Curriculum vitae

Ana Rewakowicz

Born in Poland, Lives and works in Montreal and Paris

Ana Rewakowicz is an interdisciplinary artist/researcher known for her stimulating, interactive, inflatable works that question our relationship with the body, architecture and the environment. She is concerned with issues of sustainability and interdisciplinarity as an opportunity for social transformation. Rewakowicz has works in permanent collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome (MACRO, Italy), Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal (Montreal) and Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (Quebec) and has exhibited nationally and abroad, including at the Copernicus Science Museum (Warsaw, Poland), Bienal del Fin del Mondo (Mar Del Plata, Argentina), ISEA 2014 (Dubai, UAE), Foundation Stiftelsen 3,14 (Bergen, Norway), Anchorage Museum (Alaska, USA), Pori Art Museum (Finland) and La Maison Europénne de la Photographie (Paris, France). She is the recipient of many grants and awards, including a Long Term Grant from the Canada Council for the Arts, awarded only twice in a lifetime. Her artworks have been included in national and international publications, most recently in an anthology about inflatable architecture and design – Bubbletecture (Phaidon, 2019), as well as two documentary films: Microtopia by Swedish director Jesper Wachtmeister (2013) and Man Ray et les équations shakespeariennes, directed by Quentin Lazzarotto (2019).

ARTISTIC RESEARCH

Selected Exhibitions

Solo [S]

  • 2021 Arte e Natura Opere dalle collezioni capitoline di arte contemporanea, Museo Bilotti, Rome, Italy [curator: Antonia Rita Arconti]
  • 2020 ISEA 2020, International Symposium on Electronic Art, Montreal, QC, Canada[Online]
  • Unbearable Lightness of Objects, Fundaçao Eugénio de Almeida, Evora, Portugal [curator: Monika Bakke]
  • 2019 Voltaje Festival, San Juan de Dios Hospital, Bogota, Colombia [curator: Carmen Gil Vrolijk]
  • 2018 Nephelograph (Mist Impressions) and Through the Looking Mist, Nuit Blanche, Paris, France
  • Power Ball XX: Carousal, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada
  • 2017 Voices: Artists on Art, 2017 – 1967: contemporary art 50 years after Sculpture '67, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Canada [curators: Yvonne Lammerich & Ian Carr-Harris]
  • 2016 In Conversation: Art and Science, Centre Intermondes, La Rochelle, France [S]
  • BIOTOPE, Maison de la culture Côte des-neiges, Montreal, QC, Canada [curator: Caroline Richard]
  • Imagined Futures, Stewart Hall Gallery, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada [curator: Manel Benchabane]
  • 2015 LSS (Life Support System), Galerie B312, Montreal, QC, Canada [S]
  • Przemiany Festival, Copernicus Science Museum, Warsaw, Poland [curator: Joanna Lesmian]
  • 2014 ISEA 2014, International Symposium on Electronic Art, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • Bienal del fin del mundo, Mar del Plata, Argentina [curator: Vittoria Biasi]
  • Visualization of the Ponte Rotto Project, Festival del cinema, Rome, Italy [S]
  • Mostra, British School at Rome, Rome, Italy
  • 2013 Ponte Rotto, Polish Institute, Rome, Italy [S]
  • Participatory Structures, At Home Gallery, Samorin, Slovak Republic [curator: Lidia Pribisova] [S]
  • Air Condition, Stiftelsen 3,14, Bergen, Norway [curator: Pia Torgensen] [S]
  • 2012 Living in a bubble, Label 201 Gallery, Rome, Italy, [curator: Elena Abbiatici] [S]
  • True North, Anchorage Museum of Art, Anchorage, Alaska, USA [curator: Julie Decker]
  • Spazi Aperti, Romanian Academy in Rome, Italy [curator: Eleonora Farina]
  • Fashionality: Dress and Identity in Contemporary Canadian Art, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Canada [curator: Julia Pine]
  • 2011 Here is not there, Expression, Centre d'exposition de Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada [S]
  • Mobile Habitat, Joyce Yahouda Gallery, Montreal, QC, Canada [S]
  • 2010 Living space - Unusual Experience, CSW Laznia, Gdansk, Poland [curator: Agnieszka Wolodzko]
  • Bare House, Pori Art Museum, Finland [curator: Annu Wilenius]
  • 2009 Festival @rt Outsiders, Maison Européenne de la Photographie à Paris, France [curator: Jean-Luc Soret]
  • Slow Wave, EMPAC Rensselaer, Troy, NY, USA
  • FREEZE, Delaney Park, Anchorage, Alaska Design Forum, USA [curator: Julie Decker]
  • 2008 Conversation Bubble, Stiftelsen 3,14, Bergen, Norway [S]
  • Vue sur Québec, Liverpool Biennial, UK [curator: Lisanne Nadeau]
  • Site Visits, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Canada [curator: Ivan Jurakic]
  • Manif d’art 4, La Biennale de Québec, QC
  • 2007 Dressware 2, AKA Artist Run Centre, Saskatoon, Canada [S]
  • Wild – Fantasy and Architecture, Wäinö Aaltonen Museo, Turku, Finland [curator: Jan-Erik Andersson]
  • Sonar 3, Cafka – Contemporary Art Forum, Kitchener, Canada
  • 2006 Dressware and other inflatables, Foreman Art Gallery, Bishop’s University, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada [curator: Gaetane Verna] [S]
  • Canada Dreaming, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Germany
  • CAMP(sites), London Museum, London, Canada [curator: Melanie Townsend] and Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum, Charlottetown, Canada
  • Blown, Dunlop, Regina & Kenderdine Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada [curator: Donna Wawrzonek]
  • 2005 A Modern Day Nomad who Moves as She Pleases, Plein Sud, Longueuil, QC, Canada [S]
  • Ice Dome project, Fonderie Darling, Montreal, QC, Canada [S]
  • L’Envers des apparences, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Canada [curator: Gilles Godmer]
  • 2004 Travelling with my inflatable room, public performances across Canada [S] Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC Artspeak, Vancouver, BC
  • Wearable Experience, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn, Estonia
  • Buy-sellf, ALaPlage, Toulouse, France
  • Biennale Nationale de Sculpture Contemporaine, Trois-Rivières, Canada[curator: Gaston St. Pierre]
  • Performance et photographie: Shoot, Dazibao, Montreal, QC, Canada [curator: France Choinière]
  • 2003 Air Space, YYZ Artists' Outlet Gallery, Toronto, Canada [S]
  • Vitae, Mexico City, Mexico
  • 2002 Faites de beaux rêves, Musée National des beaux-arts du Québec, QC, Canada [S]
  • Uniblow Outifts, Khyber Centre, Halifax, NS [S]
  • La demeure, Optica, Montreal, QC, Canada [curator: Marie Fraser]
  • 2001 Inside Out, La Chambre Blanche, Quebec City, QC, Canada
  • Oasis, Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, QC, Canada
  • Tissus Urbains, Conseil des arts textiles du Québec, Montreal, QC, Canada

