Wilhelm Sasnal
b. 1972, Poland
Wilhelm Sasnal (b. 1972, Tarnów, Poland) studied architecture at the Krakow University of Technology (1992-1994) followed by painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow (1994-1999). Sasnal has exhibited internationally with major solo exhibitions including: Under the Asphalt, Longlati Foundation, Shanghai (2023); Such a Landscape, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw (2021); Sadie Coles HQ, London (2020); ENGINE, Kistefos Museet, Jevnaker (2018); Sleep, Sadie Coles HQ, London (2018); Take Me To The Other Side, Lismore Castle Arts, Ireland (2014); Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (2012); Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (2011); K21, Düsseldorf, and Centro De Arte Contemporàneo, Málaga (both 2009); Wilhelm Sasnal - Years of Struggle, Zacheta Narodowa Sztuki, Warsaw (2008); Matrix, The Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley (2005); and Kunsthalle Zürich (2003). He was included in the XXVI Bienal de Sao Paolo, 2004, and was shortlisted, with four other finalists, for the 2004 Vincent Prize at the Stedelijk Museum, 2004. With Anka Sasnal, the artist has written and directed five feature-length films, most recently We Haven't Lost Our Way (2022) which premiered at the 72nd International Film Festival Berlinale in February 2022; preceded by Huba (2013), It looks pretty from a distance (2011) and Swineherd (2009). Sasnal’s major solo exhibition at Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, opens 30 March 2024.