short biography
Ewa Partum (b. 1945, Grodzisk Mazowiecki/Poland near Warsaw) has lived in Berlin since 1984, working with film, video, installations, poetry, linguistic art, performances and actions. In the 1960s she was part of the Polish avant-garde of conceptual art. Since the 1970s she has been at the forefront of feminist art in Europe. At the end of the 1960s, she began experimenting with language and text. In the early 1980s, during the period of martial law in Poland, she protested against oppression and imprisonment in conjunction with the Solidarność trade union. She often used her own naked body in her artistic and social actions.
Ewa Partum studied at College of Fine Arts in Lodz and at the Academy of Arts in Warsaw.
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collection/s
Frac Lorraine, Metz
Frauenmuseum Bonn
Kontakt. The Art Collection of Erste Group and ERSTE Foundation, Wien
MOMA - The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid '
Museo Vostell, Malpartida de Caceres
Museum der Moderne Salzburg / Rupertinum
Sammlung Verbund - Vertikale Galerie, Wien
Tate Collection
Wyspa Institute of Art, Gdańsk (closed)
ms Muzeum Sztuki Lodz
n.b.k. Neuer Berliner Kunstverein
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galleries
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25. Jun 25. Septhat other world, the world of the teapot. tenderness, a model Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover
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30. Apr 16. JulEwa Partum - The Legality of Space Galerie Mathias Güntner, Berlin
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25. Nov 12. Feb 2022Poetry and Performance. The Eastern European Perspective DCCC Dnipro
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24. Jul 03. OctBY THE SEA Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven
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12. May 12. JunWAYS OF SEEING MPHQ Project Space Cologne
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29. Apr 05. JunKRISENPOESIE Galerie Mathias Güntner, Berlin
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18. Jun 08. NovGARTENDERGEGENWART Salon der Gegenwart / GARTENDERGEGENWART, Hamburg
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12. Apr 07. JulPoetry & Performance. The Eastern European Perspective riesa efau. Motorenhalle | Galerie Adlergasse | Runde Ecke
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08. Dec 31. Mar 2019The Medea Insurrection. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
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20. Oct 07. Apr 2019Power of Language - From the Collections Museum der Moderne Salzburg / Rupertinum
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03. Feb 25. MarLeft Performance Histories NGBK - Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin '
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24. Nov 22. DecGiving Meaning to Emptiness... NCCA National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Kaliningrad
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18. Nov 08. Apr 2018FEMINISTISCHE AVANTGARDE der 1970er-Jahre aus der SAMMLUNG VERBUND, Wien ZKM | Karlsruhe
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17. Nov 04. Mar 2018Die Kraft des Alters Belvedere, Wien
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29. Sep 05. NovOFF-Biennale Budapest "Gaudiopolis 2017" OFF-Biennale Budapest '
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20. Sep 11. NovEverything we see could also be otherwise (My sweet little lamb) The Showroom, London
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20. Sep 07. Jan 201814th Biennale de Lyon 2017 "Floating Worlds" La Biennale de Lyon
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06. May 03. SepWOMAN. FEMINISTISCHE AVANTGARDE der 1970er-Jahre aus der SAMMLUNG VERBUND MUMOK Wien
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12. Mar 29. MaySighs Trapped by Liars / Sprache in der Kunst HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark
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30. Oct 19. DecEwa Partum. self identification Galerie M + R Fricke, Berlin
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11. May 24. JunState of Life. Polish Contemporary Art within a Global Circumstance NAMOC National Art Museum of China, Beijing
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13. Mar 31. MayFeministische Avantgarde der 1970er Jahre Hamburger Kunsthalle
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06. Mar 23. AugMein Körper ist das Ereignis MUMOK Wien
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21. Nov 15. Feb 2015Ewa Partum. Nothing Stops the Idea of Art ms Muzeum Sztuki Lodz
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30. Aug 02. NovBIEL/BIENNE 2014. Le Mouvement Centre Pasquart, Biel/Bienne
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04. Jul 02. Nov12. Schweizerische Plastikenausstellung Schweizerische Plastikenausstellung Biel/Bienne
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25. Apr 14. JunThe Sky is Blue in Some Other Way: A Diagram of a Possible Misreading Elba Benitez Gallery, Madrid
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13. Jul 20. OctBad Girls. A collection in action Frac Lorraine, Metz
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22. Jun 18. Augre.act.feminism #2 - a performing archive Akademie der Künste, Berlin
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14. May 06. Jan 2014In the Heart of the Country. The Collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw '
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18. Jan 21. AprAmazing! Clever! Linguistic! An Adventure in Conceptual Art Generali Foundation
