PAWEŁ WOJTASIK
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SELECTED WORKS COMPLETED & IN PRODUCTION
Of Humans and Stones, approx. 65 min., work-in-progress, estimated completion 2027/28; Erin O’Connor, co-producer and collaborator
The Seasons, 45 min.; music by Sebastian Currier; premiere September 2027 (Germany)
The City Is the Stage, 17 min., 2021
Every Pulse of the Heart Is Work, 83 min., 2019
End of Life, 93 min., 2018; co-directed with John Bruce
Single Stream, 23 min., 2014; co-directed by Paweł Wojtasik, Toby Lee, and Ernst Karel
Nine Gates, 12 min., 2012
Pigs, 7 min. 45 sec., 2010
At the Still Point, 5-channel video installation, 2010
Below Sea Level, 360° panoramic video installation, 2009–10
Next Atlantis, 19 min., 2010; music by Sebastian Currier
The Aquarium, 22 min., 2006
Dark Sun Squeeze, 10 min., 2003
SELECTED SCREENINGS, FESTIVALS & EXHIBITIONS
2027 – The Seasons, performance/projection, several venues in Germany (forthcoming)
2026 – Single Stream installation, The Hewitt Gallery of Art, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY
2026 – Single Stream, Taiwan International Documentary Film Festival (TIDF)
2026 – End of Life, Cinema Antena, San Agustín Etla, Mexico
2025 – End of Life, Flicker Film Festival, Award: “Most Expansive View of Intimacy”
2021 – Reciprocations: The City Is the Stage, Ojas Art, Delhi, India
2021 – The Aquarium, Prismatic Ground Film Festival, New York, NY
2020 – Every Pulse of the Heart Is Work, Doc Fortnight, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2019 – End of Life, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
2018 – End of Life, New York Film Festival, New York, NY, U.S. premiere
2018 – End of Life, Cinéma du Réel, Paris, France
2018 – End of Life, Museum of the Moving Image, New York, NY
2014 – Single Stream, Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2014 – Single Stream, Locarno Film Festival, Locarno, Switzerland
2011 – Pigs, Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong
2011 – Pigs, Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), Berlin, Germany
2010 – Pigs, New York Film Festival, New York, NY
2010 – At the Still Point, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
2010 – Next Atlantis, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
2009/10 – Below Sea Level, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
2006 – The Studio Visit (with Christina Garidis), Exit Art, New York, NY
2005 – Dark Sun Squeeze, Greater New York 2005, MoMA PS1, New York, NY
2004 – Dark Sun Squeeze, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
SELECTED TEACHING, WORKSHOPS & ARTIST PRESENTATIONS
2026 – Ohio Wesleyan University / New York Arts Program, New York, NY
Visiting Critic
2026 – Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Interactive artist talk and discussion of students’ artistic practices
2026 – UnionDocs, Queens, NY
Seminar on artistic practice, place, environment, and project development
2025 – Ohio Wesleyan University / New York Arts Program, New York, NY
Visiting Critic
2019 – Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
Visiting artist presentation
2019 – Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Visiting artist presentation and discussion with students
2017 – REDCAT / Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater, Los Angeles, CA
Cruel Radiance: Moving Image Work by Paweł Wojtasik; screening and artist presentation
2017 – Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Artist presentation
2017 – Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Artist presentation and engagement with students
2017 – Fulbright Commission, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Filmmaking workshop
2016 – Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Visiting artist presentation and critiques
2015 – Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Visiting artist presentation and critiques
2014 – University of California, Santa Cruz, Porter Visiting Artist, Santa Cruz, CA
Artist presentation and student critiques
2014 – Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
The Films of Paweł Wojtasik; screening and artist presentation
2013 – First Person Cinema, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO
Featured artist screening, presentation, and individual studio critiques
2013 – Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Artist presentation
2012 – Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Artist presentation and engagement with students
2012 – Fulbright Commission, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Filmmaking workshop
2009 – Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, Featured Artist
2004 – Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Artist presentation
SELECTED AWARDS, GRANTS & RESIDENCIES
2027 – Sacatar Foundation Residency, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil (forthcoming)
2026 – MacDowell Fellowship, Peterborough, New Hampshire (forthcoming)
2026 – Yaddo Residency (forthcoming)
2019 – NYSCA Individual Artist Grant
2017 – Yaddo Residency
2014 – Yaddo Residency
2012 – NYFA Fellowship in Video/Film
2012 – Fulbright Scholar Award, India
2011 – Grand Prize, Hong Kong International Film Festival, Pigs
2010 – NYSCA Individual Artist Grant
2009 – Featured Artist, Robert Flaherty Film Seminar
2008 – EMPAC Equipment Grant
2006 – NYSCA Individual Artist Grant
2006 – VOOM HD Lab Grant
2006 – Yaddo Residency (Janet Sloane Endowed)
2005 – LAB HD Artist Residency
2005 – Yaddo Residency (Newman’s Own Endowed)
2005 – MacDowell Colony Residency
2004 – The Outpost Artist Residency
1999 – Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
1996 – Edward Albee Foundation Residency
DISTRIBUTION
Grasshopper Film (Every Pulse of the Heart Is Work, End of Life)
Cinema Guild (Single Stream)
Video Data Bank (selected works)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Lau, Jordis. “The Strangeness of the Body, Paweł Wojtasik Nine Gates (2012), Guillaume Apollinaire The Nine Gates of Your Body.” In Appropriations of Literary Modernism in Media Art: Cultural Memory and the Dynamics of Estrangement. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2022.
Elliott, Nicholas. “LIFE BEFORE DEATH: John Bruce and Paweł Wojtasik Interviewed.” BOMB Magazine, May 17, 2019.
Roniger, Taney. “(IM)MORTALITY: John Bruce and Paweł Wojtasik, with a Performance by Matt Freedman.” The Brooklyn Rail, June 5, 2018.
Mintzer, Jordan. “End of Life: Cinema du Réel Film Review.” The Hollywood Reporter, April 6, 2018.
Goldsmith, Leo. “Get Real.” Artforum, April 13, 2018.
MacDonald, Scott. “Paweł Wojtasik.” In Avant-Doc: Intersections of Documentary & Avant-Garde Cinema. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.
MacDonald, Scott. “Perception as Transcendence: Interview with Paweł Wojtasik.” Film Quarterly, December 2011.
Barliant, Claire. “The Aquarium.” Artforum, May 2006.
Cotter, Holland. “No Return.” The New York Times, October 1, 2004.
EDUCATION
Yale University School of Art, MFA in Painting, 1996
SUNY Empire State College, BA, 1994
Pratt Institute, Architecture and Fine Arts, 1977–1981