Paulina Olowska, Artist's Flea Market, 2021, oil on canvas, 220 cm × 335 cm (86-5/8" × 10' 11-7/8") Paulina Olowska Portrait of Paulina Olowska, Photography by Jacqueline Sobiszewski Details:b. 1976, Gdansk, Poland Read More Paulina Olowska’s work is deeply engaged with the political and social histories of Eastern Europe, American consumerism and pop culture, feminism, and the aesthetics of fashion advertisements.Her figurative paintings often feature women in a wide range of environments, from offices and shops to farms and jungles, challenging art historical conventions as well as traditional notions of femininity in Eastern and Western cultures. She imbues her canvases with surreal, dreamlike effects through her singular use of color and perspective. Her multifarious practice spans painting, collage, sculpture, video, installation, and performance.Olowska received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, in 1996 and earned an MFA from the Academy of Fine Arts, Gdansk, Poland, in 2000. Olowska has presented solo exhibitions at Kunsthalle Basel (2013); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2013); ZachetaNarodowa Galeria Sztuki, Warsaw, Poland (2014); Kistefos Museum, Jevnaker, Norway (2022); and Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy (2023), among other locations. Group exhibitions including her work have been held at The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2009); New Museum, New York (2011); Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany (2017); mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna (2018); Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej, Warsaw, Poland (2019); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota (2021); Tate Modern, London (2023); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2023–24); Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw (2025); and the Royal Academy of Arts, London (2025), among other international institutions. Olowska received the prestigious Aachen Art Prize in 2014, with an associated exhibition at the Ludwig Forum for International Art, Aachen, Germany. She has staged performances at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (2012); Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2013); Tate Modern, London (2015); Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany (2023); and Fundação de Serralves, Porto, Portugal (2023). In 2015, the artist founded Pavilionesque, an arts and theatre magazine that collaborates with artists, art schools, and theater companies. Olowska presented the ballet “Slavic Goddesses—A Wreath of Ceremonies” at the Kitchen, New York, in 2017 and "Slavic Goddesses and The Ushers” at the Museo del Novecento in Milan in 2018. Her work was featured in the National Gallery of Victoria Triennial in Melbourne (2017 and 2023) and the Liverpool Biennial (2018). In 2019, Olowska established Artist House KadenówkaFoundation, an ongoing project that hosts artist residencies and exhibitions.Her work is held in major public institutions worldwide, including Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany; and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, among others. The artist lives and works in Rabka Zdroj and Krakow, Poland. Read More Paulina Olowska, The Mycologist, 2016, oil and acrylic on canvas, 86 5/8 x 70 7/8" (220 x 180 cm) © Paulina Olowska Paulina Olowska, The Pointer Sisters Convention, 2016, oil and acrylic on canvas, 102 3/8 x 78 3/4" (260 x 200 cm) © Paulina Olowska Paulina Olowska, A la Galcante, 2015, oil on canvas with collage elements, three parts, 96 7/16 x 154 5/16" (245 x 392 cm) © Paulina Olowska Paulina Olowska, Natascha, 2010, white neon, 78 3/4 x 51 3/16" (200 x 130 cm) © Paulina Olowska Paulina Olowska, Alphabet, 2005/2012, live performance © Paulina Olowska Paulina Olowska, The Alchemist, 2015, oil paint, spray paint, pencil on canvas, 86 5/8 x 59 1/8" (220 x 150 cm) © Paulina Olowska Paulina Olowska, Romania, 2020, oil on canvas, 94 1/2 x 74 13/16" (240 x 190 cm) © Paulina Olowska Exhibitions View All Past The Mother An Unsavory Monologue Feb 14 – Mar 1, 2025 New York Past Algorithms of Longing Jan 14 – Feb 27, 2025 Hong Kong Past Paulina Olowska and Deborah Turbeville Widows of the Wind Nov 22, 2024 – Feb 22, 2025 Geneva Past Paulina Olowska Squelchy Garden Mules and Mamunas Nov 22, 2023 – Jan 6, 2024 London Journal View All Essays Slavic Echoes: Unveiling Paulina Olowska's Mythic Realm by Marta Kudelska Sep 19, 2024 Pace Live Experience Pace Live's Summer Season Jul 24, 2022 Pace Live Watch Paulina Olowska's "The Revenge of the Wise Woman" Jul 22, 2022 News The Art of Empowerment Announces Paulina Olowska Commission to Support Women in Ukraine Mar 11, 2022 One-Artist Exhibitions Group Exhibitions Public Collections Periodicals Books and Catalogues Close One-Artist Exhibitions Paulina Olowska one-artist exhibitions DatesBorn 1976, Gdansk, PolandLives and works in Rabka Zdroj and Krakow, PolandEducation2000, MFA, Academy of Fine Arts, Gdansk, Poland1996, BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago2025Paulina Olowska: The Mother: An Unsavory Monologue, Pace Gallery, 540 West 25th Street, New York, February 14–March 1, 2025. (Brochure)2023Paulina Olowska: Squelchy Garden Mules and Mamunas, Pace Gallery, London, November 22, 2023–January 6, 2024.Paulina Olowska: Visual Persuasion, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy, November 2, 2023–March 3, 2024.Paulina Olowska: Resonance, Kurimanzutto Gallery, Mexico City, March 26–April 28, 2023. (Catalogue)2022Paulina Olowska: Her Hauntology, Kistefos, Jevnaker, Norway, April 30–October 16, 2022. (Catalogue)2021Paulina Olowska: Haus Proud, Metro Pictures, New York, November 4–December 11, 2021.Paulina Olowska: 30 Minutes Before Midnight, Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong, May 19–June 19, 2021.2020Paulina Olowska: Selections from The Craig Robins Collection, Miami Design District, September 19–November 10, 2020.Paulina Olowska: Mainly for Women, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia, January 7–July 11, 2021.2019Paulina Olowska: Destroyed Woman, Simon Lee Gallery, London, October 11–November 16, 2019.2018Paulina Olowska: Belavia, Metro Pictures, New York, November 15–December 21, 2018.Paulina Olowska: Amoresques: An Intellectual Cocktail of Female Erotica, Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw, Poland, January 26–March 30, 2018.2017Paulina Olowska: Slavic Goddesses, Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw, Poland, January 26–January 28, 2017.2016Paulina Olowska: Wisteria, Mysteria, Hysteria, Metro Pictures, New York, November 4–December 22, 2016.2015Paulina Olowska: Montana Ensemble, 8 rue Saint-Bon, Paris, October 22–December 5, 2015.Paulina Olowska: The Mother an Unsavoury Play in Two Acts and an Epilogue, Tate Modern, London, September 21–September 23, 2015.Paulina Olowska: Needle/Nadel, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany, May 31–September 20, 2015.2014Paulina Olowska: Ceramics, Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong, September 18–October 9, 2014. (Catalogue)Paulina Olowska: The Spell of Warsaw, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland, March 1–April 27, 2014.2013Paulina Olowska: Au Bonheur des Dames, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, September 21, 2013–January 26, 2014.Paulina Olowska: The Method, Studio Voltaire, London, March 9–May 11, 2013.Paulina Olowska: Pavilionesque, Kunsthalle Basel, June 13–September 1, 2013.2012Paulina Olowska: Mother 200, Simon Lee Gallery, London, April 13–May 13, 2012.2011Paulina Olowska: The Revenge of the Wise-Woman, Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw, Poland, 2010–2011.2010Paulina Olowska: Accidental Collages, Tramway 5, Glasgow, Scotland, 2010.Paulina Olowska: Applied Fantastic, Metro Pictures, New York, October 28–December 18, 2010.Paulina Olowska: The Magnificent Seven, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, September 7–December 17, 2010.2009Paulina Olowska: Shadow with a Sneak, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, 2009–2010.2008Paulina Olowska: Ceramics and Other Things, Daad Galerie, Berlin, 