TRAPS
3 October 2025, hour 18:00 - 21:00
Contemporary Art Gallery BWA SOKÓŁ
From 3 October to 23 November 2025 the Contemporary Art Gallery BWA SOKÓŁ will be showing a group exhibition titled TRAPS, curated by dr Katarzyna Szarek, who also presents her own works. The other artists featured are: prof. Maciej Aleksandrowicz, dr Kacper Bożek, dr habil. Anna Bujak, dr Katarzyna Fober, and dr Stanisław Gajewski.
From 3 October to 23 November 2025 the Contemporary Art Gallery BWA SOKÓŁ will be showing a group exhibition titled TRAPS, curated by dr Katarzyna Szarek, who also presents her own works. The other artists featured are: prof. Maciej Aleksandrowicz, dr Kacper Bożek, dr habil. Anna Bujak, dr Katarzyna Fober, and dr Stanisław Gajewski.
MACIEJ ALEKSANDROWICZ
Maciej Aleksandrowicz was born in 1973 in Ostrów Mazowiecka, Poland.
Professor of Fine Arts in the field of visual arts and conservation and restoration of works of art. He studied at the Faculty of Sculpture of the Fine Arts Academy in Kraków in the years 1992–1998, earning his Master of Fine Arts degree in the studio of Prof. Stanisław Słonina. He also studied at the Institute of Art History of the Faculty of History of the University of Warsaw in 1999–2002. In the years 2008–2012 he was the Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Sculpture of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. From 2007 to 2025 he headed the Studio of Spatial Planning, and currently, the graduation studio at the Faculty of Sculpture of the Fine Arts Academy in Warsaw, Poland.
Recipient of a scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland (2008, 2019) and from the Kosciuszko Foundation in New York, NY (U.S.A.) for residency and research on Art in the Public Space in the USA. In the years 2020–2025, he has been the Director of the Centre of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko, Poland and the editor-in-chief of the Orońsko Quarterly, also heading the investment programme “Sculpture in the Public Sphere for Poland Independent.” He has won competitions for sculpture and monuments in public spaces. The artist participated in numerous exhibitions and sculpture competitions. He has frequently lectured as Visiting Professor at universities in Poland and abroad. Professor Aleksandrowicz has also been organizing and leading workshops devoted to art in public spaces and site-specific art for Polish and international student groups.
KACPER BOŻEK
Kacper Bożek was born in 1974 in Kraków, Poland. He specializes in printmaking and drawing. Graduate of the Antoni Kenar Secondary School of Fine Arts in Zakopane, Poland, and of the Faculty of Graphic Arts of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, Poland. Since 2011, he has been working with students in the Copperplate Engraving Studio of his alma mater, where he currently holds the position of Assistant Professor. In 2013, he earned his doctorate for a series of prints devoted to The Manuscript Found in Saragossa and the life of its author, Count Jan Potocki. The artist’s techniques of choice are the aquaforte process, aquatint, and mezzotint. He also works in drawing. A common feature of his prints is his creation of multi-layered stories. The artist sometimes seeks inspiration in the Middle Ages, or in literature. His works can be found in, among other places, the Fine Arts Academy in Kraków, the National Library in Warsaw, the Museum of Kraków, the Leon Wyczółkowski Regional Museum in Bydgoszcz, and the International Print Triennial Society in Kraków. Mr Bożek has had his works shown in many solo and collective exhibitions in Poland and abroad. He has been the recipient of multiple awards, among others, the First Prize at the 7th Biennale Valladolid, 2020 (Spain); Second Prize at the 11th Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints (Japan); First Prize in the Grafiteka Competition, 2019 (Warsaw, Poland); Second Prize at the Premio Leonardo Sciascia amateur d’estampes 7th, 2013 (Italy).
ANNA BUJAK
Anna Bujak was born in 1979 in Opatów, Poland. A visual artist, sculptress and author of intermedial installations. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, Poland in 2011, and also studied history at the Institute of History of the Holy Cross Academy (now Jan Kochanowski University) in Kielce, Poland, graduating in 2008. Her works have been presented in numerous exhibitions, both solo and collective, in Poland and abroad. She has been a recipient of awards and scholarships, including from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage (2024, 2011), from President of Wrocław (2023), and of the Jerzy Grotowski scholarship for doctoral students in the field of art (2014). In 2025, she received the Emocje (Emotions) award from Radio Kultura Wrocław in the field of visual arts, while in 2015, she was among the nominees for the „wARTo” art award from the newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza. In 2021, she won the Digital Residency II in the OP ENHEIM Gallery in Wrocław. Anna Bujak’s works can be found in the collection of the Lower Silesian Zachęta Society for Fine Arts in the Contemporary Museum in Wrocław. Her art explores the tension between order and destruction, concentrating on objects that emanate the force of attraction and an element of repulsion. In her works she invokes her personal experiences, as well as historical traumas and global events which influence the collective consciousness.
