Ryszard Wasko

* 1948 Nysa/Polen
Lives and works in Berlin

Selected shows
solo exhibition = (E)

1971
„Photographic structures“, National Film School Lodz (E)

1972
Academy of Film, Lodz (E)

1973
„XII. Biennale of Art“, Sao Paulo

1974
„Film Show“ Cinematheque Royale Brüssel (E)
„Art Tendencies“, National Museum, Warschau

1975
„Film show“, Museum Folkwang, Essen
„Film show“, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
„Film show“, Art Center Oslo

1976
„Film show“, Museum of Cinema Brüssel (E)
„Ryszad Wasko. Text, video, film, photography, performance“, Galerie m Bochum (E)
„Video Festival“, Aarhus Museum, Dänemark
„Video show“, Center of Experimental Art, Toronto

1977
documenta 6, Kassel
„22 Polish artists“, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Köln
„Film als Film“, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Köln

1979
„Hypothetical Film“, Trace Gallery, Lodz (E)
Academy of Fine Arts, Enschede (E)
„IIIrd International Avantgarde Film Festival“, National Film Theatre, London
„Film as Film“, Hayward Gallery, London
„Polish Photography“, ICP New York &
Museum of Modern Art, Chicago
„Video-weeks“, Folkwang Museum Essen
„Film show“, Centre Pompidou, Paris

1980
„Biennale de Paris“
„Film show“, Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen
„Film show“, Kommunales Kino, Oberhausen
Film Forum Duisburg

1981
„Retrospectiv“, Folkwang Museum Essen (E)
„Hypothetical works“, Galerie m Bochum (E)

1984
Kunstverein Kassel (E)

1986
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin (E)
"Idee, Raum Konstruktion", Kunsthalle Bielefeld
After Malevitch's Square, Wilhelm-Hack Museum in Ludwigshafen

1987
Ruine der Kunst, Berlin (E)

1989
"Niemandsland", Kunsthalle Recklinghausen
"Balkon mit Fächer", Akademie der Künste, Berlin &
DuMONT Kunsthalle, Köln/Cologne

1991
Labirynt Gallery, Lublin (E)
Wschodnia Gallery, Lodz (E)
Andre Joliet Gallery, Lodz (E)

1993
Vennice Biennale (project In-Between)

1994
Museum of Contemporary Art, International Congress, Kunsthalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn

1995
FF Gallery, Lodz (E)
„Retrospectiv“, FF Gallery, London (E)
„Construction in progress V“, Co-existence, Negev Desert, Israel

1997
The Artists' Museum, Lodz (E)
Alive Gallery, Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw
“Another Language”, Haifa Museum, Haifa

1998
“Personal Touch”, Art in General, New York
Art of the 20s Century, Wilhelm-Hack Museum in Ludwigshafen
Positionen der konkreten Kunst, Bauhaus, Dessau
International Studio Program, New York

1999
Vennice Biennale (Oreste project), Venedig
Haifa Installation Triennale, Museum of Art, Haifa

2000
From Here to There, Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart

2001
“Small Retrospective”, Galeria 86, Lodz (E)
“Markers”, Venice Biennale, Venedig

2002
“Bedtime Stories”, Center for the Arts, Orensanz Foundation, New York (E)

2002
“Nasty Bedtime Stories”, Galeria 86, Lodz (E)


Selected bibliography
1973
exh. cat. “XII. Biennale of Art”, Sao Paulo

1977
“documenta 6” cat., Kassel
exh. cat. “22 Polish Artists”, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Köln
exh. cat. “Film as Film”, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Köln

1979
exh. cat. “Film as Film”, Hayward Gallery, London
1980
exh. cat. “Pier and ocean”, Hayward Gallery, London
exh. cat. “Biennale de Paris”, Paris

1981
“Elementary Works by Ryszard Wasko”, Folkwang Museum Essen

1983
“Presence Polonaises”, Centre Pompidou, Paris

1984
“Ryszard Wasko”, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
“Idee, Raum, Konstruktion”, Kunsthalle Bielefeld
“Konstukcja w Procesie”, Anda Rottenberg, Bulletin, institut of Art, Warschau

1986
"Ryszard Wasko", catalogue, NBK, Berlin
"Idee, Raum, Konstruktion", catalogue, Kunsthalle Bielefeld

1987
After Malevitch's Square, catalogue, Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshaven

1988
Blickwechsel, book, DAAD, Berlin

1989
"Niemandsland, catalogue, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen
"Balkon mit Fächer", catalogue, DAAD, Berlin

1990
Angelika Stepken: The Artists' Museum, interview in Kunstforum, January/February

1993
"In-Between", Biennale di Venezia, catalogue

1998
Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, book Wilhelm-Hack Museum in Ludwigshaven
Lodz Film, catalogue, Museum of Modern Art, New York

1999
“Personal Touch”, Art in General, New York
“The Bridge”, Melbourne, Australia

2000
“Ryszard Wasko”, the International Artist's Museum, Many Gallery, Tel Aviv