2008–2009.Paulina Olowska: Attention à la Peinture, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Köln, Germany, January 25–March 8, 2008.2007Paulina Olowska: Nowa Scena, Metro Pictures, New York, January 6–February 10, 2007.2006Paulina Olowska, The Centre for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland, 2006.Paulina Olowska: Hello to You Too, Cabinet Gallery, London, 2006.Paulina Olowska: Installation, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany, Sammlung Provinzial Versicherung, 2006.Paulina Olowska: Obraz – Wymiana – Neon / Painting – Exchange – Neon, Foksal Gallery, Warsaw, Poland, 2006.2005Paulina Olowska: Metaloplastyka, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany, 2005. (Catalogue)2004Paulina Olowska: Suspicious?, billboard project, New Context Gallery, Chicago, 2004.Paulina Olowska: Sie musste die Idee eines Hauses als Metapher verwerfen, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany, 2004. (Catalogue)Paulina Olowska: Arriviste, Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam, 2004.Paulina Olowska: Polish Animation Evening, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany, 2004.2003Paulina Olowska: In Lubelian, Cabinet Gallery, London, 2003.2002Paulina Olowska: Cu Vi Parolas Esperanton?, Centre of Contemporary Art in Warsaw and 400 locations in public spaces, Warsaw, Poland, 2002.2000Paulina Olowska: Abstraktsioon töötluses/Abstraction in Process, Sebra Gallery, Tartu, Estonia, 2000.Paulina Olowska: Abstraktsioon töötluses/Abstraction in Process, Sebra Galeriis, Gdansk, Poland, 2000.Paulina Olowska: LatemTaniej/Summer Discount, Bagette Gallery, Gdansk, Poland, 2000.Paulina Olowska: Na Wiosnę/For Spring, Entropia Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland, 2000.1999Paulina Olowska: Powrót do Młodości/Triumph of Youth, Thesis Exhibitions, Academy of Fine Arts, Gdansk, Poland, 1999.Paulina Olowska: Who Likes Sport Style, Telhal 59 Gallery, Lisbon, 1999.1998Paulina Olowska: Two Strangers on Satumus (with H. Lund), Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague, the Netherlands, 1998. Group Exhibitions Paulina Olowska group exhibitions 2025Za Pultem (Behind the Counter): Adéla Janská, Paulina Olowska, Caroline Walker, Oloumoc, Czech Republic, November 20, 2025–February 19, 2026. (Catalogue)Public Secrets, Breeder Gallery, Athens, June 21–August 30, 2025.The Summer Show, The Royal Academy of Art, London, June 17–August 17, 2025.Pace: 65 Years: Part I, II & III, Pace Gallery, Geneva, May 21–December 19, 2025.From Cindy Sherman to Francesco Vezzoli. 80 contemporary artists, Palazzo Reale, Milan, March 7–May 4, 2025. (Catalogue)Stories of Your Lives, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany, March 1–April 12, 2025.The Impermanent: Four Takes on the Collection, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, February 20–October 4, 2025.Algorithms of Longing, Pace Gallery, Hong Kong, January 14–February 27, 2024.2024Paulina Olowska and Deborah Turbeville: Widows of the Wind, Pace Gallery, Geneva, November 22, 2024–February 7, 2025.XXX, Studio Voltaire, London, May 29–June 16, 2024.2023NGV Triennial 2023, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, December 3, 2023–April 7, 2024. (Catalogue)Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, September 17, 2023–January 21, 2024. Traveled to: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., March 17–July 28, 2024; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, October 25, 2024–March 2, 2025.Change Agents: Women Collectors Shaping the Art World, Southampton Arts Center, New York, July 22–September 30, 2023.The new man, the announcer, the designer. El Lissitzky: The Self-Portrait as Kestner Society, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover, Germany, July 8–October 1, 2023.Capturing the Moment, Tate Modern, London, June 13, 2023–January 28, 2024.2022Machines of Desire, Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong, July 21–September 10, 2022.2021An Ego of Her Own, Kaufman Repetto, Milan, October 7–November 13, 2021.This is the Night Mail, Whitechapel Gallery, London, August 28, 2021–January 2, 2022.The Paradox of Stillness: Art, Object, and Performance, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 15–August 8, 2021.Mainly for Women, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, January 7–July 11, 2021.2020Unique, Parkett Space, Zurich, September 11–March 20, 2021.All for the Hall, Guild Hall, East Hampton, New York, August 8–January 3, 2021.Biennale Gherdëina 7, Ortisei, Italy, August 8–October 20, 2020.Words, Simon Lee Gallery, London, July 10–August 21, 2020.Poetry and Performance, Wrocław Contemporary Museum, Poland, March 27–July 13, 2020.(Self) Portraits, Parkett Space, Zurich, February 21–July 18, 2020.Wages for Housework: Paulina Ołowska, Agata Słowak, Natalia Załuska, Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw, Poland, January 10–November 21, 2020.2019Up to and Including Limits: After Carolee Schneemann, Museum Susch, Zernez, Switzerland, December 29, 2019–July 19, 2020.Paint, also known as Blood, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland, June 7–August 11, 2019.Puppets: Theater, Film, Politics, Zacheta, National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland, March 19–June 30, 2019.2018Constellations, Tate Liverpool, 2018.Generations Part 3, Sammlung Goetz, Munich, December 6, 2018–June 1, 2019.Byrd Hammond Klossowski Olowska, Balice Hertling, Paris, November 30, 2018–January 26, 2019.Artists for Studio Voltaire, Studio Voltaire, London, November 27–December 15, 2018.Nightfall, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels, November 7, 2018–January 19, 2021.Contemporary Dialogues with Tintoretto, Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca' d'Oro, Venice, October 20–January 7, 2018.Herstory: Women Artists from the Collection of Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Touchstones, Rochdale, United Kingdom, July 28–September 29, 2018.A TIME CAPSULE REVISITED, Parkett Exhibition Space, Zurich, July 25–October 15, 2018.Beautiful world, where are you?, Liverpool Biennial 2018, United Kingdom, July 14–October 28, 2018.Wild at Heart, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland, March 3–May 6, 2018.Optik Schröder II, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, February 3–June 3, 2018.I Am The Mouth, Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, Croatia, January 19–March 18, 2018.2017Contemporary Times?, Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej, Opole, Poland, 2017.NGV Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, December 15, 2017–April 15, 2018.Jump into the Future, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, November 26, 2017–March 4, 2018.Jump Into The Future: Art From the 90’s and 2000’s. The Borgmann Donation, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, November 25, 2017–April 15, 2018. (Catalogue)The New Frontiers of Painting, Fondazione Stelline, Milan, November 16, 2017–February 25, 2018.Dark and Stormy Night, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, November 1, 2017–February 10, 2018.The Method, Gdansk City Gallery, Poland, October 29–November 15, 2017.Time After Time, Space After Space. Sala Fontana, Museo del Novecento, Milan, September 28, 2017−June 28, 2018. (Catalogue)Stitch, Beeler Gallery, Columbus College of Art and Design, Ohio, August 22, 2017–January 2, 2018.Art and Alphabet, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany, July 21–October 31, 2017.Hoolifemmes, Open'er Festival, Gdynia, Poland, June 28–July 1, 2017.Form and Volume, CFHILL, Stockholm, June 1–June 30, 2017.Mauvaises Herbes, Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong, April 28–May 27, 2017.Si Sedes Non Is, The Breeder, Athens, April 6–August 26, 2017.Sputterances, Metro Pictures, New York, March 17–April 22, 2017.An Uncanny Likeness, Simon Lee Gallery, New York, January 26–March 4, 2017.2016A Slow Succession with Many Interruptions, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, December 10, 2016–April 2, 2017.Portraits, Skarstedt, New York, November 10–December 17, 2016.Let There Be (More) Light, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, October 13–November 23, 2016.These Strangers... Painting and People, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium, October 1, 2016–January 8, 2017.Wall to Wall: Carpets by Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Ohio, September 23–December 31, 2016.What People Do For Money: Some Joint Ventures, Manifesta 11, Zurich, June 11–September 18, 2016.Collected by Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner, Centre Pompidou, Paris, June 10, 2016–March 27, 2017.Shape of Time–Future of Nostalgia, Muzeul National de Arta Contemporana, Bucharest, Romania, April 20–October 9, 2016.La memoria finalmente. Arte in Polonia: 1989-2016, Galleria Civica di Modena, Italy, March 19–June 5, 2016.Art-Music-Dance: Staging the Derra de Moroda Dance Archives, Salzburg Museum der Moderne, Austria, March 19–July 3, 2016.Objects Do Things, Centre for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland, February 26–July 31, 2016.2015Random Sampling – Painting from the Sammlung Goetz Collection, Haus der Kunst, Munich, June 26, 2015–January 17, 2016.Off Broadway, CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco, January 21–February 28, 2015.2014Modest Muses, The Tatra Museum, Zakopane, Poland, December 5, 2014–January 11, 2015.They Used to Call it the Moon, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, United Kingdom, October 31, 2014–January 11, 2015.Fragile Sense of Hope, me Collectors Room/Stiftung Olbricht, Berlin, October 10–November 23, 2014.Nothing Twice, Centre for the Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor, Krakow, Poland, September 12–November 23, 2014.Histories: Works from the Serralves Collection, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Portugal, May 26–September 21, 2014.As You Can See: Polish Art Today, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland, February 14–August 31, 2014.2013Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 5, 2013–March 16, 2014. (Catalogue)EXHIBITING., Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, September 28, 2013–February 16, 2014.In the Heart of the Country, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland, May 14, 2013–January 6, 2014.Better Homes, SculptureCenter, New York, April 22–July 8, 2013.The Distaff Side, The Granary, Sharon, Connecticut, April 21, 2013–December 31, 2014So Much I Want to Say: From Annemiek to Mother Courage, Goetz Collection at Haus der Kunst,Munich, April 19, 2013–January 12, 2014.White Petals Surround Your Heart, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, February 6–July 28, 2013.2012Olinka: o donde se crea el movimiento, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, December 17, 2012–April 14, 2013.Ecstatic Alphabets/Heaps of Language, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 6–August 27, 2012.2011Bellevue: Contemporary Painting from the Collection, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 2011.Tarnow. 1000 years of Modernity, Project Nitrogen Festival, Tarnow, Poland, 2011.Quodlibet III –Alphabet and Instruments, Galerie Buchholz, Berlin, September 9–September 24, 2011.Ostalgia, New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York, July 6–October 2, 2011.The Power of Fantasy, Bozar, Centre for Fine Arts, Bussels, June 24–September 18, 2011.Passion on an Ornithologist. On Myth Making, BWA SOKOL Gallery of Contemporary Art, Nowy Sacz, Poland, May 27–June 26, 2011.Brudna Woda, Panstwowa Galeria Sztuki, Sopot, Poland, April 29–May 22, 2011.2010Utopia and Monument II: On Virtuosity and the Public Sphere, Steirischer Herbst Festival, Graz, Austria, September 24–November 2, 2010.Disclosure, Temporary Gallery, Cologne, Germany, June 25–July 3, 2010.While Bodies Get Mirrored: An Exhibition about Movement, Formalism and Space, Migros MuseumFür Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, March 6–May 30, 2010.Early Years, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, February 28–May 2, 2010.Che cosa sono le nuvole? Artworks from the Enea Righi Collection, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Bolzano, Italy, February 7–May 2, 2010.Curious? 21st Century Art from Private Collections, Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn, January 29–May 2, 2010.2009Interventions, The National Museum in Warsaw, Poland, 2009.Modern Modern, The Chelsea Art Museum, New York, 2009.Head-Wig (Portrait of an exhibition), The Camden Arts Centre, London, September 25–November 29, 2009.Urban Stories: Vilnius COOP; Gaps, Fictions and Practices, X Baltic Triennial of International Art,Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania, September 25–November 22, 2009.Modernologies: Contemporary Artists Researching Modernity and Modernism, Museu d’Art Contemporani, Barcelona; Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, September 23, 2009–January 17, 2010.Moby Dick, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, September 22–December 12, 2009.Paulina Olowska, Stephen G. Rhodes and Catherine Sullivan, Metro Pictures, New York, September 17–October 17, 2009.Awkward Objects, The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland, May 14–July 6, 2009.Quodlibet III: Alphabets and Intstruments, Galerie Buchholz, Cologne, Germany, May 2009.Compass in Hand: Selections from the Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary DrawingsCollection, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, April 22, 2009–January 4, 2010.Printed Matter, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland, February 28–October 11, 2009.2008…In the Cherished Company of Others…(1648-2036), De Appel, Amsterdam, 2008.5., Berlin Biennale für Zeitgenössiche Kunst, 2008.U-TURN Quadrennial for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, 2008.Ceramics and Other Things, Daad Galerie, Berlin, December 11, 2008–January 30, 2009.T2, Torino Triennale, Turin, November 6, 2008–February 1, 2009.Dark Continents, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, September 26–November 9, 2008.Faces and Figures (Revisited), Marc Jancou Contemporary, New York, September 12–October 25, 2008.Points of Reference, National Museum in Warsaw, Poland, July 25–September 30, 2008.Red Eye Effect-Polish Photography of the 21st Century, Centre for Contemporary Art UjadowskiCastle, Warsaw, June 21–September 7, 2008.When Things Cast No Shadow, 5th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art, Schinkel Pavilion, BerlinEstratos, Contemporary Art Project Murcia, Madrid, April 5–June 15, 2008.Gravity: Colección Ernesto Esposito, Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, February 1–May 18, 2008.2007Chelsea to Caochangdi, Chambers Fine Art, Bejing, November 24–December 29, 2007.Fit to Print: Printed Media in Collage, Gagosian Gallery, New York, November 12, 2007–January 26, 2008.Expats/Clandestines, Wiels Contemporary Arts Centre, Brussels, May 26–August 5, 2007.The Price of Everything: Perspectives on the Art Market, Whitney Museum of American Art:Independent Study Program Exhibition, City University of New York, May 17–June 24, 2007.Conditions of Display, The Moore Space, Miami, April 14–July 14, 2007.Anachronism, Argos Center for Art, Brussels, March 27–May 26, 2007.Noël sur le balcon/Hold the Color, Sammlung Goetz, Munich, March 26–August 4, 2007. (Catalogue)Le nuage Magellan, Centre Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, January 10–April 9, 2007. (Catalogue)2006At the very centre of attention - Part 10, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland, 2006Auswahl 4 – Wohin fahren wir eigentlich?, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany, 2006Le Gai Savoir: Moving Pictures & Living Money, Cabinet Gallery, London, 2006.In Poland, That is Where?, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland, 2006.People, Museo D’arte Contemporaneo Donna Regina MADRE, Naples, Italy, 2006.Schein sein, Spinnerei Archiv Massiv, Leipzig, Germany, 2006.Polish Painting of the 21st Century, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland, December 15, 2006–February 18, 2007.If I Can’t Dance I Don’t Want to Be Part of Your Revolution, De Appel, Amsterdam, November 17, 2006–January 7, 2007.Dresscode, Historiches und Völkerkundemuseum, St. Gallen, Switzerland, September 2, 2006–January 7, 2007.Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Köln, at Metro Pictures, Metro Pictures, New York, June 29–September 16, 2006.Subversive Charm of the Bourgeois, VanAbbe Museum, Eindhoven, March 18–September 3, 2006.Between the Lines, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, March 5–April 7, 2006.Optik Schröder: Werke aus der Sammlung Alexander Schröder, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany, March 4–April 30, 2006.PINK NOT DEAD!, Garash Galeria, Mexico City, January 17–February 27, 2006.2005Nicolaus Bourriaud, Rosa Martinez, Hans Ulbrich Obrist. State Historical Museum, Moscow, 2005.Polka – Medium – Shadow – Image, Centre for Contemporary Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland, 2005.Istanbul Biennale, 9, curated by Charles Esche and Vasif Kortun, Various sites, Istanbul, September 16–September 30, 2005.Egocentric, Immoral, Outmoded, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, September 20–October 30, 2005.Nolens Volens, 10 Jahre Galerie Neu, Galerie Neu, Berlin, September 10–October 4, 2005.Radiodays, Bandes Originales, De Appel, Amsterdam, April 1–April 30, 2005.Moscow Biennale, curated by Joseph Backstein, Daniel Birnbaum, Lara Boubnova, January 28–February 28, 2005.2004Always Already Passé, GBE at Passerby, New York, 2004.Sans Soleil, Galerie NEU, Berlin, February 14–March 26, 2004.Beyond the Horizon: New Art from Poland and Russia, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland, November 30, 2004–January 23, 2005.Who If Not We Should At Least Try to Imagine The Future Of All This? - Time and Again, StedelijkMuseum CS, Amsterdam, October 23, 2004–January 30, 2005.Eye of the Needle, Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, California, October 23–November 17, 2004.2003Hands Up, Baby, Hands Up!, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany, 2003.Hidden in Daylight, in collacoration with Foksal Gallery Foundation and the 3rd Film Festival in Cieszyn, Poland, 2003.Je t’aime de loin, Institut Polanais, Paris, 2003.Paulina Olowska: Nova Popularna (with Lucy McKenzie), curated by Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw, Poland, 2003.Sztuka w miescie, retrospective of open gallery AMS, Zacheta Gallery Warsaw, Poland, 2003.Unbekannte Schwester, unbekannter Bruder I, Kunsthaus Dresden, Germany, 2003.Marc Camille Chaimowicz-Jean Cocteau, Norwich Gallery, United Kingdom, September 11–October 25, 2003.Clandestine, curated by F. Bonami, Venice Biennale, 50. Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte, Venice, June 15–November 2, 2003.Architectures of Gender, SculptureCenter, New York, April 11–June 8, 2003.2002Braunschweig, Brunswick, Germany, 2002.Dobrze- In Ordung, Kunstalle 8, Kunstbüro, Vienna; Kulturzentrum Bei Den Minoriten, Graz, Austria, 2002.Germination XXIII, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 2002.Group Exhibition, Hotel Sub Rosa, Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, 2002.Open Studios (collaboration with Jill Magid), Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, 2002.Paulina Olowska and Jill Magid: Married by Powers, curatorial Project with FRAC-Nord, Centre for Contemporary Art, TENT, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2002.The Rule of Hospitality, Galerie Neu, Berlin, 2002.Young Realists, Center of Contemporary Art, Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland, 2002.Psycho Bobble, Galleria Raucci/Santamaria, Naples, Italy, December 13, 2002–January 31, 2003.The Best Book About Pessimism I Ever Read (curated by Lucy McKenzie), Kunstverein, Amsterdam, June 22–August 25, 2002.2001Fish Eye, BWA Gallery, Slupsk, Poland, 2001.IV Annual Exhibition of Painting, Gallery Awangarda, Wroclaw, Poland, 2001.Heavy Duty, Inverleith House, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2001.Hotel Sub Rosa, Cabinet Gallery, London, 2001.Mascarda, Contemporary Art Center in Poznan, Poland, 2001.Open Studios, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, 2001.Open Studios, Center for Contemporary Art in Kitakyushu, Japan, 2001.Paulina Olowska and Lucy McKenzie: Heavy Duty, Inverleith House, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2001.Paulina Olowska and Lucy McKenzie: Plastyczna Integracja, Festiwal Malarstwa, Sciennego, Kliniczna, Gdansk, Poland, 2001.Relax, BWA Gallery, Bialystok, Poland, 2001.2000Dangerous Brushes, National Museum in Warsaw, Poland, 2000.The Dream of Provincial Girl, Apartment Space, Sopot, Poland, 2000.Media International Festival Odzaci, MAS Gallery, Odzaci, Serbia, 2000.Nurse with Wound, National Gallery in Tallinn, Estonia, 2000.Ticket from Gdansk, Kolo Gallery, Gdansk, Poland, 2000.1999Annual Exhibition of Arco, Center for Arts and Visual Communication, Lisbon, Portugal, 1999.ARs Novi, International Workshops, Grienswald, Germany, 1999.Shake the Disease, Lower Foyer Gallery, Dundee, Scotland, 1999.The 34th Painting Biennial, National Gallery, Bielsko-Biala, Poland, Juror’s Award, 1999. Public Collections Paulina Olowska public collections Art Collection Telekom, Bonn, GermanyThe Art Institute of ChicagoThe Boros Collection, BerlinCarnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaFondation Louis Vuitton, ParisFotomuseum Winterthur, SwitzerlandKistefos Museum, Jevnaker, NorwayMuseu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto, PortugalMuseum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, GermanyThe Museum of Modern Art, New YorkMuzeum Susch, Zernez, SwitzerlandMuzeum Sztuki, Łódź, PolandMuzeum Tatrzanskie, Zakopane, PolandNational Gallery of Victoria, MelbourneSalzburg Museum der Moderne, AustriaSan Francisco Museum of Modern ArtStedelijk Museum, AmsterdamTate Modern, London Periodicals Paulina Olowska periodicals 2025“Paulina Olowska’s ‘The Mother: An Unsavory Monologue’ at Pace New York,” (exhibition review). Purple Magazine, 20 February 2025. https://purple.fr/diary/paulina-olowskas-the-mother-an-unsavory-monologue-at-pace-new-york/“Paulina Olowska’s: The Mother” (exhibition review). Whitehot Magazine, 22 February 2025. https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/paulina-olowska-s-mother/6824Sural, Agnieszka. “Paulina Olowska reinterprets Witkacy in her latest works” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Vogue Poland, 18 February 2025. https://www.vogue.pl/a/wystawa-pauliny-olowskiej-w-nowojorskiej-pace-gallery-eksploruje-postac-witkacowskiej-matki“USA: Portraits of Anja Rubik at Paulina Ołowska's New York exhibition” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Twoja Polonia, 20 February 2025. https://twojapolonia.tvp.pl/85190218/portrety-anji-rubik-na-nowojorskiej-wystawie-pauliny-olowskiej2024“Art Basel Paris 2024 What Sold and What the Dealers Said.” Artlyst, 20 October 2024. https://artlyst.com/art_market_news/art-basel-paris-2024-what-sold-and-what-the-dealers-said/“ART NEWS: Nov.1” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Dream Idea Machine, 22 November 2024. https://www.dreamideamachine.com/?p=102264Brown, Kate. “The Greenhouse Effect: Art Basel Paris Gets a Warm Welcome at the Grand Palais” (Art fair review). Artnet News, 16 October 2024. https://news.artnet.com/market/art-basel-grand-palais-2550175Carollo, Elisa. “Highlights and Sales from an Effervescent Art Basel Paris VIP Preview.” Observer, 17 October 2024. https://observer.com/2024/10/highlights-sales-art-basel-paris-opening-2024/Chomątowska, Beata. “Paulina Ołowska's new exhibition was inspired by Deborah Turbeville” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Vogue Poland, 11 February 2025. https://www.vogue.pl/a/paulina-olowska-inspiruje-sie-fotografka-deborah-turbeville-jak-powstala-nowa-wystawa-polskiej-artystkiGromow, Weronika. “Editor’s Choice: 8 Artists Discovered at Art Basel Paris 2024.” Contemporary Lynx, 8 November 2024. https://contemporarylynx.co.uk/editors-choice-8-artists-discovered-at-art-basel-paris-2024Kakar, Arun. “The 10 Best Booths at Art Basel Paris 2024.” Artsy, 17 October 2024. