Alicja Gaskon is a classically trained artist who received her M.F.A. from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and studied Architecture, specializing in Interior Design, at the WSEiZ University in Warsaw.
Gaskon's work has been recognized by inclusion in several museum collections. She has earned grants, awards, and residencies from esteemed organizations such as the International Studio and Curatorial Program ISCP (2019), NARS Foundation (2018), Asylum Arts (2020, 2018), IAM Program at the New York Foundation for the Arts NYFA (2017), ArtSlant (2017), StartPoint Prize (2011), and PL Ministry of Culture (2009).
Her work is part of private and public collections at various places, including the National Museum (Gdansk, Poland), Stiftung Konzeptuelle Kunst-Museum Wilhelm Morgner (Soest, Germany), and the Central Museum of Textiles (Lodz, Poland).
Gaskon's work has been exhibited in numerous solo and group shows in Europe and North America, including the Central Museum of Textiles in Lodz, Korean Cultural Center in New York, Galeria Labirynt in Lublin, Lengyel Intézet in Budapest, Saatchi Gallery in London, NARS Foundation in New York, EFA Project Space in New York, Le Guern Gallery in Warsaw, Balzer Projects in Basel, Solo Positions in Berlin, Artissima in Turin, Italy, Vienna Contemporary in Vienna, Noyes Museum of Art in Atlantic City, Times Square in New York (Chashama), and Saatchi Gallery in London.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
Gdansk Poland
STIFTUNG KONZEPTUELLE KUNST, MUSEUM WILHELM MORGNER
Soest, Germany
CENTRAL MUSEUM OF TEXTILE ART
Lodz, Poland
AWARDS, GRANTS, RESIDENCIES:
2019 Artist-in-Residence, International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York
2018 Asylum Arts, International Jewish Artists Retreat, Garrison, NY
2018 Artist-in-Residence, NARS Foundation International Residency, New York
2017 ArtSlant Prize Juried Winner, Painting Category, 6th Edition
2017 New York Foundation for the Arts IAM Program, New York
2017 Beach64Retreat, Artist Retreat, Rockaways, Queens, New York
2012 LCC finalist, London Creative Competition, London
2012 Artist Wanted finalist, Chashama and Times Square Alliance, New York
2011 StartPoint Prize finalist for the best art diploma in the European Union
2009-2010 Received an artist grant from the Ministry of Culture
2007-2008 Received an artist grant from the Ministry of Culture
PRESENTATIONS:
Guest Speaker at IDEO
"Golden Hour" speaker/ Horizon
February 2022
Presentation at Asylum Arts / In Contact
New York, January 2022
Artist Talk at TIAB / Here, Together "Home Land"
The Immigrant Artist Biennial
Instagram Live, May 2020
ARTIST AT WORK at ISCP
International Studio and Curatorial Program
New York, April 2019
Presentation at NARS
New York Artist Residency and Studios
New York, July 2018
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: