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b. 1988
Ełk, Poland.
Based in Tkaronto / Toronto

Paulina Wiszowata’s (she/they) innate interest in the art world manifests itself in her artistic practice, in which she critically reflects upon and examines many different notions of art and what it means to be an artist. Framing herself as a contemporary conceptual artist, she utilizes a multitude of motifs including humour, language and de-skilling in order to demonstrate these self-reflective concepts and her hyperawareness of them. Her identity as an artist is rooted in her training in the visual arts, with a primary focus on textile experimentation, driven by notions of painting, assemblage, and performance. She uses these skillsets to construct an effortless appearance with the use of calculated gestures that both fulfill and critique her own identity. Art is simply the means in which she chooses to question herself, her community and her craft. In doing so, she attempts to understand the conventions of being an artist, where these conventions originate from and how they are defined.

Paulina is an artist and arts/culture worker living and working in Tkaronto/Toronto. She has been invited to exhibit at OCADU, Nuit Blanche, Robert Kananaj Gallery, the Artist Project, Workman Arts, and the new gallery space at Craft Ontario at 401 Richmond.

Education

2018 Postgraduate Certificate of Arts Administration and Cultural Management, Humber College, Toronto

2013 Bachelor of Fine Art, OCAD University, Toronto

2008 Ontario College Certificate of Art and Design, George Brown, Toronto

Select Professional Experiences
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2024-present Gallery Assistant, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto

2023-present Independent Art Installer, Toronto

2023 Art Cart Assistant, Workman Arts, Toronto

2020-2022 Visual Arts Manager, Workman Arts, Toronto

2018-19 Art Sales & Rental Coordinator, Workman Arts, Toronto

2018-19 Visual Arts Assistant, Workman Arts, Toronto

2018 VIP Collections Tour Guide, Art Toronto, Toronto

2018 Co-Organizer: Porn Karaoke Fundraiser, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto

2017 Docent Art Tour Walks, Artist Project, Toronto

2015-20 Host/Entertainer, The Beaver Karaoke, Toronto

Solo Exhibition

2016 Art Objects (Ma Babies) batch 7, White House Studio Project, Toronto

2016 Immaterial Labor [Art Object (Ma Babies) batch 6], OCADU Graduate Gallery, Toronto

2013-14 Art Objects (Ma Babies) batch 3, bulthaup, Toronto

2013 Art Objects (Ma Babies) batch nuit blanche, Nuit Blanche, Toronto

Select Group Exhibitions

2025 Craft Awards Exhibition, Craft Ontario, Toronto

2025 Juried Exhibition, Being Scene, Workman Arts, Toronto

2023 Un/Common Threads, Being Scene, Workman Arts, Toronto

2017 TOMPE2017, Print London, London

2017 Globaloid "Celebrity Worship", White House Studio Project, Toronto

2016 UNTAPPED Emerging Artists Competition, Artist Project 2016, Toronto

2016 Space Jam, YTB Gallery, Toronto

2015 Globaloid: Knightcore, Hamilton Art Crawl, Hamilton

2014 Allsorts / kind regards, loop Gallery, Toronto

2014 Cluster "Obiter dictum", Robert Kananaj Gallery, Toronto

2014 LINK & PIN performance art series: REPERFORMANCE, hub 14, Toronto

2013-14 Experiencing Perspectives, Mercedes-Benz, Mississauga

Residencies

2026 Textile Studio Co-op, Toronto

2016 White House Studio Project, Toronto

2016 YTB Gallery, Toronto

Awards

2025 Leisa Rich Fibre Arts Residency Award at the Contemporary Textile Studio Co-op, Craft Ontario

2018 Honors Arts Administration & Cultural Management, Humber Collge

2013 Project 31 Drawing & Painting Award, OCADU

Press

Last Updated: June 23, 2026

Paulina Wiszowata

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-Respectfully, a couch potato embroidering

-Textiles are very in right now

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