Marta Bosowska

Marta Bosowska is an academic and artist affiliated with the University of Arts in Poznań, where she works at the Performance Art Studio. Her roles include curatorial work, teaching, and organizing performance art festivals. She co-founded the Performance Art Foundation in Poland.

• Born: 1984 in Kościan
• Education: Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań (Faculty of Artistic Education and Faculty of Sculpture and Spatial Action)
• Current Positions: Assistant at the 7th Studio of Sculpture and Spatial Activities – Performance, University of Arts in Poznań

Research Interests: Her practice explores themes of memory, presence/absence, ritual, and the relationship between place, time, and history. She focuses on transforming performance remnants into autonomous installations or objects, emphasizing site-specific contexts and documentation strategies.

Teaching & Curatorial Work: She conducts workshops and lectures on performance art, coordinates festivals like EPAF and ARSenal, and has organized international collaborations (e.g., BBeyond in Belfast, Royal College of Art meetings). Notably, she co-created Poland’s first performance art archive.

Exhibitions & Projects: Active in solo/collective exhibitions globally, including the ARSenal Festival in Bialystok and the Convulsion exhibition. Her works like Hollow Acid Prayers and Rest of the rest highlight her engagement with historical and psychological narratives.