Marta Deskur was born in Krakow in 1962 and studied at the École de Beaux Arts, Aix-en-Provence. She received the Diplôme National Superieur d’expression plastique in 1998. Her latest work, Rodzina (Family) has been exhibited in Poland at the Goethe Institute and elsewhere in Europe.

Interview with Marta Deskur by Koan Jeff Baysa, Independent Curator.Web project New Baby? was created during Marta Deskur’s residency at Location One

Location One gratefully acknowledges The Trust for Mutual Understanding and The Asian Cultural Council for their invaluable support of the International Residency Program.

MARTA DESKUR
Born in 1962, Krakow, Poland.

1983-1988 — studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, in Aix-en-Provence, France,

1988 – Diplom National Superieur d’expresion plastique,1989-1990 — conducted the class of drawing at the School of Fine Arts, Aix-en-Provence, 1992 — „ Artist en residence” Escuela de Deseno, Altos de Chavon, Dominikana, 1998 — “Transfer” — scholarship of the Kultursekretariat Nordrhein-Westfalden “Artist en residence”, Bonn, and Munchengladbach,Germany.1999 — The Vardo-Seminar Fundation, Riga, Latva, 2000 — scholarship of the Kunstlerdorf Schoppingen, Germany, lives in Kraków.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS :

1991 – Galerie Caroline Serero, Marsylia, Francja,

Dziekanka Gallery, Warszawa, Poland

1992 – Modus, Galeria Zderzak, Kraków, Poland

1994 – Au Dela de Marie-Madeleine, Galeria Zderzak, Kraków, Poland

1995 – Irrelations, GaleriaKronika, Bytom / Galeria Grodzka, Lublin,

1996 – Krzysztofory Gallery, Krakow, Poland

Somebody else is using your eyes, Galeria Zderzak, Kraków, Poland

Human clear, Center of Contemporary Arts, Ujazdowski Castel, Warszawa, Poland

1997 – Memory : Slogans, Krzysztofory Gallery, Kraków Poland

1998 – Human —clear, Soros Center for Contemporary Arts, Prague, Czech Repablic

This is Klara and this is me, Pico, Zacheta Gallery, Warszawa, Poland

1999- Family, Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok, Poland

Visitation, Potocka Gallery, Krakow, Poland

Family, Goethe Institut, Krakow, Poland

2000
Family, The Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, Krakow, Poland
Family, Polnisches Institut Leipzig, Lipsk, Germany

Marta vol 1 and many more, F/6 Gallery Kunstlerdorf Schoppingen, Germany

2001- This is Klara and this is me Pico, 400 Gallery, Chicago, USA

Family, Centre of Contemporary Art Laznia, Gdanck, Poland

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS :

1989 — Vasarely Fondation, Aix-en-Provence, France

1991 – We are, Zacheta Gallery, Warszawa, Poland

1992 – A Sketch to the Gallery of Contemporary Art, National Museum, Warszawa, Poland

– Cultural Center Foundation,Altos de Chavon, Dominikana,

1994 — Constraction in Proces Lonz, Poland

1995 – New I’s for New Years, Kunstelerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany

1996 – Horizons Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea

1997 – Horizons, Chosun Ilbo Gallery, Seul, Korea,

Novalog, The Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, Kraków, Poland

/ Paulinke Ulfe Berlin, Germany,

1998 – Transfer, National Museum-Krolikarnia, Warszawa, Poland/Wyspa Progress Gallery Foundation, Gdansk, Poland/ The Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, Kraków, Poland / Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Germany / Museum Bochum, Germany / Kunsthale Bielefeld, Riccherd Kaselowski Haus, Germany

1999 – Art Negotiators faced with reality, Center of Contemporary Art Laznia, Gdanck, Pl

2000 – Wanted- International video program, The Bunkier Sztuki Cont. art Galery, Krakow,

Scen 2000, Center of Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castel, Warszawa, Poland

2001 — In Between-Art from Poland, 400 Gallery, Chicago, USA

Art Negotiators faced with reality, The Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, Krakow, Poland

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

CATALOGUES OF SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

*M. Deskur, X. Wolski, tekst/text : Urszula Czartoryska, BWA Szczecin, 1991

*Marta Deskur, tekst/text : Maria Morzuch, Stowarzyszenie Wspólnota Polska, Kraków, 1993

*Deskur — Au dela de Marie-Madeleine, tekst/text : Tomasz Grylewicz, Galeria Zderzak, Kraków, 1994

*Marta Deskur. Irrelacje, teksty/texts ; Poza — Swiaty. Rozmowa Wita Kopytki z Martą Deskur ( oprac./elab.:Jarosław Suchan); Jarosław Suchan, De Relatinibus, Galeria Kronika, Bytom, 1995

*Rodzina/Family M. Deskur, tekst: Piotr Rypson „Marty Deskur Obrazy, Cytaty, Pytania“,Galeria Arsenal, Bialystok, 1999