Residencies

  • 2019 Global Lab – Foisie Innovation Studio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA, USA
  • 2018 La Wayaka Residency, Coyo community, Atacama Desert, Chile
  • 2017 Cité Internationale des arts, Paris, France
  • 2015 International residency at Récollets, Paris, France
  • 2014 British School at Rome, Italy
  • LadHyx Laboratory, École Polytechnique, Paris, France
  • 2009 AIR STEIM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 2008 AIR TAIK, School of Art and Media, Pori, Finland
  • 2007 Ted Harrison Artist Retreat Society, Whitehorse, Yukon
  • 2006 Finnish Artists’ Studio Foundation, Helsinki, Finland
  • Art Omi International, Ghent, NY, USA
  • 2005 This Neck of the Woods, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  • 2004 Informal Architecture, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada
  • AIR FoAM, Brussels, Belgium
  • 2003 New Works Residency, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada

Collections

  • Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome (MACRO, Italy), Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (Quebec), Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (Quebec), Stanley Mills Collection (Montreal), Musée d’art de Joliette (Quebec). Private collections in Canada and USA.

Grants / Awards

  • 2016 - 2020 Doctoral Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Canada (SSRHC)
  • 2019 Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
  • 2018 Residency Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
  • 2017 Residency Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
  • 2016 Research and Creation Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
  • 2015 Residency Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
  • Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council of the Arts
  • 2014 Research and Creation Grant, Diadonale Paris-Saclay, France
  • Research and Creation Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
  • 2013 Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council of the Arts
  • Development Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
  • Travel Grant, Canada Council of the Arts
  • Travel Grant, Conseil des arts et des letters du Québec
  • 2012 Studio du Québec à Rome Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
  • 2011 Research and Creation Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
  • 2008 - 2010 Long Term Grant, Canada Council of the Arts
  • 2007 Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council of the Arts
  • Research and Creation Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
  • Honorable Mention Award, Mobility Design, Palm® and enRoute, Montreal, QC
  • 2006 Residency Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
  • Antrev Prize, Antrev & Associates Inc., Montreal, QC
  • 2004 Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council of the Arts
  • 2003 Research and Creation Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
  • Honorable Mention Award, Selfware: The Politics of Identity, Graz, Austria
  • 2002 Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council of the Arts
  • 2001 Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council of the Arts
  • Research and Creation Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
  • 2000 Stanley Mills Prize, Stanley Mills Collection, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
  • 1998 - 2000 J.W. McConnell Fellowship, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
  • 1997 First Prize, New York Exposition of Short Film, Video & Interactive Multimedia, New York, USA [Grievous Angels – group interactive CD-ROM]

