Ghost of Ancestors and Angel of Future or Ignorance, Alternatywy, Warsaw, PL
Pola (Apolonia) Dwurnik examines identity caught in the conflict between the inner emotional and the external image, finding a new strength of expression in the confines of a figural representation. One of her major interests is the relationship between humans and animals. A mixture of fear and fascination close to obsession fills her paintings. Dwurnik refers to various cultural contexts, literature and art history, yet creates a distinctive new language.
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The artist, born in 1979 in Warsaw, lives and works in Warsaw, Poland.
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In front of the painting Refugees -
In front of the painting She Wolves, 2025 -
Pola Dwurnik at her show in Krupa Gallery in Wroclaw, 2024 -
Pola Dwurnik in the studio, 2024 -
Pola Dwurnik with the painting Red Gloves, 2024 -
Pola in her studio in Warsaw, January 2023 -
Pola working on the Felicites Parrot, Warsaw 2021
Solo & Duo Exhibitions
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2026
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2025
Doppelgänger (with Oskar Zięta), Półka Concept, Zürich, CH
Saint Apollonia’s Flowers, Festiwal Góry Literatury, Zamek Sarny, Ścinawka Górna, PL
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2024
Alcina’s New Choreography, Krupa Gallery, Wroclaw, PL
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2023
Yellow Eyes, Harkawik Gallery, New York, USA
Marching Integrals, Krupa Gallery at Pola’s Studio, Warsaw, PL
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2022
Bones and Feathers, Mazovian Centre for Contemporary Art Elektrownia, Radom, PL
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2021
Pola Dwurnik, The Wrocław Opera, Wrocław, PL
Unhappy Ending, Krupa Gallery, Wrocław, PL
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2019
Girl from Rybnik, Teatr Ziemi Rybnickiej, Rybnik, PL
Apolonia’s Twelve Husbands, Warsaw Gallery Weekend, Krupa Gallery, Warsaw, PL
Pan Marcin, Krupa Gallery, Wrocław, PL
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2018
Pola Dwurnik, Daniel Benjamin Gallery, London, UK
Meet the Artist, Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko-Biała, PL
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2017
Langwidere Series, Galerie Idea-Fixa, Basel, CH
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2016
A Song about a Doctor and Other Drawings, Wrocław Contemporary Museum, Wrocław, PL
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2015
Before the Orgy, XXIV Ars Cameralis, Galeria Rondo Sztuki, Katowice, PL
The Morphology of the Floor, City Art Gallery of Kalisz, PL
Alcina’s Island, Galerie Idea-Fixa, Basel, CH
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2014
Girl on Canvas, berlinerpool, Berlin, DE
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2013
Self-Portrait with a Lover and a Cigarette, Galeria Manhattan, Lodz, PL
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2012
Apolonia’s Erotic Garden, MOCAK Museum for Contemporary Art in Kraków, PL
Portrait of the Interior (with Regula Dettwiler), Austrian Culture Forum, Warsaw, PL
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2011
Animal Motifs, Galeria Szara, Cieszyn, PL
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2010
Mapping the Knot, The Knot, Mariannenplatz / HAU2, Berlin, DE
Regarding the Death of Others, Galeria Lokal 30, Warsaw, PL
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2009
A Painter in Zalipie, Regional Museum in Tarnów, Tarnów, PL
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2008
Young Cracow Painters, Galeria Potocka, Kraków, PL
Possible, impossible? (Democracy) – Freedom (with A.Polisiewicz), Komuna Otwock, Warsaw, PL
Swiss Drawings, Galeria Mieszkanie Gepperta, Wroclaw, PL
I Was Sailing on the Royal Lake…, Galeria XS, Kielce, PL
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2007
Apolonia Art Gallery, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PL
I Had a Boyfriend from Zielona, Galeria BWA, Zielona Gora, PL
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2005
Pola Dwurnik: Malerei, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel, CH
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2003
Portraits of Banknotes, Galeria Nova, Kraków, PL
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2002
Inflation, Galeria Zakret, Warsaw, PL
Selected Group Exhibitions
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2026
Study of a Flower, Edward Dwurnik Foundation, Warsaw ,PL (UPCOMING)
Top Charity Art, Jan III Sobieski Palace, Warsaw. PL
The Horse, the Polish Cause, Cliché Gallery, Warsaw, PL
Focus on Collection, Krupa Art Foundation, Wroclaw, PL
Let Your Heart Decide, Szydłowski Gallery, Warsaw, PL
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2025
Portrety Teatru, Polish National Opera, Warsaw, PL
Biegas. Światy nierównoległe, Museum Villa La Fleur, Konstancin, PL
The Pantom of Happiness, Art Around Gallery, Warsaw, PL
Po deszczu, Zespół Klasztorny Kamedułów, Warsaw, PL
Nothing To Be Afraid Of, Krupa Art Foundation, IMPACT 2025, Poznań, PL
W szerokim kadrze. Komiks polski po transformacji, Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej Bunkier Sztuki, Kraków, PL
Nowe wyrazy. Konteksty wizualne współczesnych książek poetyckich, Muzeum Literatury, Warsaw, PL
Więcej niż słowa. Mowa ciała w sztukach plastycznych,
Muzeum Dialogu Kultur, oddział Muzeum Narodowego, Kielce, PL
Cats Are Taking Over, Catena Pentru Arta & Sandwich Gallery, Bucharest, RO
Súčasná poľská maľba – Zo zbierok Galerie Bielska BWA, Oravská galéria v Dolnom Kubíne, SL
Dziewczynki, Art Around Gallery, Warsaw, PL
The Ark, Krupa London, UK
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2024
