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Showcasing modern and contemporary art

Visit us at the Polish Social and Cultural Association in West London

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Showcasing modern and contemporary art

Visit us at the Polish Social and Cultural Association in West London

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Showcasing modern and contemporary art from Poland, Eastern Europe and beyond

POSK Gallery is situated in The Polish Social and Cultural Association Centre in West London. The gallery showcases primarily Polish modern art focusing on both globally established artists and the young up-and-coming talent. It also shows artists from continental Europe and beyond.

Exhibitions frequently feature paintings, graphics, photography, sculpture and art installations.

Joanna Ciechanowska – “Emigration. Will I make it?” – A Retrospective (1970-2024) – 16/09/2024-9/10/2024

Growing up in Poland with a complex history as the daughter of a resistance fighter, who never surrendered to the communist rule, was a challenge in itself. My father was a member of Battalion Parasol of the Home Army (AK Parasol) and fought in the Warsaw Uprising during the Second World War. My grandmother’s brother died at Dachau concentration camp. My aunt’s husband survived Auschwitz. My childhood tendency to ask honest questions did not go well either. There was a period of struggle to convince my father to let me study art rather than architecture, the latter being his preference.

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Opening hours: 9:00 till 21:00,  7 days a week

Polish Social and Cultural Association, 238-246 King Street, London W6 0RF

POSK Gallery

Our Curators

Joanna Ciechanowska

Joanna Ciechanowska

Director

MA (Fine Art and Graphic Design), ASP Warsaw.

2009 – Current – Director of POSK Gallery. Organising, curating and promoting art exhibitions.
2009 – Current – Member – Management Committee of Polish Cultural & Social Association (London)
1987 – Current – Painter, Graphic designer, illustrator – engaged by wide range of media organisations.
1987 – Current – Exhibitor in numerous art events in the UK, Poland and other international venues.

Selected for:

  • 2012 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
  • Biennale of Painting, Poland 2013 – honorary jury award
  • IV International Biennale of Graphic Digital Art, Poland, 2014.
  • NOA 2014 – Somerset House
  • Whitechapel Open 1986
  • European Illustration, D&AD, Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York, USA, 1985

Artist Talk – recorded by Summerhall TV, Edinburgh

Elvira Olbrich

Elvira Olbrich

Deputy director

MSc Ecs

2005- Current – promoter of Polish modern art in London. Organiser of exhibitions, including placing Polish artists’ works in the leading auction houses (Christies, etc.).
1994 – Current – Director (non-exec.) & Board Member of London management consultancy.
2000 – 2015 – Children in Crisis – a British charity operating globally. Member of the Trustees’ Events Committee.
2005 – Current – Team Member and, in some years, Captain of the Polish National team at ITF World Veterans Tennis Championships.

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