
Krzysztof Wodiczko is an internationally renowned artist known for large-scale projections on monuments and institutional facades that explore the relationships between communities, history, and public space. The artist has dealt extensively with trauma and healing in his projections, honoring people’s stories of pain, loss, and perseverance. Over many years, the projections have evolved from still slides to live and recorded videos utilizing individual’s faces, voices, and narratives. Wodiczko is also known for interactive instruments and vehicles that empower marginalized individuals and communities and give light to societal injustices.
On public buildings and monuments in more than 40 cities worldwide, Wodiczko has executed over 90 site-specific projections. He has created projections on the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC (1988/2018); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York (1989); Kraków’s City Hall Tower, Poland (1996); Boston’s Bunker Hill Monument, Massachusetts (1998); Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland (2005); and Goethe-Schiller Monument, Weimar, Germany (2016).
Recent survey exhibitions include Krzysztof Wodiczko: Instruments, Monuments, Projections, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea (2017); Krzysztof Wodiczko, Foundation for Art and Creative Technology (FACT) for Liverpool Biennial, England (2016); and Krzysztof Wodiczko: On Behalf of the Public Domain, Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, Poland (2015). Wodiczko’s instruments, vehicles, and documentation of his projections can be found in over 20 museum and public collections worldwide including the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain; National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto, Japan; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada; Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; and Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC.
Born in 1943 in Warsaw, Poland, Wodiczko lives and works in New York City and Cambridge, Massachusetts.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
February 1, 2021 at 5:00pm EST
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
July 23, 2020
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With Brooke Kamin Rapaport
July 14, 2020 from 2:00pm – 3:00pm (EST)
Rizzoli Bookstore
New York, New York
March 2, 2020, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Sony Square
New York, New York
February 3, 2020, 6pm
Mori Art Museum
Tokyo, Japan
November 19, 2019 – March 29, 2020
by Hilarie M. Sheets
February 7, 2018
by Sam Spengler
by Jonathon T. D. Neil