Daniel Kotowski

I am an indicator of incompleteness, inconsistent with the norm, because I am Deaf and I do not use phonic speech. Talking about incompleteness and completeness in the existential dimension, I analyse their potential. I am either considering the possibility of fulfilling expectations of completeness or protesting against it. I am looking for the limit of ambivalence. My artistic practice is the starting point for reflection on the ways of existence. It is based on research where I use stories of those who are incomplete and complete. I observe their experiences and their interpersonal relationships. The way we are perceived by other individuals. My works concern the mechanism of power over biology, social and linguistic communication and social policy. They often refer to the concept of biopower and biopolitics. Based on my own experiences and observations, I develop my own strategy for managing my communication tool or body. I bring back the memory of incompleteness. I use various forms of expression, such as performances, design, installations, photography, objects and videos.

Education:

2021-…….
PhD | Academy of Fine Arts | Gdańsk

2019-2020
The School of Seeing | Fort Institute of Photography | Warsaw

2016-2018
MA | Faculty of Interior Design | Academy of Fine Arts | Warsaw | diploma in the Studio of Exhibition of Barbara Kowalewska

2012-2016
BA | Faculty of New Media Arts | Interior Design | Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology | Warsaw | diploma in the Studio of Exhibition of Marek Kosmulski

Upcoming:

03/02-16/04/2023
7th Gdansk Biennale of Art | Gdansk City Gallery | Gdańsk | curated by Grażyna Tomaszewska-Sobko

03/2023
The Official Language of the Republic of Poland Is Polish | Centre for Inclusive Art / Theatre 21 | Warsaw | curated by Justyna Wielgus, Justyna Lipko-Konieczna

06/2023
solo performance | Centre for Inclusive Art / Theatre 21 | Warsaw | curated by Justyna Wielgus, Justyna Lipko-Konieczna

08-09/2023
residence | ZAMEK Culture Centre | Poznań

11-12/2023
solo exhibition | 10 Jasna Street | Warsaw Community Centre of Krytyka Polityczna | Warsaw

24/06/2022-04/06/2023
Głusza | Silesian Museum | Katowice | curated by Michał Burdziński, Michał Justycki, Agnieszka Kołodziejczak, Dagmara Stanosz

Performances:

15/10/2022
Feeler | as a part of The Discomfort of Evening. Actions | Zachęta – National Gallery of Art | Warsaw | curated by Magdalena Komornicka, Weronika Zalewska

16/12/2021
It’s My Duty | Zachęta – National Gallery of Art | Warsaw

30/11/2021
A Term For Using Speech | as a part of #ForestofThings project | Foksal Gallery | Mazovia Institute of Culture | Warsaw | curated by Katarzyna Krysiak, Martyna Stołpiec

18/11/2021
Instruction for the Love Ritual | as a part of Exercises on Everyday Life project | Cricoteka | Kraków | curated by Barbara Pasterak

11/11/2021
I Am Reading Aloud II | as a part of Hospitality March | BWA Warszawa | Warsaw 

28/09/2021
Monument to the Victims of Biopower | Galeria Labirynt | Lublin | curated by Agata Sztorc-Gromaszek

12/09/2021
Lecture on inaction | Naked Nerve | Master’s Atelier | BWA Wrocław Główny Gallery | Wrocław | curated by Joanna Rajkowska in collaboration with curator Anna Mituś

28/05/2021
Lecture on inaction | Naked Nerve | Master’s Atelier | BWA Wrocław Główny Gallery | Wrocław | curated by Joanna Rajkowska in collaboration with curator Anna Mituś

03/05/2021 
The Official Language of the Republic of Poland Is Polish | Facebook Live | Museum of Modern Art | Warsaw

16/12/2020 
It’s My Duty | Zachęta – National Gallery of Art | Warsaw

18/10/2020
Monument to the Victims of Biopower | former hospital on Poniatowskiego street | NOWY ZŁOTY (previously ZŁOTY KIOSK) | Wrocław

01/10/2020
A Tool for Using Speech | as a part of EXIT project | The Centre of Inclusive Art | Zachęta – National Gallery of Art | Warsaw | curated by Justyna Wielgus

30/07/2020
A Tool for Using Speech | as a part of in private: in search of identity project | ZOOM platform | Collective of Artistic Experimental Forms

08/07/2020
I Am Reading Aloud II | We Are People | Galeria Labirynt | Lublin | curated by Waldemar Tatarczuk 

02/07/2020
A Tool for Using Speech | Instagram Live | Contemporary Art Promotion Foundation

03/05/2020 
The Official Language of the Republic of Poland Is Polish  | Facebook Live | Museum of Modern Art | Warsaw

20/12/2019 
I Am Reading Aloud II | as a part of Grassomania 11 project | Gdańsk City Gallery 1 | Gdańsk

16/12/2019 
It’s My Duty | Zachęta – National Gallery of Art | Warsaw

14/12/2019 
I Am Reading Aloud II | Ślad | W Y Gallery | Art Factory | Łódź

19/11/2019 
I Am Reading Aloud after National Independence Day | Radio Kapitał | Museum of Modern Art | Warsaw

02/11/2019 
The Official Language of the Republic of Poland Is Polish | Bródno Park | Stroboskop | Warsaw

26/10/2019 
The Official Language of the Republic of Poland Is Polish | Palace of Culture and Science | Stroboskop | Warsaw

26/10/2019
The Official Language of the Republic of Poland Is Polish | Constitution Square | Stroboskop | Warsaw

12/10/2019
The Official Language of the Republic of Poland Is Polish | Fort Mokotów | Stroboskop | Warsaw

05/10/2019
The Official Language of the Republic of Poland Is Polish | Sokratesa street | Stroboskop | Warsaw

27/09/2019
The Official Language of the Republic of Poland Is Polish | Stroboskop | Warsaw

indivudial exhibitions:

08-31/10/2021
Monument to the Victims of Biopower | Galeria Labirynt | Lublin | curated by Agata Sztorc-Gromaszek

22/10-11/12/2020
Monument to the Victims of Biopower | NOWY ZŁOTY (previously ZŁOTY KIOSK) | Wrocław

27/09-02/11/2019 
The Official Language of the Republic of Poland Is Polish | Stroboskop | Warsaw

13/04-03/06/2018 
The Unreasonable Man Persists in Trying to Adapt the World to Himself | Ludwik Zamenhof Centre | Białystok | curated by Aleksandra Czerniawska