PAWEL ALTHAMER (b. 1967, Warsaw, Poland) lives and works in his native Warsaw. In 2004, the Bonnefantenmuseum of Maastricht awarded Althamer the Vincent van Gogh Biannual Award of Contemporary Art in Europe. His solo exhibitions include Kunstveiren fur Rheinlande und Westfalen in Düsseldorf, and Galerie Neugerriemschneider in Berlin. Althamer appeared in the Poland Pavilion at the 2003 Venice Biennial, as well as at the 54th Carnegie International and the 4th Berlin Biennial earlier this year.
ARTUR ZMIJEWSKI (b. 1966, Warsaw, Poland) Alongside Pawel Althamer, Artur Zmijewski studied under Professor Gregorz Kowalski at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland. Zmijewski works exclusively with photography and film, often taking the position of an observer of human behavior, provoking and studying unusual situations. The artist represented Poland at the 2005 Venice Biennial and was included in the 2002 Liverpool Biennial. Zmijewski lives and works in Warsaw.
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