*Rodzina/Famil M. Deskur The Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, teksty/texts: Jaroslaw Suchan, wywiad z Maria Morzuch, cz. II, Piotr Pypson „Pamiec, Przyszlosc, Przedstawienie”, Jan Simon „Skad przyjezdzamy? Gdzie parkujemy? Dokad jedziemy? Sztuka M.Deskur a poszukiwanie sensu w sytuacji ponowoczesnej”Krakow 2000

CATALOGUES OF GROUP EXHIBITIONS

*Jestesmy, Galeria Zacheta, Warszawa, 1991

*Abattoirs 91, tekst/text: Urszula Czartoryska, Marsylia, 1991

*Artistas en Residenca, Galeria Principal, Altos de Chavon, Dominikana

*Zywioly, tekst/text: Urszula Czartoryska, Panstwowa Galeria Sztuki w Lodzi, 1993

*Wspolrzedne Mikolajska 20, Krakow, 1993

*Ikonopres, Zamek Ksiazat Pomorskich, Szczecin, 1994

*New I’s for New Years, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin / CSW Warszawa, 1995

*Unter einem Dach, Klosterstrasse 68-70, Podewil, Berlin, 1995

*Impact avan-garde cracovienne apres 1945, Instytut Polski w Paryzu, 1996

*Horizons,14 Polish Contermporary Artists, tekst/text : Piotr Rypson; Sonije Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea / Muzeum Sztuki w Lodzi,1996

*News from Cracow, Pecsi Galeria, Pecs, 1997

*Transfer, Muzeum Narodowe, Warszawa / Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, 1998

*Negocjatorzy Sztuki wobec Rzeczywistosci, tekst/text: Bozena Czubak “Wobec Rzeczywistosci”, Maria Morzuch Rozmowa cz I CSW Laznia, Gdansk / Bunkier Sztuki Galeria Sztuki Wspolczesnej, 2000

*Scena 2000 , tekst/text: Stach Szablowski, CSW Zamek Ujazdowski , Warszawa, 2000

PERIODICALS:

*Obieg nr 55-56, Warszawa 1993, Lukasz Guzek Na Mikolajskiej strasza duchy (sztuki wspolczesnej). Wspolrzedne.

*Obieg nr 59-60, Warszawa 1994, Jaroslaw Suchan Przeczucie obecnosci.

*New Observations nr 102, Nowy York 1994, Marta Deskur Voice from Krakow.

*Art&Business nr 8-7, Warszawa 1996, Agnieszka Chmura Jasna strona czlowieka.

*Balkon Contemporary Art Magazine nr 1, 2, Budapeszt 1997, Piotr Rypson Marta Deskur kepei, idezetei, kerdesei.

*Art&Business nr 1-2, Warszawa 1997, Barbara Wroblewska-Bogon Widzialne I niedotykalne

*Znak Krakow 1998, Jan Michalski Ukrywamy sie na wolnosc (I transformujemy).

*Exit nr 1, Warszawa 1999, Maria Anna Potocka, Transfer Polnocna Nadrenia Westfalia — Polska.

*Polish Artists’Books in the 1990s and Three Libraries, Piotr Rypson, , [in:] Studies in Modern Russian and Polish Culture and Bibliography. Essays in Honor of Wojciech Zalewski, ed. Lazar Fleishman. Stanford Slavic Studies v. 20. Stanford 1999, 314-23

*Ksiazki I Strony Piotr Rypson, CSW Zamek Ujazdowski Warszawa 2000

*Przekroj nr 21/2865 Zbylut Grzywacz Rodzina w Bunkrze

*Ha Art wiosna 1(3) 2000, Monika Trzoslo Materia Zycia

*Opcje nr 6(35) 2000, Ralph Rugoff Widzowie potrzebni od zaraz, Joanna Mytkowska Impresja 2000, Adam Szymczyk Robie Scene

*Sztuka Kobiet Galeria Bielska BWA, Bozena Czubak W zmieniaonej roli miejscu plci..

WORK IN COLLECTION;

NATIONAL MUSEUM IN WARSAW, Poland

COLLECTION VACANCES BLEUE MARSEILLE, France

THE ALTOS DE CHAVON CULTURAL CENTER FOUNDATION, Dominikana Republic

CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ART ZAMEK UJAZDOWSKI, Warsow, Poland

SONJE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS COLLECTION, Korea

MUSEUM BOCHUM, Germany

ZACHETA GALLERY, Warsow, Poland

MUSEUM SZTUKI IN LODZ, Lodz, Poland

ARSENAL GALLERY, Bialystok, Poland

CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ART LAZNIA, Gdansk, Poland

CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM IN NIEPOLOMICE / POTOCKA GALLERY, Krakow, Poland

TERESA & ANDRZEJ STARMACH COLLECTION, Krakow, Poland

THE BUNKIER SZTUKI, GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY ART COLLECTION