KATARZYNA FOBER
Katarzyna Fober was born in 1984 in Cieszyn, Poland. She lives and works in Cieszyn. Graduate of the Antoni Kenar Secondary School of Fine Arts in Zakopane. She obtained her Master of Fine Arts diploma in the studio of Prof. Antoni Janusz Pastwa of the Faculty of Sculpture of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland. Since 2011, she has been associated with the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Poland, where she currently co-leads the studio of Sculpture. In 2023, she earned her doctorate at the Faculty of Sculpture of the Fine Art Academy in Warsaw.
Dr Fober has had her works shown in solo and collective exhibitions, and participated in art symposia nationally and internationally. She has created installations in public spaces as well as monuments. Her sculptures can be found in art collections in Italy, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and in Poland.
She was the recipient of a scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage (2024) and one from the Marshal of the Voivodeship of Silesia in the field of culture (2025). The artist’s main area of activity is sculpture, and since 2017, also artistic design, as she co-leads the operations of the KUFA.design brand.
STANISŁAW GAJEWSKI
Stanisław Gajewski was born in 1987 in Warsaw, Poland, where he lives and works creatively. A poster and graphic artist, newspaper illustrator, author of art installations and public art, and an academic teacher who has cooperated with, among others, the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland, Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States, the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic, and the Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Needs Pedagogy – now Maria Grzegorzewska University, in Warsaw, Poland.
Author of over a hundred posters published in Poland and abroad, along with a few hundred illustrations for national, as well as international press.
His works have been shown in thirty-four solo exhibitions and over a hundred collective ones, both national and international, as well as national and international art competitions, bringing the artist multiple awards. His pieces can be found in both private and state collections in Poland and abroad. He received a scholarship of the President of the Republic of Poland, and scholarships awarded by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Eryk Lipiński Museum of Caricature in Warsaw, Poland.
KATARZYNA SZAREK
Katarzyna Szarek was born in 1983 in Nowy Sącz, Poland. A sculptress, graduate of the Antoni Kenar Secondary School of Fine Arts in Zakopane, Poland. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland, in the studio of Prof. Jan Kucz. In 2007, as a recipient of the Erasmus scholarship, she studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts in Athens, Greece. In 2008, she earned her Master of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, in the studio of Prof. Grzegorz Kowalski. The defence of her thesis took place at the Centre of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko, Poland. In 2018, she obtained her doctorate at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. She has participated in many exhibitions, both solo and collective, and in art symposia in Poland and abroad. She was an awardee of a scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland and from the National Centre for Culture in Warsaw, Poland. She heads the studio of Spatial Design Fundamentals at the Faculty of Sculpture of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. She is currently a member of the Advisory Board of the Centre of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko (2025–2027). She has collaborated with, among other institutions, the National Museum in Warsaw, Królikarnia – the Xavery Dunikowski Museum of Sculpture in Warsaw, the National Centre for Culture, the Dublin Theatre Festival in Dublin, Ireland, as well as the Drama Theatre in Warsaw, the Foundation for the Promotion of Art, and the Warsaw Film Festival.
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MACIEJ ALEKSANDROWICZ
Maciej Aleksandrowicz was born in 1973 in Ostrów Mazowiecka, Poland.
Professor of Fine Arts in the field of visual arts and conservation and restoration of works of art. He studied at the Faculty of Sculpture of the Fine Arts Academy in Kraków in the years 1992–1998, earning his Master of Fine Arts degree in the studio of Prof. Stanisław Słonina. He also studied at the Institute of Art History of the Faculty of History of the University of Warsaw in 1999–2002. In the years 2008–2012 he was the Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Sculpture of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. From 2007 to 2025 he headed the Studio of Spatial Planning, and currently, the graduation studio at the Faculty of Sculpture of the Fine Arts Academy in Warsaw, Poland.
Recipient of a scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland (2008, 2019) and from the Kosciuszko Foundation in New York, NY (U.S.A.) for residency and research on Art in the Public Space in the USA. In the years 2020–2025, he has been the Director of the Centre of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko, Poland and the editor-in-chief of the Orońsko Quarterly, also heading the investment programme “Sculpture in the Public Sphere for Poland Independent.” He has won competitions for sculpture and monuments in public spaces. The artist participated in numerous exhibitions and sculpture competitions. He has frequently lectured as Visiting Professor at universities in Poland and abroad. Professor Aleksandrowicz has also been organizing and leading workshops devoted to art in public spaces and site-specific art for Polish and international student groups.