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27. Jun 16. SepBiennale of Sydney 2012 Biennale of Sydney
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16. Jun 19. Augre.act.feminism #2 Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde
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05. May 05. Mayre.act.feminism #2 - a performing archive Galerija Miroslav Kraljevic, Zagreb °
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20. Feb 26. AugLa Triennale 2012 Palais de Tokyo, Paris
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27. Jan 08. AprFormes Brèves - Autres - 25 Frac Lorraine, Metz
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13. Jan 22. AprFOR YOU ms Muzeum Sztuki Lodz
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07. Oct 15. Jan 2012re.act.feminism #2 montehermoso Vitoria-Gasteiz
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14. Apr 18. JulLes Promesses du passé Centre Pompidou Paris
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19. Feb 31. AugConceptos. Seleccion de Fondos del Museo Vostell Malpartida Museo Vostell, Malpartida de Caceres
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13. Nov 14. Feb 2010Gender Check - Rollenbilder in der Kunst Osteuropas MUMOK Wien
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06. Nov 07. Feb 2010FALLMAUERFALL 61 - 89 - 09 Stadtmuseum Berlin
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16. Oct 20. NovAgents and Provocateurs Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaujvaros
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24. Sep 06. NovEwa Partum, Politics is Temporary Art Remains Foto-Medium-Art Gallery, Krakow
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30. May 23. Augrebelle. Kunst & Feminisme 1969-2009 MUSEUM ARNHEM (currently closed)
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21. Apr 10. Mayre.act.feminism & ExterraXX Kunsthaus Erfurt
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13. Dec 08. Feb 2009re.act.feminism Akademie der Künste, Berlin
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04. Oct 11. Jan 2009WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution Vancouver Art Gallery
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19. Sep 23. NovUN COUP DE DÉS Generali Foundation
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01. Aug 04. SepTranslate: The Impossible Collection Wyspa Institute of Art, Gdańsk (closed)
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19. Jul 02. NovManifesta 7 Trentino-Alto Adige 2008 International Foundation Manifesta, Amsterdam
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03. Jun 08. JunTeam 404 & John Armleder: Clinch/Cross/Cut NEW JERSEYY Basel
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25. May 24. AugAndro Wekua. SUNSET - I LOVE THE HORIZON Le Magasin CNAC Grenoble
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17. Feb 17. MayWACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution MoMA PS1, Long Island City
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20. Dec 02. Mar 20081,2,3…Avant-Gardes Sala Rekalde, Bilbao
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21. Sep 16. DecWACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington
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13. Sep 09. DecGENDER BATTLE CGAC Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela
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03. Apr 07. OctWACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
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21. Feb 03. MayFOR A SPECIAL PLACE Austrian Cultural Forum, New York
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09. Dec 28. Jan 20071,2,3…Avant-Gardes Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw
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05. Dec 15. Apr 2007Mit Macht zur Wahl Frauenmuseum Bonn
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23. Sep 19. NovGEGENSTÄNDE/ HANDLUNGSFORMEN Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe
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21. Sep 26. NovEvery Day Salzburger Kunstverein
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17. Jun 24. SepEwa Partum: The Legality of Space Wyspa Institute of Art, Gdańsk (closed)
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30. Nov 15. JunSUCEDIO Museo Vostell, Malpartida de Caceres
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16. Sep 19. DecCOLLECTED VIEWS FROM EAST OR WEST Generali Foundation
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26. Jun 12. SepBocca della Verità Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth
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29. Feb 09. Maydoublebind. kunst-kinder-karriere Museen Böttcherstraße, Bremen | Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum
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12. Sep 25. Octmultiple joy Galerie Foth, Freiburg
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11. May 09. Jundoublebind. kunst kinder karriere Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
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01. Dec 01. Feb 2003Ewa Partum - poem by ewa Galerie Foth, Freiburg
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28. Jun 27. JulSemiotic Landscape Charim Galerie, Wien
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22. Jun 07. SepEva und die Schlange Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth
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17. Feb 16. AprEwa Partum Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe
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02. Dec 27. Jan 2001Ewa Partum Galerie Vostell Berlin