Exhibition Without Title, Krupa Art Foundation, Wrocław, PL
Na miejscu i na wynos. Kuchnia warszawska. Museum of Warsaw, Warsaw, PL
Strongwomen, Kraków Historical Museum, Kraków, PL
Poles Keep Painting, National Museum of Art in Vilnius, LT
In the Circle of Mary Litauer-Schneider, Vistula River Museum, Kazimierz Dolny, PL
Solstices, Krupa Gallery, Wrocław, PL
NADA Villa Warsaw, Warsaw, PL
Krupa Art Foundation at Impact 2024, Poznań, PL
Old Masters New Paintings, Varisella Fine Art, Warsaw., PL
Zięta Illustrated, IWP, Warsaw, PL
Into the Wild, Krupa Art Foundation, Wrocław, PL
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2023
Famiły Affair, The Bunker Artspace, West Palm Beach, USA
Wiedźmy, Inne Towarzystwo, Warsaw, PL
Serce sztuki Mazowsza, MCSW Elektrownia, Radom, PL
Malarstwo – złote medium sztuki, MOCAK, Kraków, PL
Refugees Welcome, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, PL
Masa krytyczna, Galeria Oblatów 4, Katowice, PL
Raj Ziemski, Galeria Prześwit, Warsaw, PL
Collage, Montage and Other Gestures in Photography, Jednostka Gallery, Warsaw, PL
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2022
Human Animal II, Galeria umelcov Spisa, Spisska Nova Ves, SK
Artist is Present, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków, PL
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2021
45th Painting Biennial, Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielska-Biała, PL
My Mother – My Daughter, BWA Krosno, PL
Human Animal. Next of Kin: Ape-Dog-Cat, Galeria umelcov Spisa, Spisska Nova Ves, SK
Think! Auditive online series, Blake & Vargas Galerie, Berlin, DE
With Pleasure, Krupa Gallery, Wrocław, PL
Ode to the Body, Daniel Benjamin Gallery, London, UK
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2020
New Gaze, National Museum in Gdańsk, Gdańsk, PL
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2019
Pareidolia, The Space Station Gallery, London, UK
Young Polish Painting, National Museum in Gdánsk, Gdánsk, PL
This is the men’s world, Kolonia Artystów, Gdańsk, PL
Mieszczanin, Kraków Historical Museum, Kraków, PL
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2018
I can neither be silent nor live, Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw, PL
Przechwałki i pogróżki, Trafostacja Sztuki in Szczecin, PL
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2017
24H Brl/Waw, private apartment, Warsaw, PL
Art in Art, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków, PL
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2016
Work in Progress, Galerie Idea-Fixa, Basel, CH
L’arte differente: MOCAK al MAXXI, Rome, IT
Life on Earth? David Bowie, Galeria Rondo Sztuki, Katowice, PL
Most Wanted, EY ArtClub Polska, Warsaw, PL
Collection VI, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków, PL
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2015
Women Painters, Galeria Biała, Lublin, PL
#TABS, Lage Egal Raum für Aktuelle Kunst, Berlin, DE
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2014
Artist’s Books II, Galerie Stampa, Basel, CH
Favor de tocar, Larva, Guadalajara, Mexico, MX
The Biological Notebook, Galeria Starter, Warsaw, PL
The Jackpot, Casinos Poland, Hotel Andersia, Poznań, PL
Anonyme Zeichner Based in Berlin, Pavillon am Milchhof, Berlin, DE
The Day Is Not Enough, Galeria Arsenał, Poznań, Galeria BWA Sokółin Nowy Sącz, PL
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2013
A Rose Is A Rose, Galeria BWA, Tarnów, PL
Woman of Marble, Galeria Manhattan, Łódź, PL
The Day Is Not Enough, Wrocław Contemporary Museum and Galeria BWA, Zielona Gora, PL
Economics in Arts, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, PL
Pandora’s Box, Oberwelt e.V., Stuttgart, DE
Portas Abertas, Fórum Eugénio de Almeida, Évora, Portugal
Collection III, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków, PL
Time of Collage, Galeria Kordegarda, Warsaw, PL
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2012
Out of Place, CORPO 6 Galerie, Berlin, DE
A Word for a Play, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, CH
Integration Exhibition, Galeria nad Wisłą, Toruń, PL
Cieszyn – I Love You from Far Away, Galeria Szara, Cieszyn, PL
Ceremony, Culture Center Krasnoye Znamya, Saint Petersburg, RU
Drawing Is Coming Back in a Big Way, Galeria Arsenał, Białystok, PL
Sick Art, Jerozolima Space, Warsaw, PL
Collection II, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków, PL
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2011
Lino+, Culture Space Banska St A Nica, Banska Stiavnica, SK
Draussen ist feindlich, Bel Etage, Berlin, DE
Phantome, Uferhallen, Berlin, DE
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2010
The Knot, Mobile Unit for Artistic Production & Presentation, Bucharest, RO
Fukt in Warsaw, Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PL
Pairidaeza, Spukkommune, Rauchhaus, Berlin, DE
Farewell to the Fairy Tale, Galeria Studio BWA, Wrocław, PL
Rauchen Verboten – Pali sie, Galeria Klimy Bocheńskiej, Warsaw, PL
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2009
Polish Alphabet 1, Galeria BWA, Tarnów, PL
Ano Lino 09, Štokovec priestor pre kultúru, Banská Štiavnica, SK
Like a Rolling Stone, Polish Sculpture Center, Orońsko, PL
Obrazy Kwartludium, Dom Pracy Twórczej, Wigry, PL
You’ve Got A Message, Galeria Potocka, Cracow, PL
Anonyme Zeichner Archive/Selection 09, Frühsorge Contemporary Drawings, Berlin, DE
Karpaten Biennale, Cologne, DE
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2008
Die Plattform für junge Kunst, Bäckerstrasse4, Vienna, AT
Henkel Art Award 2008, Galerie AirPoint, Vienna, AT
Accumulation, Galeria XS, Kielce, PL
Manual CC, Projektraum Uqbar, Berlin, DE
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2007
Election Weekend, Komuna Otwock, Warsaw, PL
