Katarzyna Kozyra was born in Warsaw (Poland) in 1963.
She lives in Warsaw, Trento and in Berlin.

Education:

1998

Postgraduate Guest studies at the Hochschule für Graphik und Buchkunst in Leipzig in the New Media workshop under Prof. Helmut Mark

1988-1993

Studies at the Fine Arts Academy in Warsaw, Graduated from the Sculpture Department under Prof. Grzegorz Kowalski.

1985-1988

Studies at the Faculty of German Philology at the Warsaw University


Scholarships and Awards:

2011

Minister of Culture Award 2011 (Poland)

Scholarship from Polish Film Institute for a script of full-length autobiographical feature film

2003

Scholarship in the Berlin artists programme of German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

2000

Scholarship from Kosciuszko Foundation, New York

1999

ArtsLink, New York

Honorable mention, "because she [KK] explores and examines the authoritarian predominance of male territory and unites the elements of performance and mise en scene", 48. International Biennale of Visual Art, Venice

1998

Scholarship in Vienna, Kulturkontakt, Österreich

1997

"Paszport Polityki" Award for 1997 in the arts "for the most promising artist: Katarzyna Kozyra. The award [is granted] in recognition of her original plastic forms, for not giving in to any artistic ideologies, for her lack of pretense, for uncompromising stance and the courage to talk about the most difficult issues in an open and perceptive fashion."

1996

Scholarship in Vienna, Oesterreichischer Akademischer Austauschdienst