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-10-best-booths-art-basel-paris-2024Katsikopoulou, Myrto. “Designboom Paris guide: what to see in and out of the 2024 Art Basel and Design Miami Fairs.” Designboom, 12 October 2024. https://www.designboom.com/art/designboom-guide-paris-art-basel-design-miami-10-12-2024/McDaniel, Craig. “Paulina Olowska On Patrol.” The Montréal Review, (September 2024). https://www.themontrealreview.com/Articles/Paulina_Olowska_on_Patrol.php“Pace Hong Kong's ‘Algorithms of Longing’ charts diverse diasporic narratives” (exhibition review). ArtDaily, 14 January 2025. https://artdaily.com/news/177331/Pace-Hong-Kong-s--Algorithms-of-Longing--charts-diverse-diasporic-narrativesPavilionesque Gazette, no. 5 2024, illustrated.“Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and for How Much—at Art Basel 2024.” Artnet, 20 June 2024. https://news.artnet.com/market/art-basel-2024-art-prices-works-sold-2502183Weber, Marnie. “Creepy: The Predecessor of Grotesque.” Interview with Paulina Olowska. Pavilionesque Gazette, No. 5, 23 June 2024: 7, illustrated.“What Sold at Art Basel Paris 2024.” Artsy, 22 October 2024. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-sold-art-basel-paris-2024Woodcock, Victoria. “The Haunting of Paulina Olowska” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Financial Times HTSI, 9 November 2024: 90–94, illustrated. Web version: https://www.ft.com/content/fd438465-1b92-4075-ac79-e462497c81362023Bilkus, Izzy. "Paulina Olowska's Feminist take on Folklore" (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Plaster, 26 November 2023.Dinsdale, Emily. “Paulina Olowska’s new exhibition examines the seductive power of imagery” (Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo exhibition review). Dazed, 21 November 2023. https://www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/61386/1/paulina-olowskas-new-exhibition-examines-the-seductive-power-of-images."El Poder Del Eco" ("The Power of Echo"). Vogue Mexico, 2023.Feldman, Max. “The Sickness Unto Little Death: Paulina Olowska’s ‘Visual Persuasion’” (Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo exhibition review). Elephant, 23 December 2023. https://elephant.art/the-sickness-unto-little-death-paulina-olowskas-visual-persuasion/.Olowska, Paulina. "Abracadaver." Pavilionesque Gazette, No 4., 26 May 2023.Olowska, Paulina. “Paulina Olowska: Interview of the Month December 2023” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Interview with Paul Carey-Kent. Artlyst, 11 December 2023. https://artlyst.com/features/paulina-olowska-interview-month-december-2023-paul-carey-kent/.Silver, Hannah. "Paulina Olowska brings Slavic folklore and androgynous nymphs to London" (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Wallpaper, 5 December 2023.Steer, Emily. “Paulina Olowska Beckons You to the Woods” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Frieze, 18 December 2023. https://www.frieze.com/article/paulina-olowska-pace-london-2023-review.Thaddeus-Johns, Josie. “Paulina Olowska’s Seductive Portraits of Women Rethink Eroticism” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Artsy, 18 December 2023. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-paulina-olowskas-seductive-portraits-women-rethink-eroticism.Woodcock, Victoria. “Swamp demons, sweater patterns, wolf-tamers and Vogue: The intriguing inspirations of Paulina Olowska” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). CNN Style, 22 December 2023. https://edition.cnn.com/style/the-artist-fusing-femininty-and-folklore/index.html.2022Greenberger, Alex. “Paulina Olowska, Painter of Sleek Representations of Women, Joins Pace Gallery.” ARTnews, 1 February 2022. https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/paulina-olowska-pace-gallery-1234617266/.Lookofsky, Sarah. "Paulina Olowska, Kistefos Museum" (Kistefos Museum exhibition review). Artforum 61, no.1 (September 2022): 327, illustrated.Luo, Shuyin. “Battle Report + Special Feature | Frieze Los Angeles 2022: The West Coast Art Market in the United States Ushers in a Big Breakout”. Artron, 19 February 2022. https://m-news.artron.net/news/20220219/n1953523.html.“Paulina Ołowska - Haus Proud at Metro Pictures, NYC” (Metro Pictures exhibition review). Contemporary Lynx, 14 January 2022. (opens in a new window) https://contemporarylynx.co.uk/photostory-paulina-olowska-haus-proud-at-metro-pictures-nyc.Villa, Angelica. “10 Works That Sold at Frieze Los Angeles 2022.” ARTnews, 18 February 2022. https://www.artnews.com/gallery/art-news/photos/frieze-los-angeles-2022-sales-1234619621/.2021Ford, Clementine J. “Paulina Olowska: Mainly for Women” (SCAD Museum of Art exhibition review). AIR MAIL, n.d. (opens in a new window) https://airmail.news/arts-intel/events/paulina-olowska-mainly-for-women-3758.Fateman, Johanna. “Review: Paulina Olowska” (Metro Pictures exhibition review). The New Yorker, November 2021. (opens in a new window) https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/art/paulina-olowska.Olowska, Paulina. “Paulina Olowska Dances With Duality and Spirits of Nostalgia” (Simon Lee Gallery exhibition review). Interview with Art She Says. Art She Says, 11 June 2021. https://artshesays.com/paulina-olowska-dances-with-duality-and-spirits-of-nostalgia/Olowska, Paulina. “7 Questions for Polish Artist Paulina Olowska on Her New Paintings Inspired by Female Film Stars” (Simon Lee exhibition review). Interview with Katie White. Artnet News, 19 May 2021. https://news.artnet.com/buyers-guide/7-questions-with-paulina-olowska-simon-lee-1970593.Pyzik, Agata. “Reviews: ‘Wages for Housework’” (Foksal Gallery Foundation exhibition review). Artforum 59, no. 4, January/February 2021: 183–184, illustrated. Web version: https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/202101/wages-for-housework-84714.Robertson, Nick. “The New ‘Mainly for Women’ Exhibit Features Paulina Olowska and Other Polish Artists at the SCAD Museum of Art” (SCAD Museum of Art exhibition review). Connect Savannah, 19 January 2021. https://www.connectsavannah.com/savannah/the-new-mainly-for-women-exhibit-features-paulina-olowska-and-other-polish-artists-at-the-scad-museum-of-art/Content?oid=15819835.Smith, Roberta and David Colman. “The Last Picture Show.” The New York Times, 11 December 2021: C1, illustrated. Web version: (opens in a new window) https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/arts/design/metro-pictures-closing.html.2020“Art Can Change The World” (Craig Robins Art Collection exhibition review). Vie Magazine, November 2020. http://viemagazine.com/article/craig-robins-art-collection/.Cusumano, Katherine. “Home Crafts; Playing Dress Up.” The New York Times, 24 May 2020: ST-3, illustrated. Web version: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/20/t-magazine/paper-dolls.html.Gratza, Agnieszka. “Biennale Gherdëina 7/Val Gardena, Dolomites” (Biennale Gherdëina exhibition review). Flash Art, 9 September 2020. https://flash---art.com/2020/09/biennale-gherdeina-7/Hawley, Anthony. “Metro Pictures Online Film Festival” (Metro Pictures exhibition review). Art/Agenda, 28 May 2020. https://www.art-agenda.com/criticism/332927/metro-pictures-online-film-festivalKelsey, Colleen. "Kendra Jayne Patrick's 'Seating Chart for a Fall Dinner Party in a Pandemic'" (Metro Pictures exhibition review). Garage Magazine, 27 November 2020. https://garage.vice.com/en_us/article/4ad37p/kendra-jayne-patricks-seating-chart-for-a-fall-dinner-party-in-a-pandemic.Ołowska, Paulina. "A Q+A with Paulina Olowska" (Craig Robins Art Collection exhibition review). Interview with Amanda Keeley. Miami Design District, 11 November 2020. https://www.miamidesigndistrict.net/blog/entries/967/a-qa-with-paulina-olowska/."Pavilionesque no.3." HEAD-Genève, 2020.“20 Essential Museum Shows to See in Europe in 2020, From Matisse at the Pompidou to Lynette Yiado-Boakye at Tate Britain” (Muzeum Susch exhibition review). Artnet News, 2 January 2020. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/europe-museum-shows-2020-1733658.2019Bagley, Christopher. “Milovan Farronato, a Curator with Unique Flair, Takes the Venice Biennale.” W Magazine, 6 May 2019. https://www.wmagazine.com/story/milovan-farronato-curator-venice-biennale-2019.Donati de Conti, Elisabetta. “20 Opere Per 20 Anni Di Arte, Scelte Da Milovan Farronato.” Elle Decor Italia, 31 December 2019. https://www.elledecor.com/it/people/a30366393/20-opere-arte-piu-importanti-2000-2020-milovan-farronato/.Gibson, Jeff. “Review: Paulina Olowska” (Metro Pictures exhibition review). Artforum 57, no. 6, February 2019: 171–172, illustrated. Web version: https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/201902/paulina-olowska-78430.