Art Knocks, Galeria ON, Poznań, PL
Manual CC, Galeria Kronika, Bytom, PL
Art about Art, BUW, Warsaw, PL
The Young from Warsaw, Municipal Gallery of Art, Łódź, PL
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2006
Polish Painting of 21st Century, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL
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2005
Cita a ciegas, Galeria Sector Reforma, Guadalajara, MX
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2004
Regionale, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel, CH
Blind Date, Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PL
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2003
Martial Law, Zmiana Organizacji Ruchu, Warsaw, PL
Sketchbook, Galeria Raster, Warsaw, PL
Collections
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The Bunker Artspace, West Palm Beach, FL, USA
Schaulager, Basel, CH
National Museum in Gdańsk, PL
Museum of Contemporary Art MOCAK, Kraków, PL
Contemporary Museum Wrocław, PL
Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw, PL
Museum of History of Polish Jews POLIN, Warsaw, PL
Museum of Warsaw, Warsaw, PL
Museum of Sosnowiec, PL
Dela Art Collection, Warsaw, PL
Krupa Art Foundation, Wrocław, PL
Folta Collection, Wrocław, PL
Paweł Piotrowicz Collection, Warsaw, PL
Norblin Factory, Warsaw, PL
Mazovian Centre for Contemporary Art, Radom, PL
Bielska Municipal BWA Gallery, Bielsko-Biała, PL
Zieta Studio, Wrocław, PL
Art Books
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2022
S. I. Witkiewicz, Jedyne wyjście (The Only Way Out), graphic novel, pub. by National Museum in Warsaw and Krupa Gallery, PL
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2020
Unhappy Ending, with Ania Malinowska, pub. by Apolonia Dwurnik, Warsaw, PL
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2019
Pan Marcin, drawing story, pub. by Apolonia Dwurnik, Warsaw, PL
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2016
A Song for Wojtek, drawing story, pub. by Wrocław Contemporary Museum, Wrocław, PL
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2013
Girl on Canvas, with various authors, artbook, pub. by Apolonia Dwurnik, Warsaw, PL
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2008
Gossip Column, drawing stories, pub. by Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, PL
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2007
Living in Basel, drawing artbook, pub. by Christoph Merian Verlag, Basel, CH
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2003
Świetlica, drawing artbook, pub. by Raster Gallery, Warsaw, PL
Collaborations and Public Performances
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2021
Performance Unhappy Ending with Ania Malinowska and Kamila Drabek, JazzArt Festiwal, Katowice Miasto Ogrodów, Katowice, PL
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2018
Painting on a wooden cabinet for Piotr Sierakowski, Michelangelo Foundation & Cini Foundation, Venice, IT
Music performance with Mateusz Franczak, Cosmic Parrot music project, Galeri Bielska BWA, Bielska-Biała, PL
Maquette-Perroquette, performance with Kaya Kołodziejczyk, Bollag Projektraum, Basel, CH
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2017
Visual space drawn live for the dance performance by Kaya Kołodziejczyk, Maat Festival, Lublin, PL
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2016-2017
Songs and music videos with Jack Larkin, Cosmic Parrot music project, Warsaw, PL
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2012
Think Arcimboldo, Mail Art Performance, Festival No Women No Art, Poznań, PL
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2011
Grüsse vom Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Mail Art Performance, Bel Etage, Berlin, DE
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2009
Remake, photography series with Tadeusz Rolke, Berlin, DE
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2002
Sekcja, Painting-Cover-Manifesto, with Karol Radziszewski and Adam Jastrzębski, Warsaw, PL
Art Residencies
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2004–2005
Artist-in-Residence, Stiftung Laurenz-Haus, Basel, CH
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2010
Artist-in-Residence, The Knot, mobile platform for art, Berlin, Warsaw, Bucharest (curated by Markus Bader, Oliver Baurhenn, Jakub Szreder, Raluca Voinea)
Curatorial and Educational Activity
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2019–now
Founder, president and curator of Edward Dwurnik Foundation, Warsaw, PL
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2020-now
Guest lecturer at the History of Modern Art studies, The Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, PL
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2007–2012
Owner and curator of the miniature Apolonia Art Gallery (designed by Piotr Brzoza and Anna Jach)
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2002–2003
Co-Founder, director and curator of Galeria Zakręt, Warsaw, PL
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2001–2003
Founder and editor-in-chief of an art magazine Sekcja
Education
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1998-2003
Studied Art History at Warsaw University (MA 2004)
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1995-2002
Studied painting and drawing in the studios of Edward Dwurnik, painter and Teresa Gierzyńska, photographer
Bibliography
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Exhibition Catalogues, Art Books and Major Contributions
Czesław Miłosz, “Król Popiel i inne wiersze”, painting on the cover, pub. by Znak, Kraków, 2026.
“Top Charity 2026”, auction cat., pub. by Omenaa Foundation, Warsaw, 2026, pp. 82–85.
“Biegas. Światy nierównoległe / Unpararell Worlds”, cat., pub. by Museum Villa La Fleur, Warsaw, 2025, pp. 341.