KACPER BOŻEK
Kacper Bożek was born in 1974 in Kraków, Poland. He specializes in printmaking and drawing. Graduate of the Antoni Kenar Secondary School of Fine Arts in Zakopane, Poland, and of the Faculty of Graphic Arts of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, Poland. Since 2011, he has been working with students in the Copperplate Engraving Studio of his alma mater, where he currently holds the position of Assistant Professor. In 2013, he earned his doctorate for a series of prints devoted to The Manuscript Found in Saragossa and the life of its author, Count Jan Potocki. The artist’s techniques of choice are the aquaforte process, aquatint, and mezzotint. He also works in drawing. A common feature of his prints is his creation of multi-layered stories. The artist sometimes seeks inspiration in the Middle Ages, or in literature. His works can be found in, among other places, the Fine Arts Academy in Kraków, the National Library in Warsaw, the Museum of Kraków, the Leon Wyczółkowski Regional Museum in Bydgoszcz, and the International Print Triennial Society in Kraków. Mr Bożek has had his works shown in many solo and collective exhibitions in Poland and abroad. He has been the recipient of multiple awards, among others, the First Prize at the 7th Biennale Valladolid, 2020 (Spain); Second Prize at the 11th Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints (Japan); First Prize in the Grafiteka Competition, 2019 (Warsaw, Poland); Second Prize at the Premio Leonardo Sciascia amateur d’estampes 7th, 2013 (Italy).
ANNA BUJAK
Anna Bujak was born in 1979 in Opatów, Poland. A visual artist, sculptress and author of intermedial installations. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, Poland in 2011, and also studied history at the Institute of History of the Holy Cross Academy (now Jan Kochanowski University) in Kielce, Poland, graduating in 2008. Her works have been presented in numerous exhibitions, both solo and collective, in Poland and abroad. She has been a recipient of awards and scholarships, including from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage (2024, 2011), from President of Wrocław (2023), and of the Jerzy Grotowski scholarship for doctoral students in the field of art (2014). In 2025, she received the Emocje (Emotions) award from Radio Kultura Wrocław in the field of visual arts, while in 2015, she was among the nominees for the „wARTo” art award from the newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza. In 2021, she won the Digital Residency II in the OP ENHEIM Gallery in Wrocław. Anna Bujak’s works can be found in the collection of the Lower Silesian Zachęta Society for Fine Arts in the Contemporary Museum in Wrocław. Her art explores the tension between order and destruction, concentrating on objects that emanate the force of attraction and an element of repulsion. In her works she invokes her personal experiences, as well as historical traumas and global events which influence the collective consciousness.
KATARZYNA FOBER
Katarzyna Fober was born in 1984 in Cieszyn, Poland. She lives and works in Cieszyn. Graduate of the Antoni Kenar Secondary School of Fine Arts in Zakopane. She obtained her Master of Fine Arts diploma in the studio of Prof. Antoni Janusz Pastwa of the Faculty of Sculpture of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland. Since 2011, she has been associated with the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Poland, where she currently co-leads the studio of Sculpture. In 2023, she earned her doctorate at the Faculty of Sculpture of the Fine Art Academy in Warsaw.
Dr Fober has had her works shown in solo and collective exhibitions, and participated in art symposia nationally and internationally. She has created installations in public spaces as well as monuments. Her sculptures can be found in art collections in Italy, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and in Poland.
She was the recipient of a scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage (2024) and one from the Marshal of the Voivodeship of Silesia in the field of culture (2025). The artist’s main area of activity is sculpture, and since 2017, also artistic design, as she co-leads the operations of the KUFA.design brand.
STANISŁAW GAJEWSKI
Stanisław Gajewski was born in 1987 in Warsaw, Poland, where he lives and works creatively. A poster and graphic artist, newspaper illustrator, author of art installations and public art, and an academic teacher who has cooperated with, among others, the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland, Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States, the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic, and the Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Needs Pedagogy – now Maria Grzegorzewska University, in Warsaw, Poland.
Author of over a hundred posters published in Poland and abroad, along with a few hundred illustrations for national, as well as international press.
His works have been shown in thirty-four solo exhibitions and over a hundred collective ones, both national and international, as well as national and international art competitions, bringing the artist multiple awards. His pieces can be found in both private and state collections in Poland and abroad. He received a scholarship of the President of the Republic of Poland, and scholarships awarded by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Eryk Lipiński Museum of Caricature in Warsaw, Poland.
KATARZYNA SZAREK
Katarzyna Szarek was born in 1983 in Nowy Sącz, Poland. A sculptress, graduate of the Antoni Kenar Secondary School of Fine Arts in Zakopane, Poland. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland, in the studio of Prof. Jan Kucz. In 2007, as a recipient of the Erasmus scholarship, she studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts in Athens, Greece. In 2008, she earned her Master of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, in the studio of Prof. Grzegorz Kowalski. The defence of her thesis took place at the Centre of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko, Poland. In 2018, she obtained her doctorate at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. She has participated in many exhibitions, both solo and collective, and in art symposia in Poland and abroad. She was an awardee of a scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland and from the National Centre for Culture in Warsaw, Poland. She heads the studio of Spatial Design Fundamentals at the Faculty of Sculpture of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. She is currently a member of the Advisory Board of the Centre of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko (2025–2027). She has collaborated with, among other institutions, the National Museum in Warsaw, Królikarnia – the Xavery Dunikowski Museum of Sculpture in Warsaw, the National Centre for Culture, the Dublin Theatre Festival in Dublin, Ireland, as well as the Drama Theatre in Warsaw, the Foundation for the Promotion of Art, and the Warsaw Film Festival.
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