In 1979 begins studies at the Department of Pedagogy of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, drops the studies after a year. Between 1980-1986 associated with the circle of the Strych gallery, member of the Kultura Zrzuty group, co-editor of ‘Tango’ magazine. In 1982 arrested and detained for printing underground press. Between 1986-1989 co-founder and member of Sternenhoch punk group. Since 1988 poses to Zofia Kulik’s photo works. Presently lives a nomadic life. Important group exhibitions: Bakunin in Dresden, Kunstpalast, Duesseldorf Germany (1990); Querspure Videofestival, Linz (1990); Kunst Europa, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany (1991); Mystical Perseveration and Rose, State Gallery of Art, Sopot (1992); Emergency, Aperto ‘93, XLV Biennale di Venezia, Venice Italy (1993); Videospaces, State Gallery of Art, Sopot (1994); Europa, Europa, Kunst und Ausstellun shalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany (1994); Universalis, 23th Biennial, Sao Paulo, Brasil (1995); Beyond Belief, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (1995); Antibodies, Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw (1995); After the Wall, Moderna Musset, Stockholm, Sweden (1999);

The Negotiators of Art, Centre for Contemporary Art Laznia, Gdansk (1999); A Conceptual Reflection in Polish Art Current Practices, Mobile Horizons, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw (1999); Rondo, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary (1999); Scene 2000, Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw (2000); Irreligion, Museum Atelier 340, Brussels, Belgium (2001); From My Window. Artists and Their Teritorries, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France (2004); Poles Apart: Contemporary Polish Art, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, USA (2005); Broniewski, Raster, Warsaw (2005); International Biennale of Contemporary Art 2005, The National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic (2005); Potential. Contemporary Art Collections for the Museum, Metropolitan building, Warsaw (2005); Mentality, Lodz Biennial, Lodz (2006); The Eighties. Topology, Museum Serralves, Porto, Portugal (2006).

Numerous individual exhibitions: Corrective facilities, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, (1996); Correct Me If I’m Wrong, Guy McIntyre Gallery, New York, USA (1998); Correct Me If I’m Wrong, Guy McIntyre Gallery, New York, USA (2000); Masters and Positives, Atlas Sztuki Gallery, Lodz (2004); Co robi łączniczka, Kronika Gallery, Bytom, (2005, with Darek Foks); Photographs, Raster Gallery, Warsaw, (2006); Co robi łączniczka, Institute Polonaise, Paris (2006, with Darek Foks); Zbigniew Libera: Works from 1984-2004, University of Michigan, School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor, USA (2006).

Zbigniew Libera is one of the most interesting and important Polish artists. His works - photographs, video films, installations, objects and drawings - piercingly and subversively (in an intellectual way) play with the stereotypes of contemporary culture. His shocking video works from the 80s (among others ‘Intimate Rites’ and ‘Mystical Perseverance’) preceded ‘body art’ by 10 years. In mid-90s, Libera began to create ‘Correcting Devices’ objects which are modifications of already existing products - objects of mass consumption (among others ‘Universal Penis Expander’ and ‘Body Master. A Play Kit For Children’). He also designs transformed toys works that reveal the mechanisms of upbringing, education and cultural conditioning, the most famous of which is ‘Lego Concentration Camp’. From that moment on, he has been one of the pillar of so-called ‘critical art’, also in the institutional sense - despite the development of his career he is still closely connected with independent circles. In recent years he has also been preoccupied with photography, especially the specificity of press photography and the ways in which the media shape our visual memory and manipulate the image of history (works from the series ‘Positives’ and ‘Masters’ from 2003).

Raster Gallery