M. Hankus, D. Majkowska-Szajer, “Siłaczki”, cat., pub. by Muzeum Krakowa, Kraków, 2024, pp. 120–121.
John Milton, “Raj utracony”, cover and illustrations, pub. by Biblioteka Śląska, Katowice, 2024.
Czesław Miłosz, “Ocalenie”, painting on the cover, pub. by Znak, Kraków, 2024.
“Raj Ziemski”, cat., pub. by Fundacja Rozwoju Spoleczesntwa Kreatywnego, Warszawa, 2023, pp. 55–59.
“Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz. Jedyne wyjście (The Only Way Out)”, graphic novel, script: W. Sztaba, pub. by National Museum in Warsaw and Krupa Gallery, Warsaw, 2022.
“Pola Dwurnik. Bones and Feathers”, cat., ed. Igor Bloch, pub. by Mazowieckie Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Elektrownia, Radom, 2022.
“Bielska Jesień. 45 Biennale Nalarstwa”, cat., Galeria Bielska, Bielsko-Biała, 2021.
“Ania Malinowska & Pola Dwurnik. Unhappy Ending. Poems for the Broken / Hearted”, poetry artbook, pub. by Apolonia Dwurnik, Warsaw, 2020.
“Wytrych. Wolna Inicjatywa Artystyczna”, No. 1 (21), spring-summer 2020, drawings in the whole magazine, pub. by Leszek Sobeczko, Rybnik, 2020.
“Przechwałki i pogróżki. Konflikt i jego mechanika w sztukach wizualnych w Polsce”, ed. Ł. Białkowski, P. Sikora, pub. by Trafostacja Sztuki, Szczecin, 2019.
“Apolonia Dwurnik’s pocket atlas of husbands” by Joanna Bator, pub. by Krupa Gallery, Warsaw, 2019.
“Rolke in Colou”, photography book of Tadeusz Rolke, pub. by Bosz, Olszanica, 2019, pp. 34–49.
“Pola Dwurnik. Pan Marcin”, artbook, pub. by Apolonia Dwurnik, Warsaw, 2019.
“The Palace of Art. Young Polish Painting”, cat., pub. by National Museum in Gdańsk, 2019, pp. 74–75.
“Biceps”, cartoon zine, ed. by Ł. Mazur, J. Jastrzębski, M. Trąbiński, No. 9 / September 2018, pp. 98–99.
“2017-1977=40”, anniversary cat., ed. by Joanna Dudek, BWA Galeria Sztuki im. Jana Tarasina, Kalisz, 2018.
“Tyle razy się zarzekałam”, drawing in the art magazine “Szum”, No. 21, summer-autumn 2018, pp. 36–37.
“Lace. Tradition – Reaktivation”, cat., ed. by M. Hankus, Muzeum Historyczne Miasta Krakowa, Cracow, 2018.
“2018 diary”, with texts by Daniela Pfeil, pub. by Apolonia Dwurnik, Warsaw, 2017.
“Art in Art”, ed. by M. A. Potocka, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków, 2017.
“Tomasz Majeran. Koty. Podręcznik użytkownika”, pub. by Wydawnictwo Wolno, Lusowo, 2017.
“L’arte differente: MOCAK al MAXXI”, pub. by MOCAK and Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo, Cracow-Rome, 2016.
“Pola Dwurnik. A Song for Wojtek (I Will Defeat Every Guy)”, pub. by Wrocław Contemporary Museum, 2016.
“Malarki”, pub. by Galeria Biała Centrum Kultury w Lublinie, Lublin, 2015.
“XXIV Festiwal Ars Cameralis”, pub. by Instytucja Kultury Ars Cameralis, Katowice, 2015.
“Maria Poprzęcka. Masterpieces of Polish Painting”, pub. by Wydawnictwo Arkady, Warsaw, 2015.
“Rolke”, photography book of Tadeusz Rolke, ed. by A. Rottenberg and M. Płażewska, pub. by Bosz, Olszanica, 2015.
“Centrum poza centrum”, ed. by J. Rezpka-Dziedzic and Ł. Dziedzic, pub. by Galeria Szara, Cieszyn, 2015.
“Maria Poprzęcka 珠玉のポーランド絵画 Masterpieces of Polish Painting”, Japanese edition, pub. by Sogen-sha + Arkady, Warsaw, 2014.
“Profession: Curator”, ed. by M. Kosińska, K. Sikorska, A. Czaban, pub. by Galeria Arsenał, Poznań, 2014.
“Drawing Magazine” No. 3, pub. by Marta Pieczonko, Natalia Kulka, 2014.
“Pola Dwurnik. Girl on Canvas”, ed. by P. Dwurnik and I. Kaszyńska, pub. by Apolonia Dwurnik, Warsaw, 2013.
“Rose Is a Rose”, ed. by Ewa Łączyńska-Widz and Jadwiga Sawicka, BWA w Tarnowie, 2013.
“Woman of Marble”, Galeria Manhattan, Łódź, 2013.
“The MOCAK Collection III”, ed. by M. Kozioł, M.A. Potocka, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków, 2013.
“Preto No Branco #2”, ed. by Tiago Baptista, Lisbon, 2013.
“The Day is Not Enough”, Wrocław Contemporary Museum, Wrocław, 2013.
“Economics in Art”, ed. by M. A. Potocka, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków, 2013.
“Time of Collage”, ed. by Marta Czyż, Galeria Kordegarda, National Culture Center, Warsaw, 2013.
“Drawing Is Coming Back in a Big Way”, Galeria Arsenał, Białystok, 2012.
“Mocak Forum”, No. 4 (2012), Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków, 2012.
“Pola Dwurnik. Apolonia’s Erotic Garden”, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków, 2012.
