Paulina Michnowska (b. 1984) is a London-based Polish artist, educator, and AHRC-funded doctoral researcher whose practice spans painting, sculpture, participatory practice, and digital technologies. Educated at the Accademia di Bella Arti in Rome and the Slade School of Fine Art in London, her work explores how materials, making, and cross-cultural collaboration can generate new forms of communication, connecting contemporary art with ecology, cultural heritage, and community participation. Alongside an active international exhibition and research practice, her work is held in prestigious public collections, including Tate Modern, Camden Art Centre, the CASS Sculpture Foundation, MAXXI Rome, and the Museo della Ceramica Savona.
education
Ph.D Newcastle University - Funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council
2022-2027
Slade School of Fine Art, London (MA Fine Art), 2008-2010
Academia di Belle Arti, Rome (BA Painting), 2004-2007
selected collections
Camden Art Centre, LondonTate Modern, London
MAXXI, Rome
CASS Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood
Museo della Ceramica, Savona, Italy
Private Collections in London, Brussels, USA
selected exhibitions
2026 Forthcoming / Solo show / San Mei Gallery, London------------------------------------------------------
2024 Frieze Art Fair, London
2024 Camden Art Centre, London
2023 A tavola con Rochester Square, Museo della Ceramica, Savona, Italy
2022 Capacity does not explain but cultivates a September Garden, Whitstable Biennale
2021Wild Billboards, Artocene, Chamonix (SOLO)
Her Dark Materials, Eye of the Huntress, WWAM
2019 Nice to meet you, George & Jorgen, Oxfordshire
2017 Man Bites Dog, Attic, Brussels (solo)
Man Bites Dog, Canopy, Brussels (solo)
Cut-Out Shapes in Second-hand Daylight, Maria Cramer, Amsterdam
Collect 17, Saatchi Gallery, London
2016 Away From The Inhabited Districts, Show Home, London (solo)
2015 Wasters, Edel Assanti, London
Rough Music, CASS Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood
I’MTen, IMT Gallery, London Of The World Gallery, London
2014 Show Off, LeandaKateLouise, London
Head to Head, Standpoint Gallery, London
2013 Now, if one returns to melancholy, FoodFace, London (solo)
Painting Parade, LeandaKateLouise, London
Projects Basel, George & Jørgen, Basel
Copy, Paper Gallery, Manchester
Prophetic Drawing, George & Jørgen, London
Assemble, The Liquid Courage Gallery, Bahamas
2012 Lost in Space Forever, George & Jørgen, London (solo)
A Wall is a Surface, Londonewcastle, London
2011 The Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London
GIC Biennale, Korean Ceramic Foundation
New Contemporary Art, George & Jørgen, London
Wall painting commission for Hogarth Worldwide, London
Project 1, LeandaKateLouise, London
MfA graduation show, Slade School of Fine Art
awards and residencies
2017 European Ceramic Work Centre (EKWC), The Netherlands2017 Atelier Athens, Greece
2013 100 Painters of Tomorrow, Thames & Hudson
2012 1st Prize Photomobile, Belalcazar
2012 La Fragua / The Forge Artists Residency, Belalcazar
2010 Hogarth Worldwide Ltd Commission, London
2010 KunstVlaai A.P.I., Westergasgabriek, Amsterdam
2009 Mary Rischgitz Prize
2009 Utopia Project, Athens School of Fine Arts, Crete
2008 Nicholas Volley Bursary
publications
2020 Imago Mundi, England: Talking of Art, published by FABRICA2012 The 4th Marmite Prize for Painting, catalogue
2011 MAXXI, Rome. Contemporaneo.doc/DOCVA
2005 605 x 505, Print Project, in collection at the Tate Modern