Presentations / Lectures / Organization

  • 2021 Mist Collector and Other Works, Presentation Concordia University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Studio Arts Department, Montreal, Canada
  • 2020 Ethical Response-ability in Karen Barad's Mattering: Art and Science Intra-action of Collecting Water from Fog, Presentation International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA2020), October 13-18, 2020, Montreal, Canada
  • Mist Collector – Art and Science Project of Collecting Water from Fog, Presentation University of Waterloo, School of Architecture, Design Studio, Waterloo, Canada
  • Ethical Response-ability in Art, Science and Architecture, Presentation Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, Montreal, QC, Canada
  • 2019 Garden the Sky Water, Conference host Sponsored by La chaire arts & sciences (École polytechnique, École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs – PSL and Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation), Paris, France
  • Instilling Art Visions in the Science of Collecting Water from Fog, Presentation Design Science Symposium, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, USA
  • Imagining Futures Together: Mist Collector, Presentation Art in the Anthropocene Conference, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
  • 2018 - 2019 Garden the Sky Water, Conference co-organizer École Polytechnique, La chaire art & sciences, Paris, France
  • 2018 Watering Future Gardens: Reflections on Human Ingenuity, Presentation Balance-Unbalance Conference (BunB 2018), Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  • Living in a Cloud, Presentation FEmeeting Conference, Cultivamos Culturas, Lisbon, Evora, San Luis, Portugal
  • 2017 - 2018 Summer School Organizational Committee, Member École Polytechnique, La chaire art & sciences, Paris, France
  • 2017 Prendre l’eau de l’air au fillet, Presentation LASER Paris, Leonardo/Olats & La Diagonale Paris-Saclay, Paris, France
  • 2016 The Concept of Design-Science in Art/Science Collaboration, Lecture Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique (LIPHY), University of Grenoble, France
  • Mist Collector: Art and Science Project, Presentation 7th International Conference of Fog, Fog Collection and Dew (FFCD) 24 – 29 July, Wroclaw, Poland
  • 2012 - 2014 Selection Committee, Board Member Studio XX, feminist artist-run centre with the focus on media arts, Montreal, QC, Canada
  • 2013 Moving through Urban Landscape, Presentation Brillant Cité Symposium, Hexagram, UQAM, Montreal, QC, Canada
  • Anti-entropic Role of Art, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
  • 2012 Anti-entropic role of Art, Presentation Water is in the air Symposium, Leonardo/Olats, Institute of Advanced Studies Aix-Marseille Universiry (IMéRA), Marseille, France
  • 2009 Habitats, Presentation Departent of Art, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, NY, USA
  • Home as Practice, Lecture series Alaska Design Forum, Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau, Alaska, USA
  • 2007 Tensile Structures, Lecture School of Fine Arts, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
  • 2006 SleepingBagDress Prototype, Poster Presentation Responsive Architecture, Subtle Technologies Symposium, Toronto, Canada
  • Sustainable Futures: Synergy of Design, Lecture Fiber and Material Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
  • Portable Homes: The Reality of an Inflatable Utopia, Presentation College Art Association Conference, Boston, USA
  • 2005 Dressware, Presentation Wearable Futures Symposium, University of Wales, Newport, Wales, UK

BIBLIOGRAPHY

PEER-REVIEWED TEXTS by Rewakowicz

  • Encounters: Art, Science, Clouds and Water. Rewakowicz, A. In Transmedia Change: The design, implementation, and testing of socially conscious transmedia stories. Edited by Moloney, Kevin, Palilonis, Jenifer and Sarah Jansen. Abingdon: Rutledge, 2022 (upcoming).
  • Ethical Response-ability in Karen Barad's Mattering. Art and Science Intra-action of Collecting Water from Fog. Rewakowicz, A. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA2020), October 13-18, 2020, Montreal, QC.
  • Mist Collector: Art and Science Project. Rewakowicz, A., C. Duprat and J.M. Chomaz. In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Fog, Fog Collection and Dew 24 – 29 July 2016 Wroclaw, Poland, edited by Marek Blas and Mieczyslaw Sobek,129-132. University of Wroclaw, 2016.
  • Anti-Entropic Role of Art. Rewakowicz, A. Leonardo vol. 47, no. 1 (2014): 76-77.
  • A Modern-Day Nomad Who Moves as She Pleases. Rewakowicz, A. dpi no.8 [online magazine](2007).