“The MOCAK Collection II”, ed. by M. Kozioł, M.A. Potocka, Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków, 2012.
“The Knot. An Experiment on Collaborative Art in Public Urban Space”, Jovis Verlag, Berlin, 2011.
“IT! The Worst Magazine Ever” #5, Maryna Tomaszewska, Warsaw, 2011.
“Obok – Nebenan. Das Polnische Kulturprogramm in Berlin”, Berliner Festspiele, Berlin, 2011.
“Political Accident” by Maria Anna Potocka, Delikatesy, Cracow, 2010.
“Mini Manual”, ed. by Anna Bargiel, Galeria Bunkier Sztuki, Cracow, 2010.
“Fukt Magazine for Contemporary Drawing” #8/9, Revolver Publishing by VVV, Berlin, 2010.
“77 Art Works with a Story”, 40000 Malarzy and Fundacja Bęc Zmiana, Warsaw, 2010.
“Wioletta Grzegorzewska. Inne obroty”, Polish Publishers Fund in Canada and Fraza Association, 2010.
“Like A Rolling Stone”, Centre of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko and CCA Elektrownia, Radom, 2009.
“Polish Alphabet 1”, BWA Galeria Miejska in Tarnów, Tarnów, 2009.
“Solists. Anthology of Women’s Poetry 1989–2009”, SDK, Warsaw, 2009.
“Pola Dwurnik. Gossip Column”, Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, 2008.
“Anonyme Zeichner No. 9”, Bluetenweiss, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, 2008.
“Pola Dwurnik. Young Cracow Painters”, Galeria Potocka, Cracow, 2008.
“Pola Dwurnik. Living in Basel”, Christoph Merian Verlag, Basel, 2007.
“Młodzi z Warszawy”, Miejska Galeria Sztuki w Łodzi, Łódź, 2007.
“Polish Painting of the 21th Century”, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, 2006.
“Pola Dwurnik: Painting/Malerei”, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel, 2005.
“Pola Dwurnik. Portrety banknotów”, Galeria Nova, Cracow, 2004.
“Pola Dwurnik. Świetlica”, Galeria Raster, Warsaw, 2003.
“Pola Dwurnik. It Was August…”, GARBa, Montescaglioso, 2003.
“Pola Dwurnik. Inflacja”, Galeria Zakręt, Warsaw, 2002.
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Interviews, Reviews and Texts by Various Authors (Selection)
“AD Cafe x Pola Dwurnik”, Interview by Magda Mazur, podcast “AD Cafe”, AD Polska, 13.06.2026.
“Zawsze będą ludzie pragnący kontaktu ze sztuką”, Interview by Katarzyna Staszewicz, “Aktyvist’’, No. 218/2026, pp. 24-29.
“Czytanie poezji i słuchanie audiobooków w czasach AI? Tak robi Pola Dwurnik”, interview by Justyna Sobolewska, podcast “Polityka o książkach”, 15.11.2025.
A. Wójtowicz, “Co zrobił Polsce komiks. „W szerokim kadrze. Komiks polski po transformacji” w Bunkrze Sztuki”, Magaxyn Szum, 34/2025, 22.08.2025.
“Jakie wyzwania stoją przed dziećmi artystów“, interview by Maja Michalak, podcast “Sztuka poza ramami”, E4, SIV, 14.11.2024.
“Mecenas i jego życzenia”, odc. 4 podcastu „Szturm sztuk” prod. Vogue Polska, rozmowa Anny Theiss, 29.04.2022.
“Nie warto fałszować obrazów”, interview by Tomasz Barański, “Angora”, No. 14, 3.04.2022, pp. 52-53.
Interview by Igor Bloch, YouTube, Mazowieckie Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Elektrownia, Radom, March 2022.
„Myślę, że sztuki trzeba bronić, trzeba ją robić najlepiej jak się potrafi i wychodzić z nią do ludzi”, interview by Ewelina Walczak, Radio Radom, radio and podcast, 25.02.2022.
Igor Bloch, “Trailing Pola”, “Pola Dwurnik. Bones and Feathers”, pub. by Mazowieckie Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Elektrownia, Radom, 2022.
Anna Theiss, “Into the Self: Bones and Feathers by Apolonia Dwurnik”, “Pola Dwurnik. Bones and Feathers”, pub. by Mazowieckie Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Elektrownia, Radom, 2022.
Daniel Ożga, “Paneling”, “Pola Dwurnik. Bones and Feathers”, pub. by Mazowieckie Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Elektrownia, Radom, 2022.
Panel discussion “Akt miłosny, akt twórczy, czyli co łączy sztukę i seks” (with B. Baran and M. Pozdał), moderated by Hanna Rydlewska, Vouge Polska, Fundacja Sexed.pl and Krupa Gallery, YouTube and online, Wrocław, 10.06.2021.
“Wyszło jak wyszło. Porażka i słabość / Things turned out the way they did: failure and weakness”, ed. Xawery Stańczyk, 2021.
“Bombowiczki i inne wizualne autonarracje”, interview by M. Szcześniak with A. Baumgart, H. Martin and P. Dwurnik, “View. Theories and Practices of Visual Culture (Widok. Teorie i Praktyki Kultury Wizualnej)”, ed. by Katarzyna Bojarska and Iwona Kurz, No. 23 (2019): Force of Women, pub. by Widok. Fundacja Kultury Wizualnej, Warsaw, 2019.
Agnieszka Berlińska and Daria Pawelska, “Pola Dwurnik ściga się z czasem”, interview, „KukBuk”, No. 6/2019, pp. 92-99.
Drawings in poetry zin “Puef-Puf. Magazyn transcendentalno-irracjonalnych turpistów”, No. 26, Katowice, 2019.
“Pola i jej rybnickie historie”, “Gazeta Rybnicka”, No. 10/579/2019, pp. 34-35.
Maria Markiewicz, “To me painting is celebration of life. Interview with Pola Dwurnik, “Contemporary Lynx”, online issue, 20.09.2019.
Karolina Plinta, “Pola Dwurnik. Spotkaj artystkę, Girl on Canvas”, art magazine “Szum”, No. 22, autumn-winter 2018, pp. 154-156.
Krystyna Kuczyńska, “Kobiety i sztuka (Women and Art)”, cultural magazine “Odra”, No. MMXVIII/2018, pp. 82-85.
Michał Rusinek, “Czy rządzi nami kot?” (“is a Cat in Charge of Us?”, “Miesięcznik Znak”, No. 749 (10/2017), pp. 106-107.
Annette Hoffmann, “Der Albtraum der Olympia”, “Basler Zeitung”, 27.05.2017, p. 14.
Andreas Blättler, “The gracefulness of the surface – a spectacle of a spectacle”, text for the exhibition “Langwidere Series”, Galerie Idea-Fixa, Basel, 05-07.2017.
“Nie czuję zapachu terpentyny”, interiew by Łukasz Saturczak, “Enter the ROOM x G’rls ROOM”, 23.04.2017.
“Od ponad dwóch lat nie ulegam namiętności” – Pola Dwurnik anserws the questions by “Nowa Orgia Myśli” (“The New Orgy of Thoughts”), 13.12.2016.
Katarzyna Zahorska, “To talk with Drawings” (Mówić rysunkiem)”, “Magazyn O.pl”, 13.02.2016.
Ewa Trzcionka, “Before (Przed)”, “Design Alive”, No. 17 (winter 2015/2016), pp. 44-49.
Łukasz Saturczak, “It is now that I’ve become rebel (Dopiero teraz się buntuję)”, “Newsweek (Poland)”, 4/2016, pp. 86-89.
Andrzej Matras, “Wroclaw Contemporary Museum – Pola Dwurnik”, blog “Śrem i okolice”, 24.01.2016.
“Ironic-erotic Drawings by Pola Dwurnik (Ironiczno–erotyczne rysunki Poli Dwurnik)”, blog on art “Artystyczne spojrzenie”, 21.01.2016.
Zuzanna Sokołowska, “Orgies and Other Pleasures (Orgie i inne uciechy)”, “ArtPapier”, No. 24 (288), 15.01.2016.
“A scandalous Pola Dwurnik? (Skandalistka Pola Dwurnik?)”, blog on art “Artystyczne spojrzenie”, 7.12.2015.
Klaudia Dąbrowska, “Before is important”, Interview with Pola Dwurnik, “Portal Katowicki”, 12.11.2015.
Łukasz Białkowski, Interview with Pola Dwurnik, “Ultramaryna”, November 2015, p. 53.
Anna Batko, “Look, son, this is how Salceson looks like. Morphology of the Floor in City Art Gallery in Kalisz”, “Magazyn Szum”, 3.10.2015.
Ellison, “The Surreal Menagerie of Pola Dwurnik”, art blog “Artists Inspire Artists”, 13.04.2015.
Paulina Olszewska, “The one, who is married to painting”, text for the exhibition “Alcinas Island”, Galerie Idea-Fixa, Basel, 2-4.2015.
“Girl on Canvas (with a Weasel)”, interview by Paweł Dunin-Wąsowicz, “Lampa”, 9-10/2014, pp. 1-11.
“Alternative History of the World”, interview by Julia Harasimowicz, “Magazyn. Portal kulturalny”, 6.11.2014.
“Pola Dwurnik – Milion of Fireworks”, Blog “La Violette”, Brussels, 6.10.2014.
Marta Szymańska, “I Look at Things Like at Living Creatures…”, interview, “Blog Designersko.pl”, 2.10.2014.
Krzysztof Jurecki, “Girl on Canvas”, “Exit”, No. 2 (98)/2014, pp. 6778-6779.
Paweł Dunin-Wąsowicz, “A-polonism, Two Times”, “Lampa”, No. 3-4/2014, p. 126.
Michał Rusinek, “Girl on Canvas”, essay, Xięgarnia.pl, 7.06.2014.
Paweł Brożyński, “The Way to the Stars and Back Again”, methodology seminar in Nieborów, 2012, pub. 2013, pp.195-205.
Joanna Furgalińska, “Cut with Moderation. On Art of Collage on the Occasion of Wisława Szymborska’s Exhibition”, blog Furgaleria, 14.03.2014.
Ula Jankowska, “Girl on Canvas, Dziewczyna na płótnie”, FUTU Paper, No. 1/2014, p. 50.
Marta Czyż, „In the World of Paintings by Pola Dwurnik”, „Kikimora”, No. 17 (winter 2013/2014), p. 117.
Maria Poprzęcka, “The Queen’s Robes”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 14-23.
Denise Grollmus, “I Am Married to Painting”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 26-37.
Olga Tokarczuk, “The Art of Consciousness”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 40-47.
Daniela Pfeil, “On Art”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 48-49.
Krzysztof Masiewicz, “After Midnight”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 50-53.
Krzysztof Visconti, “Breathe In, Breathe Out”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 54-67.
Anna Zawadzka, “A Serious Person”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 70-79.
Michał Kozłowski, “Who Is the Communist?”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 80-87.
Agata Araszkiewicz, “Blowballs, Kites…”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 90-99.
Jerzy Szygiel, “The Painter’s Baggage”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 102-105.
