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Rumas, Robert
Born in 1966 in Kielce, Robert Rumas lives and works in Gdańsk. As a curator and artist provocateur, he is one of the main representatives of the city’s artist movements. From 1987 to 1991 he studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. He is co-founder of Gdańsk’s Wyspa Gallery, which he directed from 1988 to 1990. He has been awarded fellowships from the Batory Foundation (1993) and the Krasner Foundation, New York (1998). As a curator he worked for the State Gallery of Art in Sopot (1993-1995), the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujadzowski Castle in Warsaw (1995), the Baltic Sea Culture Centre in Gdańsk (1996-2001), and Łaźnia Centre for Contemporary Arts in Gdańsk (2001-2002). His works include installations, performances, and activities in public space. Frequently he draws on religious symbolism and provocatively places devotional objects outside their intended contexts.
Exhibitions (selection):
“Europa, Europa”, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Bonn), 1994; “New I's for New Years”, Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin), 1995; “After the Wall”, Moderna Museet (Stockholm), 1999, Museum Ludwig (Budapest), 2000; “Roads to Liberty”, Gdańsk Shipyard, 2000; “In Between: Art from Poland, 1945-2000”, Chicago Cultural Center, 2001; “Mare Balticum”, National Museum (Copenhagen), 2002.
Publications (selection):
“Art from Poland”, 1998; “Piotr Piotrowski: Art after the politics, negotiation of art facing reality”, catalogue, Łaznia Centre for Contemporary Art (Gdańsk), 2000; “Małgorzata Lisiewicz: Borders”, catalogue, 2001.
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