DE
UC Berkeley Art Museum, ‘Matrix 213: Some Forgotten Place’, Berkeley CA
Westfälischer Kunstverein, ‘Nowa Huta’, Münster/DE
Museum für moderne Kunst, ‘Werke aus der Sammlung Boros’, Karlsruhe/DE
MUHKA, ‘MUHKA de collectie’, Antwerp/BE
Stedelijk Museum, ‘Time and again’, Amsterdam/NL
Bienal de Sao Paulo, BR
Marc Jancou Fine Art, New York NY
Haus Gallus, ’4 Ks 2/63’, Frankfurt/DE
Georg Kargl, ‘From Above’, Vienna/AT
Museum Kurhaus Kleve, ‘Sammlung Plum’, Kleve/DE
Art Museum of Estonia, ‘Under the White and Red Flag’, Tallinn/EE [travels to: Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius/LT]
ZKM, ‘Werke aus der Sammlung Boros’, Karlsruhe/DE
2003
Hotel pod Jeleniem, ‘Hidden In A Daylight’, Cieszyn/PL
Sommer Contemporary art, ‘4ever young’, Tel Aviv/IL
Johnen + Schöttle, ‘Boyce, Creed, Höfer, Ruff, Sasnal u. a.’, Cologne/DE
2002
Kunsthalle Basel, ‘Keine Kleinigkeiten’, Basel/CH
Kunsthalle Basel, ‘Painting on the Move’, Basel/CH
‘4th Gwangju Biennale’, Gwangju/ROK
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, ‘Urgent painting’, Paris/FR
Museum Viadrina – Junkerhaus, ‘Raster – aktuelle Kunst aus Polen’, Frankfurt/Oder/DE
Centre for Contemporary Art, ‘A Need For Realism. Solitude In Ujazdowski’, Warsaw/PL
Siemens artLab, ‘Semiotic Landscape’, Vienna/AT (parallel exhibition at Charim Galerie, Vienna/AT)
Hotel, ‘Pod Brunatnym Jeleniem’, cur. Joanna Mytkowska, Andrzej Przywara, Adam Szymczyk, Cieszyn/PL
2001
CCA Ujazdowski Castle, ‘New Collection of the CCA and the Loan of the Foksal Gallery, Warsaw/PL
Galeria Raster, ‘Dobro/The Good’, Warsaw/PL
‘1st Tirana Biennale, Chinese Pavillion’, Tirana/AL
Galeria Foksal, ‘Biurokracja/Bureaucracy’, Warsaw/PL
Bunkier Sztuki, ‘Popelita/Pop-elite’, Cracow/PL
Chicago Cultural Center, ‘In Between’, Chicago IL
BWA gallery, ‘Rybie of Fisheye, Slupsk/PL
2000
CCA Ujasdowski Castle, ‘Scena 20’, Warsaw/PL
Edit-Russ Haus, ‘Visual Art – Simple Life’, Oldenburg/DE
BWA gallery, ’100 % malarstwa/10 of Painting’, Poznan/PL
BWA, ‘Narmaluj mine/Paint Me’, Zielone Góra/PL
1999
Medium Gallery, ‘What you see is what you get’, Bratislava/SK
1997
French Cultural Institute, ‘Siedmiu miodych malarzy/Seven Young Painters’, Cracow/PL
Awards
2006
The Vincent Van Gogh Biennial Award for Contemporary Art in Europe
Film Screenings
2008
Glasgow Film Festival, ‘Visible Cinema’, Glasgow/UK
Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Visual Art, Glasgow/UK
Centre pour L′Image Contemporaine, ’1,2,3… Avant-Gardes. Polish Film/Art between Experiment and Archive’, Geneva/CH