Izabela Kaszyńska, “Pola Goes to the Forest…”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 106-109.
Roman Dziadkiewicz, “Insomnia”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 112-117.
Artur Kinruwd according to O. and A. Zięta, “Marie’s Dream”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 120-125.
Karolina Wiktor, “***”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 128-131.
Andreas Blättler, “Lion Girl Pistol Love”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 134-135.
Konstanty F. Szydłowski, “Crime and Projection”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 138-141.
Ewa Toniak, “Offence”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 146-153.
Andrzej Depko, “Apolonia and Her Horse”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 156-171.
Joanna Erbel, “My Therapist Told Me…”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 174-187.
Maria Anna Potocka, “Psuchological Jungle”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 190-203.
Wojciech Kozłowski, “Have Mercy!!”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 204-207.
Monika Micewicz, “Peacock and Koala in Alcina’s Jungle”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 210-213.
Natalia Kaliś, “Psychological Forest”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 216-219.
Ruth Mitchell, “Strange Child. Revisited”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 222-228.
Ruth Mitchell, “Seven Deadly Sins”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 232-249.
Piotr Lachmann, “Ghost Pantomime”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 264-277.
Emilie Buri, “A Stranger from Berlin U-Bahn”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 280-285.
Jerzy Szygiel, “Praying to an Icon”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 288-293.
Ewa Łączyńska-Widz, “On Apolonia, who Stands on Both Sides of the Story”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 296-303.
Daniela Pfeil, “Sweet Revenge of the Bitter Lady Goldfish”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 304-309.
Michał Jachuła, “The Final Scene”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 312-321.
Adam Jastrzębski aka Ixi Color, “Queen of Animals Mika III”, “Girl on Canvas. Dziewczyna na płótnie”, Warsaw, 2013, pp. 324-327.
Barbara Kępa, “The Potential of a Lover”, “Format”, No. 66 (3/2013), pp. 68-69.
Katarzyna Nalezińska, “Rose Is a Rose – Exhibition Guide”, “Rose Is a Rose”, Galeria BWA in Tarnów, 2013, pp. 76-81.
Agata Dąbrowska, “Sharing Is the New Having. Design and the Art of Money”, “Kultura Liberalna”, 4.06.2013.
Stach Szabłowski, “Collage – reactivation”, „Zwierciadło” 5/2013, pp. 166-168.
“Audacious Theft in a Gallery at Krakowskie Przedmieście”, “WP.PL”, “Gazeta Wyborcza”, “TVN 24” and others, 11.-13.03.2013.
Alek Hudzik, “Time of Collage in Kordegarda”, “Dwutygodnik”, 3/2013.
Barbara Kępa, “Pola Dwurnik”, interview for “Blick” by “berlinerpool”, 13.02.2013.
Katarzyna Nalezińska, “How a Jobless Girl Can Afford Works by Pola Dwurnik and Rafał Bujnowski?”, “Art Bazaar”, 19.12.2012.
Monika Małkowska, “Money for Contemplation”, „Plus Minus Tygodnik Rzeczpospolitej”, 20-21.10.2012, p. 14.
“Men of My Life”, interview by Małgorzata Czyńska, „Wysokie Obcasy”, 15.09.2012, pp. 64-68.
Stanisław Ligas, “Three Times Yes”, “Trendy”, No. 3 (29)/2012, p. 71.
“In Pola Dwurnik’s Erotic Garden”, interview by Gabriela Cagiel, “Gazeta Wyborcza” – Kraków, 21.07.2012.
Cezary Polak, “Her Men Are Animals”, Kultura, „Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, 6.07.2012, p. 25.
“Painting is my Primaeval, Natural Way of Communicating”, interview by Monika Koziol, “Pola Dwurnik. Apolonia’s Erotic Garden”, Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków, 2012, pp. 12-15.
“Berlin by Pola Dwurnik”, interview by Krzysztof Visconti, Portal Point, January 2011.
Patrycja Jastrzębska, „Pola Dwurnik – Regarding the Death of Others”, ArtInfo.pl, 17.02.2010.
“Catharsis Through the Touch of Matter”, interview by Agnieszka Rayzacher, for the exhibition “Regarding the Death of Others”, Lokal_30 Gallery, Warsaw, January 2010.
Monika Kozioł, “I Am a Contemporary Artist…”, “Polish Alphabet 1”, BWA Galeria Miejska in Tarnów, Tarnów, 2009, pp. 42-49.
“You Live Within the Projects”, interview by Magdalena Rybak, „Sens”, No. 4/2009 (08-09/2009), pp. 126-127.
Karolina Kolenda, “The Seven Magnificent by Pola Dwurnik”, “Obieg”, 16.02.2009.
Adam Mazur, “Gossip Column”, “Pola Dwurnik. Gossip Column”, Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, 2008, pp. 5-7.
“Can Anything Else Be Added?”, interview by Andrzej Biernowski, “Pola Dwurnik. Gossip Column”, Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, 2008, pp. 9-13.
“Pola Dwurnik and the Seven Magnificent”, “Magnes”, 18.12.2008 (No. 295).
Joanna Weryńska, “Sasnal likes airplanes and Bujnowski cigarettes”, “Gazeta Krakowska” (Polska), 27.11.2008, p. 20.
Daria Maroń, “Ikonography in Pola Dwurnik’s Works”, “Exit”, No. 2(74)/2008, pp. 4806-4809.
Alicja Wysocka, “Breakfast Stories”, “Exklusiv”, No. 64 (05/2008), p. 62.
Anna Brzezińska, “Art Wall with Prudential”, “Życie Warszawy”, March 7, 2008.
