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kissing a rock
Un-tower Tryouts
PAIN GAME
how to darn
BREASTMILK
cv

hi, i’m working on a Kissing a Rock gazette now. 
we’re having a contributions column there. contact via email mariia.lemperk@gmail.com to participate                                        

an interdisciplinary artist/curator with a practice evolved on the edges of memory and body politics.
their recent interest focuses on the (un- and)controlled pain environments, collective grieving, performative archives, non-hierarchical togetherness issues, gender deconstructions and presence of queer in the political and cultural chaoses of today.




kissing rocks,
fucking walking canes,
building performative playgrounds,
romancing with mistakes,
learning pleasure,
endlessly exploring strategies of resistance,
collective choreographies,
post-pornography,
educational methodologies,
activist actions,
with performative tools
of situation and process (co)composing.




mariia Lemperk (she/he/they)
                          from Odesa, Ukraine  
based in between Kraków and Barcelona

mariia.lemperk@gmail.com                        
instagram    mariialemperk.substack
chronic  pain condition fundrising

06.cv_2025.pdf

Portfolio_2025.pdf


Education
2024 - Kem School Warsaw, a queer-feminst educational program, performative process of learning & unlearning 
and a reflection on collective forms of resistance.
2023 - Art School workshops on Feminist Care practices, organized by the UKEN Doctoral School, Cracow, Poland.
2019-2022 - Pedagogical University, The faculty of Art and Media, Cracow, Poland.
2014-2018 - Grekov Art School, Department of fine arts, Odesa, Ukraine.


Solo [selected]
2024 - Project Un-Tower Tryouts, curated by Mariia Varlygina, made with Milena Nowak, Miłosz Segedyn and everybody involved, Cracow, Baszta gallery.
2024 - Project PAIN GAME (second station): mariia Lemperk, Łukasz Trzciński and D. Kowalik, curated by Kamil Kuitkowski, Cracow, Cloackroom, Cricoteka.
2023 - Project PAIN GAME with curatiorial support of Łukasz Trzciński, Cracow, Goethe Institut.
2023 - Project "To sew onto life" with curatorial support of Valeriya Plehotko and Sonia Yukhimova, Kyiv, Avangarden.
2023 - Personal exhibition "Underskin ruins" & BREASTMILK trio debut, Cracow, Rynek Główny, 29.
2023 - Project "To sew onto life" with curatorial support of Valeriya Plehotko and Sonia Yukhimova, Berlin, Art Space in Exile.
2022 - Personal exhibition "Not Forever" curated by Valeriya Plehotko, Cracow, I! Gallery.


Group [selected]
2025 - "Fragilities|space, memory, body", artists: Christian Rupp, Lars* Kollros, Mariia Lemperk and Patrick Topitschnig, Athens.
2025 - "CHEAPARTWEEK|Let's Connect", Athens.
2024 - "ProtestKunst & ProtestKultur", Munich, AAP Archive Artist Publications.
2024 - "If I Can Not Cry In The Subway" curated by Julia Fidder, Helsinki, Oksasenkatu11 gallery.
2023 - "COMMON SPACE: COUNTRYSIDE - CITY" , Curators: Anna-Helena Klumpen and Katrin Savvulidi, Viechtach, Altes Spital.
2022 - "Let them wave! Contemporary Polish Sewn Sculpture", Curators: Stanisław Małecki i Leszek Golec, Venice, Studio Cannaregio.
2022 - "Wiadomość z pokoju obok", Cracow, Podbrzezie art gallery, curated by Rzeczy Same collective.
2022 - Group exhibition and online-project "Skądinąd #1", Warsaw, curated by Turnus collective.
2022 - Group exhibition of Ukrainian art, Cologne, Яeclaim Award.
2021 - "CAMOUFLAGE" curated by Maria Ciborowska and Weronika Ptak, Cracow, Ufo art gallery.
2017 - "Night of museums" Odesa, Bleshchunov Museum.