“See More of this Ilse Crawford-Designed Home in Stockholm.” Architectural Digest, 16 January 2019. https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/see-more-of-this-ilse-crawford-designed-home-in-stockholm-galleryWetzler, Rachel. “Communal Luxury” (Metro Pictures exhibition review). Art in America, March 2019: 74–79, illustrated. Web version: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/paulina-olowska-2-63608/.2018"art #3." Vogue Poland, November 2018: 58–61, illustrated.Kosciuczuk, Krzystof. “Paulina Olowska” (Foksal Gallery Foundation exhibition review). Frieze Magazine, no. 194, April 2018: 154, illustrated. Web version: https://www.frieze.com/article/paulina-olowskas-intellectual-cocktail-female-erotica.Olowska, Paulina. “The Artists’ Artists.” Artforum 57, no. 4, December 2018: 87. Web version: https://www.artforum.com/print/201810/the-artists-8217-artists-77707.Olowska, Paulina. "Introduction." Vogue Poland, November 2018: 1, illustrated."Pavilionesque no.2." HEAD-Genève, 2018.Pes, Javier. “A Walk Through Frieze London With Super-Collector Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo” (Frieze London exhibition review). Artnet News, 4 October 2018. https://news.artnet.com/market/patrizia-sandretto-re-rebaudengo-frieze-1364233.Siegal, Nina. “Contemporary Treasure Trove.” Blouin Art + Auction, January 2018: 116–123.Szewczyk, Monika. “Paulina Olowska.” NGV Magazine, no. 9, March/April 2018: 34–37, illustrated.Zielinska, Joanna. “The Pagan Princess.” Mousse Magazine, 2018.2017“Artists’ Statements,” Parkett 100/101, 2017: 368, 407.Benzer, Christa. “‘Die Zukunft ist Malerei’: Paulina Olowska.” Der Standard, 21 April 2017: 28.Biller, Maxim. “Das falsche Spiel der Margarete Bloch.” die dame, no. 1, (2017): 88–104.Burke, Siobhan. “Dance in NYC This Week” (The Kitchen performance review). The New York Times, 19 January 2017: C28, illustrated. Web version: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/arts/dance/dance-in-nyc-this-week.html.Gavin, Francesca. “Talking Fashion and Femininity with Artist Paulina Olowska” (CF Hill exhibition review). AnOther Magazine, 23 June 2017. https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/9948/taking-fashion-and-femininity-with-artist-paulina-olowska.Keats, Jonathon. “If You Think Emoji Are Expressive, You Need To See How These Artists Are Enlivening Written Language.” Forbes, 28 July 2017. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathonkeats/2017/07/28/alphabet/.Seibert, Brian. “Fish, Stilettos and Underwear: The Dances Go On” (The Kitchen performance review). The New York Times, 1 February 2017: C2, illustrated. Web version: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/arts/dance/fish-stilettos-and-underwear-the-dances-go-on.htmlWaligore, Athena. “Carpets Used as Canvases Go on View at the Katonah Museum of Art” (Katonah Museum of Art exhibition review). Interior Design, 18 August 2017. https://interiordesign.net/designwire/carpets-used-as-canvases-go-on-view-at-the-katonah-museum-of-art/2016D’Arenberg, Diana. “Artful Manifestations.” Ocula Magazine, 24 June 2016. https://ocula.com/magazine/features/artful-manifestations/Korta, Michal “For Your Eyes Only.” Contemporary Lynx Magazine, April 2016: 17–19, 86.McClean, Matthew and Stephen Squibb. “Stage Craft.” Frieze Magazine, no.178, March 2016: 112–117.“Must See: ‘Paulina Olowska Wisteria, Mysteria, Hysteria,’ at Metro Pictures.” Artforum, 18 November 2016.Olowska, Paulina. “Role Play.” Mousse Magazine, Summer 2016: 149, illustrated.Policht, Piotr. “Mysterious Wise Woman in Paulina Ołowska’s Paintings” (Metro Pictures exhibition review). Daily Art Magazine, 7 December 2016. https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/mysterious-wise-woman-in-paulina-olowskas-paintings/.Silva, Sophia. “Sophia Silva in conversation with Paulina Olowska.” Turps Banana, no. 15, July 2016: 64–79.“6 Artworks to Invest in This January.” Artspace, 11 January 2016. https://www.artspace.com/magazine/news_events/investment-pieces/investment_pieces_january_2016-53402“28 Creative Geniuses Who Defined Culture in 2016.” The New York Times Style Magazine, 28 December 2016. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/t-magazine/entertainment/creative-geniuses-michelle-obama-alejandro-aravena-zadie-smith.htmlWitt, Emily. “Abandoned Dreams.” The New York Times Style Magazine, 25 September 2016: 226–231, illustrated. Web version: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/22/t-magazine/paulina-olowska-artist-poland.html.Yablonsky, Linda. “The Future Is Female” (Metro Pictures exhibition review). Artforum, 8 November 2016. https://www.artforum.com/diary/linda-yablonsky-at-the-new-york-galas-64549.2015Armstrong, Patrick. “Paulina Ołowska: 8 Rue Saint Bon / Paris” (8 Rue Saint Bon exhibition review). Flash Art, 3 December 2015.Kosciuczuk, Krzysztof. “Paulina Olowska: Ludwig Forum” (Ludwig Forum exhibition review). Frieze Magazine, December 2015/February 2016: 133–134, illustrated. Web version: https://www.frieze.com/article/paulina-o%C5%82owska-0.Silva, Sophia. “Paulina Olowska: Tanti stili per una sola libertá.” Arte, August 2015: 107–111.Szewczyk, Monika. “Lucy McKenzie and Paulina Ołowksa, Nova Popularna (2003).” The Artist as Curator: An Anthology, no. 9, 2015: 17–33.2014Green, Linda Mai. “Reviews: National, 2013 Carnegie International.” Art in America, January 2014: 103, illustrated. Web version: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/2013-carnegie-international-61630/Kosciuczuk, Kryzysztof. “Review: Paulina Olowska, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw.” Frieze d/e, no. 164, June–August 2014: 213–214, illustrated. Web version: https://www.frieze.com/article/paulina-o%C5%82owska.Rich, Sarah K. “2013 Carnegie International.” Artforum 52, no.5, January 2014: 205–6. Web version: https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/201401/the-2013-carnegie-international-44381.Warszawy, Czar. “Paulina Ołowska. The Spell of Warsaw.” Zachęta, March/April/May 2014: 8–11, illustrated (cover).Zachara, Piotr. “Signs and Mark.” Harper’s Bazaar Poland, May 2014: 151–155.2013Bishop, Claire. “Paulina Olowska: Reactivating Modernism.” Parkett, no. 92, 2013: 146–153, illustrated.Dziewanska, Marta. “Storytelling: Paulina Olowska and History in Motion.” Parkett, no. 92, 2013: 162–167, illustrated.Fiduccia, Joanna. “All Together Now.” Spike Art Magazine, no. 38, Winter 2013: 36–42.Fox, Dan. “Being Curated.” Frieze Magazine, no. 154, April 2013: 138–139, illustrated. Web version: https://www.frieze.com/article/being-curated."Jimmie Durham, Helen Marten, Paulina Olowska, Damian Ortega." Parkett 92, 2013.Latimer, Quinn. “Paulina Olowska at Kunsthalle Basel” (Kunsthalle Basel exhibition review). Artforum 52, no. 1, September 2013: 407, illustrated. Web version: https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/201307/paulina-olowska-42621.Vettese, Angela. “Vulkanische Extravaganzen.” Parkett, December 2013: 217.Wood, Catherine. “Design for Living.” Parkett, no. 92, 2013: 174–81, illustrated.2012Griffin, Tim. “’Ecstatic Alphabets/Heaps of Language,’ Museum of Modern Art, New York” (Museum of Modern Art exhibition review). Artforum 51, no. 4, December 2012: 238–241, illustrated. Web version: https://www.artforum.com/print/201210/tim-griffin-37474.Rosenberg, Karen. “Building Blocks of Meaning, Retranslated” (Museum of Modern Art exhibition review). The New York Times, 4 May 2012: C30, illustrated. Web version: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/04/arts/design/ecstatic-alphabets-heaps-of-language-at-moma.html.2011Olowska, Paulina. “Paulina Olowska [112].” This Long Century, no. 112, February 2011. http://www.thislongcentury.com/paulina-olowska?c=112.O’Neill-Butler, Lauren. “Reviews: Paulina Olowska Metro Pictures” (Metro Pictures exhibition review). Artforum 49, no. 5, January 2011: 220–221, illustrated. Web version: https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/201101/paulina-olowska-38813.Sherwin, Skye. “Artist of the Week: Paulina Olowska, Anna Molska and Jakub Julian Ziolkowski.” The Guardian, 6 April 2011. