KAROLINA SZWED (born 1997 in Bielsko-Biała)

Studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice (graduated in 2022). Lives and works in Warsaw. Her work creates situations that are at once autobiographical and detached from personal identity, capable of unfolding anytime and anywhere. She is drawn to strange scenarios, objects as bearers of sentimental value and symbolic meaning, as well as motifs and archetypes that carry greater cultural significance. Part of the honesty in her work is practical and immediate, stemming from the in-­the-­moment way she paints. The other part is more ­conceptual and structuring, as reflected in balancing of internal and external focalization.  



mentions/press:

The Apple of my Eye @ the dorf

Floor Level @ saliva.live

Thaw/Roztopy Munich @ Kuba Paris

Vogue Poland ‘Hi, Stranger’ review

interview for Hygge Blog

DJ serwitut Soft Trigger review 

works printed in ART MONITOR vol. 26

NADA Villa Warsaw with Alyssa Davis gallery
on view:

Bielska Jesień biennale, Galeria Bielska BWA, 2025

Dom dzienny, Dom nocny, group show, MOCAK, Cracow

Pejzaże jeszcze dalekiego świtu, group show curated by Marta Lisok, Rondo Sztuki, Katowice - September 2025

Memories in Motion, group show curated by Geraud Jean Claude, Galeria Yusto/Giner, Marbella, Spain 

Pomyśl o innych, pomyśl o sobie. Artyści i Artystki na rzecz osób z doświadczeniem uchodźstwa, group show, MSN, Warsaw



selected shows:

2025

Hangover Shanghai with Turnus gallery

The Apple of my Eye, solo show, JVDW gallery, Dusseldorf

Vienna Contemporary with Bliss gallery, 2025

Rozłącze, group show, Złącze, Poznań

Neue Stimmung, group show curated by Janek Owczarek and Piotr Policht, GGM1, Gdańsk
30.05.2025 - 14.09.2025


Floor Level, duo show with Lulu Nuti, curated by Kasia Piskorz, Bliss gallery, Warsaw
12.06.2025 - 26.07.2025


Roztopy/Thaw with Łęctwo gallery, Gig Munich, Tiger Room gallery - a part of Various Others Munich

Alice Amati online viewing room, London

2024

solo show: Soft Trigger at  Who is Pola, Warsaw 

group show: Hi, Stranger, Who is Pola, plac Hallera 6, Warsaw

Neurotypie, Rotacyjny Dom Kultury Jazdów, Warsaw

CRASH CLUB, Warsaw

GLOW DOWN, Windowlicker, Warsaw

Moja droga witrynko...,  the ING Polish Art Foundation with Turnus, Podgląd gallery, Warsaw

part of ROZBIEG 2.0, networking programme for young promising artists, Katowice-Tarnow-Cracow 

NADA Villa Warsaw fair, Alyssa Davis Gallery NY,  Warsaw

April 25 - May 25:  MNFST, Metropolitan, Warsaw

Lepkie Uściski Dłoni, Art Walk, Warsaw

2023

Otwarcie Nowej Karowej, Sklep Galeria Karowa na Okręgu, Warsaw

Post Truth (...), Kunstleben Kreuzberg, Berlin

GRAND OPENING, Szałfynster, Katowice

MASA KRYTYCZNA, Oblatów 4, Katowice

Uwierz w ducha, Windowlicker, Warsaw

Tip of my Tongue, Pola Magnetyczne, Warsaw

Post Truth: Countering Disinformation Narratives, Poznan

LARGO, Wolne Pokoje, Dąbrowa as a part of Spokój Festival

Drzwi Zamknięte, Pralnia|LABA, Tarnowskie Góry

2022

Migracje, BWA Katowice



karolina szwed 2025