INVITED TEXTS by Rewakowicz

  • L’art et la science à l’oeuvre dans la collecte de l’eau du brouillard: une démarche éthique. Rewakowicz, A. In Art versus Société: soumission ou divergence ? Edited by Fischer Hervé. Catania: Osservatorio Processi Comunicativi, M@gm@ vol. 18 n. 3 (2020): 99-108.
  • Le rôle anti-entropique de l’art. Rewakowicz, A. Plastir 54 (06/2019).
  • Blowing The Ruled. Rewakowicz, A. In Objects mathématiques, edited by Cédric Villani and Jean-Philippe Uzan, 168-173. Paris: CNRS Editions, 2017.
  • The Reality of Inflatable Utopia. Rewakowicz, A. Onsite 10 (2003): 40-45.

VISUAL ESSAYS by Rewakowicz

  • SR-Hab. Rewakowicz, A. Boundaries 14 (2014): 12-13.
  • Ana Rewakowicz. In Pori AiR [first] five years, edited by Annu Willenius, 42-49. Helsinki: Aalto University, 2011.
  • Ana Rewakowicz. Art World Magazine: Snacks, Chine (July 12, 2011)
  • Portfolios. Rewakowicz, A. ESSE 65 (2009): 42-43.
  • Self-Inflation through Walking. Selfware.file.02 (2004): 66.

PUBLISHED INTERVIEWS with Rewakowicz

  • La materia come linguaggio interdisciplinare: intervista ad Ana Rewakowicz. Galdo, Luisa in conversation with Ana Rewakowicz. Lux Flux Online Magazine, N° 58 (2016).
  • Ana Rewakowicz. Someone’s Garden in interview with Ana Rewakowicz. In We Love Artists: Artist in Residencies around the world, edited by Someone’s Garden, 284-287. Tokyo: BNN, 2009.

CATALOGUES / MONOGRAPHS about Rewakowicz’s work

  • Boundless Objects. [Curator: Monika Bakke]. Evora: Fundaçao Eugénio de Almeida, 2020.
  • Futurs Imaginés. [Curator: Manel Benchabane]. Pointe Claire: Stewart Hall Gallery, 2016.
  • Design an Epoch: Przemiany Festival. [Curator: Joanna Lesman]. Warsaw: Copernicus Science Centre, 2015.
  • Internation Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA2014). Dubai: Zayed University, 2014.
  • Fine Arts 2013-2014. [Editor: Marco Palmieri]. Rome: British School at Rome, 2014.
  • True North. [Curator: Julie Decker]. Anchorage: Anchorage Museum, 2012.
  • Spazi Aperti. [Curator: Eleonora Farina]. Rome: Accademia di Romania, 2012.
  • Here is not There/Ici n’est pas là-bas. [Text: Bernard Schütze]. Saint-Hyacinthe: Expression, 2011.
  • Bare House - Pori-Ratterdam-Ulaanbaatar. [Curator: Annu Wilenius]. Pori: Pori Art Museum, 2011.
  • Festival @rt Outsiders (In)Habitable? [Curators: AnnickBureaud]. Paris: Maison Européenne de la Photographie à Paris, 2009.
  • La Demeure. [Curator: Marie Fraser]. Montreal: Optica, 2008.
  • CAMPsites. [Curator: Melanie Townsend]. London, ON: Museum London, 2008.
  • SiteVisits. [Curator: Ivan Jurakic]. Cambridge, ON: Cambridge Galleries, 2008.
  • Ana Rewakowicz: Dressware and Other Inflatables. [Curator: Gaetane Verna. Texts: Craig Buckley, Cynthia Hammond, Meredith Carruthers and Gaetane Verna]. Sherbrooke: Foreman Art Gallery of Bishop’s University, 2007.
  • Wild-Fantasia ja arkkitehtuuri. [Curators: Jan-Erik Andersson and Jen Budney]. Turku, Finland: Wäinö Aaltosen Museo, 2007.
  • L’envers des apparences. [Curator: Gilles Godmer]. Montreal: Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, 2006.
  • Blown: Seema Goel, Ana Rewakowicz, Max Streicher and Robert Zingone. [Curator: Donna Wawzonek]. Regina: Dunlop Art Gallery, 2005.
  • Spilled. [Curator: Melanie O’Brian]. Vancouver: Artspeak Gallery, 2004.
  • Entre ciel et terre. [Curator: Gaston St. Pierre]. Trois-Rivières: Éditions d’art le sabord, 2004.

