MALGORZATA MIRGA-TAS

born in 1978 in Zakopane, PL is a Bergitka Roma visual artist.
She lives and works in a Roma settlement in Czarna Góra in the Spisz region.

She is an international guest artist at the Villa Romana in August and November 2020,
in cooperation with the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC).

Biography

Malgorzata studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow under Prof. Józef Sękowski and graduated in 2004.
In 2007 she founded and coordinated an international association for Roma and non-Roma artists called Jaw Dikh!. She organized the exhibition Kali Berga (2008) and also participated as an artist. She conducts integration workshops for Roma and non-Roma children and is co-author of several projects, including Romani Click and Romani Art.


Scholarships

2018
Scholarship of the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage

2015
Special mention at the Biennale of Painting Bielska Jesień

2014
Scholarship at the American International Visitor Leadership Program, Promoting Social Good Through the Arts

Family Visit, 2018
© Marcin Tas

Romani Kali Daj I, 2016
© Marcin Ta

Solo exhibitions

2019
GATE art zone 10, Dusseldorf, D

2017
On the Road – AndroDrom, Mathare Art Gallery, Nairobi

2016
National Theater, Skopije

2015
Cultural Center C. K. Norwida, Krakow, PL

2011
Schindler’s Factory, Krakow, PL

2009
Willa Decjusza, Krakow, PL

2008
City Institute of Culture, Krakow, PL


Group exhibitions

2020
11. Berlin Biennale, Berlin

2019
Roma Women Weaving Europe, ERIAC (European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture), Berlin
Speaking in One’s Own Voice, Galeria Promocyjna, Warsaw
Art Encounters Biennial, Timisoara, RO
Side thavenca, Galeria Rząsa, Zakopane, PL

2018
Prawo spojrzenia /The right to look, Gallery Szara Kamienica, Krakow, PL
Hidden Roma Masterpieces, Palais of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, FR
Medzi Svetmi, Diera do sveta, Liptowski Mikułasz, SK
Young Romani Artist, Galerie Kai Dikhas, Berlin

2017
Na pomedzi /On the border, Gallery at the Polish Institute, Bratislava
Kali Berga, Galerie Kai Dikhas, Berlin
Biennale of Painting Bielska Jesień 2017, BWA City Art Gallery, Bielsko Biala, PL
Zagłada, Kosmoshinokalo, Vesmír je černý, The Universe Is Black, Morawska Galeria, Brno, CZ
Transcending the Past, Shaping the Future, ERIAC, Berlin

2016
Kali Berga, Księgarnia Wystawa, Jaw Dikh! Central European Event of Roma Artists, Krakow, PL
Places in the forest, Weśune Thana, pany chłopy chłopy pany, BWA Sokół City Art Galler, Nowy Sącz, PL

2015
Biennale of Painting Bielska Jesień 2015, BWA City Art, Gallery, Bielsko Biała, PL

2014
Zalikierdo Drom, Interrupted road, City Art Gallery, Association of Polish Visual Artists, Warsaw

2013
Jaw Dikh!, City Art Gallery, NowyTarg, PL
Romani Art, BWA City Art Gallery, Krosno, PL

2012
Jaw Dikh!, City Art Gallery, Krakow, PL

2011
Romani Art, Museum of Ethnography, Warsaw
Jaw Dikh!, JCC Jewish Community Center, Krakow, PL
Dialogues-Wakerpipen, City Art Gallery, Nowy Targ, PL

2010
Romani Art, BWA City Art Gallery, Zakopane, PL

2009
Romani Art, Museum of Cinematography, Łódź, PL

2008
Romani Art, Roma Memory Camp IX, Brzesko, PL
Romani Art, Museum of Ethnography, Tarnów, PL
Romani Art, Museum of Cinematography, Łódź, PL