Katarzyna Nowakowska, “Drawing Diary”, “Dziennik”, Dec 18, 2007 (No. 295/2007), p. 24.
Nicholas Kulish, “Wired Youth Aim to Sway Poland’s Vote”, “The New York Times”, Oct 21, 2007 (No. 54,104), p. 3.
Nicholas Kulish, “Youths fight election lethargy in Poland”, “International Herald Tribune”, Oct 19, 2007.
Anna Szczęsna, “Do Not Accept the Social Indiference!”, “Pistacja”, 06/2007 (Oct 2007).
Agnieszka Kowalska, “Artists Say: Vote!”, “Gazeta Wyborcza”, Oct 12, 2007, p. 23.
“Go to the Elections, it is the Eleventh Hour”, interview by Agnieszka Kowalska, “Gazeta Wyborcza” (“Stołeczna”), Sept 28, 2007, p. 2.
Emilie Buri, “The Poetry of the Hidden”, “Pola Dwurnik. Living in Basel”, Christoph Merian Verlag, Basel, 2007, pp. 3-8.
Kaja Pawełek, “Six Cubes to Play the Gallery Game”, folder-poster of the exhibition “Apolonia Art Gallery”, Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, June 2007.
“I Am a Sinner” – interview by Beata Zimnicka, “Twój Styl”, 05/2007 (No. 202), p. 149.
“On Hormons and Pride”, “Notes.na.6.tygodni”, No. 31 (April 2007), pp. 26-27.
“Teenager with a Hormonal Storm” – interview by Artur Kinruwd, text for the exhibition “I Had a Boyfriend from Zielona”, Galeria BWA in Zielona Góra, March 2007.
“Pola Dwurnik: Without Prudish”, interview by Hanna Rydlewska, “Exklusiv”, No. 50 (3/2007).
“Choosing the Right Brain”, interview by Bogna Świątkowska, “Notes.na.6.tygodni”, No. 30 (2007).
“Pola Dwurnik”, interview by Barbara Strebel, “ArtCast”, podcast based in Basel (http://www.artcast.ch), Sept 10, 2005.
Adrian Aebi, “In Basel und in der Zeit – Pola Dwurnik im Ausstellungsraum Klingental”, “Bazkulturmagazin” (“Basler Zeitung”), August 11, 2005, pp. 22-23.
Eugene Datta, text in the catalogue “Pola Dwurnik: Painting/Malerei”, Basel 2005.
Robert Schiess, text in the catalogue “Pola Dwurnik: Painting/Malerei”, Basel 2005.
Adam Gawęda, “The Ordinary Life – with a Cartoon. Artists from Raster and their Cartoons”, “Zeszyty Komiksowe”, October 2004 (No. 2), pp. 51-52.
Katarzyna Rzehak, “Drawings Listened In”, “Twój Styl”, 03/2004 (No. 164).
Jacek Tomczuk, “City Magazine”, 02/2004.
Paweł Dunin-Wąsowicz, “In the Common Room of Art”, “Przekrój”, 02/3055 (11.01.2004).
Magdalena Ujma, “Double Frankness”, Bunkier Sztuki online.
Anna Bugajska, “Portraits of Banknotes”, “Gazeta Wyborcza”/Cracow, 31.12.2003.
“Pola Dwurnik and Banknotes”, “Dziennik Polski”, 16.12.2003 (No. 292/18085).
“Co jest grane”, “Gazeta Wyborcza” – Kraków, 11.12.2003.
Stach Szabłowski, “City Magazine”, 04/2003.
Marcin Hołota, “Dlaczego”, 01/2003, p. 37.
Agnieszka Maria Wasieczko, “Elle”, 01/2003.
Tomasz Fudala, “Great Poles in the Time of Inflation”, text in the catalogue “Pola Dwurnik. Inflacja”, Galeria Zakręt, 12.2002.
Interview by Adam Jastrzębski in the catalogue “Pola Dwurnik. Inflacja”, Galeria Zakręt, 12.2002.
Dorota Kalinowska, “Na zakręcie”, “Uniwersytet”, 12/2002.
Agnieszka Kowalska, “Sztuka na zakręcie”, “Gazeta Stołeczna”, 17.10.2002.
Stach Szabłowski, “Nowa galeria. Energia Zakrętu”, “City Magazine”, 10/2002.
“Hommage à Paul Klee”, National Museum in Warsaw, 2001, pp. 39-41.
Krzysztof Biegała, review of my movie “The Room”, “Alo!Alo!”, 1998.
Ewa Piasecka, interview in the book “Jabłko od Jabłoni”, Wydawnictwo Łódzkie, 1990, pp. 164-167.
“Pracownia Dziekanka 1976-1987”, ed. by T. Sikorski, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, 1990, pp. 80-81.
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Texts by the Artist (Including Song Lyrics)
“Przy radioodbiorniku”, “Dwurnik / Drowniak. Inspiracje”, cat., pub. by Muzeum Ziemi Sądeckiej, Nowy Sącz, 2025, pp. 11-19.
“Zasnę dopiero nad ranem”, “Art Monitor”, 2024/2025, p. 36.
Funeral speech dedicated to Edward Dwurnik, art magazine “Postmedium”, No. 1, 2019, pp. 301-304.
Text dedicated to father, Edward Dwurnik, art magazine “Szum”, No. 24, 2019, pp. 32-33.
“Uniesienie czarownicy Alcyny przez białe praki” / “The Uplifting of the Sorceress Alcina by the White Birds”, “Nowa Orgia Myśli”, 25.11.2017.
“Będzie cudownie / It’ll Be Wonderful (Olifant)”, song lyrics for Cosmic Parrot, Warsaw, 2017.