Residences
2024 - SYRO, Cracow, Poland.
2024 - Artist-in-residence, Łaźnia Nowa Theatre, Cracow, Poland.
2023 - Artist-in-residence, Łaźnia Nowa Theatre, Cracow, Poland.
2023 - Artist-in-residence, Utopia Home, Cracow, Poland.
2023 - Artist-in-residence, SCHIESSLHAUS AiR in Kollburg, Germany.
2022 - Artist-in-residence, Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD in PIK (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research), Germany.


Public performances [selected]
2024 - Open form theatrical play/performance "Kissing a Rock", Łaźnia Nowa Theatre, Cracow, Poland.
2024 - Part of "ŁYS" choreografed by ana szopa, choreographic oders NiMIT, Kafe (NGOS), Craców, Łaźnia Nowa.
2024 - Performance of ana szopa, mariia Lemperk and D. Kowalik, Warsaw, Zachęta – National Gallery of Art.
2024 - Performance "Body-Spring-War-Teeth-Clay-IceCream", Cracow, Poczta Główna.
2024 - Performance with a random duration "Kissing a Rock", Munich, Habibi Kiosk, Munich Kammerspiele.
2024 - Pre-opening durational performance "Odesa Lemperk 05.01.24" with curatorial support of Julia Fidder, Helsinki, Oksasenkatu11 gallery.
2023 - Noise concert "PAIN GAME with Dawid Kowalik, Cracow, Goethe Institut.
2023 - BREASTMILK appearance at the "PAIN GAME", Cracow, Goethe Institut.
2023 - Participatory action "PAIN GAME" with curatiorial support of Łukasz Trzciński, Cracow, Goethe Institut.
2023 - Performance "Two hours rock kissing", Cracow, Rzeczy Kolektyw.
2023 - Performance "Table for Boichukists" with sound-artist Gizem Oruc in the framework of the UFFB screening of the "ADA" film, Berlin, Silent Green.
2023 - Performance "I am kissing a rock" in the framework of the openning of "Common Ground" exhibition, Viechtach, Sciesslhaus Air, Altes Spital.
2023 - Performance "Underskin ruins", Lublin, Performance Platform, Labirynt gallery.
2023 - Durational performance, two days of "Self-objectifing sessions", Lublin, Performance Platform, Labirynt gallery.
2023 - Performative concert "Let's call it a date" with sound-artists Zeynep Ayşe Hatipoglu and Gizem Oruc, Deggendorf, Café Holler.
2023 - Public performance "Underskin ruins", Berlin, Hatun-Sürücü-Brücke.
2023 - Performance "Krajka" and artist talk with Małgorzata Mirga-Tas with curatorial support of Natalie Keppler, moderation by Małgrzata Markiewicz, Berlin, DAAD gallery.
2022 - Performance seriess, 30 days of "Everyday single picket "?", Cracow, Rynek Glowny.


Printed publications [selected]
2023 - "Grieve with me" - Julia Fidder, artistic contribution to the book publication, 25 copies edition, PUBLICS, Helsinki.
2023 - "To sew onto life" zine publication, 2 copies edition, AAP collection.
2023 - "Galya carries water" zine publication in collaboration with Zeynep Ayse Hatipoglu, Published by Paul Wick, 20 copies edition, Supported by Shciesslhaus Air residency program, AAP collection.
2022 - "Family memory glitch" zine publication, 10 copies, supported by Andrzej Najder.
2021 - "Lydia's branch" art book publication, supported by Michał Łuczak.
2021 - "Ankieta" zine publication, 2 copies, supported by Michał Łuczak.


Collaborative practices [selected]
2025 - Collective "KLEJ"
2024 - Cross-media duo "One Vivid Orange Wall" with Ana Szopa.
2024 - Ongoing common project "Holding a Fire".
2024 - Noise-performance duo "31st" with Dawid Kowalik.
2023 - family-like BREASTMILK trio collective.
2023 - Acting in the new film of ukrainian independent filmmaker and queer-artist AntiGonna.
2023 - Embroidery participation in the "Kurtyna Kobiet" project of Małgorzata Markiewicz.
2023 - Acting performance for the Volkan Ergen's music video "The Same".
2023 - Sound-performance trio with Zeynep Ayşe Hatipoglu and Gizem Oruc.
2022 - Participation in the Małgorzata Markiewicz's "Pimoa Chthulu" performance.