Agnieszka Kurant

(Lodz, Poland, 1978) Lives and works in Warsaw, Poland. She represented Poland at the Polish Pavilion at Venice Biennale of Architecture 2010 (with Aleksandra Wasilkowska). Her works have been shown in art institutions including: Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Mamco, Geneva; Tate Modern, London; Yvon Lambert Gallery and Creative Time, New York; and Museum of Modern Art Warsaw, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw. Kurant has participated in Performa Biennial, New York (2009), Athens Biennale (2009), Bucharest Biennale (2008) and Moscow Biennale (2007). She was commissioned to do Frieze Projects at Frieze Art Fair, London (2008). She was an artist-in-residence at Palais de Tokyo, Paris in 2004; ISCP, New York in 2005; Konstfak, Stockholm in 2007 and at the Paul Klee Center in Bern in 2009. She was shortlisted for the Henkel Art Award (MUMOK, Vienna) in 2009. Kurant’s monograph Unknown Unknown was published by Sternberg Press in 2008.