Kreative Talk | Marta Kowalewska
Artificial Kreativity presents Kreative Talks with Chief Curator Marta Kowalewska
Kreative Talks are the stories behind the creatives shaping the world.
How did 1960s Polish textile artists redefine craft into contemporary art
and influence a generation of artists? Join Marta Kowalewska, Chief Curator of
CMWŁ, as she shares her story behind curating some of the most revolutionary
Polish artists, featuring Magdalena Abakanowicz and Barbara
Levittoux-Świderska. Learn how fibre, weaving, and fabric became powerful tools
for immersive sculpture, avante-garde installation, and materially driven
abstraction that launched textiles into international museums and galleries.
Biography
Marta Kowalewska is an art historian and critic, and Chief Curator at the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź (CMWŁ), Poland. She curated the 16th, 17th, and 18th International Triennial of Textiles in Łódź, as well as exhibitions including Magdalena Abakanowicz. Everything is made of fiber (2025), Wojciech Sadley. Sacrum Profanum. Contemporary Discourse (2025), Antoni Starczewski. Moulding the Ideas (2024), and Metamorphism. Magdalena Abakanowicz (2017-18).
Kowalewska has published over 70 articles, essays, professional interviews, exhibition catalogues, and contributed to both Polish and international institutions in Zacheta Warsaw, TATE Modern, Muzeum Susch, Hatje Cantz, and Musée Bourdelle. She co-authored From Tapestry to Fiber Art: The Lausanne Biennials 1962-1995 (2017) and has edited several books including Textile Textures. Multithreaded narratives
(2024), Antoni Starczewski. The Idea of Linear Notation (2022), Magdalena Abakanowicz. Metamorphism (2018), and Splendour of Textiles (2013). She is a board member of the European Textile Network, chairs the Supervisory Board of the Marta Magdalena Abakanowicz-Kosmowska and Jan Kosmowski Foundation, a member of AICA, co-founded Textile Culture Net project, and served on several international juries for textile art.
Speaker: Marta Kowalewska
Location:
art'otel London Hoxton
1-3 Rivington St
London EC2A 3DT
Online Tickets Available
Event Details
- Exclusive talk with Marta Kowalewska including a question and answer session
- Informal networking reception to meet the creatives in the gallery after the talk
- (This is a ticketed event only and tickets will not be available to purchase at the door)
About Kreative Talks
Kreative Talks, produced by Artificial Kreativity, is a curated speaker series dedicated to sharing the stories behind the creatives shaping the world. Artificial Kreativity launched this initiative in 2025 with the aim of bringing exposure to the creative professions. Previous speakers included Peter Murray OBE, Patrik Schumacher, STUFISH, fashion show producer John Walford, and East London
mural artist Otto Schade. Learn more about our Kreative Talk series and upcoming speakers here: Kreative Talks
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