Rafal Bujnowski, born in 1974 in Wadowice, Poland, studied at the Technical University and the Academy of Fine Art in Krakow, Poland. From 1998 to 2001 he ran the Open Gallery in Krakow in collaboration with the artist group “Ladnie” of which he is a founding member. He lives and works in Graboszyce, Poland.
He participated in interational group exhibitions at e.g. the Kunsthalle Wien, the Forum Kunst & Architektur, Essen, Centre for Contemporary Art, Warshaw, the Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, and the Estonian Art Museum, Tallin. He presented solo exhibitions at the Polish Institute, Paris, Art in General, New York, Raster, Warshaw, Ibid Projects, London, as well as the Goethe Institut, Krakow. He had a restrospective Malen at the Bunkier Sztuki, Warshaw as well as at the Düsseldorfer Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Germany, in 2005.

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