FILMS featuring works by Rewakowicz

  • Lazzarotto, Quentin [director]. Man Ray et les équations shakespeariennes. Paris: Institut Henri Poincaré, 2019.
  • Wachtmeister, Jesper [director]. Microtopia. Stockholm: Solaris Filmproduktion, 2013.

CRITICAL PUBLICATIONS with sections on Rewakowicz

  • Francis, Sharon. Bubbletecture. London: Phaidon Press, 2019.
  • Krauel, Jacobo. Inflatable Design Architecture and Art. Barcelona: LinksBooks, 2014.
  • Prost, J.F., M.P. Boucher, J.M. Dufresneand and G. Melgar. Heteropolis. Montreal: Adaptive Actions, 2013.
  • Willenius, A. ed. Pori AiR [first] five years. Helsinki: Aalto University, 2011.
  • Schwartzman, Madeline. See Yourself Sensing. London: Black Dog Publishing, 2011.
  • Budney, Jen and Adrian Blackwell, eds. Unboxed, Engagements in Social Space. Ottawa: Gallery 101, 2005.
  • Choinière, France and Michèle Thériault, eds. Point and shoot: performance and photography. Montreal: Les Éditions Dazibao, 2005.
  • Zebra Collective. Buy-Sellf. Bordeaux: Association Zebra, 2004.
  • Nadeau, Lisanne, ed. 4 installations pour le Grand Hall du Musée du Québec. Quebec: Musée du Québec, 2003.
  • Bouillet-Chalem, Mariette. Chambre Blanche: Bulletin 27. Quebec: La Chambre Blanche, 2000.

REVIEWS of Rewakowicz’s work [SELECTED]

  • Christova, Iglika. Quand les imaginaires artistiques se jettent à l’eau. Arts Hebdo (2017). Retrieved from: http://artshebdomedias.com/article/imaginaires-artistiques-se-jettent-a-leau/
  • Gracian, Louis. Suivre La Goutte d’Eau. Parcours des Arts n˚48 (2016): 85.
  • Lanoëlle, Agnès. Le brouillard, tout un art. La Rochelle Sud Ouest (October 13, 2016).
  • Moeder, Claire. La solitude des plantes. Claire Moeder’s Blog (January 19, 2016). http://clairemoeder.blogspot.fr/
  • Paré, André-Louis. Écologie: entre éthique et esthétique. Espace Art Actuel 110 (Spring/Summer 2015): 2-3, 5-6.
  • Dubrowska, Magdalena. Festiwal Przemiany w Koperniku. Wyborcza (August 31, 2015).
  • Lehocky, Lubos. Ana Rewakowicz: At Home Gallery, Samorin. Flash Art CZ/SK 61 (2014): 31.
  • MacDonald, Marie-Paule. Radical Environments of the 21st century. Artext Supplement no.1 (2009): 26-38.
  • Delikta, Wojciech. Pochwala nietrwalosci. ARTeon nr 9 (2013): 26-27.
  • Tanasescu, Marius. Les éléments qui ne se déchainent pas. Espace Sculpture 98 (2012): 40-41.
  • Zawadzka, Monika. Przestrzen niezbedna do zycia. Architekture & Biznes (2010).
  • Slessor, Catherine. Delight. Architectural Review vol. 3 (2009): 98. [Editorial]. Honorable Mention In Mobility Design 2007. enRoute (2007): 78.
  • Strickland, Tom. Dressware and Other Inflatables. Para-Para (Summer 2006): 122.
  • Mathieu, Marie-Christiane. Developing and Understanding of Places. Parachute no.119 (2005): 130-154.
  • Delgado, Jérôme. Voyager Léger. Montreal La Presse (March 20, 2005):15.
  • Zorde, Izida and Sarah Hollenberg. Asking the wrong questions: six artists respond. C Magazine 81 (2004): 32-38.