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/apr/06/poland-artist-week-olowska-molska-ziolkowski.Williams, Tom. “Exhibition Reviews: Paulina Olowska at Metro Pictures” (Metro Pictures exhibition review). Art in America, February 2011: 98–99. Web version: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/paulina-olowska-60797/.2010Bell, Kirsty. “Early Years.” Frieze Magazine, no. 131, May 2010: 129–130. Web version: https://www.frieze.com/article/early-years.Olowska, Paulina. “A Tree Trunk Becoming a Face, a Face Becoming a Landscape.” Interview with Magda Szalewicz. Piktogram Magazine, no. 13, June 2010: 90–91, illustrated (cover).Shopkorn, Adam. “Paulina Olowska’s ‘Applied Fantastic’” (Metro Pictures exhibition review). W Magazine, 10 November 2010. https://www.wmagazine.com/story/paulina-olowska.Wood, Catherine. “Painting: Performance and Masquerade.” Flash Art Magazine 43, no. 272, May/June 2010: 84–88, illustrated. Web version: https://flash---art.com/article/painting/.2009Kravagna, Christian. “Modernism Fascinates.” Texte Zur Kunst, no. 76, December 2009: 223–228.Müller, Dominikus. “Sarah Crowner and Paulina Olowska at DAAD Galerie” (DAAD Galerie exhibition review). Artforum 47, no.7, March 2009: 257–258, illustrated. Web version: https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/200903/sarah-crowner-and-paulina-olowska-40944.Olowska, Paulina. “Ich kann Ihnen die Handlung Seite für Seite erzählen...” Interview with Julia Decker and Holger Liebs. Süddeutsche Zeitun Magazin, no. 46, November 2009: 6–21, illustrated. Web version: https://sz-magazin.sueddeutsche.de/kunst/ich-kann-ihnen-die-handlung-seite-fuer-seite-erzaehlen-76805.Olowska, Paulina. “Paulina Olowska.” Interview with Frieze Magazine. Frieze Magazine, no. 126, October 2009: 236. Web version: https://www.frieze.com/article/paulina-olowska.Reckitt, Helena. “Opening A Closing Door: Feminist and Queer Artists as Historians.” Reading Room: A Journal of Art and Culture, no. 3, 2009: 97–103. Web version: https://issuu.com/aucklandartgallery/docs/readingroom_03_2009?e=7464930/4676568.Reckitt, Helena. “Who was that Woman?” C Magazine, no. 104, Winter 2009: 30–40, illustrated. Web version: https://cmagazine.com/issues/104/pdf?p=32.Sharpe, Gemma. “London: Hed-Wig (Portrait of an Exhibition)” (Camden Arts Centre exhibition review). MAP Magazine, no. 20, Winter 2009/2010: 84, illustrated. Web version: https://mapmagazine.co.uk/head-wig-portrait-exhibition.Smith, Roberta. “MoMA Pushes the Envelope in Works on Paper” (Museum of Modern Art exhibition review). The New York Times, 24 April 2009: C27, C29. Web version: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/arts/design/24moma.html.Stará, Markéta. “Paulina Olowska.” Labyrint Revue: Nová Evropa, no. 25-26, 2009: 111–121.Stewart, Christabel. “A View Story: Paulina Olowska on the Ways We Create and Consume Art.” Tank Magazine, no. 48, January 2009: 60–65, illustrated. Web version: https://tankmagazine.com/issue-48/features/a-view-story.Viliani, Andrea. “Poland: Artists Dictionary.” Flash Art Magazine 42, no. 267, July–September 2009: 75.2008Krajewska, Elka. “Artists on Artists: Paulina Ołowska.” Bomb Magazine, no. 103, Spring 2008: 52–53, illustrated. Web version: https://bombmagazine.org/articles/paulina-o%C5%82owska-between-the-titles-in-some-third-language/Leaver-Yap, Isla. “And It Is Time” (Berlin Biennial exhibition review). MAP Magazine, no. 14, Summer 2008: 36–41, illustrated. Web version: https://mapmagazine.co.uk/paulina-olowska-and-it-is-tim.2007Berwick, Carly. “Paulina Olowska: Metro Pictures” (Metro Pictures exhibition review). ARTnews, March 2007: 144–145.Feinstein, Roni. “Paulina Olowska at Metro Pictures” (Metro Pictures exhibition review). Art in America (June/July): 207–208, illustrated.Goodbody, Bridget L. “Paulina Olowska: Review.” Time Out New York, February 2007: 69.Gronlund, Melissa. “Future Greats: Paulina Olowska.” Art Review, March 2007: 88. Web version: https://artreview.com/march-2007-futuregreats-paulina-olowska/.Olowska, Paulina. “Top Ten.” Artforum 45, no. 10, Summer 2007: 223–224. Web version: https://www.artforum.com/print/200706/paulina-olowska-15396.Rantorp, Naja Bak. “Nostalgia in the Present—On Paulina Olowska.” Sum (Issue #1): 74–80, illustrated.Roberta Smith, “Art in Review” (Metro Pictures exhibition review). The New York Times, 2 February 2007: 35. Web version: https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/02/arts/design/02gall.html.Üstek, Fatos. “Time-Space Short Circuits.” Tema Celeste, March/April 2007: 54–59, illustrated.Wood, Catherine. “Bonnie Camplin.” Artforum 46, no. 3, November 2007: 348–350. Web version: https://www.artforum.com/print/200709/openings-bonnie-camplin-18817.2006Bussel, David. “Final Girl” (Cabinet Gallery exhibition review). Texte zer Kunst Magazin, no. 62, June 2006: 235, illustrated. Web version: https://www.textezurkunst.de/62/final-girl-en/?highlight=paulina%20olowska.Charylo, Goska. “Review: Paulina Olowska” (Warsaw Centre for Contemporary Art exhibition review). Frieze Magazine, no. 103, November/December 2006: 167, illustrated. Web version: https://www.frieze.com/article/paulina-olowska-0.Crowner, Sarah and Paulina Olowska. “Tête à Tête.” North Drive Press, no. 3, 2006: 1–4, illustrated. Web version: http://www.northdrivepress.com/interviews/NDP3/NDP3_CROWNER_OLOWSKA.pdf.Mears, Emily Speers. “Paulina Olowska” (Cabinet Gallery exhibition review). Artforum 44, no. 10, Summer 2006: 370, illustrated. Web version: https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/200606/paulina-olowska-43813.Szewczyk, Monika. “The Fantasy of Paulina Olowska,” A Prior, no. 13, 2006: 124–133, illustrated.Tate, Sue. “Gender & Genius.” Swingset, no. 7, 2006: 42–46, illustrated.2005“Future Greats.” Art Review Magazine, December 2005: 88.Di Blasi, Johanna. “Paulina Olowska.” Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 31 March 2005: 25.Hoffmans, Christiane. “Neue Kunst als Markenzeichen” (Museum Abteiberg exhibition review). Welt am Sonntag, 10 April 2005. https://www.welt.de/print-wams/article126577/Neue-Kunst-als-Markenzeichen.html.Illies, Florian. “Paulina Olowska’s Hochschule der Posen.” Monopol Magazin, February/March 2005: 128–132, illustrated.Verwoert, Jan. “Certain Women.” Frieze, no. 89, March 2005: 109–114, illustrated. Web version: https://www.frieze.com/article/certain-womenVerwoert, Jan. “Paulina Olowska’s Metamorphosis in the Abteiber Museum” (Museum Abteiber exhibition review). Piktogram Magazine, Summer 2005: 21.2004Barnas, Maria. “Gentle Distortions.” Metropolis M Magazine, no. 5, 2004: 114–122, illustrated.Baumann, Daniel. “The Visitor.” Pacemaker, no. 4, Centre d'édition contemporaine Genève, 2004.Coelewij, Leontine. “Time and Again.” Stedelijk Museum Bulletin, no. 5, May 2004: 9–13, 27–31, illustrated.Illies, Florian. “Die jungen Polen kommen!” Monopol Magazin, March 2004: 45–52, illustrated.Kleefeld, Stefanie. “Modell A” (Kunstverein Braunschweig exhibition review). Texte zur Kunst Magazin, September 2004: 205–208, illustrated.Olowska, Paulina and Lucy McKenzie. “Olowska and McKenzie.” Interview with Wilfried Cooreman. Janus, no. 17, 2004: 60–63, illustrated.Shaw, Francesca D. and Lavinia Garulli. “Was will Europa.” Flash Art Magazine 37, no. 237, July–September 2004: 98–107, illustrated.Szymczyk, Adam. “Aperto Poland.” Flash Art Magazine 37, no. 237, July–September 2004: 71–73, illustrated.Tepel, Oliver. “Last Exit Avantgarde.” Spex Magazin, December 2004: 65.van den Boogerd, Dominic. “Interview met Paulina Olowska.” Stedelijk Museum Bulletin, no. 5, May 2004: 38–41.Viliani, Andrea. “Paulina Olowska.” Flash Art Magazine 37, no. 235, March–April 2004: 103.Werner-Art, Lisa. “Unbekannte Schwester, unbekannter Bruder.” Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten, 8 January 2004: 12.Ziegler, Philipp. “Flanieren im Salon der Avantgarde.” FAZ, 16 June 2004: 41.2003Dragowksa, Magda and Mateusz Romaszkan. “Nova Popularna.” Issue Magazine, Fall 2003: 144–149, illustrated.Kempkes, Anke. “Hidden in Daylight.” Frieze Magazine, no. 78, October 2003: 130. Web version: https://www.frieze.com/article/hidden-daylight.Majson, Paulina. “Nostalgia za nieustajacym wernisazem,” A4 Magazine, June 2003: 90–93, illustrated.McKenzie, Lucy and Paulina Olowska. “Nova Popularna.” Metropolis M Magazine, No. 5, 2003: 71–74.Olowska, Paulina. “Cu vi Parolas Esperanton?” Dot Dot Dot Magazine, no. 5, April 2003.O’Reilly, Sally. “Paulina Olowska” (Cabinet Gallery exhibition review). Frieze Magazine, no. 76, June–August 2003: 117. Web version: https://www.frieze.com/article/paulina-olowska-1Salzbrenner, Uwe. “Verlangen nach alter Größe.” Sächsische Zeitung, 28 November 2003.Smith, Dan. “Paulina Olowska – Cabinet” (Cabinet Gallery exhibition review). Art Monthly, 2003: 32–33.Verwoert, Jan. “50th Venice Biennale.” Frieze Magazine, no. 77, September 2003: 101. Web version: https://www.frieze.com/article/50th-venice-biennale-17Welish, Marjorie. “Architectures of Gender” (Sculpture Center, New York exhibition review). Bomb Magazine, no. 84, Summer 2003: n.p., illustrated. Web version: https://bombmagazine.org/articles/architectures-of-gender-sculpture-center-new-york/Wolinski, Michal. “Ukryte w Sloncu.” Fluid Magazine 8, no. 33, 2003: 66–69.2002“Life und Style – Die zwei Leben der Paulina Olowska, Dobze - In Ordnung.” Kunsthalle, no. 8, 2002: 18.Gawlik, Goschka. “Zwischen Konzept und Unterhaltung, Dobze - In Ordnung.” Kunsthalle no. 8, 2002: 18.Olowska, Paulina. “Disco Polo.” Saturday Fanzine, 2002.2001“Enigmatic Girls - Lucy McKenzie & Paulina Olowska in conversation.” Untitled Magazine, Summer 2001: 16–17.Mahoney, Elizabeth. “Heavy Duty” (Inverleith House, Edinburgh exhibition review). The Guardian, 17 April 2001: 16. Web version: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2001/apr/17/artsfeatures3Mahoney, Elizabeth. “The fine art of fulfilling hype.” The Sunday Times, 22 April 2001: 7. Books and Catalogues Paulina Olowska books 2025From Cindy Sherman to Francesco Vezzoli. 80 contemporary artists (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Vincenzo de Bellis, Daniele Fenaroli, and Giuseppe Iannaccone. Milan and Paris: Palazzo Reale; Allemandi, 2025: 73, illustrated.Paulina Olowska: The Mother: An Unsavory Monologue (exhibition brochure). Text by Joanna Zielińska. Rabka-Zdrój, Poland and New York: Artist House Kadenówka Foundation; Pace Gallery, 2025.2023Paulina Olowska: Resonance (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Alexander Ferrando and Taylor Fisch. Mexico City: Kurimanzutto Gallery, 2023.2023 NGV Triennial. Melbourne, Australia: Council of Trustees of the National Gallery of Victoria, 2023: 271, illustrated.2022Her Hauntology (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Smith-Raabe, Kate, Jason Rosenfeld, Agnieszka Gratza, Viktoriia Semenska, Jan Verwoert, Agata Pyzik, Maria Janion, Nina Paszkowski, and Zofia Lisowska. Jevnaker: Kistefos, 2022.2019Janevski, Ana, Roxana Marcoci, and Ksenia Nouril, eds. Art and Theory of Post-1989 Central and Eastern Europe: A Critical Anthology. New York: The Museum of Modern Art: 10−11.Time after time, space after space (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Simone Forti and Bruna Roccasalva. Milan: Mousse Publishing, 97−111.Wood, Catherine. Performance in Contemporary Art. London: Tate Publishing, 2019: 16−17, 28, 96−98, 223.2018Gerhardt, Ulrike. Moving Images, Mobile Bodies: The Poetics and Practice of Corporeality in Visual and Performing Arts. Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018: 161−180.Jump into the Future: The Borgmann Donation (exhibition catalogue). London: Koenig Books, 2018.2017Elderton, Louisa, and Rebecca Morrill, eds. Vitamin C. Clay and Ceramic in Contemporary Art. New York: Phaidon, 2017: 212−13.Kölle, Brigitte. Art and Alphabet. Hamburg, Germany: Hamburger Kunsthalle, 2017: cover, 42−43, 63.Lauf, Cornelia. Wall to Wall: Carpets by Artists. Cleveland, Ohio and Cologne: Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland; Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2017: 108.Locke, Linda, ed. Dark and Stormy Night. New York: Lehman College Art Gallery, 2017: 74−5.McEoin, Ewan, Simon Maidment, Megan Patty, and Pip Wallis, eds. NGV Triennial 2017. Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria, 2017: 538−45.2016Paulina Olowsk: Ceramics (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Darian Leader and Ewa Klekot. London: Simon Lee Gallery, 2016.2015Hudson, Suzanne. Painting Now. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2015: 28.Macel, Christine and Elizabeth Sussman. Collected by Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner. New York and Paris: Whitney Museum of American Art; Éditions du Centre Pompidou, 2015: 246−247.Vroonen, Erno and Anna Wondrak, eds. Van Tuyckom-Taets Collection. Bruges, Belgium: Leo Van Tuyckom, 2015: 145, 233Zielinska, Joanna, ed. Nic 2 razy / Nothing Twice. Krakow: Center for the Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor and Circoteka, 2015: 86−95.2014Lauf, Vera. Moderne Aneignungen: Zur Kritik der Moderne in der Kunst der Gegenwart. Munich: Silke Schreiber Verlag, 2014.2013Bujniwska, Anna, Adam Szymczyk, and Jan Verwoert. Paulina Olowska. Zurich: JRP/Ringier, 2013.Ceruti, Mary, Ruba Katrib and Ariana Reines. Better Homes. New York: SculptureCenter, 2013: 18.Columbus, Nikki, ed. Parkett No. 92: Jimmie Durham, Helen Marten, Pauline Olowska, Damián Ortega. Zurich: Parkett-Verlag, 2013.Szymczyk, Adam and Quinn Latimer, eds. Olinka o Donde Se Crea El Movimiento. Mexico City: Museo Tamayo, 2013: 43, 49.2013 Carnegie International (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Daniel Baumann, Dan Byers, and Tina Kukielski. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Art, 2013: 131−132.2012Bailey, Stuart, Angie Keefer, David Reinfurt, eds. Bulletins of the Serving Library #3: Ecstatic Alphabets/Heaps of Language. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2012.Jan van Adrichem et al., eds. Stedelijk Collection Highlights. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: nai010, 2012: 47.2011Breitwieser, Sabine, ed. Utopia and monument: exhibition for the public space, steirischer herbst 2009-2010. New York: Springer Wien, 2011: 194−201.Rottenberg, Anda, Heike Munder, Charles Esche, and David Elliot. Polish! Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2011.Schwabsky, Barry, ed. Vitamin P2: New Perspectives in Painting. New York: Phaidon: 230−233.2010Adler, Phoebe and Duncan McCorquodale, eds. Contemporary Art in Eastern Europe. London: Black Dog Publishing, 2010: 140−141.Gygax, Raphael and Heike Munder, ed. Between Zones: On the Representation of the Performative and the Notation of Movement. Zurich: JRP Ringier, 2010: 160−166.2009Hoffmann, Jens, ed. Moby Dick. San Francisco: California College of the Arts, 2009: 84−85.Breitwieser, Sabine, ed. Modernologies: Contemporary Artists Researching Modernity and Modernism. Barcelona: Museu D’Art Contemporani, 2009: 168−173.Rattemeyer, Christian. The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection: Catalogue Raisonné. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, New York: 210.2008Grosenick, Uta, ed. Art Now. Cologne: Taschen, 2008: 368−371.2007Camplin, Bonnie, and Nikola Dietrich. Salty Water: Paulina Olowska. Frankfurt: M. Portikus, 2007.Le Nuage Magellan: une perception contemporaine de la modernité (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Françoise Bertaux and Joanna Mytkowska. Paris: Éditions du Centre Pompidou, 2007.Noël sur le balcon/HOLD THE COLOR: Paulina Olowska/Lucy McKenzie (exhibition catalogue). Munich: Kunstverlag Ingvild Goetz, 2007.2005Grosenick, Uta. Art now vol 2: the new directory to 136 international contemporary artists. Cologne: Taschen, 2005.Paulina Olowska: Metamorphosis (exhibition catalogue). Frankfurt: Revolver, 2005.2004Paulina Olowska: Sie musste die Idee eines Hauses als Metapher verwerfen (exhibition catalogue). Walther König: Cologne, Germany, 2004.2002Grasslin, Karola and Lucy McKenzie. The Best Book About Pessimism I Ever Read. Braunschweig: Kunstverein Braunschweig; Cologne: Walther König, 2002: 40−41, 63.